Ziva_David_Ncis
15th Jun 2011, 9:15 PM
Hello! Ive had a few ideas for a story floating around in my head for awhile now, so here it is! I think it'll be a few chapters long, and I'll probably post the first 2 chapters straight away. :D Enjoy.
This story will have some dark tones, involving mental illness, etc. But it is not solely based on that. So if you would find this upsetting, please don't read it as I do not want to offend! <3
Chapter 1 / brief introduction.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/1stpic.jpg
I never thought I'd ever live with my father again, after witnessing so many arguments between him and my mother, I began to kindle a resentment deep within me. But now I have no choice, my mothers dead, and my father is my last chance at living a normal life. My names Aurora Caine and this is my story...
My mother was a kind and beautiful woman, and always tried her very best at everything. Then she got ill, very ill in fact. I was only ten years of age when I began to watch my mother crumble before my eyes, every part of me ached, I wanted my mother back, but as the doctors told me, I never would. She was beginning to fall into the hands of paranoid schizophrenia.
Her first episode was the worst of them all, it was confusing, scary, and all too much for me to deal with. I didn't think of what it would be like for my mother, I was too young to understand.
The doctors explained it to me like a child’s bad dream.
“Mummy has something nasty sitting in her brain, making her act differently than she used to”
It was hard for me to accept, even to this day, even though she's gone, I still find it hard to accept that my mother could fall victim to her own mind.
She seemed so strong, so sure of herself, but when I look deeper into my mind I can begin to see when things gradually started changing. She'd oversleep, stare vacantly into space, she began to never leave the house...
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/2ndpic.jpg
Its been two months since my mother died, I’ve dealt with the police inquest, peoples whispers, and an endless waterfall of tears. Nobody knows how she really died, not even the police. After she failed to go to her hospital appointments, even though I begged her, she began to neglect herself to the point of starvation, dehydration, and general neglect. This is when I finally lost her, and I believe it to be my own fault. I wasn't strong enough, I wasn't good enough to save her...
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/3rdpic.jpg
- present time-
“How would you feel about going to boarding school, Rora?” Chadd asked his daughter, amused.
Aurora glared at him, arms up in protest. “Dad, are you serious? Do you know how much it costs per term?” Aurora, ever conscious of things way above her age, looked franticly towards her father.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/4thpic.jpg
Chadd smiled softly, getting up out of the chair. “It was just a suggestion, Kiddo. I wouldn’t make you go, besides, we haven't re-decorated your bedroom yet! Have you decided on what colour you want on the walls?” He re-directed the conversation, knowing how anxious his daughter could get at the little things.
“Hmm, pink, obviously!” Aurora grinned.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/5thpic.jpg
“I should've known! C'mere kiddo, Dad wants a hug!” He stretched his arms out wide, embracing his daughter. As he rested his chin on her head, his thumbs rubbing soothing circles on her arms, he thought of everything she had been through these past four years or so, he desperately wanted to make the few years she had left of her adolescence something a bit more brighter to remember.
“mm, smell that? Sounds like breakfasts ready!” Chadd winked at Aurora then walked with her to the kitchen, where his wife, Gwen, was attempting to make waffles.
Aurora, Gwen and Chadd all took their places at the table and began to eat, Gwen looked up from her plate and smiled, hoping her waffles were up to scratch.
“So, Aurora, what lessons do you have today?” Gwen asked in her usual motherly tone. Aurora detested it, she was trying to fill the hole in Auroras heart left after her mothers death, but it was useless, it only brought back painful memories.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/6thpic.jpg
“Oh, the usual, I’m part of the team helping out to decorate the hall for prom, tomorrow.. Its going to be great!” Aurora smiled, doing her best to give off the impression she was happy & contented, but deep down, it was a rather different story.
Aurora knew she wouldn’t be going to school today, like she hadn’t for the past week or two. At first, school was a distraction, focusing on her lessons helped her avoid going into the darkest depths of her mind. But now? It was tiresome, having to act like your walking on clouds day in day out, was every so tiresome. Now, she just chose to wander around her home town, Sunset Valley, until the school bell rang.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/7thpic.jpg
“Just a little while longer, and then you can be by yourself for a few hours” Aurora thought to herself.
Sometimes she hated the fact that others were oblivious to her pain. She wanted them to notice how hard it was to get up out of bed in the morning, and for awhile people did notice, but it was almost like their patience ran out and they just wanted her to revert back to her usual self. For Aurora, that didn’t look like it was happening any time soon.
“Im just going to finish doing the dishes hunny, then go wake Jade up, shes due for her morning bottle before we head off for work.” Gwen said warmly, a small smile creeping on to her face as she gazed at her husband.
“Sure thing, hon. I'm going to go grab a shower.” Chadd replied back.
Aurora walked into her bedroom, she hated being around her family, all she wanted was to be alone. Her room was still vibrantly decorated with bright pink wallpaper, from the previous occupants of the house. Her father thought it would be a good idea for them to move into a new home, to start again, in an attempt to help Aurora heal. It helped a little, she would admit. Being as far away from her old home and old memories as possible. She stared into the mirror, almost hating her reflection, or maybe it was her life she hated, she didn’t know.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/8thpic.jpg
“School bus is here, Rora!” Her dad called.
“Be right there dad..”
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And thats the first chapter done! Not alot happens in this chapter, its just a basic intro into the family and there history. More things will happen as the story progresses!
JJ. x
This story will have some dark tones, involving mental illness, etc. But it is not solely based on that. So if you would find this upsetting, please don't read it as I do not want to offend! <3
Chapter 1 / brief introduction.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/1stpic.jpg
I never thought I'd ever live with my father again, after witnessing so many arguments between him and my mother, I began to kindle a resentment deep within me. But now I have no choice, my mothers dead, and my father is my last chance at living a normal life. My names Aurora Caine and this is my story...
My mother was a kind and beautiful woman, and always tried her very best at everything. Then she got ill, very ill in fact. I was only ten years of age when I began to watch my mother crumble before my eyes, every part of me ached, I wanted my mother back, but as the doctors told me, I never would. She was beginning to fall into the hands of paranoid schizophrenia.
Her first episode was the worst of them all, it was confusing, scary, and all too much for me to deal with. I didn't think of what it would be like for my mother, I was too young to understand.
The doctors explained it to me like a child’s bad dream.
“Mummy has something nasty sitting in her brain, making her act differently than she used to”
It was hard for me to accept, even to this day, even though she's gone, I still find it hard to accept that my mother could fall victim to her own mind.
She seemed so strong, so sure of herself, but when I look deeper into my mind I can begin to see when things gradually started changing. She'd oversleep, stare vacantly into space, she began to never leave the house...
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/2ndpic.jpg
Its been two months since my mother died, I’ve dealt with the police inquest, peoples whispers, and an endless waterfall of tears. Nobody knows how she really died, not even the police. After she failed to go to her hospital appointments, even though I begged her, she began to neglect herself to the point of starvation, dehydration, and general neglect. This is when I finally lost her, and I believe it to be my own fault. I wasn't strong enough, I wasn't good enough to save her...
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/3rdpic.jpg
- present time-
“How would you feel about going to boarding school, Rora?” Chadd asked his daughter, amused.
Aurora glared at him, arms up in protest. “Dad, are you serious? Do you know how much it costs per term?” Aurora, ever conscious of things way above her age, looked franticly towards her father.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/4thpic.jpg
Chadd smiled softly, getting up out of the chair. “It was just a suggestion, Kiddo. I wouldn’t make you go, besides, we haven't re-decorated your bedroom yet! Have you decided on what colour you want on the walls?” He re-directed the conversation, knowing how anxious his daughter could get at the little things.
“Hmm, pink, obviously!” Aurora grinned.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/5thpic.jpg
“I should've known! C'mere kiddo, Dad wants a hug!” He stretched his arms out wide, embracing his daughter. As he rested his chin on her head, his thumbs rubbing soothing circles on her arms, he thought of everything she had been through these past four years or so, he desperately wanted to make the few years she had left of her adolescence something a bit more brighter to remember.
“mm, smell that? Sounds like breakfasts ready!” Chadd winked at Aurora then walked with her to the kitchen, where his wife, Gwen, was attempting to make waffles.
Aurora, Gwen and Chadd all took their places at the table and began to eat, Gwen looked up from her plate and smiled, hoping her waffles were up to scratch.
“So, Aurora, what lessons do you have today?” Gwen asked in her usual motherly tone. Aurora detested it, she was trying to fill the hole in Auroras heart left after her mothers death, but it was useless, it only brought back painful memories.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/6thpic.jpg
“Oh, the usual, I’m part of the team helping out to decorate the hall for prom, tomorrow.. Its going to be great!” Aurora smiled, doing her best to give off the impression she was happy & contented, but deep down, it was a rather different story.
Aurora knew she wouldn’t be going to school today, like she hadn’t for the past week or two. At first, school was a distraction, focusing on her lessons helped her avoid going into the darkest depths of her mind. But now? It was tiresome, having to act like your walking on clouds day in day out, was every so tiresome. Now, she just chose to wander around her home town, Sunset Valley, until the school bell rang.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/7thpic.jpg
“Just a little while longer, and then you can be by yourself for a few hours” Aurora thought to herself.
Sometimes she hated the fact that others were oblivious to her pain. She wanted them to notice how hard it was to get up out of bed in the morning, and for awhile people did notice, but it was almost like their patience ran out and they just wanted her to revert back to her usual self. For Aurora, that didn’t look like it was happening any time soon.
“Im just going to finish doing the dishes hunny, then go wake Jade up, shes due for her morning bottle before we head off for work.” Gwen said warmly, a small smile creeping on to her face as she gazed at her husband.
“Sure thing, hon. I'm going to go grab a shower.” Chadd replied back.
Aurora walked into her bedroom, she hated being around her family, all she wanted was to be alone. Her room was still vibrantly decorated with bright pink wallpaper, from the previous occupants of the house. Her father thought it would be a good idea for them to move into a new home, to start again, in an attempt to help Aurora heal. It helped a little, she would admit. Being as far away from her old home and old memories as possible. She stared into the mirror, almost hating her reflection, or maybe it was her life she hated, she didn’t know.
http://i25.photobucket.com/albums/c62/Charmed_wicked/8thpic.jpg
“School bus is here, Rora!” Her dad called.
“Be right there dad..”
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And thats the first chapter done! Not alot happens in this chapter, its just a basic intro into the family and there history. More things will happen as the story progresses!
JJ. x