Keep on Skating (An appledash fanfic)

Chapter 6

Okay. I lied. The truth is gunna come out until the next after THIS chapter. So yeah. Hehe sorry about that. Oh yeah. Just a heads up. Rainbow had absolutely no self esteem at all so that's why she'll be all gloomy and dark about herself :/ it's depressing
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Rainbow's POV :

Pain. Pain was all I felt. I was late to come home. That meant I didn't do my chores aka clean the while house. My dad was NOT happy.

"Ahh!!".

I felt the stick hitting my back. That was a punishment I got whenever I was home late. The number of minutes I was home late, I get lashed onto my back. But I couldn't do anything about it. My hands were tied up to a pillar in front of me so I couldn't escape or move away.

It was downright painful. I was 20 minutes late. So 20 lashes. The stick came down a final time. Blood wa dripping down my arm. My dad had gotten drunk earlier and decided to carve into my arm with a knife. Tears were running down my face.

"There", my dad said. "Now I want you to get your ass to your room and stay there. And no dinner for you tonight".

"Y-Yes sir".

He untied me. I pulled my shirt back on and stood up. I cringed and gasped. The pain was intense but I pulled through. I trudged out of the room. I walked through the kitchen. The food I cooked smelled amazing. My stomach growled. I was so hungry bit I had to wait until morning. Even then I was probably only going to get scraps from my dad's plate or something.

I don't get full meals, only portions or scraps. Sometimes I have to dig in the trash can for some pieces of meat or thrown out left overs. It's something ain't it??.

I finally made it to my room. I close the door behind me. Walking over to my towel that was on my bed, I pressed to my arm, trying to stop the bleeding. I hissed at the contact. I should wash it and disinfect it. Walking out of my room, I quietly sneak into the bathroom. I washed the blood away and stopped the bleeding and wrapped it with gauze.

Man. I wish my friends were here. They would make feel better right away.

Walking into my room, I close the door and sigh. I look at my mirror. Walking over to it I look at myself. I looked horrible.

"What do my friends see in me that they would want to be friends with me at all??".

I snicker half-heartedly.

"I bet that if they found out just how pathetic I am they would laugh at me".

Backing away i tear my eye away and crawl into bed. The soft mattress felt so good to my sore body. I lay down My phone suddenly vibrated. Picking it up I look at the screen. AJ :)

I smiled a little. Yay. I read the text.

Aj: Are you okay?? Why did you run off like that earlier??.

I knew she would ask me. I let out a shaky sigh. I threw my phone on the bed and laid down. I knew I would have to come up with an explanation as to what happened earlier but that would be tomorrow. I decided to go to sleep and sleep off the pain.
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When I woke up, I once again felt pain all over my back and arm. I hissed. Looking at my clock I read. 6:02 am. Time to get up.

"Oh god".

Sitting up the pain shot up my back like fire. I take a deep breath and slowly got out of bed and stand up. I felt like crap. Well that's because I am crap. I sighed and rub my eyes.

I take a shower and wash the dried blood off my back and arm. It hurt like hell but I was able to finish and just let the water run over me. Getting out I wrap the towel around me and go to my room.

Let's see what my dad picked for me to wear today. Okay. So I have a baby blue shirt with a lightening bolt on it. It was shredded at the bottom and little on one of the sleeves. It's my favorite shirt if I do say so myself. Then I had a ripped up red shirt with white leggings.

"Okay then".

I smiled a little.

"Rarity would freak if she saw my wardrobe. But I'll just wear my jacket over it".

I kept my home so secret, they don't even know about the terrible clothes I have to wear. I always have my white hoodie covering it.

Getting dressed I brush my hair and grab my jacket and bookbag. Walking downstairs I walk into the kitchen. I saw a sign on the fridge.

No breakfast for you either. Leave.

Sigh. Of course. I walk out of the house and shut the door. The walk to school was torture. I was and aching all over and I wasn't even sure what I would say to my friends when I got there. Plus, I had a weird feeling I was forgetting something. What day was today??.

School came into sight. I sighed.

"Great", I mutter.

"Dashie!!".

I turned around to see my friends walking towards me. I smile at them and walk over to them, meeting them.
Applejack pulled me into a hug. I felt myself blush. Oh gosh. She pulled away.

"We're so glad you're alright. What happened yesterday??. Ah was worried when you did answer mah text last night. Why'd you run off in a hurry??".

"I had stuff to do and my dad is very strict. But I'm fine. He just scolded me and that's it", I said shrugging.

The girls must've bought the lie which was a relief.

"Okay", Twilight said. "You sure you're alright??".

"Eh. I just have a headache. Nothin much", I lied.

It wasn't my head. My entire body hurt. My head just hurt from not eating anything from yesturday at lunch.

"C'mon", Twilight said.

We walk into the school and go to our lockers. My stomach growled.

"Rainbow. Did you eat breakfast this mornin??", Applejack asked.

I shook my head. "Didn't have time. Woke up late".

Man. I've got to stop lying. The lies just keep spilling out. Applejack gave me a look.

"Uh huh. Liar. You're tellin me later".

I forgot she could tell when I'm lying. I sigh. We go back into homeroom. My back was hurting so much. I didn't talk to my friends for the rest of homeroom. The bell rang. I sigh and get up. Grabbing my bag, I gave a foce smile and join the others.
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We were in science class. We had a substitute today which was awesome. But like most of the teachers here, she didn't give us a second glance and let us basically do whatever we wanted.

Suddenly the intercom came on.

"Students and staff. Let's have a moment of silence for Eden Dash, the famous figure skater. Today we honor her".

What??. My breath hitched.

So that's what I was forgetting. I could I have forgotten about today. Tears stung my eyes, threatening to fall. I felt a hand on my shoulder. Turning my head I saw Applejack looking at me with a worried look on her face.

The intercome came back on.

"Thank you. Please remember to keep Eden Dash and her family in your thoughts".

The intercom turned off. I was frozen in shock.

"What's wrong??".

I got up and ran out of the room. I didn't even grab my bag from my locker. I just had to get out of there. I found the nearest exit and burst out of the door. The tears finally spilled.

"Rainbow", I heard someone call behind me. It was one of my friends.

I began to run.

"Wait!!".

I ran out of the school zone and down the street. I could hear my friends running behind me, not far behind. I ignored their shouting and kept running. My shoes pounded against the sidewalk and I got further from the school and closer to my destination. My heart was pounding with hurt and pain, tears ran down my face. I know where I need to be right now.