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Bruised Apples, Lightning Storms
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Complete, First published Jan 14, 2018
An Appledash fic, designed in a world where Equestria is completely ordinary.

Well, almost. Rainbow is an abuse survivor. Applejack has stewed quietly with the death of her family for years. Neither of them have anything to do with the Mane 6. 

But what will draw them together, after everything else in life has gone so horribly, disgustingly wrong?
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