A/N: Please be forewarned this story will contain themes of domestic abuse, alcoholism, possibly attempted suicide, swearing, violence and a plethora of other things if any of that makes you uncomfortable you shouldn't read this…
On a cold winter's night snow fell to the ground slowly outside of the Schnee manor where in a large empty room; a young boy (six years old) who laid on a decaying hard wood floor in a feeble attempt to keep himself warm. He had no bed, no blankets or anything, his clothes were held together with almost nothing but bobby pins and strings, his oily black hair with natural white highlights grew down to his shoulders as nobody in his "family" cared enough to get it cut, he had black rings under his eyes as he rarely got a restful sleep because he was often plagued by nightmares. Though tonight something was different for some reason he felt someone gently stroke his hair, he opened his dark green eyes confused as he looked around his room seeing nobody. Finally he closed his eyes and managed to fall asleep.
For once his dream didn't show his "family" and all of the horrible things they had put him through. But his dream wasn't exactly normal either, in the boy's dream he stood in a clearing in the middle of a forest that he did not recognize, granted he was rarely allowed to leave his house so the only forests he'd ever seen were in books but it still looked amazing above him he saw a clear night sky, filled with stars that shined like diamonds, the cool, soft grass under his feet was covered in fresh dew, and the crisp night air flowed through his messy hair like water over rocks.
In front of him stood a woman, a woman he didn't recognize though she was facing away from him. She was tall, had hair just like his (black with natural white highlights), she was barefoot, and wore a long purple dress. "Who are you?" The boy asked confused. The woman let out a whimper as he asked "Did I say something that upset her?" The boy thought to himself as he stared at the woman as she began to cry. He heard her start to say something but he really couldn't make out what she said because someone kicked the young boy in the chest likely cracking a rib or two causing him to wake up and cry out in pain "Jacob! Get your ass up!" A man shouted. He was a tall man with white hair that was combed back, he had crystal blue eyes, pale skin, thick white eyebrows and a mustache to match. The man was clad in a fancy white suit with a blue dress shirt and a red handkerchief.
This man was the boy (Jacob's) father, one of several people who abused and tormented Jacob on a daily basis. Jacob put his small hand where his father had just kicked him "Yes, sir." Jacob replied as he stood up with tears trickling from his eyes. Jacob whimpered as he walked as tears silently slipped from his eyes. He made his way to the dining room where his mother, two sisters; Weiss and Winter, and younger brother Whitely sat eating the food that the cook had provided for them. Jacob took his plate from the table which had only a few small scraps of the food his family was enjoying and he left the room. His family never let him sit at the table with them, so he ate his breakfast in the kitchen. At this time Weiss was five, Winter was eight, and Whitely was four. But age didn't stop them from abusing Jacob, any words they spoke to him were laced with a venom like that of a black widow.
The day carried on as most did, Jacob's family looking for any excuse they could to hurt him in some way; his mother saw a small spot on one of the dishes from lunch that he had to clean she struck him across the face and her nails cut him almost deep enough to draw blood. His parents had their children practice using their glyphs on him, frankly he was shocked that he wasn't dead by now. But all that ever really happened was that Jacob would end up with a whole new batch of scars on his body. Dinner rolled around and as with every meal Jacob entered the dining room to take his plate and leave but when he did his mother whispered something "Excuse me, ma'am?" Jacob said trying to be as respectful as he could. "I didn't say anything to you, freak. Leave!" She demanded. Jacob whimpered and took his plate, but before he could leave for seemingly no reason, his mother grabbed a wine bottle off the table and swung it around to hit Jacob in the back of the neck. The bottle shattered instantly, causing multiple deep cuts on the back of his neck and head, blood dropped onto the ground as silent tears slipped from Jacob's eyes. He had dropped his plate but he ignored it as he stood up and made his way to his "room" "Someone clean up that mess, he left behind." Jacob's father ordered. Several servants came soon after and began to clean up the trail of broken glass, blood and tears that Jacob left behind as he walked to his room.
After entering his room and closing the door Jacob fell to the ground and burst into tears "Why does my family have to treat me this way??" He sobbed. Jacob continued to cry from both the physical and emotional pain he was going through. But eventually he passed out, when Jacob had passed out he saw the same woman from his dream the night before who again was crying her eyes out, not unlike Jacob only moments ago. "Who are you?" Jacob asked. The woman didn't answer she just spun around and embraced Jacob, she held him in her warm embrace and whimpered "My son, I am so sorry, this is all my fault." The woman cried. "What?" Jacob asked confused. The woman kneeled down and placed her hands on his shoulders, something Jacob quickly noticed is that the injuries in his back were completely gone now.
"Your name isn't Jacob Schnee, it's Aibek." The woman said. "And those people aren't your family, I'm your real mother." She said. Jacob (now Aibek) stood and stared at her for a few seconds "Where have you been all this time?" Jacob asked. "I'm the goddess of the night, and while the realms of the gods and devils were at war I had to hide you. I've been looking for you for the passed six years. And I'm so sorry I ever left you." The woman said with tearful eyes. "You're a demigod, But now I can take care of you. I can't be there physically but I'll always be with you now, you're leaving here tonight. I'll provide you with what you need." She said. Aibek hugged her tightly hearing this, "There's only so much I can do from my realm but I will take care of you from now on." She whispered in his ear. "When do I leave?" Aibek asked. "When all of those monsters are asleep, you'll find all of the things you will need right next to you, for now wait." The woman said. "Thank you... mother." Aibek said. Those words had never come from him before and if he ever tried to say them to the woman who raised him she'd probably carve out his tongue.
Aibek woke up late that night at an hour when everyone in the house should've been asleep. When he awoke he found a white backpack near him; inside of that backpack was a winter jacket, a pair of sneakers, and jeans. There was also food and water in it that could last him quite a while "Thank you mother." Aibek said. He soon changed out of his old 'clothes' and into the ones his real mother had provided. But before Aibek left he noticed a pen and paper not far from where the backpack was, he took the pen and paper and chose to write a note to his family though it was simple "I have left and I will not ever return to you monsters. Sincerely Aibek, formerly Jacob." Aibek opened the door to his room and with the silence and speed of a viper Aibek left the Schnee manor, never to return.
Aibek quickly made his way into a nearby city, he shivered in the cold but the jacket definitely helped. He walked for about an hour before someone took notice of him "Hey, kid, need some help?" A male voice asked. Aibek looked up and and saw a man with short well combed blue hair, and he had a look of pity in his yellow eyes, standing their dressed in a winter coat, with a pair of long pants, and boots. Aibek stayed silent for a moment "You can trust him." Aibek heard his mother say to him. The man didn't seem to hear it though "Do you need any help?" The man asked again a little softer this time. "Yes..." Aibek said nervously. "Alright, well how about you come with me, we can get you out of the cold." The man said holding out his hand. Aibek reluctantly took the man's hand and followed him to wherever he was going.
The man led Aibek to a house, it had two floors and was white; the man led Aibek into the house "Honey, I'm home and I brought someone." The man called. A woman came down from the second floor moments later she was about as tall as the man, dressed in a blue button up shirt, a black skirt, she had long white hair even though she looked like she was twenty three, she had emerald green eyes, and fair skin. "Welcome ho-" the woman started but stopped mid sentence seeing Aibek. "Who's he?" The woman asked. "Ya know I never did get your name." The man said "Aibek." He replied. "I found him wandering around in the streets; figured we could allow him to stay the night here." The man explained. "Well his parents are probably worried sick." The woman replied. "No they aren't." Aibek replied. "They hated me, so I ran away." Aibek explained. Both the man and the woman gasped and looked at each other, "Well Aibek, you're welcome to stay with us. As long as you'd like." The man said. Aibek looked at them with tears of joy slipping from his eyes "T-thank you." Aibek said. The woman kneeled and placed a hand on Aibek's shoulder "You can think of us as your new parents." The woman said.
The next morning the members of the Schnee family all woke up and went to breakfast but were surprised when they all finished but Aibek never showed up "Where is brother?" Weiss asked. "Probably in his room, I'll go get him." Weiss' father said as he stood up and angrily went over to what was Aibek's room but when he opened the door he was shocked to only find the note and after reading it he fell to his knees as regret began to sink in, he'd never lost a child before and now he knew how it felt, it hurt. He started to cry "My son... I'm sorry." He mumbled. He brought the note down to the table moments later and after everyone read what it said all of them began to cry as well from regret if the way they had treated Aibek...