Interlude: RE-BIRTH
An array of stars played out across the endless moonlit sky, as Nicole twisted and spun around, enjoying her new found movement. Her freedom. Stretching out black furred limbs, she felt like she could break out into an endless waltz. Her form was temporal and fleeting, and yet she would make the most of it, just this once. If that was to be all her little experiment would be capable of, it would be enough...
Skipping over to a nearby lake, she caught the reflection of the moon in the water. She thought to herself...
I would love to go there someday...
She felt the warm breath of another standing close behind her, and she whipped around to see her friend, enclosed in a crimson aura. Sally. Something about this world, and the one she shared it with, was familiar yet strangely different. Their brown fur began to fade to gray, as the colors ebbed away from the grass soon after... The trees... Even the water lost it's pure blue pigmentation, as Sally's hands clasped in hers. She seemed to pass through her, like air blowing through reeds...
"Wake up."
