Allow me to take this chance to apologize, plus new fic!

I'm so very sorry to all of you. I thought I'd actually be able to finish what I scheduled, but there were so many things I'd forgotten about in real life. Real life can be a major pain some times. I honestly really wanted to work on my fics more than I did, but I've been so stressed out, with final exams, projects, and the trip tomorrow. Its been killing my head, I can't think straight. I haven't been able to truly finish chapter six of What the Future Holds. I should've been able to (especially since my one friend bugs me about it every time I see him). I have the skeleton, but it needs some editing before I can post it. Unless you guys really want it as it is...

It just feels awful. I made promises that I couldn't keep. I want to be a good writer, I really do. I know that I do, because I feel that I'm letting you guys down when I don't update, alongside that people turn away from looking at my works if I don't update constantly. I know I haven't become at all famous or anything (even though I really want to), and I know that I only have two stories published so far, but that doesn't change the fact that I want to please the audience I do have.

Tomorrow, I leave for Germany. I'll be staying there for three weeks. I will have very minimal access to a computer (the one my host family has, and it's apparently really old), so I will mostly be doing everything that I do work on on my phone and/or paper and pen. Unfortunately, I won't be writing a whole lot while I'm there. The whole point of this trip in the first place is to enjoy being there, so I'm going to take a break; maybe that'll help with the stress. I'll work on stuff occasionally, but I'm going to be touring and/or doing stuff most of the time, so I wouldn't expect anything for the next three weeks. To make it up to you, I will use the gratuitous amount of free time I'll have when I return to work my ass off on what I write, not just for you guys, but for me as well.

The situation isn't horribly grim, though. While I haven't been able to work as much as I'd like, that does not mean I haven't been working at all. For those of you who saw my last post, out of the things I said I finished (I know, I can't keep promises, I know), I technically finished two. One has been through two reviews, and both of my reviewers liked it (thanks Minjask6572 and Khakispony), while the other will be going through a review while I'm gone. Before I go, I'll give you one of them.

Allow me to introduce my newest fic: Ultimatum!

I submitted it tonight, so going by the way FimFic goes, you probably won't see it till tomorrow. This one's going to be a really long one. Like, really long. Hell my prologue is in two parts! It's a bit darker. Even if you don't like a dark stuff, check it out, and let me know what you think of it!

The world is going to be a much different place when I return. Until then, take care everpony! And thank you all so much for sticking by me. And thanks if you took the time to read my incessant ramblings, I really appreciate it.