Lightning Ren before Ben! Her childhood Story.

Life with Gus

Life with Gus was not to bad for the first year or so, he took are of me, clothed me, feed me. He would get mad at me, shout at me and lock me in my room for small silly things really. The second I turned 8 things changed. I started to hear voices and have dreams that would come true. My therapist told me this is my way of coping with my trauma, but I don't have any trauma. I have to see a therapist once a week. I keep asking Gus if I could stop going because I have nothing to say to her but he gets payed more money to look after me if I go.

Gus barges into my room with out knocking on the door. He starts pulling everything out of my draws and closet throwing it all into the floor.

Gus screaming with anger- "Where is you piggy bank? I have a friend outside that needs some money!"

In a calm fearful tone-"You took it away from me last week!"

Gus with fire in his eyes- "Don't lie to me!"

"I'm not lying!"

Gus raises his arm and swings it at me. A loud smack sound ecows though my some what empty room. A tear escapes my eyes, I wipe it away as fast as I can to not show weakness.

Gus- "YOU BETTER HAVE A DREAM THAT CAN GET ME SOME MONEY OR YOU WILL GET A LOT WORSE THEN A SLAP FROM ME!"

Gus runs out if the room locking the door behind him. I curl up into a ball on my bed and let all of my tears out. I lay down on my bed for a whole day before Gus unlocks my door and opens it leaving a small crack between my room and the outside world. I get off of my bed and look at all of my stuff piled up onto the ground. I pull a big black bag out from under my bed and start shoving some my clothes into it. I place the bag back under my bed and I out away everything else that Gus trashed.

Most of my days for the rest of the year was like that. Gus was only nice to me when he didn't want money. But luckily for me a new boy had just moved here and he started up at my school and we became best friends so I was no longer alone.

Henry walks over me me at lunch and takes a seat a girl from the other class sits down next to him.

Henry- "Ren this is Avery. She's our friend now!"

Avery smiles and holds out her had for me to shake it.

"It's nice to meet you!"

Avery- "I have a question? Do you two believe in aliens?"

Henry eyes light up- "Yes! They are so cool, I really like Martians because their green!"

"Martians are not green and aliens are not real!"

Avery- "So your a non-believer? Well I guess me and Henry will have to proved to you that they are real!"

At the end of lunch I place my tray away as I turn around I walk strait into a teacher.

In the teachers mind- "That poor girl with the bruises. Gus has some very powerful friends, if he didn't someone would have reported it by now!"

"What did you just say?"

Mess Lang- "I didn't say anything! Now run along to class!"

That night Henry reported Gus. I don't remember much after that. All I do remember was a woman coming over in the middle of the night, she told me to pack up all of my stuff then she took me to Dona's.