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//  Chapter one 
// Story: Tinted Dawn - Work at the factory 
// by Tinted Dawn 
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Tinted Dawn had been working at the rainbow factory for a year now. Slowly ranking up among the lower factory staff she was a few months away from ranking into the newer upper factory where the spectra was extracted from the failed pegasi.

The mare was very excited about the leap up from her comrades be low her. At the same time she was very frightened of the work in the upper factory.
The slaughter of helpless pegasi, for the colour of rainbows pained her. But she knew that the harder she worked the more likely she would be allowed to leave the factory. And possibly befriend her boss who she had never seen before.

The Next few months went by like a blur and at some times painfully slow. 

Before she knew what was happening on the day she was going to move to the upper factory she was jabbed with a needle while she was going for a small lunch break.

The next thing she knew she was lying in a bed in a furbished room where the clouds in the walls were whiter than her last room.  There was even a small coffee maker sitting on a dresser of clean lab coats.

Suddenly, catching Tinted Dawn by surprise, the door swung open. A grey-blue stallion with a brown mane and tail stepped in. 
He introduced himself as Professor Ozone. Helping the shocked mare to her hooves, he told her to put on a new lab coat. He then stepped out of the room to give her some 
time to recover.

As she zipped up the lab coat she thought back to her first day, she was marenapped out of her own room. When she awoke in her tiny room in the lower factory all she heard was 

“now a rainbow’s tail isn’t quite as nice as the story we knew of sugar and spice. But a rainbow easy once you get to know it with the help of the magic of the Pegasus device...”

She was frozen when she heard a knock on the door. She quickly zipped up the coat and opened the door. There stood Rainbow Dash in a blood stained lab coat. 
She politely asked if she could enter, head to the floor. Tinted dawn stepped out of the way to let the blue Pegasus in.

The first thing any pony said was…”Welcome to the upper factory sis,” Rainbow Said to Tinted dawn. 

Tinted dawn embraced her long lost sister with tears in her eyes. A tear also escaped rainbows eye. The two hugged for what seemed like hours.

Dawn was the one to break the hug. “I’m so happy to see you finally Dashie. You were missing for years. Why didn't you come home Mom and Dad were so worried” Dawn said 

“Were?” Dashed asked in confusion

“I don’t know how to say this but here I go,” dawn replied “ mom and dad Died years ago peacefully in their sleep after the final search for you…”

A tear escaped dawns eye but dash had tears flowing down her cheeks, Holding Dash in her arms Dawn tried to calm her little sister down but to no avail. When Dash finally calmed down. Her lab coat was stained with tears. 

Dawn let her use one of her new Coats as her new one. She than asked rainbow dash what her job was.

“I’m the head of the factory” Dash said between sobs.

“I had no idea,” her voice trailed off “But, I was wondering if I could possibly see the sun for one last time”

“Anything for you, you can even live with me in my house.” Dash said perking up “I’m one of the only ponies that can leave the factory”
Dawn muzzled her sister in gratitude as they left the room to begin the days work…