HEY GUYS! So... Yeah I'm new to this whole "fan fiction" thing and yes this is my first fan fiction. It's very scary! O.o Haa! just kidding! But, seriously. So, I love Hey Arnold! and decided to create this fan fiction. I love to write so I figured "Hey Imma give it a shot!" But any way please be nice :O I greatly appreciate it... Anyway... This chapter is going to be the shortest chapter since it's kind of like a preliminary... I promise the other chapters will be longer... and better... Also, for any of you who want to try, I'd like to see people guess like what the incident was. Go on! I dare ya! XD Anyway, enjoy the first chapter and please tell me what you think and how I can improve. Go on! I can take it! I CAN HANDLE THE TRUTH! XD
Disclaimer: The wonderful and perfect world and characters of Hey Arnold! belong to Nickelodeon and the ever so wonderful Craig Bartlett...
"No... No... NO!" The seventeen year old blonde violently awoke from her sleep, tears in her eyes. Every night it was the same routine – she would fall asleep fearful of the inevitable nightmare that replayed that same damn day... that dreadful incident.
For two weeks she suffered as the nightmares slowly became worse as the days progressed on. For two weeks she tried to contain the hurt, the pain, the despair. Now, she couldn't handle it anymore. Her blue, pristine eyes released the once held back tears and she, Helga G. Pataki, cried.
With her hands to her face and her body violently shaking, Helga sobbed for nearly thirty minutes until her alarm clock went off. Taking the alarm clock in her hands, she threw the object out her opened window, hitting the tree and smashing the clock to pieces.
She paused for a moment, breathing irregularly heavy, slowly bringing her knees to her chest, hugging them. She knew eventually she had to get up, no matter how much she didn't want to. Who ever wants to go to school? It didn't matter though. No matter what, she would always choose the forever taking 8 hours of school over staying home alone with Big Bob Pataki.
Big Bob and Miriam had actually divorced three years prior. Finally able to stay sober, Miriam had finally decided on the divorce, determined to make her life happy. The divorce hearings had taken months for only one reason: Helga. Miriam and Big Bob argued over the custody of their daughter, she being very concerned with her daughter's life and he only wanting to prove he had control. However, Big Bob gained full custody of Helga, the judge ruling against Miriam because of her previous alcoholic tendencies. This was devastating to Helga who had finally begun to like her mother since Miriam had become sober.
Miriam moved to another part of Hillwood where she can stay in remote distance to her youngest daughter, only able to see Helga once a month per agreement with Big Bob's custody decision. It was the only day a month when Helga actually enjoyed her home life.
Helga sighed inwardly. She knew that if she didn't get up now, then Big Bob would catch her before she went off the school. Slowly, she got up from her bed as quietly as possible for fear of waking up Big Bob.
She walked to her mirror and looked at her reflection. Staring at herself, an individual image came into her mind. Helga shut her eyes tight as another tear fell from her eyes. Even awake the nightmare haunted her. That day was always there! She can't run, she can't hide. And all the while there was another thought on her mind: "It's all my fault."
BUM BUM BUMMMM! What did ya think!? Huh! Please! I wanna know! O.o
