A Family Guy FanFiction written by Week85
Family Guy is created by and/or is property of Seth MacFarlane
There's probably some more legal mumbo jumbo, but the bottom line is that these aren't our characters and we can't profit off of them in any financial way.
===Prelude to Adventure===
Quahog, Rhode Island The Griffin's Residence
Peter's car drives off, filled with occupants. All 6 of them are dressed up nicely, as they are on their way to a fancy diner. Peter is driving and Lois is in the passenger seat. Brian is riding up front, sitting between the two. behind him, in the back seat, is Chris. To his left is Stewie, sitting in a booster seat. To Chris' right, is his girlfriend, Anna. She leans up a bit closer towards the front seat.
"Thanks again for inviting me to dinner, Mr and Mrs Griffin." she says.
Lois looks back. "Oh, it's our pleasure, honey." she answers.
"Yeah." Peter adds. "You've become like family to us."
Hearing her husband mention the word 'family' sends an almost instant chill to Lois, as she has a horrible realization. "OH MY GOD, WE FORGOT MEG!"
Unphased by his wife's outburst, Peter continues driving to their destination.
"Peter!" Lois starts. "Aren't you going back?"
Peter answers sarcastically, "Yeah, I'm REALLY going back for Meg!"
Back in front of the Griffin's house, Meg, in her traditional clothes, watches as Peter's car drives out of sight. She stands there alone for a few minutes longer. Holding her head down, she slowly walks back inside.
===Chapter 1: Farewell To Old Life===
Meg is slumped back on the couch, watching television. She's constantly changing the channels. Not really to watch anything in particular, or looking for something that she may like, Meg is just trying to drown out the thoughts of all the garbage that she's forced to put up with.
At school, she is the most unpopular girl. She wants to be popular, or at least noticed, but every attempt to do so is always crushed by the constant bullying and harrasment she suffers at the hands of Connie D'amico and her ontarage.
At home, she is the target of embarassing pranks and violent abuse from her father, Peter. Rarely, her mother, Lois, would step in to her defense, but mostly Meg is left alone to fend for herself against this unprovoked abuse.
All she wants is to belong, to fit in, to be a part of something. But no matter where she goes, she just can't. She is an outcast at school, a black sheep at home, and a nobody in society. The one thing she wants, but can't seem to get in life is acceptance.
Acceptance. Acceptance.
Like a scratched record, that word just seems to repeat in Meg's mind.
Acceptance. Acceptance.
"WHY CAN'T I BE ACCEPTED!"
After her outburst, Meg tosses the remote into the television screen. At first, Meg didn't care about what she did. She was just standing there, breathing heavily, allowing the anger and rage that built up inside of her to vent out quietly.
But as her anger died down, something else took it's place. Staring at the broken television, Meg felt a sense of fear slowly filling up inside her. She knows how much her father loves to watch TV. She knows that if anyone takes that joy from him, they're pretty much dead. And being who she is would only make things worst for her.
"Dad's gonna kill me..." Meg muttered.
With her hands to her face, she didn't know what to do. Her family will be home any minute, and when they get there, her father will most certainly kill her.
"I can't stay here." Meg can't even think straight. "What do I do? Can I even do anything?"
Meg keeps running through all the possible options to her dilemna. Confront her dad. Barricade herself in her room. Lie and say burgulars broke the TV in a failed robbery attempt. None of them made any sense to her.
"I'm running out of time! What can I do?"
It seems like there was no way out of this, except for one. It just appeared in her mind. An option. Her only option. And, after just giving it a second of thought, she took it.
Meg bursts out the front door and runs away.
She doesn't pack any clothes. She doesn't gather any supplies. She doesn't take any food with her. She just leaves it all behind. Her life, her friends, her family, all of it. In a moment of fear, Meg quickly abandons the life that she once knew, the life filled with torment and despair, to save her life.
Her path takes her into the nearby forest preserve.