CHAPTER 2: What You've Become
"I didn't do it. I know I didn't. I've never even been near the freakin' queen," muttered Arden. She had been arrested earlier that day. Arden wanted to get out, but how? She could not tell the guards. They would not believe her. Speaking of which, a mouse in a British guard outfit came to her cell.
"Miss Pattison, because of your malevolent crime, you have been sentenced to death. On the dawn of March 29th, 1901, you will be executed," he said in a stern voice. As he walked away, he made one more comment.
"Oh, and by the way, you have a guest, a Miss Flaversham," he said. As he disappeared, Arden clenched the bars in fury. She hated Olivia! She started to think that the hated slutty Flaversham had something to do with this!
Out of the shadows came Olivia Flaversham. She was dressed in this very short, revealing black tank top, a long camouflage skirt, silver hoop earrings, a stylish camouflage cap, and long black boots. She wore heavy black eye liner, a red lipstick o her lips. Arden was disgusted.
"Olivia Flaversham…you look like a freakin' slut. Got lost on your way to the strip club?" she asked. Olivia rolled her eyes.
"I just wanted to look ten times better than you, but I can plainly see that I didn't need to," she teased. Arden wanted to hurt her so much. Instead, she just acted like the bitch she knew she was.
"Olivia, what the hell is wrong with you?! Look at yourself! Ever since you changed your ways, you've been acting like a complete bitch! Why can't you pull yourself together?!" asked Arden.
"I know, but you remember when you made me this way?! Huh??!! I don't blame you though. If it hadn't been for your mess ups, I wouldn't have a smart daughter, and a kick ass boyfriend," replied Olivia.
Arden noticed a small mirror in Olivia's pocket. She snatched it and showed it in front of Olivia's face.
"Again, look at yourself!! This isn't the Olivia I know! Where is she?" asked Arden. Olivia backed away. She snatched back her mirror and pushed Arden to the ground.
"That dumb Olivia is dead and gone! I'm no longer that sweet little Flaversham girl whose toymaker father was in need of rescuing! And I definitely won't be going to any detective for help anytime soon like I did three years ago! The me that I was back in 1897 is gone and never coming back. I'm a new woman! Now if you ever end up trying to look for the new Olivia, she's right here! Now you're the one being stupid, but this isn't the first time now, is it?" she said. She placed the mirror back in her pocket. She showed Arden her middle finger, gave a harsh laugh, spat on her, and taunted her one last time.
"I can't wait for your execution on your birthday! Too bad I wasn't the one who suggested it. Nevertheless, I can't wait to see you. It will be a day no one will ever forget," she hissed. She turned her back on Arden and walked away and out the door. As Olivia left, Arden could not get out of her mind, and she tried not to care.
"What makes you think that you're kick ass boyfriend won't leave you like he left me? Because of your baby?" Arden whispered.
Olivia placed her paws in her paws in her pockets. When she left prison, she looked at herself in the mirror. She did not think there was anything wrong, but as she gazed deeper, she could have sworn that she started to see herself before she turned bad, and then started to see herself now. Olivia looked away.
Olivia put the mirror away and walked down the sidewalk. She was happy, yet sad. Life certainly was challenging for her though she did not want to admit it. The night Arden and Nathan escaped back in '99, Hiram, her father, escaped from being tied up and attempted to ground Olivia, but before he could do anything, Olivia pushed him down, and she and Hunter ran away together. They found this little haven in the sewers. Making sure they were far away from the mean and criminally lived, they stayed there together. In June of 1900, her baby was born. Hunter was with her the whole time.
As Olivia went through the flashback, she kept on seeing Arden in her head. She tried to shake her off, but it did not do any good. She hated Arden with a passion! Oh how she wanted to see her die in front of her eyes, but seeing Arden everywhere did not help!
Olivia watched as other mice walked by. They looked happy. Olivia tried to be that, but how could she? As she walked by a bookstore, she looked at herself in a reflection and saw a sexually monstrous version of herself. She could take it. If she could, she would smash the reflection.
Olivia ran away from it. She tried her hardest to take her mind off of Arden and her reflection. What was happening to her was making her scared. What more could she do? Was this a message? Will this haunt her forever? This drove Olivia mad! She put her paws on her face.
"My God…" she growled. Smoke came out of her ears. She breathed heavily with anger. She wanted to run home. Her real home that is, but she could not. After not seeing her father for a long time, she could never go back. She growled with anger. She turned an ugly shade of red. Suddenly, Olivia grabbed a fragile object sitting next to her, and she smashed it into the ground just to get rid of her extreme anger!
Olivia Flaversham had finally lost her mind!
