Shinichi had decided to forget what happened in the clockmaker's shop, but time and fate wouldn't let him...
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A butterfly the colour of a lapis lazuli fluttered in through the window of Shinichi's bedroom and landed next to his bed, morphing into Sera as she did so.
After dragging the detective out of bed, she pleaded to him, "Kudo-kun, you've got to help us. The Field of Luminescence is going to disappear soon!" Shinichi stared at the tomboy cluelessly. After she thought for a second, she shook her head. "I forgot you wouldn't understand me. You're probably wondering how I know you. Well, I'll let time speak for itself..."
With that, she transported the two of them to a place where alternate dimensions and time could be viewed clearly – it looked kind of like a movie theatre, except there were no other people and there was no equipment. (Sera was the equipment, thanks to her magic.)
She did a gesture akin to pushing the screen, albeit not actually touching the screen. An image began to form…
-On screen-
Shinichi had to be on the alert. If that man in black spotted him, he'd be dead meat!
But he'd never anticipated the other man in black…Gin.
-End-
Shinichi stared, dumbstruck, as onscreen Gin fed him the APTX and his transformation occurred. No way could this have happened.
Sera interrupted his thoughts by telling him, "Remember, this is the event that sent you to me, eventually. But before that," she snapped her fingers and a new scene filled the screen, "you met her." Malice could easily be detected in that last word of hers.
As soon as she stopped speaking, the still image brought itself to life.
-On screen-
Shiho had been left in a sealed room, with only a garbage chute for company…if garbage chutes could do that. Her expression was serious, yet she had an air of someone who had suffered.
With her free hand, she pulled out a pill.
Let the pain begin.
-End-
Another click of Sera's fingers made the scene skip to the scene where Haibara was introduced at Teitan Elementary, and then the scene changed yet again. This time, it was outside a public toilet, and both shrunk Shinichi and Sera were there.
"Masumi Sera. I'm a detective, just like you, little boy," the Sera on the screen told Shinichi – not only the one in the 'movie', but the one who was watching the 'movie' too.
"Hopefully that clears things up, gift giver detective," the Sera in reality concluded. The screen automatically turned off, and Sera brought Shinichi back to his room. "I could explain more about the Field, but I think there's someone else who would like to do the honours."
As she morphed back into the butterfly, Shinichi was lost in thought. Why did Sera show him events from a life he'd never had?
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