Hello everyone! Rey here, just wanna let y'all know that this fic is also cross-posted on Wattpad, under the same name "To be Redeemed".now that's taken care of, i wanna let my readers know that everyone in this story will have different names. so to not get confused here they are (more characters will be added with different names as chapters goes on)
Violet- Orchid
Colette- Lucille
Pam- Cypher
Nicky- Nico
Paulina- Martina
and another note: Everyone here will be very OOC, please keep it in mind that they would not act like themselves on the Canon book series.and since this is an AU, there appearance is going to be different, i will draw them once i'm done with personal things to deal with.now that's out of the way, enjoy the first chapter!
Thea Sisters and Ruby Flashyfur belongs to: Elisabetta Dami
OC's and AU belongs to: me
(Triggers in this chapter: Implied Ab*se, misgendering, swearing, wanting to rip your face apart, gaslighting and mentions of panic attack)
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The Thea Sisters walked down the quiet halls of Mouseford Academy, chatting to themselves and minding their own business. They were just minding their own business, laughing happily to themselves...
"Hey, what have we found here? It's the biggest losers in all of Mouseford!"
... At least until the Ruby Crew showed u
Cypher looked at Ruby politely. "Hello, Ruby."
"Why hello, darling," was the redhead's reply, tossing her hair flauntingly. "What're you all doing here, roaming the halls of this dusty old place? Are you all trying to be dust bunnies?"
"Fuck off, Ruby," Lucille snapped, stepping forward. "Go to your damn gala party or wherever the hell you're going."
"Being defensive, I see? You're such a sensitive flower."
"This sensitive flower is gonna beat your ass if you don't shut up and leave us alone."
Ruby's emerald green eyes looked down on Lucille condescendingly. "Aww, is the tiny terror going to nip at my ankles? I am absolutely terrified!"
"OH YOU'RE GONNA WORRY ABOUT MORE THAN JUST YOUR ANKLES YOU SPOILED LITTLE BITCH--"
"Lucille, calm down!!!"
"Aww, no worries! I'm just having a little bit of fun with you. Anyway, I'll be heading off somewhere more exciting than this dingy old place. No hard feelings, sweetheart! Toodles!"
Ruby walked away as the other Thea Sisters struggled keeping Lucille from lashing out at Ruby and her crew.
"That fucking redheaded asshole!" Lucille shouted, stepping back and tidying herself. "She can burn in hell for all I care!"
Orchid sighed. "She is an asshole, that's a given."
"Let's blow her up with nukes! :DD" Nico chipped.
"For the last fucking time, Nico, we are not using nukes to blow her up," Lucille interjected. "As much as I want to..."
"Screw her, you guys," Cypher said, trying to pacify everyone. "Let's just go and chill."
"I swear to god, I am gonna slash her pretty face one day. She is such a pain in the ass."
"You and me both, Lucille. Until that day comes, we'll just have to keep it in stride and move on. Literally everyone thinks she's an asshole."
"Yeah..."
The Thea Sisters walked on and continued talking as if nothing happened, without realizing that someone was hiding behind a corner and listening to their every word...
"Of course they think I'm a jerk..." Ruby sighed. "Why do I have to be like this? This is so exhausting and lonely..."
She shook her head as she walked back to her dorm. Her Crew had gone off to do their own thing (she had let them go, since she wanted to spend some time alone)
She plops down into her bed, tired. The young Flashyfur grabbed the nearest pillow and buried her snout in it, letting out a scream, but was muffled.
Ruby yeeted the pillow away (and a crash was heard on the background, but she didn't care) and groaned.
God, why can't she just have a break!
She wanted to scream so bad and tell her Mother to f off and leave her and her brother alone—
The quiet of Ruby's dorm room was suddenly filled with the ringing of a phone.
"Hello?"
A voice Ruby dreaded to hear rang from her phone. "Hello, my little cheeselet! What are you doing right now?"
"N-nothing, Mom. I'm just taking a break in my room."
"Are those Thea Sisters up to anything right now?"
"I-I don't know, I don't think they're doing anything besides the status quo in school."
"Ruby, must I remind you what I told you last time? Keep your friends close and your enemies closer. You're supposed to know those girls' every move!"
"Mom, they're just students going through their everyday student life!"
"Don't forget what they did to you, Ruby! Don't forget what they did to me! They can't be doing nothing but 'the norm'. They're planning something, and I need you to know what it is!"
"Mom, I'm telling you, they're not planning anything besides study plans!"
"If you keep saying that and telling me that they have nothing planned, then I'll have to ask you to come to my yacht."
Ruby gulped. Not the yacht! Anything but the yacht!
"S-sorry, mom. I'll keep an eye on them."
"Good girl. Have I ever told you that you're the cheese wheel in my pantry? You're the cream of my crop, my dear."
You've told me that a million times.
"Once you're done with whatever they're teaching you in that shabby school, I will train you to become my successor. I can just see it now on the magazines, the newspapers, the talk shows! Ruby Flashyfur, CEO of Flashyfur Enterprises, successor to her mother Rebecca Flashyfur! Your sister or whatever you call it was a huge disappointment, my dear."
Don't you dare call Ryder a disappointment.
"Don't let me down, my darling daughter! You mean the world to me. Don't you ever forget that."
"..."
"I'll leave you be now. Don't let me down, my little cheese puff!"
"I won't, Mom. I promise."
"Good girl."
Ruby hung up and fell down onto her bed, her head buried in her hands. Why must I be at the mercy of my mother?
She slid her hands down to her face. She didn't like her face. Everytime Ruby touched her own face, it felt like it didn't belong to her.
Which was true
She got up from the bed and walked in her desk and pull out a book. Not wanting to die from boredom, she picked up her feather pen, dipped the tip of it from the inkwell and began writing.
Writing was the only thing that she could get out from her Mother's control. It was her only escape, where she can do whatever she wanted and expresses herself without judgement.
She couldn't help but feel envious of the others having a life of freedom
Without being judged
Without being scared of failure
Without punishment
...
...
...
The young Flashyfur continued writing, her (fake) face scrunching in concentration as she dipped her pen to the inkwell (again) before once again, writing.
She thought of things, like if she were to rip her face apart. Will it be painful?? Just like before??
She wanted to rip her (fake) face apart.
She hated how (fake) her face was like a replica of her Mother's youthful face.
She hated it.
She absolutely hated it.
2 to three 5 pages were filled by thousand of words, ranging from happy stories to a bitter one.
4 crumpled papers at the desk. The ripped papers from the pages regrows, due to magic (Ruby was glad that her book can magically regrow pages with new, old ones)
She thought of things like...
What if she and her brother were to run away???
What if she and her brother ran away from their mom?? Will she be mad??? Will she punish her?? Will she drag her and her brother back to the yacht and disciplined (punish) them??
If so, what happens after that?? She might get away with it but what about her Brother???
She furiously shook her head, forcing those thoughts out of her mind. Stop thinking about that Ruby! It's just your thoughts..just continue writing..!
So she did, she continued writing. But the thoughts earlier came resurfacing back in her mind.
She stopped writing, taking a few shaky breaths to calm herself down. Not now Ruby...not now...
As she was focusing on calming herself down...inhale...exhale...inhale...exhale...inhale—
"Hey Ruby, you there?"
The sound of Alicia's voice was heard at the other side of the door.
"..."
"Ruby???"
"..."
"Ruby, are you okay in there???"
After taking few more breaths, she responded.
"Y—yeah i'm okay!"
Ruby immediately coughed when she broke out of her facade character.
"I'm am very much okay, Alicia! That was close..."
"Oh, okay...glad to hear that"
"Hm"
Ruby put her pen back to the inkwell and closed her book, putting it back in her drawer.
"What do you want, Alicia?? Is there anything else you want to ask me??"
"O—oh, i was just wondering if you want to eat dinner??? We've been calling you for a while and we were getting worried that you weren't responding to our calls!"
Ruby pretended to scoff at the remark that Alicia said but in reality, she couldn't help but feel slightly happy that her (friends) crew were worried for her
If only she stop treating them like dirt
"So uhhh...do you want to eat at the canteen or...?"
The door in front of Alicia opened as Ruby walked past her. Seeing this, the Horned Ice hybrid immediately follow her.
"Canteen it is."
With that, they made their way to the canteen to eat.
The two met up with their crew and began eating their food, while having discussions about other stuff like, doing their stuff, class projects and spying on the Thea Sisters.
But Ruby couldn't care less about those (yet), she was too focused on eating her food she didn't want to admit how good and simple it was to her crew to avoid embarrassment
After a while, the four retired back to their dorm, doing whatever they do just like what the OG Ruby Crew would do. Whatever they're doing, it's up to you
ANYWAYS, BACK TO THE STORY—
Ruby got into bed after she changed into her pajamas, covering herself with her blanket on as she drifted off to sleep.
She could only hope that tomorrow will be a just a normal day for once
Ignoring the feeling that something bad will happen soon