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Prologue

I always felt different.

Eversince I was a child I know I'm not like the other kids.

I tried to aproach them and all, however they always looked at me with fear and immediately run away like it's a survival instict.

I could be sitting alone in a corner minding my own business and still,  I can feel their fear. No one wants to go near me. Even the grown ups.

At first I thought I was a freak not just because of how they look at me, but also because of my brother constantly reminding me to never take my gloves off. Wear it all the time, he said. He also made me dress in a long sleeves and pants for all of my life. It's the only rule that he implied.

As a child I thought that I can't take it off because I have some kind of weird illness. Maybe he's just overprotective and wants me to be conservative or something. My brother didn't really explain things. His kinda weird, but I always obeyed him and did not ask any questions.

However he did told me something one time after I came home from school. He said that his doing this for my own sake, to keep me and my friends safe. He even threatened me that I can't go outside or even meet other people, and will definitely regret it if I ever break the only rule we have. Emphasis on regret.

Even though I don't really get it I just told him that It's okay by me. I don't really have friends so I will always obey him and will never betray his trust. because I trust him with all of my life.

I will always listen.

Until one day.

December 21, 2015

I was 16 years old and I met this guy named Thomas.

Thomas is a great person. He is the only one who approach me all this years. He is kind, funny and very talented.

We became friends right away and it made me happy. He is the first friend that I ever had.

I said to my self that I will forever treasure him in my heart.

We are together almost all day, all the girls from our school basically hates me because of it. Thomas is popular and I'm an outcast. That resulted to some pretty extreme bullying.

Which is funny. Before they can't even look at me more that five seconds, and now all of their attention became mine. I didn't really care to much about it, as long as I can be with Thomas. That is all that matters.

However my brother found out about the constant bullying that I endured, and of course he is not happy about that.

He told me to not get myself involve with Thomas anymore; he wanted me to end our friendship which made me mad.

It's the very first fight that I have with him. The very first time I hated him. He always told me to have friends come over and introduce them to him, but now that I actually have one he wants me to end it.

We didn't talk for like a week, however he did told me that I'm not going to school anymore. Which made me hate him more than ever.

I felt betrayed that time because I'm finally have someone I cherish and he's taking it away from me.

I didn't even break the rule.

June 21, 2016

Thomas called and ask me if I'm okay. I told him to meet me at a park near our house. My brother grounded me for the very first time and I really don't want to listen to him. So, I snuck out my window without even thinking about the consequences of my action. I just don't want to be here, that is all I could think off.

I went to the park wearing a shirt and pants with some scarf on my neck.

Yes. I disobeyed my brother like some kind of rebelious teenager.

I was a dumb bitch and little did I know I'll regret it my whole life.

...

When I got there Thomas is with a girl. A tall girl wearing a red dress.

I thought It was his friend or something so I just called him. They both looked at me and the girl in the red dress smiled.

She smiled, however not a friendly kind of smile. It like she found her prey and can finally devour it. She looks like a Psychopath.

I don't really know what to do at that time. I'm very intimidated by this girl to the point that I can't even speak. All I can do is step back, looking at Thomas with a confused face.

Thomas has this blank face that I've never seen before, he always smiles yet now it's like he doesn't even recognize me.

The girl waves her hand at Thomas.

I felt shivers down my spine, and in a blink of an eye, I'm on the ground choking to death.

I can't move my arms and legs. I'm struggling to breathe; any minute now I will deffinitely die.

I am slowly closing my eye and I thought about my brother. He was right, he is always right. If only I listened none of this would have happened right?

Aiden

I called his name in my head hoping he would come and save me.

And some kind of miracle I heard his voice sreaming my name, and that time I was able to move my hands and push Thomas away. A light flashed out of nowhere and just like that I don't feel like dying anymore.

...

The moment I opened my eyes.

Thomas is gone as well as the girl in the red dress.

My brother yelled at me. His eyes are full of worry. I was about to cry like a child when I felt something in my hands.

When I opened it

I saw a lot of ashes, not just on my hands. It's scattered all over my body.

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©PsychoticGracey