This is my final journal entry for this account.
I wanted it to be my own journal skin, with my own design for my own friends here on deviantART, but well, I've never been good with timeliness...
So here begins my hopefully-not-overly-or-even-close-to-overly long goodbye...

The story begins...

It's been quite a long journey, though cut short. While on youtube one day talking to , I'd heard about her writing Shadmaria fanfiction. I wasn't really accustomed to fanfics, but I decided to write one myself, even including a small reference to something from hers. She told me about making a deviantART account. I'd heard about the website, but didn't know very much else, so I made an account, looked around, then started making friends...

My Friends

The ones who made deviantART the special little place it is to me. Each of them have their own story and I'll try and put a little of everyone here
In no particular order:

- Chay is such a sweet friend
and she has the sweetest art too she has an inspiring gallery, with quite a few cute couplings

- Another great friend
her art is simply beautiful (as is she ) and to see her art evolve, is such an honour

- Where do I start? lol, I started watching her account pretty early on, falling in love with her art.
But my, she's grown, designing a poster for Darren Criss
But of course she is, with some of my favourites of her's being
, and of course

Why the one who started my life here, of course
I read her first fanfiction first via youtube, and well she's gone up and up since then
haha, I remember crying reading all her fanfics...such great stories

- He's wonderful
He's just a great friend and also an inspirational Christian to those other Christians, go have a look at his deviations

- I first met her back in 2009, with I believe -->
I fell in love with the picture, her drawing style and then as we started to talk, she became a wonderful friend too
She's a very strong lover of animals and also features a lot of other dA user's art who deserve more credit.
Overall, just a truly wonderful person

- A friend who I definitely shared some good times with
Our conversations, I believe, were mostly quite interesting XD

- First met through Chay, his sister, we've quite a bit since we first met and I'm glad to have seen him and his art grow
He works hard on various projects of his and does what he loves he even works on game design now such as the addicting Brick Survival 2 <-- click it and download

- Ahh, we had some of the best (and longest) roleplays
Haha, they were fun I'd come home from school, come on dA and a message from her would be waiting, and off we went
And she's got Rose, who's always awesome to rp with


- Just go look at her profile She's talented and amazing
I do remember teaching you about the dodge and burn tools in photoshop XD and then seeing this your first picture, which was so awesome


- She hasn't had it easy lately, but she's such a great person about it all
Her art? wonderful as well, of course some of my favourites:
, and

- Mah sistah She means the world to me
Met through Shadows-penn and we've gone through quite a fair bit together, lol, but sisters to the very end
Ooh, and pretty pictures
and

And the story continues...

I've had some pretty up and down, off and on times...but through it all, my friends have always been there
I really have to say thankyou, to all of you. To everyone who has visited my page, read a chapter of my stories, taken a glimpse and favourite or taken the time to leave a comment, you have made my journey, my adventure, my story the wonderful way it has been

And then the story ends.

So to all my friends here, farewell...but just for now
I'll be back with a new account, hopefully around the end of this year Keep on growing, everyone, because you're all so talented, so kind, so lovely, and bascially, just so incredibly perfect to me
I won't be replying to any other comments on this account. I do have one last deviation to post, possibly in the next week.
But that will be my last.
I'll always have my email open though I'd still love to hear from all of you
(lara12345631@gmail.com)

A special dedication.

Before I leave, there's one more note I must first make.
- This account is not well-known but nor does it aim to be. This account belongs to my one and only love, Johnny.
To my dear Johnny, it's been two and a half years since that first day, and not once has the love I have for you lessened. You've been there for me whenever I needed you. You've been everything I could have ever asked for. You may not realise it, but love, you are perfect to me, absolutely perfect. I would not change a single thing about you. I was scared at first...I fell in love with you, I didn't think you loved me back. You proved that wrong
I was scared to tell anyone, but you know? I will let the world know, that I am in love with you and that you mean the world to me. I know I can't be beside you right now, but you're always in my heart, and we'll be together soon
With love, your Laura.

My final farewell

I chose this journal skin because it is pretty. lol, well, it was one of the reasons XD
The main reason is because I have one final little story for you all

I wake up, it's still early. I rub my eyes and stretch. I see a little box on my bedside table, tied expertly with ribbon. Curious, I lift it up and give it a gentle shake. I then untie the ribbon, letting it fall to the floor. I lift the lid of the petite box to see a small heart-shaped locket. I give it a turn over and look for an attached card, but found none. I then carefully, unlatched the locket, but then immediately drop it in surprise. Small grains of grey sand are now scattered across my bedsheets. Confused, I start to gather them into a pile. I am about to place them back into the locket when I realise that a few grains still remained. They spelt out two simple words.

You go to bed, it's quite late. You seat yourself comfortably and pull up your covers to see a little box on your bedside table, tied rather clumsily with ribbon. Curious, you lift it up and give it a little rattle. You then pull off the ribbon, placing it on the table. You lift the small box, to find a small heart-shaped locket. You analyse it then look for an attached card, but find none.  You then unlatch the locket, accidentally dropping it as grey sand begins to fall out scattering all over your bedsheets. Puzzled, you begin to gather the grains into a pile. You are about to put them back when you realise there are a few left inside the locket, spelling out two simple words.

THANK YOU