Corrupt Love

Chapter One - A Happy Family and Even Happier Dreams

*Thanks so much for clicking my story!! I hope you stay and find it interesting, and stick around cause it gets better as we go on* 😘

"Hurry up! Do you have your bags?" My mom yelled at me from the sidewalk.

"Yes," I replied trying to not to give off the 'attitude' that set her off.

She had been rushing me for the past two hours and I was getting quite tired of it. My mother had enrolled me in some private school for "smart kids" as she put it. I don't know why. I've told her I don't like being around people, and she hasn't even wanted me around people either up until a few months ago. Now I have to be around a bunch of snotty ones with money. And now because she decided to head off last minute I get to deal with this.

I threw my suitcase in the trunk, ignoring the annoyed tapping of her foot, "Is that all? Your just bringing one bag? This is going to be your residence for the next year, " She lectured me. I don't know what she wanted from me, I couldn't bring much if I didn't own much.

I opened the passenger seat door, "Yes," I sat in the car, pulled up my face mask, pulled down my headphones, and shut the door.

My mother started messing with my hair, I couldn't hear her but she was probably complaining about how it looked. I liked my hair; I liked the half black half teal color, I liked how it covered most of my eyes, and I'd like it better if she would just leave me alone. I was usually free from her screwing up my hair because with our height difference it was more of a hassle to reach my head. I was never left in peace in this world.

It was all happening so fast, and I didn't even know the name of this school.

After a few minutes of her readjusting my person she finally started the car, I stared out the window as I usually did. The school was over an hour away, I was told, so this would take a bit. I closed my eyes and relaxed to the pounding of the base drums in my music.

She had started caring about me over the Summer. Suddenly wanting the best for me and acting like a good parent. If you weren't apart of our family you'd think we were normal and happy. Acting was something we had all picked up. Truth was my mother was abusive and dismissive, my brother was never home, our father had left some time ago, and me...well I was a monster.

I don't know why she suddenly wanted to send me off to some elite school that I didn't even know we could afford. Come to think of it, it was probably for the dorms. To get rid of me for a year. I didn't mind, it's not like I wanted to be here as much as she wanted me here.

About ten minutes into the drive I began drifting to sleep, eventually mesmerized by the scenery speeding by. I liked long drives, maybe I could get my license soon. The last thing I thought of before my eyes closed and my brain shut down was being able to drive away from any and all of my problems when I pleased. If only it was that easy.

------------------------------------------------------------------
I was in an empty parking lot. It went on forever, no buildings, no cars, just trash and faded parking lines. There was also a shadow. It had no defined shape, just a blob of darkness that had been circling me for some time. It was pretty chill here, I left it alone, it left me alone. Hours and hours of silence it felt like, just the shadow circling around me. Around, around, around, and around. I probably would've gotten dizzy by now if I wasn't as focused on the cloud. Did I not mention the sky was red? Well it was, like, hell froze over red. There was a cloud I was particularly interested in. It looked like a heart and hadn't been floating on like the rest of them.

Now it was though, closer and closer to me, straight down. I reached out for it. It was a few feet away from my fingertips, I just wanted a sample of what it felt like. Closer it got until it was just there, just at my grasp, I was going to do it I was going to-

Everything stopped. The other clouds went motionless, and the shadow had stopped circling. Then heart cloud split it two, instead of the soft and comforting feeling I wanted I got this thick, black goo. The chilling substance ran down my arm, all I could do was watch. I was waiting for it to consume me, for the goo to spread over my body and make me disappear.

I guess the world wasn't done with me though because now everything was vibrating. The shadow began approaching me for the first time since I've been here. The shaking got more violent and everything began getting blurry. The shadow sprinted at me, it took hold of my shoulders with its newly formed hands. My heart began to pound as it gripped tighter and the ground felt like it was about to split in two. My stomach tightened,there was no escape. What the hell was happening??

With a flash of light, I was back in the passenger seat of my mother's car. The earth was still again, there was no wisp figure choking me, and the sky was its normal light blue. The only thing that remained from my dream was the cramps in my stomach.

"It's about time, I thought you were dead!" I guess my mother had been shaking me, I couldn't tell if she was genuinely worried or getting progressively irritated.

I guess my headphones had powered off at some point too because they were no longer making any sound. I hung them around my neck and opened the car door, I needed fresh air.

"My bad, I was having a good dream," I apologized so hopefully she'd calm down. Good was an absolute fucking lie. Whatever that was it felt like I had just died.

"What kind of dream?" She asked as she locked the car doors and popped the trunk open.

The images of the hell red sky and clouds leaking black goo crossed my mind. But I why would I tell her that? My legs felt weak, I was dizzy, and still trying to process. It had happened so quick yet so slow. But for the sake of not raising suspicion I played it for as if I had had a normal nap.

"I don't remember... It's already gone. Sorry," I took the singular suitcase from her. Only I did remember, in horrid detail.

"Oh well, come on now you don't want to be late to orientation."

Until she had said something I hadn't even realized where we were. My brain had been so preoccupied I forgot we had gone somewhere. It seemed we had arrived at my new, big, and fancy private school for smart kids.

This would most likely be the make or break of me, one of which would be harder than the other. I couldn't tell if it was going to be better or worse than public schools. But there was one speck of hope, this was a fresh start. I could be a new person...Astrix October 2.0.