Title: Ruthie's Descent
Rating: R
Authors: Tiger220, Hoedogg, jbpspbj
Author's Note: This, like our previous work, is a round-robin fic by those good people at TWOP.
Disclaimer: We own nothing.
Chapter 1
The room was quiet, dark, and bare. Ruthie had lost track of how many days it had been. Locked away in this little room, seperated from the rest of the world. They said she was dangerous; a menace to society. A small smile appeared on her face, while a quiet chuckle passed her lips. "I'll show them," she whispered to the shadow on the wall. "I'm just biding my time..."
The shadow was her only friend. It always did what she wanted to do. As she did everyday, Ruthie sat cross-legged on the floor and began to tell her story to her one listener.
"It all started when...my science teacher taught our class about this guy named Charles Darwin. See, Darwin had this theory that people weren't just created and put on earth. He said instead that they were evolved from apes, and that apes were evolved from other stuff, and that everything on earth now had evolved from tiny little organisms in a swamp a long, long time ago. Well, when I came home and told Mom what I had learned about Darwin she went nuts! 'Lies, all lies,' she shrieked at me while I stood there, confused.
"God created all the little people!! Who is your teacher to be feeding you lies!!" And with that she flew out of the kitchen. I knew she was going to see my dad, and the two of them would go "counsel" my teacher. This time tomorrow, my teacher would be singing a different tune and everyone would know that I have the weirdest, worst family ever. Well, not this time. I was tired of every school I go to treating me extra gently so they don't upset my parents. This time I was going to defy my parents at every turn."
Ruthie spastically twitched and convulsed for a minute, and the shadow she was speaking to did the same. Gradually, she regained control of herself, and so did her listener. She continued, "My first act of defiance was to turn on the television and watch the evening news. I had never been allowed to watch it before. My parents had always said the 'real world' was too scary for an eleven-year-old girl.
"As I watched the news, there was a story about a bear escaping from the Glenoak Zoo. It had last been spotted in the same neighborhood as our church. I thought about calling Dad to warn him, but then he would know that I had been watching the news. So I didn't. Instead, I thought of other things I could do to be utterly defiant. For awhile I thought about smoking or drinking, but Mary and Simon had already done that. I'm unique!
When the novelty of the news wore off, I started flipping through the channels. I finally stopped on that Martha Stewart show. She was redecorating an entire house armed with only a Sunday newspaper, left over Christmas wrap, and duct tape. That Martha. She sure is a character. That's when the idea hit me. I'd start by changing my room."
Rating: R
Authors: Tiger220, Hoedogg, jbpspbj
Author's Note: This, like our previous work, is a round-robin fic by those good people at TWOP.
Disclaimer: We own nothing.
Chapter 1
The room was quiet, dark, and bare. Ruthie had lost track of how many days it had been. Locked away in this little room, seperated from the rest of the world. They said she was dangerous; a menace to society. A small smile appeared on her face, while a quiet chuckle passed her lips. "I'll show them," she whispered to the shadow on the wall. "I'm just biding my time..."
The shadow was her only friend. It always did what she wanted to do. As she did everyday, Ruthie sat cross-legged on the floor and began to tell her story to her one listener.
"It all started when...my science teacher taught our class about this guy named Charles Darwin. See, Darwin had this theory that people weren't just created and put on earth. He said instead that they were evolved from apes, and that apes were evolved from other stuff, and that everything on earth now had evolved from tiny little organisms in a swamp a long, long time ago. Well, when I came home and told Mom what I had learned about Darwin she went nuts! 'Lies, all lies,' she shrieked at me while I stood there, confused.
"God created all the little people!! Who is your teacher to be feeding you lies!!" And with that she flew out of the kitchen. I knew she was going to see my dad, and the two of them would go "counsel" my teacher. This time tomorrow, my teacher would be singing a different tune and everyone would know that I have the weirdest, worst family ever. Well, not this time. I was tired of every school I go to treating me extra gently so they don't upset my parents. This time I was going to defy my parents at every turn."
Ruthie spastically twitched and convulsed for a minute, and the shadow she was speaking to did the same. Gradually, she regained control of herself, and so did her listener. She continued, "My first act of defiance was to turn on the television and watch the evening news. I had never been allowed to watch it before. My parents had always said the 'real world' was too scary for an eleven-year-old girl.
"As I watched the news, there was a story about a bear escaping from the Glenoak Zoo. It had last been spotted in the same neighborhood as our church. I thought about calling Dad to warn him, but then he would know that I had been watching the news. So I didn't. Instead, I thought of other things I could do to be utterly defiant. For awhile I thought about smoking or drinking, but Mary and Simon had already done that. I'm unique!
When the novelty of the news wore off, I started flipping through the channels. I finally stopped on that Martha Stewart show. She was redecorating an entire house armed with only a Sunday newspaper, left over Christmas wrap, and duct tape. That Martha. She sure is a character. That's when the idea hit me. I'd start by changing my room."