They had faced a long hard journey together. Even though their pathways were about to take different turns, nothing would ever change the bond that now existed between them. They had been strangers at the beginning, even enemies for a time, but now they were eternal friends. They each knew that life’s road wasn’t about whom you were at the beginning – it’s about who you are at the end, despite all the odds that are or were stacked against you.

A story is made up of five basic parts.  Those parts include a plot, the characters, a conflict or several conflicts, a central theme and a setting.