A Living Hell
Disclaimer: I don't Escaflowne but I wish I did. I do own this story and any characters I make up.
Chapter 1: The Nightmare gets Worse
Setsuna sat curled up in the dark corner of her bedroom. It was the only place she felt truly safe. Ever since her mother killed herself a year ago, her father had become an abusive alcoholic and her older brother Takato became a drug addict. It was how they eased their pain. For Setsuna, her life had become a living hell. Whenever her father had gotten himself drunk, he would start up arguments then begin to beat her. Her brother would just stand there and do nothing but laugh. At times, her own father would even threaten to kill her if she went to the authorities such as the police or children's aid.
Setsuna had locked herself in her room. She didn't want to leave it. She feared her father would attack her and she didn't want anymore bruises, she had enough in her opinion. Every part of her body throbbed with pain. She wished she could just die rather than constantly suffer at the hands of her father.
Her messy blond hair covered her face as she sat on the floor rocking herself back and forth, clutching onto her golden locket around her neck. Inside of the locket there was a photo of her mother whom she had loved so dearly. She covered her ears. She could hear her father trying to get into her room again. The pounding grew louder and louder. It echoed through her head. She then realized she couldn't take it anymore. She opened her bedroom window and climbed down the side of her house. When she made it to the ground, she ran for dear life through the pouring rain not even daring to look back. Within minutes, her blue sailor style school uniform was soaked with both the rain and her tears.
When she felt like she could run no more, she sat down on a nearby bench and clutched the locket again. "Stupid bitch!" She yelled looking at the picture of her mother. "Why . . . why did you have to go and kill yourself?" She sobbed. "You've made my life a living hell since you died!"
The rain began to pour down harder. Why does my life have to be so hard? I wish I was dead! That way I wouldn't have to suffer like this . . . What did I do to deserve this? Setsuna wondered in silence. Her stream of thoughts were interrupted by the sounds of thunder and the flashes of lightning. She prayed that she would get struck by a bolt of lightning and die. Weakly, she stood up and walked out into the open field. She shut her royal blue eyes and waited to die. She waited and waited, but nothing happened.
"Why won't you kill me!" she yelled in frustration up at the dark and gloomy sky. She fell to her knees now crying uncontrollably. Suddenly her body seemed to lose its gravity. She opened her eyes and could see nothing but a bright light surrounding her. Am I dead? She asked herself.
Setsuna soon found herself falling. Huh? What's happening? She wondered full of fear. She then let out a scream of fear when she could see the ground below her get closer. She fell until she landed in the arms of a boy about her age with short silver hair and blood red eyes. He looked at her both confused and angry then threw her to the ground.
Setsuna looked up at him terrified. First of all, he was obviously stronger than her and on his pants buckle was a sword. Where the fuck am I? She wondered sitting on the hard forest floor terrified at the boy in front of her.
Hm, what shall I do with her? He thought angrily. I'll have her thrown in the in the dungeon back the Vione and let Folken deal with her. And maybe if I'm lucky, he'll let me toucher her. He thought with an evil grin. "Gatti! Chesta! Take her back to the Vione and throw her in the dungeon for trespassing on Zaibach territory!"He barked.
Normally Setsuna would have gotten up and ran away but her legs throbbed with so much pain that it made her faint.
A/N: I am re-posting all of my chapters because I've notice quiet a few grammatical and spelling errors that need to be fixed.
