The Elements

Our story starts with a tall raven haired 16 year old boy. His name is Simon. Simon Black...

Simon entered his house after coming home from school only to see his father walking towards him. You could see the look in his eyes change as he saw the drunk mess of a man.

„Where were you?!" He said with a slightly annoyed tone. Nothing unusual since he's always mad, especially at Simon whom he regularly takes his anger out on.
Simon, fed up with his miserable life decided to except the consequences of his dads drinking and answered shortly.
„School"
„DON'T LIE TO ME!" Adam shouted back.
„I'm not, I don't have any friends so we're else would I be?"
"Yeah, because no one would want to be your friend, right?" Adam said with a grin on his face.
„Sure" Simon replied, he knew that there would be consequences to such a sarcastic answer but he honestly didn't care anymore.
„don't give me attitude you son of a bitch" Adam said quieter than before.
„Ironic since your the one that chose the so called bitch" Simon paused for a moment realising what he just said to his father.
He could feel what was about to happen.
Adam walked up to him and punched him as hard as he could right under his sons eye.
He then grabbed the collar of his shirt and punched him in the lip. I guess he didn't really think about the fact that people would later on see the black eye and bloody lip on Simons face.
After landing on the ground Simon got up and walked to the bathroom to clean himself up.
He looked himself in the mirror and saw a tear leave his eye. It was the first time he had cried in quiet a while, but he just couldn't hold it back anymore. He wasn't crying because of his pain or his bloody lip, he was crying because of the thought of his siblings being in the same situation that he is in now. The poor boy in that moment didn't know the consequences that his words to his father would have the next day.
The household that Simon lived in was not exactly strict, his parents didn't care what he did most of the time but the only places that he could be on his own were school and home. He was almost a prisoner. He had six siblings and was the second oldest however his older sister had moved out the second she turned eighteen so he was the one that had to take care of his younger siblings since his mom took care of the two youngest twins Simon took care of Alice, Jackson and piper all alone. Well almost alone, sometimes his sister Alice would help since she was fourteen and knew how to take care of herself just fine. Jackson didn't need that much attention either. Simon always knew that his siblings probably had a different father than him. Luckily for them. Simon and Adam were the only two people in the family that had jet black hair while his mother and siblings had blonde or brown hair.
After cleaning the blood of of his face he put piper to sleep and checked if Jackson was in bed. He joined Alice in the kitchen. Alice hadn't seen what their dad had done to Simon yet and since Simon didn't want to waste her time he tried not to look at her much in hope that she wouldn't notice the marks on his face. Unsuccessfully however.
„Why are you staring at the ceiling" she asked.
„no reason" Simon said in a suspicious voice.
Alice purposely dropped a knife on the floor and jumped away to get Simon to look in her direction.
„WHAT THE HELL DUDE" she whispered in a judgemental tone. She then realised what had happened and looked at him with a sorry look on her face.
„Dad?" She asked.
„Yep.." he replied looking down so she didn't have to look at his face.
She lifted his face up and then pulled him to the bathroom.
Alice took out a bunch of first aid things on the counter.
„This will sting" she said while looking at the cut on his cheek that his dad had left there earlier.
Simon sucked in air through his front teeth in pain. This wasn't the first time he had been through this but it felt like it was.
After cleaning up Alice crept into Pipers room and Simon quietly went into Jackson's and his room. He led down in bed and tried to fall asleep.

The next morning he woke up to his dad aggressively shaking him and slapping him in the face.
„Get the hell up" said Adam
„ugh" Simon replied
Simon got up, got changed and then went to the bathroom to get his hair in order using some water and making sure he doesn't smell or have any dried blood on his face or neck.
He met his siblings and parents in the kitchen.
Their mom was feeding the twins while Adam was making himself breakfast. Adam never let the kids have breakfast and made them leave the house forty five minutes early. The four of them walked out the door and went to the store around the corner where they would find themselves every morning around that time.
The kids had mastered the art of stealing over the past couple of years.
„You get two apples and a twix, I'll get an apple and Jax will get an apple too." said Alice while looking at Jackson and Simon.
„Alright" they both replied at once.
Simon took pipers hand and grabbed a twix bar while walking past the shelves, he then shoved it into his pocket and kept walking.
He looked at Jackson as him and Alice both slipped an apple into his backpack.
Simon grabbed two apples and threw them into Alice's half open bag. As they walked out of the store they looked around to see if anyone was looking.
„Breakfast done" Simon said while biting into an apple.
„yeah" Jax replied.
They each took a bite out of the chocolate bar and kept walking to school.
Jackson and Piper separated themselves from Simon and Alice and made their way to middle school.
The second they were gone Alice looked at Simon.
„Teachers will probably ask what happened to your face" she said.
„yeah, I know" Simon awkwardly replied.
„What will you say?" She asked.
„it's none of their business" he stated.
„their going to think they abuse us at home." She said back with certainty in her voice.
„they do" Simon remarked.
She looked at him in a way that said she was being serious.
„I'll say I got in a fight as I was walking home from school"
„good" she said.
They both walked into school and went their separate ways.
„Hey, Black, what happened to your face?"
Simon turned to see a random jock looking at him. He had never talked to him before so naturally he was confused as to why he was talking to him.
„fight" Simon replied.
„you must get in a lot of fights, huh? The jock said
„I do" Simon stated while he walked into a classroom, leaving the jock behind.
This was his first physics class after summer break so he knew it wouldn't be hard. Since he actually likes physics and is good at it he decided to rest for a moment. He fell asleep and surprisingly his teacher did not wake him up, however he did wake up to see an unknown face.
„Hellooo?" Said the boy.
„Are you dead?" he said again.
„huh?" Simon replied half consciously.
„You should probably get up since class just ended" the boy said.
„Ooh, Thanks" Simon said with a surprised tone in his voice.
He got up and walked out of class with this boy that he had never seen before. It was obvious that like Simon he didn't know many people however unlike Simon he wanted to get to know someone.
„So, what happened to your face?" He asked
„I got in a fight" Simon replied
„That's a lie" the boy stated
„What, how did you now that" Simon said surprised and intrigued at the same time. Maybe this boy isn't as boring as he thought.
„I'm good at reading people" he replied
„huh" Simon reacted
„So clearly if you had to lie about it than it's something bad or illegal, and I don't think you would punch yourself so it must be someone who you know. And I'm guessing your dad or older brother." the boy declared confidently
„Wow, amazing" said Simon
„So your dad?" Asked the boy
„He's a dick" Simon stated with no hesitation
„Okay, I'm not going to ask about it that much if you don't want me to. I'm Daniel by the way" the boy said while turning his head to look at Simon.
„I'm Simon" he replied.
For some unknown reason Simon felt like he could trust this person, and for the first time in a long time he actually felt safe. He looked at Daniel and looked back.
Daniel was a bit taller than Simon. He had light brown skin and dark hair, he was wearing a black t shirt and grey sweatpants.
Simon had to wear shirts with sleeves that reached between his elbow and shoulder at the least. He couldn't risk somebody seeing the many scars that his father had cut into his skin.
„What class do you have now?" Asked Simon
Daniel was surprised that Simon asked him something since he hasn't said much up to that moment.
„English I think" he said uncertainly
„Ok" Simon replied slightly disappointed that they didn't have the next class together.
Their break was 15 minutes so they decided to sit down and talk for a bit.
„How bad is it? with your dad I mean."Daniel asked
„Bad, I think. I'm not sure" Simon said
„What do you mean, your not sure?"
„I have nothing to compare it to" Simon stated
„Oh..." Daniel said with sympathy
„I've never told anyone about my dad before" Simon blurted out uncomfortably
„You've known me for 15 minutes and you told me" Daniel stated proudly
„Yeah, I guess. I feel like I can trust you" He felt embarrassed for letting someone know
„thanks" Daniel replied
They talked until the bell rang and they were both late for class. When their classes finished they walked around the school together a couple of times and talked. Simon knew that when he got home his dad would beat him for being late but he decided against telling Daniel.
„I moved here in January last year with my dad" Daniel said
„I've never noticed you before" Simon replied
„I kept low" Daniel stated
„I do that to" he commented
„I never really knew anyone here before" Daniel announced
„Me neither. I never really needed any friends. I couldn't ever have friends over my house when I was younger so eventually I just stopped trying to have friends because it was pointless. My dad would scare them away." Simon said regretfully
„I'm sorry" He replied
„Yeah..." Simon said while sighing
„Am I your friend" Daniel asked hesitantly knowing that Simon wouldn't lie to please him.
„Yes. I think so." Simon said with surprise in his tone.
The boys talked more and went their separate ways. Both of them were secretly very excited and happy about having a friend. Simons happiness didn't last long.
Jackson and piper take the school bus later so the only people home were Alice and their parents.
Simon walked up to the front door of the house and when trying to open it he couldn't. It was locked, which was unusual but Simon didn't think much of it since his dad was probably drunk and accidentally locked the door without thinking. He stood there for a moment not knowing what to do until he heard his mother scream. He knew that something was wrong. He started to pull and shake the door but nothing was working which was surprising since the door was old and looked like it was about to fall off. Simon tugged at the door but couldn't open it. He was pulling the handle when he heard a gunshot and saw blood splatter on the window at the top of the door.
He pulled even harder since he just saw Alice come out of her and Pipers room and their dad pointing a gun at her. Simon finally stepped back and kicked the door down he saw his father and Alice and he tackled Adam to the ground. His mothers body was led on the kitchen tiles in a pile of blood around her. She was dead. Simon punched his dad as Alice took the gun away from him so that he wouldn't shoot her brother. Simon had knocked their dad unconscious.
„Call 911" he said to his sister who was standing there, covered in her mothers blood. She picked up the phone and dialled 911.
„911 what's your emergency"
„My dad killed my mom, me and my brother are here with him, he's unconscious" Alice said panicked
Simon didn't hear the rest of the conversation.

An ambulance and a police car found itself in the driveway. The police escorted Simon and Alice out of the house and had them make statements. The children's only family left was Adams sister who luckily didn't live far. Let's just say Katherine wasn't very happy to see six kids turn up on her porch unannounced. However by some miracle she agreed to take in Simon, Alice, Jackson and Piper. Their older sister Stella who is twenty years old took the twins in with no hesitation, as she felt guilty about leaving her siblings behind in that horrible household and felt that this is the least that she could do for them. After the extremely traumatic event the siblings stayed at their aunts house for two weeks before going back to school.