Chapter 1

Covering her ears, curled in a corner, 10-year old Santana tried desperately to remain strong. The man in front of her was posed, back hunched over, holding a leather belt skinned with flecks of blood all around it, scared her shitless. Her usual loving dad was dead as soon as the sun went down, alcohol took over his sunny personality, and he was possessed by the monsters that hid under her bed.

"STOP CRYING!" Yells echoed through the empty house.

"FOR GOD FUCKIN SAKE, STOP FUCKING CRYING." She tried, she truly did. But at the age of 10, Santana didn't have control over her emotions. Soon enough, in her little corner, she was pushed over the edge, and was bawling her eyes out.

Her tears blurred her eyesight. She didn't even see the hand coming her way.

Santana woke up, bead of sweat teared down her face, as strands of hair stuck to them.

Slowly, she crawled out of her bed, kicking off her blankets, and walked towards the bathroom.

It was small, only having a toilet and sink. Which right now, was all Santana needed.

Ever so slowly, Santana turned on the faucet, and splashed her face of water. It seemed to do the job, as always, as she was now wide-awake.

The creek of a door opening, made Santana jump back. Relaxing as soon as she saw her mother's exhausted face.

"Are you okay?" Her voice was hoarse, tired from the lack of sleep. Still, her mother looked at her with worried eyes.

"Fine" Was Santana's clipped reply. Her mother looked at her with doubt in her eyes, as she should, as it was fuckin obvious, she was not fine.

"Santana." Her mom's reprimanding tone made Santana flinched. Here her mother was, awake because of her stupid weakness, and she was giving her the usual Santana-bitch attitude.

Truthfully, though, Santana was fine. She's had that dream millions of time, that she didn't know how she could not be fine. She was fine as long as her dreams never became reality.

But 5 years ago, they were reality.

This is just a short chapter, just to see if anyone will actually like this idea. If this story doesn't get to popular, I'm going to drop it, as I already have my hands full with 3 stories already gong on.

IF ANYONE LIKES IT REVIEW, because if not, I'll probably leave this story.