Alone

Chapter 4- Transformation

"Want to head to my house?" Veronica asked. "Sure" I nodded. We walked for a while, then came around to the front and walked in. I looked around, white carpet, beautiful table, and a chandelier. I gazed around the house. "We can get some water and clean you up." I nodded, thankful. I heard a scratching sound from outside. "That's Tess. Can we let them in?" I asked. She shook her head. I nodded sadly and looked out the window at my pet. Veronica grabbed my arm and pulled me to the kitchen. She opened the whitetail drive and pulled out two glasses of water with little ice cubes. "I'll start the bath!" She smiled and ran up some steps. I chugged down the water and ran after her. A beautiful bathroom with a lots of space, towels, soaps, cupboards and more.. Veronica turned on the water and filled the tub with water. I stared at the endless water falling to the tub. "Take off your clothes..." she said awkwardly. I took off my muddy top and pulled down my ripped pants. Veronica poured sweet smelling soap and bubbles appeared at the surface. I sunk into the tub and felt the warm water surround me. I felt mud seep off my body as the bubbles grayed.

I dried my clean body with a fluffy white towel. I yelled "Done!" to Veronica before wrapping the towel around me. She came in with a bag. "Throw this on for now" she called and gave me a nightgown and turned around. It was silk, light blue, and lacy on the bottom and the edges. I caressed the smooth material before pulling it on. This was so cool! I tapped Veronica on the shoulder and she turned around. "Sit down" she ordered pointing to a chair.

Next thing I knew, I was screaming as a brush pulled through my clumped up, messy, tangled hair. "Don't worry, I'll fix you right up!" said Veronica a little too cheerfully. I clenched my teeth as she dragged the brush again, and again and through my hair. Soon my hair was untangled, and straight. She whispered in my ear, "I'm going to trim your hair don't worry." I nodded as she trimmed the bottom and gave me shorter bangs. I looked at my hair. It was much more different. Veronica bent down and ripped off my short leg hair. I hissed in pain, but in three seconds it was done. I looked down at my shiny legs. Veronica pulled some makeup out of her bag and put lipgloss on me. I saw it was light pink. She put mascara on my eyes and I waited, she put on eyeliner and eyeshadow. Then she handed me some clothes.

She led me to a room with a mirror, and I stared at myself. I was wearing a light blue dress with a turquoise light sweater. Veronica had left out some white sandals for me. I slipped them on, they fit well but I missed the sneakers and ripped sweatshirt. I had green eyeshadow on my eyelids and long eye lashes, not to mention the lipstick. "Wow" I breathed, I've never worn makeup before. "You look great, lets grab some cash and you can be rich for a day!" She suggested happily. I only now noticed her makeup and fancy clothes.

She led and came back with a credit card. We ran out and grabbed a taxi. "To Violet please." She asked the driver giving him her card. "What’s Violet?" I asked Veronica after we were settled in. "Oh, it's a nice French restaurant, everything is violet." I nodded and soon we pulled up to an elegant place. "A table for two please" said Veronica to a man with a neat purple hat, purple tie and even a purple mustache! They take purple seriously, I thought to myself, amused. Soon he lead us to a purple table set with purple napkins and a lace purple blanket. "What's with the blanket?" I asked "That's a tablecloth silly!" She laughed and I suddenly remembered and feeling embarrassed, laughed along. Soon after, we were served purple (blue) cheese we had some velvet cake and left.

We walked into a store that sold clothes. I ran and pulled out three outfits. The first was a pullover sweatshirt with sweat pants. The second was jeans with a long sleeve t-shirt (camouflage color). Finally, the last one was a tank top with shorts. I also pulled out some shoes. Sandals with holes (not flip flops), and two pairs of sneakers. Veronica didn't like how they looked but I knew they would be great. In the end, Veronica didn't buy anything but payed for my new clothes. "These are my first store bought clothes after the fire!" I smiled at them. "What do you mean?" I explained my past and told her how I always got it from a homeless shelter or I stole them if I had to.

We returned to her home with new clothes and our bellies full. I looked around, where was Tess and Night? “Where are Tess and Night?” I asked worriedly “Oh, they must have been taken to the pound.” Veronica looked sad and patted my back. “Sorry Sadie” I nodded and cried. Veronica ran in her house and grabbed a phone “Hello? Oh hi, do you have a Springer Spaniel in the pound?” I waited and held my breath. Veronica looked sad as she hung up. “They have her, but they will only hold her until closing time next Friday, and today is Sunday.” I nodded and a tear rolled down my cheek. “Well, how many times has she gone to the pound? At the start it would be thirty dollars.” I sighed, not making eye contact. “Five times.” I mumbled. “Well, that will cost more.” Suddenly, Night pranced up with missing fur on his back.  “Oh, i’m glad you are back!” I cried. “Lets head to town, its time for a heist.”  ~~~

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