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Chapter 4- Detox

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The next four years passed slowly, with no ruling King or Queen the annual tournament between the Allied Kingdoms was stopped until Elsa came of age a took the crown, and although they still had small tournaments throughout the no one had seen Naruto since the deaths of the King and Queen. The reason for this was simply, Elsa forbid him from fighting anymore, not even letting him spar with the other soldiers, limiting his training to basic body conditioning.

Even since the day he had made the snowmen with Anna the only time he was ever out of her sight was when he was in the bathroom or getting food, and if he took too long with either he could come back to the room frozen over. Their relationship had also become a lot more formal, though at time it would return for brief moments every now and again, and she would often become cold towards him for no reason.

Then there was Anna, the look on her face when she realised he had stopped talking to her almost broke his heart, and the feelings of loneliness and confusion had actually made him physically sick for several hours. After that he tried to stay out of her sight altogether, because every time she saw him he would be hit with the same emotions and have to run off and be sick, much to Elsa's confusion on several occasions.

But despite everything, the unexplained mood swings, the clinginess, the cold shoulders, Naruto never complained. He would just nod his head and get on with his work, only talking when spoke to, only doing what he was told to. But this new life had come with other problem, mostly the fact that he was absorbing more Negative emotions then Positive, and it was slowly tearing his body apart.

When he was fighting in the arena on a regular basis, Naruto had been able to balance the Negative emotions he had been taking from Elsa by absorbing the Positive from the cheering crowds, but since Elsa had forbid him from fighting anymore his 'balance' was thrown off, not unlike when he was younger. He had been able to hide it so far, cleaning up the messes and masking the pain with his usual mask, but if he didn't do something soon something bad was going to happen.

The problem was, there were only two ways for Naruto to fix the problem.

The first was for him to release enough Negative energy to return the balance, destroying everything around him in the process, which was out of the question while Elsa was keeping him on such a short leash. The other was to absorb enough Positive emotions to counter balance the Negative, but again, with Elsa not letting him out of her sight, he had nowhere to find enough Positive emotions. Even Anna was of no use to him in that regard anymore, because although she always had a smile on her face, inside she was filled with Negative emotions.

He had thought about talking to Elsa about what was wrong, maybe she would be more reasonable, but he didn't want to add more stress onto her then he needed to. She still couldn't control her powers with him at her side, and if he told her she it would only make things worse. No, until she had control over her powers he wouldn't say anything, just continue to force his own emotions down so he wouldn't lose control.

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In the eleven years he had lived in the castle, Naruto had never seen the gates or any of the windows opened, or so many people filling the halls. Everything was so bright, and loud, and everyone was giving off such Positive emotions. It wasn't enough to balance his powers, but it would be enough to help him for now.

The person giving off Negative emotions was Elsa, who was having a minor panic attack at the thought of standing in front of so many people for her coronation, without Naruto within touching distance encase she lost control. He would still be able to affect her emotions without physical contact, after all it wasn't just her whose powers had gotten stronger over the years, but it still wasn't as effective as skin contact. She had tried to practice, using a candlestick holder and jewellery box, but every time she tried they would freeze over if he wasn't touching her.

After failing yet again, Elsa turned to her friend with a scared expression on her face, tears in her eyes.

"What am I going to do! Everyone will see!"

Gently placing his hand on her arm, Naruto hide the grimace of pain that shot through his body as he took her nervousness and fear, watching as her breathing evened out again.

"Getting unset will only make it worse, just keep taking slow breaths and you will be fine. I will only be a few feet away at any point in time, and if something happens I will be by your side in an instant."

His words only seemed to calm her more, Elsa's body relaxing into his touch, before she realised what she was doing. Blushing, Elsa quickly pulled away from him, a blush on her face, before looking away and clearing her throat.

"Right, of course, now you should really wait outside while I get changed."

Without a word Naruto nodded his head, gave a short bow, before turning and leaving the room and standing outside the door. He was only there for about ten second before someone came running around the corner, hitting him in the side, before they fell to the floor without him having moved an inch.

"Owei!"

Looking down, Naruto's whole body stiffened at the sight of Anna on the floor in front of him, wearing her best dress, with her hair styles ready for the coronation. She hadn't seen him yet, too busy worrying about the pain from where she landed on her but, and he could hear her muttering to herself. But the moment he look at him, a small frown on her face and complaint on her lips, her eyes widened and her words died in her throat.

He felt the familiar stab of Negative emotions from her the moment she recognised him, though it was slightly dulled by her excitement for the party, and made a concentrated effort not to flinch. He watched silently as she stood up, not even waiting to see if he would offer her his hand, and quickly brush herself off with her hands. When she was done, Anna looked back up at him with an uneasy smile, letting out a nervous chuckle as she stood back up straight.

"Hey, Naruto, didn't see you there…so you excited for the coronation?"

He didn't reply, just continued to look at her with a blank expression on his face, but that didn't seem to bother her as she just continued the conversation as if he had.

"I know right, the gate are finally open, and I the windows! I didn't even know they did that anymore, or that we even had a thousand salad plates…hehe…"

Looking away from the whiskered blonde, Anna rubbed one of her arms for a moment before letting out a sigh and walking passed him.

"Guess I'll see you there…"

The moment she turned the next corner, Naruto let out a breath and leaned against the wall, his hands shaking slightly as he tried to calm himself down before anything could happen. He had just managed to compose himself again when the door opened and Elsa walked out, a small blush on her face as she looked at him out of the corner of her eye.

"So…how to I look?"

"Beautiful, like always, your highness."

At his first words, Elsa's face turned bright red and he felt a small spike in Positive emotions, but it was gone the moment he addressed her in such a formal way. Looking away with a hurt expression on her face, Elsa quickly composed herself before walking away, Naruto following behind her silently.

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The coronation went off without a problem, Elsa was able to hold back her powers long enough to avoid making a scene, though barely and with a lot of help from Naruto on the side-lines. Now they were stood in front of the gather guests, Elsa and Anna stood side by side with Naruto just behind and to the right of the newly crowned Queen, trying to take in as much of the positive energy in the room as he could without drawing attention to himself.

But the moment the crowd turned their attention away from two royals, Elsa asked him to go get her a drink, before tuning to talk to her sister. Without a word Naruto did as he was asked, quickly weaving through the crowd, and by the time he had returned Anna was gone, leaving just him and Elsa stood in front of the dance floor. They stood there in silence for several minutes, though Naruto could feeling Elsa was debating something inside her head, before her emotions settled on determination.

Turning to her fellow blonde, Elsa held out her hand, a small smile on her face.

"Are you going to ask me to dance or not, Naruto?"

Blinking, the closeted thing to an emotional response she had seen him do in years, Naruto gave a small bow, took her hand, and lead her out onto the dance floor. Taking full advantage of the excuse to be close to him, Elsa wrapped her arms around his waist and lay her head into his chest, enjoy the moment. With a small smile on her face, Elsa pulled away to look at his face.

"This is nice, being this close to you, it feels like forever since we danced together."

"Five years, it was your sixteenth birthday, you made it snow in your room while we danced."

Her smile growing slightly, Elsa pressed her face back into his chest to hide her blush, before falling into the moment. They stayed like that for about twenty minutes, Elsa enjoying being close to Naruto, moving from one dance to the next, never moving so much as an inch apart. The Elsa saw Anna walking over to them, dragging a man behind her by the hand, and her smile turned into a small frown.

Noticing her mood changing, Naruto pulled away to look at her, but before he could ask what was wrong she gave him a smile and pulled away.

"Could you get me anther drink? I'm a bit parched."

Frowning slightly inside his head, Naruto just gave a small nod and walked away, moving to the table on the other side of the room where the refreshments were set. It was about two minutes after he left that the sound of shouting reached his ears from across the room, and the moment he realised who it was he quickly turned around and started pushing his way through the crowd, which was gathering to watch Anna and Elsa shouting at each other.

"I said ENOUGH!"

He was too late, by the time Naruto had made it through the crowd spikes of ice had shot out of the ground in a circle around a now terrified Elsa, who was staring at the ice with wide eyes. He saw Anna to his right, a brown hared man stood next to her with his arm around her shoulders, pulling her away from the spikes inched in front of her face.

"Monster! She's a Monster!"

Turning to look at a small, weasel looking man, Naruto forced himself not to rush over and punch him. Unfortunately the damage was already done, the people around him falling into panic, and before he could make it over to Elsa she had already ran from the room. He ran after her, Anna somehow getting in front of him, only for the people outside to bloke his way.

He lost sight of Anna in the crowd, the panicking people around him blocking his ability to find Elsa, and by the time he got to the water she had already disappeared into the mist across the fjord.

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Ignoring the people around him, Naruto ran to the stables and saddled his horse, a pitch black one with a grey main, only to pause when a familiar voice reached his ears.

"I'm going after her, if I can talk to her I'm sure I can convince her to stop this curse."

Looking out the widow, he saw Anna talking to the same man as before, a confident expression on her face as she walked over to the stables. But she was stopped by the weasel man that had shouted before, two large men stood on either side of him.

"Talk! This is not the time for talking! That monster has cured the Kingdom with an Enteral Winter, we must take action! We-!"

Frowning, Naruto quickly made his way over to the gathering group, schooling his face into his expressionless mask, interrupting the man before he could finish.

"I would not finish that sentence if I was you, if you so much as utter a word of treason against the Queen I will kill you were you stand, understood?"

Quickly turning to face him, Naruto watched as not only the small man, but also his two apparent guards paled at the sight of him, staff on his back and horse rains in the other.

"Y-you! Did you know about this! Are you in league with that mon-"

Having heard enough out of the man, Naruto took the staff from his back and in one fluid movement, slammed it into the side of his head. Ignoring the man as he groaned on the ground, Naruto started walking towards the gate before he was stopped by Anna, who had both her arms thrown out to bloke his path.

"You're going after Elsa, I'm going with you."

Her only repose was a slow blink, and for a moment she was afraid he would tell her no, but before she could argue her point he nodded his head towards his horse.

"Get on."

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An hour after they left, Anna gripping him around the waist as with eyes tightly close, not used to riding a horse so fast, and everything around them was pitch black. Despite it being a full moon, the storm clouds summoned by Elsa's powers blocked it out, meaning Naruto was having to rely on his reflexes to avoid hitting a tree while to steered his horse. But eventually they were forced to slow down, the snow on the ground making it almost impossible for the horse to run without risking it tripping, which also allowed Anna to loosen the death grip she had around his waist.

After that they fell into an uncomfortable silence, though it didn't last long, if anything Naruto was surprised the red headed princess was able to hold her questions for so long.

"So…did you know?"

"…Know what?"

Despite not seeing the frown, Naruto could feel her annoyance, and if he could risk showing emotion he would have smiled.

"You know what I mean! You spend more time around her then anyone, you must have known about her powers…"

"…are you accusing me of something?"

Despite the fact she knew Naruto would never hurt her, he still scared her though, and ever since he stopped talking to her after they played in the snow all those years ago she was even more uncomfortable around him.

Letting out a small sigh, Naruto moved to look at her over his shoulder, his face as blank as ever.

"What were you and Elsa fighting about?"

Again feeling the shift in Anna's emotions, Naruto fought to keep the frown off of his face when she next spoke.

"Well I was just asking Elsa's permission to marry Han's, and for some reason she went all crazy and said I couldn't marry someone I only knew for a day…crazy right?"

If he could risk showing any emotions, Naruto would have slapped himself in the face at just how stupid Anna was, who would marry someone they just met!

"Were you dropped on the head as a baby?"

Getting a confused expression on her face, Anna shook her head in the negative.

"No, why?"

"Just wondering, it would explain a lot of things if you were."

They fell back into silence, the red headed princess a little unnerved, but then she decided to use whatever courage she had left to ask a question she had wanted an answer to for years.

"W-why did you stop talking to me after that day, did I do something wrong?"

Before he had a chance to answer, both Naruto and Anna were thrown off of the horse when something in the snow spooked it, land softly in a snowdrift. Unfortunately, he was too slow getting back up, and by the time he was on his feet the horse had already ran back the way they had come, leaving the two in the middle of the woods, covered in snow.

Ignoring Anna as she called out to the horse in an attempt to get it to come back, Naruto quickly scanned the area and spotted a light in the distance, and started walking towards it, Anna quickly following when she realised he was leaving.

After walking about fifty meters, they came to a slope with a small river at the bottom no more than two foot deep, and could now see that the light was from a small traders shack on the other side. Unfortunately, Anna was so cold because she didn't think to get a cloak before they left, that she only saw the shack and ended up tripping and falling down the slope, right into the river. By the time Naruto had reached the bottom and helped her out, the bottom of Anna' dress had frozen solid, making it very hard for her to walk around and even colder then she was before.

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Turns out that the only winter stock the trading shack had was some boots, a woollen cloak and a pair of gloves, after all it was supposed to be summer. Naruto had waited outside while Anna brought what she needed, the cold not bothering him in the slightest as he used a small amount of his power to heat his body, and he was used to th3 cold after spending so many years with Elsa.

He didn't even bat an eye when a man pulled up in his sleigh, a large block of ice strapped to the back and a single reindeer pulling it. The sleigh was obviously well cared for, though it had seen better days, and looked like it had been repainted not long ago. The man was covered from head to toe in both cloth and snow, a thick scarf wrapped around his lower face and a hat on his head, leaving the only part of his face visible his eyes.

Seeming to give Naruto as much attention as the whiskered blond was giving him, the man jumped from his slight, spoke several hushed words to the reindeer, before walking into the trading shack without so much as a glance in his direction. Naruto sent a glance to the reindeer, which had suddenly started scratching itself behind the ear like a dog with its tongue sticking out, only to turn back to the door when he felt the emotions in the room take a drastic shift.

He was about to enter to make sure Anna wasn't in any danger, only to pause when the door was slammed open and the man who had just go in was thrown out, his hat and scarf now missing to reveal he had dirty blonde hair, by a giant of a man. The whiskered teen followed the man with his eyes as he flew through the air, before fighting to keep his emotions in check when he landed head first in a snowdrift, his legs kicking in the air for a moment before he was pulled out be the Reindeer grabbing his leg with his mouth.

Naruto stayed in the shadows out of sight of both the man an reindeer, who seemed to forget he was ever there, as the blonde man spoke several words he didn't here, before pointing to an old worn-out barn half covered in snow and. He watched as they both walked over to the barn, after moving the sleigh out of sight from the shack, and a moment after the door closed behind them a small light shone out from under the doorframe.

Naruto couldn't shack the feeling that he knew the man and dog-like reindeer, but for the life of him couldn't put his finger on where he could have met them. However, before he could spend more than a few seconds thinking about it before Anna returned, now wearing a thick cloak, boots and a pair of gloves. She was also carrying two sakes, one in each hand, and was looking around with a determined face. After about ten second of not seeing what she was looking for, the red headed princess turned to Naruto with a small frown on her face.

"Where did the smelly blonde man go?"

Rising an eyebrow at her choice in description, Naruto silently pointed towards the barn, the light still clearly visible. Without a word, Anna started to actually march over to the barn, the determined expression back on her face, only to pause and listen to the song the man was apparently singing, Naruto following only a few steps behind.

"Reindeer are better than people…"

Standing to one side as Anna attempted to push the door open, only to find out it had been locked from the inside, Naruto waited until she gave up and gave him a look that clearly said 'a little help here?' Giving a small nod, the blonde stepped forward, Anna moving out of the way, and without the slightest change in expression lifted his left leg up and kicked the door off of its hinges.

Stepping back again so that Anna could move in front of him, Naruto saw that the man had jumped to his feet the moment the door was kicked off, and the reindeer had somehow jumped up into his arms. For about five seconds they all just stared at each other, the man and reindeer both with wide eyes, before the strain of holding the animal twice his size seemed to catch up with the man and they both fell to the ground with a thump.

Not waiting for him to recover, Anna threw one of the sacks in her at the man, who it out a small gasp when it hit him in the stomach. If he could have laughed without risking losing control of his powers, Naruto would when he saw Anna trying to look and act confident, when he could clearly feel just how nervous she really was.

"You're taking us both up the North Mountain."

Both Naruto and the man raised an eyebrow as he emptied the sack to reveal a rope and other climbing gear, before both Anna and the unnamed man started to stare at each other for several seconds. After about a minute passed, the man got a small smirk on his face before making himself comfortable in the pile of hay he was sat on, moving the sack to the side and moving his arms behind his head.

"Fine, we'll leave first thing in the morning, and by the way you forgot the carrots for Sven-Oomph!"

Before he could finish his sentence, Anna threw the other sack at him, again hitting him in the stomach, before putting her hands on her hips and stomping her foot.

"We go now…right now…"

Nodding to herself, Anna quickly turned and walked out the door, slumping against the wall on the other side the second she was out of sight of the man. Shaking his head, the man slowly got to his feet, the now named reindeer Sven moving to stand with him, before turning to his fellow blonde who had yet to speak and was stood with his face coved in shadows.

"Names Kristoff, and this guy here is Sven…"

The moment he heard the names, Naruto's eyes widened slightly, memories of a small blonde boy with a reindeer running around the Valley of Living Rock flashing through his head. If he could, Naruto would have smiled, but he settled for stepping forward instead, his face now clear for all to see. The sudden slack jawed expressions on both Kristoff and Sven's faces was priceless, and despite the fact he knew what was about to happen Naruto did nothing to stop it.

Bracing for impact, Naruto let out a small gasp as he was thrown onto the larger man's shoulder in a fireman's carry, jumping up and down as he laughed.

"Naruto! You got so big! Where have you been for the last 10 years little bro? Bulba's been worried sick!"

Finally putting his fellow blond back down, only for him to be covered in reindeer drawl when Sven lick the left side of his face, Naruto took a moment to straighten himself for turning to face his brother in all but blood. Unfortunately the moment Kristoff saw his expressionless face, his emotions shifted to worried, before he grabbed the boy by his shoulders and pulled him closers so he could get a better look with a frown on his face.

"Your out of balance, when was the last time you had a Detox?"

Detox was what the trolls had called it when Naruto released his power to help balance himself, something Kristoff had seen first-hand several times when they were younger. The older blonde had become an older brother figure when he was living with the trolls, and he had never cared about Naruto having powers. Unfortunately, after Grand Pabbie explained exactly how his powers worked, he had become the overprotective type and would fret over everything.

Pulling away, quickly turning to see Anna struggling to pull the sleigh out from where it had been hidden, Naruto allowed a very small frown to cross his lips.

"I'm fine Kristoff, you have nothing to worry about…I just haven't had the time for a while since it is hard to get time off from my job in the castle."

Not missing the slight flinch that crossed his face when he frowned, knowing that it was a bad sign when Naruto felt pain from showing emotion, Kristoff leaned forward and whispered so that he wouldn't be overheard.

"How long is a while Naruto? The last time you said everything was fine you didn't Detox for a month and destroyed ten trees with the power surge when you lost control!"

"…ten years and you still bring that up every chance you get, it was a onetime thing, I have better control now then went I was eight."

Still not looking convinced, Kristoff opened his mouth to argue, only to pause when Anna pocked her head through the door with a sheepish smile on her face.

"Can we get moving, I really need to find my sister…"

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"So let me see if I understand, you to know each other from before Naruto became Elsa's bodyguard?"

It was about an hour later and the small group found themselves moving through the pitch black forest at a decent speed, Kristoff stirring with Anna sat next to him and Naruto behind them. The older blonde had set a lamp on a small pole on the front of the sleigh so they could see, but it only reached out several feet in every direction.

Looking at the red headed princess out of the corner of his eye, making sure not let them crash into a tree, Kristoff let a small smile cross his lips as his mind turned to better days, shouting so he could be heard over the wind

"Yeah, we were both raised by my friends, though Naruto was there before me, then left after a year or so! We only actually knew each other for a couple of months!"

"Huh, I guess I never thought of him having a life before coming to the castle, when I was little I thought my parents had just pulled him out of thin air or something!"

"You do know I can hear everything you say…right"

Both ignored the emotionless blonde behind them.

"So tell me something, what made your sister go all crazy and freeze the kingdom?"

"Well, that's sort of my fault, I had just introduced her to my fiancée, than she got all upset and said I couldn't marry him because I only met him that dAY-!

The reason the last part of Anna's sentence was so loud was because of the fact that Kristoff had suddenly pulled the sleigh to a stop, before turning to stare at her with wide eyes and a slack-jawed expression.

"Did you say you got engaged to someone in a day!"

"Yeah…why do people seem to fixate on that little detail?"

"Were you dropped on the head as a baby?"

Leaning forward slightly, Naruto decided to throw his voice into the conisation.

"I already asked her…apparently she really is just that stupid."

"HEY!"

"What the hell were you thinking, you got engaged to someone you know nothing about!"

Suddenly feeling self-conscious, Anna crossed her arms over her chest and slumped slightly in her seat.

"Its true love, what else is there to know?

Opening his mouth to reply, Kristoff stopped suddenly when he heard something moving in the trees, his eyes quickly moving to Naruto to see a small nod.

"A large pack, at least thirty, and the only opening is straight ahead."

Looking very confused, Anna opened her mouth to ask what they were talking about when she caught sight red eyes staring at them from the shadows of the trees.

"W-what are they?"

"Wolves!"

The moment the word left his lips Kristoff snapped the reins, making Sven run as fast as he could, the wolves quickly braking cover then they saw their pray attempting to run away. But as fast as Sven was, he still had to pull the sleigh, along with three people and the equipment, which was slowing him down. It was easy for the Wolves to start catching up, one getting close enough to take a snap at Naruto before he punched it right in the nose, making it roll back on hit two others. Then it happened, Kristoff made to turn, hitting a particularly bad patch of ice, and the sleigh tipped over, throwing all three of them out and tangling Sven in his harness.

Naruto was the first on his feet, using what Positive energy he had left o quickly heal the damage from being thrown from the moving sleigh, and moved to stand between Kristoff and Anna, who were lucky enough to land in a snowdrift, and the pack of wolves slowly surrounding them. One of the wolves stepped forward, snarling at him before jumping in the air and pouncing, his target clearly the whiskered blonde.

He knew what he needed to do, though the fact Anna was watching him was going to cause problems, and without over thinking it coated his hands in the deadly red light that was Negative energy, much to the shock of the now wide eyed Princess Anna. Waiting until the last second, Naruto sidestepped to the right, reaching out and brushing his hand along the wolf's side as it passed him.

The effect was instantaneous, the fur where his hand touched started to melt away, quickly followed by flesh and a high pitched whine from his would be attacker. By the time the wolf's feet returned to the ground, everything but the bones had melted, the goo splashing on the ground around them and sinking into the snow.

The action was enough to give the other wolves pause, which was all the chance Kristoff needed to get the sleigh back up and Sven untangled, the large blonde man having seen Naruto just his power before. Anna on the other hand could only sit in the snow with wide eyes and her mouth open, her brain seeming to have stopped for the moment while she tried to process what had just happened.

It was then that Naruto realised something, the light around his hands was spreading, and getting brighter as it moved up his arms. Turning to Kristoff, his face still without the slightest emotion, he locked eyes with his brother and said one word, his voice still calm and level.

"…Run."

That was all Kristoff needed to hear, and without another glance he quickly ran and picked up the still stunned Anna, before practically throwing her back into the sleigh and jumping in himself. Naruto held on for as long as he could, the strain starting to show on his face as the light reached his chest, before doing something he hadn't done for a very long time.

Turning to face the Pack of wolves, who were now backing away from him with their tails between their legs, Naruto let a large grin spread across his face just a the light covered it.

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The exposing of energy was completely silent, simple growing larger and larger, seeming to actually chase the sleigh. It was all Sven could do the keep more than a few inches ahead of it, the back of the sleigh getting caught slightly before pulling ahead. But that was all it took. The energy started to spread along the wood, much to Kristoff's dismay.

Turning back to watch where he was going, his eyes widened when he saw the large gorge ahead, one that they were going too fast to stop in time to avoid. Thinking quickly, the blonde mountain man pulled out the knife he kept in his boot out and cut the harness attaching Sven to the sleigh, before grabbing Anna and jumping out into a snowdrift just as it went over the cliff. It was at that point he saw just how far the energy had spread across the sleighed, it was complete destroyed before it even hit the bottom of the ravine.

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