The Black Heart|Dan & Phil|FF|

Prologue ll

Today was Autumn's 18th birthday.
It's been 13 years since she has been stuck paying off the debt her parents left her to Miss Viola. Her sisters left her to pay this off herself and at this rate, she'd have to be working for her for 30 more years.

Sometimes, she wished she got eaten by those wolves instead.

She quickly shook her head of the thought. There's no way her sisters would purposely leave her like this if they wanted to. She had something to live for, right?

She tried to dismiss the thought and distract herself by cleaning.

It was so quiet, the only sound coming from the duster swiping against the wood and the occasional tap of her shoes against the flooring. It was almost impossible to not get lost in her own thoughts, as they were the loudest sound she could hear.

Her hand continued by loop of dusting, not even comprehending her body was moving.
It wasn't until a sound caused her to stop in her tracks. She raised an eyebrow, placing down the duster.

The sound emitted around the room once again, this time louder like it was coming closer.

Autumn shuffled out of the kitchen and into the study, where the noise seemed to have come from.
Her eyes darted to a black ball cuddled underneath a desk. She slowly walked over, so it wouldn't be scared and leaned down.

Meow

It's soft sound came from it's mouth, the sharp teeth evident before the mouth was closed once again.
Autumn studied the creature before picking it up, cradling the small ball of fur in her arms.

Thinking back to her books about animals, she quickly realized this was a cat! She had never seen one before. She smiled and petted the soft black fur, as dark as the darkest night sky.
She admired the darkened but mesmerizing green eyes that sat upon her face.

"Raven." She said to the small cat. Upon hearing the name, it immediately climbed up onto Autumn's shoulder and mewed, licking the side of Autumn's cheek.

She giggled at the weird feeling of her tongue against her skin.
"I guess you like that name, hm?" The cat just responded with a soft purr as she curled up against her neck.

"Autumn! I'm home!" An all too familiar voice called, the sound ringing in her ears. She gritted her teeth, picking Raven up from her shoulder, grabbing a small blanket and placing it under her bed then allowing Raven to lay down on it. "Stay here, okay?"
She then backed away and ran to where Miss Viola was waiting. Upon reaching, she was out of breath.

"What can I..help you with?" She tried giving a smile, it was painfully fake.

Miss Viola looked at Autumn, completely different than she normally would. It sent shivers down Autumn's spine as she gulped, afraid of what was about to happen.

"So I've decided." Miss Viola says. Her tone makes Autumn sick to her stomach. "Since you are now 18, I've decided a knew way you can repay your parents' debt." Her lips curled into a smirk.

Autumn backed away slightly, afraid by what she meant by that.

"You are an absolutely beautiful young women, Autumn." Her eyes were filled with lust as she picked up a piece of her long brown hair, twirling it between her fingers. She gently brought her hair to her nose and sniffed it, fumes of strawberry filling her nose.

"You don't know how long I've been waiting to be able to do this.. especially now that you're old enough."

Autumn could feel her eyes filling up with water. She knew she had to run away, but she couldn't. Her body was frozen still, her feet grounded to the floor. "No..please..no.." she begged her to stop, but her pleads just went over her head as her lips suddenly had pressure applied to them.

She was pulled closer, Miss Viola's one hand holding her jaw in place, the other below her waist.

Autumn's body tensed but stayed still, refusing to touch back.
The women pushed Autumn back, not removing her lips as she was pushed back onto a bed.

Viola's legs straddled Autumn, just as she reached her hand up the girl's dress. Her cold hand causing Autumn to gasp, Viola quickly taking the opportunity to insert her tongue inside Autumn's mouth.

Autumn could feel the hot tears streaming down her face but there was nothing she could do.

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Autumn woke up abruptly, her heart beating fast. She felt cold as she looked down, noticing her body was naked. She could feel her eyes water again, remembering what happened less than an hour ago. She felt dirty and violated.

She threw her dress on, running up to her room and locking the door. She went over to the mirror looking at herself.
Her hair was a mess, her face was tear stained, and her dress was ripped in places.

She grabbed her hair as hot tears flooded down her face. She took a scissor that was on her dresser and in one quick swipe, the hair in her hand was no longer attached.
Her breathing was jagged as she forcefully cut off all her hair.
The hair Viola kept saying she loved. The one that she touched and ruined. With each piece falling to the ground, Autumn felt she was removing part of what Viola had done.

She then looked down at the scissors in her hand, her vision blurred and thoughts obscured. She walked slowly down the stairs to the kitchen, her fingers gripping the cool metal.

Viola heard the noise and turned around, coming closer to Autumn. "Oh my! Autumn your beautiful hair. How could you cu-" her voice ran short, and her struggling could be heard throughout the whole house. The air from her throat ran out, the blood dripping from her chest wasn't even close.

"You did this to yourself." Autumn scoffed, dropping the metal from between her fingers. Miss Viola dropping with them. She stepped over the dying corpse and went back to her room.
The tears from her eyes evaporated from the fiery heat radiating off of Autumn.

She went over to her closet, stripping out of the ripped dress, wiping her bloodied hands on the light pink fabric. She slipped on leather pants with a white loose shirt. Then continued to lace up black boots and stood up, looking at the mirror.

Her hair now in a boyish cut, with her face still slightly red from the tears. She steadied her breathing.
Her legs traveled to her window, about to jump out before she remembered something. She went back to her bed, and looked underneath, finding her friend she made earlier today cuddled into herself while sleeping.

She gently woke her up and Raven hopped on her shoulder. They then went to the window together, no longer having anything that held them back.

Not even her name.