The silence of the night enveloped Tory's room like a dark veil, the faint glow of the moon dancing through the curtains like a soft melody that cut through the weight of the darkness. She had woken up that morning with her body heavy, the sound of nausea cutting through the air like a dark thunder that echoed in her chest, a feeling that danced like a shadow she couldn't ignore. "I didn't know I was pregnant…" she murmured to herself, the weight of that discovery cutting through the silence as tears danced down her face like raindrops cutting through the air. "What am I going to do with my life?" The sound of that cry echoed like a lament that danced in her chest, the weight of the world crumbling over her like a melody she couldn't play.
At seventeen, just a few months shy of eighteen, the weight of that youth cut through the air like a sharp knife, the sound of an uncertain future dancing in her mind like a flame she couldn't extinguish. This baby she carried was his—Clark, the boy she'd met three years ago, the sound of that first meeting echoing in her heart like a melody that cut through time. When she'd met him, anger had burned in her chest like a wild flame, the weight of an unfair life dancing on her shoulders like a shadow she couldn't shake. At fifteen, she was already working, the sound of chores cutting through the air as she cooked, cleaned, and took care of everything, the weight of that responsibility dancing like thunder no one could hear. What fifteen-year-old girl wants to work? The sound of that question danced in her mind like a dark melody that cut through the silence of her stolen childhood.
"They say I have an aggressive personality…" she murmured, the weight of that truth cutting the air like a dry knife as the sound of her own voice echoed in her chest. "And it's true… I think anyone would create that personality with everything I've been through…" The weight of the memories danced like a flame she couldn't extinguish, but with Clark it was different—the sound of his presence cut through the air like a soft melody that erased that anger, that weight, that armor. "When I'm with him… It seems like all of that disappears… Is this how I'm supposed to be?" The sound of that doubt danced in her chest like a flame she wanted to understand, the weight of that love cutting through the air like a melody she couldn't name.
At 15, love was a mystery, the sound of an unknown feeling dancing in her heart like a shadow she couldn't reach. "I was just a little girl…" she murmured, the weight of that innocence cutting through the air while the sound of memories echoed like a melody that cut through time. When she met Clark, it was just friendship, the sound of that first meeting on the school porch dancing like a flame that warmed the emptiness. No one went there, the weight of that isolation cutting through the air like a thunder that she carried alone, until he appeared, the sound of surprise dancing in her chest like a melody she didn't expect. "I thought it would be just that once…" she murmured, the weight of that thought cutting through the air, but he came back, the sound of the constant meetings dancing like a flame she couldn't extinguish, until she clung to him, the weight of that bond growing like a melody that cut through the silence.
From their friendship, something blossomed, the sound of that feeling dancing in her chest like a flame she couldn't ignore. "I would go home thinking about the next day, when I would find him on the porch…" she murmured, the weight of those thoughts cutting through the air while the sound of work echoed like a thunder that she endured for him. "I worked thinking about it… I was going crazy, but I came to the conclusion that I had fallen in love with him…" The sound of that discovery danced in her chest like a melody that cut through the silence, the weight of that love cutting through the air like a flame she had never felt before. "It was… It was so good… I felt happy, everything felt lighter, all that weight seemed to disappear a little…" The sound of that happiness echoed in her mind like a melody that warmed the emptiness, until they met in an alley, the weight of those feelings exploding like wild thunder when they kissed for the first time. "It was magical… I'll never forget that day…" she murmured, the sound of that love cutting through the air like a flame she wanted to keep forever, the weight of two opposing feelings dancing in her chest—love and disappointment.
"He promised me, after that first kiss, that he would never abandon me like my old 'friends'…" she said, the sound of that promise dancing in her chest like a melody that cut through the silence, but then he said he would leave for a year, the weight of that revelation cutting through the air like a sharp knife. "My heart raced… Not with joy, but with sadness…" The sound of that pain echoed in her chest like a dark thunder, the weight of that abandonment dancing like a flame she couldn't put out. "I thought… 'Okay, I'm going to be abandoned again'… Then I got angry and fought with him…" The sound of that confusion cut through the air like a melody she didn't want to play, the weight of that hurt dancing in her chest like a shadow that cut through the silence. "Why would he kiss me, say he wouldn't abandon me like my friends, if right after he was going to say he was leaving? I didn't understand..." The sound of that doubt echoed in her mind like a dark melody, the weight of the months passing cutting through the air as he said goodbye, the sound of those words cutting through the silence like a knife that she couldn't ignore. "I treated him so badly... My world went back to zero after that... Everything went back to the right place, I killed myself working and my life became hell again..." The weight of that pain danced in her chest like a flame that she couldn't put out, but those feelings never disappeared, their sound echoing like a hidden melody that cut through the silence while she kept them deep in her heart so as not to suffer anymore.
"A year passed, and I finally thought he would come back…" she murmured, the sound of that hope dancing in her chest like a flame that cut through the air, but the weight of that absence cut through the silence like a dark knife. "But it wasn't like that… He just didn't show up…" The sound of that betrayal echoed in her chest like thunder that cut through the air, the weight of that broken promise dancing like a melody she couldn't forget. "Once again, he broke a promise…"
After that, she found Cobra Kai, the sound of that choice cutting through the air like a wild melody as she threw herself headfirst into forgetting that boy who didn't keep his words. "I decided to forget him…" she murmured, the weight of that decision dancing in her chest like a dark flame that cut through the silence, trying to move on with someone else—Miguel. "But when I kissed him for the first time…" The sound of that attempt cut through the air like a melody she couldn't ignore, the weight of that comparison dancing in her chest like a shadow that cut through the void. "It wasn't even close to what I felt with Clark…" The sound of that lost love echoed like a flame she couldn't extinguish, but she kept going, the weight of that effort cutting through the air as fate laughed at her.
"I saw Miguel kissing Larusso…" she murmured, the sound of that betrayal dancing in her chest like a dark thunder that cut through the silence, the weight of that anger cutting the air like a sharp knife. "I was already angry with her before I met him… Her life… It was everything I wanted…" The sound of that envy echoed in her chest like a melody that cut through the void, the weight of that close-knit family dancing like a flame she had never had—a brother with a peaceful life, happily married parents, a perfect existence that cut through the air like a melody she wanted to steal. "She had everything I wanted and still came to take something that was mine…" The weight of that betrayal danced in her chest like a wild flame, the sound of that fury cutting through the air as she did something stupid, the weight of that mistake echoing like a thunder that almost killed Miguel.
"I was arrested because of that…" she murmured, the sound of that fall cutting through the air like a dark melody that danced in her chest, the weight of that rock bottom cutting through the silence like a knife she couldn't put out. A day later, she was on the street, the sound of freedom dancing like a weak flame that cut through the air, until she found that pig of a tenant at home, the weight of that humiliation cutting through the silence like a thunder she couldn't ignore. "He humiliated me… And since I was at rock bottom, I thought it was the end of everything…" The sound of that hopelessness danced in her chest like a melody that cut through the air, the weight of that fear cutting through the silence until Clark appeared, the sound of salvation echoing like a flame that cut through the darkness.
"When I saw him again…" she murmured, the weight of those feelings dancing in her chest like a wild melody that cut through the air, "everything I thought I had erased from my heart came back with full force…" The sound of that reunion danced like thunder that echoed in her chest, her heart racing, sweat and trembling cutting through the air while love and longing danced like flames that she could not put out. "It was as if I had seen someone from the past in front of me… The mixture of nostalgia with love and longing… It's a crazy feeling…" The sound of that confusion cut through the air like a melody that she could not name, the weight of that desire dancing in her chest like a flame that she wanted to consume. "I wanted to give myself to him the moment I saw him… But then my mind remembered what happened and I closed myself off completely…" The sound of that anger cut through the air like a sharp knife, the weight of that fear dancing in her chest like a dark melody that cut through the silence. "I was afraid he would do the same thing he did before… I couldn't handle that in that part of my life…" The sound of that fear echoed like thunder cutting through the air, the weight of that broken day dancing in her chest as she blamed him for everything, the sound of the blows against him cutting through the silence like a melody she wanted to erase. "I cried… I didn't want to see him anymore… I didn't want to feel that again… So I sent him away and he went…"
Days passed, the sound of that emptiness cutting through the air as he returned to dance in her thoughts, the weight of that presence echoing like a flame that cut through the silence. "I returned to Cobra Kai after a conversation with Kreese…" she murmured, the sound of that choice dancing in her chest like a wild melody that cut through the air, the weight of that anger cutting through the silence as she sought to fight Larusso and Myagi-Do again. "Everything was going well… I was going to give that girl what she deserved…" The sound of that determination danced in her chest like a flame that cut through the air, until he appeared again, the weight of that strength cutting through the silence like a thunder that she could not ignore. "He was so strong, so masculine, so handsome…" The sound of that admiration danced in her chest like a melody that cut through the air, the weight of that reunion cutting through the silence as she confronted him. "He said he meant nothing to me…" The sound of that lie cut through the air like a sharp knife, the weight of that falsehood dancing in her chest like a burning flame. "I felt like crap for saying those words… When he said he thought he had wronged me… I was angry…" The sound of that fury cut through the air like a dark melody, but the weight of that truth danced in her chest like a flame she couldn't extinguish. "Who was I kidding? He was right… I wasn't that 15-year-old girl anymore… At least I thought I wasn't, until Larusso confronted me and said she and Clark were together…"
"I've never felt so much hate in my life as I did in that moment…" she murmured, the sound of that anger dancing in her chest like a wild melody that cut through the air, the weight of that fire exploding like a thunder that no one could ignore. "I went after her screaming, without even using karate… I just wanted to kill her…" The sound of that fury cut through the silence like a sharp knife, the weight of that betrayal dancing in her chest like a flame that she wanted to consume. "She stole him from me… I felt betrayed, like a part of me had been ripped away…" The sound of that despair echoed like a dark melody that cut through the air, the weight of that hate dancing in her chest like a flame that cut through the silence. "I treat Clark badly… I didn't want him to date another girl… Who was I trying to fool?" The sound of that doubt cut through the air like a melody that she couldn't ignore, the weight of that love dancing in her chest like a flame that everyone could see, the sound of that truth echoing like a thunder that cut through the silence.
"Clark tried to break up the fight, and I kicked him downstairs…" she murmured, the sound of that memory dancing in her chest like a dark melody that cut through the air. "Larusso confronted me and I tried to go up, but the fight was already over… And she kissed him in front of me…" The weight of that humiliation cut through the silence like a sharp knife, the sound of that kiss echoing in her chest like thunder that cut through the air. "I felt completely broken and humiliated by that… So I left…" The sound of those footsteps cut through the silence like a lament that danced in her chest, the weight of that hatred, that anger, that anguish cutting through the air like flames that she could not put out. "All I could think about was that bitch… She had stolen something from me again… I felt hatred, anger, anguish, every bad feeling possible for that girl at that moment…"