The Dauntless Fire (OC/Eric)

Chapter 10

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I walk into my big house, I see my dad siting at the table reading a book, he is wearing his blue suit that he wears everyday, he looks up from his book. My face turns blood red, my stomach tenses and my hands become sweaty.

"where is it?" he asks.

"where's what?" i lie.

"don't play games with me" he yells. I set my bag on the ground, i unzip it and grab out a piece of paper squeezed between my school books. I give the piece of paper that has a big red F on it. I hate Erudite, i just don't fit in. He reads through the paper and he looks up at me, his face has an angry expression. "what is this" he yells.

"i'm sorry, i just-"

"you just failed, you NEED to carry on the erudite legacy, it has been going on for longer than 10 years"

"i just don't fit in" i pause "i get in fights at school, i fail all math, english and science tests and assignments, and i get good grades for physical. I have the Aptitude Test in a few days and when it says i'm not erudite i'm going to leave no matter what you say" In the corner of my eye i see my brother Alec listening in to our fight. My dad and i fight a lot and my brother gets mad at me because i'm leaving, at school he beats me up in places where nobody sees, all because the teachers don't get mad at me for getting bad grades because they know that i'm not erudite.

I see my dad get up and walk to Alec, he says something to him, but i can't here him. Alec walks away and i see my dad take off his belt, he walks towards me.

"turn around" his voice is deep and dark. I do as i am told and i turn around, i knew what was going to happen, i knew how painful it was going to be, its happened many times before. My stomach tenses up, i squeeze my eyes shut getting ready for the pain.

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I jolt up gripping the bed, i am drenched in cold sweat. I look up and Isabelle is standing over me, she looks worried. The other initiates are standing around my bed, they all look worried.

"what's wrong?" i ask.

"you were screaming in your sleep, are you ok?" Isabelle replies in a worried tone. 

"yeah i'm fine" i get up as i reply.

"are you sure? Do you want to talk about" Aiden asks.

"I'm fine, just leave me alone" I am not ready for training today, i'm so scared.

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"Emily" Four says, gesturing me to the room. "i heard about this morning, are you ok?"

"yeah, i'm fine"

I sit on the chair and lay my head down, i take a deep breath as Four plunges the needle into my neck.

"your going to be fine, just relax and keep your heart rate down, got it?" I nod and i close my eyes.

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I open my eyes, its pitch black, ugh this fear again. Just gotta find the thing and kick in the ass, then i go to the next fear, great. Something grabs my leg and pulls me over, i hit my chin on the ground, the pain rushes through my face, ow. I stand up and i try to feel around, then i get hit in the face, over and over again. I start spinning around and hitting the air but no one is in my reach, i get kicked in my back and i fall down, i try to get up but someone is keeping me down. I turn over and someone jumps on my body and throws their hand on my neck, they start choking me, i put my hands on theirs trying to get them off, but they don't budge. My breath becomes shorter and its hard to breathe, i try to turn over and it works, now they are on the ground, but their hands are still on my neck squeezing tighter. I start to punch them in their face, then they disappear, thank god, its over.