Panel One 

Ren and Ida stare at Dawn, concerned.

IDA: What's going on, Dawn? You said those two were your friends?

Panel Two

Close-up on Dawn's face as she looks out, uncomfortably.

DAWN: My best friends...

Panel Three & Four

Split panel showing Harper and Minnie smiling and waving. On display are their friendship bracelets in pink, green, and purple colors.

DAWN: We did everything together.

Panel Five

Dawn, Harper, and Minnie wear different outfits as they walk through a crowded school hallway. They smile and stand closely together. Their classmates all turn away from them.

DAWN: We were outcasts. Nobody cared about us, but we had each other.

Panel Six

Harper and Dawn sit together at a tennis court as Minnie stands above them, smiling brightly.

DAWN: Minnie always wanted to be popular. She wanted to make the three of us the superstars of Dromelot High. Harper wanted that too. But I never cared about that. I liked us. I liked being together.

Panel Seven

Close-up on Minnie's hand as she grips a brightly-colored orange sword which emits magical energy flashes.

DAWN: But then the Competition started.

Panel Eight

Dawn walks alone through a classroom hallway, frowning, isolated. Around her, Dawn's classmates crown and shout as others hold and wave their colorful swords.

DAWN: That morning everything changed in Dromelot. My classmates had Spirit Companions and magical powers.

Everyone was a part of something.

They were chosen.

But I wasn't.