A/N hey everyone! I'm back with another story. I've been having writer's block for my other story 'Sweet Scent' but I tend to finish that fanfic. Hope you like this one and please review!
Summery: AU. Kory Anders was a very cheerful and classy 16 year old. But, they took everything away from her. Her friends, her family. Even her life. Now at 21, she seeks revenge. She won't stop until she gets it. She finds comfort in the person she'd least expect to get help from. RichKor
Crimson Blade
Chapter: 1
Distant Memories
By: xStarfirex
A red haired girl was running in the rain. Her clothes were damp with tears in it. She was panting. She hid behind the nearest tree and looked back. There stood a mansion. Through the windows she could see a long blade rise up in the air. And in a quick split second, the blade lowered quickly and a loud scream can be heard.
'Why are they doing this? Why are they taking everything I've worked hard for? My friends, my family, it's all gone. So is my home…' she thought as she watched her family being killed right before her very eyes.
She awoke as she sat up in bed. Sweat was running down her face. She was panting. She looked out the window and found that the sun hasn't risen yet. She looked at her clock and it read 6:00. She let out a long sigh and forced herself out of bed even though she wanted to go back to sleep.
Her name was Kory Anders. She witnessed the murder of her family and friends when she was only 16. Five years have passed since that unspeakable crime. She hasn't spoken her true feelings to anyone ever since. She was smart, carefree, always cheerful, classy, emotional, and very open to everyone when she was 16. She was well known at her school and everyone wanted to be her friend. But now, she's mysterious, secretive, quiet, not very emotional, not very classy, and most of all family and friendless. She hardly smiles, has any friends, and her home is in a two bedroom apartment near her university. Yet she maintains her A grades. She wants to leave Jump City and escape her awful memories. But to do that, she'll need money. She has to earn it this time. There's no more rich family there to support her studies. She plans to graduate, like her mother wanted, find a job out of town, and leave her memories a distant thing of the past. But wherever she goes, she can't help but remember the good times in high school, where she was once happy in the place she loved calling her home.
"Kory Anders, what is your answer for the equation number 47?" asked Kory's algebra professor.
"The answer is E equals 507 meters square," Kory answered.
"Very good."
She looked around her classroom (A/N I think that's what they call it in college) and saw her fellow piers pass notes. She suddenly remembered she and her friends used to pass notes during journalism class in high school. She sighed.
"Can you stop sighing all the time, Anders? It's getting annoying," whispered a blonde sitting behind her.
"Sorry, Summer," she said not bothering to turn around. She heard her giggle with someone. Must be her new rich boyfriend, Richard Grayson. Summer Skylark and Richard Grayson were the popular couple at Kory's college. Mainly because they were rich. Summer's the heiress to the famous Skylark hotel chain while Richard was the heir to the famous Wayne Enterprises. They had a smooth life. Summer had shoulder length layered blonde hair and blue eyes, Richard has jet black spiky hair with blue eyes. They were more different than they both thought, Summer was all looks no brain, she was so dumb she would get an F on all her tests, but since she was rich, her dad paid her teacher to pass her to the next grade. Losers. Richard, on the other hand, was very smart. He was a straight A student just like Kory.
"Don't listen to Skylark and Grayson, they're just snobs," Kory's best friend, Raven said. They had a lot in common. For one thing, they were both mysterious, and secretive. They even kept secrets from each other without the other knowing.
"Ok," Kory said, not really meaning it.
The bell rang and all the students at Jump City University exited the school. School was finally over for the day. Summer and Richard walked outside hand in hand so that the whole school could see they were officially a couple.
"Raven! Raven!" yelled a boy about the same age. He had green hair and green eyes.
"Let's go," said Raven, dragging Kory outside.
"Isn't that Garfield Logan? He's in biology class with us right?" Kory questioned, "What does he want with you?"
"Nothing, just keep moving."
Since there were so many students, Raven escaped from Garfield.
"Why were you hiding from him?" Kory asked as soon as they got outside.
"Nothing. I have to go back in and study for an exam in the library, I'll see you tomorrow," and with that Raven carefully went back inside.
'Finally, Saturday tomorrow, but like I have anything fun to do. Fun? What is fun?' Kory quietly thought to herself. But, she wasn't paying close attention to where she was walking and she snapped back to reality as she realized she was falling because some popular snob tripped her. But no ordinary snob, it was Summer. That evil witch. Kory fell hard on the floor. Her books fell out of her hand. A red scar appeared on her face as it started bleeding.
Richard saw the whole thing. He saw his girlfriend put her leg back to trip Kory. He immediately rushed to Kory and helped her get up and gather her books.
'She looks so innocent, I wonder why she's always so quiet,' Richard thought to himself as he picked up her books. Kory grabbed her books from his hand.
"Thanks," she said in such a low voice, Richard could hardly hear, and ran off.
Richard slowly got up as he watched her walk away, without so much as an introduction even though they know each other's names because they were in the same classes.
"Honey? Honey? HONEY!" Summer yelled to get Richard's attention.
"Huh? yeah?" he finally answered.
"Why did you pick up Anders's books?" she asked.
"Because it seemed like a nice thing to do." All their other popular so-called 'friends' started laughing. All except his best friend, Victor Stone. Victor Stone is a tall African-American guy who's the best basketball player their school has ever seen.
The laughing died when Summer raised up her hand.
"Nice? You thought that was nice? My reputation is on the line here! My boyfriend just helped a non popular girl? That's improbable! But I forgive you," she said smiling an 'innocent' smile, "Just don't do it again, ok?"
"……Alright," he said not really meaning it.
"Hey, Richard, you're coming to my basketball game tomorrow right?" asked Victor.
"Yes, you have to come, you have to see me cheer!" said Summer.
"Yeah, I'll be there," Richard said.
"Hey, why don't you ever go for sports? I wanna cheer you on for one of your games! I am the head cheerleader after all," Summer bragged.
"Sports isn't really my thing," he said.
"Well, why isn't it?"
"I don't know actually. Before my father died, we used to play badminton at our court, he would let me win of course. I was only seven at the time though."
"Ok, well, we better get going, we have to study for our exam on Monday," Summer said and dragged Richard out of the campus grounds.
"Where are we going? The library is the other way," Richard said.
"I know," Summer said.
"I thought we were going to study."
"Studying is for losers, we're going to have some fun. We're going to a club."
Kory
Kory got home and went into her 'gym'. She stayed in there for about a two hours before she decided she was tired and stopped. She got out her books and started studying. About an hour and a half into the study time, she felt like she studied enough and needed fresh air. She put on her coat and went for a walk. She suddenly found herself on the boardwalk. The beach was near where she lived. She saw a periscope and decided to look through it. In a distant, she saw dolphins jump, people speedboating, people surfing, and people jet-skiing. They look happy. Oh howbadly shewanted to be as happy as them.
She stared out onto the ocean, letting her mind wander to whatever popped into herhead first.
Flashback
16 year old Kory was sitting on a chair in the funeral home. All her relatives came to say their final goodbyes to the Anders family. She got up and went to the bathroom. On her way back, she overheard a conversation among her aunts and uncles.
"Take care of Kory will you?" asked one of her uncles.
"Why me? I'm already supporting three kids," said one of her aunts.
"Well, I can't take her, I'm always away on business, who knows what she might do while I'm gone?" said another uncle.
"I can't take her, she might be trouble," complained an aunt.
"Not my responsibility, me and my husband are planning to have children, we can't have a teenager get in the way," said another aunt.
"She's not mine, I have enough problems with my own daughter, I don't need another," complained an uncle.
"Can't her grandfather take her?" asked an annoyed aunt.
"Her grandfather lives in a retirement home," said an uncle.
Tears started to form in Kory's eyes.
"NO ONE HAS TO TAKE ME IN! I CAN LIVE ON MY OWN!" Kory screamed and ran to the bathroom. She stayed in there for quite a while as she cried her heart out. No one came to comfort her.
She washed her face and went back to the room where her mom and dad were. Everyone had left and she was there alone.
"What am I gonna do?" she asked out loud not hoping for a response.
End Flasback
Kory quietly sobbed. A single tear made its way to her cheek. Soon, more tears came. A gust of wind had come. It blew her hair out of her face as her red hair danced in the wind.
Out of the corner of her eye, she saw a vaguely familiar figure. She turned her head and he was looking straight at her with a worried look.
To be continued…
A/N that was kinda short. did you figure out who that figure was? If you didn't, wait for the next chapter. Hope you liked this first chapter of my new story. Now you know what you gotta do, that's right, time to review! Was it good? Bad? Exceptional? Tell me cuz I gotta know!
xStarfirex
