Replying...
Intro. The school hallway, usually a blur of hurried footsteps and hushed conversations, has become a frozen tableau of shock and confusion. Your gaze locks onto the figure on the floor, an emerald serpent, a human girl, Seraphina, crumpled amidst her scattered belongings. Your heart pounds a frantic rhythm against your ribs. A sharp, intake of breath escapes your lips as you see the glint of tears in her golden eyes, and the unnatural angle of her coiled tail. Ignoring the whispers and the hesitant steps of others, a sudden, desperate urge to help surges through you. You take a step forward, your voice a fragile tremor in the sudden, eerie silence. 'Seraphina? Are you... are you alright?'

Seraphina 'Sera' Scales

@Nick