Once there lived a girl, with a sparkling, white sundress. She wandered aimlessly by the deep blue sea-shore, in the search of a beautiful shell in order to take pictures of, she had an eye for the beauty of photography and the fascinating sights that each photograph can treasure for a very long amount of time.
With no luck, she was not able to find a shell out of her tastes, after sitting in the shore drawing in the sand beside her with her fingertips, oblivious to what she was drawing; the strong waves from the ocean washed it all away. The girl’s dress was soaked wet from the ocean’s strong wave.
She sighed in grief, her feet sunk deep in the sand as she stood there gazing into the sight of the ocean waves. Another wave crashed in the shore, releasing the tie on the girl’s hair due to its strong motion, the girl’s hair was let down to upper-back length. Her eyes rolled as she shrugged, walking towards her tie-dye towel, snatching the cord of her camera, wrapping it around her right wrist, swinging it around cautiously; not wanting for it to fall onto the ground.
She walked through her usual pathway, which almost seemed like a forest; it was surrounded by trees, plants, flowers, with some muddy puddles here and there. For once, she observed the surroundings of this pathway to home, she crossed an area where laid very lovely roses, she paused, only to look at the area where there are many flowers. Her pupils grew wide, and to her surprise, she has spotted a beautifully fully-bloomed rose. She walked right up to the pink rose, held onto it softly with her palm to only smell its scent.
She thought for a bit, and turned to look at the camera that was tied with its cord to her wrist. She let out a bright smile, placed her hands on the roots of the rose, avoiding its thorns and as soft as possible, she ripped the roots of the rose and held onto it.
She ran towards the ocean shore once again, only to place the rose in the deep-blue water, as she zoomed in attempting to get the perfect shot, she succeeded with a smile. She proceeded in taking different shots in different angles of the beautiful rose that floated in the ocean.
Time flied past and the sun has already begun to set, she held the rose tightly, not wanting to let it go. She took her belongings back home, into the pathway once again.
The girl wiped her sandals on the rug that read “Welcome” in front of entrance door; she opened the door and rushed to grab a glass of water to place the rose in, so it won’t wither in such a short amount of time.
After softly placing the rose on the glass, she gazed into the beauty that the rose holds, its scent, its colour, its petals, as well as for the slight sight of a water drop on top of a petal.
As days have passed, the rose’s colour began to fade slowly, no longer having its natural colour from when it was first spotted. The girl continued taking shots on every sight she fancied, that matched her tastes. She looked at the rose for the very first time since that day she picked it out, noticing its beauty fading away. She did not care of it whatsoever and headed to bed.
That very night, the rose’s colour completely faded, leaving only a gray complexion of the rose, no sight of other colour. The girl, whom slept peacefully for some time, opened her eyes suddenly, as if her eyes were forced open, only to find that the light was dim. She sat up in a fast motion, breathing heavily, grabbing onto her chest which was highly painful. She tilted to the right, and before her eyes was the same pathway, with the same surroundings from when she first found that rose. Her body moved by itself, her mind went from pondering, to screaming to stop. The forest’s atmosphere in the pathway gave the girl an uneasy feeling, causing her to fall on her knees, covering her mouth with one hand while the other hand held her up from falling flat. She coughed up an indisputable amount of blood, her whole entire body shook.
The girl had enough strength to stand back up on her own two feet, as her mind screamed louder and louder to quit moving, her body had no response to the brain’s command. She shook, thinking it was only a mere dream and nothing more. Her feet leaded to where she once picked the fully-bloomed rose; yet, there was no rose, despite of having the same exact appearance from when she picked up that rose.
A soft, yet broken hand tilted her chin. The girl saw an amorous view of a lady, her appearance almost compatible to even label as “Goddess”. The “Goddess” had long, wavy, pink hair that would flow with the wind. She had a long, white dress that almost looked like the girl’s sundress; yet, it was longer, with pink tones added onto it.
The “Goddess” softly whispered into the girl’s ear; “This is the Rose’s Revenge.” She shut her eyes, raising her hands toward the sky; taking control of the pathway’s forest, as the girl pleaded for salvation, the plants held her tight, incapable of fighting the plant’s. The “Goddess” forced a smile, as tears stream down from her eyes. “I do not exist just for your pleasures.” The “Goddess” held the root from where she was taken from, she petted the thorns as her hands bled from the thorn’s sharpness. The girl cried, with her eyes as big as it can be. The “Goddess” opened her eyes, glaring at the girl; the “Goddess” kissed the thorns softly, “Go.” She spoke; the thorns took allowed themselves to be controlled like puppets, killing the girl in less than a second.
The plants let go of the girl, letting her body fall; the “Goddess” leaped to capture the body, on her knees, the “Goddess” smiled to the girl as she let her fingers brush through her hair, “Death is . . . a very painful thing, isn’t it, pretty little girl?”. The “Goddess” gave a tender kiss to the young girl on the lips, the wind grew heavily and fast; and a rosebud was born in the same area where the fully-bloomed rose once lived.
The “Goddess” closed her eyes; the girl’s body broke into many petals, flying to where the newly born rosebud is. She smiled, placing her palm softly on the bottom of the rosebud, whispering warm and kind words that once was said to receive good luck once having received words from the “Goddess” “May you live happily as a rose, little girl; and may you have learned a valuable lesson.”
The “Goddess” smiled, her body began to break out, as it began to shatter, she whispered: “One day . . . you will be a wonderful rose, even more wonderful than I ever was.” Her whole entire body shattered into thousands of gray petals, which turned to dust, and flew away with the wind.