Thursday after school, Coco was waiting at her house for Trixie to show up.
Mrs. Pommel handed her daughter a cup of juice, "Are you sure you want to tell them honey?"
Coco said, "I'm sure mom. They have to know before I face him in court tomorrow."
Ding-dong!
Coco opened the door to find the Humane 7, Shadowbolt 5 and Trixie standing at the door.
Mrs. Pommel said, "Hi, you must be Coco's friends. Come on in."
As soon as everyone went inside to the living room, Coco said, "I'm glad you guys came over because I wanted to tell you about my experience with Rough Rider."
Trixie interrupted, "Why aren't the other victims here?"
Coco said, "They already know the story. You guys don't but it's time you found out."
She sighed and started talking, "It all started at Suri Polomare's Sweet 16 two months ago-"
Sci Twi interrupted, "Which I wasn't invited to because Suri hated me."
"That's true. Anyway..."
Two months ago at the Wilton Hotel...
"She to have a big party at the Wilton Hotel. It was supposed to be the best party ever. Everyone in our grade (minus Sci Twi) was invited and Suri wanted to have the best birthday ever."
Suri, Coco, Fluer, and Upper Crust were in the hotel ballroom looking at all of the party decorations.
Suri had each of her friends wear matching purple dresses while she wore an extravagent purple ball gown.
"This will be the best party ever! Everyone in our grade will be there! I'm gonna be treated like a queen!"
Coco said, "This night's going to be really fun! I'm so happy for you Suri."
Suri said, "You know I love to have the best experiences for my best friend!" The two girls hugged.
Coco kept narrating, "Soon, everyone was at her party. There was dancing, a big cake, and a costume photo booth. Everyone was having a great time."
At the party, Coco was walking back to the ballroom from the hotel bathroom when she went to fix her lip gloss after eating from the buffet when she noticed Rough Rider in the lobby smoking a cigarette.
Coco said to him, "Um sir, you're not supposed to be smoking in the hotel lobby."
Rough Rider turned to her and quickly put out the cigarette, "I'm an adult, I make my own rules. What's your name?"
"Coco. I'm headed back to my friend's Sweet 16."
Rough Rider said, "I'm Rough Rider. Is it okay if I take you on a little detour?"
Coco smiled, "Sure, but I should probably let Suri where I'm going. She'd be worried about me."
Rough Rider said, "Chill out, she'll be fine. Just follow me."
Coco reluctantly took his hand and he led her away.
Coco asked, "Where are you taking me?"
"You'll see."
In the present day, Coco began to hug her arms together, "Soon, Rough Rider had led me to the hotel's private outdoor garden."
Rough Rider had led Coco to the hotel's fancy outdoor garden, which was empty for the night.
"Why are we here?"
Rough Rider said, "I just want to sit out here with you and look at the beautiful stars."
Coco said, "That's so sweet. I never knew you liked stargazing."
The pair laid down on the grass and looked up at the beautiful night sky.
Ten minutes later, Rough Rider, seeing Coco distracted at the sky, got up and began to unzip his jeans.
Coco turned up to see Rough Rider slowly going down on her.
"No! What are you doing?"
Rough Rider said, "I'm giving you a little surprise to make this night even more romantic."
He laid on top of Coco and began to forcibly kiss her.
Coco tried to scream but Rough Rider had put his hand on her mouth.
"It wasn't long before he began raping me right there in the Wilton Hotel Gardens. Because the place was empty, no one knew what was happening to me. It went on for a half hour, until he finally got off of me."
Rough Rider got up and unzipped his jeans.
"That felt great. And you were really pathetic, try harder next time."
Coco was now a mess with her hair messed up, her makeup running, and her dress covered in grass and mascara covered tears.
"You bastard! Why did you do this to me?!"
Rough Rider said, "It's just my way of showing my affection to girls. Some of them don't want it, but I give it to them anyway."
He left Coco alone in the gardens, but not before turning to her. "And tell your friend I said 'happy birthday' and that we should totally hang out."
After he was gone, Coco got up and started running to the ballroom where Suri's party was held.
At the party, Suri was looking at the clock.
"Ugh, where is Coco? She's been gone for an hour and she's going to miss my tribute!"
Coco, now missing one of her heels, stood at the ballroom entrance, "SURI!" she cried, "there's something I need to tell you."
Suri sighed, "Whatever it is, it can wait until after everyone celebrates me!"
Coco began to run up to her, grabbing onto various students in an effort to keep her balance.
Upper Crust whispered to Suri, "Is she okay?"
Suri said, "Coco please! You're ruining my perfect birthday!"
Coco cried, "You have to believe me! This older guy named Rough Rider took me out to the hotel gardens and offered to go stargazing with me. But it turns out he only brought me out there so he could rape me! You have to listen to me!"
Everyone began murmuring in the audience.
Suri slapped her best friend and pushed her away, "NO! I WILL NOT PUT UP WITH YOUR SHITTY EXCUSES! GO AWAY!" Coco was pushed into one of the waiters who fell into the table with the catered food.
Everyone began laughing.
Gumdrop was recording the entire scene on her phone, "This is totally going online."
Suri angrily tackled her best friend and they fell into the chocolate fountain, drenching them both.
Everyone laughed as the two friends began wrestling all over the food and eventually getting Suri covered in her own cake.
Coco meekly said, "I'm sorry."
Suri got up from the mess and said to Coco through clenched teeth, "GET. OUT. OF. MY. PARTY."
Coco began to run out in tears as Fluer and Upper Crust watched in shock.
Upper Crust turned to Suri, "What the hell, Suri? You just chased away your best friend."
Suri snapped, "Are you siding with her or me?!"
Both Fluer and Upper Crust became quiet.
Coco continued narrating, "I called my dad so he could take me home, but I didn't tell him what happened."
When they returned home, Mr. Pommel turned to Coco, "You're home early from Suri's party, what happened?"
Coco lied, "I.. I.. Suri and I had a little scuffle over who gets the first slice of cake."
Mr. Pommel said, "I'm pretty sure you two will work it out. In the meantime, you should get some sleep."
"I went upstairs to get cleaned up and I ended up crying in the shower."
After Coco got out of her shower and put her pajamas on, she decided to go onto her laptop to take her mind off of things.
She went into Moogle and typed in Rough Rider's name, there she saw countless articles detailing horrific rapes.
Coco narrated, "I decided to Moogle Rough Rider's name and I found out that he had been raping many girls for the past eight years. Some of the articles stated that the victim either ended up becoming pregnant, contracted an STD, or, like Aurora Flash, killed themselves. There was even a website made for the surviving victims."
Coco went onto a website called, 'www.downwithroughrider.com' and looked at it.
The page had a detailed biography of Rough Rider and the stories of the women he raped.
Trixie interrupted, "How did you meet the surviving victims appearing at his trial?"
Coco continued, "There was a part of the website that gave out the information of Red Ribbon, Jade Emerald, and Belle Rose. I tracked them down on MyStable and asked them in a group message about their experiences with Rough Rider. Within minutes, I had recieved responses."
pommelicious: Hi I'm Coco and I was recently raped by Rough Rider at my BFF's Sweet 16. Please reach out and tell me your stories.
prettyribbon16: U were a victim 2? OMG! He got me while I was wasted on my 18th birthday. He said he had a little surprise for me.
J8isgr8: He said that to my older sister before he raped her. He then did it to me for the fun of it. Son of a bitch ruined our lives drove my older sister to suicide.
BellE14: I was his very first victim, he nearly got me but my bf intervened.
pommelicious: Thx so much, I was really scared about being alone in this journey but know I have you to turn to.
J8isgr8: As the founder of this site, I hearby declare you as one of us.
prettyribbon16: Welcome Coco!
BelleE14: Welcome Coco!
Coco smiled but it was interrupted by a text from Suri,
I'm so sorry for what happened Coco. I was just acting like a stupid diva. Can you forgive me?
Coco sighed and texted her back.
In the present day, Coco said, "And that's my expereience with Rough Rider."
Trixie asked, "What about Suri?"
"Suri and the other girls still didn't believe me, but I ignored them. Even when Rough Rider and Trixie started dating, they still didn't believe me. It wasn't until I ended the friendship with Suri that they realized the truth."
Sunset Shimmer put her hand on Trixie, "So Trixie?" she said to her, "do you think you're ready to face him in court tomorrow?"
Trixie said, "I'm ready."
Coco said, "And we'll be right with you when you do."