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For their first mission, the Arrows are thrust back into the hormonal corridors of high school, to bring together the quirky drama teacher, Rosa and straight-laced principal, Daniel.

Matchmaking is proving to be harder than they thought – and for Katerina, it’s time to confront some ugly colours from her past…

Running time approx 22 minutes

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Read after you have watched the episode, as this may contain spoilers!

Whew – I can’t believe I’ve finally finished it! The final product comes to about 22 minutes – much longer than the pilot. But I think the length was necessary. There was just a lot in this episode that I needed to establish. A lot about Kat, and I also needed there to be enough in there to develop the Rosa/Daniel story.

A HUGE thank you goes to all my cast members: Jeni_H (Kat), Abductee (Aaron), Jared Boucher (Connor), Leisawessa (Rita). And a very special thank you to Tolmek, who is my new Cupid, and was an absolute gem for doing the lines in such short notice. The rest of the cast – thank you to you all for lending me your talents: Laroling (Rosa), Blackessence (Lucy), futureactorjon (Evan), kiddicliche (Zara), cowxhugger12 (Jackie) and timnop (Ben).

This was a very difficult episode to do, in terms of the story arc – I had to rewrite the script quite a few times. I originally had totally different subplots, revolving around a drama production of a Shakespeare play (ah no, not Romeo and Juliet – that would have been far too cliche for Kat, it would have been one of the tragedies ). But that suplot began to engulf Kat’s story, and so I had to change it. R.I.P Anna and Blake (the two characters you will never meet, hah).

When I think about the series as a whole, this episode is probably not as strong in terms of its storyline (compared to the rest) – but there were some things I really needed to establish at this stage, which I hope will make sense by the time I’m done with the series.

The flashbacks! I have to talk about these for a bit, as this introduces the structure of future episodes. I always intended the series to be more about the characters than their missions; their missions are more a way they figure out certain things about themselves and each other. So it is more about the arrows than their missions, but the missions play a very important role . Some, more than others, as will become apparent in later episodes (hehe). So each episode will delve into portions of each Arrow’s life alongside the various missions.

One thing I am hoping that people note in this episode is that even though Kat doesn’t have her happy ending with Evan, she still steps away from her clique. Hopefully, this tells you a lot about her character – and the person she is on the road to becoming. This first flashback is not the definitive explanation of who Kat is; it is simply the beginning of an important sequence of events in her life.

So, I hope you guys enjoy the episode. I hope the episode played out the way I envisaged it in my head. I had a lot of fun making it, and working with my wonderful voice actors. I am now exhausted, so will take at little break before I jump straight back into things. But hopefully, the wait won’t be as long this time. But I won’t make any promises. This episode took 2 months to make, with me working regularly on it. But I think I’m getting faster!

Please do let me know what you think of it, I always appreciate comments and constructive criticism.

- Serenity

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Forget flowers and Romeos. Love – is just a business.

Like any other business – Love has its hierarchy. Cupid, The God of Love, is looking for a new set of Arrows to do his bidding.

Now, the cards have been dealt, the Arrows have been chosen – and for Katerina, Aaron and Connor – it’s time to meet their fates…

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Finally! I finished the pilot!

I hope you guys enjoy this – it has taken me absolutely forever to make. Thanks goes to my voice actors for doing such a fantastic job!

I’m pretty pleased with the final outcome. Of course, it’s not perfect – but nothing is, eh . The one thing that has bugged me is the final rendered quality – but considering the drama my comp and editor have both given me on that front, I’m glad I just have an episode to show you guys!

There were points where I did think I had gotten in over my head. Not including my trailer – this is my third video ever! Sometimes I still feel like a newbie . There were definitely points when I was doing this where I thought to myself – maybe I should wait a little longer and do later on, once I’ve got some more videos under my belt. But heck – I went along with it, and I’m glad I did. It was so fun to make, and really great working with voiceovers too – I’m glad I chose to go with voices!

Enjoy – and be sure to let me know what you all thought! I always appreciate comments, and constructive criticism.

- Serenity

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- Serenity