Luna Violet

Chapter five

" Let…. me.,.go…Daniel" She coughed. He snorted, dropping her to the floor to hit her head on his feet. She cried, her bones stiffened bigger eyes continued raining tears down her cheeks.

" Let that be the last time you mention my name in that smelling thing you called mouth " He said, now crouched next to her body.

" I have wasted my minutes with this low life" Daniel rubbed his palms together and exhaled before standing to leave.

" What did you do to her?" Taylor ran towards Violet’s body with the food tray. She touched Violetta new bruises in sympathy, she couldn't even stand up for herself.

" How dare you?" Taylor stood, her eyes fumed with anger and her hands turned fists when she blocked Daniel's path. Daniel stood his ground, his hands in his pocket while he chewed bubble gums. He made noises with the bubble gums, depicting his authority, after all he was the principal's nephew.

Taylor wasted no time in giving his smooth face two resounding slaps on both cheeks. Taylor was faster than him, and landed another slap to his left cheek, and if not for the rules of not fighting dirty, she would have him thrown to the toilet and flushed down.

He smirked irritating Taylor, and as she lifted her hand for another slap, Daniel caught it halfway. His grip on her wrist tight enough to restrict blood flow, he looked into her eyes before saying " no your position, you are not but a girl. So act like one"

" If not that I like you, I would destroy your little pretty face" He added, yanking her away to Violetta's body. Taylor moaned in pain, her wrist red due to the tight grip of Daniel.

Daniel together with his friends left them there, he was lucky because his uncle was the principal, Taylor thought to herself. She helped herself and Violetta up.

The other students didn't utter a word, Taylor also wasn't an ordinary girl, she was popular and capable of making them bleed. She was both intelligent and dangerous, no one would want to be enemies with her not even Ellen, Ellen has never crossed path with her, except Daniel of course, hiding under the shadow of his tyrant of a uncle.

" Just eat something" Taylor said extending the food tray to Violetta.

" Silly me, you can't even raise a muscle…" she chuckled softly, helping Violetta rest her back on the table.

" Open your mouth…" She cupped Violetta's cheek to open her mouth. She fed her for a while, before giving her energy drink. She cleaned Violetta's face and body, dusting every dust off her uniform.

" Thanks " Violetta exhaled. Taylor nodded, placing Violetta's head on her shoulder as she searched through the playlists on her phone. She scrolled past the different titles of songs, she kept scrolling down, till her finger tapped a title.

The song started with a slow upbeat song, then slowly it managed to get the attention of Violetta whose soul has wandered off to an unknown place.

" You have got the words to change a nation but you are biting your tongue " Taylor sang the lyrics. Violetta knew of this song, it was Taylor's favorite song for her.

It was a song that has been there in her darkest days, she recalled who sang it.

" You have spent a lifetime stuck in silence, afraid you would say something wrong " Violetta found her voice, she couldn't have forgotten the lyrics even though she didn't act on the message.

" If no one ever hears you, how are we going to learn your song?" Taylor sang beautifully but her eyes said otherwise, she was tired of Violetta not standing up for herself.

The song played, soothing Violetta's troubled heart. Emeli Sande was a great singer, her every song was beautifully written and melodiously sang that even the deaf would dance.

Yes, Taylor was the party freak, she loved hip-hop but Emeli Sande had managed to steal her heart away the first time she heard her song.

" You have got heart as loud as lion, so why let your voice be tamed?" Taylor continued the song, hoping again that the song would spur Violetta to action.

" Baby we are a little different, there's no need to change" Taylor sang again, helping Violetta up to resume her punishment.

Violetta didn't want to believe that she had power to fight the shadows like Emeli Sande sung, and yes she had been forbidden to ever fight back, how could she break all the rules without getting reprimanded?

" I will message you later today… I have a date" Taylor patted her on the shoulder, nodding before leaving her to herself.

Violetta watched the retracting figure of Taylor till it was out of sight. Her gaze fell on the principal who looked stressed as he talked over the phone. She watched him entered his Bentley.

And she shook her head, knelt upright to say " of all the schools in whole of America, they gave this school the best high school of year. "

How could a principal be wearing an Italian suit to the office, Rolex wristwatch, expensive wines and costly dishes and topped it with not only Bentley car, but other luxurious brand?

And was it making headlines for money slandering? Headlines for the most scandalous students? Headlines for racism in school playground, headlines for sexist? And was it making every girl child a second class citizen that didn't make it to the press?

" Open the gate! " The Principal yelled from his car in frustration. Violetta was sure he has forgotten he had left her in the sun all day as he didn't for once glanced at the field where she knelt.

" Idiots " He cursed, almost running the security man over.

Violetta lamented at the thought of the deadline of the money she borrowed, not to talk of the student loan she was in, and now another uniform she must purchase if she doesn't want to be expelled.

The bell rang, indicating it was closing time but she knelt there not wanting to leave for the grocery store where she worked part time. The money couldn't even cover one fourth of her expenses but she did it anyway, juggling school, work and house maid jobs in her own house.

" Yay!"

Violetta raised her head to see the students trooping out that she wished living a normal teenage life, away from werewolves since she might never become one, away from her family since she was never shown love, and maybe find a boy that would like her too, was that too much to ask?

" How come she is part of your family?" Alicia asked Ellen, who rolled her eyes instead.

" She is nothing but a curse to our family… so useless." Ellen shrugged, and kicked Violetta in the face.