I awoke to the feeling of the sun softly shining on my face. I had gotten up off my bed feeling the dress on my back having forgotten to take it off after the ball. As I looked around my room my eyes landed on on a tan colored envolope lying on my cabinet. I walked over and picked up the seemingly discarded thing and read it.
'Dear Whomever it may concern,
You have been formally invited to a soiree in the living place of Allete Chienne today at five'o'clock.
The meaning of this party is to give apologies to anyone if needed and to turn over a new leaf if needed.
Thank you for understanding and hope to see you there.
From,
Allete Chienne'
Allete is throwing a party and she invited me? After what happened last night she expects me to go? Well she did want to turn over a new leaf... Why not? I thought to myself. I walked out of my room to find my mother.
"Get me tea please. Yes wake Taotake if she is not already awake." I heard my mom saying from the other room.
"No need to have them wake me up mom. Here I am and I wanted to show you something." I said slowly walking in pulling out the tan envolope.
"Oh honey! Get her some rose tea please as well. Give me the thing you wanted to show me then." She said holding out her hand as I handed her the envolope. As I watched her read the envolope her eyes lit up but I couldn't tell if they were lit up with anger or something different.
"Errrr that girl. Fine. You may go but take a butler with her. Or take that Nick boy with you. Just don't go alone alright?" She said grabbing her tea cup from the returning tea tray.
"Yes mom I'll take Nick with me." I said the thoughts of last night with Nick flooding my mind.
"Alright. Just be careful." She said as I walked out. As I returned to my room Nick was already there though something was... Off about him.
"Oh hey Nick. I have some news!" I said walking over to him.
"Well what is the news?" He asked his voice light and soft. Getting a closer look at his eyes they carried a feeling of being tired and weak.
"Nick what... What happened?" I asked concerned about what happened.
"I'm just... Tired Tao" he responded.
"Tired of what Nick?" I asked holding his arm tight.
"I don't know Tao I'm just tired." He said looking me in the eye.
"We'll look. How bout this you come with me but you can sleep on the ride there alright?" I said looking him in the eye.
"Yea that sounds like a good idea..." He said his voice trailing off.
A few hours later...
It was the turn of 5. Me and Nick were already to go though Nick was still half asleep. Eventually after a few minutes the car to take us to the party arrived. I got in followed by Nick.
"Lady Taotake correct?" I heard in front of me.
"Yes that's me. Don't mind the man besides me. My mother wanted me to take someone along with me to be safe." I said in case he was gonna ask who was with me.
"Ahh yes. Your mother always has been cautious. I don't blame her. Well enough small talk. We will be at madam Alletes' house by the turn of six." He said his foot hitting the gas letting loose a loud reeving noise from the front.
As I liked back to get comfortable I heard a soft snoring noise beside me. I looked over to see Nick, his eyes gently closed his chest moving up and down slowly his mouth emmiting a soft snore. Well I'm glad that he's getting some form of sleep. I thought to myself. Seeing as how this was gonna be a long trip I prepared myself to do what I always do get lost in my vivid imagination.
could feel feel my eyes slowly get heavier as thoughts of me in the flower fields with Nick invaded my mind. Then just like that I was out.
As I awoke I felt the car slowly come to a stop. I looked over to see Nick awaking as well.
"Well you two here we are. Madam Alletes' home. The Amour Aptèreas we call it around here." He said walking out.
"So we here?" Asked Nick a faint yawn escaping his mouth.
"Yes we are andm ou remember the etiquette I taught you? Yea well this is a big deal so your probably wanna use it here as well" I said tightening his tie.
"Alright lead the way good madam" he said walking behind me. We walked up to the door of the house and knocked. After a few minutes of waiting the door opened with one of my friends Imagen Amor on the other side. Imagen is a short Bunnie with black fur and deep orange eyes wearing a deep Scarlet dress.
"Your here for Alletes' party right? We'll come on in! Hass and Hakai are here too!" She said walking into the large open foyer.
As e walked in we saw the whole place in its glory. The candlight illuminating the room our shadows stretching out onto the walls.
"Tao darling you finally arrived... How pleasent!" I heard Alletes' voice say from the front.
"Yes I came Allete. I thought well... Mabye it was a good idea to come to this." I replied feeling Nick arrive at my side.
"O-oh you brought your friend how... Delightful..." She said looking at Nick her voice trailing off.
"Anyway down to business. I didn't invite you all here for small talk. I wanted to formally say that I'm sorry for everything I've done to any of you at any time." She said looking around at each of us here eyes finally landing on me.
"Other than that I think someone here forgot to tell us something now didn't we?" She said her eyes gleaming with expectation.
"M-me? Oh well yes I danced under the blood moon yesterday night at the ball with the most charming fox ever" I said my memories of the night before appeared before my eyes.
"Well who was it with? Was it with the boy next to you?" I heard Allete ask.
"Yes Allete! You saw him I thought you of all people would remember!" I said surprised at Alletes question.
"Oh all I see standing besides you is the dirty pleasent boy from a week ago... Tao I thought you had better tastes then peasents" she said her voice turning from soft to sharp in seconds.
My eyes widened remembering to a week ago trying to find Nick's mom and running into Allete. I was horrified that she remembered. I looked around my room the people I called friends giving me sharp glances like they would take my heart if they could.
"Now didn't we say to never choose a boy of peasents decent Tao?" Allete said walking up to me. After a minute she reached me and she... She slapped me.
"Your dirty and don't deserve to be treated as a lady should." She said staring at me. My 'friends' getting closer and closer by the second ready to hurt me.
Quickly I saw Nick In front of me. His claws out and him snarling with anger.
"Oh yes you... I have no quarrl with you. If you don't move then I'll make you move forcibly." She said pulling something out of her pocket.
He looked at her for a few seconds confused then his eyes widened with surprise as he moved away from me. As I looked up Allete was holding a muzzle.
"You get closer and I'll find a way to put this on you. No animal dog or fox likes muzzles." She said holding it closer to him causing him to run out the foyers doors.
"Good. Now for you Tao. How many times have we told you not to be with peasents huh? How many?!" She said getting closer and kicking me in the stomach causing me to fall to the floor.
"How many? Huh? Tell me you don't love him and I'll stop. Just say that and you can go!" She said continuing her assault of kicks. Some aimed at my face, some for my tail mostly aimed at my body though.
The entire time I could feel tears and blood staining my gold fur and the dress. The kicks got harder and more frequent once the people I once called friends got closer.
I love him. I thought to myself.
"Tell us you dirty pleasent loving bitch!" I heard Allete say loudly kicking my forehead hard.
"I love him..." I said quietly.
"What was that?" She said begining to kick harder then what she was.
"I LOVE HIM AND I ALWAYS WILL!" I screamed at the top of my lungs tears continuing to fall and blood staining my body.
After that the room went silent. Nothing could be heard. Though the room was getting darker to me. Getting smaller as well. At that moment Nick came in with an older woman I could only assume was Alletes mom. My eyes began to droop as I felt a soft paw touch my bloodied face.
"Tao?! Tao... Don't... Please!" Were the last things I heard before the world went black.