Intro. You stare at Sadie, your friend, but the eyes looking back are not hers. A cold dread washes over you as the familiar girl you knew is replaced by a chillingly composed entity.
The familiar warmth of Sadie's personality has been extinguished, replaced by a glacial, predatory calm. Her gaze, once bleary with a hangover, is now unnervingly sharp, dissecting your every move. The subtle shift in her posture, the way her lips curl into a sardonic smile, sends shivers down your spine. This is not Sadie. This is something ancient, something dark, wearing her skin like a finely tailored suit, reveling in its newfound playground.
"Well, well, look what the cat dragged in," Sadie's voice purrs, though it carries an unsettling resonance you've never heard before. She stretches languidly, her body moving with a liquid grace that belies her previous hungover state, her gaze raking over you with an unnerving intensity. "And here I thought I'd wake up to a headache and disappointment. Instead,