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Chapter 1- Happy Birthday?

Tobias

It was on my 5th birthday when my father hit me for the first time. I was very excited as most children are on their birthdays. I couldn't wait for the special bread my mother made for my celebration and I wondered what my Dad and I would do. Before something in him convinced himself that it was the right thing to abuse a child, my father and I had the typical relationship any child in Abnegation had with their father. Sometimes if I was a good he would take me outside to look at the stars. And then something changed in him. So on my birthday I was very excited and might have been too hyper. My father came home and was very angry about something. My mother and him went to another room and I heard screaming yelling. I walked into the room and my father was choking my mother against the wall. I run up and punched him in the leg and yelled, "Stop hurting my mommy!"

So instead my father turned his anger on me. He slapped me hard across my face and I remember my face burning. My mother tried to stop him but soon enough my father picked me up and hauled me up the stairs and into my hallway. He opened our closet, which was barely filled with anything and shoved me inside. He looked at me with hate and I knew then that my father and I would never go star gazing again. He slammed the door and locked it. I was trapped in this small dark closet for hours and I heard my parents fighting. At one point I was convinced that they forgotten about me.

So now on my 9th birthday I can't forget how even my birthday is forever tainted by my father. My mother, the only person in my life who cared for me, just died a week ago and I still find it hard to believe. There is a huge gap in my life and I know that it is not going to get better. I am quietly walking into school and I can already feel the other kids staring at me. It doesn't help that I already am part of an outcaste faction but to be the weird kid in the faction is even harder. All of the kids in my faction know about my mother's death because either their parents were standing in my living room or they were. I put my head down and just focus on the school day which is my only escape from the torment of my father. I have a simple bag and the Abnegation has hooks instead of lockers to put our materials in. I slide my bag on the hook and grab my books. As I turn some older kid from Erudite slaps them out of my hands and yells, "Stiff!"

I sigh and bend down to grab them. I continue to my class and I am miserable the rest of the day. Eventually school ends and I grab my things and slowly walk home enjoying the lasts moments before my father gets home. Since my mother died he has been even more cruel and miserable. When I get home I am surprised to see him.

He nods at me and throws my coat at me, "Come on we are going for a walk."

I drudgingly put my coat on and follow him out the door. We are walking for a while when we suddenly get to a cliff. My father stops and says," This is where I asked your mom to marry me. But now…."He says something under his breath and I just stand next to him and look out to the empty land in front of us. Supposedly this was once a lake until it was dried up for water. My father's shouts get me out of my thinking and I look at him.

"Were you listening to me?"

He hates when I lie so I have to say.

"N-no" I say nervously.

He sighs and says, "You never listen to anyone Tobias. If this is how you will live your life then we must teach you a lesson."

Suddenly he shoves me hard and I fall. In a quick moment I realize I am falling off a cliff and quickly grab onto the side with my life. I look down and realize how far up I am really am. My breath quickens and I shut my eyes closed. I grasp onto small rock and I hear my father say above me, "Will you listen to me now!"

I nod and he screams, " I didn't hear you!"

I answer in a shaky voice, "Yes sir!"

He grabs my hand and as soon as I am pulled across I curl into a ball and shake in fear. I close my eyes and whisper, "I wish mom was here."

I didn't notice what I said until my father grabs my arm and pulls me out of my ball.

"What did you say?"

I stammer and answer, "N-nothing."

He grabs my arm and drags me quickly along the path we walked until we reach our home.

He locks the door and slams my body up against the wall as he whispers,"What. Did. You. Say."

Somehow and from where I don't know but I find my voice and some courage and glare back at him," I wish mom was here."

I feel fist collide with my face and I hear a crack. Blood spurts from my broken nose and my father say, "You should be thankful that I am still here you selfish child! How dare you. You will learn your lesson. "

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I am shivering in the darkness again like I did only 4 years ago. My body is bruised and bloodied and everything hurts. It is my fault that I killed my mother as my dad kept repeating to me as he whipped my back until his belt was covered in blood. It hurts to breath and I am pressed into four stonewalls. I don't know how long I am in here or when I will get out.

Happy Birthday to me.