My dear and faithful readers,

I am really dreading doing this, but sadly, I am ending Closer to the Truth. This story has been so dear to me and you all have been the most supportive group of people that I have had the pleasure of interacting with and I owe you all an explanation.

I started CTTT (Closer to the Truth) during my sophomore year and it really helped me expressed my feelings in a creative way. It helped me when I was having friend problems and when I just needed to escape from reality. I love writing and making the characters do what I wanted. It really introduced me into the world of storytelling, something I love to this day. I want to produce my best work and lately, that work is fading. I am 18 now and my interests have changed dramatically in those 2 years. I still love fantasy and magic, but I am not as passionate as I was back then. I don't want to produce half-baked ideas just to please when I am not pleasing myself. You all deserve the best I can do, and I am not living up to it.

Because of this fanfiction and the love and support I have received through CTTT, I decided to branch away from retelling other people's stories and start telling my own. I am currently writing my own book with my own characters and I love it. It reminded me why I love to write and I get to choose what happens. I am actually hoping to publish it in a few years, something I could never do with this story due to copyright. I want to thank all of you though, because this story has helped me develop my skills and find my love of writing.

I also want to tell you where I was planning on going with the story, hopefully answering some questions. If you have any I didn't answer, feel free to DM me and I will answer.

The purple book belonged to Zac and Mimmi's father which I was planning to introduce

I was going to have Chris find out in a real dramatic way which ended in them showing him the moon pool to get him to understand more

I was planning on Andi and Nic meet the group and become friends

Then I was planning on having some sort of conflict between the mermaids and the land people

I had so many little things that I wanted to put in and I'm sorry to say that I can't anymore. I really wish that I had the drive to write more, but sadly, I don't. I'm not going to write about something that I have no interest in. I'm going to write about what I am passionate about.

Thanks for being so incredible and for welcoming me into the community. Words cannot express how grateful I am to each one of you. I love you all.

Saying goodbye one last time

Thanks for reading!

Anna (Moonlight Mermaids)