Hey guys... It's Nikola.

So recently I've started rereading some of my older stories and I just didn't understand them. Sure I still love writing and everything but honestly... My older stories suck... Like reeeeeeeally bad... And to be perfectly fair I'm not even that much of a fan of my own story lines and everything...

School is also taking up a huge chunk of my time now and to be fair, I have just lost some of my drive to write stories for Pokemon... I'm not really into anything else, except Disney and stuff, but I just don't feel it necessary to use other characters with predetermined identities when I can create my own.

I love writing but I look back on all this and really there are two things I got out of this experience on Fanfiction. One is that I learned so much about my writing style and how I can improve it to be the best that I can be. The other is that even though everyone who reviewed on my stories are complete strangers to me, I felt such gratitude and a life-changing feeling towards these people that could be for all I know, on the other side of the planet.

I'm so thankful to everyone who's ever done anything for me. Be it leave me a friendly review that's a whole paragraph long, to leaving one that's even one word long. I'm even grateful for those who ended up on my stories by pure chance but at least gave me the benefit of the doubt.

I have a lot of work to do straightening out my life right now and I used to wake up in the morning thinking how could I get through the day? Then I'd see my inbox which would have the occasional story favourite or review and it would come to me. These people I didn't know could get me through because they genuinely liked my stories.

While I'm being all confessionyy here one more thing... I was in depression. It was hard on me because I didn't know what to do and I thought my world was falling apart. My only real salvation came through writing these stories. And honestly? Some of them I was so emotionally broken apart that it's the honestly worst crap I've ever written.

You guys still stuck with me and complimented me and kept me strong.

Now for the big bomb... This sucksss... It does... I hate letting you guys down... Especially with BFFs and Deep Cover. I'm putting this out there now. I'm going to be deleting all my one-shots and mini-stories unless I think I might be able to bear looking at them... Which will be very few. I will say though, I'm keeping BFFs, Deep Cover, and ABCs of Falling in Love up just incase I ever get the small spark of inspiration to finish them.

This whole experience has helped me grow as a person, a writer and it made me realize so much is possible... If you believe in yourself, you will be incredible.

Now to sign off probably for good. If this hasn't been enough of an indicator, I'm leaving Fanfiction and I may never come back. But who knows, anything is possible.

Never give up on something you can't live without. Because if you can't live without it, then it's worth fighting for.

Thank you for everything you've taught and done for me. I will never forget those wonderous strangers who became the lights to my darkest days.

Don't forget to smile. :) The name wasn't Liv2Laugh for nothing.

NEVER STOP BELIEVING! YOU ARE LOVED!

This is Liv2Laugh00, or Nikola or whatever you know me as, signing off.

Thanks. 3