This is my first fan fiction. I love writing and hope you people like it. Please feel free to give me ideas and tips
Thank You, Misha
Eric could hear the sounds of his mother's footsteps above his room in the basement. He sighed wondering what she was doing his mind wondered at the possibilities as her feet shuffled about the house. She was an evil woman who had no love for him but even then he couldn't help but love her. He guessed it was just a human reaction. Eric looked down at the book that was on his lap, it was a book on astrology he wondered what other boys at the age of 7 were reading. Probably some shallow books that had no worth what so ever. He looked out a crack in the boarded windows seeing the stars dotted across the sky like pinholes in the floor of heaven. He loved the night; it was a sense of safety and quietness no rustles in the streets.
Eric herd footsteps coming to his room. His heart leapt when he recognized his mother's graceful walk. He quickly jumped off his pile of blankets that served as a bed and hid the book. That he wasn't supposed to have, Eric barely had time to put on the cloth mask that covered the entire right side of his face. He was so excited but nervous for the possibility of having human contact. The only person that was semi regular was with the priest who came down to the attic about once a week to see the pitiful boy who lived in darkness.
The door opened and Eric's mother walked in her black curls draped over her shoulders and red dress complemented her perfectly. She had a disgusted look on her face "Merry Christmas Monster." She said sarcastically. Eric tried not to show the hurt he felt form her words. He had never heard her call him by his name that was the thing he desired the most just one hint that she loved him. "Come upstairs" she said turning away from him as if she couldn't even dare to look at him. He nervously followed her. She mumbled to herself and she led the way up the creaky steps.
Eric looked about the house. There was a kitchen to his right with a beautiful table decked out for the holiday with bright red balls in vases on the beautifully polished table. In the next room was a evergreen tree with bows tied on the branches and unlit candles spread around the tree. Just beside it was a black grand piano, Eric could hardly control his joy seeing the black and white keys that spread across the instrument. Never had he seen something so beautiful.
"Could I play mother?" Eric pleaded placing his small hand on hers. Suddenly she went into a screaming rage and smacked his hand away. "Don't ever touch me Demon!" she yelled grabbing the boy's shirt throwing him to the wall. Tears came to his eyes as he fell to his knees and grabbed the end of her dress. "Eric is sorry" he cried his voice muffled by the dress. "Please forgive him he just wanted to play his music for you." He looked up at his mother; her face was filled with hate. "Mother, please, please love me." Eric's mother forcefully grabbed his arm. He cried in pain as her fingernails dug into his arm. "Do you know why I can't love you!?" she screamed "You took everything from me!" Eric looked down as if she was remembering something she didn't want to think of. "Your father, a beautiful handsome man died trying to find the doctor when I went into labor! An accident they said and then I was left with a hideous monster!" She put her hands up to her face wiping the tears that threatened to fall. "This is what I'm left with." She said grabbing his arm again as she drug him to a beautiful full sized mirror. He looked into the glass for the first time in his life to see a monster.
Poor Eric
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