Episode 1

# Ep.1 - The Beginning of a Dream

## Summary

In this first episode, we are introduced to the AURAURORA Universe, commonly known as the aurUNIVERSE. This universe consists of three dimensions- the Earth, the Infinite Universe, and Ethereal. Four girls reside in each of the dimensions.

### Opening

The episode starts off with Lia narrating as herself, telling us about the aurUNIVERSE.

*“Earth, a place full of life. A beautiful blue planet with so much to explore, a place constantly upgrading and changing.”* - Lia (As herself)

*“The Infinite Universe, a fantastical universe filled with unique and magical species, bright galaxies with sparkle and magic.”* - Lia (As herself)

*“Ethereal, a perfect Utopia that has everything in balance and in peace. Nothing bad happens here, only harmony.”* - Lia (As herself)

### Earth

After that, we are taken to Earth, when the four girls had just left school. Darcie brings up the topic of the earth being a peaceful utopia, where everyone treats each other well, there is no poverty, and there are no lawbreakers. Lia joins in the conversation, telling Darcie that the idea of Utopia doesn't exist, and would only turn out to be a Dystopia, or even worse. The two start arguing, and Ziying tries to calm them down and get them to see each other's opinions, but the two don't listen. While they were arguing, Eunkyung gets attracted by a nearby blue flower which seemed to be glowing. Strange, as flowers are rarely blue, and a glowing flower is even stranger.

### Ethereal

The next scene brings us to Ethereal, the so-called Utopia on everyone's minds. Surprisingly, none of the girls feel happy about living in this "utopia". JiU, Akira, and Shika were hanging out at JiU's cloud house, and they talk about how Ethereal isn't a good place to live in. JiU reveals to her friends that she is determined to leave Ethereal and find somewhere else to live. Akira and Shika are shocked, and they desperately didn't want their friend to go. Still, there would not be anywhere to escape to, they realized, there is no possible way to exit a dimension. Plus, the rules in Ethereal are too strict. It's the rules, with severe punishments if disobeyed, that make Ethereal seem to be the place with eternal peace.

### Infinite Universe

Finally, we see the girls in the Infinite Universe. Chaerin tries her best to talk to Deng Qing, an android that doesn't know how to speak English or Korean. Deng Qing is Kasumi's classmate, and the teacher had told her to take good care of Deng Qing. Kasumi tells Chaerin that there's no hope in trying, as none have ever been able to start a conversation with Deng Qing, not even mandarin speakers. HyunJi walks into the pavillion holding four bottles of stardust of each of the girls' favorite colors- Dark pink for Kasumi, periwinkle for Chaerin, yellow for herself, and since she doesn't know Deng Qing's favourite color, she bought her a bottle of plain stardust without any added color. Kasumi is shocked because the stars are going out since people take too much magic from them, and she is surprised HyunJi doesn't care. HyunJi explains that these bottles are processed stardust, stardust created from stars that have went out naturally. HyunJi expresses her longing of a place without selfish people, without people that think magic is power.

### Unison

*"Why can't there be a true Utopia?"* - HyunJi, Akira and Darcie (aurUNIVERSE)

HyunJi's voice was joined by Akira from Ethereal and Darcie from Earth. Of course, they couldn't hear each other. Kasumi tells HyunJi that it surely is a great dream to have, but sometimes things just can't be the way you want it to be. Lia once again tells Darcie there is no such thing as a utopia, breaking into another debate. JiU, Akira and Shika look at each other, sighing. There just couldn't be a perfect place, and everyone's definition of perfect is different.

### The First Key

Eunkyung turns around and tries to get Lia, Darcie and Ziying's attention, telling them to come see the blue flower, but they were so involved in the argument they couldn't hear her. A bright blue flash causes Eunkyung to look back at the flower, only to realize it has turned into a silver key with a sapphire engraved in it. Suddenly, an invisible force starts pulling Eunkyung into the key, leaving her panicking. She tries desperately to get her friends' attention, but once again they couldn't hear her, and she gets pulled into the key, which is actually a portal to another dimension.

### After-credits scene

Eunkyung finds herself in an empty room. A faint voice sounded throughout the room, but it was very soft and almost unhearable. "Hello? Hi? Is anyone there?"