Author's Note

This story has been inspired from Sweetie bot stories and Past Sins

Chapter 1: Sanity?

It was a dark and stormy, well... day actually. Most stories like this one begin at night, but this one starts at day actually. Around three in the after noon, but the storm was so bad it seemed like night.

Thomas grinned to himself as he levitated a wine glass to his lips. It did not contain wine, but cider. "A toast!" he said. "A toast to everyone here, as we witness the greatest storm of the century!" He put a dashing smile on his face and magically smoothed out his black vest as he waited for cheers. Instead Iron Taz spoke up. That STUPID grey Stallion horse.

"Actually, the greatest storm happened Very little time ago!" Taz shouted from the back of the dark laboratory.

Thomas brushed a hoof through his dark brown mane. "And when, may I ask, was that?" Thomas then muttered "you bald stupid goat"

Iron Taz answered immediately. "One, that's tribist. And racist. Two, I may have no mane or tail, but my coat is better than yours could ever be, ya pink goot! And third, don't cha remember that storm caused by the Chaos Spirit Discord?"

A Royal purple Pegasus with an electric blue mane spoke up. "Well then, this storm will be the greatest EVER! For it is the storm of LIFE!" Mango Peach said, her Manehattan accent thick. It didn't annoy Thomas, but he still wasn't all that big of a fan of accents.

"Well said!" Story Bringer proclaimed, his horn lighting up in excitement. He was the odd brownish white of a scroll, and had hair as red as a ribbon. His eyes were like everypony's else, a deep, deep blue. Only one set of eyes were different.

"Open the hatch!" Thomas said. The copper roof slowly slid open, like a scene from Frankenstallion. Or was it Frankenstein? Thomas shoved the thoughts out of his head. "Pull the chains! AND RISE THE TABLE!" He licked his lips. He was getting giddy. He open his mouth and screamed in laughter. "And now for the hardest part! WE WAIT!"

The team of many ponies raised their glasses to their lips and drank. But no one dared to utter a word. In the sky above, the storm worsened. They had ruin many of the pegasi storms, so this great and powerful storm was necessary to help Canterlot reach its necessary rain. At last, a bolt of lightning stuck the raised body. It jolted and seized as the electricity flowed through it.

For the space of almost an hour, no one dared to think it failed. They all watch with hope. And finally,the body breathed. A single breath, no more. Than in gasped and coughed for air. It's golden eyes snapped open as it tried to sit up, failing to do so.

"IT LIVES!" Iron Taz shouted. Cheers erupted from around the room.

"CAN IT, YA BIG SORRY LOT!" Peach screamed. She then walked up to the creature and unstrapped it. "There we go now," She whispered softly. "I'm Mango Peach. I helped bring you to life." She gave it, no, she gave HIM a kind motherly smile. "Everything's gonna be alright." She was about to hug him, but a dark green unicorn cleared his thought.

"And what are you doing?" He asked. Mango opened her mouth to reply, when everything exploded.

It. Was. Pure. Chaos. The Royal Guards of Celestia barged in, and everyone panicked. Many pegasi tried to fly away, only to be stopped by the Wonderbolts. Celestia herself was there. Even Luna. IT screamed. Or at least tried to. IT was afraid. And IT saw something HUGE stare angrily at IT. The HUGE tried to make its way to IT. But IT was picked up by a massive THING.

Iron Taz grabbed the war creation and ran. He leaped at the steel walls and tore through them. He could not let Celestia ruin everything he had worked for. The perfect DNA for a soldier lied in his very hooves. Celestia would thank him one day. For now, she did not understand. But she would. One day.

Luna watched as a horse grabbed somepony who fell unconscious and ran. She was shocked that he broke through pure 5 inch steel. She then saw a Pegasus of Royal purple follow. A Pink Unicorn and an earth pony with a copper coat followed as well. Another Unicorn leaped out, having a coat of lime-green. Luna flew after them, to make sure they did not escape.

Mango Peach ran out. Her child had just come to life, and she would do everything she could to defend him. It seems Iron Fez had the same idea. But why was he running into the forest, rather than the DNA registered transport pods? Wait. D. N. A. No. "NOOOO!" Peach screamed as she tackled Iron Fez. Her son went flying, and so did she. She caught him. She would name him later. For now they needed to-

Luna was confused. Why did the pink pegasus attack her partn- "AUGHHH!!!" Luna watched in horror as the horse leaped up and tore the pink pegasus left wing clean off.

Thomas tackled Iron Taz to the ground. His friend's wing bounced of his head. "YOU BASTARD! I BUCKING ALWAYS NEW YOU WERE TROUBLE, YOU LOW DOWN SON OF A GRIFFON!" He reared his left arm back, but with a simple kick, Taz broke the arm.

"That is racist. And if you excuse me, I must take this super soldier for the better of Equestia." Iron Taz said this all in a cheerful voice. He proceeded to buck Thomas off of him. As he got to his hooves, he saw Luna. And ran. He could hear the sound of a river near by. He heard someone leaped at him and promptly bucked his hind legs in that direction. "I am not a pure muscle horse for no reason, you know." He turned to look at the fool who tried to jump him.

Gear Crank glared at Iron Taz as he got up. He saw blood getting on his copper coat, but he did not care. He had a mission to do. He quickly brushed the silver hair out of his face. "That thing needs to die, Taz. It defies all of Celestia's Laws. It's a freak of nature that was make by sin! It needs to be destroyed for Celestia's sake!"

"IT WAS FOR THE SAKE OF CELESTIA THIS SOLDIER WAS MADE!" Iron Taz bellowed. He wondered how he was not yet caught by Luna. He than heard a maniacal laughter. Iron Taz and Gear Crank had only one thought. Run.

Luna knew the others would get away. But even if she went after them, she still could lose them in this storm. Lighting her horn, she stopped to help the pegasus. She did not speak. Luna found the wing, only to discover it had been struck by lightning. Half of the wing had become ash. The rest was burnt. Luna levitated the wing and brought it to the pegasus. "No" The royal purple pony said. "I will not be healed of this. I need to keep my son safe- GAUGH!" She tried to get up, and fell from the pain.

Luna began to heal the stump. Only to discover the wound has already healing. "Don't worry. I'm going to help you." Luna said. "What is your name?"

The pegesi remained silent for some moments. She than shook, and let out a sob. "M-My name is Mango Peach. I just want to save my son!" Tears poured down her face, mixing in with the rain. A Lime Green Unicorn ran past, making no sound as he stepped on branches. No sound, that is, but his laughter. "And now it seems the situation grow more dire." Peach looked at Luna, than at her wing. "I can not save my son. Please, I beg of you, leave me and save him! the horse wishes to turned him evil. Please, please save him!"

Luna did not waste another moment. As she ran through the forest she heard the others crashing through the forest. She also heard the sound of a waterfall roaring loudly. And somepony screaming "YOU FAILED!" Luna came to the edge of a waterfall. She saw a lime-green Unicorn screaming at the sky. But his eyes were crossed. One eye stared at the copper earth pony. The other eye stared at Luna. She wondered why he was staring at her. Unless... Luna whipped her head around, catching sight of the horses hooves coming right at her face. Than, everything went dark.

Mango Peach cried. She was crying her soul out. She heard the cursed words of Glitter Case. His mad words. 'You failed'. How could she live with herself now? She failed to save him. Ruferd. "I failed to save Ruferd." She cried.

She felt someone sit down beside her. "He's not dead. He can survive a water fall. And Peach, I swear to you I will help you find him." Thomas grabbed Mango by the shoulders. "But we can't do that if we are in prison. I need you to run. To hide. I will find you. But if you want to be reunited with Ruferd, you need to hide." Thomas got up, and run. He ran to the water fall. And Screamed' He screamed as loud as his lungs could allow him. He screamed the very words, "YOUR NAME IS RUFERD!"
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Luna groaned as she woke up. The sun was shining, but instead of the afternoon, it was morning. She could hear a ringing in her ears. She looked at the grass in front of her muzzle and giggled. at that she knew she was delusional. But because of that, she didn't care. Luna sat up on her hunches and took a deep breath. The air was nice, and birds were singing. Luna let out a yawn and felt her nose buzz. It seemed quite numb. Yet when she poked her muzzle, it stung. She then remembered getting bucked in the face. But she didn't care.

"Isn't madness wonderful?" Luna's mind snapped at attention at the voice, before numbing again. "I'm Glitter Case!" Luna peered closely at the mad man before her. He had a Lime green coat, and had a leafy green mane. On his flank was a makeup kit. And his eyes. His eyes were so blue. A blue deeper than the very sky. Luna than remembered the question, and gave a really big nod. Madness did feel nice. But Luna knew it was only a matter of time before she became sane. She than looked at the waterfall. It was still loud, Luna realized as the ringing faded. But it wasn't as loud as before.

"I feel thirsty." Luna said out loud. She than realized she had cloaked herself with an invisibility spell. She took the spell off and saw red on her armor. She took her armor off and stared at the pony staring at her.

"Makes sense, makes sense. You lost much blood, after all." Glitter gave a very odd smile. "Why don't you wash up in the river? I'll clean your armor for ya!" Glitter Case crawled over to Luna and grabbed the armor. "I'll make it nice and very clean. Yes I will." He than had the face of a colt hard at work as he trotted up river, wearing the armor.

Luna smiled. How nice of Glitter Case to do that. Luna walked over to the river. To her left was upstream. About 50 palms to her right was the waterfall. Without the constant rain it was not as crazy as it was once. Luna knew there was a better word than crazy, but she couldn't think of it. She bent her head down to drink water and promptly fell over. She opened her eyes wide and giggled. Luna began to roll her back against the grass before shouting "I LOVE BEING MAD!" She stopped. Her voice was really loud.

Glitter Case stared back at the Alicorn, who was now acting quite much like a little filly. He was proud, oh yes proud. He used his talent. He turned the Alicorn insane. Although he didn't recognize her. There was Celestia, the royal Queen, no, Princess of Day, bringer of day and night. Then there was Mi Amore Cadenza, or Cadance, who was the princess of love. But this Alicorn must have come about when he was in that asylum. The place wasn't all that bad. It made great pudding. "Wanna hear- are you drowning?"

Luna was drinking too much water. She couldn't stop. She was so thirsty. Soo thirsty... Luna yipped in pain as she felt a firm hoof yank her out of the river by her mane. She felt no air coming to her lungs. She felt odd. She- "Omph! Blargh!" A hoof stomped on her stomach, causing her to vomit water. She turned over and vomited to the ground. For a whole minute she did nothing but vomit.

"Wait! Mango, where is she?" Luna's mind snapped to attention as she fought the haziness. Yet as her eyes crossed paths with Glitter Case, she couldn't help but laugh. "You're the one driving me insane!" She snorted.

"Yeeeeeeeeeeeeup! I am! Now sit down, I wanna tell you a story!" Glitter stuck his tongue out as he said this. "But first, what is your name?"

Luna stared in shock, her mind clearing only the tiniest bit. "You don't know who I am?" Glitter Case shook his head dramatically, side to side. Tears began to form in his eyes. "Ohnono! Please don't cry! I am Princess Luna, Bringer of Night." Luna gave a smile to Glitter Case, who sniffed and wiped his left hoof against his snout. Luna noticed that despite the face of sorrow, he almost seemed like he was waiting for something.

"H-hey, ya wanna hear what my cutie mark means? I was at first gonna tell you, but you was drowning. So, ya wanna hear?" Luna nodded. It did sound interesting. And it would be. 'I want cake' Luna thought to herself. She then noticed that Glitter now had a wicked and sinister grin. Why? "Well, as you can see, I have a make up kit for a cutie mark. I discovered my talent at age four. I was helping actors, with a fake mark on my flank, getting them ready. They were nervous, so I spoke to them. Used my magic on them and changed their minds. They doubted their-selves. I made them confident."

Luna clapped her hooves together. "So you can bring out the best in ponies!" Luna said, a happy understanding coming to her. She still didn't like Glitter's strange, mean smile.

"Yes. But I can also bring out the worse. And other things." Glitter Case's look of insanity disappeared, and he held a cruel frown. Luna began to be scared. 'It's alright Luna. If he gets dangerous, well, you're a very powerful Alicorn!'. Glitter's frown became a smile that carried a glare. "I can change the way ponies see. I can shape minds for better or worse. I can shape them, mold them, change them... But I can also break them. I can make others go insane. I can trap ones mind and destroy it. I am so good at it that to completely ruin their mind, I just need one minute of them being completely focused on me. On my eyes. Their complete attention. So thank you Luna. You are now an oversized unicorn with fake wings. Your name is Susan. You have gone made. Oh, also I remade your armor around you. Iron binds those false wings. You know little of who you are. You are young, so young. A child compared to now."

Glitter Case stopped. That was enough for now. He would work out the spell knowledge later. Now, using the armor, he had to kill Luna. Or just for her death. Probably would be hard to kill an Alicorn. "I wonder, if Celestia were to find you, would it be worse on her mind if you thought you were a mother looking for her child? Or for you to be the child looking, HEY WHERE ARE YOU GOING!?!?"

Luna had leaped to her hooves and started running. 'Wait. Who is Luna?' Susan shook her head. And found her mane odd. She shook her head again. A mother lost her child. Susan had to help. But then she heard a cruel voice. Calling Luna, than Susan. It sounded so cruel. Susan looked back and saw Glitter Case. Susan felt so afraid of him. So she ran faster. Than she saw a deer bounding away, going so fast. Almost like it was trying to fly... Susan copied the movements and started bounding beside the deer. For hours they bounded from the cruel voice. Until Susan dropped from exhaustion. As she fought sleep, Susan looked at the deer. It was actually a doe! She smiled. It was so pretty...
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Susan yawned. She had fallen asleep it seemed. It was now dark and the moon was full. Susan realized she was lying on the ground among deer. They were so pretty... Susan had an idea. She needed to get away from Glitter Case. He had done something to her. Susan could run. "Or," Susan said softly to herself "I could hide. First a disguise." Susan concentrated. Her horn sparked with a blue aura, but a dark red one appeared around the blue. "Come on, come on!" Susan whispered. She tried harder. Red sparks flew from her horn. And finally, her dark blue coat became a light brown, similar to the doe. "Now for this weird hair. Why is it like this?" Susan was exhausted from the previous spell, even though it was so simple of a spell. She gained a headache as she tried to remember why her hair was flowing with magic. Susan than had an idea. She used her magic again, but put her hair's power to her horn. The exterior power let her use her magic with less difficulty. But it still was hard. Susan turned most of her mane a solid black, but let the top bit stay on her horn. It made Susan seem as if she was always using magic. She finally turned all but the tip of her hair black. Susan seemed to have small curls in her hair now.

Susan heard the sound of running and ducked down. "Come on, Flam! Those guards are everywhere!" "Just hold up, Flim! This saddle bag is not in great condition, and we can't let it rip! Why did we even get moonstone magic dampeners!?" "Shh! Look, wild deer." Susan wanted to see who the who voices were. She cloaked herself, only to discover her horn still was visible with a red glow. Still, it would work. She tried to move, only to discover many fawns were laying against her.

Susan giggled and heard three things. The two voices demanding to know who was there, and a joyful laugh. "There you are! He he. Hee hee." The voice whispered as it came to the grove Susan hide in. "Found you."

Susan bolted, throwing the fawns off her. As she ran she grabbed to the ponies who spoke in her mane. "Hey! Let us down!" "What in Pete's sake are you doing!?"

Susan did not answer. She only ran. Then she bounded. Moving swiftly through the woods. A fawn ran in front of her, leading Susan somewhere. 'Is that...' "Is that a train off tracks?" Susan looked at one of the ponies she held. "I now I'm mad but I didn't think I was this crazy!" Susan looked at the train for a moment. Tilting her head in confusion.

But than she heard the laugh. The cruel laugh.

Susan tossed the ponies on the train engine and hopped on herself. "Some one bad is coming! He broke my mind! He can break yours! WE NEED TO LEAVE NOW!!!"

Flim grunted from the panicked unicorns scream. "Ready Flam?" he asked.

"Ready Flim!" With that, the two brothers powered their Locomotion and set off. The brothers could see guards and a green unicorn trying to catch up with them, when the green unicorn suddenly tackled a guard. The guard started screaming like Tirek was in front of him. The other guards tried to attack the unicorn, but as soon as they made eye contact the guards also started to scream. "MORE POWER!" The brothers yelled. The Locomotion quickly picked up speed, and was traveling at a whopping 30 kilometers an hour. Yet the unicorn started running. And was catching up. Flim stared in shock. He caught sight of those eyes. They were so blue... Suddenly, a whole herd of deer were out running the green unicorn. A buck threw a fawn on the Locomotion, startling Flam. Then the buck rammed into the green unicorn as the FlimFlam brothers put even more power into the engine. At the speed of 40 Kilometers per hour, the engine was screaming. But they were leaving the guards and unicorn in the dust.

After 10 minutes, the brothers let the Locomotion slow down to 20 kilometers. It was tiring, but they didn't know the Come to life spell. Flim wiped some sweat off his brow and turned to his brother. "Well, brother of mine, that was something."

Flam looked back at his brother. "Yes it was, brother! But what are we going to do about you know what?" Flam focused back on the task of steering as he waited for his brother's reply.

Flim put his left hoof to his chin as he thought. "I'm not sure, Flam. After all, it would be quite hard to just get rid of them. Anypony could stumble upon them! But I'm sure we'll sell them to a good buyer. After all, moonstones aren't common."

Flam gave a quick look at his brother, who was now looking out for the wagon they stashed. "I'm not talking about the moonstone rings! But I'm glad you were! Others wise, well... it would be a grim idea. But I'm talking about something else!" Flam waited for a response. But after a few moments of not getting one, he looked back at his brother. Flim had an expression like he was confused about what was going on. "Flim! I'm talking about the oversized unicorn and the fawn!"

Flim tapped his brother on the shoulder. "Hey, isn't that our wagon over there?" he asked Flam. Flam gave an irritated look as he got to work connecting he wagon. Flim was confused by this, but he didn't worry about it. He turned to study the stowaways, who had somehow fallen fast asleep. "Let's see. I'm not an expert, but judging by the smoothness of the face, I'd say this fawn is a doe. And as for you, Miss over sized..." Flim laughed out loud. "Hey Flam, remember our oversized unicorn?"

Flam was in the process of connecting the wagon to the Super Squeezy Cider 6000 when he heard that odd question. "Yes? Of course I remember that unicorn. She dragged us to our train engine and summoned a herd of deer to attack the green unicorn. Are you alright, brother of mine?"

Flim giggled. "I positively don't think so! And also, utmost dear brother of mine, SHE'S NOT A UNICORN!" Flim began to laugh like a maniac before his brother slapped him. "OUCH! Thank you my head now feels clearer. Anyways Flam. She's an Alicorn." Flam stared, before slapping his brother again. "OUCH! I did not need that! Look, I'm not insane. At least not any more."

Flam finished hitching up the wagon. He then hopped up and looked at the so called Alicorn. And saw his brother was telling the truth. "I'll say!" Flam exclaimed. He took off his hat with his left hoof as he took a stick with his right one. "Wait what am I doing?" Flam looked at the stick than tossed it away. "Brother, take our guest and put them inside the wagon. As you are still looking dizzy, I'll drive."

Flim nodded and did as he was told. He still had to have help from his brother, for Flim felt quite dizzy. "Hey Flam? I think I'll stay out with you."

Flam tilted his head. "Really? I thought you would try to inspect our Alicorn guest! After all, it's not everyday a new princess-your face is green. Oh. OH CELESTIA!" Flam jumped out of the way as his brother barfed.

"Okay Flam... I, I think I feel better." Flim put a weak smile on his face, before barfing again and passing out. In doing so he almost fell off the Super Squeezy Cider 6000. Flam caught his brother with his magic. He then levitated a blanket out of the wagon and put it on Flim.

Flam sighed. Looked like he'll be up late tonight. Flam kept a look out as he drove. "What a day this turned out to be. Guards everywhere. And most of our food and money fallen into the river during that storm." Flam slowed the engine to 10 kilometers. After all, he would have to conserve his strength. Flam heard a whimper. "Flim?" Flam turned to look at his brother and saw him shivering. Like he was afraid.

"Flim. What happened to you?" Flam patted his brother on the head. It seemed to calm Flim down a little.
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Flim looked around. He was in a grand mansion of some sort. "Where am I?" he asked himself. He saw the mansion was stripped like a candy cane. It even smelled like peppermint. Out of curiosity, Flim licked the walls. They tasted of that fake tonic they once made. Suddenly, a darkness swept over the land. A green glow stretched out. 'It's trying to choke me!' Flim thought as he tried to push back the darkness. A comforting pat came to Flim's head, and the darkness was forced back. Flim gave a smile at that.

"Did you think it would be that easy?" Flim whipped his head around. The voice sounded jolly, yet there was something wrong about it. Bits started to rain from the sky. It came down so hard, they broke the ceiling. And descending down, was the lime green unicorn. "It's time to end you" he said with a smile on his face.

Flim screamed. Then he ran he ran from the mansion into a forest made of candy and gowns. A cave of darkness closed around him. Flim felt his heart stop beating. He crumpled to the floor when he heard THE VOICE. So jolly. Yet so CRUEL. Flim began to hyperventilate. His heart was beating again, but it was pounding like the Running of the Leaves.

Flim thought his heart and lungs would explode. But then the lime green unicorn appeared infront of him. His breathing became even faster and his heart began to heart. 'Oh sweet Celestia' Flim thought to himself. 'I am going to die'. Flim was certain he would explode from fear. But he didn't.

The unicorn did. The unicorn for a split moment had a face of true fear, before exploding into the brown Alicorn. The darkness was blasted away. Flim stared wide eyed. "WHAT THE TARTARUS IS GOING ON!?"

Susan stared at the light yellow pony with the candy cane mane. She and this strange pony looked around and saw the fawn chewing on what appeared to be a tree made of dresses that smelled like flowers. "Well..." Susan said. "We may be sharing a dream." Susan now stared at the candy cane mane pony. "My name is Susan! What's your's?" Susan put a big smile on her face, hoping it would calm down the panicking unicorn.

Flim stared as he tried to take deep breaths. He got up to his hooves before laying down in a more comfortable position. "My name is Flim. It's *cough* nice *cough* to meet... you.. I'm sorry but *cough* I'm having trouble breathing from the panic. Wait did you just say we're sharing a dream?" Flim got a nod from Susan. "Why, and also what is a Alicorn doing in the woods and in my dreams?"

Susan stared at Flim, confused. "Alicorn? I'm not an Alicorn, silly!" Susan giggled and booped Flim on the nose. "What in Equestia gave you that idea?"

Flim pointed to Susan's back, only to discover that on her back was an iron belt, binding her wings. "Well, in real life and in here you have wings and a horn. If you're not an Alicorn, then how do you have both?"

Susan stared as she thought, a headache growing. All of a sudden, Flim's dream began to flicker. "AUGH!" Susan held her head and felt her physical hooves doing to same. "It hurts! It hurts so much!" Susan could see a lab. Blood covered walls. She felt pain. Something large and strong from that place had brought her pain. She remembered running through the wall. A large hole had been made. Anything other then the room of pain she could not remember. "I- I escaped. They did this to me. THEY DID THIS TO ME!!!" Susan screamed. She could feel whimpers leave her body in the real world. Her brain in it's damaged state tried to do it's best with the limited memory it had. Susan then felt some one hug her. In both the real world and in the dream world. Susan calmed down.
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Flim could not stand the screaming. He had to to help her! He tried to walk to Susan, but his feet seemed so heavy. He forced himself to walk with every ounce of strength. And felt himself move. He knew he was moving, but this one was different. He was moving his actual body. "Hang on, I'm coming." He could see both the wagon and his dream. He was moving through both. Slowly, he walked to the wagon entrance and stumbled through the door. that movement almost made him wake up. But he held on to the dream. He saw Susan whimpering. Flim laid down next to her and hugged her. "Don't worry Susan. Everything's gonna be fine."

'It's been a few hours. Flim could take over now' Flam thought to himself. He looked at his brother and pulled the blanket. It was empty. Flam pulled the train to a full stop. he was about to jump off to see where his brother had fallen, when he noticed the wagon door was open. "Flim?" Flam whispered as he poked his head in. He looked down at the floor and smiled. "Well... I guess you can sleep a little longer." Flam muttered softly as he closed the door.
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Susan slept soundly, Flim hugging her from behind while the doe had laid on top of them, preferring the softness of the ponies to the cheap brown carpet.
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Readers, I thank you for reading the first Chapter of Ruferd. This story will continue, don't you worry.
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