Zodiacs Story

Chapter 1

(In this story only 12 people have zodiacs and are named after the constellation they represent. Everybody else does not have a zodiac. The zodiacs are known as zodiacs because they are born woth a supernatural type of body.)

Leo P.o.v

I woke to pain in the back of my head and a loud thud on the concrete floor of the basement. I blinked my eyes open before calming down slightly though I didnt have any emotion in my face in the first place. Every movement I made was perfected over the years of being down here so that when I moved nobody would be able to hear the rustling of the chaines. If they did than I would be in more trouble. I moved quickly back onto the cold metal chair as my legs felt a small amount of coldness from the lack of clothing I was suplied with. All I could do was hope that I didnt wake up the monsters.

"What the hell Leo?!?! Your being too loud!! Do you really want your punishment this early!!??" I heard one monster say. I silenced myself looking it strait in the eyes. "Answer your father!!!" The second monster yelled. Like hell I was gonna answer him. It would be a waste since he will slap me either way...

*SLAP* I remained quiet as the first slap echoed against the walls of the basement. The monsters that were considered my parents began to yell as I started to zone out from everything with each slap. A knife would be next... Right? I thought to myself. As if my thoughts were read, a knife sliced along my cheek leaving a trail of blood as it moved to my chest also slicing into my chest, just barely grazing my stomach. "Such a worthless boy we have.  Why couldnt you have been any of the other zodiacs?" They muttered. I took all the abuse without making a peep. From the amount of time I've gone through this, the pain in my heart never left from my parents words much like the pain from the physical abuse, but its easy to mask the pain nowadays. The chains on my wrists and ankles rattled as the moved me to a position that they could burn me in. The took out one of those burning stick thingys jabbing it onto my back as my skin sizzled from the burning heat. I clenched my teeth together taking the burns quietly as I did with everything else. After a while of them abusing me the took off my chains throwing a first aid kit at me and a suitcase packed with black sweatpants and a whit tank top with black sneakers. (I dunno whether or not to feel bad and cringe real hard or just feel bad-)

"Your gonna be living with the other Zodiacs for the rest of you life." My mother stated before she left with dad. I watched them leave before slowly looking down at the first aid kit before I reached for it and grabbed the bandages putting them on my face and wrapping it around my chest and stomach before I place the white tank top on slightly wincing as the large burn right under my bandages touched the tank top. I slid the sweatpants on over my old bruises. My arms still showed even though they had a lot of old scars all over them. I put the sneakers on accidentally stepping on my tail as I jumped up from the pain that shot through my body from stepping on the tail. Me rugged ears shot up from shock. They had been dameged along the sides from my parents snipping off small triangles from the tips of my ears as a kid. That seemed to satisfy them those days.. Moving on! Throwing the first aid kit in the suitcase I stealthily crept up the stairs to the door as I saw my Mother waiting in the car. I walked out to the car, putting my suitcase in the back and slipping into the front passenger seat. The only sound made was our seatbelts clicking into place. The engine roared to life and we moved on the road quickly. I had tuned into the sound of the steady engine and the slight breeze from the A.C blowing into my orange locks. I watched the trees without leaves as we went forward. After about a half an hour or so we came to a sudden stop as I looked out the window at the magestic house in awe. This was where I would stay. "You dont speak a word about your abuse to the police. Got it?" My mother said. I nodded. "Your gonna live forever since you are the zodiac from the prophecies and you are a being from the celestial belt. That means your father and I are only a slice of your life.... Go live." She said as I stepped out of the car losing any magical feeling the moment gave me and grabbing my suitcase as she drove off once I closed the door. As I walked towards the door the trees grew leaves that quickly turned a shade of orange, red and yellow. The other plants were unaffected by me. I knocked on the door slilently waiting as a sign appeared on the door near 11 other signs. The sign that appeared when I touched the door was put between two others. When you counted them, mine was the fifth sign. The door was opened by a short male with black hair that faded into white as two objects that looked like the peices from a ying yang floated beside him and he freaked out moving to let me in. "Leo is here?" Somebody asked. My ears perked up towards the sound as the short boy closed the door and followed me to the sound. "Shit... He looks like shit." One of them said. She sat on a couch with this kind of bowl thing that looked like it held a lot of water in it. Next to her was a lady that had gills on her face that went up her cheeks and down her arms. "Welcome to the house of zodiacs." A girl with a scorpion tail said. Her pitch black hair faded into a deep red and she held a welcoming smile on her face. I looked at them all. 11 in total. "Am I late?" I asked. They nodded as a guy with goat ears and horns spoke up. "What happened to you? You look like shit." He said. "Oh. Well.... Thats not important." I said shrugging it off. The flashbacks of this morning made me slightly flinch as the boy that opened the door touched my shoulder. "W-Want me to take this to your room??" He asked. "Can you show me my room instead..?" I asked. He nodded and we walked away up the stairs that had looked polished. When I entered my room things immidiately started shifting into a room I had only ever dreamed about. The smell of pumpkin and cinnamon lingered in the air and the fairylights lining the room let off a magestic feeling as the bed I had was a shade of light orange with red oranfe yellow and black pillows laying evrywhere on the bed. A light brown wooden desk and dresser stood tall on the other side of the room. "Wow... This is the kind of room you have always wanted??." He asked. I nodded. "Its so cool!" He said. I lokked at him as he stuck out his hand. "My name is Libra, and yours is Leo?" He said. "Yeah... Im Leo." I said shaking his hand.

Tbc.

Edited May 28, 2020

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