No longer active, but couldn't bare to take my stories down. These are the very first things I ever put out there for everyone to see, so they still hold a bit of sentimentality for me.

In the past 7(!) years, a lot has changed. I'm no longer 13, or depressed, or in middle school. I grew up a lot and find these stories that I wrote so long ago, though still full of myself and my teenage hopes and emotions, to be lacking. I've matured emotionally and mentally since then, and as such, my interests have changed as well -- I've "outgrown" Twilight and moved on to bigger and better things. For instance, I met my best friend/boyfriend/cuddling buddy, and now I see what a real, happy, functioning relationship is, and to go back to a fantasy world, as entertaining as it was, just doesn't feel right to me. The characters are no longer alive to me (no pun intended) and the Twilight Universe as a whole has lost its sparkle (that pun was on purpose). My perceptions of the world and of myself -- of those hopes and dreams and emotions deep inside me -- have changed irrevocably. I don't know if it was finding real-life love or going to college or battling my demons or even just time that forced the switch; I do know, though, that I'm different than I was back then. And I'm sure you're all different, too.

That said, I appreciate the support I received while on this site. In fact, I've been putting off this message for a while (around 4 years, around the time that I met Sean), because I didn't want to disappoint anyone and because maybe, just maybe, I'd want to come back. Chances are I was forgotten long before that, I guess. :P But in all honesty, I realize now that the day of return will never come. That doesn't mean, however, that I don't appreciate each and every review or favorite or follow that I had gotten in my time here; that doesn't take way how truly blessed I feel to have had the opportunity to interact --albeit virtually -- with so many talented and intelligent and wonderful people. So thank you all: for the confidence boosts and the kindness and stories you've all shared, as well as your interest in mine.

I still have a few stories in me, but they're truer stories, more real-feeling, and less mediocre. One of them is that of my own life, but I've yet to finish it yet. ;)

Best wishes!

Ana