A Dark Memory 1:The Abusive Father

It's time to show you readers a scar of Anthony's past. Please excuse the child abuse that is about to follow with this dark memory. This one is from when he was about twelve years old. He have been getting abused and neglected for years since before this date, but the further we get to his past the more sick and depraved it gets. So I hope you're ready. Let's begin this dark memory.


I wake up and get ready for school. I have to pray that I don't get a beating before school so I don't have to try and hide it. I get dressed for school. My mother is already at work, then again she is never home to see the horror I go through. I go upstairs from the basement in which my room resides. I see my father by the kitchen counter. He is a six foot thirty-seven year old man with short dirty blonde hair and rather big due to the cases of beer he drinks all the time. Here we go with the morning beating I was hoping to avoid this.

"The hell are you looking at boy?!" He already smells of alcohol. It's really disgusting.

"N-nothing dad." He smacks me right on the face. It left a red mark.

"Quit being such a damn wimp! Do I have to give you another fucking beating!?" I shake in fear.

"P-please don't dad! The teacher will notice." He grabs a wooden spoon. God I hate that.

"Trust me son, they will never know." He starts to beat me with the wooden spoon. I scream within each hit to my body. He keeps hitting me harder until he break it and throws the broken piece at my face.

"That's what you get for being a fucking wimp. Now leave before I really beat ya." I run out the door and try to hide the bruises. I get to school go to my first class. The teacher don't notice anything. Even if they did they're to scared of my dad and the police can't do much since they never have enough on him to send him away for good. The classes go on well as I get some peace, until some of the bigger kids come up to me.

"O look at this dork. What you looking at!?" This kid is David March. He is known as the meanest and bad ass kid in school. He is so known around here that he even has his own posse.

"I'm not looking at anything David!" I try to get him away, but he pushes me to the ground. His foot is on my chest.

"Damn wimp! You're going to be so much fun to torture! Hey boys help me here!" Three other boys come forth and drag me away from everyone's sight. His usual spot is behind the school where no one goes to. They all pull out sticks from their bags.

"Let's beat his ass in!" O god

"AHH! Please this hurt. . ." All four boys start to beat me in as blood starts to drip from my head.

"It's suppose to fucking hurt you damn moron. YES! More boys!" Why do they have to be so cruel to one person. What makes me the victim here? I guess I'm such a easy target and I will never say a word in fear that I will not able to survive the onslaught. I keep screaming for pain for the next twenty minutes until the lunch bell goes off and it's time for class. They finally stop. I'm covered in blood and bruises. David kicks me right on my side.

"Go to the damn nurse punk!" The boys laugh as they leave me to rot. I notice my so called girlfriend coming towards. Her name is Nicole. She is my only release from this hell. She is the reason I even get up in the morning.

"O god! Anthony! You need the nurse right away!" She picks me up and takes me to the nurse.

"O my what happened here?" I need to lie so I don't get my ass kicked in again.

"I-I fell off the swing set at recess ma'am." She puts on those beds and washes the blood off.

"Poor kid. . .you need to be more careful." I see Nicole from the distance.

"I gotta go Anthony. I will see you around." She walks away. I notice her with another guy. O come on! What else could go wrong! I rest for a few hours until the forth lunch bell hits. It's time for me to eat. I walk out of the nurses office and Get some lunch. I go to my lonely table I usually sit with Nicole, but she is with that guy I saw earlier. I just sigh.

"Why Nicole. . .why you have to do this to me." I would go to her, but I'm too scared for that. I see kids walking about as I sit there thinking what I should do. You know what I need to get to the bottom of this. I go to Nicole.

"Why are you over here?" Nicole jumped as she saw me. She looks at me as she is holding that guy's hand. I know him. His name is Andrew. He is known as the jock of this school. He is really awesome and positive and stuff. I wish I could be like him.

"There is no easy way to say this. . ." Nicole looks at Andrew.

"I don't need to hear it. I-it's fine. I'm sorry that I'm not Andrew." I try to hold back the tears.

"Look man, I'm sorry that this happened dude."

"It's fine. It was going to happen anyways."

"See this is why I left you! You have no back bone. You need to learn to have a back bone and stand for yourself. You're really sweet and everything, but you're just too soft."

"I'm sorry." The lunch bell rungs.

"I'm sorry, but I have to go. Let's go Andrew."

"Alright sweetie." They walk away from me. I notice a picture on the floor. I pick it up.

"Who is this now?" It's a anime girl with lilac short hair and two D-pads in her hair. She has a bright smile on her face. She is wearing a white hoodie dress and a big 'N' symbol on the zipper. She seems so happy and bright.

"She is really cute. I think I will keep this with me. I need to know just who you are cute anime girl." I put the picture in my pocket and go on with my day. The rest of the day went normal along with another beating just before the buses come. This day just got really shitty. My girlfriend leaves for the jock and I got two beatings, but I found something bright in this dark day. I walk into my bus and pull out the picture again.

'She looks really cute. I seen cute anime girls, but this one is so bright and colorful and adorable. If only you were real. . .' The bus finally gets to my house.

I walk to my house and enter it. I see my mom was here since it's clean, but she isn't here. She must be at her other job. Since my lazy dad will not work, she has to work two jobs just to keep us afloat. I see my dad is playing on his PS3 playing some Disgaea 3. I have a PS2 and have Disgaea 2, which is my favorite game. This is the only thing we have in common. I go downstairs and do my homework. It hurts to just move though. I smell food. I go upstairs to see that he is cooking some steak and cheese noodles. I sneak up and try to steal a piece of steak. Dad catches me in the act.

"The hell are you doing!? I didn't call you for dinner." He grabs me by the hair and throw me against the wall.

"Now get your ass back downstairs punk!" He pushes me downstairs. I put my hand to the wall of the basement so save myself from head trauma. He throws a plate and it breaks as it hits me.

"Make your damn own plate!" I start to cry.

"I'm sorry dad." He runs downstairs and shoves me against the wall.

"OH!? You're crying now? O Boo-hoo cry all you want. It's all your ever good for. Damn it! Can you ever man up!" He punches me repetitively. I keep crying and he hits me harder and harder. This goes on until he decides to get another beer.

"Get the hell out of my sight you damn brat!." He throw me to my room. My body hits the floor and the picture flies towards under my bed.

"No don't go there!" I grab the picture of the cute anime girl.

"I don't want to lose you cute anime girl. You all I have left now." I go and turn on my laptop my mom got me for Christmas I always have to hide within the floor of the basement so my dad don't see it.

"Alright let's turn you buddy and look up this girl." I search on Google in the internet and try my best to search for this girl. I find out that this girl is Neptune from a PS3 game known as Hyper Dimension Neptunia. It's a game about four goddess who are in a console war. I only want to focus on Neptune. So I try to get on the Wiki and see what I can find.

"She has a second form." I see a woman in a black leotard with long braided twin tail style dark lilac hair. She has really big breasts.

"Wow those are huge. No wonder she has such a big fan-base." I take the laptop to my bed since I knew I will be on it all evening. I take a beer from underneath my bed and drink it.

"Stupid dad don't need all those beers. Now let's see what I learn about you Neptune." I found out lots of stuff about her as I watch videos of the game and I even found the anime.

"Ooooo they have a anime?! Yay now I can learn even about this adorable Neptune." I learn that she has a sister name Nepgear. She has really long flowing lilac hair and has one d-pad in her hair. She wears a sailor-like dress that is white that is buttoned up. She wear a sash around her neck with a 'N' on it. She looks older then her, but she is the younger on. That has to be confusing. I learn that they represent game console. Nepgear is the Sega Game Gear. I take my Game Gear out and look at it.

"So she is suppose to be this portable console? That's neat." I learn that Neptune is the canceled Sega Neptune, which was suppose to be a stand alone Sega 32X. They should have done that instead because that thing is garbage. I watch the anime as I learn more about the world known as Gameindustri. It's a magical place with so many fun things to do in it. O how I wish I could go there. It's nighttime now as I hear the door open. It's my angel, mom. She comes downstairs with some steak cut up for me and cheese noodles. I guess dad is passed out.

"Here you go son. How was your day?" I devour the food before me and look up at her.

"It has horrible mommy. Dad was mean to me again and bullies beat me up and Nicole left me for some other guy. It was so horrible mommy!" I cry as the tears fall on my food. My mom gives me a hug. My only time of peace has finally come. I just have to get tortured to get this small amount of time.

"I'm so sorry son. I wish I could make it up to you." She looks at the picture of Neptune.

"Who is that Anthony?" I break a smile.

"This is Neptune mommy! She is this awesome adorable girl that transforms into this super cool goddess and kicks butt! She is just so cool mommy."

"Is she from a video game?"

"Yea mommy, but I don't have a PS3 though." I got really sad.

"How about this. I try my hardest to get you a PS3 and get you that game. What is it called?

"Hyper Dimension Neptunia mommy! You really will get it?!" She chuckles.

"Of course. Anything for see that smile."

"Yay! Your the best mommy!" I give her a big hug. I hear her yawn.

"I will get it for you I promise. I have to get some sleep. Mommy has to work."

"I know." She walks upstairs with my empty plate.

"Sweet dream Anthony." She walks back upstairs. I go back to my computer and drink another beer.

"Ahhhh, now I can watch this anime once more." I fall asleep after getting really dizzy from the two beers I drank. I'm a kid, so it don't take much. I start to dream of Neptune. She comes towards me as we are in the meadow.

"Hey buddy! Let's play a game together."

"A game?" I tilted my head.

"Yea buddy! Hey Nep Jr.! Come and join us!" Nepgear comes towards us.

"Oh is Anthony outside? Hey let's play together."

"O-ok Nepgear." We decide to play some sword fighting with sticks

"Hey you're pretty good buddy." I block her attack.

"I suppose so Neppy, but you're so much better." I block Nepgear's attack.

"That's it Anthony. Just like that." She gives a beaming smile.

"Alright let's keeping playing Neppy Jr.!" She giggles.

"Your so cute when you smile." We keep playing the dream away. This world is so nice and peace. Why can't I escape to this world. I start to hear a voice.

"This boy is meant for great things. You will soon realize what you are meant for. I will be watching you from a far young child."

The voice fades as I finally go on with my dream. Please, something must give. Something good must happen. I can't go on this way. This hell must have a light at the end of the tunnel. Please anyone please heed my voice and save me from my suffering.

Author's Note: Well be shocked here. Now each time a 'wall' is broken down another dark memory will follow. This is part of the story that give Anthony the reason why he is the way he is. I hope this makes the story stand out a bit more. You will a warning if you hate these segments because the chapter before will state that a 'wall' has broken down. I do want to keep these short since they are really dark and messed up. Until the next chapter, thank you for reading and remember to follow and favorite for more.