GENESIS I opened my eyes, unsure of where I was or how I was. My eyes hurt at first, the light was too bright and I shut them back. Then I opened them slowly, blinking over and over again, till I could open them properly. The room had a familiar fragrance to it. Citrus and wood. It was warm and breezy. The stars blinked at it, like they were welcoming me back with a dance that allowed them to glow. Till I blinked and it came crashing down on me. My dance tutors, two men coming out from the back room. One holding my hair and pulling me with it, the other hitting my stomach with his foot. One roared at my face, while closing his hand around my neck, till I saw dots. I remembered the way they laughed, while coming on me. I remember hearing my clothes shred, I remembered trying to fight him

