Welcome to the next chapter! I'm at a livestock judging camp at A&M! It's pretty fun other then the reasons! Well I'm trying something new this chapter! I'm starting it during Erzas nightmare but in her POV! So let's see how this works!
Erza's POV
"Mommy!" A younger me smiled. I'm nine years old in this. I watched as the younger me and my mom walked hand in hand towards the park. I remember going to the park when I was little.
"Mommy! Can we get icecream?!" She cheered "What a great idea!" Wait. She never let me get icecream. No. Not this day. She let go of the younger mine's hand and the younger me started freaking out. Oh yeah. I remember that. I HAD to be holding someone's hand.
After they got icecream I was suddenly in the little girl's view which is nothing.
"Honey I will be right back. Stay here." Mommy said to me, pushing me down making me sit on the curve. "Where are you going Mommy?" I asked as she let go of my hand. "Somewhere." "When will you be back?" "I don't know." "Wait! Are you leaving me here!?" "Sorry Honey but I have to leave." "No! Mommy!"
"SHUT UP!" She screamed. "M-Mommy?" "JUST SHUT UP! YOU ARE THE WORST DAUGHTER IN THE WORLD! TODAY WAS HORRIBLE! I HAD TO ACT LIKE I LOVED YOU! I DON'T. I WONT EVER. THAT'S THAT. SO YOU JUST SHUT UP AND SIT THERE LIKE A GOOD CHILD! SOMEONE WILL FIND YOU!" She lashed out. I felt tears pour from my eyes.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" I ran forward. I don't know where I'm going but I will find her. "MOM! DON'T LEAVE ME! MOM! PLEASE! MOM! WHERE ARE YOU!?"
"MOM! Mom! Mom! Ple-ease don't lea-leave me-e" I felt something grab me. 'This is different. Why is it changing?' "LET GO OF ME! WHERE IS MY MOM!? I HAVE TO FIND HER! LET GO!"
"Erza...calm down. It's just me. It's Jellal." "WHO ARE YOU!? GO AWAY! LET GO! DON'T HURT ME! PLEASE!" I started with a fierce tone then it changed to crying and begging. "PL-Please...don't hurt me..." i started sobbing. I felt someone pull me into their lap and start stroking the back of my head.
"Erza...it's okay. Everything is okay. You are fine. You will be fine. I promise. I'll protect you. It's okay." I put my hands on whoever saved me and started crying.
I bawled my eyes out. I just cried and cried."I-It was a dream?" They stroked the back of my head still and hugged me.
"It's okay Erza." I relaxed into his arms and let my remaining tears fall. I sat up and hugged him. It's Jellal.
"Th-Thanks..." I mumbled into his shoulder. He just stroked the back of my head. I sat up and accidentally touched his face. "A-Are you bleeding?!" "Ye-Yeah. My lip and nose." "HOW!?" "Nothing." "How?!" "It doesn't matter." "Yes it does!" "Fine! When you were freaking out you hit my nose then lip. My nose started bleeding and you busted my lip. But it's fine." He said. I hurt him? I brought my hand up to his lip and touched his swollen lip. He flinched a bit.
"Ow." He mumbled "S-Sorry!" I yanked my hand back. Then i slowly brought it back up to his bleeding nose."I-I'm sorry. " I muttered.
"Erza. Can you tell me what your dream was about?" He asked. "I-I...n-no." I faced down. I'm trembling. "That's okay. Well I'm going to go back to sleep." He said getting up.
I heard him start to walk away. I quickly grabbed his hand. I started crying. "D-Don't g-go." I choked out. "Erza...we need to go to sleep..."
"D-Don't g-go!" I said louder this time "I-I...I-I'm sc-cared t-to sleep. J-Jellal." I cried harder this time. I felt two warm arms hug me. "I won't go. I...promise" He kissed the top of my forehead!? Th-That's what she would do. Then he picked me up.
He took me somewhere. He laid me on a bed. So my room? He put my stuffed animal in my arms and then got in the bed next to me. "Je-Jel-lal. I-I'm scared to sl-sleep" I mumbled. I felt him scootch closer to me and wrap his arms around me. he pulled my face into his chest and hugged me. I relaxed into his arms and said "Th-Thanks. Y-You h-help me so m-much" in a tired voice.
He just hugged me tighter. I relaxed into his arms but I'm still trembling. I still have tears lining my eyes. I pressed myself closer to Jellal as if he could protect me from my own memories.
A/N I should be writing my reasons but who cares. Maybe the judge for the competition i'm in... CRAP IT STARTS IN FIVE MINUTES!
I finally fell asleep and awoke soon after in a cold sweat. My dream it was the same dream. It was what happened after that. I went to wipe my hair out of my face but noticed I was crying. Then I realized I'm still in Jellal's arms.
I started crying more and hugged Jellal. He stirred a bit but didn't awake. Then a flash of the image of my mom hitting me. I started crying harder. I squeezed him harder. He started to move.
"Uuuuuhhh...what time is it?" He yawned. "Er-Erza? What's wrong?" He asked worriedly. I just buried my face in his stomach. I don't know how I got so low down but my face is in his stomach. He's actually quite muscular. But that doesn't even matter.
I wrapped my arms around him more and snuggles closer to him, if that's even possible. "Er-Erza? What's wrong?" I just squeezed my eyes tighter and hugged him.
Jellal's POV
"Uuuuuhhh...what time is it?" I yawned. I looked down to see Erza attached to me. "Er-Erza? What's wrong?" I asked worriedly. She just buried her face in my stomach.
She hugged me tighter. "Er-Erza? What's wrong?" "Erza. What's wrong?" "I-It's j-just another dr-dream." She let a couple tears fall. "Erza. I'm here. Just talk to me. I can't help you if you don't tell me. Let's go out to the kitchen and get something to drink. I want you to talk to me. I want to help you."
I tried getting up but she squeezed tighter. "Erza I can't get up if you hold on to me. Let go" she quickly shook her head. "I-I don't want to talk about it." I sighed and grabbed her wrists from behind my back. I peeled her off of me and put her in my arms bridal style. She threw her arms around my neck.
I went out to the kitchen to make tea. "Erza let go. I need to make the tea." She shook her head again. I sighed again and let go of her. She stayed up. Hmm? Whatever.
I started to make the tea and after 20ish minutes it was ready I poured two glasses and brought her to the couch. I set her down and she snuggled into my side. I handed her a cup of tea. "Now, Erza, tell me what's going on." "I-I...W-well when I was li-little my p-parents divorced. My father left and died soon after. My mom started to...h-hit me. All the time. Then I got sick and went blind. I was so scared and felt so alone in the world I had to be holding onto someone. But one day she left me. In the park. And didn't come back. I waited. And waited. Then I went to look for her. I-I was hit by a car and ended up with Natalie"
No ones POV
But the truth about why Erza's mother made her go through all of that. No one knows. And no one should ever know. It's a secret locked deep away.
The actual memory. Not the dream.
A young girl walked hand in hand with her mom. Her mom a put on a fake smile even though the girl could not see it.
"Mommy!" The young girl squealed.
"Mommy! Can we get icecream?!" She cheered "What a great idea!" The mom with her long Scarlet hair smiled. She let go of the younger girl's hand and the young girl started out. "Calm down Erza. I'm right here."
"Hello what would you like today, miss?" The man said looking down at his paper he looked up "Oh! Eileen! Nice to see you again! How's it been with Erza?" "Hi Jaxon! Okay. How are you and Natalie? I heard a certain someone is pregnant" "Oh yeah...We are having another kid. Lesly and Andrew are pretty excited. Lesly just turned 3 and Andrew is 4. Lesly really wants to be a big sister. But they're sad since we're moving soon." "Adorable! Well I have to get going. We want one vanilla and one strawberry." "Okay!" After a minute he gave her the icecreams. "It was nice catching up with you!" Eileen waved "Right back at'cha"
Eileen gave the strawberry icecream to her daughter and they walked around the park for a little bit. Erza was holding on to her mother's hand tightly scared that if she lets go she will be lost in her dark world. They were talking and laughing. Playing games and just having a good time.
Eileen looked at the time on her watch and frowned. She looked at her daughter in sympathy. 'I guess it's time.'
"Honey I will be right back. Stay here." Eileen said pushing the girl down making her sit on the curve. "Where are you going Mommy?" She asked as she let go of her hand. "Somewhere." "When will you be back?" "I don't know." "Wait! Are you leaving me here!?" "Sorry Honey but I have to leave." "No! Mommy!"
"SHUT UP!" She screamed. "M-Mommy?" "JUST SHUT UP! YOU ARE THE WORST DAUGHTER IN THE WORLD! TODAY WAS HORRIBLE! I HAD TO ACT LIKE I LOVED YOU! I DON'T. I WONT EVER. THAT'S THAT. SO YOU JUST SHUT UP AND SIT THERE LIKE A GOOD CHILD! SOMEONE WILL FIND YOU!" She lashed out. Erza started crying.
Eileen turned away. She walked off. She left her daughter there.
"NOOOOOOOOOOO!" Erza ran around the curve but got no where. "MOM! DON'T LEAVE ME! MOM! PLEASE! MOM! WHERE ARE YOU!?" She started crying more. She found the curve and collapsed to the ground and started crying.
"MOM! Mom! Mom! Ple-ease don't lea-leave me-e" she cried into her palms. "Sh-She will be back soon" Erza sniffed. The day went on and on. Eileen hadn't gone to Erza.
With Eileen.
She walked back towards the park. It was evening now. The sun has almost completely disappeared. She looked at the curve where she left Erza. 'She's still sitting there. I thought someone would come along and get her.' Eileen felt kinda bad for the innocent little girl in front of her. But she had to leave her.
Eileen walked up to the curve and placed a small bag of food water and other things in Erzas lap. "Huh?" Eileen kissed Erza's forehead. "Goodbye." Eileen said and walked across the street as a tear rolled down her cheek.
"Wait! MOMMY!" Erza ran out into the street. Eileen was already across. She looked back just in time to see Erza be hit by a big eighteen wheeler. The scream that came from Erzas mouth rang in her ears.
"EERRRZZZ-" Eileen started to run out into the street but her mouth was covered and she was pulled back. She tried escaping but the man whispered "We made a deal." And dragged the kicking and screaming Eileen away.
End of Flashback
I'm actually really proud of this chapter! 1911 words not including my two author notes! If you don't like the way I wrote this(like how I repeated stuff but in two different POVs) please tell me! Because I like it and was planning on doing it some! Well that's it for today! Byeezzz!
I kinda wonder if people still read this. I don't get comments anymore. I know votes are good by I look forward to the comments people leave. It makes me happy reading all the comments. But I haven't gotten any lately. I get more on I need to start updating this on there. I only have the first three chapters.