~Cherry P.O.V~

I could taste the expired sardines on his breath.

His hot, disgusting, revolting breath.

Warming my skin like some kind of predator waiting to devour its prey.

Nasty!

I decided that it was best to keep my mouth closed earlier. I'd already learnt my lesson from screaming, mom said she would pull the belt on me and I didn't like the belt.

I really really didn't like the belt.

So my parents watched as I was ravaged by this big ugly stranger as he held my legs into a tight grip so that I wouldn't kick him.

At least that's the reason why I thought he was tying my ankles to either legs of the chair.

His sickening grin and deliberate chuckle frightened me when he turned on the ginormous electric needle.

My eyes shot wide open and I screamed again watching it inch closer to my left arm, which is also tied at the wrist.

My mother groaned out of annoyance and yelled at me, "Let the man do his job Alysson!Stop crying!"

I shut my mouth again and started to whimper, the strange man in front of me continued and progressed to my arm.

Annoyance was visible on his face too.

My sleeve was ripped off earlier to prevent any distractions.

I didn't like this at all.

My parents were so kind to me all these twelve years, they're nearly unrecognizable now.

Their faces plastered with fury and anger.

Especially my once sweet mother.

I understood that at the age of twelve, everybody had to do this.

Strangely, I'd always dreamt of this day. The day I'd finally become a member of the coven.

It's just that now that the day had arrived, I was so doubtful.

And scared and terrified.

Did I mention there was a giant noisy needle inching closer to my skin?

It felt like a billion wasp stingers, piercing my skin.

Tears dropped from my eyes and the pain never ceased.

It only increased, burning my fragile skin like a molten fire.

I bit my lip so hard, I tasted metal in my saliva, this only made me cry even more.

I had never experienced anything like this before.

~the present~

"Cherry my darling, time for school!" My mother yelled loud enough for me to hear from my bedroom.

I packed my bag and sorted out everything else at six in the morning.

I was too excited to sleep last night so I stayed up.

It was my first day at a public school and I intended to make the best out of it.

I made sure that my outfit was of standard and just up to date with the millenials of today.

I walked briskly to the kitchen and bowed my head slightly out of respect before I answered my mother.

"Good morning mother."

She nodded politely and smiled, her grey eyes smiling with her.

I sat down and put my bag on the floor my foot bouncing in anticipation.

"Did you sleep well?"She asked, placing a plate on the table for me with a stack of delicious looking pancakes.

The goo dripped off effortlessly.

"No. I never slept last night." I answered and looked down avoiding eye contact.

"Why not?!" She demanded, startling me.

"Look up at me."She said, lowering her tone.

I submitted and sighed, "I was excited for school."

She sighed and nodded her head again understanding me.

I loved that about mother. She may have had a bad temper but at least she understood me and that's what kept us close.

A mother and her daughter should always be close.

"Eating without me?" My older brother asked as soon as he walked into the kitchen.

He always thinks about food.

I smiled up at him but my smile turned into a frown when he took one of my pancakes.

At the blink of an eye, it had disappeared down his gullet.

"Hey!" I whined.

"Hey." He mocked.

"Hey." My dad answered as he also walked into the room and smacked Shawn on the back of his head.

Shawn sat down like a helpless puppy nursing his fragile skull. I giggled at his unfortunate situation.

"Good morning father." I chirped happily.

He turned to me smiling and returned the greeting, "Good morning daughter."

He leaned down to lightly pat me on the head as he always did. My father had always been tall, he was the tallest in my family.

That was a given, the men of the house should always be the tallest. And today, was also his first day at work.

He dressed to impress.

~some time later~

"I will pick you up later."

My brother said to me through the window. I waved at him and pat him on the head before saying goodbye.

And with that he drove off.

He is a college student at California University which wasn't very far from here.

I turn around to face the many teenagers at my new school.

I took a shaky breath and smiled.

It was very difficult to walk down the hallway.

People were very mean, shoving and pushing me. Not many people smiled at me either.

I thought that if you smiled, everybody would like you.

I was also quite confused at the attention I was getting from the boys in this school. Many of whom looked at me funny like I was some piece of candy or something.

The heat rising to my cheeks did not help me either. I could tell that something was wrong.

But maybe one of them could help me.

I knew that I was supposed to go to the principal's office, but I didn't know where to start until one of them in a buff jacket stopped in front of me.

I could barely see him because I was too busy looking around for clues so I accidentally bumped into his chest.

My heart was in my throat as my eyes trailed up and up and up his buff red jacket to his face.

He grinned at me funny and placed a hand on my shoulder.

The first person to smile at me today.

My heart leaped in my chest and silly me...

I forgot to apologize for what I just did.

He probably thought that I was raised in a dumpster.

"I am very sorry for bumping into you."I started.

"It's okay. You look awfully lost."He said huskily.

I beamed up at him. "Yes actually!I'm looking for the principal's office do you know where it is?!"

He chuckled lightly, "You're energetic aren't you? I do know where it is, come with me and I'll show you."

My day kept getting better and better by the minute.

He grabbed my hand and led me in the direction of the place I wished to go.

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