Is This Love?

Who am I? 5

Casey's POV:

           What did he mean by he's 'taken good care of him' ?

     ~Time skip- 3 weeks later~

          Pain. All I felt was a constant, consuming pain. My body was covered in brands. He would burn me any time I would do something that even slightly upset him, or sometimes if he was just bored. Once in an attempt to defend myself I had managed to grab the iron somehow. I received a brand across my right cheek and eye for that, along with a long and rather thorough beating. He often allowed men to come in at their leisure and rape me for money. I was too weak to fight it. He starved me, causing me to lose a lot of weight. When I was fed, it was always raw fish, still bloody on the plate. It was food, yes but I could rarely keep it down. I think I'm going crazy. I've started to see things, monsters lurking in the shadows, lowly chanting something, and reaching for me. Lately I've been seeing a woman. She was very beautiful, with long flowing brown hair that hung past her shoulders. She wore a long white dress, and her navy blue eyes shone with an inner light that emanated from her. Something had always told me this woman was my mother. She told me, that things would be better, things would get better soon. At first these words would comfort me for the short amount of time that I would see her, but the longer I endured this life, the more it angered me. That repeated phrase over and over again was starting to drive me insane. Eventually I exploded. "LOOK MOM! NOTHINGS CHANGED! NOTHINGS BETTER! JUST LEAVE ME ALONE!" I had said. She came closer, and placed a phantom hand on my shoulder. "Look at me Casey, look me in the eyes. Trust me when I tell you, the answer to your escape is inside you, or rather inside your past. Look to your heart and see who you truly are." I looked at her and paused, then suddenly I began to laugh hysterically. "Look at who I am?! Hmmm lets see... I am the girl who got beaten nearly to death, several times throughout my life, who tried to kill herself at school just so I wouldn't have to go home to face my father. I'm the girl who fell in love with the most amazing guy on the planet, and found out he somehow feels the same way. Yet because of my stupidity not only could I not tell him, but I got captured by my bastard father! And now, ive slept in my own vomit, I'm starving, and have been raped multiple times! Now you tell me what that's supposed to lead me to." I seethed. I looked down only to have my face roughly grabbed and pulled up to look her in the eye once again. Her navy blue eyes had now become a fearsome red. Her long brown hair had become raven black with red and white about it, making it appear to be on fire. "Look at me Casey! This is not who you are! Look inside yourself, your true self. You will find a great power that lies dormant within you." As she spoke I saw her teeth... they were sharp, like mine. "learn where you came from, and do not be ashamed. You call these things in the shadows monsters, but they are a faithful army awaiting your command. Can you not hear them, their broken prayers and pleas for freedom? To them, you are god. They would do anything for you. Set them free, and sever their connection to the darkness so they may join you in the light." "How am I to do something like that?" Casey asked. Her mother smiled down at her. "Focus and channel your soul energy, become who you truly are and call them to the light. Close your eyes and focus now." I did as I was told, and focused on my energy. I saw something.... it was a bright red orb. Its light faded in and out making it appear to beat like a heart. It called to me, and glowed brighter as I approached it. I reached out to it, and it immediately changed form, collecting itself into my hand. It split into two parts finally revealing two red katana swords. I felt strong with them in my hands, like they were an extension of my being. I swung them, using them to destroy anything in my path, as i continued to fight, I began to see something. It was bright and vivid. I saw my mother clad in beautiful armor leading an army into war. She looked alot different from when I last saw her. Her skin was black as night. She had long talons in place of nails, to go with her razor sharp teeth. She had donned a beautiful fur robe that had many old blood stains on it from past wars presumably. Under the robe was hidden a great pair of wings, black and feathered. My mother was more fierce and more beautiful than I could have ever imagined. She brought down all her foes leaving none to stand. She was the most merciless and most destructive thing I had ever witnessed, and my heart swelled with pride knowing this was where i truly hailed from. I finally understood who I was. I was a powerful and amazing goddess of death. Made to be feared by all. I opened my eyes to instantly hear the screaming voices, stronger than ever before. "Free us! Let us out! Please, we need you!" I called out to them in a foreign language I do not remember learning and said. "My people of the shadows and warriors of death! I set you free! come out of the darkness and into the light! Be afraid no more! Come to me and I shall be your queen!" Hands began to reach out of the shadows pulling behind them many monsters, each of them different, each of the its own beautiful story. My creatures of the night. I was always meant to be with them, always meant to rule. I laughed as i looked into the camera and broke the chains holding me. "Your death is coming Father!"  I said making sure he heard me as I left the room.

Fathers POV:

I'm not entirely sure what I saw, but that little on the screen arching her back against the chains pulling and screaming with all her might. She had begun to bend the cuffs holding the chains to the ground and I had begun to think she may escape. But after a good long time she suddenly stopped. I witnessed as something inside Casey snapped and she began laughing histerically. It was obvious she had lost her mind, but when she looked into the camera, looked into... me she was different. Her eyes glowed red, and her hair was raven black. "Youre death is coming Father!" She said gleefully. A black and red scythe appeared in her hands appeared as she spoke. She laughed again as the screens went dark. For the first time in a very long time.... I felt true fear.