How I Became Shattered

"How is it real?" I told myself. Nobody answered. Nobody ever did. I knew nobody would, but nothing could drive hope away.

I felt something come up behind me. "It is, my dear," Fear said. The only one who dared speak their mind was a constant visitor to me.

"How could they?" I asked. I feared the answer, but someone had to tell me. If not, I might forget reality altogether.

"Maybe they don't care about you....maybe they don't care if they hurt you............."

I looked up at Fear with worry. "They wouldn't! I mean, they say that they wouldn't......."

Fear laughed at me. "They say that they care, but do they really? Would they do that if they really cared?"

I blinked back tears. "I...I can't believe it...they really did that? I don't want to believe it."

Fear laughed again. "It's the truth, though. You can believe it, but it'll always be the truth."

I silently cried there......my friends....my only family (or so I had thought) had gone and betrayed me. I felt my heart rip apart, clean in two. I felt the world shatter into a million pieces, never to be fixed again.

I watched them continue to fight. The world outside of the fight no longer existed, as far as i was concerned.

And I would feel that way for the longest time.