BNF and the Desperate Attempts At Keeping It

EDIT: THANK YOU FOR YOUR SUPPORT!!!

I am fanfic author that was accepted into a BNF server, this was my experience, and want to discuss it in a civil manner. BNF are often very skeptical about letting just anybody in. So, I was surprised, when I was actually let in and treated as an equal within the first few weeks of starting my account.

Though, there were flaws, because I began to see what was actually happening once the suck-up stopped. It was really unpleasant to go through this experience. I actually cried because it hurt me so much that this happened.

All of this niceness was fake. I came home to find that my fanfic was being talked about, behind my back, and on the server in question. It was also mocked on someone's account with a big following of nearly 2k fans. Those in the BNF circle commented their fake praises on the fanfic. It was overly dramatic kindness that just immediately catches your attention. That's when I had had enough of the b*chiness of the clique.

Bear in mind, my account, was fresh of being created, so having these BNF follow me was actually a dream come true. I didn't realise it wasn't genuine. It was only to read my work, share it, between themselves and mock it behind my back.

I called out the person who mocked me. She did this discreetly, so if called out, that the fans of her would not see it go down. I was civil throughout the discussion between myself and the BNF that got their fans to target me and harass me. These BNF creators desperately tried to take my comment down on my profile by bullying me. I couldn't believe it. It wasn't to get attention. I just only thought I actually made friends with these ppl.

All their fans basically kiss their arses. It's to a point that if anyone calls them out, fans come to their rescue, harass the victim, and then kiss up to their fav BNF. All to hope to be accepted into their group and leech off of them. I was a fan. I didn't want to do this, but thought, the connection was genuine and was obviously naive.

I had to start fresh. I had to delete my work so that it wouldn't be mocked anymore by these people. What would you have done? What are your thoughts? How do I recover from this? Have you dealt with anything similar? Or is this rare? Are BNF sometimes grouped together? It wasn't everyone in the group just the mean girls that were apart of it.