Ch 1 : New beginnings

 **Warning: This comic talks about sensitive issues like suicide, self harm etc.**

One day Alison asks her father an innocent question ," You say that every name has a meaning". "Yes", as her father remains busy in preparing her bed and doesn't pay much attention. " Then what does Aurora mean ?" . He picks her up puts her in the bed. "Why do you wanna know that?". "You read me fairytale yesterday. The name of the princess was Aurora. I don't know anyone named Aurora so I wanted to know". "Oh I see". "Aurora are the northern lights which are seen in the polars where no human lives". "In the completely dark sky in the cold polar regions the colourful lights shine very beautifully". "It sounds like the view must be beautiful". "Yes". "Have you ever seen an Aurora, Daddy?". No I haven't and I don't want to either". "Why?". "Because you are my Aurora ". "But I am Alison". Suddenly there is a bang on the door. "It looks like your mother is home", he tucks the blanks and gives her a good night kiss on her forehead. "Good night Baby". "Good night Daddy". He leaves the room and shuts the doors quietly.

Alison gets up from her bed and walks upto the doors and peeks outside. "Where were you ?", her father asks her mother who looks drunk". "You don't need to know"."I am your husband. I need to know where my wife is so late at night. You have a six year old daughter. Why can't you be a little more responsible?". "She is not my daughter". " You can't deny the fact that she is your daughter, Andrea". "You are her father but don't expect me to be her mother. She ruined my life and you know that ". "You can't blame an innocent child for your own failures. Now answer me where were you?". "I went party with some friends okay. Stop making a fuss". "You shouldn't drink that much", he snatches her bottle in her hand and throws it in dustbin. " What the hell are you doing ?". They start fighting and screaming with each other. Alison closes the doors lays down quietly in her bed and tries to sleep.

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( A video starts and a woman in her early 30s is trying fix the camera)

Hi..... I am Alison popularly known as Aurora. Yeah you must be freaked out by knowing that why the hell did she record herself before dying. Well..... I am sorry if I ruined your day but this is my suicide note or you can say suicide video. I never shared my life story. So I decided to record this to tell everyone my side of the story. Why I took such step?

It was September the season of autumn began . But it became a tragedy for me. When I was 8 years old, my mom left me and my dad. So I only had my dad with me. But when I was 18 years old , I found out my dad was suffering from cancer. I was heart broken but tried my best to keep him alive by working part time where ever I can get some cash while keeping up to my studies. Even I managed to keep him alive for a longer time than expected but I had to accept the fact that he was dying. He always told me "You are my light, I don't what to keep you in the dark. Pursue your dreams even though the whole world is against it". And one afternoon he told me to bring him some white roses which were his favourite and when I brought them I found out that left for ever......... After a low key fureal with just a few family friends. I decided to pursue my interest in music. I left the small town and took his advice and left for LA.

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