This is similar to... Kind of a backstory for Aurora in the individual RP of her being a cop... So.... Yeah.

"Get out of here, freak." He said as I walked towards my locker.

I already knew who it was, recognizing the voice easily... Aaron.

"I'll get out of your hair in a minute..." I said softly before getting my locker open.

It shut suddenly, a hand on the top of it. I frowned.

"What did you say!?" He growled.

"I said, I'm getting my stuff and then I'll leave." I said again, slightly louder.

A few girls in the hall stopped, watching.

He stared at me. "Potato, leave." Aaron growled.

"No." I said softly.

"What?" His body tensed, the only way I knew was because his grip on my locker got harder.

"No." I popped my lips this time. "This is my locker, not yours. And all my stuff for class is in here." My voice was blunt.

He growled before backing up.

I smiled lightly before reopening my locker. I set the books down before someone shoved me, cramming my shoulders into the locker.

"Ow!" I shrieked before the door banged shut.

I hit the thing over and over again.

Locked.

Laughing rang out. It warbled in the locker before the bell rang.

The footsteps receded which made me scream.

"Let me out!" My voice grew hoarse as I continued screaming, starting to cry.

Laughs of people that walked past.

Where are all the teachers when you need one...

I was glad my phone was still in my pocket.

Mom...?

She didn't answer for a long time.

What

I'm stuck in a locker...

Again, the answer took even longer than the first.

Oh. Can't you find a teacher to help you.

Wait... You can't help me?

I'm at work, Aurora.

I sighed quietly.

Okay...

She didn't answer at all after that. I whimpered as the starting bell rang out, the reverberations made my ears hurt.

It took a while before I heard the janitor whistling as he walked.

I kicked the locker. "Help!"

The whistle stopped as footsteps came closer. "What the-"

"I'm stuck in here..." I said softly.

There was a long pause of silence. I thought maybe he left...

After a moment, the locker door opened. I practically fell out, but he grabbed me.

"Are you okay?" He asked as I stood up.

"Mhm..." I nodded, lying.

He nodded before gently smiling at me. "You get to class... Tell your teacher what happened... Alright?"

I nodded. "Okay... Thank you." I smiled before leaving.

He continued on, whistling as he did before turning down the hall.

I ran towards my first class, in which the teacher was upset already.

"Where have you been!?" She shrieked.

The whole class looked over.

"I got shoved into a locker..." I said meekly, almost shrinking.

"Prove it.." She frowned.

My shoulders were bruised from hitting metal which she was surprised at.

"Okay um... Go sit down... Are you alright? Who did that?"

I answered if I was okay... But lied about not knowing who it was.

Forgive and Forget...?

If I don't let it bother me... Then it won't...

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"Aurora Rose Raneer!" Mom's voice shouted from downstairs.

My parents hadn't been home all afternoon since I came back from school.

I was quiet.

"Come on, Aurora... Want me to go with you?" John, my brother, looked at me.

I softly nodded. "Mhm...."

He smiled encouragingly to me as we both went downstairs.

Mom was by the door with our dad in tow.

"John go upstairs." She slurred out. "I'm talking to her alone."

John sighed. "Okay..." He was frustrated but listened.

Dad walked passed me and into the kitchen.

I watched him before looking back at my mom who suddenly slapped me. "Why did you interupt me at work!" She screamed.

"I was asking for help!" I said, my voice accidentally raised before she smacked me again.

"Ungrateful child. Just shut up! You're out now! You found help! Why bother me!" She was angry, but her drunkness from the party day they had at her work showed.

I whimpered, eyes flooded with tears as I tried to run upstairs.

Dad grabbed my wrist. It was tighter than anything. "You are with me for a while." He murmured next to my ear, sending chills down my spine.

His voice terrified me. Especially with the tone he used.

John was quiet upstairs from what I could tell.

Dad yanked me towards him and mom's room before shoving me in and slamming the door behind him.

I looked at him, scared. He growled.

John... If I scream... You better come and help...

John

I sighed. I grabbed my phone and called my friend, who happened to be my age.

College freshmen.

He didn't answer... I sighed before leaving a message.

"Hey Mark. Remember that favor You owe me? I think I need to use it. Make sure your cousin Aaron watches my little sister tomorrow... She's not gonna be having a good day..." My voice slightly shook at the last part.

I hung up, sending the message...

I know She won't because of the door slam downstairs.

Dad. Mom slams doors but when she does, the whole house would shake.

When dad does, it's just for the sound...

When she starts screaming is when things start getting bad... I know that much...

I just hope it doesn't get too bad this time...

Mom and Dad see her as a mistake... They didn't even want me either but they acknowledge my human being existence. As for Aurora... They don't...

I hate it so much...

Aurora

I was crying extremely hard, pinned against the floor.

"Shut up, brat!" Dad shouted in my face.

"Leave me alone dad!" I cried.

He growled before yanking me up. He grabbed my jaw, forcing me to look at him.

"Look at me and you better listen." He lowly growled.

Tears glided down my face, dripoing on his hand to the floor.

"You are nothing more than our object. You are worthless to everything around us. So ACT like it!"

His grip tightened, it on my neck.

Suddenly I couldn't breathe. I let out a strained gasp, trying to.

He gripped my neck harder, kicking me.

Black dots forced themselves to crowd my eyes. My head became light before I felt nothing.

The last thing I could see was my dad drag me out of the room and drop me by the trash can in the kitchen before he and mom disappeared.

I'm just a rag doll that is ready to be thrown out at any given moment...

I am worthless...

If my own parents don't care... Who else would...?

"Aurora!" John's voice echoed after a long time of black and silence.

My body still didn't move towards the sound. I just saw a small amount of Earth that was coming closer and closer.

"Aurora please wake up!" His voice sounded choked.

I felt someone hold me in their arms close. Beside my ear I finally could hear...

Crying. But not just any crying... It was John crying...

I coughed, gaping in a huge breath.

John's body suddenly clambered, surprised...

His voice was full of fear but then started to feel relieved.

"Don't scare me like that..." He whispered, holding me.

I just started crying, holding onto him. It was dark outside. I looked at the clock on the wall, seeing it was past midnight.

He sighed as he held me close still. "I'm not letting you be alone with them... Not anymore..."

"You can't stop them though..." I whispered, my voice hoarse.

"I can... And I will..." He softly said as he stood up, still holding me.

It kept reminding me of us being younger. He's four years older than I am...

"Can you stay with me...?" I softly whispered, not wanting to be left alone at night.

He smiled lightly. "Mhm... I will sis..." He softly said.

I smiled lightly as he walked up to our room.

We may be different ages and everything but, we both hate being alone in a room.

He set me down on my bed before sitting beside me.

I yawned, curling up beside him.

He smiled. "Night baby sis." He softly said.

"Night big brother..." I said quietly before drifting off to sleep.

"Sissy..." John giggled.

I screeched excitedly, jumping up and down.

We both were in our room playing.

It was Valentine's day and John didn't have school.

We both played with the small toy bears Aunt Veronica got us.

I looked at the door to hear screaming and shouting downstairs.

"Boter what that?" I asked.

John softly hugged me. "Nothing..."

"Wha bout mommy an daddy?" I asked again as he and I his in the closet.

"Just stay quiet..." John whispered.

I trusted him and stayed silent.

"AURORA AND JOHN!" Momma screamed angrily upstairs.

John and I didn't answer or move.

I don't know why John hid me... It's just mom and dad...

John snored, practically in my ear.

I giggled quietly before pinching his nose.

He snorted, brushing my hand off. "Rorie..." He groaned.

I giggled. "Wakey wakey Sleepy."

He yawned. "Yeah Yeah..." He sat up. "It's five a.m.!"

I giggled. "I know."

He chuckled before sitting up.

There was yelling downstairs, making my head look towards the door.

John was quiet before pulling me close to him.

It got louder and louder before John and I hid, under my bed.

"AURORA AND JOHN!" Our Dad screamed.

John pulled me close and as he did, I buried my head in his chest.

I almost started crying from fear.

The door banged open as two pairs of footsteps wandered around the room.

John had opened the window and shut the closet before getting under the bed before.

They stormed around the room, screaming our names.

John pulled me closer quietly, keeping me safe.

... Then every night was the same process...

It was almost a year of bullying at school until it stopped.

He had me by the collar when a guy yelled down the hall, "let go of her!"

I shut my eyes, slightly scared.

The guy growled.

Aaron had left me alone, leaving me prey to Thomas. Thomas said he loved me but then he turned on me when I didn't want to get in a bed with him.

Thomas and the guy that showed up started shouting at each other.

I backed up against the locker, and almost started crying.

They are acting like my parents...

Everyone backed up, not daring to intervene.

I just started crying, scared out of my wits.

They continued to shout, not hearing me. And Aaron was winning.

Thomas started to shrink back. When they had a larger enough gap between them, I bolted.

The sudden action from me made both stop and yell, "Aurora," One more concerned than the other.

I didn't make me stop. I just ran. Past the wall of people that had been watching the fight. Past the teachers who were just coming from a meeting. Past the doors of the building.

Past the boundaries of the place I thought of as better than home...

I'm so wrong... It's just like home. I can't escape it...

Hot wet tears ran down my cheeks. I was just running on adrenaline from my parents forbidding me to eat unless I became someone like them.

After what seemed like forever, I felt different. I felt like gravity just changed, and I could see it: the ground came up at me and SMACK.

The impact. I just laid there, breathing heavily, so much my body shook with every breath. My body screamed for something to be inside of it.

"Aurora," The shout came out again.

When I tried to move, my body refused. My adrenaline is all gone. I don't have anymore left. I'm just a heap...

The question lingered in my mind..

Why am I not dead?

Or maybe I am dying. I couldn't feet my body, I could mostly see. My body was being flipped over, a desperate cry came out, "Aurora... Please don't die."

My eye sight was getting smaller as I guessed my eyes were closing. He picked me up and held me close to his body. Though it wasn't my brother, it was the person I would least expect: Aaron.

"I need an ambulance... I think this girl I'm holding is dying..." His voice was choked with tears.

But it serves him right for teasing me, for yelling, for bullying me, for not caring, and then left.

I willingly let my body start to shut down. The two things that refused to stop were my lungs and heart. Like independent little prisses, they continued to work.

Everything was dark... It reminded me of when David choked me.

I relaxed, remembering a song that, now, made so much more sense.

When I Die young, bury me in satin. Lay me down on a, bed of roses. Sink me in the river at Dawn, send me away with the words of a love song.

It was that one moment. One moment that would last for eternity.

My choice.

The bright light on my left or the dim light on my right.

One must have been heaven, and the other hell...

Then... It made me think.

I'm not ready to go, am I? Sure... Everything that has happened is horrible... But I can still stay...

It made me start crying as I saw a young male walking to me.

"I'm not ready... I don't want to," My voice quivered as I continued to cry.

"I know..." He gently said.

"And we aren't ready to lose you," Another voice said as he walked over.

John.

When I looked at the young male, I met his height. He painfully smiled.

"I'm still trying to save you... I love you so much to just let you go..." He whispered.

I bit my lip before sobbing, leaning on him and soaking his shirt with imaginative tears.

I felt his arms wrap back around me...

It was a foreign feeling but... It was slowly getting me to stop crying.

"I miss you. I'm so sorry... My parents-" I was cut off by him pressing his index finger gently to my lips.

"Your parents may be the reason but, you have to remember..." He looked at me, "This life now, is yours, and no one can change that and take it away from you."

I looked at him softly. He smiled at me still.

"I really wish this was real... I wish I could have told you I loved you... I wish I could have talked to ," I was whispering and crying as I shook my head.

He gently carressed his thumb on my cheek. "You're safe... And I promise... You will."

I smiled lightly when he said it before he pulled me into a warm hug.

Everyone around us: my four best friends, my brother, my aunts and uncles and grandparents who saved me before I was born, and many people who I didn't know; they all disappeared, fading slowly into darkness as Aaron stayed, hugging me, holding me, saving me from death.

"I love you." His voice echoed before he gently let go of me from the hug. He looked at me, his head slightly tilted down to meet me straight in the eye.

He gently tilted it back up, closing his own eyes, sliding his hands into mine.

His soft lips kissed my forehead.

Instantly it seemed, light was a reality.

A beeping sound rang out as my eyes shot open, my body shaking from adrenaline once again.

I couldn't see past me far because something was there.

"Aurora..." He whispered, my body deciding the tone and sound of his voice.

"Aaron?" My coarse voice said, a small, skinny air tube under my nose.

He was just above me, his eyes red and puffed from crying, bags under his eyes like he was awake.

Aaron started to smile, his voice letting out a gasp of unbelief, and tears rushed his eyes.

"Aurora," He said again before hugging me.

It surprised me that reality existed.

"I'm so sorry... I'm so sorry.." he whispered before I could hear him crying.

I weakly pulled my arms around him back. I nuzzled my head gently against his, "It's okay..." He pulled his head back and looked me in the eyes, "I'm okay..."

He smiled brightly, the spark that must had been gone appearing as I semi-greeted him.

It was silent between us before I said, "Were you talking to me before...? Was my brother here? Who all was here?"

"Um... Some girls who knew you... John... Me... And a. Few people I have never seen in my entire life came over the past two months..." Aaron said.

"Two months...?" I whispered, eyes widened on my senses.

He nodded. "Yeah... It was because they didn't want you to wake up for a while since... Your body was sleep deprived..."

I was quiet before nodding.

He smiled softly as he continued telling me of everything that had happened.

I yawned by the end which made him smile. "You should get some sleep..."

"But I don't want to... I wanna talk to you..." I said softly.

He smiled. "I'll be right here when you wake up again." He whispered.

I looked up at him with a soft nod. "okay..."

He smiled, gently cupping my right cheek and  kissing my forehead.

I yawned softly before closing my eyes.

"I love you..." He whispered.

I managed a smile. "I love you too..." I whispered before falling asleep.

Present Day: Home City

Work over for almost six months included me helping my friend in the investigation lab instead of out on the field.

I walked around outside before going inside my house.

Aaron's car wasn't in the driveway, but I noticed the garage had the light on. I looked inside from the inside door.

No-one was in there. I frowned, reaching to turn the light off when something touched my body from behind.

I tensed up to hit who it was before the person said, "Easy warden. It's just me," I breathed as I looked at him.

"Don't scare me like that... I could have hurt you. Really badly," I softly said.

He smiled with a chuckle before gently spinning me around, pecking my lips softly, "It's alright. And, I'm sorry," He softly said.

I smiled lightly, my eyes closed lightly for a moment, "I accept your apology," I whispered, teaseful tone in my voice.

He chuckled, looking at me with a smile, "It is late though. Why were you gone so long?"

"I was filling in for Scarlet since she had gotten sick," I softly said as we slowly walked upstairs.

He nodded. I smiled softly before I started  ranting about everything we were working on. Aaron listened as we both walked into our room.

"Wow. Then you have my day full of blood and gore and death," Aaron said. I looked at him for a moment, "Exactly! That's why everyone says that we do the same things. Though, usually, I'm one of those people that are there."

He laughed before pulling me down onto the bed, "You dork," He said.

I giggled with a smile, looking at him. I softly sighed, closing my eyes.

He softly chuckled. The bed shifted slightly.

When it did, I swear, Sara kicked where I moved, making me laugh softly at the feeling.

I looked at Aaron lightly before I sat up, leaning against the headboard.

He chuckled before his hand gently touched my stomach. He looked at me with a smile, his nose gently brushing on mine.

I smiled softly, "I love you Aaron," I whispered lightly.

He smiled, "After the past six years, I have never stopped loving you," He whispered, smiling at me, "And I'll never stop loving you and our family."

I miles lightly as I leaned against him.

After everything we've gone through, I'm glad that we both have made it this far.

I might have gone through horrible things, but that made me who I am now.

A Protecter.

That, was Aurora Raneer/Lynca.
I might actually try to make her a DW but, make a different group for my book... Any ideas for a group name?

Thanks for reading! You guys honestly have NO idea how long it took to write these. 😂

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