Barely Breathing { IM5/Dana Fanfiction }

Prologue

Have you ever felt as if you whole word was crumbling around you?

It's like being in a room filled with people, all of them staring back at you, taking in everything you say, but no matter how hard you shout or scream, they'll never understand a single word. You can shake them back and forth, begging and pleading, but no one actually hears you, they just smile and nod.

That's what life is like for me.

Born in practical royalty, my family lived off of their wealth. I was that shy little girl who's parents' went to all the fancy country clubs, showing off their accomplished daughter to everyone.

Accomplished? More like spoiled, that is. Everything in life was given to me. I never worked for anything. I never had to try. I never needed luck, I was the living embodiment of it.

As a child, I love every second of it. I never threw a tantrum, never cried, I just asked politely and everything I wanted fell into my lap. It was like heaven for a six year old girl who was obsessed with anything pink with glitter.

But as the years passed, and I grew to see that my whole life wasn't normal. It was practically a lie. I wasn't privileged, I was trapped. In a never ending spiral. I never needed to stand up for myself, other people did it for me. I never needed to speak my mind, I had people for that.

Most people would kill to live my life, I would kill to give it away. I hated every second of it.

My whole life was planned out. Go to school, go to college, get married to a rich man, and die happily. I never asked for any of it. I never wanted any of it. It was just forced upon me, like a pair of chains with no key.

After a while, I didn't feel happiness anymore. I feel regret, loneliness, slowly falling into a never ending sadness.

All I wanted was to have someone stand up and fight for me.Or help me fight for myself. But I never expected it to happen.

Until I met you.

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