Zoe Gibson wasn't a popular girl, she didn't know why, but she never was. In the old reality that she no longer remembered, she had Athena as a friend to rebel and feel some level of connection with, they had a symbiotic relationship, each pushing each other further into rebellion, Goth Culture, witchcraft. It was the bond they shared.
In the new world, Athena was Beth McMillan, and though she knew Zoe and had been friends with her in elementary school, once middle school hit many changes came which pulled them apart. There were first the physical ones, which were much more generous to Beth than to Zoe, and the social changes of having a popular older sister, suddenly things that didn't matter when they were kids, mattered a whole lot, and Beth and Zoe began to drift apart. It wasn't a harsh thing, there were no fights, it sort of faded from friendship to acquaintance. Beth just had too comfy a life to be as angry as was needed for the relationship that Athena and the other Zoe had, and so Athena went on to become a pretty, arty girl, sort of floating through life, and trying not to live in her older sisters shadow. While Zoe with no one to bond with, to be angry with, never became anything, she wasn't a goth, a nerd, a jock, a geek, she was just a girl who didn't have many friends. A bit of a loser actually.
So when she saw the note on her bathroom door while taking a pee, involuntarily stood up mid pee and read out, "I wish I will become the best friend of the next person i see" she knew something had to be up with it. She knew something had to be up with the note.
She was lonely, she wanted a friend, and maybe finally she could have one. But if she was to have one, she wanted a good one. She thought over everyone she knew, who would be best? And then she got a text. "hey are you busy?" from Beth McMillan. She thought of her, she had money, was pretty, and had a personality, she was becoming this sort of Arty princess at the school, calling herself Athena and designing her own cloths. She was cool,(not really but to Zoe's mind she was) and they had once been friends. She called back, nervous that she would be rejected.
"Hey Athena, I need to see you, somethings happened."
She then started to walk over to her place, scared, she knew the way, but to be sure she didn't see anyone else first she keep her eyes on the ground, looking up to see where she was with eyes half closed, and quickly closed them if she detected movement. She was going to get a best friend.
She went to the door. She could hear people talking on the other side.
She opened the door and saw.......
