Well, the holidays are over. Finally.

Well, I got nothing to say except two things here.

1. I'd been here for over a year. I can still remember my first comment on my shouts. I believe it's from KaleGarrison in his old account.
Let's see here. For the duration of one year I got 21 watchers, 794 pageviews, 63 favorites, and 332 comments while I watch 41 people, commented 483, and. . . . You know what? I'm going to skip how many works I'd fav. *BOO* I know. I know. But there's too many to give out a number. *BOO* I'll make it up with the next one!

2. I'm finally going to show you a preview of my next story, Fur Trade. I hope you'll enjoy it.

Ch. 1: FOXWOOD

In the middle of the night, underneath a city in Canada, there lay an underground base. That base was known to the people who worked there as FOXWOOD One, the first base ever built for FOXWOOD. The walls, floors, and ceilings were so white it hurt the eyes when one looked at them. Most of the doors were made of glass that, if it weren't for the logo for FOXWOOD composed of several white triangles shape like an "F" emblazoned on the doors, were flawlessly see though.

Inside one of the room is where the newcomers of FOXWOOD are about to receive their codenames and their Brigade names. There are nine of them, all of them anthro animals due to the Fines Malum Incident, which happened two weeks before. The accident/Fines Malum case caused them to be transformed into what they now were. At the center of the nine, there is a red fox with his green eyes looking at the commandant of FOXWOOD, the Commander.

The Commander’s face was wrinkled due to his old age and had several scars; the most prominent ones were the three claw-like scars running from his left temple to his chin. His green eyes and hair looked dull, but shining at the same time. His blue uniform was filled with several medals; with the most prominent one being the gold medal he'd gotten during the Vietnam War.

"Daren Virtus," the Commander said, "do you swear to work for FOXWOOD at the cost of your life?"

"I do," Daren said without a shred of fear in his voice.

"Then, from now on, your codename will be Brave Fox," the Commander said. "Show your courage when it's most needed." Brave Fox saluted at the Commander and the Commander saluted back.

"Kyler Sapiens," the Commander said, "do you swear to work for FOXWOOD at the cost of your life?"

"I do," Kyler said.

"Then, from now on, your codename will be Wise Wolf," the Commander said. "Show your wisdom when it's most needed."

This he had repeated for the others, though Margaret was a bit unsure and the Commander looked liked he might change his mind about her before she accepted in the end. Chris Potens became Power Coyote, Margaret Virtus became Spotted Leopard, Anna Amor became Lovely Vixen, Karson Ecclesia became Belief Cat, Ethan Libertas became Living Wolf, Tim Libertas became Free Fox, and Jon became Follow Jackal. ("What kind of codename is that?" Daren heard Jackal said under his breath).

I hope you enjoy it.