So, Guess who?

Yeah, me :O shock horror lol

But seriously, I'm really sorry I haven't been here for such a long time, I've had literally NO ideas whatsoever until now

This is an idea I've toyed about with every now and then, but never really given writing it a go.

So, Here goes nothing haha

Subliminal Paradise

The sun was rising, the birds were singing, it was just your typical 'start of a horror movie and absolutely nothing can go wrong' type of feel to a day, and that's exactly what was going to unfold over the coming weeks/months, but, lets start at the beginning, lets start, with young Cat Valentine.

The quirky redhead awoke that morning and sat herself up, wrapping her pink (its always pink with this girl) cover around her to avoid the cold morning air, it would probably be warmer later on, but at six thirty in the morning, Cat wasn't about to take any chances.

She rubbed her eyes a few times, before doing what every teen does the moment they wake up, check her phone, she saw she had two new text messages, one from Tori, and one from Jade, two of her closest friends, she also had five missed calls from her uncle...

"Its okay Cat, I wont hurt you"

"But uncle Ryan..."

"Only if you tell your parents"

Cat snapped herself from her thoughts, quickly deleting the missed calls notifications, trying desperately to forget about them, she saw she had a few new messages from twitter, so she figured she'd check those instead.

After a while of mindlessly scrolling on her phone, Cat figured it was about time she got up for school, she looked at the clock, seven, good she still had time to shower, or so she thought.

To her surprise, or, lack of surprise I should say, the water was cold, "how did I not guess that was going to happen" Cat sighed to herself, she figured she may as well wash her face and hair as quickly as she could.

"Ugh, cold showers are the worst" Cat grumbled, again to herself as she was drying her hair, looking at herself in the mirror.

She brushed her teeth, put some makeup on, and did all that girl stuff they do in the mornings, before going to get herself dressed.

She picked out a simple dress, that went with a white jacket she really liked, as well as some white shoes to go with it.

She went back to the bathroom, gave herself a quick touch up in the mirror, checked the time, nearly eight, school starts soon, and decided it was time to head off.

She walked down the hallway, and stopped at a door, the empty room, the room with no name, the room that should belong to...

"Haha, push me higher Cat"

"Okay, but be careful, I don't want you to fall"

"I'll be okay I promise"

"Alright, you know I cant say no to you"

"Yay!"

"CAT!"

"Uh-oh, dads home..."

Cat shook her head quickly and blinked her eyes a few times, shaking herself from her daydream, she reached out and held the door handle, wondering if she should go in, wondering if she had time, just to feel close to him again...

"I love you bro" she whispered, quickly turning to walk away before any tears could run down her face.

She walked down the stairs, to be greeted by an empty house, what a surprise.

Cat was somewhat relieved anyway, at least her dad...

"Daddy no please"

"SHUT UP!"

"Ow, daddy you're hurting me"

"i SAID SHUT UP YOU BITCH!"

"I love you daddy"

Cat shook her head, harder this time, trying desperately to make all the thoughts, and reminders go away.

She went to the kitchen, wouldn't you guess it, empty too, looks like her mum...

"Mum..."

"Cat, what's wrong? why are you crying?"

"Uncle Ryan, he... he hurt me"

"How?"

"He... did things to me... down there"

"Oh don't be stupid, your uncle would never do that"

"I'm serious, please mum, please believe me"

"Shut up Cat, your uncle would never molest you"

"He did!"

"I don't care"

This time Cat hit herself in the head, whatever it would take to make it stop.

She walked out, closing the door behind her, she turned and walked down the street, feeling the cool summer breeze against her legs, she always enjoyed that, she walked by some flowers, and stopped to admire them, flowers were something else she enjoyed, the bright colours, the general happy feel they bring, it was indescribable, but Cat would know what I meant.

It wasn't too far to her school, sure she could do with a lift, but she didn't have her license yet, and even if she did, how would she get a car?

She got there just before class was starting, Cat loved school, it was her version of paradise, well, that and her mind, they say that when we're scared, or upset, sometimes we can find peace by creating a subliminal paradise in our minds, in which everything is the way we want it to be, that was something Cat proved, it was something she had no choice to do, if you lived in a hell as bad as hers, you'd be forced into the same thing too.

The second Cat walked through those doors, everything changed, life was as she wanted it to be, she adopted a different personality, the kind of girl she was inside, a happy girl, a smiling girl, a friendly girl, a girl so full of love that you'd swear she was an angel sent to earth.

She walked into class to be greeted by her usual group of friends.

Tori, everyone's favourite, including mine, 'Half Latina', she was confidence personified, no challenge was too much for Tori, and in a way, she was a role model to Cat, Cat always wished she could be as confident as Tori

Jade, Cat's best friend, though Jade would never admit to it, Jade was the tough girl, someone everyone feared, but Cat saw the good in, like I said, angel sent to earth, Cat hoped one day she could be as strong as Jade was.

Andre, Mr Nice Guy, always had his eye on Tori, but never had it in him to say anything, music genius with a bright future, he'd always help Cat when she needed it, Cat wished she could be as creative as him sometimes.

Beck, movie star good looks, and a personality to match, confidence runs off him as if it were sweat, all the girls wanted him, even Cat, at one point, but she felt like she never really knew Beck as well as she did the rest of her friends, maybe one day she can change that.

And Robbie, the weird one, every group of friends needs one, everyone can tell he has a crush on Cat, but much like Andre, he'd never do anything about it, though Cat liked him, she thought he was sweet, the only downside was, being the weird, shy boy he was, he created an alter ego in his puppet, though you're not allowed to call him that, Rex, someone with confidence, someone who 'gets the girls' someone he wishes he could be.

The day passed by, with Cat always smiling, and always happy, she never wanted it to end, but it had to, eventually.

Cat left the school smiling, still finding peace in her own little paradise, doing her best to make it last as she got closer and closer to her house.

She reached her front door, gripped the handle tight, praying that no one would be home.

She opened the door, and the house was empty, she let out a sigh of relief, but it was a little too soon.

"Cat!" the voice made Cat's blood run cold.

It was her dad.

"Y...yes dad?" Cat was almost trembling as fear coursed through her.

"Come here" he ordered, Cat didn't want to, but she was powerless to stop her feet taking her to the kitchen.

"Yes dad?" she asked as she peered into the kitchen to see him sitting at the table.

He motioned to the chair next to him, again fear surged through Cat, but again she couldn't stop herself, she ever so slowly walked over and sat down next to him.

He was a big man, way bigger than Cat, he towered over her, and could very easily physically impose himself on her.

He always smelt like alcohol.

"Did you take my beer out of the fridge?" he asked,putting his huge hand on her tiny shoulder, Cat felt her body tense when he made contact, but had to force herself to answer.

"Um... no" Cat's voice was so soft.

"Are you lying to me?" her fathers voice was louder this time.

"No I swea-" before Cat could finish her sentence she felt a massive hand go right across her cheek, she looked down at the floor, and did her best to hold her pain in.

"I'll ask you again, are you lying to me?"

Cat stayed silent this time, holding her eyes shut so no tears would fall.

"Answer me!" he shouted, Cat's eyes snapped open, she turned to look at him.

"Yes... I did... I'm sorry dad"

Her dad stood up and slammed his fists down on the table, before throwing the chair at the wall.

Cat was so scared right now it was a surprise she didn't wet herself, instead she just remained perfectly still, trying her hardest to keep it together.

Her dad stood over her, at 6'5 he always towered over Cat, who was only 5'2, but with her sitting down, he seemed even bigger.

"Didn't I tell you not to take my beer last time?"

Cat sighed and nodded, only to feel his huge, bear claw like hand wrap around her throat.

"Answer me!"

"Yes..."

What Cat couldn't see, was he had his other hand clenched tight into a fist, so tight his knuckles were turning white.

"I'm really sorry daddy I wont do it again I pro-"

Bang.

He swung his fist and stopped Cat mid sentence, the poor girl collapsed to the floor, desperately holding her mouth, she could already feel the blood running down, she pulled her hand away and looked down, to see a tooth in her hand.

Before she could react, her dad had already kicked her in the stomach, with his steel toe work boots, forcing her to turn over.

He got down, putting his massive weight on Cat's tiny frame, making it hard for her to breathe, and if that wasn't bad enough, his hands wrapped tight around her throat just made it even worse.

Cat had her mouth open, desperately trying to breathe, but she just couldn't, it was one of the worst feelings possible, all the while her dad was shouting at her about how she was a failure.

Inside Cat was angry, she really wanted to just punch him in the face, but she knew it would just make him hurt her more and more.

He released one of his hands, only to clench it into a fist again.

"Next time"

He punched her

"You don't"

He punched her again

"Take my beer"

He punched her a third time, but this time, he didn't pause, instead he pulled back and swung again, hitting the poor defenceless girl in the face over and over again.

And then, in a sheer moment of pure astonishment, Cat clenched her fist as tight as she ever could, and waited until just after he had hit her, and drawn his hand back to do so again, when she swung, catching him right in the nose.

To her amazement, he actually fell to the floor, off of Cat, who was up on her feet as quickly as she could be, not even attempting to stop the pain she was feeling as the blood poured from her mouth and nose.

She backed away as she was her dad sit up, and put his hand to his face, when he pulled it away, he saw the blood, Cat backed herself all the way to the wall, not knowing what was going to happen.

He stood up silently, to Cat's surprise.

He turned and put his hands on the counter, staring down.

"I'm so sorry Cat..."

Cat's jaw fell open, well, further than it already was anyway.

"I'm a terrible father, you must hate me"

"No daddy, its okay, I love you" Cat's words were slurred, but she was still doing her best to make them come out as she walked closer to the man she felt like she was actually talking to for the first time in her life.

She reached out and put her hand over his, but that was when everything changed.

He picked up the empty beer bottle beside him, and cracked it against Cat's forehead.

It smashed on impact, and the young girl collapsed to the floor in a heap of pain.

It was the worst pain Cat had ever felt, she had both hands over the newly opened massive wound on her forehead, she could still feel some of the glass fragments inside, cutting deeper and deeper.

Cat screamed in agony as she felt hot tears stream down her face.

Cat was so lost in her pain that she didn't even remember her father was still there.

Cat rolled around on the floor, desperate to make the pain go away, sobbing to herself, it was so sad, to see such a beautiful young girl this way, defenceless, crying, you just wanted to hug her and never let go, but you couldn't.

Cat felt that massive hand again around her throat, forcing her to her feet, she still had her hands clamped firmly across her forehead.

Her dad forced her against the wall.

"Put your hands down"

Cat shook her head, trembling, tear after tear running down her soft cheeks.

"I said put them down"

This time, Cat listened, she put her hands by her sides, and left her wound on display.

One long gash, almost all the way across her forehead, streaming blood down her face, Cat was an absolute mess, and this brought a smile, a SMILE, to her dads face.

Her dad still had the remains, of the glass bottle in his hand, though there wasn't much of it, pretty much only the neck of the bottle left.

He lifted his and and ran the cracked glass all the way along Cat's cut, applying pressure.

Cat stood there against the wall, unable to move, just waiting for him to be done.

Once he was done admiring his twisted actions, he let the girl go, she collapsed to the floor once again, but this time she didn't sob, she just lay there.

She thought he was done, but not yet.

With Cat laying on her back, staring at the ceiling, her dad drew his foot back, and forcefully kicked her right in the hip, his steel toe boot slamming straight into Cat, sending the absolute worst wave of pain through Cat's body she had ever felt.

Cat let out an almighty scream, but she couldn't move, every time she attempted to do so, the pain was just too much.

Her dad took one last look at her.

"Next time, don't take my beer"

And with that, he left.

Cat lay there, defeated, beaten, bruised, bloody, staring at the ceiling.

A blank expression on her blood and tear stained face.

The only sound in the room being the ticking of the clock on the wall.

The almost burning pain in Cat's hip was too much for her to bare, but even with that, as well as all the pain she was feeling in her face, she just lay there, not moving at all.

She heard her dad's care speed off, she knew she was safe, for now.

She lay there for what felt like an eternity, in reality it was only twenty minutes, before finally managing to sit up.

She cautiously pulled her skirt up to look at her hip, doing so as slowly as she could so it wouldn't hurt, as bad.

She looked down at the nasty looking mark on her hip, already a discoloured bruise, she ran her finger over the swollen area, trying to tell if it was broken or not.

Using all the strength she had left, Cat, after several failed attempts, managed to get herself on her feet.

Using the wall for assistance, and whatever else she could, Cat made her way up to her room, and let herself collapse on the bed.

But she didn't stay there long, the pure rage and anger inside Cat had built up to a point she could no longer endure, she mustered her strength, and managed to stand off her bed, without using the wall this time, she slowly limped over to her wardrobe, she opened the door, and reached down the back, to pull out a rope, Cat had thought about doing it before, hanging herself, but she just never could.

But today, Cat had been pushed over the edge, she felt like it was the only choice she had.

With the rope in her hand, Cat put a stool in position, she didn't quite know how she was going to able to stand on the stool with the amount of pain she was feeling in her hip, but she figured the best way would be the easiest, just grit her teeth, and fight through the pain.

It took an almost superhuman amount of strength to fight the screaming pain in her hip, and after a good ten minutes of trying, Cat found herself stood, on the stool, with the rope in position in front of her.

She put her head through it, and without a second thought.

Kicked the stool from underneath her.

Thats all for this chapter, I hope you enjoyed it, if you did, please leave a review down below :) thank you

Hopefully I'll try and upload the next chapter by next week