Friends and Family Day has come and gone, leaving behind both many happy families with a plethora of newly-forged, long-lasting memories, and one exhausted griffon with a multitude of hauntingly bad memories that he would rather forget.
Of course, he also made quite a lot of good memories as well. Funnily enough, almost all of them focus on a certain pink hippogriff. These are memories he wouldn't trade for the world.
Unfortunately, it's never really that easy even if Gallus wishes it would be. So while he may be in a far better place than he was before, he's still far from being as well as he could or wants to be.
Luckily, he has a great number of others, willing to stand by his side to help him heal. His teachers... His friends... Silverstream... All of the ones that he loves are standing with him as he makes his journey toward serenity. And while that long, arduous journey is still his to walk...
He doesn't have to walk it alone.
WARNING: Though the Suicide Tag is included, the act itself does NOT occur! In fact, it is added specifically because of Chapter Nine - and ONLY Chapter Nine - where the topic is brought up and discussed briefly.
All other chapters are devoid of any major discussions of the subject matter.
EDIT: Apparently, as of 1/15/2021, this story got featured! Thank you, everyone, so, so much for this! It really means a lot!
EDIT(8/18/2021): Much thanks to Johnerose126 for being awesome and gracing us with a brand new cover art!
Here's the link to the Cover version: https://www.deviantart.com/johnerose126/art/The-Bonds-of-Love-COVER-889056152
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For anyone interested, the original cover art was found via Google Images; here's the link to it: https://www.deviantart.com/ejlightning007arts/art/Gallus-and-Silverstream-773813568
16 Chapters:
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Chapter One: Transition [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
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Chapter Two: Reprieve [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
20,542
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Chapter Three: Expression [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
24,123
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Chapter Four: Optimism [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
18,150
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Chapter Five: Normality [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
17,127
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Chapter Six: Stagnation [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
18,508
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Chapter Seven: Pride [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
15,883
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Chapter Eight: Tension [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
13,933
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Chapter Nine: Fear [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
13,810
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Chapter Ten: Home [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
17,229
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Chapter Eleven: Closure [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
21,952
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Chapter Twelve: Serenity, Part One [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
15,448
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Chapter Thirteen: Serenity, Part Two [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
17,425
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Chapter Fourteen: Family, Part One [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
22,693
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Chapter Fifteen: Family, Part Two [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
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Epilogue: Love [Fimfiction.net] [Cache]
May 1st, 2020
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