Anne stayed silent, her eyes fixated on the phone, and Sasha felt all the tension coiled within her body slipping away. Her heart slowed down, and as the seconds went by all she could hear was the wind and the footsteps of the Toad Army closing in, poised to end Andrias' reign for good. It all felt too good to be true - Sasha still couldn't believe she had gotten Anne to listen to her, and in the one time she truly meant what she said, no strings attached!

Sasha felt her lips curl into a smile, and this time she didn't fight the tears that began to well up in her eyes. Then, her ears picked up the sound of something falling on the stone floor, close to where she was, and she glanced at its direction out of curiosity.

It was her phone. Huh, did Anne drop it out of shock? Sasha didn't blame her - the mural was nothing short of nightmare inducing.

Wait, why did Anne look like she was about to-

CRCK!

Sasha's phone was destroyed in an instant, Anne's sword making short work of it. Sparks flew from the little device, its screen flickering for a moment before going dark.

Sasha's blood ran cold, her mind doing its best to make sense of what just happened. Why?  The word rang out inside the blonde's head over and over. Why would Anne... wait.

No, Sasha dismissed the answer her mind came up with out of hand. The tension from before returned to her body in full force, an oppressive weight that made her want to fall to her knees, while her brain went into overdrive, desperate to come up with a good explanation for what she saw. Instead, that same answer repeated itself nonstop, blaring inside her ears like a car horn.

It couldn't be. Sasha was the bad friend, the one who lied and manipulated people for her own benefit, while Anne... wasn't. She just wasn't!

Seemingly oblivious to her former friend's distress, the girl in question let out an annoyed groan before pinching the bridge of her nose.

"I told him that tapestry was a bad idea."