Okay guys, so I got some interesting news, So out of the blue I decided 'You know what I'm going to get one of those covid antibody tests done.' And wouldn't you know it, I have the covid antibodies. So if I had to guess, I already got covid somehow, but was asymptomatic. So I'm pretty happy about that. I don't want to take the vaccine, and considering I don't even remember being sick at all in the past few years barring a few food poisoning incidents. I'm feeling great. Covid ain't got shit on me.

Also, the thing I find cool is that I check my story stats to see where my readers are from. And the coolest thing is that occasionally you'll see more nations start to boost their numbers up. For example, I've been seeing a lot more readers from South Africa pop up. Which is bad ass.

But honestly I think the coolest thing is occasionally I'll get the messages saying 'Hey a lot of the advice you give in your stories is really helping me.' And that is one of the best feelings you could ever have. I'm no self help guru, but there is nothing better than getting a message from another guy saying something along the lines of 'Hey, I read your story for fun, but I actually starting taking some of the advice you give in the chapters to heart, and so far I've been a lot happier.'

Which was one of the goals I had when I wrote this one, I didn't want to make it a crack fic again, but I wanted to give people more of a sense of realism and hope.

Also heres a bit of advice for you younger bros.

If you're somewhere in the 18-25 age range. And you're scared about not getting a girlfriend. Just stop thinking about it. Now is the time to build towards your other goals. Theres a saying that my dad told me about the men in my family specifically.

"The men in our family ain't worth shit until we hit at least 30."

Do I still go on dates occassionally? Yes, but as of right now, its not occupying my every thought, you're young, you got time. Focus on your own life, save up money, try to get ahead, don't focus on stuff like relationships right now, ESPECIALLY if you're broke. You got all the time in the world. Work on yourself first.

BZZ BZZZ

Winter woke up to the alarm and turned to see Jem was already out of bed. She yawned and rubbed her eyes as she sat up and got out of the bed. While they had done nothing 'physical' yet. They both slept in the same bed. After all, they had been doing it enough while they were on vacation, so it was just a normal thing for them now. They were still not far along enough in their relationship to get past anything but kissing and cuddling. And she was okay with that, she was enjoying things so far.

"Hey hun." He said as he walked in with two cups of coffee.

"You're up early." She said as she took one of the offered cups.

"Yeah, you know me, I can't sleep in even if I want to, my body just won't allow it." He said as he pulled back the curtains.

"AH!" Winter had to avert her eyes really quick from the sudden light.

"Woops, should have warned you." He said as she slowly adjusted to the light.

She let a small growl out, but she let it go. She sipped on her coffee as her eyes adjusted to the point where it didn't feel like she got flashbanged.

"So just spoke to some of the guys on the ship, they said we're arriving in a few hours." Jem said as he got along with the soldiers just fine.

The only issue was that they were too uptight. He may have seriously cut down his alcohol consumption, but these guys were practically forming a dry county. It was total bullshit. How could you be in the military and not be getting blackout drunk on the weekends? He shook it off. Who was he kidding? These guys were on an airship, chances are that they didn't want to risk crashing anything if they drank too much. He hoped once they got off this damn thing that they would lighten up a bit.

"Good, I'm looking forward to showing you around Atlas." She said as Jem didn't seem too enthusiastic.

"I mean it will be cool to see all the advanced tech and a floating city in the sky, but eh, cities really aren't my thing." He said as he was hoping to see more natural sights around.

"Hate to disappoint you, but Atlas isn't too big on nature." She took a look at Jem who seemed disappointed.

"Dang, can't say I'm too excited about that." He looked awfully solemn.

Winter got a little concerned.

"Please tell me you're not about to go Unabomber on me." She said as Jem chuckled.

"Nah, I love nature, but I'm not going to go down that road." He said as he could see that Winter watched a lot of crime documentaries back on Earth.

"Besides, I'm not nearly smart enough to make a bomb." He said as Winter deadpanned.

"Really? Whats the recipe for black powder?"

"Oh thats easy, Charcoal, Potassium Nitrate and sulfur. But come on, thats just basic shit, either way, I'm not crazy enough to do that, as much as I love nature, its kind of nice to have tech around." He said as he knew he could never live all of his life without technology.

Air fryers were just too convenient.

Seriously, it wasn't good to let technology rule your life, but he would be damned if it didn't make things so much easier. E

"Just tell me one thing, they aren't all a bunch of rich snobby douchebags are they?" He asked as he knew he wouldn't mingle well with high society types.

"Most are just normal people like you and me." She responded putting his worries at ease.

"And what about Mantle? All I know about it is from the final two volumes, and it didn't really look like a fun place to be." If anything it reminded him of some of the shittier places of the US, like Detroit, Chicago, LA, Rockford.

He shivered as he thought about Rockford.

You knew it was bad when a gift shop sold souvenirs talking about how much Rockford sucked.

And that was another thing. Who the hell would want a memento from Rockford?

Thats like getting kidnapped by the mexican cartel and asking for a vacation photo from El Chapo.

Melania

"Melania? Honey? You okay?" Daisy said as Melania had been depressed the last few days.

She had still been going to work, but she hadn't been nearly as flirty with the clients at all. It had gotten to the point where even the older men who usually tipped her due to her flirty nature had started to get worried. What had happened to the girl to make her personality change so drastically? She had almost no enthusiasm even when she received a big tip. The only bright side was that all the lonely dudes in the shop had started tipping her extra in hopes that she would revert back to her bubbly, flirty personality.

What they wouldn't give to hear her say 'Rawr' again.

"I'm okay." She said from her room as she couldn't believe her luck.

Remnant had been so cool at first! But now it was a living nightmare! She couldn't be who she wanted to be anymore! She used to complain about America being intolerant. But now here if she indulged in her furry self, she would be pissing off an entire race! Not that she wasn't doing that with an entire world before, but in this case it was different!

On earth, she pissed off normies. But here she pissed off a minority group. Which she felt horrible about!

"Look Babe, I'm going to the store, you want anything?" She asked as Melania squeaked out a response.

"Zebra cakes..." She needed her favorite snack right now.

"Okay, I'll be right back!" She said as she left.

"Poor girl. I hope she gets back on her feet soon, its no fun seeing her this depressed." Daisy said as the beagle faunus grabbed her coat and walked outside the apartment.

She looked up in the sky to see a cargo ship landing at Atlas.

"Oh good! Must be a resupply! We should be seeing that soon!" She said as this was a good sign.

Usually Atlesian Airships would transport supplies to Atlas first, but as soon as they unloaded their cargo, it was off to Mantle. None of the stores were low on stock, however she did prefer to stock up on supplies ahead of time. Who knows when the next crisis could be?

Melania on the other hand just looked out her window as she couldn't even bother to get dressed. She hadn't done her hair or makeup in the days leading up from her discovery of the non existent furry community on Remnant. She had never felt so alone before. She sighed as she remembered her time as a child. Her dad was always working, and her mom was a telemarketer who worked from home. She was never neglected. In fact she grew up in a very loving home. But she rememebered the very first time she ever came across a furry.

It was on the internet back when her parents first upgraded from Dialup to the new system.

She was so excited! She was going to do so much! She was ten years old and she felt like she had all the power of the world at her fingertips! At first she stuck to mostly harmless sites like the disney website or cartoon network. However, the peaceful innocence was not meant to last.

For it was one night that her life changed. She snuck downstairs to the family computer because she wanted to get some extra time in. She was thrilled! A classmate told her about how someone was leaking teen titans episodes online! And she was going to see if she could find them! But when she typed it into the google search bar. Something else popped up.

A horrible, evil malignant site that changed the course of her destiny for the worse.

A website that Obi Wan would refer to as a 'Wretched hive of scum and villany'.

A website where dreams went to die.

A website where once you fell into the black hole of despair, you would never be able to escape.

Reddit.

She could remember it clear as day. After her failure at finding the leaked teen titans episodes. She instead decided to look up fan art from the show. Back to the google search bar she went and this was what she typed in.

"Beast boy in dog form." At first she thought nothing of it.

She didn't know what she was about to see would change her life.

For the very first thing she saw was on the top of the results.

"Beast boy and Raven reimagined in furry forms!" Naturally she was curious? Did Raven also have a beast form?

She remembered her name was Raven, so she must have had a bird form! This must have been something new! Maybe it was something the showrunners were hinting at in the show! After all, they had been referencing the possibility of those two having feelings for each other right? Or was that her ten year old brain jumping to conclusions? Either way she was thrilled! What if the showrunners made it so she gained Beast boys powers! That would be so cool!

Not thinking, she clicked on the link.

And what she saw changed her forever.

She could remember it fondly.

She remembered she saw beast boy, but rather than being a pure dog. He was an anthro. He was still in his suit but his human face had been replaced by a doberman's head. His feet were paws, but his hands were still hands. But what caught her eye was Raven. She just assumed Beast boy was just in a werewolf form on purpose. But Raven absolutely stunned her.

How they managed to make a woman into a anthropomorphic bird amazed her. Her arms had feathers dangling from her arms almost like a shimmering veil. Her face while still having the distinct feminine features of her normal self were framed by bird feathers and a small but prominent beak where her mouth should have been. Her frame was a lot thinner so as to imitate the hollow bone frame of some birds.

She couldn't help but fall in love with the art. She looked at the title again. And she took note of the word 'Furry'.

And from then on, she saw she was on the r/furry subreddit.

And there was no hope for her anymore.

She was too far gone.

That was the day that the ten year old Melania Hirsch died. And Tigerstripe Fangbite was born.

But now what was she?

She couldn't be Tigerstripe here, but she hadn't been Melania in a long time.

Who was she?

Did she even know?

Did she want to know?

She cried into her pillow as she realized she truly didn't know who she was.

Coming to Remnant had been a dream that had rapidly turned into a nightmare.

I honestly do believe that most furries are created out of a sense of loneliness. But with that being said, there are a lot who were simply exposed to too much weird shit at a young age.

Its kind of like how if you end up watching internet porn at a younger age, it can really fuck up your brain. For example, porn use can result in increased rates of social anxiety, depression, low motivation.

For more information look up 'Fight the new drug'