Tale Of The Fallen

chapter 3

My dreams were so nice and perfect. Until that jerk came back.

-in dream-

I was with my family on a beach sitting, sipping tea and what not. My brother was flirting with everyone. Then the sun went black. He showed up and started massacring innocent people.

"STOP IT!" I cried.

"Shut up bitch!" He came after me. I tried to escape but he grabbed my head and showed me endless pictures of me, covered in blood or dying a slow and painful death.

I kept crying and screaming for him to stop, but he wouldn't. He just laughed.

"SOMEONE HELP ME!" I screamed. 

-reality-

My parents came running into my room.

"Julie what's wrong?" dad asked.

"The m-man, he was with us at the b-beach. And e-earlier he was in my room. He hurt me."

"What man! How-"

"Harold, her arms."

My dad looked at me and scowled. 

"Why on earth would you cut yourself! It's because your friend Annie does it. Isn't it?"

"No, dad. I wasn't me. I al-"

"Enough sweetie. Just go back to sleep."

My parents shut my door as they left. Yet, I could still hear them.

"She needs help."

"I know Beatrice, I know. But what kind of help?"

"Therapy. Like the one I went to when I was an angsty teen myself."

My dad laughed and then they left.

'Why won't they believe me.' I thought.

"Because, they think you are imperfect." I look up and he was there.

"What do you want from me?" 

"Nothing, I just enjoy your suffering." He stated.

"Why?"

He didn't answer, he just flew through my window, off into the darkness.

###The next day##

I got up and got ready for school. I tried to act normal, but it was hard. I actually had to wear long sleeves and the temperature was 80 degrees.

"This is gonna suck," I mumbled to myself. After getting dressed I went downstairs to eat.

"What is with the long sleeves?" My mom asked.

"She is cutting, remember. This is what you get for being stupid." Dad said pointing his fork at me.

I sat down and looked at my lap. My mom put food in front of me. I just pushed it away.

"Sweetie you have to eat."

"No thank you," I whispered.

"I will eat it," Brady exclaimed. I slid it to him and he chowed down.

"I am just gonna walk today."

"Ok. Your mother scheduled you a therapy appointment for this afternoon."

"Ok." I replied to my dad.

I grabbed my things and started walking off.

When I reached school everyone stared at me.

Annie and Morgan ran up to me.

"Why are you wearing long sleeves?" Morgan asked.

"It's the first thing I grabbed."

Morgan nodded, Annie stared at me. 

"Hey Julie can you come with me real quickly?" She asked.

I nodded.

She ripped my sleeves off.

"Why are you cutting!" 

"It wasn't me." 

"Then who?" 

"T-This guy."

"Yeah right. Quit trying to get attention. Stupid whore!" She ran out of the bathroom crying.

"Annie, wait." I ran after her. Everyone was looking at my cuts and whispering.

"So Ms. Popular. How does it feel for everyone to think your crazy?" 

"Shut up. Nobody thinks that." 

"Hear that, she's now talking to herself." 

"Why what an attention whore."

"Stupid emo bitch."

"Next, she might kill us all."

"She is weird."

I couldn't take it anymore. I ran out of the school to the park.

Unfortunately, he followed.