The Newest Salvatore
She was awakened by the small alarm clock next to her head. Turning it off, she sighed, knowing that yet another day was about to begin. She got onto her feet feeling tired and achy. It was cold, and she wondered if she dared ask for another blanket. The only one she currently had served both as mattress and covers, and the cold seeped through the floorboards and into her bones.
It was 5.30am, and she silently got dressed and prepared for the long day ahead. She tiptoed into the kitchen at 6am, and started preparing lunches for the girls to take with them to school. By 6.30, should could hear the rest of the household stirring, getting up slowly, safe in the knowledge that a hot breakfast would be waiting for them.
Sure enough, by 7am, the family were sat at the austere wooden table in the dining room, waiting for their breakfast to be brought to them. 'Hurry up!' came a harsh shout in her direction. She began to carry the plates through, her small arms burning against the scolding porcelain. The family required the plates to be warm when served to them. By the time she'd made a few trips back and forth from the kitchen with all the food, the complaints had started. 'Come here.' Snapped the woman and grabbed her by the arm, pulling her towards her. She pointed accusingly at the food. 'You dare to serve us the same breakfast again this week.' The girl began to shake and replied quietly, 'but I asked yesterday if you wanted something different you said…' before she was stopped by a stinging slap across her face. 'Do not answer back.' Said the woman. 'Get out.' She thrust the small girl away from her, and she scrambled back into the relative warmth of the kitchen, cradling her already bruised cheek and split lip.
She looked up at the leftover food around the kitchen that she was yet to tidy away. Dare she sneak some for herself? She was so very hungry, and it had been so long since she was last permitted to eat. She reached tentatively towards a single bread roll. Just as her fingers closed around it, she was horrified to see the woman standing in the doorway. 'How dare you' seethed the woman. 'You dare steal from me, after all I've done for you.' If the girl wasn't so frightened, she'd had laughed at the irony. 'Get out.' Shouted the woman. The girl hesitated, just for second. It was enough time for the woman to grab and empty glass bottle and throw it at her. The bottle impacted with the girls head, and her vision exploded into a world of white and stars. The woman leaned over her, 'you need to leave. If I ever catch you near my house again, I will kill you' she whispered. The girl pulled herself onto her feet, not able to see where she was going through the blood pouring down her face, and stumbled to the back door in the kitchen. From there, she traipsed through the snow, her feet so numb from the cold that she couldn't feel them anymore.
She walked for what felt like hours, seeing the trail of blood follow her through the snow. She wasn't sure where she was anymore, and eventually, overcome with exhaustion, she sunk down into the snow against a tree, and quickly let unconsciousness take over her frail body.
The first chapter of new fanfiction. Who will find her in the woods? How did she end up in the situation? Please leave a review! SEG21 x