So that's yet another fic off my list. I can't say I'm not happy with it. There are so few fics with Rubble as the focus on this site, and I like to think that I managed to do the pup justice. Though as I said at the start, he's hard to write about. I don't know why that is. It's really tough to place exactly why, but he seems to garner less… interest than the other pups, I suppose. Which is funny, considering how often he's used in the show.

And as I mentioned, writing this with the distractions of the holiday season looming over me? Didn't make writing this any easier. I feel like the quality of the fic fluctuated in places. And thinking about it, the Mood Whiplash was quite heavy in it. Like it went from lighthearted (the pups all joking around over breakfast) to heavy (Rubble being depressed over his injury) and back again (Chase and Marshall play-fighting) really often. Hope you all know decent chiropractors. But as I said, I don't regret writing it.

Moving right along: I'd like to give a quick shoutout to someone. LuigiWife1551. Thank you very much for all the reviews you left for this fic since I started it. I always love seeing people's reactions to what I write (Side note: She has been writing a fic of her own entitled Caretaker. Highly worth a read). And as per usual, thanks go out to everyone who reviewed, favourited and what-have-you.

And now: My future plans. The next (and last) fic that I had on my list was a one-shot collection involving Marshall and Chase, my two favourite characters. It will be a collection of seven short(ish) stories involving the usual stuff you can expect from me.

As I said in the last chapter, I'll be leaving the country for a week in a matter of days, but if you'd believe it, I already have one of the one-shots written. The downside? I got totally carried away. The final total was about 6K words! So to that end, I'm going to strike that off the list of one-shots and upload it as its own thing. Shame to waste it. I'll come up with something else to replace it.

I'll be uploading that on the first Monday I have back home, and I'll be uploading the chapters (two of them) at a rate of one a day, owing to it being smaller than Primary Fears. After that? I'm not sure. The stories (which I'll pre-write and upload to a schedule, as I always do) will simply arrive when they arrive.

But the final one-shot is something I'm a little conflicted on. I'm thinking that I might also replace that with another story and turn the originally-planned story into its own fic, if that makes any sense. Here's a not-so-subtle hint as to the original plan is. Ultimately, I think whatever choice I make will be for the best.

And now, for the not-so-good news. Whether I keep the idea I mentioned as its own thing, or turn into its own fic, whatever I choose will very likely be my swan song. Writing fanfic is harder than it's made out to be. And writing decent fanfic? Even more so. I've really enjoyed sharing my stories with you all, and seeing people react to them and wonder what the next chapter will bring was an utter joy, but unfortunately, juggling writing with real life? NOT. EASY. Especially if you're trying to keep your writing habits on the DL. I'm sure the amount of dead fics on this site can attest to that. Besides, I've tapped the well of ideas, and there's really not much left for me in there.

Will I come back? Well, never say never. I may get the itch to write again, I don't know. The funny thing about the future is that it's stupidly unpredictable. You never know what it might bring. My intention is to vanish, but I still hope that I can leave the door open for me to return should the urge rise again.

So in advance, it was quite a ride. One that I thoroughly enjoyed. To everyone who read my fics, to those who enjoyed them, and to those who left reviews (for better or ill), I thank you all deeply. If it wasn't for you, I wouldn't have kept it up.

See you next time for Relight the Fire.

PyreFly out.