2 sides of the same coin

2 Sides of the Same Coin: Emily Rose

Chapter 1

Hi, i'm Emily Rose i will tell you story of how everything went wrong in my life. The once you here my story you might be able to help me...

It all started when i was beginning year 8 at Glasegore High school in Australia. 

i was walking to school like i always do. My mother is broke and has depression so i get ready for school by myself as she is too tired everyday to drive me. I walked down the twisty overgrown path that lead to my school. The path was always covered in leaves and vines that twisted around the cracks like it was trying to strangle it. My stupid crimson and black dress swung down to the knees with my heavy bag slung on my shoulders. My black worn down school shoes made me trip over a vine every so often. Pink lines run down my arms and legs on my brown skin. I cover them with black tights and a jumper. My nails are gnarled from me being anxious all the time.  

There was section where some boys and girls from the same year usually bully me by punching me and kicking me, stealing my lunch and stepping on my books. They sometimes don't bother because i don't fight back. The boys got to wear crimson shorts or long pants with a white shirt. Lucky them! Girls had to wear the stupid dress! 

I walked up the hill and into the bush land track. It's a shortcut i take. I looked around the dusty and rock infested track, looking on either side of me into the green bush. At this time of day the bush was black and green with eucalyptus trees and kangaroo grass. I took a deep breath and ran through the path, stumbling a couple of times. Suddenly i tripped over something and flew forward. I landed on my stomach, with scrapes on my face and rips in my tights where my knees were. The scrapes were above my eye and on my right cheek.

I got up on my hands and knees until something yanked my upward. It was the hand of Ryan Mc Lowey. He had me by the the cuff of the dress and almost lifted me off the ground. I struggled and kicked trying to get free. Ryan was the person who did the dirty work of the gang. He had Blond hair and blue eyes and was the gym freek with bigger than average muscles. He wore shorts all the time and wore sunglasses to seem cool.

Valery Lark was the ugly head of the serpent with dark brown hair like mine and hazel eyes. She always wore too much make up and she had gem earings. Another boy i didn't know probably a new recruit in the gang stood beside Valery. he was skinny but sporty with orange freckles and green eyes.

"Look what we have here." Ryan sneered gleefully as i struggled trying to unravel his fingers from my dress cuff. Blood dripped into my right eye as the bullies laughed, the new boy laughed uncertainly. 

"Stop struggling purple eyes. It only will make everything worse." Smiled Valery signalling Ryan with a nod. Yes, i have violet eyes. i find people in the street stare at me a lot so i usually keep my head down. Ryan kneed me in the rib cage as i crumpled to the ground, he started to kick me as the new boys eyes were full of uncertainty and fear. I managed to get on my hands and knees before he kicked me in the side again. I felt tears of pain begin to form in my eyes. Zaps of pain traveled through my body at the speed of light. 

They eventually left me alone with bruises all over my body and cuts oozing blood. My books were covered in dirty foot prints and my bag was thrown on an ants nest. I brushed off the ants put my ruined books in my bag and hobbled onward to school. 

I got to the entrance gate and walked in, the blood had dried and the cuts had began to turn to scabs. I felt someone stick a note onto my back as i put my bag down to the spot i sit which was the stairs of one of the classrooms. i reached for the note and pulled it off. 

"Purple eyed Freak, father's little girl!" Everyone knows about my family's money problems and parental issues. My father used to hit me, my little brother and my mother because he used to take drugs. My mother divorced him and he went and married an evil and psychotic step mother who hates me and my brother. I ripped it up in anger and fury and put all the pieces in the recycling. In the corner of my eye i could see a group of girls giggling. I turned around and glared at them but they got out pink high lighters and drew pink lines on their arms and laughed. 

I turned back around and waited for the bell to ring. The group of bullies that kicked me were approaching with smiles on their faces but luckily i was saved by the bell. They turned around and gave me a mocking smile. i headed to class which was English one of my personally favorite subjects. Then i next period i had geography.

Nothing interesting happened in the lessons except all the girls and boys ignored her. they wouldn't dare try anything while the teacher was on watch. I had told the counselor that students had been bullying me so kept a close eye on me but out of school grounds i was vulnerable. At recess i was glad to see that the gang had not stolen my lunch today as i opened it up in the sick bay as caretakers patched me up with bandages and antiseptic scream. The sick bay smelled of vomit and blood which completely ruined my appetite.   

The bell went and i went to my classes which were maths and Design Technology.

At lunch i sat on my own like a usually did and ate my food which was an apple and a ham and cheese sandwich. I finished my apple and started to eat my sandwich when the group of bullies started to make their way towards me. There were about 7 of them now, swaggering with evil smiles on their ugly faces. There were more new recruits who were confused of why the others were smiling. I quickly stuffed my sandwich in my mouth and ran for the next class. I ran up the stairs my shoes making big tapping noises as i gave my bag to the teacher of my next class so they wouldn't ruin anything and ran away back to the play ground. The teachers pretty much pity me so they do things for me that other students don't really get to do. 

I walked into the play ground and into the library which was usually my safe haven until today. As i walked through the library door i saw that it was having a meeting. The library was made out of red and faded bricks with a blue steal roof. i backed away from the door to see the gang of bullies standing their smiling at me cruelly. I tried to make a run for it but Ryan managed to grab my cuff and drag me off behind the science staff room building. Ryan threw me to the concrete ground and foot a dirty black shoe on my back so i couldn't get up.

Valery smiled as she addressed the green eyed boy without looking at him.

"Peter, get me a branch or metal pole." The boy called Peter looked at her then at me nervously and went to get what Valery asked. The new recruits looked at the bullies then at me nervously. They did not know what they signed up for i observed. I tried to make my eyes look afraid,pleading and desperate which was easy because i was. The new recruits tried to look away as Peter came back with a thick branch that was as thick as my arm. I started hyperventilating but tried to swallow it down and look brave. But seemed to fail when Valery took the branch and turned to me. 

I struggled but Ryan planted his foot harder on my back. The new recruits looked very scared as they were trembling as much as me which was a lot. I closed my eyes as Valery lifted the branch over her head and brought it down on my back. The pain was like a fast flowing river with electricity sparking through it. The new recruits looked away as my vision started to blur i swear i heard my bones breaking in my spine then i would have to spend my life in a wheel chair. Tears started to flow down my cheeks. Valery has laughing as she swung down a second time and the new recruits shouted in alarm. Some of them even tried to get to Valery but the others blocked their way. A girl with bright blue eyes tried extra hard kicking Valery's body guards in the shins as she screamed for them to stop. At the back of my mind i was grateful for the support of them trying, but they did almost nothing to the bullies.

I felt someone or something at the back of my mind start to dull my mind or maybe that was just the pain. My head felt hot and dizzy as i blacked out but something else was in my mind and i didn't know what. What ever it was, it was powerful. I could feel that. This powerful thing put my mind to sleep and i started to feel warm on the inside of my body. Maybe it was death? The powerful something spoke to me in my mind as i could feel another smash of the branch on my back.

"I am here now. i'm here to protect you and destroy anything that harms you, But i will need your body to do these things and hurry your body will not hold up for much longer." 

It was a female voice and sounded very familiar when i realized it was my voice but like it echoed. I would've questioned the new voice in my head but when another hit from the branch came down on my back, i didn't have time to question or argue.

Please just make the pain go away!  I screamed in my mind. 

"As you wish Emily Rose."