Chapter 2. Bluebirds

I scream at him to wake up. No response. I hear a voice from far away.

"(Y/N)!" The voice becomes clearer. "(Y/N)!!" I wake up to a pillow being thrown at my head, and look up groggily to see my aunt (f/n) standing there. "Get up, (y/n)! Before I have to bruise that pretty little face!"

After being taken to my uncles, my sister and I had found out that he was a very wealthy and powerful man, but very cruel. We were subject to lessons from our aunt on how to act like proper ladies, useless shit if you ask me. It'd been 11 years since the day my father died, and I was still having nightmares.

My aunt dragged us to class at 8:00 am sharp, where we endured painful lessons about how to act upper class, as if we were royalty (which we weren't). I'd grown to despise my aunt, but my sister seemed to have been molded into a spitting image of her. Obviously, I was not the favorite, so I ended up getting beaten much worse than my sister. The only class I somewhat enjoyed was my music lesson. I had learned to love the sad, little piano in our music room, and it loved me. Though my lessons had been painful, singing and playing the piano were the only expressive outlet I had as a tortured young soul at only 17.

I rolled out of bed that morning, ready to face the day, when my aunt informed me that I'd be meeting with my uncle this morning. We rarely saw much of my uncle, with his being a powerful businessman and going away on trips, but I obliged, and went to see him at 10:34 in the morning.

I went up to his office, rapping lightly on the door, before hearing a deep voice from the other side of the door. "Come in!" I slowly opened the door and walked in, trying not to show how nervous I was.

"You... called for me uncle?..."

My uncle sat at his desk, having been working on what looked like an important document. He glanced up at me with a sigh, his eyes looking me over and seeing, to his disappointment, me standing slightly slumped, rubbing my arm nervously.

He scowled and set his pen down, sitting up and folding his hands on his desk as if preparing for a business meeting.

This probably IS a business meeting to him.

"Sit down, (y/n), and fix that damned posture," He stated blankly with a tinge of resentment in his voice. "We have matters to discuss."

"Yes sir." I nodded quickly and sat across from him in a chair worn by meetings with other important business men.

"Now, (y/n), I'm going to get straight to the point. You're coming of age this coming month, and your aunt and I believe it is time for you to have a suitor. You have no need to worry, as we've picked one for you," He stopped a moment and looked at me with that same serious face, as if waiting for me to process this. I stared at him, my eyes narrowing slightly as I gesture to him with my head, encouraging him to continue, even though I really didn't want to hear more. He continued, "The boy's name is Levi Ackerman, and is born to a very wealthy family. You'll be meeting him the day of your birthday. There is a lot of money involved in this marriage deal, so we expect you to act like a lady. Obviously that is a foreign concept to you in your animal-like behavior, so we've doubled your lessons to six hours a day," He looked me over again, a scowl forming on his face as he looked at this disappointment sitting in front of him. I opened my mouth to object, but didn't have enough time to do so as he cut me off with his last statement. "You're dismissed."

I reluctantly stood up, as he disregarded me once more, turning his attention back to his work. I walked out of the room, trembling and fuming with anger.

Who does he think I am?! He can't possibly expect me to marry someone I've never even met!

I stormed into mine and my sister's room, and fell onto the bed, angry at my uncle and anxious for my birthday date. Worse yet, it was in eight days, on May the seventh.

I sighed and rolled over onto my back, glancing at the window where a bluebird sat on the ledge, chirping happily and hopping about before flying away.

I wish I was as free as you, pretty thing.

The bird was later snatched out of the sky by a bigger and better predator. It didn't stand a chance.

Authors note- hey guys, sorry for jumping into the story so quickly. I hope you guys liked this chapter ok! -your loving author 3