Okay, this here is just a quick introduction for those of you who don't know the background, which is probably most of you.

A while ago, I wrote a story for the Neopets website while I was analyzing the website for a massive review, which is now on my DA page. They took the first story, but there were some things about it that dissatisfied me, particularly the fact that its antagonist, fat-cat businessman Alexander Mogul came off as more overtly villainous than I had wanted him to. As a result, I decided I'd write a second story that focused much more on him and showed other aspects of his character that I never was able to fit in the first story.

The second story I wrote was somehow inappropriate for the kiddies, however, and no matter how I tried to edit it, they simply refused to take it. It's sat in the My Documents folder of my computer for the last eight months taking up space, so I thought I might as well post it here.

If you wish to read what I originally wrote for Neopets, you can find it by looking me up on Neopets: al_bester is my username and the little trophy shaped like a quill pen will take you to the story.

If you don't want to, you don't have to. Very little of what happened in the original story matters in this one. I do mention the conflict that Mogul had with Neovia's resident swamp witch, Sophie, but the only thing you really need to know is that there was one.

So, without further ado, enjoy my story.