Flashback (Sixteen Years Ago)
"Sera, wake up. Come on, let's go watch the warriors train," Daisy's excited voice sliced right through Seraphine's dreamy haze as a hand shook her shoulder.
Seraphine just burrowed deeper into her pillow, clutching it tight like it could shield her from the morning. "V, will you take me to see the goldfish again?" she murmured, still half-lost in sleep. A soft, sleepy smile curved her lips. "Can I pick more this time? You think your parents would get mad?"
The second those words slipped out, the gentle nudging stopped cold. The whole room went eerily quiet. Then came another shove, way harder than before.
Seraphine's eyes snapped open. "Daisy, leave me alone already," she grumbled, rubbing the sleep from her eyes with a big yawn.
Daisy stood right beside the bed, staring down at her with narrowed eyes. "You keep talking about this V guy. Who even is that?"
