| “ | “This fucking bitch. You think living on the streets was torture? Well, compared to what I’m going to do to you, that shit is a total vacation. | „ |
| ~ - Ashley, blackmailing Ramona into submission. |
| “ | “You’re a fucking monster.”
“No, I’m just a magnificent bitch.” |
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| ~ Ashley to Tess after being confronted prior to her speech at the election ceremony. |
Ashley Graham Flores otherwise known as Ashley or Ash is the main protagonist villain of the “Westridge” series. She is an extremely deceptive, and manipulative sociopath who is obsessed with being the best at everything she does to the point of utter depravity.
Prologue[]
Ashley was born into an incredibly rich, connected family, with an innumerable amount of assets. From the moment she was born, Ashley describes everything in her life being completely empty, besides the feeling of winning, which she claims granted her a sense of satisfaction, however, she could never measure up to her apathetic, ruthless sister, who always outperformed her in everything.
In middle school, Ashley began to develop a deranged competitive streak. She would constantly put down those she viewed as a threat to her spot as “number 1, and the best”. Due to her exceptional social skills, she was able to bully 2 of her peers into committing suicide, and one of her classmates, Eloise, into dropping out.
Eventually, during her last years, a girl named Miranda, (who was Eloise’s friend at the time) managed to get a recording of Ashley’s true self through a hidden camera in the school library. (Ashley later deduced this due to the fact that Miranda was consistently making visits to the School’s technology department, and even had the keys to the department directors office.)
Miranda attempted to blackmail Ashley into submission through threatening to display her true nature to the school. Ashley, deciding to take matters into her own hands, murdered Miranda in cold blood, luring her into the school washroom, and breaking a mirror, using the shards to paint her death as a suicide.
However, the cover-up was not perfect, as many cracks are still present, such as the lack of a consistent alibi for Ashley.
Prior to coming to Westridge, she attended another High School, but decided to quit due to “the school not being high enough in status for her.” She had manipulated a place into the prestigious school by forcing a girl named Clarice to drop out by threatening to reveal her same-sex relationship with another student to her conservative parents, as well as researching many of the students there in order to make a good impression.
While researching the students, she came across a picture of Tess and Ramona, as well as their numerous displays of intelligence, causing Ashley to feel threatened. Accumulating an extremely large amount of information, she claims is “insurance”
Westridge: Sophomore Scandal (WIP)[]
Upon transferring to Westridge, Ashley immediately became an incredibly popular figure almost overnight. She was even invited to extremely prestigious parties, much to the suspicion of Ramona. However, Tess was fooled into submission, much to Ramona’s dismay.
Ashley, unbeknownst to everyone, begins setting her plan into motion in order to take her place as the top figure of the school, spreads rumours about Ramona being a chronic shoplifter, and even steals various belongings from other students to plant into her bag. As well as luring Ramona into key locations in order to frame her.
This causes tension between Ramona and Tess, even causing them to drift apart for a while.
When Midterms come around, The school administers the student body with 2 main tests, consisting of Math & Sciences. Ashley is excited but nervous, as she hopes she got the highest score on the Math Exam. She receives a 98% much to everyone’s disbelief. However, a girl named Kimberly gets a perfect score, sending the class into a riot, due to Kimberly being an average student the year before. Kimberly laughs happily, as Ashley seethes in pure rage.
Ashley goes into the washroom, and grabs a plastic tarp, wrapping it around her face, hyperventilating, before kicking the stalls as hard as she can. As Ramona watches from outside the door.
Ashley then sabotages Kimberly, by taking advantage of her epilepsy by sending a glitchy video from an anonymous number. Kimberly nearly dies, and is hospitalized, much to everybody’s horror. However, to Ashley’s delight, she receives accolades in place of Kimberly.
Ramona uncovers that Ashley was responsible for the rumours spread about her, as well as Kimberly’s accident.
Ramona confronts Ashley, but Ashley plays dumb, and shamelessly lies in order to coerce Ramona into stopping her confrontation. However, when it’s clear that Ramona is not going to stop pestering her, Ashley drops the act, and threatens to kill Ramona if she even thinks of revealing the secret to the school. Ashley says that she needs to be the best, and that “pigs like Ramona” getting in her way should be a crime.
Ashley, sensing an imbalance of power - (fearing that Ramona & Tess would get together again, and team up against her) She decided to turn the student body against Tess, by revealing that she had an abortion to her abusive parents, causing her to show up 3 days later with bruises all over her face. However, despite Ashley’s plan, Ramona and Tess make up by the middle of the season.
Ashley begins setting her sights on the official election for Student Council President, however, Kimberly has managed to come back to school, much to Ashley’s dismay. Ashley forges a plan to begin falsifying votes in favour of her in order to win the election, by blackmailing the Director, by threatening to reveal that he was a pedophile, in exchange for keeping his “secret” safe. The Director then begins to run various campaigns in favour of Ashley, something that Ramona and Tess have already realized.
Setting her plan into motion, Ashley is for one of the first times caught off guard, when Ramona & Tess go back to her Middle a school to investigate what happened to her classmates. Ashley, anticipating that Ramona & Tess would attempt to foil her plans, Ashley sets a trap for Ramona by slowly setting up Ramona as a violent abuser.
Ashley makes condescending, whispering remarks to Ramona in class through a long period of time. Eventually, Ashley makes fun of Ramona’s poor background, causing Ramona to slap her. However, she called a popular friend from another class, Santana, who witnessed the assault, luring her in to witness the assault.
Ashley then deceives Santana by saying that Ramona was jealous that she had gained more attention than she has, and spins a deceptive lie, saying that she was a victim of bullying back in Middle School, and how Ramona brought it back up again to torment her.
Santana is reluctant to believe it at first, but soon shows a recording of Ramona’s voice, which she got from a few weeks prior when Ramona was threatening to reveal her secret to the school. Santana is shocked, and immediately posts a video to the school’s website detailing how much of an abuser Ramona is. Ashley also plants a secret camera onto Ramona’s locker in order to see what her phone’s passcode is.
Ashley, unsatisfied, puts another scheme into motion by purchasing Weed & Meth from a gang from some seniors, as well as a disposable cellphone. Ashley then sneaks into the girls locker room whilst stealing Ramona’s phone, texting to Ramona’s mom that she hates her, and wishes her “a life in a miserable jail-cell for abandoning her.” - and how much “ of a pathetic excuse of a mother she was.” Ashley then sends the police an anonymous tip on her disposable cellphone, effectively destroying Ramona’s relationship with her mother, and putting her mother in prison for 5 years.
Ashley, having gotten rid of all her enemies, makes a grand speech, as the results of the student body election are revealed, in which she is the winner. A tearful Ramona busts in, calling Ashley a monster, and yelling whilst sobbing, which causes her to be escorted outside by security.
Ashley fakes tears, and runs out, while she is comforted by a group of people. She feigns needing to use the washroom in order to follow Ramona, and gloat to her face.
Ashley brags and mockingly berates Ramona, saying how “without you, I wouldn’t have gotten this far. Sometimes a lamb has to be sacrificed for the sake of the shepherds.” Before walking out.
Ashley manages to end the school year with barely a chink to her armour, and having gotten away with numerous serious offences without any repercussions. Ramona ends up dropping out, along with Tess that same summer.
Westridge: Junior Year (WIP)[]
Ashley is currently thriving, and has completed her goal of achieving superiority over the school. Subsequently, she makes no bones at her pleasure in Ramona & Tess’s suffering as she passes by them in the hallway, now completely ostracized from everyone.
Ashley enters a meeting with the rest of the faculty, and other influential students in order to discuss plans for a food drive, and developing a program dedicated to aiding those with eating disorders, however, a girl with brunette hair enters the room, with what seems like a burn mark on her forehead, to Ashley’s disgust.
The girl shows herself to be shy, almost gloomy and timid. The girl introduces herself as Sandra, a new transfer student, and immediately gains the attention from the room with her high intelligence, and innovative ideas regarding the budgeting for the new programs. This makes Ashley extremely furious, and she goes to make friends with Sandra, and invite her to her study group, but Sandra declines, claiming that “she’ll think about it.”
Much to Ashley’s annoyance. At home Ashley is even more annoyed to find out that Sandra’s social media profiles are all privated, meaning she can’t research what her interests are and therefore cannot read her unlike the other students.
Ashley is disturbed by Sandra making passive aggressive marks regarding her killing a classmate back in middle-school. Additionally, Sandra is also invited to a party in which she continues to make condescending remarks to Ashley even more. Ashley, enraged, decides to go home, much to the surprise of her friends.
Slowly, rumours start to spread around school regarding Ashley being a bully back in high school, but she manipulates Santana into making a post dispelling the allegations. Ashley consults Sandra’s home room teacher of Sandra possibly spreading rumours about her, the teacher confirms this, and Ashley immediately confronts Sandra.
Sandra reveals herself as being friends with Eloise, the girl Ashley murdered back in middle school, and Sandra states that she will do anything it takes to get revenge on her. Ashley, attempts to play dumb, but Sandra tells her to knock it off, and that she knows about all the horrible things she’s done, and that she’s been planning to expose Ashley for years.
Personality[]
Ashley is first showcased to be a exceptionally kind, brilliant, and charismatic girl, with a sway almost every one she meets, however the truth couldn’t be any more darker.
Ashley is in truth, a twisted manipulative sociopath with zero empathy for anyone she meets, viewing them all as inferior pawns, and being extremely disrespectful to those she thinks she can get away with being rude too. As the series progresses, her dark side begins to become more apparent, showing that she is even capable of murder in order to get what she wants, in the case of Kimberly and Miranda. Coupled with her extremely high intelligence, she is able to effortlessly manipulate anyone she wants with zero difficulty.
At the end of the day, due to her immense resources, she cements herself as the Series’s most darkest antagonist, and in short a true monster.
Trivia[]
- Ashley is stated to have an incredibly HIGH IQ, which is confirmed by the school psychologist, as well as having straight A’s and even a trophy shelf at her house, which surprises many due to her having such a quote on quote “gal-like appearance”
- Ashley has numerous interests, and is stated to be surprisingly unathletic.
- She was born on October 24, making her a Scorpio.
- Her hobbies are chess, knitting, and studying.
- Before going to school, Ashley recites phrases and actions in the mirror in order to practice looking like a “kind, charitable individual”. Additionally, she also has a bulletin board in her house that has all the interests and hobbies of every single one of her classmates. She uses this board to plan out possible conversation topics etc, while also having a mind map of all the relationships that her classmates share with each other that ensures people don’t gossip behind her back.
- Her parents are usually busy at work, meaning that they are missing from the majority of the story. She only calls them whenever she needs money or to help cover up her crimes.