The Lightning Swordsman (Book 3) The Chronicles

Kate's Past (Part 2)

Kate POV

I stayed on the ground after they beat me badly. My whole body hurt.

I opened my eyes to see I was in an empty bathroom now.

My muscled relaxed as I realize I'm safe now.

I tried to get up but my body seemed content on just lying there.

"I need to get up," I tell myself as my arms wobble trying to lift my body.

I eventually got up and made it to a toilet to sit on.

My clothes were dirty from the dirty because of the shoes they stomped me with.

Mom and Dad are gonna worry.

After another few minutes, I started the journey home.

I didn't think about what had just happened to me...instead, I focused on getting home.

When I got home, I sneak to my room and changed clothes.

Bruises appear all over my body and I weared clothes to conceal them...I didn't want Mom and Dad to find out.

I used makeup to hid the little bruise on my face...it worked a charm.

This went on for years. Going to school, getting shunned. And then sometimes at the end of the day, beaten.

My home was my only safe haven. Mom and dad caught on to my behaviour and they treated me as nicely as they could.

"Wanna try out this new game with us?" They ask me

"It's Sword Art Online. It might be fun to play as a family," they say smiling

"Sure," I say as I rub my arm, it hurt to touch it.

"It is released in a few days," they say as they explain it to me.

It was my brother's idea to bring me into it with them.

It sounded like it would be a fun game.

In the few days leading up to the game launch. I went about my normal life...being tormented by my classmates. I even had started cutting my arms lightly, I had heard it helped people with stress...it kinda worked, not like I'd be able to feel the cut through my beaten and numb arm anyway

And then the day came.

"We will meet you at the starting point," they say before I head to my room with a box. I set it up and entered the game

It asked me for my name, I put in Liz.

Why not I thought to myself

I made my appearance.

It was a lot more average than my real-life appearance...before I started getting beaten almost daily I was proud of how I looked...not anymore

I joined the game and I joined up with my family instantly.

"Ok, let's do our first quest," Dad says excitedly as my brother joins him.

"We will take a more reserved approach won't we?" My Mom says as she looks at me.

"Yea, sure," I say as she smiles. I witness an (F/C) haired boy run past us toward a friend...I wish I had those.

Me and Mom explored the city while Dad and my brother went to fight outside of the city.

"The views are pretty cool eh," Mom asks me

"Yea, it's wonderful," I say as she smiles

"I'm glad you're having a decent time," she says as I smile.

I didn't notice it, but I was having fun.

Before I knew it, we were engulfed in a blue light and we were teleported to the starting point.

And well....you know the rest.

After the speech, we all reunited with Dad and my brother.

It was only a week after it started that they died.

"Kate, can you grab us some bread? We are heading to the forest to level up," my brother said as I nodded

"Yeah sure," I mutter. I was glad we were trapped here...I didn't need to deal with the demons outside of this world anymore.

I went and bought bread, I think followed the directions they gave me to find them...

My brother was all alone when I found him.

"Where's Mom and a Dad?" I ask as he looks up at me with red eyes

"Dead," he responds

"What was that?" I ask thinking I misheard him.

"They died," he responds again.

My legs buckle under me as my vision blacks out.

When I awoke I was in the Inn we were staying at.

My brother, whose name was Diavel in the game, was laying in the other bed sleeping.

My mind was shut off, I quickly became a shut-in as he went out and did whatever he did...one day he didn't come back.

After so many hours without eating, my stomach felt like it was ripping itself apart.

I left the room for the first time in a long time to grab some food.

That's when I saw a small poster advertising a group chat called MindSwords...

"You the know the rest," I explain to (Y/N) as he holds me tight.

His touch was ecstatic.

He wrapped his arm around my neck and cupped the back of my head with bus hand as he brought my face into his neck.

I could feel his chin on the top of my head as my face heats up.

I felt like he was a shield. Protecting me from the whole world.

His other arm wrapped around my waist as he pulled my body against his...and he held on tight

"Nothing like that will ever happen to you again," he tells me as I smile

"I have my protector with me now," I say as I wrap my arms around him and we lay in bed cuddling for the rest of the night.