WARNING!
The following chapter contains graphic torture and child abuse. Reader discretion is advised as it may be triggering.

Credit to TheDarkenedRose for the editting. (Don't say I didn't warn you guys about this chapter...)

Chapter 13 - Unveiling The Truth Part 2

"Daddy, please let me in! I promise I'll be good! Please daddy!" The girl knocked and yelled but no one answered. The snowstorm strike the village and caused the girl to shiver. She knocked again but weaker. The storm grew stronger and the girl fell to the snow, hugged herself for warmth. She wished her mother is here so she could get inside but she left for a mission.

The girl laid in the snow. Her eyes half-opened, her breathing shallow and she stopped shivering. The cold almost froze her consciousness. Then the door opened. A man in his mid 30s stood by the door, looked at her with cold eyes. "Get in," he said with a cold tone and walked in.

She used every strength she had to fight the cold and crawled into the house. She forced herself up and closed the door. She would wanted to use the heater but it was in the living room and her father would probably be there, drinking as usual. So she went to the kitchen.

She quietly pushed the chair to the stove and climbed up. She turned it on to the highest and felt faint heat radiated from it. Her mother always warned her for using the stove without anyone's supervision but her father wouldn't bother watching her for using it and gave her the permission to take the heater.

She turned off the stove and climbed down the chair. She went to the fridge and grabbed some strawberries before she ran up to her bedroom. She silently closed the door and sat at a corner, feasted herself with the berries. She only ate some to satisfy her hunger and kept the remaining in a small box, hid it from anyone's view especially her father.

She decided to sleep and slowly walked to her bed. She covered and wrapped herself with her blanket. She glanced at the door and made sure her father didn't walk in. She rested her head on her pillow and sighed. She stared at the darkness of her room sadly. She whimpered.

"Mommy, where are you...?"

She was excited to know her mother came back. She wanted to wait at the door and greet her but doing so would make her father angry. She waited in her room patiently. As soon as she heard the door opened, she quickly yet quietly made her way down.

As her foot stepped onto the bottom floor, the smile on her face turned downward and she frowned when she heard her father shouted at her mother. She trembled, her knees became weak just from hearing his voice but she toughened herself up and approached the door slowly. She didn't have to place her ear on the door since it was thin and their voices were loud.

"What makes you think I was with someone else?!"

"You probably did it with one of your TEAMMATES!"

She peered through the small gap and met with her father's angry eyes. She quietly gasped and ran upstairs to her room. She closed it and went to the corner, hugged her knees close to her chest and trembled. She didn't hear his voice shouting downstairs which to her, was a bad thing.

She heard hard footsteps climbing up the stairs fast. She looked at the door in fear. The door slammed open and she froze. Her father stood there, holding a stick which was almost as long as a baseball bat. She opened her mouth to force words out of her throat but she choked. He went to her and grabbed her hair, threw her away from the corner and started to hit her with the stick hard.

The only sound she make were cries of pain. She was afraid to beg since it would only anger her father. He hit her mainly on the legs, eventually broke them and her cries got louder. Her cries were heard by her mother.

"Stop it! What're you thinking?!"

Her father stopped hitting her. The girl coughed blood, her legs disoriented and she bit her lips, trying to restrain herself from crying.

"You should teach this little bitch to not eavesdrop!"

"Don't you insult Ruby with that name!"

He grunted and stormed out of the room. She followed him and they bickered again. Ruby wanted to cry badly but her father would come back if he heard her. She let her tears fell on the floor. She thought she could spend time with her mother but those were her only childish dreams. A dream that can never be true.

Every night she couldn't get a good night sleep. Lately, her father went into her room and beaten her up for no reason while she was trying to sleep. She kept staring at the door and expected her father to barge in. Her eyes widened to the thought. She quickly got off her bed and hid under her bed. She always told her mother how she was scared to think that something that was hiding under her bed. Now, she's the one who hid under her own bed.

She looked around and glanced at the door constantly. The darkness of her room scared her but the thought of a monster that would barge in to beat her frightens her. She sometimes wondered why wouldn't he kill her and the thought made her whimper. She closed her eyes and forced herself to sleep.

But her sleep wasn't that long when the door suddenly slammed open and she recognized the feet of her father. She silently gasped and crawled deeper, but she was not quick enough to conceal herself. A pair of cold eyes glared at her and an arm reached out to her. He grabbed her by the ankle and pulled her out forcefully.

"Daddy please! I'm sorry if I-..."

"Shut up you little bitch! I didn't say you can talk!"

He threw her to the floor and started to kick her. She gritted her and kept her voice from screaming. She didn't want to anger him more so she decided to keep quiet. But the sounds were loud enough for her mom to come.

"That's enough!" she yelled and pulled him away. He narrowed his eyes to her and left the room. She huffed and turned her attention to her daughter.

"Ruby! Oh Ruby, what was he thinking...?" She brushed away her hair from her face and kissed her forehead. Ruby buried her face into her chest and cried, longing for the warmth of her mother. Summer frowned and hugged her tightly. Tears fell from her eyes and she had no intention to wipe them away.

Ruby sighed. Her mother had left for yet another mission. She stayed inside her room for the whole day. She wondered what kind of torture would her father give this time. She waited to be hit. She waited for her limbs to be broken.

Then the door opened. She looked up at her father with tired eyes. She didn't notice the rope her father was holding. She didn't realize a knife cutting her skin until she felt something stings. She trembled and looked at her arms. Fresh cuts bled out and she was dragged out of the house.

He dragged her to the forest and tied her up to a tree. He made sure the knot was tight and he left her alone. "D-dad?"

He was far enough from her to hear. She looked around in fear. She heard howls of the Beowolves that resides the forest drawing near. She trembled. The Grimm would smell the blood from the cuts her father made. She struggled to be released but the knot was tight and the cuts made it worse as she cried in pain.

The bushes rustled and Beowolves crawled out. She gasped. Her eyes widened in fear. An alpha crawled closer to her, sniffing her and licked the blood from her body. The wet surface of the creature's tongue made her shudder and added pain. She was too weak to call for help but even if she could, the Grimm would be startled and eat her instantly.

The alpha cut off the ropes with its claws and Ruby fell flat on her stomach. The snow slowly covered by her blood. She looked at the alpha in fear and started to crawl away from it. She glanced back, expecting them to give chase, but the Beowolves didn't chase her. They stared at her as she crawled away and soon walked away when Ruby got far enough from them.

She got up and made a run for her home. She ignored the blood that dripped out from her wound. She didn't care if the blood would attract Grimm. She just wanted to get home.

She thought she could sneak past her father. She thought she could have the comfort of her bed and the darkness of her room. She forgot her father always know where she is.

"Why the hell did you come back?!"

His fingers wrapped around her neck tight, blocking air from entering her lungs. Ruby tried to loosen his grip but she grew weak.

"D-dad...dy... P-plea...se..." she choked out words that he wouldn't listen. Her skin turned pale and tears fell from her eyes. Her vision blurred. Her conscious slowly fade. Her ears caught a door slammed open. She was suddenly dropped to the floor. She coughed hard.

"Why are you treating her like that?!" Her mother yelled. Ruby looked up. Her vision got clearer. Then, she gasped. Her father slapped her mother hard. Her left cheek was bright red. Her eyes widened.

Ruby quickly crawled away into the kitchen and slide the door close but left a small gap for her to see. Summer gritted her teeth and took out her scythe, pointed at him. He backed away. Ruby trembled and so did her mother. There was no way she could kill a person.

"What're you waiting for?! Kill me bitch!"

Summer flinched. Her hands trembled. She pulled her scythe away and rushed out of the house. He huffed and walked into the living room. Ruby backed away from the door and hugged her knees. She can't believe her mother left her again. Why wouldn't she bring her along? She didn't want to stay with her father anymore.

Summer never came back since then. Her only source of warmth didn't return. Ruby couldn't think straight. She went to the kitchen one night and grabbed the largest knife at the knife rack. She brought it back to her room. She only cut the mattress of her bed but later on she started to make cuts on herself.

"Why did mommy have to go? Why did mommy leave me?"

There was no way someone would hear her, especially her father. He was the one that made her mother leave. He even brought back another woman to her home. She knew he never loved her mother. She knew he wanted her mother to leave the house. He wanted that so he could torture her all over again. But bringing back a woman other than her mother is unforgivable.

She opened the door and went down the stairs. Her father would be in the living room. She gripped onto the knife tight. She ignored the cuts that started to sting on her skin. She slid open the door. Her father was watching the television. She slowly walked to him, oblivious to her presence. She raised the knife high and stabbed his neck.

She quickly pulled out when he fell. He held the wound and glared at the girl, but her cold, heartless eyes frightened him. She grinned. A grin that was all too familiar to him when he tortured her. Ruby went to him and stabbed his chest. She did this a few times before she cut open his head and cut off his jaw. His blood covered her face and clothes.

"What. Have. You. Done?!"

She turned to the woman that tried to replace her mother. Her cold, heartless eyes frightened her as well. Ruby grinned and rushed to her, slashed her legs. The woman screamed and fell on her back. The girl got on top of her and stabbed her chest. She cut open her head and her jaw off in the same way as her father.

She smiled happily on her work and didn't let go of the knife. Her smile widened and walked out of the house. She started to giggle with a wish for more people to be slaughtered.

I cupped my mouth and cried. I couldn't believe I cried over a kid's drawing. But this drawing... it's about Ruby's life. I almost felt like I was her, having to go through the tortures her father gave her, locked in her house and unable to experience childhood like other kids while other kids ran around and played, being happy with their family and friends. Ruby was locked in her own house and bared the pain her father inflicted on her.

I stole a glance to Weiss and Blake. Both of them seemed to shed tears as well, finally understanding what the drawings tried to tell us. We huddled together, none of us had anything to say, including me. We were completely speechless and overwhelmed by the past we unveiled. I rearranged the drawings according to the pages and got up, put the drawings on the drawer. Ruby's pain and sorrow lingered in my mind, feeling like I was the one that was abused.

"Very sad, isn't it?" Alicia asked. I turned to her but I didn't answer. I sighed, unable to say anything. She held onto the door handle. "The lock was on the outside so that her father can lock her in. She was once locked in here without food and water. Since then, she smuggled food into her room and kept them for such occasions."

My eyes widened and my lips trembled. I heard Weiss gasped. Alicia sighed and looked down. Blake remained speechless.

My scroll suddenly vibrated in my pocket and took it out. I quickly answered it when I saw the name Ruby Rose on the screen. "Ruby, what's wrong?!"

"Y-Yang... H...elp...me..." I heard unfamiliar voices at the back and the call broke off.

I gritted my teeth and shoved my scroll into my pocket. "We have to go now!"