There once were two wolves, the best of friends. One wore a white pelt of snow, her eyes danced like blue fire. The other blended into the dusk shadows, her eyes shimmering as bright as the fresh summer grass in the sun. They roamed the forest for a long time. The white wolf would disappear on occasion, but she always came back.

One day, the gray wolf disappeared. Scared and worried, her best friend howled every morning before dawn and every evening until the moon was at its highest.

After a year and a half of calling, she returned. But something changed. She wasn't as happy and she was abused. She was scared. The Wolf of White understood her pain and stayed closer than ever. She never left after that and another joined them. A wolf dark as grass at the midnight hour. Before he met them, the white wolf would whisper into her family's ear,
"There is nothing to be scared of. I am always here. No more disappearing. No more hiding. We will fight together."

DrCasHolmes, you are my best friend. You're my family. Even if it isn't by blood, WE are family. I love you and I want you to know that everything will be okay. I'm not leaving. I will let the bridges burn, the rivers dry, and the depression disappear. I will fight along side you, no matter who against. And so will lion_inferno. I know that. Some may be stronger than me, you may be stronger than me, but nothing will stop me from protecting those I love. Nothing at all.