Demi

I suppose if you're here then you found interest in my stories, but you might wanna read the thing below.

A Final Update (originally posted on Of the Stolen, now it can go here, too!!!)

Hey, all. It's been a while, hasn't it? These past few months have been really busy and weird, and I've been doing a whole lot of thinking about what I want out of writing now. Writing Spyro fanfiction has become stale for me and I've kinda lost interest in the world and lore. I used to be very happy with my current story, Of the Stolen. I thought it was the best thing I'd written on this site, and I still do; it's definitely my best posted thing and it's also my most completed work. But times have changed and so has how I feel, and at this point I'm pretty decided on what direction I want to go.

I think it's time for me to leave writing fanfiction behind. I've put a lot of thought into this decision. I haven't fallen out of love with writing in its entirety – I still love writing! But FanFiction isn't the place I want to take it anymore. Which means Of the Stolen is, yes, never going to be finished.

You might be asking why my feelings on Of the Stolen have changed, and it's mostly because it's been taken in a direction I don't really adore. There's so many things I'd change about it now – especially the introduction, that thing is fuckin' huge and I hate it – and I just can't see myself getting around to it. I don't like where it is now, I don't really like how it's going to end, and there is no feasible way of fixing it without doing a ton of rewriting, which I could not be bothered doing anymore. I've fallen out of love with my characters, the world, the lore, everything about the story.

Also I hate how long it is lol. I'm tired of writing huge stories, and I'd rather write shorter things now, closer to actual novel length. It's stupid how long OtS has gotten, and I still had 50-70k words to write, and I don't really care to do it.

Now, if Of the Stolen is never going to be finished than how was it actually going to end? Well, a lot of is unclear, but I have the basic idea.

After Roland and crew fall into the ocean and almost drown, Roland wakes up in Dante's Freezer, and later finds Ashlyn and Fluffy. They can't find Myrtle and Tristana, so they settle down for the night in an icy cave, and later see Drevon trying to free the next wyvern. Roland goes to confront him, quickly proceeds to fail, and then gets his leg torn off (yes, very brutal).

He wakes up in an old abandoned dragon temple a week later with Ashlyn, Fluffy, and Myrtle at his side, and basically goes super depressed for a whole arc. He meets his father again, hates him, but eventually learns to love him again. Myrtle runs away about halfway through the arc to go and find Tris, who's out in Dante's Freezer succumbing to her own mind. Roland learns more about his time powers and how to stop Drevon, and he and Ashlyn also fall in love with each other.

What's the deal with Fluffy, you might ask? Essentially, one of the last of the apes who was also Roland's dad's friend sent five dreadwings out to find Roland. Four of them died, and one survived, Bone Grinder, who Roland eventually started calling Fluffy instead. Roland's dad knew how the city would be destroyed and wanted to save his son through any means necessary. He had weird prophetic visions and shit and it didn't really make much sense, but let's roll with it, 'kay?

Eventually, Alevor would repair the boat (yes, he's there, too) and Roland and Ashlyn would sail to the Mountain of Malefor, where Roland would experience the final vision. He and Ashlyn would spend one last night together before Roland runs off by himself when Ashlyn's asleep to go and face Drevon alone. Roland would almost be killed by Drevon, but would freeze him inside of a time crystal for the rest of the eternity just before he dies, with Ashlyn unable to stop him before he does.

In the epilogue, Ashlyn would finish off a picture she was drawing of Roland. He asked for it on his birthday, and she didn't get far into drawing it when they realised they were in love with each other and put their foreheads together like lions (yes, they don't kiss. Dragons can't do that, it's physically impossible, LOOK AT THE SHAPE OF THEIR MUZZLES AAAAAAAAAAAAAAA)

Anyway, Ashlyn finishes off the picture, cries with Fluffy at her side, and that's how the story ends. But what happens to Myrtle and Tristana? They either escape Dante's Freezer after also falling in love, or they both freeze in a blizzard together. Kinda depressing, I know, but oh well.

I know that wasn't really as satisfying as it could've been, and I feel pretty bad ending it this way – I ended the original story, Dragon's Ruin, in almost the same fashion, too. But I can't finish it at this point. It's only now that I realise where I did end it was pretty funny; Roland falls into the ocean, drowns, and it just ends. What a great way to end the story. So satisfying. Good job, Demi.

I do want to thank you all for reading it, though, every single one of you, and especially you people that reviewed. You inspired me to push this far and I couldn't have done it without you. And I need to give a huge thank you to River as well, who edited this story, put up with me through all my moments, and became my best friend in the process. You've been great. Love ya, Riv.

Oh, yeah, I won't forget you, Foxy. You're cool too, I guess :P

Well, that's enough about my story. What now? What about me?

I'm not leaving FanFiction, totally. All my works are still gonna be up and I'll still stick around on the site. I still like reading fanfiction, so I'll be here to do that. And I'll always be around if you wanna talk or anything, just send me a PM.

I can't really bring myself to leave it all entirely. Fanfiction's been a huge part of my life, and it's the reason I have what I do today, the reason I have any friends at all basically. So I won't leave for real. I'm just not gonna write anything for it anymore. I mean, I might get an idea suddenly that I wanna write, but it's alright. No more big stories. Maybe a tiny thing once every, like... ten years lol.

For now, I'm moving onto original works, where I can create my own lore and worlds and everything (I mean, I already did kind of do that with my stories around here; the Spyro lore is full of holes and it sucks lol). I hope you've enjoyed what you've found on my profile, even if I think it's all just kinda meh. I'll see you around if you wanna chat or something, but other than that, I guess this is goodbye. Sorry about the big ramble; I couldn't be bothered composing my thoughts, so I hope this is comprehensible enough lol.

Thanks for reading, and good luck with your own writing!

-Demi