Fall No More

-A story of truth and love-

Chapter 1- Normalcy

As much as I want it to be, I just know it'll never happen. I'll never be normal, not after what happened. I will never forgive the people who did this to me..to them. Now I'm a freak, something to poke fun at, something to be taken for granted. I know that happens to a lot of people, but not in my way. When it first started out, when I first started showing signs, I couldn't control myself. Everything went out of control and people got angry. Some, who knew about my incident, actually demanded that I be taken somewhere else. Far away from the town I grew and loved. My parents, who were alive at the time, didn't go through with it. There was nothing that anyone could really do at the time, they couldn't kick us out without permission from the mayor. Which he didn't approve of, he didn't know the story.

Then it happened. I had just come home from one of my friends house, one of the few who stayed by my side, and when I arrived my parents were home. The door was shut and locked just like normal and there was some food on the stove, just like normal. I had thought that they just went out for the night, so I didn't worry too much. But then I awoke the next morning and they still weren't there. I had some hope that they just went out for some groceries or breakfast, they sometimes did that. But there was no note or anything, but I still didn't worry too much.

But that changed after I got home from school and they still weren't there. I immediately called my grandfather and asked if had heard anything from my parents. The answer was a negative. I then told him that they weren't home when I got back from my friends, when I woke up, or when I got home from school. He asked if I tried to call them. I felt like an idiot and told him that I'd call them from the other house phone, which I did. It rang, and I was hopeful that I'd hear my mother's or father's voice, but I didn't. Their phones were currently unavailable for any calls, I told my grandfather that. He told me to go to my neighbors house, the one who didn't have a problem with my issue, and stay there. He was going to try to find out as much as possible. So, as fast as I could, I ran over to my neighbors house. I didn't notice someone was watching me.

When my constant knocking was answered with, I ran into their house. I immediately told them what was going on and they let me stay there. I didn't go to school for the rest of the month nor had I heard anything from my grandfather. Then came the news...

I was sitting down next to the window, it was raining, and I was looking at it. It fit my mood perfectly. I was constantly worried about what happened to my parents and why my grandfather hasn't contacted me back yet. It was on my mind everyday and in my dreams every night, and the things I saw at night were not pretty sights. My neighbor, Mrs. Winslow, told me that I shouldn't worry too much to think on the bright side. What bright side?

Anyways, I was sitting down near the window, brooding, when a knock came upon the door. I stared in the direction of it, curiously. I wasn't sure whether I should answer it or not because Mrs. Winslow wasn't here, she went out for some groceries. So, instead of opening the door, I peeked through the window and saw three guys in black suits. They immediately turned towards me. I blinked and mouthed "Who are you all?" They held up some badges, but I wasn't convinced. But, just in case, I did open the door but I locked the one needed to get to the inner door.

"What do you want?" I had questioned. "Who are you?" The man in the front said something.

"You must be Aria, my name is Ivan." He said with a smile. "I'm with the people looking over your parent's case...we came to tell you what we found." I stared at them.

"What about my grandfather?" I questioned suspiciously. "Can you tell me why he didn't call me back? Or better yet, why I wasn't notified that there were people on their case?" Ivan stared at me, as did the rest of them.

"Your grandfather was put into a special situation in which even we couldn't get him out of..." He said. "...I'm sorry, but he's not here anymore. He was able to send us the information that he received but wasn't able to see the results of it." I blinked. My grandfather was dead...that's something you want to hear, especially from strangers like these.

"And m...my parents?" I questioned, I was hoping that they were alive. I noticed the pitying looks on the people's faces, so I glared at them. I didn't like being pitied, it made me feel weaker than I already knew that I was.

"Are you going to answer or stand there?" I questioned feeling irritated. The man beside Ivan sighed, "We found your parents...alive." I smiled. "But they didn't stay...alive...for long. They had external and internal injuries that couldn't be fixed in time."

"They told us before they..left...that they were sorry to leave you like this." The woman next to Ivan said. "They also requested that you live with your grandmother, on your father's side, who resides in the town of Whitechapel. It's a town far away from here and they felt that it would be safer for you there." I heard all this but I didn't respond to it. I could feel their worried gazes on me.

"Why?" I questioned to myself. "Why did any of this have to happen? Why did I have to be cursed with this stupid, stupid, curse? Why did I have to be so stupid?" I should've never left that day that it happened, my parents told me not to go, but I was angry and I wasn't thinking straight. Now, they're gone, my grandfather is gone, and I'm all alone.

As I felt myself sit down on the ground, and the sound of Mrs. Winslow's car coming into the driveway, I could only think of one thing.

"Normalcy..." That's all I wanted.

WitheringNight: Did you like it? I won't ask for any reviews but they are appreciated. I'm just doing a whole lot of first chapters for things that I'm interesting in fathering on, in the chapter system, after I finish one of my other two stories. This is one of them, I hope you read the others.