Silent Serenity

Chapter 1

Serenity A. Myra was 7 when she lost her canine baby teeth. When her new teeth came in a month or so later, they had found she had teeth that resembled fangs like that of a beast. She was made fun of ,and bullied but as time went on it was so forgotten and she learned to not talk unless absolutely necessary. Do to the past experiences, her friends throughout school disappeared with out a trace. As mysterious circumstances left their families dead, but they were never found. She moved on soon after do to the fact she barely talked. She didn't get very attached ,and thus they more than likely forgot the girl. Seeing as though she didn't stand out very much ,even without speaking she just seemed average. With the exception of her teeth, brown shoulder length hair, green eyes with brown mixed in seeming more hazel at times. She had fair skin but it's hard to tell with all the jackets she wore. She hides her skin and fangs do to the claims of her being a vampire. rather, she felt more beast like at times more so than blood thirsty. this fact alone scared her. so, she hid herself in order to stop the ridicule that might one day push her to the edge. but it hard to hide at the one place that's supposed to be safe, home, it seemed more like a prison at times rather than a safe place. the constant nagging, being controlled, never able to leave, and always being watched. yes, home was prison, and it was killing her on the inside. but she would never give that wretched woman the satisfaction of her fighting back, only for her father to take that woman's side every time. even if he was always working ,and would never see the struggle his only daughter goes through daily. cooking ,cleaning, everything, all the way to house repairs, only to be re-payed with verbal abuse and sometimes even physical. but none the less, she still keeps calm and quite always hiding and never baring her fangs to the world. even if the will to do so is so strong it hurts, she wont give in to her violent tendencies. why give someone the satisfaction of you fighting back after all. When a resistance arises against a higher power it sometimes recoils much worse than it ever was before, and that is a fate no one wishes to endure. Becoming this silent wasn't necessarily a bad thing ,teachers never called on her to read ,most of everyone left her alone, she was never really noticed and this was a good thing. the less people noticed the less she would be ridiculed. This is not possible at home there is no hiding there, only suffering. After school she was given a chore list to complete and it must be to that woman's standards, lest she get a beating. Regardless of which she will still receive mental abuse do to the woman constantly being upset about something or another and taking it out on the girl.  What twisted hand of fate caused this string of misfortune in her life was it her mothers doing or her father or just because she happened to be born into this world the constant monotony, of all the abuse and mistreatment made her feel like she might go insane. Its not healthy to bottle things inside ,eventually whats kept in the dark will be brought to the light. It's not when the lights go out that's scary its when they come back on that is. Everyone has dark thoughts, be it the nicest or quietest person you know they will still harbor some anger within them. Breaking points shouldn't be pushed eventually even the sweetest person will explode. No, she wont let her emotions show to this woman ,who is hell bent on making her a obedient maid that she would stoop so low as to abuse a teenage girl. If her life is a living hell right now she will not make it worse if she could help it. Her father knew nothing of this torture he only worked to support the family as broken as it was she didn't live too poorly. After all they lived in a decent sized house old as it was it was still a house three bedrooms two bathrooms a kitchen and a living room. She knows every square inch of the house of course because she has cleaned all of it numerous times and even repaired damage underneath the house busted water lines vents and even electrical wiring nothing in the house could be hidden. She knew where everything was and that's just how it was her father pays for the house the bills groceries and child support to her grandmother because she has custody of her two younger brothers their identical twins and they'll be thirteen this year. Her father struggles to work as hard as he does just so they live comfortably and then he let that woman in the house. Now the chances of her seeing her father are even slimmer as he has to compensate with that woman want more lavish things, she wants a nicer house ,new clothes, more high grade expensive foods, but she refuses to work. Leaving the girls father to tend to the woman's whims and wants by himself and this leaves more room for the woman to torture and abuse his daughter into the perfect obedient maid. Even if she is a freak of nature  it won't matter anyway maids shouldn't speak unless spoken to, but even then she isn't allowed to open her mouth lest her monstrous teeth be shown. Waking up at 6 am and getting ready for school her father leaves for work another day. She won't see him another day indeed if only he would take a day off its no big deal if that woman doesn't get her way. After putting on her hoodie and grabbing her bag she walked toward the door in order to get on the bus ,only for that woman to yell "you have a chore list for when you get home i expect it to be done within two hours." Of course the ridiculous chore list as well as a time frame to work with in fact this just means she will definitely receive a beating tonight. She then trudges to the bus stop with a heavy heart in hopes that the school day will last longer than usual. Her wishes would not come to pass seeing as though the school had a gas leek mid day, and released early. This would mean she had to endure a beating several hours longer than usual. Today would be a very bad day indeed escape would be an easy option ,but she cant leave her father in that woman's clutches. This is her main concern. Why allow her father to suffer that woman's wrath? No ,she could never so cruel. She may not be so cruel as to abandon her father, but fate was cruel enough to speed things along for her beating. The bus ride to the house seemed shorter than usual as if the universe was mocking her. Fate, it always seemed against her as if it was written in the stars for her to be as unlucky as a black cat that shattered a mirror while walking under a latter. Yes ,such an unlucky girl oh how fate is cruel if this is to be then she might as well change it. This horrible twisted fate she had been giventhat she so wishes to free herself from. It is so hard to change ,but so easy at the same time. If only she was just as cruel as fate she could leave this situation so easily its laughable. The girl that had been regarded as a beast, a vampire, a creature of monstrous proportion, and yet she is as quiet and unnoticed as a church mouse so why fight back fate was the lion the church mouse had to face and it would be a difficult battle but unlike the story of the mouse that had help the lion with the thorn in its paws she could leave the thorn matter of fact she could of twisted it in further this could be so easy and yet she dose nothing she isn't that cruel right these thoughts swim through her mind as she slowly walks to the front door of her house but she is soon yanked from her thoughts upon noticing the black mustang in her drive way it shouldn't be there its definitely not her fathers this fact alone doesn't set well with her it made her hesitate to open the door she slowly inhales and opens the door swiftly only to find her stepmother in the arms of a stranger it wasn't too shocking to find that woman like this it was more shocking on who it was that was shocking her fathers boss at his work he had been giving her father unreasonable hours but sense her father needed the money he happily worked horrible hours only for his boss to get off work early to have an affair with her stepmother her father would be broken "what are you doing home" the woman replied shoving herself away from him as if that would make it seem less suspicious of course no response was given but this only infuriated the woman further she walked over to the girl grabbed her by her hair and demanded an answer that would never come that woman knew that she refused to talk and was using it against her in order to put on a show for the man who only stood there and observed as if having enough of the silence she throws the girl to the ground having being used to this treatment she goes limp to give no resistance and lessens the blow as she hits the ground doing this allows her to take a heavy blow and not even gasp from the pain its just another thing she learned to do as to not make a sound seeing as though the girl still wont break the silence the woman gets an idea "fine don't make a single sound" with a twisted grin she begins to kick furiously at the girls ribs but still not a sound was uttered and a gasp a cry or even a scream when there a sickly crack and pop of the girls ribs although once this sound was made them man stepped in to stop the woman from causing any further damage "that's enough i understand what you mean by she doesn't respond to anything but breaking bones is a bit much" that woman does indeed stop but continues throwing insults and yelling "so you see i live with this stupid mute of a retard girl she didn't even make a peep as that rib broke" in truth it hurt too much to bare and she knew that if she did cry she would only add to that woman's satisfaction and that is much worse "maybe her school let out early you never know things happen and maybe she doesn't make a sound for her own reason from what i just saw you are the awful one" that woman blinked appalled that he would take her side instead he was always telling her he would take her away and give her the world the girls father couldn't provide for her it seemed like a nightmare "why take her side you saw the defiance she gives when she wont even answer my question" he paused only to turn around and help the girl up "all i saw was a girl get beaten by her stepmother for not answering a question fast enough and as for you and me we are nothing to each other" he gets the girl to her feet and starts to walk out the door not looking at the woman he turns to talk to the girl "lets get you to a hospital ok" she simply nods and walks with him to the car in her eyes its better than being home with that woman as mentally unstable as she is at the moment having her lover not only take the side of the scorn in her life but for him to never wish to see her again after all he promised her once in the car the girl let out a quick sigh from the pain but held her breath as the car door opened "don't worry i'm only taking you to the hospital nothing more nothing less" a moment passed as he started the car and pulled out the driveway "i'm sorry i didn't stop her sooner ok i didn't even imagine that you wouldn't put up a fight from the things i had heard you were quite rebellious and would be the one to instigate her i see now that is a very wrong assumption" the girl simply nodded at the apology and gazed out the window it wasn't even a full ten minutes before they arrived at the hospital he dropped her off at the emergency bay and then ran to the front desk to help explain the situation as the nurses took her to a room to begin an xray and a cat scan to make sure no organs were damaged after he was done at the desk he left to go speak with her father but it wasn't to explain that she was in the hospital no it wasn't anything of the sort in fact it he was headed back to work to get her father to stay and work over night to convince him to do it he had to offer to pay him triple time but anything he could do to stop the grenade from blowing even if only for a short time. back at the hospital the examination of her organs shown no damage but two rib had a clean break the news was somewhat relieving seeing as though it would only take time and a good bandage the doctors prescribed a pain killer gave her several bandages tell her to be back within a month for a check up she simply nodded at all the doctors and nurses when they asked for her address she wrote it down when they asked how she felt she gave a sarcastic thumbs up and a pained look but never opened her mouth knowing that if doctors or nurses of all people saw her teeth it wouldn't be good they already question why shes so pale she doesn't need doctors trying to run test on her because of a horrible assumption they released her many hours after her arrival a ten minute car ride there and an excruciating walk back two broken ribs and a roughly two to three hour walk she won't even be home before ten pm she looks around at her surroundings and with a sigh starts walking home this will not only be a long walk because of her ribs but because of the hell awaiting her at the house not only was her stepmother's affair discovered and ended but none of the chores were even started and with the threat of the girls father finding out that his boss was in an affair with his wife but that his wife was abusing his daughter and now there is an expensive medical bill about to be sent by mail which will only add to her fathers burden things are about to turn for the worst all within one very unfortunate day  it seems fate wished to torture the girl further half way through the long walk to hell she decided to take a break in a park as she sat on the bench taking slow painful breathes of much needed air she noticed the sun beginning to set in the distance the street lights began flickering on one by one it seemed peaceful almost too peaceful in a way no kids played at the park which is strange given that its only early September only one or two people in the entire park something seemed off it was very unsettling having enough of the uncomfortable air she got up and started walking at a faster pace then before it wasn't good for her ribs but she knew she had to get out of there her mind seemed to be screaming at her that it was dangerous there she didn't slow her pace until after making it to the driveway she took deep slow heavy breathes they hurt horribly but she needed the air it was completely dark at this point she didn't want to stay outside but going inside seemed like a worse idea it was only after she finally caught her breath that she noticed hr father still wasn't home which is unusual considering he normally gets home about nine thirty in which it was already passed that time seeing at how dark it was outside all she can assume is his boss had something to do with it it was both a bad thing and a good thing in a sense her father wont find out about today's events just yet but he wont be there to stop the onslaught of torture and misery she is about to endure just by simply being in the wrong place at the wrong time  she had already decided just to take a breath relax and hide herself mentally as she was beaten to the point she bleeds uncontrollably its only by doing this can she never make a peep while baring unimaginable pain there's no satisfaction in harming a lifeless doll after all she takes one last deep breath and opens the door as soon as she is fully through the doorway everything turns dark as she feel a dull pain on side of her head her stepmother had been waiting for her father to come home  so she stood by the door with the bat expecting a furious man to storm in wanting answers as to why his daughter was in the hospital or why his boss was at his house alone with his wife with these thoughts rushing through her head she had planned to knock him out in hopes to give him amnesia and if it didn't work she would just do the unthinkable and leave like nothing happened instead she had hit his daughter who had just returned from the hospital in a panicked state from hitting the wrong target she dragged the girl to her room and tied her hands together and gagged her in order for her not to make a sound to alert her father when he walks in the door after feeling satisfied with the cloth gag she had setup for a girl that doesn't speak she laughed realizing what she had done she silenced a silent person it seemed stupid but in her mind it needed to be done she went back to standing by the front door bat in hand preparing to give an even harder blow to the next person that steps through that door after whats seemed like eternity she gave up and went to her room to sleep knowing that she will wake up when her husband gets home and before he gets to their room she will have enough time time grab the bat and get ready about one in the morning a girl started to wake up she had no idea where she was or why she was there she only knew she was tied up and gagged she started to panic but didn't thrash around thinking that maybe she was kidnapped or something she didn't want to make a single noise that would alert the person that tied her up she opened her mouth wide in hopes to get most of the cloth between her teeth so she could chew through it she knew it would be nearly impossible because human teeth aren't very sharp at all but for some reason she knew she could tear right through it and as if by magic as soon as she clamped her teeth down on the cloth it tore right through she couldn't understand why it was so easy but she didn't question it she just knew she had to get her hands untied next she tried using her teeth again despite believing that the first time was just a fluke it was still her best bet and yet again it torn through easily once she sat up after getting herself free she noticed excruciating pain coming from  her ribs and head it hurt to the point she almost fell unconscious again she held her head and slouched from the pain breathing hurt but she knew she had to get out of that room but upon further inspection the room seemed very familiar she couldn't place it though or anything for that matter not even her own name but the feeling of familiarity from the room made her assume it was some how hers in a strange way but it didn't make any sense why would her kidnapper bring her to her room she gave up trying to understand her situation and focused on getting out she hesitantly stood up and almost stumbled to the door to the room seemed far away but it was only a few feet away her breathing was shallow and ragged from the pain there had to be medicine somewhere that she could take to ease the pain she opened the door to the room carefully as to not make any noise she looks down the hallway in both directions taking notice that this too seemed very familiar there happened to be a name plate on the door it read 'SERENITY' she could only guess that was her name it sounded right to her but it was missing something she shrugged it off and just decided that her name is serenity taking one last glance around the hall she went to the left the right seemed to have three doors and the odds of someone waking up to the door opening was likely the left however seemed to led to a wider area and didn't have a door it just led to the next room it was her best bet although finding a medicine cabinet in a bathroom was likely she wasn't about to test the theory of walking in on a possible kidnapper after making it to the next room she looked around there was a living room in front of her that connected to the kitchen and then a small walk way to her left that seemed to lead to the front door she studied the area by the door carefully only to notice a bell was crudely tied to the lock as well as a small bag on the ground she walked to the bag hoping it had something useful in it upon further inspection it seemed to her like a medical bag or at least what a medical bag would look like to her she searched through the bag to find several bandages and what seemed like pain killers she smiled at her discovery and didn't even question why they were there to her it was just something she couldn't question like how in a video game you find random healing potions laying around or that's at least her excuse to not ponder it she quietly but quickly made her way to the kitchen for water to take the medicine with she had wanted to be as quiet as possible but fate seemed to have other plans she opened the cabinet to grab a glass to drink from only to drop the glass from how much she was shaking everything  had hurt so much it seemed like her body was almost going into shock soon nothing could be heard but the sound of shattering glass it seemed to echo around the house she quickly opened the pill bottle and threw two pills in her mouth she drank straight from the faucet knowing if she didn't take the pills now that she would more than likely not have a chance to take them in the near future she then glanced around the kitchen for any weapon she could possible use finding a knife immediately she grabbed a hold of it she took one of the bandages and wrapped her arms in them so if worse came to worse she wouldn't get scratches or cuts on them so easily half way through wrapping the last bandage she heard the echoing footsteps from the hallway she quickly finished up and hid beside the fridge with the knife it was almost time to come face to face with her supposed kidnapper as the steps grew louder she held her breath with every step that seemed to be getting closer her adrenaline was making her heart beat fasting this seemed to work against her in a way she wanted to be calm and quiet but the fear was getting the better of her the sound suddenly stopped at what seemed to be the entrance of the kitchen "so you got out and even broke a glass you dumb bitch" it was the voice of a woman it was surprising to the because she had figured her kid napper would be male she continued to hold her breathe and waited for the woman to speak again "silent as always i see it wont help you this time i might as well just kill you after all you did ruin my life today" the sound of wood hit the kitchen tile and dragged as the woman stepped closer to the girl it seemed as though it was fight or flight she didn't even question why that woman knew her when she couldn't even remember herself but now she knew for sure her name was in fact serenity "oh dear silent serenity would you please just die quietly and peacefully like your dumb name means" this seemed to trigger something as the woman approached the girl suddenly jump from behind the fridge lounging at the woman with all the force she could muster and for the first time in years the girl spoke "WhY dOn'T yOu JuSt SlEeP fOr AwHiLe" her voice sounded raspy and broken in away that almost seemed demonic but hearing the girl speak in such a way caused the woman to drop the bat but it was too late the girl had driven the knife into her shoulder the blood coated the girl in crimson "hAHaHAha i DoN't EvEn KnOw WhO yOu ArE bUt It FeElS lIkE i'M gEtTiNg SwEeT rEvEnGe"  these words confused the woman but while the girl was laughing she was thrown off the elder woman "what do you mean you don't know her shes your step mother and why the hell are you stabbing her what revenge" the girls father had arrived from work to notice only to go into the kitchen to find his daughter covered in his wife's blood "i DoN't CaRe WhO sHe Is AnYmOrE wHaT wOuLd YoU dO If YoU hApPeNeD tO wAkE uP aNd HaVe No IdEa WhO yOu EvEn ArE oNlY tO fInD yOuRsElF tIeD uP aNd GaGgEd" the girl spat out the words with a twisted venom to them she seemed to be slowly losing her sense of reason it was self defense and in a way revenge she lost her memory who she is no one needs to suffer like that besides being tied up wasn't pleasant to wake up to. " i'Ll MaKe ThEm PaY." it was at this point she gave up on reason. she lunged toward the male with the intent to kill. it was instinct that drove her fangs straight to his artery it killed him instantly blood sprayed across her face an arch of dark red hue the taste of blood filled her mouth her eyes dilated she suddenly fell hungry and not just any hunger it was the type of hunger that would drive someone mad "MoRe..." the woman had already pulled the knife out of her shoulder and was getting up the girl noticed this and ran to the next room and ducked behind a corner and waited the woman slowly crept from the kitchen holding the knife she was ready to end this dreadful life before the woman passed the coach the girl leaped from the corner like a lion on a hunt they were both on the ground struggling to end each others life in an instant the girl received a few slashes on her arm but not before she started to gauge out the woman's eyes her hands covered in blood tearing at the soft flesh of the eye sockets the undeniable screams of blood curtailing impending death rang through the house like a song steight out of hell it was music to the girls ears it only fueled her vicious need to kill she clawed and dug in the soon to be empty sockets of the woman's eyes the shattered screams soon became almost silent gasps of utter pain "wHaT hAvE yOu gOnE qUiTe fOr? YoUr OnLy AlLoWeD tO bE sIlEnT aS tHe DeAd WhEn yOu aRe DeAd." she then grabs the kitchen knife the woman once held and proceeded to cut off the tips of each finger with each cut there was a beautiful scream that followed as she cut each finger by the knuckle slowly in order to hear the pure torment that came from the womans voice when the girl ran out of fingers to cut she moved on to skinning the woman slowy starting from the palm of her hands layer by layer of thin skin came up and making sure to not hit any veins or arteries in the process  but when she got the skin off up to the elbows the screams had gone quite a sad expercetion "lOoKs LiKe ThE fUn EnDeD" regardless she continued her excertion her ade quick but a sort of bauched work of skinning the woman she was bored so she kept cuting her into smaller and smaller peices when she was finally done with her worked the morning sun started to shine through the windows showing the true extention of the pretty red hue that now covered two rooms and all over the girl she stepped back from her accomplishment she needed to get cleaned up and get ready to leave very soon upon showering finding fresh clothes that fit and going through the whole house in order to find money she took and medium sized bag and stuffed it with as much as she could without making it look over stuffed and suspicious she took off towards the woods as if that was the most natural thing she could do disapering into the trees only to become a myth.