Face Down (CubeSMP Fanfic)

Chapter 1

-=+=- Valeries POV -=+=-

I watched the snow fall to the ground as I waited for Ryan to come home. The men always had to go first on trial day. I tapped my foot to the sound of the music blasting into my ears. Ryan should be home any minute now.

Ryan is my best friend and has been since before City was built. Since I was 5 years old he has always been like a big brother to me.

Suddenly, I heard the front door open and an upset Ryan walked into the kitchen running his hand through his hair. I ripped my earbuds out of my ears and walked over to him.

“What’s wrong?” I cock my eyebrow.

“I’m pretty sure I got a bad personality score,” his eyes darted everywhere except to me.

“Not bad enough to get thrown to outside, right?” I ask stepping closer to him. He avoids eye contact with me. “Ryan…” I start.

“I don’t know!” He shouts and it startles me. “I don’t know…” he says quieter realizing that he shouted.

I place a hand on his shoulder. “You’ll make it, don’t worry,” I smile sweetly. “Well, it’s time for my trials…I’ll be back soon.” I walk out the door and head down the stairs into the back alley towards the trial area. The first thing we are tested on is IQ, then personality, and lastly is strength.

I get to the trial area and I’m escorted into my seat where they prick my finger and make sure I am who I’m supposed to be. Then I start the test when the timer starts. We have one hour to finish the trial, and if we don’t finish we are thrown out. I speed through the questions the IQ test was always my easiest.

The test is over and a boy with longish brown hair, and a girl with brown hair don’t finish. Well, I guess I’ll see them at the throw out tomorrow. I look down and wait for the personality test.

The girl in front of me gets up and walks to the front of the room and through a door that leads to the personality test. My leg shakes, what if I don’t make this? If I am too different from everyone else…I’ll be thrown to outside like my parents. Everyone says they did bad things, but I don’t know what to think…

Soon it’s my turn and I head to the dark colored door and slowly turn the handle. I walk into the blank room and sit in a chair.

There is a woman standing there with blonde hair, blue eyes, and she holds a piece of paper listing my previous scores. I take in a shaky breathe as she take a needle and injects a liquid into me.

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I open my eyes to see a dream, a dream I have had before.

My mother, father, and Ryan are standing there staring at me. Their eyes are red and have distinct black veins running through their bodies. “Choose two of us…” My fathers voice echoes into my ears.

 I shut my eyes tight when I feel a hand on my cheek. “It’s okay…” My mother smiles, but soon her smile melts away into a frown, and then a scowl. I back away from her and fall to the ground.

Ryan steps forward and offers me a hand. “Get up, you’ll get dirty on the floor,” I slowly grab his hand, but then I am yanked away from a force more powerful than me. It slams me into the wall and I slump over coughing up black liquid.

I hear a laugh and see my father walking closer and squatting in front of my face. He reaches out and tilts my chin up with his index finger. “Worthless, weak, waste of space, horrid, ruined my life, got me thrown to outside,” his finger digs into my skin and I feel liquid run down my neck and I run to a corner.

 I put my hand to my neck and feel hot liquid on my hand, it was black. I looked up to see them all coming closer. “Do you trust us yet?” Their voices echo and bounce around in my head. “Well?” They shout.

I look up to all of them and my vision gets blurry. Ryan reaches out and grabs my wrist. Black veins…

My father grabs my other arm. Black veins…

My mother holds up a mirror. Red eyes…

I wake up to see the woman in front of me. “You’re done you can leave,” she gestures to the door.

I swing my shaky legs over the edge of the bed and run out of the room and sit against the brick wall. This was nothing like I had experienced before…Do I trust the ones I love? Should I?

I bury my face in my hands and wait for the next trial.

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A/N: So, here is the first chapter! I hope you guys enjoyed it! This took forever to write and edit! I was going to put the strength trial in this, but it is so late so you will have to wait until next chapter ;) so yeah! I hope you all have a good day or night wherever you are! xx