Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Bleeding On the Inside ❯ Bleeding On the Inside - Prologue ( Prologue )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Bleeding On the Inside - Author's Notes

"Rape's not something where you just go,'Well, get over it' or

'Believe in love and peace, my child, and it'll all be over.' Well, fuck

you, that isn't the answer. It's a great thought, OK, but you can go

and stick crystals up your butt and get on with it. I'm all for love and

peace, but that's not the side I work on. If somebody would talk

about it, or worse, joke about it, I would be ready to kill. That's not

healing. It was a very long time after that before I was able to be with

anyone again. And it has never been the same as it was before."

~Tori Amos

Before you read this fic you should know that the events that happened are based on a true story: my story.. Most of you who have followed my work know that I've been in Europe for a time, studying. It was overseas that something precious was taken from me, something I'll never be able to regain. It was there in that town, in that store where I experienced something that no child should ever have to experience. Nonetheless, I have survived. And now, as part of my healing, I am telling the story, my story in a form I am comfortable with. It is definitely the hardest thing I have ever had to write. Some may wonder why I chose to tell it with Quatre in my stead since I am a girl. I chose Quatre because it didn't matter. It didn't matter to that man that I was a girl, that I was a child, that I was a foreigner, that I was a good kid who never talked to strangers, that I was supposed to be having the time of my life out there. It didn't matter to him. It doesn't matter to me either. I am not just writing this story as a healing for myself, but as a warning to others. Sexual assault does happen and it happens anywhere to anybody. Don't fall into that trap of thinking that it can't happen to you. We can no longer afford to ignore the tears and pain of millions of victims around the world. If you know someone who has been sexually assaulted or if you yourself have been sexually assaulted, speak out. Don't let your pain be ignored. Below are some websites with more information. Please do what you can to help. Don't let my story become your story.

Cherry Blossom

http://www.healthyplace.com/Communities/abuse/lisk/index.html

http://www.welcometobarbados.org/

http://www.geocities.com/I_sang_holy_ holy/holy.html

http://www.rainn.org/