A New Starting Point
Chapter 18: Chapter 17: The Next Day
Previous Chapter Next ChapterPrim and Flare had woken up from a good nights sleep. They didn’t do much yesterday once they got to Prim’s room. Really, all they did yesterday was ask each other questions, walked around the castle, and took a nice walk through the Royal Garden. They ended their day by when they headed back to Prim’s room and slept. When they woke up this morning, the two went to breakfast and went back to where the too had been earlier, simply so they could watch some TV together. However, the two stopped watching the show they were watching when Prim asked Flare about his family. One conversation went to another and then the two were now talking about Buster.
“Aw, he sounds adorable! Like a tiny foal” Prim cooed softly.
“Well, Buster the Blaster is about half the size of this castle, and a dragon skeleton... so I don’t know if the words adorable and tiny could be used on him easily,” Flare responded, he tried to use his hooves to show Prim how tall the blaster was, but he was a few 200 feet short,
“Well, I still think it’s cute that he has a favorite teddy bear!” Prim huffed, her nose had scrunched up slightly.
“Well, he does sound cute, and he can be sometimes. Though since he is really tall and a walking, talking dragon skeleton, with the powers of the Paradox Blaster no less, he is quite scary. But that's just me,” Flare replied, giving Prim a shrug.
“Well, I wish you could summon him... but I don’t want a hole in the roof, or for ponies to panic,” Prim replied, huffing softly as she laid her head down on Flare’s hooves.
“Yeah, that would get media coverage easily,” Flare replied as he rested his head on Prim’s head.
“Yeah, like if the news about you being with me got out... Thank you for talking to Mrs. Birch and Ms. Zap about it,” Prim said.
Flare chuckled and lifted up his head to look at the TV. He grabbed the remote and looked at how much was left of the episode that they were. When he saw that only a few minutes were left of the episode, he leaned down and nuzzled Prim.
“Hey, don’t fall asleep on me! We only have a few minutes left on our show, do you want to watch the rest of it?” He asked.
Prim groaned softly for she had just started to fall asleep. Her head had risen softly and her eyes were still closed. Slowly, she opened her eyes to look at the TV.
“Yawn... N-no, I think I have a better idea than sitting here watching TV...” Prim said, as she turned over on her side and looked up at her partner,”Why am do I get tired when I lay next to you, I just want to take a nap...”
“Well, I was thinking, if you don’t want to finish this episode, why not take a walk around the nearby park?”
“Hmm...,” Prim scooted over to Flare and wrapped her hooves and tail around him(Yes, while on her side),”That sounds lovely. Oh! maybe we can see the ancient and mysterious Pony Fountain!”
“Uh...,” Flare said,”Can I ask why it is so mysterious?”
“Well, like I’ve said before, I’m not good with history, but it is said the fountain was made for a pony of great power, and that throwing a bit into it will grant you a wish!”
“A wish... Prim, I don’t want to pop your adorable bubble, but wishes aren’t real...” Flare said, as he looked and grimaced softly.
Prim gave a deadpan expression at the monster pony,”You’re saying that wishes aren’t real... you, a pony made of magic and come from a world where souls are powerful enough to make one of your kind a god or goddess, and you are saying that wishes are fake?”
“Hmm... yeah, that's exactly it... I may come from a place that has amazing amounts of magic, but nothing like ‘throw a bit into the fountain’ or ‘wish on a shooting star’... my childhood was mostly working and watching out for my little bro...,” Flare replied, rubbing his left arm softly.
“W-wow, I-I didn’t know you had such a... umm... well lack for a better word, sad childhood,” Prim said softly and sadly, shifting over onto her stomach.
“Heh, it’s alright... why stay, looking at something that's been gone for years... I don’t want to worry about the past I want to worry about our future...”
Prim sniffed softly and put her muzzle next to his cheek. She whimpered softly,” F-Flare? please don’t be sad... I hate it when you’re sad!”
Flare chuckled softly as he wrapped his tail around the mare just like she had done,”Listen Prim, I’ve told you a lot of things that happened to me in my world, some of the things I mentioned, like never stopping the genocide, haunt me. Believe me, that is in the past, I was different back then, I wasn’t the calm and collected pony you see and date now. Back then, I was lazy, uncaring, and... and depressed. I don’t ever want you to worry about my safety or if I’m sad or not... My sadness spreads like a virus if I let it out...”
“NO!” Prim shouted.
“AH!”
“Flare, I don’t know why you think that I’m gonna stand by and let you hurt yourself like this! If you need to talk about your past or any secrets that bother you... just. tell. me. I care a lot about you, too much to let this virus brew and corrupt you! Didn’t you say that it was this sadness that caused you to become unhinged?” Prim calmed down and pressed a hoof against him,”You don’t have to fight alone... not anymore...”
*Sigh*“Alright...alright, if I need to get something off my chest, I’ll come and tell you...”
“Hmm...”
“You alright?”
“I-I’m sorry Golden Wheel, I think I just felt a sad burst from Flare... He’s alive out there... I just know it.”
*Sigh*“... Then I hope we can find him soon... the queen isn’t happy that he’s gone missing...”
“W-we’ll find him! I’m sure of it! If anypony can find him, it's me! Lightning Trail!”
“Wow!” Prim gasped loudly. Both Flare and Prim had put on their disguises and were walking around the park. Right now, Prim had stopped and looked at some flowers that she had never seen.
“Wow Swirl, you seem to really like the park,” Flare chuckled.
Prim blushed and looked back up at Flare,” Well yeah! I’ve never been outside the cas- I mean! I’ve never been in town long enough to see and explore it, Neutron!”
Flare rolled his eyes, the two had come up with a story on why they aren’t seen often in town. Their story was that they didn’t live in town and lived only a few minutes away. Not a good story, but one that keeps suspicion off their backs. The two moved on to try and find the ‘Mysterious Pony Fountain’. Along the way, someponies had stopped to look at them, Flare, even in his disguise, was just as tall as he normally was, the same went for Prim. When anypony looked at them, they mostly looked at the large stallion.
“Hey, did I ever tell you why I like and believe in the wishing fountain?” Prim asked, her tail wagging slightly, hoping that Flare would ask why.
“Actually, you never told me...” Flare replied, feeling the gentle airwaves being given off by her tail. Flare chuckled and nuzzled her cheek, he replied softly,” I guess you want to tell me?”
“Yep!” Prim replied, stepping closer to his side, returning the nuzzle,”When I was around 18 years old, I through a bit into the fountain, and guess what I asked for!”
“A Watermelon?” Flare replied jokingly with a smirk.
“No!” Prim giggled at the random response,”I wished for somepony that I can love and that the same pony would return that love to me!”
“Really now?”
“Yes! And I think that my wish came true!” Prim stated happily, pecking Flare on the cheek as they rounded a corner.
Off in the distance was what appeared to be a pony standing on top of a bowl. This was the ‘Mystrious Fountain’, The pony was dark green and the basin to hold and recycle the water was a dark blue.
‘Huh... so this is the fountain... Neat,’ Flare thought.
The two stopped at the reached the base of it. The fountain was quite tall, and you could see that a lot of bits have been thrown into the basin of the fountain, just by looking into it. Prim pulled out a bit and gave it to Flare, who in turn, levitated it up.
“Now Flare,” Prim said softly,”In order for one to make a wish, you need to close your eyes, think of the wish, and then throw your bit into the water! And don’t worry if you get splashed, that is a good omen! Oh, and you can also tell the pony next to you the wish, but you can’t tell anypony else!”
“Hmm... alright,” Flare shrugged. He closed his eyes and thought of the thing he wanted most in life, the thing that would give him satisfaction in doing this simple ritual. Once he found it, he tossed the golden coin into the fountain’s water.
Bloop!
The coin hit its mark and a small amount of fountain water hit Flare’s chest. He could here Prim gasp softly and say,”Flare, you got splashed! Do you know what that means?”
“Yeah, it’s a good omen... right?”
“Right!” Prim said giddily.
...
“So.. what was your wish?” Prim asked as the two walked to a place to eat.
“Well, I wished that all of the ponies that I love and care for will be safe and happy.”
“Aw~!” Prim cooed,”How sweet!”
‘Now to commence the operation’ Flare thought.
“Hey, are you hungry?” He asked.
“Now that you mention it, I kinda am,” Prim said
“Hmm... let us go to a cafe in town, I know a good one,” He replied
“Do you now? I thought you’ve only been out of the castle as much as I have~,” Prim cooed softly as she rested her head against his neck.
Flare chuckled softly, giving her a soft nuzzle. The two had now walked deep into the heart of the town, where all the shops, cafes, and restaurants were bountiful. The center of the kingdom, it’s very core, lived in lively hood. Vamponies didn’t crowd the street like you think they would. Most of them were at their jobs all around the kingdom. The center of the town wasn’t just a rich ponies club, all forms of business, big and small, lived in relative harmony here. To simply describe “The Center” it was different colors, all lighten up by lanterns and lampposts. In the center was a monument of a ‘well known’ vampony figure, who Flare knew next to nothing about. All that he heard about the vampony was that he and The Moon Mother (TMM) worked together to free the vampony race. Also, they brought the fall of the ‘Solar Witch’ and her ‘Solar Nightmares’, whatever that meant.
The two found a small cafe called ‘Chill’s Morning Bite!’ which was owned by a friend of Night. Prim and Flare took a booth seat near the back of the cafe so they could be left alone.
“Hmm... something isn’t right...” Prim said as she took a seat next to Flare.
“What do you mean?” Flare asked, trying to sound innocent.
“Hmm... nice, calm walk in the park... and now you take me to a cafe, saying you’ll pay for the meal...” Prim put a hoof to her chin. Finally, it clicked, she looked Flare in the eyes and asked,” Fla-um Neutron..., is this a... date?”
“Welp, ya caught me red hoofed,” Flare said, giving her a small smirk,”Yep, this is a date. I thought that we needed a date to get to know each other and eat at the same time.”
“F-Flare!” Prim squeaked, she blushed,” If you told me, I could’ve worn something nice for you!”
“That’s what I don’t want,” Flare replied, much to Prim’s confused. Flare cleared his throat and continued,” Prim, I don’t want you to put on makeup and a dress just for me, I want you to feel comfortable. That’s why I didn’t tell you.”
“O-oh...,” She said,”Flare... I wouldn’t mind...”
Flare chuckled, he replied softly,” Then I’ll tell you next time, alright?”
“Yeah, okay. S-still, thank you for this,” Prim replied, she snuggled up against him, she rested her head on his shoulder and her wing wrapped around his back.
..._-_...-_-
The waitress had come by and asked them what they had wanted, took the menus, and left the two to be alone with each other once more.
“F-Flare?” Prim asked,”I have a question about the underground...”
“Shoot.”
“Did... you ever talk to the king?”
Flare’s face went dead and cold, every bit of happiness or calmness that was once on it was now gone.
“Yeah, I did... Little did I know it would be the last time...”
“D-do you want to talk about it?”
“No... I already ruined the mood, let’s not destroy what is left of it...”
“...”
“...”
‘He’s hiding something, something that hurts him deeply... maybe I can get it out of him when we go home...’ She thought.
The rest of the time there was simple silence as the two later got their food.
.̶̮̱̱̎.̶͙̓̎͌̏.̸̧̯̻̠̎͠
‘W̷̫͚̞̹̉̓͂͘h̴͕̞̅̅y̶̨͈̠͊͘?̵͎̞̱̤̿̈ ̷͇͕̼̈́͠͝W̴̩͑̈̕h̸̳̝̍́͘y̷̭͉͆̉̋ ̵̼̞̭͛̿͛d̶̢̦̙͆o̷̠͈̿͗ͅḛ̵͈̑s̵͙͈͇͌͑n̵̳̯̺͈̅̆͗͑'̵͇́͂͝t̷͙͉̥̒͘ ̶̢͖̫͍̊͐́̕h̸̩̗̒͑e̴͍̮͕̽͌̍ ̷̝̩̑̊̿̐t̸͉̼̗̉̔̓͆ȧ̵̯̹̝l̴̗͔̣͐̄̃̚k̸̡̮̄ ̷̧͔̼̄̀͝t̸̪͋̀ô̷̯͠ ̸͍̲̇͌̐̚h̸̢̭̙̽e̴͈͇͌̓̇r̴̺̍?̶̹̥̻͐͘̚,” asked ???
‘Because he doesn’t want her to worry,’ replied Solar Eclipse.
‘Í̸̧̫͖͗́t̶̞̂͊͋'̵̬̱̲̇s̶͎̎ ̷̮̙͋͊͋n̸̨͓̝̙͑̀o̷̡̘̼͌͘̕ẗ̵̝̮̪̫́̓ ̶̖͑͌̽g̵̨̯̬͎͊͠o̵͓̗͔̒̑͘o̵͎̞͈̼̒d̴̡̧͇̪̓̚̚ ̷̬̜̤̒́f̴͇̝̠͔͋̋o̴͑ͅr̸̛͔͕̓̑ ̸̢̩̩͓͑͋͘h̶̤̼̩̓̄̇͝i̵̙͍̮͗̂s̸̡͊͑̇ ̷̤̘̓̾̾̚m̸͎̱̗̜͝e̷̗̖̟̱̊̅̀n̷̡̳̈́͊t̶̙̆̔å̷̘̪̈ĺ̵͇̼̈̊ ̴̧̼̖͕̒͐̈͠h̴̢̘̜́ͅê̶̘͙͓̮̎a̶̜̠͑̊t̴̢̠͍̞̽͛h̷̩̦͂ ̷̙̉̅͠t̸̢͙̳̀͜͠h̸͎̄̚̚͘o̷̧̬̜͉͑̂͐͋u̸͉͓͐̌̾ǧ̴͇̘͚̓̈́ḧ̵̘̻́͘.̷͔̫̫͐́.̷̺̬̹̘̉̆.̸̞̺̅,’
‘He knows that, but you know Flare, he goes the extra mile so that nopony feels his pain,’
‘.̶̜͓͊.̷̻̼̈ͅ.̸̧̛̜̱̙̒̒̉ ̴̱̺̈́͆̈́̂L̴͍̗̞͚̅ĩ̴͙̤̐k̵̨̤̬̏e̷͎͚̝̎͌͠ ̸̘̒͠͝h̸̠̀ͅḙ̷̠̏̀͝ ̸͙͔̳̽͐̚d̷̘̊̌̋̑i̶̖̞̠̝͠d̸͚̲͕̂̓̄͛ ̷̺̪͇͖̄f̷̮̱̜̫̆̾͗̀ö̴̦́̋̉ͅͅr̶̪̅ ̷̨̟̤͍͛͝u̵̯̍͠s̶̯̄͒?̸̡̙̣̲͛’
‘... Yeah... like he did for us...,’
...
Flare and Prim had exited the cafe and went back to the castle upon noticing how late it was. The two headed to Flare’s room, but not in silence, rather, they headed to his room in laughter.
“Wow! I-hehehe- I didn’t know your brother could do that!” Prim giggled happily.
“Heh, if you meet him, you’d understand that I’m not the only one who can bend reality,” He replied.
“I wanted to ask you about that as well, what do you mean that you can ‘Bend Reality’?”
“Well, I actually wanted to tell you some things about my family.”
The two rounded a corner and headed straight for Flare’s door. Upon reaching and opening it, the two walked inside. Prim walked over to his bed and laid down, Flare moved to lay next to her. Once the two got comfortable, Flare cleared his throat and spoke,”Let’s start from the beginning, shall we? When I was just a child, my father was killed off in a battle during the Pony-Monster War.”
“O-oh... Flare I’m-,” Prim was cut off by Flare’s hoof.
“Please, let me finish,” Flare said softly, moving his hoof around her to pull her closer. With that, he continued,”Only a day later, my camp was attacked as well, they killed most monsters, captured only warriors, killed anypony that wasn’t one. I remember my mother holding me close and saying everything was going to be okay... Of course, the ponies heard it and broke into our tent. My mother killed some of them with her fire but others got to close and dusted her as well... They left me to rot in the tent...”
Prim looked horrified and felt angry all at the same time.
‘How could they do that to a child?!’ She thought angrily.
Flare sighed, signaling that he was about to continue. With a deep breath, he did so,”I don’t know what happened after that, but I remember being with my new adoptive father... Dr. Malachite. He was the new underground kingdom’s royal scientist. I was coming home one day, walking along an old beaten path back to my house, when I heard a shuffle inside a small bush. Curiosity got me by the tail and I went to go check. That’s when I meet my new brother, Lightning Trail.”
“W-well, at least the story went from bad to good!” Prim said happily as she wrapped her tail around him.
“Well, I hope that you keep that optimism through the rest of it,” Flare said with a smile. He leaned down and nuzzled the mare before he continued,” I waited for my father to come home. While I waited, I played and fed him. Let’s just say that my dad was confused but accepted the colt into our family. There aren’t any orphanages in the underground since monster parents are very attached to their kids, and Mala didn’t want him to starve.”
A heavy silence fell over the two as the information settled in. After a few seconds, Flare spoke again softly,”The next day, he brought the colt with him to the lab to see what type of monster he is. When he came back, you could see the puzzlement on his face. He told me ‘This colt is part skeleton and is a rock monster as well. The reason why this was so surprising is that Malachite and I were both skeleton type monsters, so me, my brother, and Malachite are the only remaining skeleton monsters left...”
“W-wow, so... your kind is endangered?”
“Take it or leave it, I guess.”
“D-does it bother you that you are the only one left here?”
“Yeah... a lot...”
“...”
“I’m just going to continue the story if you want me too...”
“O-oh, y-yeah! S-sure!”
“Alright... Well, after learning that, our family became closer, since we are the only ones left. When I was around ten and Trail was just turning eight, I lost my Malachite to one of his machines... The Core, the thing fueling the Underground from thermal heat, had ruptured a pipe going to the cooler. I was helping him there when we heard the sirens go off. My father was the one who built the Core, just by using old runes, I knew he wasn’t going to let it go up in flames like that. He rushed to the control room and I followed blindly. When we got there he saw that the Core was about to bust, he tried everything to turn it off...,”
Flare stopped, he could feel his heart pounding, full of pain from this memory of losing another family member. He sighed and looked Prim dead in the eye,” He told me to run, but I didn’t... That’s when the whole structure shook violently and knocked him into the boiling lava below... It promptly exploded with me next to it... I don’t know how I survived, but I did. I didn’t leave it unscathed... I gained the ability to see past our realm and see LV, FUN, and EXP, stuff normal monsters couldn’t see. I could see the world rest because of an F#$%#@^ flower who wanted to make us feel pain... When I got home that night, Lightning Trail ran up to me and hugged me, I could tell he had been crying... I’ll never forget what he said... ‘Papa is gone... isn’t he?’...”
Prim put a hoof on his shoulder and wrapped a wing around his back to try and comfort the stallion. Flare remained silent for a moment. He took a deep breath before he continued,” Let’s say that Trail and I had to leave the house before anything else bad happened, we had to search for food. Now to say we starved is false, we never really starved because I found a place called Crumpets... You can guess who the owner is. One night, I was getting some grub and I guess I made too much noise and-”
_-_FlashBack-_-
*CRASH!*
“O-OW!”
“HEY! Who is out there?!” A Purple monster changeling yelled as she burst through the back door.
“AH!” Flare screamed as he turned to look at her.
“AH! What are you doing!” The changeling hissed. She walked over to the scared colt and held him in place with her magic.
She lowered her neck and stared him straight in the eyes, with a low growl she said,” What are you doing digging in the trash?! Hasn’t your mother or father told you not to do that?!”
“I-I’m sorry, Ms! I-I just n-need some food to feed my brother!” Flare stammered.
The changelings stare soften slightly,” Why aren’t your parents feeding him?”
“W-well,” Flare sniffed,” W-we don’t have any...”
The changeling's eyes went wide,” O-oh dear!”
“P-please Ms! L-let me go, I-I won’t come back! I-I promise!”
“Oh no, you don’t! You are not leaving!” she said sternly,” If you are hungry or if your brother is hungry, you will come with me, I will get you something that is better than this garbage!” She finished by picking him up and placing him on her back. With a few strides, the two entered the building. Inside was a lot of webs, and some had huge spiders on them. The place was also different shades of purple, much like the changeling herself, tables, doors, and even glasses that were set out for cleaning wore the color.
“Ah~! Here we are little one!” the changeling stated happily. She set the colt on the floor and pushed him forward slightly. Flare looked up and saw a large selection of foods and treats, each one with a different shape and even color!
_-_ Some Time Later-_-
“I am so sorry little one if I could help in any way just tell me...”
“You’ve already helped me enough, Ms. Crumpet.”
Flare hadn’t eaten anything, really, he just packed it up for his little brother to eat when he returned. Flare pushed the chair he was sitting in, back and hopped down. He waved to Crumpet as he turned to leave. When he reached the door, he heard her sigh loudly. He then heard her chair move, he looked back to see the nymph walking towards him.
She had covered the distance easily and when she was right behind him she said,” Lunar Flarion, do you have any clothing? It would seem that you don’t have any, does your brother have any?”
“N-no ma’am, Trail and I don’t have any, well, any that don’t have holes or rips in them.”
“That is what I feared...” Crumpet sighed,” I can’t allow this, you are a kind child, and your brother sounds like the sweetest little colt ever, if your words are to be trusted. If you want... I would like to adopt you into my family.”
“M-Ms, I can’t s-say that that isn’t a generous offer, but I’m sure that you wouldn’t like me and my brother to bother you!”
“Nonsense! I can’t let children starve and be cold if I can help it! Please, I don’t want you two getting hurt, not any more than you have been!”
Flare looked at the door, then back at the changeling, was she really offering to take them in? Or was this some kind of crud, horrid joke that changelings pull on fillies and colts? The young colt sighed, he wanted to believe that he could finally have a family again, that his brother could be happy once more. They have already lost so much, what else could they lose? Flare put the bag on the ground and turned to look at the nymph. With a voice as calm as he could make it, he replied,” I-I would need to ask my brother if he is okay with it... I will return in the morning to tell you what he said... I-if that is a good time!”
“Of course, little one,” she replied calmly.
_-_End of Flashback-_-
“I asked Trail and he was more than happy to say yes. So I returned to her house and brought Trail with me. When Crumpet saw the both of us, she gladly let us in. I told her that we accepted her offer, and later that day, we were apart of the Crumpet family,” Flare concluded
“That was nice of her! And a lot different than what I’ve heard of changelings,” Prim said happily.
“Well, this chapter is almost over and so is the story,” Flare said as he ruffed Prim’s hair.
“H-hey! Haha!” Prim said.
“Anyways, the story ends with me talking to my cousin, just before... he... bit the dust, but it wasn’t the kid's fault, it was that damn flower. And... you know the rest...”
“W-well, I’m glad you told me this. Is there anything else you want to tell me?”
“Hmm...,” Flare tapped his chin,” How about we sleep, it’s pretty late.”
Prim nodded, she walked over to the covers and slid under them, Flare followed shortly after. The two got comfortable and soon Flare fell asleep. Prim stayed awake, waiting for him to do so. Why? She needed to tell her sisters what Flare had just told her...
...
‘PffffHAHAHA!’ Solar laughed loudly,’Mate! I-hahaha- It’s like! It’s like he knew what you were thinking, and did it anyway! Just to annoy you!’
Ĩ̵͙̈́'̸̨̛̤͕͔̰̮͑̓͘m̴͖͂̈̊̋̍̑͝ ̸͕́̾͜j̶̛̗̳̦͖̲̗̝̆̊͊̌̔̾ṷ̵̠̙͐̒ṣ̵͓̣̆̉ț̵͎̋ ̶̧̧̱͑͑̓̊̀́g̶̼̑l̷̯̟̹̺̖̾͂̆̕͝ą̷̢̤̙̩̣̹̈̃͌̋͊d̵̛̥̱͍̾͗̑̆̕͜ ̶̨͖͙̪̃̆̕h̷̰͇̾e̵͙̭̖̦͂́̒ ̵̛̼̤͊̿͑͛̈́̾t̸̨̼̭̺͍͔̮͌o̵̼̱̿l̸̡̦̜͓͎̱̐̿ͅd̴̡͚̫̠̯̉͐͊̚ ̷̨̰͈͇̓͆̓̉̃̀͘š̷̭͎̄̃͜ͅỡ̷̜̪̥̻͗̒̀̆͘ṁ̵̨͕̜̗͓͇̾́̈̾́ẹ̵̟͈̣̳̞͖̊̓͋̓̈́͝p̶̧̢̼̉͗͂̈́̾̿͑o̷̬̲̯̬̓̄̏̅́̅͘͜n̴̘̞͍̞͌́̊͌͌y̴͔̼̺͓̯͆̇̈́͊̿̿͜͠.̵̘͖͐̓́̑̚.̶̢͓̻́.̶̤̤̌̆͘͘'̷̲̮̖̭̬́̕’
‘I-I know, I am too,’
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Hmm... maybe I should encrypt these messages so that the viewers don’t know what I’m saying...
Well, I’ll think about it...
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Flare’s history isn’t all sunshine and rainbows...
I hope that this chapter isn’t too weird or out of the blue for ya.