The tale of the life of a rose through the eyes of a daisy.

A known stranger

05/01/4099, Forsythia, Spring Kingdom:

Footsteps echoed through the room. Then a soft voice woke up Zephirine sleeping in her little pink bed.
-Zephy ? Are you sleeping?
The blonde lying in bed opened her eyes and found herself facing a cascade of curly brown hair. She stood up while pushing her friend's face away.
-Not anymore... she bayed.
The tall brunette hastened to open a wardrobe and took out a long jacket of thick white fabric and threw it on Zephirine's bed.
Put this on. Whispered the clever water-eyed girl.
Then Zephirine, still half asleep, got out from between her sheets and covered herself with her jacket.
What are we going to do at this time of night? asked the confused girl.
Her friend with a big smile turned around dressed in a long jade green jacket, she moved silently on the balcony. She gestured to Zephirine to follow her. Although her conscience told her to go back to bed and she left her roommate to break a new rule alone, she gently tapped her foot, shook her head and followed her friend on her escapade. The young lady dressed in a green jacket passed one leg then the other on the other side of the barrier, under the terrified gaze of her best friend.
-Zephy, come here and do it at the same time as me, otherwise you'll be too scared. The unruly teenager ordered her.
While shaking her head in disapproval, Zephirine mimicked her friend's movements.
-Oh Wendy, what are you making me do? she whispered.
But the smiling Wendy didn't respond and instead let herself hang from the barrier. Zephirine did the same. Then both clung to the stones protruding from the wall, and returned to the ground covered with fresh grass.
-Wendy! What are we doing?
-Breathe a little, Zephy, we're going out into the city. She told her, rushing towards a bench under which was hidden a bag full of clothes.
-No, absolutely not! Zephirine replied.
-Come on... Come have a little fun, I got you some clothes. She said, gesturing to the bag in her right hand.
Zephirine let out a long sigh before grabbing the heavy bag and heading into the forest to change.

     Once dressed, the two young girls began walking towards the city. Zephirine wore under her heavy white jacket a short little pink tulle dress accompanied by white pumps, so high that they made her dizzy. Wendy had put on a little black satin dress covered by her jacket and was wearing high shoes, also black. The two girls were pimped up with black mackup and red lips for Wendy and pink for Zephirine. The beautiful blonde had tied her long locks in the tulle of a bow, while her wild-haired friend left them out in the open. Zephirine did not approve of what they were doing, she found their outfits far too revealing, she felt naked lit by scrap metal street lamps. Her feet writhed in pain with every step yet she said nothing and continued to follow her adventure-seeking friend through the night. After a good hour of walking, they finally reached the city. Wendy grabbed Zephirine by the arm and led her into a small, lighted house. When she passed through the door, the innocent young girl discovered a horde of young women dancing in the arms of men. Wendy gave her a smile.
-So what do you think?
-I find this completely inappropriate.
Zephirine saw her friend's eyes darken.
-Since you're too perfect to have a little fun with me, I'm going to go dancing alone!
-Wendy everything is useless, your outfit, the journey which I must say was not pleasant, the ambi...
-If you found the ride so uncomfortable, I'm sure I can find a gentleman who would be happy to do a favor for two young ladies in need.
Zephirine looked around her, obviously each of her men would help two young girls dressed like street girls.
-No Wendy! I want to go back, it wasn't a good idea from the start!
But the fiery brunette ignored her and instead of following her friend outside, she took off her jacket and placed it on a chair. From the outside window, the intelligent teenager watched her friend throw herself into the arms of much older men. It was with a long sigh of despair that Zephirine set off again, but this time she walked with her shoes in her hands to the academy and went back to bed.

     When Zephirine woke up she noticed that Wendy had not yet returned, so she got ready alone before joining Florette and Agatha to whom she lied and said that Wendy was still showering and that they risked being late if they were waiting for her. The three friends therefore left the La Rose pavilion without waiting for their friend, who was absent.

In the evening when she returned to her Zephirine room discovered Wendy lying in bed still dressed and pimped up like the night before.
-Ah here is THe PeRFeCT CHILD! exclaimed the young girl with her mascara-lined eyes.
-Wendy! What happened to you? The child-faced girl worried, through herself next to her.
-WeLL A FUNNY STORY... Without further ado she got up and approached her friend furiously. YOU'Re COMPLeTeLY GONe AS IF I WeReN'T ALONe SURROUNDeD BY UNKNOWN PeOPLe!
-Wendy I told you I wanted to go home so that's what I did, you can't blame me for that! But say, you smell like alcohol, have you been drinking?
Wendy responded with a simple shoulder movement.
-You can't do this kind of thing! Do you realize what you're doing? You could have...
-IT WAS ONLY JUST A FeW CIGAReTTeS, ARe YOU NOT GOING TO GIVe Me A BreAk?
-Cigarettes? Zephirine exclaimed with wide eyes.
-YeS AND ONe OR TWO BOTTLeS NOT WHAT TO MAKe A LOT OF A SCeNe TO Me!
But Wendy, can you hear yourself talking? You have no idea what you're doing!
-Don't TALK TO Me AS IF YOU KNOW BeTTeR THAN I DO!
-Yet I know a little more than you! I know that you have been breaking the rules for some time to go to unsanitary places! I know that you constantly put yourself in danger! You ignore the consequences of your actions!
-Don't look at me like you have any idea what I might know!
-Then tell me what you know more than me! Please go ahead and speak Wendy! Since you know so many things more than me, speak!
-YOU KNOW NOTHING ABOUT Me Zephirine!
-It seems... Zephirine left the room, leaving the stranger she knew best standing alone in the center of it. She knew deep down that something had changed in Wendy. That evening was the last that she would experience with Wendy. A few hours later, she had disappeared.