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One night, the whole world experienced a truly abnormal night.
That night, a child was playing outside in her swing, looking at the sky, thinking big thoughts of tiny people. Writing stories about dragons, damsels in distress, and knights in shining armours that went to lands far, far away from their homes, in the name of honour, glory, and love.
However, when that child looked at the sky, hoping for a single wish to come true...
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“MOM! MOM!” The child called, racing into the kitchen as her mother was making dinner.
The child was about fourteen years old. Straight hair, white skin and brown eyes. She was already almost as tall as her mother, if not taller.
She still carried a little of the typical clumsiness of children. But even so, she didn't worry about the possibility of bumping into a piece of furniture or even tripping and falling.
What she wanted to show her mother was a lot more important t
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