(Pallete's POV)

It had been a few days without my dad... I hated it... Whenever i came home there was no hugs or talking... just a loud silence. The only person who knew was Incubux... i wouldn't even tell goth... god... i just couldn't... I felt like my world was shattering like a glass pane in a tornado...

It was a Thursday night... when my mother came home... what i didn't know was the beating that was gonna come at this point

"PALLETE GET DOWN HERE!"

"Coming mom!" I run down the stairs in concern for why he was yelling. He grabs me harshly by the wrist, "explain why your grades are slipping this time... I want the truth because you don't have your father to come in to help you this time..." He hisses softly."

"M-mom you know I'm not the greatest in academics... i-i'm trying though! I even got tutoring from Goth..." I speak in a stuttering voice... if there was any time when mom talked to me it was when I was doing something wrong

"If you were getting help for school you would have way better grades than this Pallete... you're grounded..." He hisses harshly and strikes me with a harshly slap to the face. I shake heavily... he's never hit me before... yell yes... but... never... hit...

Tears well up in my eyes as he looks at me with disappointment in his eyes, "go to your room..."

I nod softly, "yes mom..." I go upstairs to my room holding onto my cheek in pain... I sit on my bed and start to cry. Why did everything suddenly get so... bad? I missed dad... now that I was grounded I wouldn't be able to see the others after school. It would be so lonely... I was scared... I'd never been punished for trying my hardest... mom never believes in me about anything...

I could feel the world getting cold... wait... was I going into a seizure? Things started to spin as I could start to taste something weird... things were getting confusing as I felt my eyes roll back and the world goes black.