DISCLAIMER: I own nothing, except for Jessie.

~1970 – May 23 – The Town Park

"Tag! You can't catch me Lily!" Jessie laughed and ran ahead of her sisters.

"I'll get you Jessie!" Lily replied, knowing that her sister couldn't hear. Petunia heard and sniffed, angrily. Petunia distanced herself from Jessie, something that Jasmine found hard. She got used to it, and she and Lily grew closer.

Jessie reached the swings, her eyes alight with happiness. She climbed on, and started pumping her legs to get higher. She looked in the sky and saw and airplane and a few birds. She remembered what birds sounded like. The big black birds were annoying (that's the only way she could describe it) but the tiny red yellow and blue birds made pretty chirping noises. Jessie could remember her family's voices, the coffee grinder, and the car starting. That was it.

The nine-year-old laughed and looked at Tuney and Lily. Lily was in the daisies, and Tuney was sliding down the slide. Jessie jumped off the swing and sort of floated down. Pushing her strawberry-blonde hair out of her face, she wandered over to her ten-year-old sister. Lily had vibrant red hair, and bright green eyes. Tuney had blonde hair and pale blue eyes. Jasmine was a mix of the two: hence the hair. She had blue eyes like her twin, but they were as bright as lily's.

"Hey Lils. What are you doing?"

Lily looked up and smiled. "Look at what I can do." She picked up a daisy and put it in her palm. The petals closed, and then seconds later, the petals opened up again.

"Whoa! How did you do that?" Jessie question with wonder.

Lily smiled. "Like this. Take a flower-"Jessie plucked a flower from the dirt. "Now you just, well, think that the petals are closed." Jasmine did that, and was speechless when it worked.

"Tuney! Look at this!" Petunia looked up at the voice of Jasmine. She walked forward and sat down next to her siblings.

"What?"

"Look!"

Curious, she watched the flower in Lily's hand. Naturally, she gaped.

"What? How? Can I try?"

Jessie nodded and handed her a flower. "You have to wish it to close."

Petunia tried and tried and became put-out when nothing happened.

"It's ok, maybe you'll get it tomorrow" Lily put a hand on her shoulder.

Petunia shook it off. "It's not me it's you two." She lashed out. "Get away from me, freaks." She stormed away, leaving her sisters hurt and confused.