Silence

Chapter 1: Burned

I run around inside the house playing tag with my puppy when my mom steps in front of me with her hands on her hips and a disgusted expression. I look up at her and she grabs my arm firmly and takes me down the hall.

"Mommy no!" I cry out.
"Don't mommy me, you've destroyed enough things in this house. Now out have to be punished." She replied.

Dad comes home 10 minutes later to assist my mom. Meanwhile I was in her room waiting for my punishment. I hear a creak and look over at the door. And there stands mom and dad. With sickening grins on their faces.

"Scarlet," my dad starts,"we have decided on your punishment."

Mom takes out a small box of matches from her pocket. Dad looks over at her as she steps closer. Dad follows and holds my arms to my sides. I scream and kick.
Mom lights a match and says, "Speak and it'll be worse."

She puts the match up to my lips as I scream and cry. After then she throws it onto my right cheek and dad let's me go. I roll on the ground and put it out before it can spread too far. I look up at my parents and mom tosses me a mask. Well, half a mask. It only covers half my face from my cheekbones to below my chin.
"Go to bed," she says and I obey.

That was 6 years ago.

I wake up early and get ready for school. I put a white loose half shirt on and a pair of black tights with a skeleton pattern on them with a pair of light pink booty shorts over them. I put long fingerless glove sleeves that match my tights and a few bracelets. I go to the bathroom in front of the mirror and pull my long blue hair with light pink ends in 2 long pigtails and leave tipped bangs hang in front of my forehead just above my deep blue eyes. I examine myself and frown once I look at my face. I put on my half face mask I call my mouth mask and finally feel satisfied with my appearance. I stuff my switchblade, notepad and pen, a bandaid, and a sucker into my pocket and leave for school.