Seeing The Dark Times

In which Hugo, Yong and Nuru find themselves four years in the past, only to meet fourteen year old Varian and he almost the same but younger, though everything else about the alchemist is unrecognisable.

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In which the gang meets Varian at his once and watches him live the worse experience of his life.

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Just in case you haven't noticed by now this is a Tangled the Series au fanfic about the gang meeting villain Varian.