Warning: This chapter has a sexual assault scene that may be uncomfortable for some readers. Three rows of dotted lines mark the beginning and the end of the scene (They were colored to differentiate, but only black was available for this publication). Read at your own discretion.
We wake up and we are surrounded by the bullies, and they have some faculty with them. One of the teachers says, "It is time to go back to the academy." We are completely naked under this blanket, and it is obvious. One of my legs was outside of the blanket and I covered it back up after seeing all of our unwanted guests. We are also completely covered in hickeys and our shoulders and necks which are exposed out of the blanket show loads of hickeys on both of us. The boys are beside themselves with their perversions right now and the faculty shoos them away and tells us to get dressed so we can go back. The faculty gives us a bit of space for a bit of privacy, but not too much since we just tried to escape. I should have known that the creator had some other pieces under their control to prevent us from escaping. I start crying as I put on my clothes. Rose comes up and hugs me after I am fully dressed and whispers in my ear, "We will just have to keep trying." I nod and we kiss. The faculty with us clear their throats and we stop kissing and we hold hands as far as we can.
When I start feeling gross near the academy, I immediately let go of her hand and say, "The curse is activating again, Rose. I must separate from you now. I love you." Rose replies, "I love you, too." These bullies that snitched to the faculty about our escape make throwing up noises. I want to say 'Are you just mad that you didn't get laid last night?', but that would have been gasoline added to a campfire. Way too much and very dangerous here. They would not have liked that comment. That would most probably lead straight to a death flag. Before I can say anything Rose says, "This beautiful woman here spent a very romantic night with me and there is nothing you can say or sound you can make that will diminish what we shared last night." Giovanni smacks his teeth and mutters, "Whatever." Axel says with a creepy look on his face, "Two girls, huh? I wish I could have watched it." The boys giggle at his comment. EWWWW. GROSS. I then make a throwing up noise at their comment and Rose giggles at my response.
I get my journal back out to go over everything so far. The academy seems to be the center of my curse for some reason. What if the creator used a third party to curse me? If so, is the person who cursed me here? Are they a faculty member? Why would someone at the academy want to curse someone like me? What do they have to gain from me being afflicted from this curse? So much has changed from the original story. Rose and I can run away and grow old together. We just have to get away from this cursed academy.
Rose and I spend our next talks planning another escape. We will utilize the help of my classmates. The women will help keep the faculty occupied with a faculty appreciation tea party pulling out all the stops in preparations making a show of their etiquette. The boys from our class are going to distract the bullies from the other class with a knocker scrimmage match. We have been keeping this plan hush hush so the bullies and faculty won't find out. We get to the day of the tea party and everything is in place. When everyone is occupied I grab my bag and I make a break for it to our meeting area. We decided on the camp site which is approximately 2 miles if I had to approximate the distance.
I get out to the courtyard and I then get surrounded by the bullies. Axel says, "Where are you going, Violet?" My stomach turns into knots. I don't like this. I responded, "Nowhere." I say as I try to push past them. They block my way, preventing me from getting away. The one the others refer to as Boss, Giovanni, says running his fingers through his styled swooshy hair with one hand while preventing my escape with his other, "Now, if you were going 'nowhere' you wouldn't need that bag there. I was wondering why you weren't at the knocker match. I am glad I decided to ditch it to find you." I then took my bag off and then said, "There. Now move aside." He clicks his teeth, "I don't think I will. You see, after seeing you the other day with Rose covered in love marks. You have been all we are thinking about. Even with that ugly scar on your face. What do you think guys?" They start approaching me with the intent of sexual assault with obvious looks of gross perversion that even I with issues with faces can see.
I ready my position to fight. I don't care if I am surrounded and am at a complete disadvantage. I will NOT just let them have their way. I fucking refuse. I yell, "Get away from me you fucking perverts!" They continue closing the distance surrounding me and I wish I didn't have these guys behind me. My heart feels like it is about to beat out of my chest in my desperation. I decide I will try the path of least resistance and probably my best shot at escaping being so outnumbered. I run to the weakest smallest looking dude in the circle and lay him out with a punch and start running full speed. The boys then start chasing me and they catch up when we are near one of the storage sheds for the campus. One of them tackles me causing my shades to fly off my face and I start screaming ferally and yell, "Get the fuck off of me!" As I roll him over, get on top of him and punch him in the face. The others there grabbed me to prevent me from punching this pervert again and they started laughing, "Hey look, let's take her in here for some fun." I continue yelling, "No! Get your fucking hands off of me!" They have me immobilized to where I can't fight back anymore, but I still try with all of my might.
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They dragged me into the storage shed and threw me down, and several of the boys held me down as I fought with all of my might to break free of their grasp. Some of the boys started removing their pants already. My stomach is beyond knots and I am so fucking terrified right now. My shades came off when they tackled me outside so I have nothing shielding my face right now. It isn't a problem for my eyes at the moment, but one of the 'extra' bullies says, "I don't think I can get hard for you while looking at that hideous scar on her face." GOOD. Stay flaccid, you bastards. Axel then says, "Hey, look! That will do."
Axel reaches over to grab some kind of dirty cloth and wipes the sweat from running across his tan brow, wiping his brown hair to the side. He then tries to wrap it around my eyes so I can't see. I keep moving my head being difficult knowing it will be even harder to fight blindfolded. Another guy holds my head still and the other guy gets the cloth on my eyes. This cloth has a bad smell too and is very unpleasant.
I can't see anything anymore.
I hear them say, "MUCH BETTER." They laugh and start touching me all over with their disgusting hands. I yell, "STOP! GET OFF OF ME! DON'T TOUCH ME!" They continue laughing while touching me as if my pleas are only turning them on more. I am crying now in desperation, still fighting against the boys holding me down. There was one holding my wrists down and there were two holding my legs down. Someone rips my uniform top open and rips my bra, exposing my breasts. I continue screaming, hoping for someone. ANYONE. Come to my rescue. One of them says, "Someone shut her up." Another guy says, "Ok." I then hear the one that said ok then say, "You better not bite." I then say through the tears with venom in my words, "What will you do if I do?" If my eyes weren't covered, I would be glaring at him. He then laughs, "We will just make you wish for death, but we won't give it to you."
A few of them laugh and with tears streaming down my face that boy shoves his dick in my mouth. It tastes so fucking terrible. The moment he put it in I gagged from the taste then gagged again shortly thereafter because of initiating that gag reflex. I hear a few of them arguing as to who will rape me first while this is happening. "No way we are letting the virgin go first!" "Boss needs to go first." I hear a few agreeing with that wanting to be able to scream but unable due to the constant gagging on this disgusting dick. I hear one of them say, "I think we should use protection." The one mounting me, who I assume is Giovanni, says, "I think I want to see her birth my child. You all can use protection if you want. She should be lucky that a bitch like her with that hideous scar could even get pregnant by a man like me." NO! NO! NO! PLEASE! STOP! You stopped me from meeting Rose already, so WHY?! There are SO many other ways to hold someone up to prevent them from getting to a destination. PLEASE JUST STOP!
Giovanni penetrates me immediately and forcefully too. It hurts so much. He started off slow and rough and then shifted his speed getting faster and faster. Being just as rough. I hear the other guys cheering. The guy who forced himself in my mouth held my head and started treating my face as a sex toy.
I can't breathe.
They said I would want to die if I bit his dick, but I want to die right now. I just want this to stop. The guy raping my face jams his dick all the way in and ejaculates down my throat. When he removed his dick from my mouth I lifted my head and turned and vomited immediately. He says, "Eww, fucking gross!" I felt a sharp pain in my head that was wet which scared me. I assume he kicked me with the foot I puked on. Giovanni says, "Careful, I don't want to fuck a corpse dude." It hurts so much. He is so rough. Not too long later, I feel something wet and gross land on my stomach. Giovanni yells while not stopping, "Hey, show a little courtesy! Gang bang rules state no cumming in the direction of another dude!" The other guy says, "Sorry, boss."
Giovanni manages to pick up his pace again and he suddenly forcefully pumps slowly as he is ejaculating and he yells, "Have my bastard! This is all an ugly scarred-up wench like you deserves!" I want to scream, but I am still dizzy and out of breath. His minions are all cheering. It hurts so much. I feel so gross and disgusting. He says as he gets up, "Alright, now who is next? Hey virgin, come here. We are going to make you a man today! Come here!" He says and I feel another boy get between my legs. When will this horror end? I hear some of the guys say, "Dude I want to use her mouth, but what if she pukes on me, too?" I hear another one say, "We can just keep hitting her until she learns not to vomit." I hear a few excited cheers, "Can I just hit her now? I want to pay her back from the Knocker match." I hear a few of the other guys agree. Just stop please. How much torture do you plan on putting me through?
I hear Giovanni say, "Careful with hitting her, I want to go again later. I want to make sure she has my bastard child after all." I hear another one say, "We will be careful to not kill her." I still can't see anything because of this blindfold and everything is more terrifying not being able to see it. Being constantly surprised by every gross/violent touch invading my person. I hear footsteps coming from the direction of the last person that spoke. I hear, "Remember, don't bite or throw up on us and we won't hit you. Though I might just hit you anyways. I will see how you make me feel." I have been trying to turn on my 'not paying attention' thing this whole time but no matter how hard I try, some horror brings me back to reality. Everything is so invasive right now I can't even escape within my own mind. When the virgin penetrates me all the guys cheer for him. The guy currently threatening to hit me jams his dick in my throat and we repeat the horror. I throw up at the end again and aim in the other direction but there was apparently a dude there too and then I feel another sudden/surprise hit in my head. My head starts to spin and I thankfully by the grace of whatever guardian deity may be up there granted me a sweet reprieve and allowed me to be knocked out.
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I wake up with a splitting headache and I am wrapped up and being held and everything in pain. I instantly start fighting, resisting being held and I hear lots of the women shushing and Beatrice says holding me on one side as her long blonde hair cascades on my person, "Shhhh. It is ok. They are gone now. We beat the absolute shit out of them. It still doesn't feel like it was enough for what they did." Yasmina says, "We were so worried when we saw your backpack in the courtyard. We followed the tracks to the storage shed and were able to find you." I finally realize the situation and stop fighting and I realize that Lily is holding me. I ask her, "Can you not touch me right now? I don't want to be touched by anyone right now." I start rocking back and forth from freaking out with a few tears escaping my eyes. She makes a weird face as do a few of the other women. It feels as if every breath is so shaky that I can't get enough oxygen to breathe.
Breathe.
They are gone.
These women here will protect me.
Breathe.
They are gone.
These women here will protect me.
Breathe.
After I collect myself by repeating these to myself, I go to stand up with the blanket wrapped around me and I have no strength at all in my legs. I collapse to the floor and a few of them go to reach for me but pull their hands away after remembering what I said. Lily asks, "I know you don't want to be touched, but what if it is you touching me? … I mean specifically using me as a crutch, so you can walk." I shiver in my blanket and cry a few tears at my own helplessness. It will be alright, she is a friend. She won't try to force me to do anything. She has respected my boundaries since I have put them up. I should trust her. I will definitely need help and I manage to say after a shaky breath, "Ok, but only as a crutch." She then helps me get to the infirmary.
We walk in the infirmary and Nurse Joy comes running to me appalled. Doc was in here too and ran to me and reached out but pulled his hand away while making a weird face. He then says to Nurse Joy, "Let me get out of your hair, my love. I think it might be best if I am not here. Please take good care of her." Nurse Joy nods to him while they guide me to the bed. Nurse Joy starts talking with the other women who brought me here while looking at me. They are far enough away in the infirmary that I can't hear the conversation. I think they might be telling her what happened. I look out the window while they talk and I wonder about Rose and if the Creator caused problems for her as well. I am deep in thought worrying about Rose and feeling disgusting. I want to take a never ending shower. If only they had showers in this world.
Someone grabs my arm and suddenly I get taken back to the horror. I start fighting again trying to get those perverts off of me. Hearing their laugher, hearing them argue over who does what torture, feeling pain, feeling despair. I finally get brought back to reality with Nurse Joy saying assuringly while holding me tightly in a bear hug preventing me from being combative, "They aren't here anymore. You are in the infirmary. You are safe now." She was saying this on repeat until I snapped out of my flashback. I start sobbing when I come to and realize I was just fighting her. Nurses are real badasses and really strong here in this world too. Nurse Joy let go of me from that bear hug when I came to and then held my hand. She turns to the other women and asks, "Can I ask you to leave now? I need to perform an exam on Violet now." I say before they can leave tears streaming down my face, "Can someone get Rose? She is probably worried now since I am late." Lily says, "Yasmina took two horses from the academy stables to go pick her up. So you don't have to worry." I sigh a sigh of relief, "I don't know if I said this yet, but words cannot describe how much gratitude I feel for you saving me today." I sob a very ugly cry, "You are my heroes." They get up and Lily hesitates and says, "You are my hero, Violet. I'll come by your dorm later with some tea for you. We love you." She says as a tear leaves her eye. She then looks at Nurse Joy and then makes a weird face and walks out the infirmary.
She lets go of my hand and goes to her cabinet and mixes some things together into some concoction, "I would like to take a few swabs in your mouth for the examination. Then if you consent to it, drink this contraceptive tonic." She brings the mixture over and some swabs and asks for my consent before she swabs the inside of my mouth around the gum line on both sides and puts those swabs in a marked container. She then says, "Now drink this if you desire. This is a contraceptive mixture that should terminate conception within 24 hours. If you are uncomfortable with such methods you can opt out of this. After 24 hours it's effectiveness drastically decreases with each day."
I take it off of her hands without second thought and drink it immediately, refusing to have that pervert's child. It tastes disgusting, but it is still a relief and a different taste in my mouth as opposed to the horrid taste of those boys. I welcome the gross flavor profile to help me try and forget their taste. She then gets me a piece of candy, "Here this should help with the terrible taste of that concoction." I put the candy in my mouth and started doing my lizard thing with my tongue to get all of the sweetness from the candy. I actually learned why I did this all growing up in my previous life when I was in my undergrad. Apparently the sweet taste receptors are on the front of the tongue and doing my lizard thing makes the candy keep hitting those receptors making it a more sweet experience. I felt so vindicated after being called a weirdo for so many years. After that class I immediately called my bestie who laughed that I would even think to call them for that, but they loved it. I feel like if this were any other situation she would probably laugh at me. It probably doesn't look as funny with me in tears and in this state. I have never seen myself cry while eating candy before, so I don't know how I look right now. Nurse Joy asks, "Does it taste bad?" I shake my head, "No this is great thank you. Actually, can you bring me more candy? I feel like I will just remember their taste when I am done." I shiver at the thought and Nurse Joy says, "I can do that." I think she is puzzled by the tongue thing, but doesn't say anything.
Nurse Joy then performs a rape kit on me. Well this world's version. They call it this a basic 'sexual assault examination'. Nothing fancy but there is no question what it is for. Very similarly she asks for consent between each step like they did on Earth. I never had one performed on me after my assault in that life so this knowledge isn't from personal experience. I googled it some time after thinking 'What if?' That is something I really miss is Google. You know how many recipes I fucked up here in this world because I didn't quite remember the recipe right? A LOT. Would not have messed up at all if I just had Google in my corner. If you are wondering why I am thinking of this instead of the exam this is just my autism choosing what to focus on. Just like ignoring my class when they would gossip loudly in front of me. This exam is very invasive, but since it is localized to what she is getting consent for it is easier to flip the autistic switch putting my body on autopilot so frolic within the crazy world of my imagination, turning off all other stimuli. I couldn't flip the switch while they were torturing me because of everything that was going on. I feel Nurse Joy prodding me between my legs, then I start tensing up thinking about it again.
Feelings of despair and fear wash over me. A few tears escape my eyes. I take a shivering deep breath trying to collect myself.
Shit. Shit. Shit. Think about something else.
Rose Remington.
Rose Remington.
Rose Remington.
That beautiful fiery red hair. Thinking back on that day she was in the stream. My goddess. How the amber and purple sunset just made you glow like a goddess descended from the heavens to bless us with her presence. Oh how I miss you. I miss that night we shared together. The feeling of your breasts within my hands as I kiss you passionately. Treasuring the work of art that is known as Rose Remington. My goddess, oh how I miss you. I wish you were here by my side right now. I hope they were able to find you and bring you back without any problems. Please be safe, my love.
Before I know it after a while of escaping within my mind thinking thoughts of Rose, the examination is over. Nurse Joy gets a spare uniform she keeps in her infirmary since uniforms get messy from injuries and she likes students leaving in better shape than when they arrived. It is now that I realized when I stabbed myself sometime ago, she must have changed my uniform while I was unconscious. I was so distracted by things back then I didn't even stop to think about that. Nurse Joy assists me in changing since the strength in my legs has still not returned yet. That and right now it feels as though I have low HP if it were a video game. Like I just don't have the necessary HP/stamina to walk. I probably overused my muscles when fighting them in my desperation, pushing them past their limits trying to break free from their grasps. Like in some games when you attack after losing stamina you lose health points or some other drawback. At least she doesn't have to worry about a large variety of sizes in this world. Obesity isn't a problem in this world since food isn't pumped with chemicals here causing a multitude of health and weight problems. That and people are genuinely more active statistically speaking here than on Earth. This world doesn't have much in terms of entertainment besides novels, Knocker, and plays. So people have to pass the time somehow.
We get the uniform on and Nurse Joy says, "I know you want to probably soak in the tub for a while, so I recommend getting someone you trust to pull you out in case you stay in too long. We don't want you catching a cold or possibly drowning if you collapse again." I think I will get Mia and Heather to stay with me. I know if I ask Lily she might misunderstand something. When I say misunderstand I mean the bath bit. Nurse Joy continues, "For the next few days I want you in this wheelchair when you are not lying down. I will get one of your friends to return it when you are done. Speaking of, you are going to need help today so let me call the front office to get someone to fetch your friends. Who would you want me to get?" I responded, "Mia and Heather Griffin, please." Nurse Joy responds, "Ok. Give me one moment, I'll have them summoned." She goes over to her phone system and rings the front office.
Mia and Heather helped me to my dorm room. It was a little awkward for them to get me up the stairs with the chair so what they did was get me under each of their arms and help me up that way and once at the top Heather held me up while Mia went down to grab the wheelchair. They should have set me up in a temporary room on the first floor or something. They said that Rose was in the kitchen now and that she was making me her really good chicken and dumpling soup that I love. She knows I really love vegetables and she always makes sure to put plenty in the soup. When we get back to the room I ask, "Can you guys help me into the bath?" Without saying a word they do as I ask and wheel me to my personal bathroom. They draw the bath water and Heather makes sure it is a comfortable temperature. They both double teamed helping me get undressed and they helped me into the tub. I immediately try to frantically clean myself once I get seated but I don't seem to have the strength right now to scrub my skin how I desire. I wish I was a snake and that I could just molt this layer of skin and leave it behind. I sob while gently washing after realizing I can't scrub hard. Mia and Heather help me with the rest of the bath helping me scrub. I sobbed the whole time.
When I am done with the bath, they get me dressed again and get me back in the wheelchair. They wheel me back into my room where I smell a very familiar smell. They wheeled me to where Rose dropped off her soup. I cry while eating the soup, yearning for Rose's company. When I am done eating I ask them, "Can you get my phone and get Rose to go outside my window? I need to talk to her right now." Mia says, "I can get Rose." Heather asks, "Is your phone in your bag over there?" I look to where she is pointing and apparently they brought my bag back into my room while I was in the infirmary. I nod.
Heather gets the phone set up and once she sees Rose outside she wheels me to the window and says, "I'll give you some privacy to talk to her. I will be right outside that door and won't be going anywhere." I reach out and squeeze her hand, "Thank you, Heather. I appreciate everything you do for me." She shows the ever so slightest smile that escapes her expression shortly after and she walks out the door. I see Rose has the cup and I tug the line, "Thank you for making the soup. Now I just want you to hold me so I can cry myself to sleep." Rose tugs the line, "I wish I could hold you tightly. I want to be your protective shell you can retreat into to feel safe." I cry, "I felt so disgusting on the inside from the Creator now I feel disgusting on the outside too. I want to go back into the tub again and just keep scrubbing for hours." I sniffle and continue, "I just wish you could be by my side." Rose starts crying too, "There is nothing I wouldn't do to make that happen again."
We stayed there crying in silence a while mourning our situation. Rose tugs the line after a while, "Violet, the girls are all going to work together to make sure you are never alone when you leave your dorm. I want you to have peace of mind that we will make sure you feel safe." I tug on the line, "But won't that make them targets again as well?" Rose tugs on the line with a little intensity, "WE DON'T CARE ABOUT THAT. You have been carrying the burden for way too long and we want to share this burden with you. You have been protecting everyone for so long and we want to protect you now. If only we started sooner then maybe this wouldn't have happened." Her crying turns to sobbing. I start getting overwhelmed and thinking thoughts of the horror.
Pain.
Despair.
Fear.
Rocking back and forth because of these emotions as if the boys are here again. Not being able to see. Hearing their hate filled laughter. Not being able to breathe. Rose then tugs the line bringing me back to reality, "Are you ok?" Hearing her voice soothes my soul I ask in a shaky voice, "Can you just keep talking to me? I feel like I just need to hear your voice." Rose tugs on the line, "I can do that."
We talk for hours and I start to get tired. When I say 'we' I mean she talked to me mainly. Telling me stories of her childhood and her mother before she passed away from some kind of sickness. Her mother was brave and strong. I didn't know all of this since the book didn't really go into her mother's story. I just knew she had a good cake recipe that Rose used to make a cake for Ren. She told a story where she was lost in a forest trying to find her way home. A wild boar appeared when she was lost, and she was running and screaming trying to get away. She said she felt like she was going to die then and there but right as she was running out of breath she hears a familiar voice, "GET THE FUCK AWAY FROM MY DAUGHTER!" Rose watched as her mother not only caught the charging boar by the horns, but she used the boar's momentum from their charge into a parrying throw. The boar went flying into a few sharp rocks and whimpered away. Rose's mother carried her all the way home while Rose cried about how scary it was. She said after that incident she was stuck to her mother like glue.
She tried to hide her powers when she was at the orphanage, but an incident outed her. A child fell and landed on a very sharp rock falling out of a tree causing him to bleed profusely. She had to use her powers otherwise he would have bled out. She then was pimped out for her healing powers. Making her heal so much that she would collapse from lack of energy. They charged people to get healed by her and then they would not give her any of the profits. She told me both the good and the bad. All of it.
Rose tugs the line after realizing how tired I was, "Before you go to bed, Lily wants to bring over some chamomile tea for you. I will go let her know it is time. I love you so much, Violet. Like you fought the perverts in my nightmares, I shall do the same for you my love." She blows me a kiss and I catch it and receive it and blow her one as well. I tug on the line, "I love you, Rose." She tugs on the line, "I love you, too, Violet." She then drops the cup and waves goodbye. I wave back then pull the phone up.
In like less than 15 minutes Lily was in my room with the prepared tea. She brings it over to me where I am sitting upright in the bed. She asks me, "Is there anything else you need, Violet?" I shake my head, "No, thank you though. Mia and Heather are going to be staying with me overnight so I should be good." Lily makes a weird face towards Mia and Heather who have already fallen asleep in the bed next to me. She then says, "Ok. Just let me know if there is anything else you need." I nod while sipping my tea. She then turns to the corner of the room where my tea station is and in awe, "I didn't realize your room had a station in it. I will just brew it here for you tomorrow."
When I finished, Lily took my cup and said, "Please try to get some rest, Violet." Making a different weird face. I lay down with a few tears running down my cheek knowing my dreams will be filled with nightmares. She has another weird face and she waves at me, "See you tomorrow. I hope you get some rest." Then she leaves. I fall asleep quickly to a sleep riddled with nightmares, but thanks to the tea I can stay asleep long enough to be rescued by Rose and my friends. In my nightmare Rose is the one leading the charge to my rescue. She is using a small metal pipe as a weapon and is whacking the boys hard. The other women are fighting with their hands using the techniques I taught them. I didn't see it the first time, but seeing them put what I taught them to practice and to save me made my sense of despair and terror dissipate. I was crying during the whole nightmare. Though the tears at the end were tears of relief.