Painful Past
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As Tori drifted off to sleep, memories of her past life came to her head. When Tori was only 12, she was harassed by bullies. However, her feisty and snarky personality intrigued them. As a result, they began to include her in some of their "activities." At first, Tori was afraid of them and only went along because it meant she would no longer be picked on. By the time, Tori had aged 14, she was a full-time member of a gang. They called themselves the Blood Vipers. Tori seemed to do everything with them. She was flunking out of school, she was doing drugs, she was smoking regularly, and she was helping the Vipers commit several crimes such as robbing stores and jumping small children. It may have seemed strange for a young teenage girl to be involved in gang life, especially at her age, but Tori was ruthless. She could hold her own against any of the guys and had a heart of stone. Because her family wasn't paying much attention to each other, neither her parents nor her sister noticed that Tori was involved in this kind of life. It looked like Tori was going to forever lead a life of crime and rebellion.
But that's when it all went downhill...
One fateful night, Tori and some of her fellow gang members were standing out on a corner, just smoking cigarettes. A teenage girl walked past them. She couldn't have aged any more than 18 or 19. So the gang decided to jump her for money. Well, unlike most of the people they tried to mug, this girl wasn't about to let herself be mugged easily. She tried to put up a fight. And to her credit, she gave a valiant effort. However, it wasn't enough. The guys outnumbered her and outpowered her. The girl soon found herself lying on the sidewalk, weak, bruised and bleeding. Tori had stood aside during this particular beating but she soon approached the girl. She turned to her fellow members and said "Allow me," to which they obliged. Tori walked up to the girl and pulled out the item that signified the Blood Vipers. It was a simple dagger with a red handle that had a picture of a green snake on it. She approached the girl with the dagger in her hand and whispered one word.
"Die"
With that, Tori thrust the dagger straight into the girl's chest. The victim gave out a sudden gasp of air as the knife pierced her skin. Blood trickled from her mouth and her chest as she became cold and stopped breathing. Her eyes became blank as they stared out into nothing. She was dead. Suddenly, Tori could hear police sirens. Normally, the Vipers would've been able to escape the crime scene. However, a witness had seen this beating while it was happening and called for the police without any of the Vipers noticing. The police were almost there by the time Tori has delivered the kill. Most of the Vipers had run away escaped but not Tori. She was caught while trying to climb over a fence, by her father of all people.
From there on, it was hell. Tori had to deal with the wrath of her family as they realized what she had been doing all that time. She had to deal with a sentence when she was declared guilty for her crime of manslaughter. However, when she was tested for drugs, it was realized how unhealthy Tori actually was and how close she was to dying because of her addictions. The result was that she had to spend a few years in rehab in order to correct her behavior and kick her addictions. At first, Tori behaved violently and erratically. However, as time went on, Tori began to recover. She began to learn how to behave and how to connect with her family. She was let out of rehab just before she turned 16, with the warning that any more violence could result in a life sentence in prison. Tori's time in rehab made her realize how badly she screwed up her life and how close she had come to throwing it all away. She vowed to live her life differently and to make things right. She was just barely readjusting to normal life again when she first met Andre Harris...
Tori jolted awake from her dream. She sat right up and began taking multiple deep breaths. Those memories felt so real...they were real. As soon as Tori had calmed herself down, she reached under her bed. It took a few seconds but she found what she was looking for. She pulled out her old Blood Viper dagger. She stared at it for a while, from the handle wrapped in red cloth with a green snake to the marks of dried blood that were still on the blade. That murder was the last time the blade was used. Tori knew she should've gotten rid of the blade. She knew she shouldve thrown it away or destroyed it or something. But she held onto it. Kind of as a reminder of her past life and all the mistakes she made. So that she would never make those mistakes again...