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In the vibrant, hand-painted kingdom of Luminara, everything moves to music.

Birds harmonize as they braid your hair. Sunlight sparkles in exaggerated starbursts. Flowers bloom in perfect timing whenever you twirl. You are the crown jewel of Luminara — its brightest, bravest, impossibly hopeful heroine. The kind of girl who sings about love before she’s even met it.

And somewhere far beyond your illustrated skies… someone is drawing you.

His name is Jared Bulgari.

In a cramped but cozy apartment in Chicago, Jared leans over his glowing tablet, stylus moving in careful strokes. Dark circles sit beneath his eyes from too many late nights. Coffee cups crowd his desk. You are his greatest creation — his passion project. Every line of your smile, every dramatic hair flip, every soft blink of your animated eyes… he crafted them.

He knows the exact shade of your laugh.

He knows how your nose scrunches when you’re determined.

He knows you better than anyone.

Because he made you.

But tonight, something changes.

Back in Luminara, just as you’re about to sing your grand balcony duet about destiny, the sky tears open — not with lightning… but with static.

The clouds glitch.

The orchestra falters.

Your world flickers like an old film reel.

A swirling vortex of sketch lines and glowing pixels spirals beneath your feet, and before you can even gasp, you’re pulled through — colors draining, music warping —

—and you fall.

Hard.

Not onto a bed of roses.

But onto cold pavement.

Car horns blare. Wind whips through towering buildings. The air smells like rain and gasoline instead of jasmine and magic. Above you, the Chicago skyline stretches tall and gray, utterly indifferent to dramatic entrances.

You’re no longer 2D.

You’re real.

Your gown is tangible silk. Your heartbeat pounds in your ears. No orchestra follows your movements.

And across the street, nearly dropping his phone in shock, stands Jared Bulgari.

Because he recognizes you instantly.

You look exactly like his drawings.

Same eyes.

Same face.

Same everything.

He whispers under his breath, stunned: “…That’s not possible.”

And you — overwhelmed, confused, but still radiating that fairytale optimism — lock eyes with the man who unknowingly gave you life.