'Faith' update

So I've been doing a lot of thinking about Faith. I have decided that I wanted to move on from my current Twilight world and do something different but remain with the same characters we all love. One thing that I was always picky about but loved was all human M stories so I have decided to rewrite Faith and base it on the real story.
This means that I will be using the existing story line as a guideline but it's not exactly going to go the same way as it happened. I want to change somethings around, maybe make it my ideal life (how I wished things had gone) or even the complete opposite, I haven't decided which way it's going to go. This gives more of suspense for you guys reading not knowing if it's going to be the happy ending that happened in real life or a completely fictitious heartbreak :P It also means that the Edward and Bella in that story will not be the people whom theyre based on in real life. It will be entirely fictitious however I write it.
I am hoping I will make this into a full length rated M All Human story. That does mean however I am probably going to include minor lemons and not really hide anything on the abuse side of things. I realise I am alienating a lot of my current readers that maybe too young to read 'M' rated FF stories but it's something different for me that I want to try. There is only so long I can keep my stories within a T rating without experimenting.

On the other hand I will still upload the full, almost completely true story of Faith to my blog. It is as close to the true events as I could possibly have made it and is the 'true' story that the FanFiction story will be based on.
This should be available to download from my blog at the end of the year. I will be starting the FanFiction story once I have finished Forever Legends. Who knows when that will be but I will definitely not be abandoning it and I refuse to start another story when I know I simply won't have time to write both and update them regularly (we all saw what happened with Forever After/Forever Legends).

Hope this clears up some questions I've been getting about Faith.
I am keeping the true story called Faith. However the FanFiction story may have a different name, or a similar one, I'm not sure yet, after all the reason it's called Faith may not even exist in the FanFiction.
~Nikki

Some New Pictures

Ive had some requests for pictures since my last few updates.
Teddy Cullen

Khaleesi Holmes (Cullen)

Ben and Lexi's children

Arya Cullen

Cato Cullen

Elle Cullen

Iida Cullen

Evan Cullen

Joel Cullen

Lila Cullen

Rhia Cullen

You and I - Teddy Cullen Extra

I wanted to write and post this for a while, most people wanted to know what Teddy was like, but because he was born so long after his siblings but before Living in Paradise i never had a chance to show you. This is an extra that tells you the story of him and his mate, Khaleesi. (pronounced ka-lee-see for those that dont know.)
Their story has been playing on my mind for a while, its a little bit out of my ordinary and some of you might not like it but its how i always imagined it. I kind of took inspiration from the book Where She Went by Gayle Forman and the song You and I by One Direction.
Extra after the break.
~Nikki

Making Memories: Tranquillity

New Chapter of Making Memories is up, its of Lexi and Ben's story.

This chapter is especially for Samy who made this amazing video! Thank you Samy!

Read the chapter here

I will be updating Forever After on Saturday, a Teddy Cullen extra, Sunday and Forever Legends Monday, i sincerely apologise for my absense. Working 50 hours a week sucks :(
~Nikki

Forever After Chapter 52 Pictures

Connie:

Sarah's Dress

Bridesmaids Dresses

Phoebe's Dress

Extra introducing Ivana Balev

Some of you have seen on my twitter that ive mentioned a character called Ivana, she is the daughter of Esther and Aleksander in the year 2180. Ive been wanting to write about her for a while and I decided to put it in Esther's story as a 'bonus' chapter since its not from her past but from her future. Its just a small chapter showing you Ivana, i wanted to get across her strong personality and of course her ability :)
There is also (maybe) a few minor hints to part of Forever Legend's story line.

Ive also updated The Immortals tab to include some minor spoilery Immortal Witch information :)

Click here to read Ivana's extra (or see below). She is also in the Luna Bambini tab!

Ivana Balev

~Nikki

New Making Memories Chapter + Pictures

Updating a new Making Memories chapter either today or very very soon. It contains MINOR spoilers for Forever After. There is a certain relative of Jacob that phases that hasn't yet in Forever After.
Here is the synopsis plus a few pictures of new children :)

Eliza is the only single one left of the 4 girls, for the first time in her life she leaves her sisters to travel to the place her family have spoken about her entire life, La Push. Eliza already considers La Push her second home despite having never been there. Will Eliza want to stay in La Push? Will it be Renesmee’s surprise or a certain wolf making her stay? Set at the end of Forever Legends.

Kai Black (AKA Kai Finau from Forever After)

Chartelle Elizabeth Black

Emalie Alexandra Black 

Eliam Kai Black

 

Kameron Jacob Edward Black

Asherah Renesmee Alexandra Black

Forever After will be updated very soon, i apologise for the wait.
~Nikki

Faith UPDATE + Preview DOWNLOAD

Hey guys, I've had quite a few questions about Faith recently and I wanted to clear some things up. I am still writing Faith and it is nearly finished. After going through old emails/texts/diaries etc I've decided that I will not be publishing it on FanFiction. I've pretty much kept it as close to the true story as possible, only adding in the odd conversation and events to pad it out a bit, even then the conversations are either taken from diaries from the time or they're what I remember talking about (roughly). Most of you know it's a personal story and digging into my past like this has awoken memories and made me realise a lot of things. Whilst I don't regret any decisions I made back then, I was a naive 14 year old and I know I will receive hate for it, not only me but 'Edward' too. I don't want to put him under that kind of punishment. This story is meant to show how he overcame his fathers abuse. It's supposed to show that no matter how bad things get, if you work for what you want there can be a happy ending. Writing this, it's crazy to me that the 'Edward' in this story is the same guy I am with now, he has changed so much and it makes me incredibly proud of how far he has come and that is why I'm still letting this story be read. I don't think I or 'Edward' should be ashamed of this, it should be taken as a lesson.

That being said. The story is written from both POVs. I wrote part of this a few years ago and actually published it on FanFiction under another name (Not BNC). I took it down but kept the story on my computer. I have used that, plus diaries, emails, the one-shot 'Faith' and actual memories and compiled it into a more in depth story. The first chapter of this preview you will all recognise from 'Faith' so you can skip it if you like but there is a 'Bella' POV at the end.

I am still waiting on 'Edward' to finish some later chapters so for now I thought I'd post the first 2 on my blog. I will let you know when the full story is available.

I hope this explains some things to you all and I am truly grateful to those that support me in writing this.

Download Link : http://www.sendspace.com/file/2nogew OR http://180upload.com/gq55hdenygjx The preview is a PDF. If you cant view it, download Adobe Reader (UK Link, might not work for US, just google it ITS FREE)

READ ONLY WORD DOC: http://180upload.com/6ou6iacd7klc

Ill keep you updated on when the full story is out :)
~Nikki

EDIT: Out of pure convenience for myself this is based in England. Some things might be confusing. Sorry about that, feel free to ask me on twitter for American equivalents on some things :)
EDIT 22/04/14: Read only word doc added for those that cant view PDF.

Happy Birthday Samy! - Tony/Anelie EXTRA

I wrote part of this a while ago but I wanted to save it so I could release it today specifically. This is for Samy, who’s birthday is today! I wanted to do something special for you and this is the only thing I could really think of. Happy birthday hun! I never thought I'd ever get a friend like you through FanFiction. You're always there for me and you seriously don’t know how much that means to me. I cant believe we’ve only been talking to each other a few months, it feels like a life time. Thank you for everything. I just thought I'd write an extra of (one of) your OTPs hehe. Love you and hope you had an amazing day and your brothers weren't too annoying ;) <3

It's kinda fluffy but I had a dream about Anelie and Tony with daughters and I had to write it down. There is more than just this which I will release later on this month. This is just a start that I really wanted to publish today for Samy.

The extra is after the break :)

(Attention FanFiction Authors) Model Guide

This is more of an information blog post. It is nothing to do with any of my FanFictions and readers you can look away, this is just for those authors and FF friends of mine that have started blogs of their own. It has come to my attention that some of you are either completely unaware of this or are uneducated on the subject.

I have noticed more and more FanFiction authors following the route of posting models or actors to portray their characters. I started doing this when I was writing Renesmee's Childhood Story so I've definitely been doing it for a while. I just wanted to point some things out that I have learnt in my 5 years of writing FanFiction.

Where you find your child models is EXTREMELY important.


You can be SUED for inappropriate use of pictures of children (If you dont know what the words 'lawsuit' or 'copyright' mean, GTFO the Internet or google both things IMMEDIATELY) this includes something as simple as reposting it onto your website/blog without permission to do so. Now a few of you are probably rolling your eyes and thinking I'm talking nonsense or that 'I won't get caught' but YOU WILL. Famous actors are okay, people like Mackenzie Foy who has her picture everywhere, or basically anyone that's ever been in a movie or TV show. The issue comes when you use unknown or new child models. Some websites are okay for this and I am going to list my source websites but some are a NO GO zone.

The thing you need to look out for is where you are getting your pictures, if you know of a child model and are googling them, make sure you go to their official website/twitter/facebook first. A lot of child models are on the Internet with the permission of their parents but that does not mean you are free to take and repost their pictures. A prime example of this is Gemma Devine. She became extremely popular in 2008 when Breaking Dawn came out. I was on the internet a lot back then and Gemma, along with Mackenzie Foy were fan favourites for Renesmee. Gemma's mother is a photographer and has been putting pictures of Gemma and her siblings on the Internet for years but only on her website, the moment people started to remove Gemma's pictures her mother didn't like it.
Another example is Grace Dever, there was a huge big thing where her fansites even went offline for a while because people were reposting their pictures without permission and their family became very upset. You're not even allowed to make fanvideo/youtube videos of Grace.


If you do not have the mothers permission DO NOT repost the pictures.

Right now you're probably thinking that I have pictures of children on my blog without permission and that is correct. Every time I find a model I want to use I double and triple check that there is no copyright on the pictures or that there isn't a specific request not to take the pictures. You are normally perfectly safe if there is no written word not to remove the pictures. For example, most model fansites or actresses are free for all really but there are some you will find warnings.
Here are some examples for you: (click to enlarge)

I personally use all three of the actors in these galleries as characters so instead of trying to find an alternative all I did was post a link directly to the galleries instead of reposting the pictures. It is vital that you read these kind of messages and you don't just enter the gallery without reading them.

When it comes down to it, if you dont have permission or you're not sure DO NOT REPOST THE PICTURE.
I am serious and I'm not joking, you can be sued and even if you're thinking 'I'm just 15, they can't sue me' I dont think your parents would be happy.

I have had a few emails in the past from mothers of the models I have used. I received one only recently and I'm normally extremely careful but I have had 2 in the past asking me to take them down and I was given permission for another (young Chantelle). I have been lucky that the mothers didn't take any further action but they could easily have.
Example of an email I have received

This particular model I found there was no warning, and the mother didn't have any problems after I took the picture down. The website I got the picture off should have made sure it was obvious the model wasn't to be copied but most are very good at warning you.


I know it seems silly, after all, we're not using the pictures inappropriately or maliciously, we're only young girls writing FanFiction but some mothers out there still don't like it. I personally don't understand them at all, I mean if you don't want your child on the internet you shouldn't be putting them up anyway but sadly we can't do anything about it.

This is just a warning to my fellow FanFiction friends, just please be careful. I think this is an issue not a lot of you are aware of and I am writing this from experience from what I've gone through in the years that I've been writing FanFiction.

Hope this is useful and you are now more aware. Google it and educate yourselves and be careful what children you put on your blogs.
~Nikki


Websites I know are safe:
http://www.fashionbank.ru/models/
http://www.fkids.ru/
http://www.star-kidz.net/imagearchive/index.php
http://www.childstarlets.com/

Some models I know you should NOT post: (these are just some I've come across, not all)
Gemma Devine (and siblings)
Grace Dever (and siblings)
Mia Hays
Tyree Brown
Sadie Som (and siblings)
Lexi Jourden
Savannah Davis
Nikki Hahn

Forever Legends chapter 4 pictures.

So there are a few new characters you meet in this chapter so im going to put the pictures up here, some of them have been in the FL tab for a while but now theyve been introduced im making it more accessable, especially to new readers, since im aware there are some reading Forever Legends that havent read my other stories.

Esther and Aleksander (see Luna Bambini tab at the bottom)
Kara Atten (introduced in chapter 1)

Alena Tilden (pronounced 'a LEE nah' - not Elena)

Caroline Tilden (Axton's aunt, she's not in the chapter but she is mentioned and since she's his mothers twin this is also a picture of his mother)

Family Tree (posting again since its mentioned in this chapter) some mates are not named because of potential spoilers.

~Nikki

5 YEARS ON FANFICTION

So I've been on FanFiction officially for five years today! I just cant believe its been that long, it feels like yesterday I was writing Renesmee's Childhood Story.
I just want to take this moment to thank EVERYONE that has ever read my stories, favourited them, reviewed them, loved them. I can never express how much you mean to me. I can't even imagine my life without FanFiction, I've made friends that mean the world to me and created characters that I never thought would touch my life but I'm often catching myself thinking about them haha.

As a special thank you, I asked on twitter what I should do for my 5th FF birthday and MyGoldStar101 requested an extra written about Chloe, Eddie, Jacob and Nessie set before they had kids so I'll be uploading that later and I'll post it on twitter and edit this post when it's up. It's nearly finished I'm just going through it again.

Thank you for all the support the past week or so about my personal life, I'm glad you all understand.
Forever Legends should be up really soon!

I also got some special fanart by Beth, thank you honey!!! <3

~Nikki

EDIT: Chloe, Eddie, Jacob, Nessie double date extra after the jump! I will be posting a small snippit extra of Chantelle and Pancrazio's wedding in the morning (as requested by Gabby)!

PREVIEW Holly Chapter (52ish) + FA Update

So a lot of people have been asking about Holly and since its still a few chapters off until you hear from her I decided to post a preview, sort of a teaser of her upcoming chapter, it will be after the wedding, although this particular segment happens before the wedding. It will be a memory.

To avoid spoiling those that do not want to read it, I've posted it after the jump, click Read More to read.

I will try to get Forever After up today as planned but I am on babysitting duty again so it might be a push. Keep an eye out, if not it will be up tomorrow at the latest. I'm hoping this preview makes up for it if I cant manage an update tonight :)
~Nikki

If You Close Your Eyes (An Esther FanFiction by Sibuna826twihard) + Forever Legends update postponed

So this is a really quick blog post because its after midnight here.
Firstly please go read If You Close Your Eyes, its a fanfiction based on Esther's past.
Its REALLY well written and captures Esthers character so well.
http://sibuna826twihard7.blogspot.co.uk/p/summary-esther-josephson-is-very-first.html

General Disclaimer about FFs of my stories: These stories are purely 'Fan'FanFiction and do not correlate to the future of any of my stories. They are just for fun and the authors are none the wiser to the future of my stories than any of my other readers. These stories have no 'hints' in them to how the rest of my stories go. I have no involvement in these stories what so ever. They can be enjoyed solely as side stories with my characters.

Secondly an update about Forever Legends, I scheduled an update tonight but I cant fullfil it. Whilst the chapter is written it is not edited fully. I fully planned to finish that tonight but real life came up and I was distracted. My boyfriends daughter is sick and I'm looking after her so he can sleep and she keeps coming in to see me and I gave up trying to edit FF about an hour ago.

I will update tomorrow morning as soon as I wake up! Sorry about that but RL and especially my 3 year old comes first.

~Nikki

Frozen Heart + The Immortals tab + Fanart

So Frozen Heart is up! It is the second chapter of Living in Paradise: Making Memories.
Link here: https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10020295/2/Living-in-Paradise-Making-Memories

Ryker Storm (Jonathan Butler)

Ive added a new tab on my blog, i had a lot of people ask me about the immortal humans and since im going to introduce a new species soon in one of my stories i decided to make an immortals tab to explain both species.

Ive also had some fanart:
By Enakshi:
   Matthew Cullen

(TEXT: Matthew Cullen. You must choose either your duties or your family. He chose his duties.........to protect his family. His Family.)

By Beth:
    Fire and Ice (Allesandra and Jonathan)

~Nikki

EDIT: Also a picture of Lizzy (Chantelle's half sister) people have been asking and i kept forgetting to put it up here, i finally went looking for someone to portray her (with help of Samy).

Esther: Ezra

Italy, 1961

There was a knock at the door and I almost skipped to open in. I woke to find an empty bed this morning, something I wasn’t used to for the past fifty years. I had no idea where Ezra had gone but he occasionally left like this to surprise me will flowers or gifts. I opened the door but it wasn’t Ezra standing there, it was Jane.

“How do you do that?” she asked, she said the same thing every time she came to me. I smiled at let her in.

Making Memories, pictures! + Silver Moon (Generation 5 FanFiction by KleoCullen)

Making Memories is a one shot based ten years after the end of Living in Paradise, all the girls are grown up, Lexi is now a vampire and they're exploring the world outside their little island paradise and they happen to come across the now fully grown Allesandra who any of them have yet to meet.

 

Pictures for Making Memories

Elizabeth (Eliza) Cullen (18)

Alexandra (Lexi) Cullen (19)

Izellah (Ella) Cullen (19)

Allesandra Cullen (18)

Prince Henry X

Pictures for Forever After

Isobel Black (13)

Erin Benson (16)

Here is a link to Silver Moon, a fanfiction of Allesandra Cullen (a very different version of Allesandra than mine) and the other generation 5 kids by KleoCullen
https://www.fanfiction.net/s/10016845/1/

Please do not send her hate telling her she stole my characters. She has FULL permission and my blessing to write the story.

Small disclaimer: This story is purely 'Fan'FanFiction and does not correlate to the future of any of my stories. It is just for fun and the author is none the wiser to the future of my stories than any of my other readers. This story has no 'hints' in it to how the rest of my stories go. I have no involvement in this stort what so ever.

~Nikki

~Beth~ FanFiction gifs!

Hi guys this is Beth (Nikki's sister) I asked Nikki if i could post here about my tumblr, ive recently learnt how to make gifs and ive already made some fanfiction ones already.
Basically i wanted to ask you guys is there any scenes in Nikki's FanFiction that you really wanted to see as a movie or with the actors? If there is request it on my tumblr and ill make it! I thought it would be a fun idea to see the stories come to life (or as close to it as we can get), since its impossible for her fanfictions to become actual movies i thought this was a fun alternative.

Make sure you tell me the chapter and which story, or if you cant, try and explain the scene as much as possible and ill find it.
http://elizacullen.tumblr.com/

~Beth

Poll and Extra

So I promised a Holly extra from last chapter but i went to look for it and couldnt find it anywhere! im seriously upset. when i had both chapters to decide between i took parts of them and put them together, i must have saved over the original alternate chapter and lost it. I might write parts of it out but right now i have none of it :( I can give you a brief summary of the alternate chapter and maybe ill be able to write it out for you soon, im sorry about that.

Summary: Jason doesnt imprint... but Holly thinks he does, they declare love for each other the day before she sees him with a girl and she mistakes his (very slight) flirting and is paranoid that he imprinted. she goes home crying, without Jason explaining and Lidiya persuades her to avoid him as much as possible. Will realises that Holly is ignoring Jason and Jason doesnt know why. He goes to Holly and gets her to talk to Jason. She eventually does but even though things are explained Holly decides that the relationship cant go anywhere and she tells him that its over between them. but of course  is still heartbroken.


On another note, now Living in Paradise is finished (mostly) i opened a poll for my next story. On the right of my blog make sure you vote for which story you want to see next!

Hope you all have a wonderful new year :) This will be my 5th year on FanFiction, I can hardly believe it's been that long.
~Nikki

I'll Always Remember You (A Chantelle and Zio FanFiction by Kp23129) + Fanart

Kp23129 has published a new story based on Chantelle and Zio in Forever After. It focuses on them remembering and finding Matthew.

Please do not send her hate telling her she stole the idea. She has FULL permission and my blessing to write the story.

Small disclaimer: It is purely 'Fan'FanFiction and it does not correlate to how Chantelle or Zio find out about Matthew in Forever After. It is just for fun and she is none the wiser to their future than any of my other readers. The story has no 'hints' in it to how the rest of Forever After's story line goes and I have no involvement in the story what so ever. It can be enjoyed solely as a side story with my characters.

Read it here:
  https://www.fanfiction.net/s/9964467/1/I-ll-Always-Remember-You



I also have another piece of wonderful fanart by Enakshi! Thank you.
Lexi and Beth Cullen

 ~Nikki

EDIT: Changed the update day for Forever After to tomorrow... I'm having trouble deciding which chapter to upload. There is two directions for it to go and I have both written out but I dont want to edit both. I need another day to think about which one I want to use. Sorry about that.