Close To Death

Chapter 1

The day I died... almost.

My name is Violet, Violet Berdengade. I work and live in San Francisco, "The Golden City", yeah... right. Besides that, I go to Stanford University, I take many courses, to be exact, 12 courses, yeah, not that fun. About $72,000 without scholarships, with scholarships, we won't get into that. 

Anyways, I plan on being an archeologist digging up the past and learning about mythology, my favorite thing since I was 12, in 6th grade. In my case, I don't believe in any gods or goddesses, I mean, unless there is/are one(s).

Ever since I was a young child, I have always been treated badly, formally known as child abuse. I was always slapped or kicked when I didn't do something "properly". I also had a younger sibling, a brother. He got killed, murdered, in fact, but never brought to justice. But that isn't the reason I am here, or... maybe it is? I still don't know what had happened on the horrible, wretched, day. 

On my 12th birthday, something horrible happened. More horrible than anything you could ever imagine, losing everything. My guardians died, I lost my brother and my home and hometown where destroyed. I wouldn't call it a home, more of like a shack. With two crazy people inside. The people were a couple and looked amazing, but on the inside, they were horrible people. I don't know who my real parents are, I still don't know. But I want to find out. 

zAnyways, some crazy man decided he had enough of a town, a town called Capito. So, he burnt it down. Me, my brother, my "parents", and the rest of the town. I don't remember much, but I was the only one who survived the fire, me and my brother were planning to leave anyway, while we were getting groceries on our way out, the man burnt down the Safeway first, of course. Where else could he have done it? Our Safeway is about... eh, 2-3 times bigger than your own, I know. It was the only grocery store in town, we knew just about every person in that town. Then, he attacked. 

When he attacked, me and my brother were at Safeway and were checking out when I heard screaming outside. Then, the roof flew off and into the fields of a small town. And I thought I saw something holding a cannonball.

 But he then threw it and it almost hit me. And hit my brother, right on his leg. I somehow lifted it up and did some stuff to help him, thanks to advanced medical training. We hobbled out of the store and to our shack when 'BOOM!'. We ran out just in time before the whole place exploded. 

Now, all I remember is waking up from the darkness, getting up, and seeing my brother, laying on the ground next to me staring at me, through his lifeless eyes. I got up and did everything I could to wake up from that horrible trace you will one day go into. But nothing worked. I dragged him to my "house", but it was already gone, with my guardians lying on the ground with their suitcases next to them, dead.