The moment Sera stepped onto her path, everything went silent. Not the calm silence of peace—but the deep, vast quiet of space itself.
She stood on a floating bridge made of starlight, arcing through a dark cosmic void. Nebulas pulsed softly in the distance, constellations dancing like ancient memories. Below her feet, the path shimmered with forgotten names—etched in light.
Each step she took echoed like a heartbeat in a hollow chest.
And then, she saw it.
A glowing orb hovered before her. Inside, a vision swirled—a memory not from her childhood, but from a life before birth.
She reached out instinctively.
The moment her fingers brushed the orb, it burst into a thousand shards—and the truth crashed into her like a wave of stardust.
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She was not born on Earth.
Or rather, she was—but her soul was not.
Sera saw flashes of another world: towers made of crystal, skies split by golden comets, and people who lived by song and light. She had once stood among them, radiant, revered… and hunted.
She had fled her world.
She had chosen reincarnation—to hide.
And now, her past had caught up.
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The stars around her began to move.
From the void came a new presence—a guardian of her truth. A figure cloaked in robes of stardust, with a face like liquid silver and eyes like twin galaxies.
"Do you remember who you were, Sera of the Stars?" the figure asked.
Sera's breath caught. Her fingers clenched. Her heart beat faster.
"I… I see it now," she whispered. "I wasn't just dreaming all these years. I was someone else."
"You were not just someone," the figure said. "You were a Voice. One of the few born with the ability to reshape fate with your song."
The figure raised its hand.
A sphere of light formed between them—like a sun waiting to be born.
"You must reclaim your voice. Sing the Truthsong. Or the silence will win."
Sera hesitated.
She had lived a human life—normal, quiet, filled with laughter and flaws. She had fallen in love, cried in heartbreak, and made friends who didn't know she had once ruled stars.
Could she bear both truths?
Her hand lifted. She didn't fully understand the power she held—but she felt it now. It lived in her bones. In her breath.
She sang.
A single note, soft but radiant, like the echo of a memory long buried.
And the void responded.
Stars aligned. The path beneath her feet pulsed. Light tore through the shadows.
The figure bowed. "You have begun to awaken."
Then, it vanished.
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When Sera opened her eyes again, she stood on solid ground—back with the others.
But something had changed.
A small symbol of a star now glowed faintly on her wrist. A mark of remembrance.
She didn't speak at first. But when Carter and the others looked her way, she simply said, "We're not just chosen… we're remembered."
And far away, in a hidden dimension, an ancient voice stirred.
"She's awakened. The Starborn walks again. We must move faster."