The first time Dani saw the angel in the sky, she was pretty sure it was just her seasonal depression putting on a Broadway show for the last night of winter. It was the equinox, the air biting cold, and the snowpack in Northern Lights Provincial Park was still knee–deep and personally offended by the very idea of spring. She’d trudged out anyway, boots squeaking, breath fogging, determined to watch the aurora one last time before the thaw turned the whole forest into a slushy crime scene.
Above her, the night was so clear it felt digitally enhanced. Stars pricked through the navy-black sky, the moon hung round and smug, and the first threads of the northern lights began unfurling like luminous smoke—soft greens, hints of violet, and that electric teal that always made her think of highlighters and bad 90s ski jackets. Dani stood in the middle of the frozen lake, hands buried deep in her parka pockets, wondering if her ex was also staring at the sky somewhere and making it all about himself.
She took a slow breath, snow crunching under her boots as she shifted her weight. “Okay, universe,” she muttered, “last night of winter. Please don’t be weird.”
The universe, of course, heard that as a direct challenge.
The Sky That Didn’t Get the Memo About Seasons
The aurora brightened into shimmering curtains, flowing and folding over themselves like silk in slow motion. Dani had seen countless displays over the years—growing up in the north did that to a person—but this one felt different. There was a particular structure forming, an intentionality that made the hairs on the back of her neck stand up. Color gathered in ribbons: emerald at the edges, magenta brushing the center, hints of icy blue that looked like moonlight had been liquefied and smeared across the sky.
The lights twisted and elongated, narrowing here, widening there, until Dani realized that this was not a random dance of particles. This was… a shape. A very specific shape. Feathers. Hundreds of them. A colossal pair of wings, each arc spanning from one line of snow-drowned pines to the other, filled the sky above her. The feathers looked soft and impossibly detailed, each one edged in light, as if a celestial artist had zoomed in to 800% and refused to accept anything less than perfection.
“Oh,” Dani breathed, the sound small and thin in the frozen air. “Well, that’s… subtle.”
The wings unfurled fully, radiant and luminous, their colors blending like watercolor on wet paper—greens sliding into aquas, purples melting into rosy pinks. At the center, framed by the wings and crowned by the full moon, a faint humanoid silhouette appeared, as if the night had decided to cosplay as a northern lights angel. Its form was translucent, made entirely of starlight and aurora haze, but the outline was unmistakable: shoulders, head, an elegant curve down into nothingness.
Somewhere deep inside, a part of her whispered aurora guardian, and it felt like a name rather than a description.
The Guardian’s Terrible Timing
Dani stared up, fighting the urge to check if anyone else was seeing this. But she was utterly alone—just her, a frozen lake, and a celestial being who had apparently chosen the night between seasons to make their grand entrance.
“Okay,” she said slowly, her words puffing out in little clouds of defiance. “If this is the part where I get abducted, possessed, or recruited into some ancient glowing-warrior situation, I feel obligated to tell you I’m on a strict ‘no cults, no MLMs’ policy.”
The figure didn’t speak, obviously. But the aurora around it flickered, a ripple of brighter teal running through the wings like a shiver. The snow fell more gently, each flake catching the colored light and carrying it down in tiny glimmers. The whole scene had strong heavenly postcard energy.
The moonlight haloed the guardian, and the snow-laden forest surrounding the lake glowed with soft, surreal illumination. The pines, heavy with winter, looked like they’d been dusted in diamond powder. If she were any other type of person, Dani thought, she’d be crying, or chanting, or at least composing an inspirational Instagram caption about hope and cosmic guidance.
Instead, she crossed her arms and called up to the sky, “You know you’re a little late, right? Winter’s over. You missed the drama.”
The wings flexed, every feather rippling with color. The aurora swept downward, cascading closer to the horizon like some enormous, glowing curtain drifting toward her. The guardian’s silhouette sharpened. She still couldn’t see a face—just the suggestion of one, made from gaps in the stars and dense knots of light. Yet somehow she felt watched, in the way you feel watched by a cat who has just seen you open a can of tuna and is now evaluating your soul.
Spring Is Late, But Extra
A strange warmth brushed against her cheeks. At first she thought the wind was shifting, but the air stayed still and cold. The warmth came from above, from the aurora itself, as if the sky were radiating not just light, but the first shy hints of spring. The snow beneath her boots glistened with a faint greenish tint, and a single droplet slipped from an overburdened branch at the edge of the lake, landing with a quiet, defiant plink.
“You’re… thawing it?” she whispered, eyes wide.
Auroras weren’t supposed to do that. They didn’t melt things. They didn’t turn the ice into tiny constellations of water droplets catching teal and magenta light. Yet that’s exactly what was happening. The snow closest to her boots began to soften, no longer squeaking under her weight but compressing with a wet, slushy whisper. A scent rose from the forest—faint, but unmistakable: damp earth waking up. The ghost of pine needles. The distant, wild promise of growth.
“You could’ve done this in February,” Dani called up. “I could’ve really used you back when my car battery died for the third time.”
This time, the aurora reacted as if amused. A line of violet light arced over her head in a perfect, teasing curve, like an enormous sky-bourne eyebrow. The wings shifted, folding in slightly, then extending again, sending ripples of color across the night. For all its divine drama, the guardian radiated a playful energy, like it knew exactly how dramatic it was being and was having a great time with it.
The more the light moved, the more the forest responded. Melting snow created glistening channels along the frozen lake, tiny rivulets reflecting stars and aurora magic. Somewhere in the distance, water cracked and shifted under ice, a sharp, echoing sound that felt like the world clearing its throat after a long, enforced silence.
The Contract She Didn’t Remember Signing
“Alright,” Dani said, squinting up at the guardian. “Clearly you’re not just here for a vibe check. What do you want?”
The answer arrived not as words, but as sensation. Warmth spread through her chest, tingling out into her fingers and toes. The sky seemed to lean closer, the stars brightening, the aurora intensifying, until she felt absolutely certain of two things:
First: this presence was ancient, powerful, and very much real—not a glitch in her mental health, not a decorative coincidence. This was a sky guardian, a spiritual protector stitched from moonlight and starlight and the hopes of a thousand winters.
Second: it was, annoyingly, just as sassy as she was.
Images flared through her mind: snowmelt surging through streams, buds cracking open on still-bare branches, moss waking in the shade of returning sunlight. She saw herself walking this same forest weeks from now, coat unzipped, crunch of frost replaced by the soft squish of thawed ground. Beside her, just barely visible, a shimmering presence pacing her steps—a companion stitched from light, watching, nudging, protecting.
“You want me to… what? Be your ground contact for spring?” she asked, incredulous. “Like… a seasonal intern?”
The wings pulsed in a slow, affirmative rhythm. Above, the full moon brightened until a faint halo formed around it, a ring of icy light crowning the guardian’s head. The sensation in her chest grew stronger, now somewhere between an adrenaline rush and that feeling you get when a waitress calls you “hon” and tops off your coffee without asking.
Somewhere inside, under layers of skepticism and sarcasm, something else stirred: curiosity.
“What does an aurora guardian even do in spring?” she muttered. “Photosynthesize sass? Supervise the return of migratory birds? Check in on the frogs?”
The aurora surged, and for one brief, ridiculous moment, Dani could’ve sworn she heard a voice—low, amused, and echoing around the inside of her skull.
We wake the world up… gently, if possible. Dramatically, if necessary.
A Deal Under the Moon
She jerked, eyes widening. “Oh, good,” she said. “Telepathy. Because this wasn’t weird enough already.”
The guardian’s silhouette sharpened again, more defined now. She still couldn’t see a face, but she felt an expression: something between fond patience and that look older siblings get when you finally realize they’ve been right about something for years.
You walk here every season, Dani. The voice shimmered through her thoughts like light through glass. You listen when others don’t. You notice the small things. The first melt, the first birds, the first patch of stubborn green. You talk to the trees.
She flushed, even though there was no one around to witness the call-out. “I talk near the trees,” she protested weakly. “It’s different.”
It’s not, the presence replied, amusement humming like a soft chord. And the forest listens back. It always has.
The aurora dipped lower, the wings spreading like a luminous canopy above the frozen lake, enfolding Dani in shades of turquoise, lilac, and rose. More snow softened, revealing darker shapes beneath: rocks, patches of earth, the suggestion of life paused rather than ended. The scent of damp soil grew stronger, threading through the sharp, clean bite of the cold air.
Spring is late this year, the guardian said. The world is tired. Hearts are tired. We need a louder reminder that the cycle still turns.
“So you want me to… shout at people about crocuses?” Dani asked. “Because I can absolutely do that. I have social media and no sense of shame.”
The sky rippled with something that felt suspiciously like laughter.
We want you to notice—and to help others notice. To walk, to witness, to share. To remind them that even after the longest winters, the light returns. You don’t have to save the world. Just keep pointing at the places where it’s thawing.
Dani looked down at her own footprints stretching across the lake, the only marks in an otherwise pristine expanse of snow. She looked up at the guardian, at the wings of living aurora pulsing with color. At the moon, haloed and steady, shining down on this very specific human with her mismatched socks and chronic trust issues.
“Let me get this straight,” she said. “You, a cosmic being made of starlight and overachievement, want me to be your… spring hype person.”
The answer vibrated through her bones, firm and clear.
Yes.
She exhaled a long, slow breath. Somewhere, a block of lake ice cracked with a deep, resonant boom, as if the world itself were nodding along.
“Well,” she said, squaring her shoulders. “On one condition.”
The aurora stilled, listening.
“If I’m doing this,” Dani declared, pointing up at the celestial wings, “we are absolutely rebranding winter’s exit as a dramatic, glow-in-the-dark grand finale. I want aurora magic, moon halos, and enough color that people forget they haven’t seen their lawn in five months. If I’m the spokesperson, we’re going full extra.”
The guardian’s light flared so brightly it painted every snowbank in neon hues. The wings spread to their widest span, stars shimmering along their edges like sequins. Warmth poured over her, an answer and a promise.
Done.
And somewhere amid the melting snow, the cracking ice, and the shimmering sky, the very first seed of spring stirred, as if it, too, had been waiting for the contract to be signed.
The Very Inconvenient Spring of Dani Kepler
Morning arrived with a spectacular lack of subtlety. Dani woke in her cabin to a beam of sunlight punching directly through the only gap in her blackout curtains like the universe had decided personal boundaries were optional now. Her hair was doing a credible impression of a startled porcupine, and she was still wearing her thermal leggings because she had fallen asleep mid-collapse the night before.
Her phone screen lit up with a cascade of notifications—weather alerts, friend messages, a missed call from her mother who had undoubtedly decided she was dead in a ditch, and one local news headline that caused her to sit up so fast her spine cracked like bubble wrap:
LOCAL AURORA DISPLAY BREAKS RECORDS — LATE-SEASON LIGHT SHOW STUNS RESIDENTS
“Well,” Dani rasped, “at least someone else saw my cosmic fever dream.”
She pulled on a sweater that had committed fully to the “pilling as a lifestyle choice” aesthetic and stepped outside. The air hit her face with a surprising gentleness—too warm for late winter, not warm enough to trust. Birds were making tentative noises from the treetops, the avian equivalent of clearing their throats after months of silence.
Dani frowned, scanning the woods. The pines still held their heavy coats of snow, but something felt… soft. Awake. The world had cracked one eye open and was considering whether to get out of bed or hit snooze for another week.
“Alright, celestial intern duties,” she muttered. “Let’s see what the hell I signed up for.”
When the Snow Starts Acting Suspicious
The first sign that things were going to be weird wasn’t the melting snow berm near her mailbox or the faint trickle of water down the forest trail. It was the raccoon sitting on her porch railing, paws tucked neatly like it was waiting for its Uber, staring at her with the steady intensity of an accountant reminding a client about delinquent invoices.
“Absolutely not,” Dani told it. “I’m not doing ‘Dani the Disney Princess’ today. Lose the attitude.”
The raccoon chittered, then hopped down and trotted off toward the woods with a purposeful waddle—like it expected her to follow. And because she had clearly lost control of her life, Dani did.
The trail was dotted with patches of slush that reflected the sunlight in shimmering hints of color—soft greens, pale pinks, even a phantom violet. Dani scowled at them.
“Oh no,” she whispered. “Oh no, no, no. Don’t tell me I’m leaving aurora footprints now.”
She lifted a boot and checked the tread. No glow. The glow was happening in the snow itself—spreading out in faint pulses from her steps as if responding to her presence.
“Fantastic,” she said. “I’m a human glow stick. Great for raves, terrible for subtlety.”
Every few minutes, a warm shiver ran up her arms, like the lingering aftertaste of whatever cosmic handshake the guardian had given her the night before. She couldn’t see the being now, but she felt its awareness, quiet and observant, perched somewhere along the horizon like an enormous celestial cat watching its new human try not to trip over tree roots.
Spring Starts Acting Like It Has Main-Character Energy
About a quarter mile into the woods, Dani began to hear it: water moving. The sharp crack of ice giving up its grip. The musical trickle of meltwater slipping between stones. It was too soon for this kind of thaw, but here it was—spring behaving like someone who showed up to a party uninvited and then immediately started rearranging the furniture.
A patch of snow ahead shimmered softly. Dani crouched down, pressing her gloved hand into it. Instead of the usual cold, she felt… warmth. Not hot, but warm enough to make her blink in disbelief.
“Oh, come on,” she groaned. “You’re cheating.”
The guardian’s presence nudged her mind like an elbow to the ribs.
We’re accelerating a few things.
“A few things?” she hissed. “This snow has seasonal affective disorder in reverse!”
The forest seemed to brighten with color as the aurora’s energy settled into the world around her. The warm undercurrent—the soft shimmer of thaw—was subtle but undeniable. Sap was stirring beneath bark. Birds were trying out half-remembered songs. Even the wind felt less like a slap and more like a nudge.
Dani stood, hands on hips. “Listen, guardian buddy. I know you said spring was late, but this is like dropping a bucket of glitter on a quiet library. It’s dramatic. It’s chaotic. It’s…”
A burst of pink light shimmered across the treetops.
“…it’s exactly my brand,” she admitted reluctantly.
She Becomes the Absolute Worst Kind of Influencer
By midday, Dani had decided she should, at minimum, do the job she had been cosmically bullied into. She took photos of budding ground moss, the first cracks in lake ice, the warm-tinted slush that insisted on glowing like aurora-light whenever she walked across it. She snapped close-ups of branches dripping meltwater like nature was practicing for a perfume commercial.
Her phone camera roll became a shrine to Extremely Early Spring Vibes™.
“Fine,” she muttered. “Let’s post something before the raccoon comes back demanding content production updates.”
The caption came easier than she expected:
“Something weird is happening in the forest. Winter’s losing the custody battle. Stay tuned.”
She slapped on a few photos of melting snow, added a cheeky hashtag (#SpringSaidSmash), and hit post. Almost immediately, comments began appearing:
- Kyle: “Girl what forest???”
- Amanda: “IS THAT SNOW GLOWING OR AM I DEHYDRATED”
- Nadiya: “Dani why does your forest look like a rave?”
Dani snorted, shoving her phone back into her pocket. “You want me to help people notice? Mission accomplished.”
A soft pulse of warmth touched her shoulders—gentle approval. The sky above her remained winter-blue, but the air had shifted. The day felt alive in a way late-winter days usually didn’t. The forest stretched and sighed, the weight of winter loosening inch by inch.
All of that might have been manageable if the next thing hadn’t happened.
The Guardian Forgets Humans Are Fragile
The forest path narrowed, dipping toward a small stream still mostly frozen. Dani stepped onto a patch of ice—carefully, cautiously—when the aurora’s magic decided now was the perfect moment to be extra.
The ice flashed faint green, cracked sharply, and the entire sheet surged upward, lifting her like a badly-timed elevator.
“NO—NO, NO, NO, NO!” Dani yelped, arms flailing.
She sailed upward a full six feet before dropping back into a pile of extremely unprepared snow.
Flat on her back, staring up at the treetops, she groaned. “Buddy. Pal. Cosmic roommate. You can’t just YEET the ice because it’s in your way.”
The guardian’s presence flickered, sheepish but not sorry.
We miscalculated.
“You THINK?”
A warm shimmer passed over her like a cosmic apology blanket.
Dani lay there for a moment, snow slowly melting underneath her coat from the residual aurora energy. It was only when a fat droplet of meltwater plopped directly onto her forehead that she sat up, wiped her face, and glowered at the sky.
“This partnership needs boundaries,” she muttered. “And maybe a union rep.”
Even as she grumbled, something stirred at the corner of her vision: a patch of ground where the last of the snow had melted away entirely. Beneath it, a tiny green shoot pushed upward—thin, brave, and very early.
Dani’s breath caught. She crouched, brushing the wet earth gently with her fingertips. The shoot unfurled a little more under her touch, glowing faintly as if the aurora had tucked a spark of itself inside the tiny plant.
“Well,” she whispered, voice softening. “Hello there.”
Spring Officially Files Its Takeover Paperwork
All around her, the forest seemed poised on a threshold. The snow was melting just enough to reveal glimpses of life beneath—old pine needles, damp moss, stones wearing slick coats of thaw. Icicles released perfect droplets that glittered like beads of liquid light. Even the air smelled different: crisp, clean, threaded with the earthy promise of growth.
The guardian’s voice returned, softer now, like the hush of wind through waking branches.
You see it.
“Yeah,” she murmured. “I see it.”
This is why we chose you.
Dani swallowed, her throat tight. She’d never thought of herself as chosen for anything. She was good at noticing things, sure—but chosen? Needed? Trusted by some cosmic force wearing a sky made of feathers?
It was almost too much.
“Listen,” she said, clearing her throat, “I’ll do the job. You want me to hype up spring? I’ll hype up spring. But we’re maintaining a strict ‘no tossing me like a frisbee’ rule. Deal?”
Warmth blossomed around her, clear agreement.
Then the guardian added, in that shimmering voice:
There is more to do. And more to wake. And… one more secret you must see.
Dani blinked. “Of course there is. Of course. Why would anything be simple?”
The light above her rippled, coalescing into a familiar shape—the faint silhouette from the night before. The guardian lowered just enough that the wings brushed the tops of the tallest pines.
Follow us.
Dani stood, brushing snow off her coat, heart thudding with a mix of dread, excitement, and the resigned acceptance that comes when life has already gone so far off-script that you might as well enjoy the improv.
“Fine,” she said. “But if this ends with me meeting some kind of ancient spring deity, I swear I’m asking them for PTO.”
The aurora brightened, thrilled.
And together—woman, forest, and cosmic sky-being—they walked deeper into the melting woods.
The Most Chaotic Spring Awakening in the History of Ever
The woods grew stranger as Dani followed the guardian deeper into the trees—stranger, but not in a horror-movie way. More in a “the ecosystem is doing a soft reboot and forgot to warn anyone” way. Snowmelt trickled everywhere, singing in dozens of tiny crystalline voices. Sunlight filtered through the branches in buttery-gold beams. Pines released faint puffs of pollen when disturbed, like embarrassed old men sneezing after someone mentions feelings.
Meanwhile, Dani was doing her best to keep up without slipping again, muttering under her breath every time the aurora-warmed slush squelched beneath her boots.
“Honestly,” she said to the sky, “if this turns out to be a magical quest involving puzzles or prophecies, I have to warn you—I’m running on one cup of coffee and spite.”
Warm amusement brushed across her mind like a pat on the head.
It requires only your presence.
“Oh good,” she replied. “A low-effort prophecy. Finally something in my skill set.”
The aurora brightened ahead, forming a shimmering trail between the trees. It wasn’t obvious or blinding—more like faint threads of color drifting through the air, guiding her step by step. The deeper they went, the older the forest became. Some of the pines were impossibly thick, bark cracked like ancient roads. Ferns slept under blankets of melting frost. A fallen log, rotted and moss-covered, was steaming gently where the aurora’s warmth nudged it awake.
The guardian slowed. The air in the clearing ahead hummed faintly, vibrating with the same energy Dani had felt the night before—only now it was focused, intentional, waiting.
“Okay,” Dani whispered. “What’s behind door number three?”
The Spring Heart (Not a Metaphor, Surprisingly)
The clearing was circular, almost perfectly so, as if the forest had decided geometry was in this year. Snow hugged the edges, but the center was bare earth—rich, dark, and glowing faintly with aurora light that pooled in subtle veins beneath the surface.
And in the middle of that warm, awakening ground was something small and bright.
A flower.
Just one.
Tiny, delicate, and glowing with a soft pulse of teal and pink, like the aurora had dipped its fingers into life and painted directly onto the soil.
Dani approached slowly, breath shallow. “What… is that?”
The guardian descended, wings arcing around the clearing in a luminous dome of color. Their voice reverberated gently against her thoughts.
This is Spring’s first seed. The heart of the turning season. Everything begins here—quietly, humbly, before the world notices.
Dani stared at the little bloom. “It’s adorable,” she whispered. “And incredibly stressful. Is that normal?”
It has been neglected this year.
“Hey, same,” Dani said softly. “But I’m here. Tell me what you need.”
The guardian dimmed slightly, their form less crisp, their wings slowing in their shimmering motion.
We are fading. The effort to melt the late winter… it is more than we alone can maintain.
Her stomach dropped. “Wait—are you telling me you’re… weakening?”
A long pause. Not quite shame, not quite resignation—just truth.
We must anchor through you. Through your season. Your presence. Your attention. If you choose to accept it… spring will break through. If not… winter lingers.
“What does that mean?” she demanded. “Anchor how? Attach? Possess? Because I am not hosting a sky ghost in my spleen.”
The aurora flickered, startled.
No. Nothing of the sort.
A soft pulse of light radiated from the flower, illuminating Dani’s boots. The guardian’s voice steadied.
You simply stand here. Witness it. Offer warmth. Attention. A promise to walk the season awake. As you agreed.
“That’s it?” she asked. “Like… mindful presence but with cosmic responsibility?”
Yes.
Dani felt her pulse slow. Winter had always been hard for her—heavy, dragging, cold not just on the world but on her mind. Every year, she had walked this forest hoping for signs of thaw, as if looking for proof she wasn’t stuck forever. And here, now, was a literal universe-made-of-light asking her not to fix the world, not to be chosen in some dramatic destiny—but simply to pay attention to the moment life starts again.
She knelt.
Warmth pooled around her—not heat, but a soft hum, like a heartbeat syncing with hers. The flower brightened. The ground loosened. A faint chorus of meltwater trickled around the clearing’s edges.
This is the turning point, Dani Kepler.
She placed her palm gently beside the flower, not touching it—just grounding herself in the earth, in the moment.
She whispered, “I’m here.”
The clearing answered.
The Guardian’s Last Gift (and the Greatest Responsibility She Didn’t Ask For)
Light rushed downward. Not harsh or blinding, but vast. It washed over her in ribbons of green, violet, and rose. The guardian dissolved—not vanished, but unfurled into pure aurora, streaming into the flower, into the air, into her skin like a warm tide.
Her breath hitched. The sensation wasn’t cold or hot. It wasn’t pressure or pain. It felt like being wrapped in the memory of every spring morning she had ever treasured—dew on moss, sunlight on thawed earth, the first breeze that didn’t sting.
And then, softly:
It is yours now.
Dani blinked as the glow settled around her—subtle, visible only in the faint shimmer along her fingertips.
“What is?” she whispered.
The voice was faint, nearly gone.
The season’s beginning. Its spark. Its care. Carry it where you walk. The world will wake by your noticing.
The aurora dimmed, then folded itself into the tiny glowing flower—which brightened once, twice, then steadied into a gentle radiance.
Silence fell.
The guardian was gone.
Dani stood slowly. Her knees cracked with the indignation of a mortal body asked to kneel on cold ground. She stared at the little flower, alone in the clearing, holding an entire season inside itself.
“Okay,” she said quietly. “Okay. I can do this. I’ll… walk. Pay attention. Share it. Nudge people awake.”
She exhaled, breath fogging faintly. The world around her felt different—lighter, more resonant, more ready.
A tiny breeze drifted through the clearing, warm as a sigh.
Dani squared her shoulders.
“Alright spring,” she growled fondly. “Let’s mischief.”
The First Walk of the New Season
She took one step toward the trail, and the snow at her feet melted in a perfect circle—warm, soft, smelling faintly of earth and budding life. It spread outward, slow but steady, a visible wake of spring behind her.
Dani gasped. “Oh, I’m gonna be so annoying on social media.”
Her phone buzzed. She checked it.
Kyle: “WHY IS YOUR FOREST GLOWING MORE. STOP DOING THINGS TO IT.”
She grinned.
“Not a chance.”
She started walking.
And with every step, the season turned.
The snow melted. The earth warmed. Buds swelled on branches. Water ran in the streams like returning laughter. Birds began singing from the trees—hesitant at first, then louder, then bold.
By the time she reached the trailhead, the first crocus had broken the soil beside her boot in a tiny explosion of purple hope.
She took a photo—naturally.
Posted it with the caption:
“Winter’s clocked out early. Spring’s running the shift now. Watch this.”
The flower in the clearing pulsed once, faint but sure.
Dani turned toward home.
Behind her, the forest woke.
EPILOGUE — The Spark That Walks
That night, as she sat by her cabin window watching the warmth ripple through the pines, Dani felt a soft pulse beneath her skin—like distant aurora echoing in her bones.
She wasn’t a guardian.
Not a chosen warrior.
Not a cosmic being with wings made of light.
But she was something new.
A witness. A spark-carrier. A troublemaker for winter.
And tomorrow, when she walked again, spring would follow.
She smiled into her tea.
“Let’s see how dramatic we can make this.”
Somewhere in the vast hanging sky, a faint ripple of aurora shimmered—just once, like a wink.
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