Heard My Thoughts to Rise to Music Stardom

On the finals stage of a music competition, Vanessa finds herself facing Sophia, her rival and once a fellow rising star. In a previous life, Sophia performed the very melody Vanessa had only improvised in her mind, then turned the accusation of plagiarism back on her, leaving Vanessa branded a bully and a plagiarist until her tragic end. Now Vanessa has returned to that same stage, determined to change her fate.

When Sophia links her arm through Vanessa's, Vanessa recoils, suspecting that mere contact lets Sophia steal her thoughts. The cameras catch the rebuff, and the audience turns on her, while Sophia mouths a cruel command and wears the calm of someone who already knows Vanessa's work. Drawing number two, Vanessa panics and demands to see Sophia's draw, but Sophia reveals number one and makes her look unhinged.

With the crowd jeering and the performance order set, Vanessa must expose the theft before the music begins again.