Nightmare

Life is unfair why do I have a father who doesn't like my existence. He wants me to leave and raise my self with my accomplishment. He wants me to be independent but I'm only ten years old how would I live my life without a parent?

Since I thought I did not see my father happy while I was in front of him. He's always annoyed and hot-headed to the point that he scolded me for not eating properly. He wants me to be perfect and brilliant but I'm just a human I do have mistakes in life but I'm afraid he'll call me a disappointment. Every time that he'll call me he wants me to memorize the periodic table of elements in a couple of minutes. He wants me to do a task in just a second and speaks different terminologies. It's hard for me though I'm just a ten-year-old girl who wants to play outside, on the other hand, my father restricted me to do so.

Until one day he talks to me with a serious complexion. I swallowed my saliva as my hands start to get wet. What now again?

"You want me to like you right?" I shook my head as the response. He smiled and kneel at my front to match our height.

"I'll train you how to fight and protect yourself from bad people isn't it amazing?" My eyes shone then eagerly nodded.

"Good then let father teach you A'right?"

"Yes dad" he pats my shoulder plastering the triumph smile on his face. I don't understand why he is acting like that but it doesn't amount to something the more important is we're now okay.

It's been a month when my father talks to me about the agreement. I heaved a deep sigh and look at myself in the mirror. I change a lot when he started to train me secretly without the consent of my mom.

I'm standing at the window when someone came into my room. I  turned my head to see that person I smiled widely when I knew it was her my mother.

"Why you're always here? Aren't you gonna play with your cousins?" I smiled weakly and wiggle my head.

"No need mom watching them is enough for me." She smiles and messed up the hair.

"I notice that you don't want to be with them why child? Is there anything wrong?" And for the second time, I wiggle my head.

"Nope, I better read my books than playing with them." Mom heaved a deep sigh and arranged my messy hair into a ponytail. I know she doesn't understand why I'm acting like this. I don't act as the others do where we're at the same age.  Subsequently, she leaves me alone.

When I notice that she's now leaving I throw myself at the bed and let the darkness embrace my consciousness.

****

Today is the day that my father is waiting for. He said this would be the best day of her life if I'll do what he said. I don't know but I have a bad feeling about this. I followed my father in this dark tunnel where only torches bring light on the way. While walking I've noticed the kind of noise from the inside of this tunnel I wonder what are those noises for.

As we step on the light there I saw several children the same as my age-fighting with each other. Knife and kunai are on their hand with a streak of blood. My knees shivered and started to step back when my father pushed me in. They looked at me with their creepy smiles on their faces. God, what did my father wants me to do? Someone attacks me but I dodge it effortlessly followed by the others but I twitched their hands and broke their legs that cause them to shout out loud.

My father was smiling widely while watching the scene I've been making so this is what he wants how stupid you are dad and I'm also stupid to follow your intention. I ended up the battle with blood on my hand this is my first time killing a person who doesn't do anything bad to me swear this is hell I should be punished.

As we go home my mother looked so worried at the same happiness is written on her face. Maybe she thought were having some father and daughter bonding tss. I drank water and go upstairs to rest.

***

I was about to get up when my body didn't respond to what I wanted. I got nervous and move again but it didn't work suddenly a man with a black hood came in front of my bed and choke me to death. I struggled to escape his choke when his eyes turned into an intense red I shout at the top of my throat when someone woke me up. It was my mother she huge me with a worried face while I'm crying on his shoulder.

"Mommy!" I said between my sobs. That was the worst nightmare I ever experienced maybe it's the demon who's now hunting me for killing those innocent children.

"Shhhhh it's okay mommy's here," she said and stroked my back slowly. I hugged her back while sobbing.

"Promise me mom that you'll never gonna leave me, please" she smiled.

"Of course you're all I have" and with that, she laid me down and kissed my forehead before she leaves. I looked at my hand and whimpered upon remembering those kids shouting and begging me to stop but why didn't I stop? Am I that bad? Did my father turn me into a demon? If it is from now on I will isolate myself from people before this will happen again. I smiled bitterly before I mentally asked myself why did my father restrict me to be normal I hate this life, I hate what he wanted me to do, I hate to obey him but I know I have nothing to do with it. Can someone save me? Save me from the arms of my father.