The Burden

Ch. 3 ❥ Hell's back once more.

Cassidy woke up early this morning. Rethinking everything that happened last night. She got dressed and got ready for school. Once she made it to school, everyone was staring at her and whispering. Someone ran up to her laughing at her pushing their phone into Cass's face. Cass looked at the phone it was a video of her. Nick pouring his drink all over Es's dress. Esther. How dare her not help her own friend from humiliation? She continued on with her day pissed per usual.
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Dear journal, I hope every single person who comes across me today suffers. I hope they suffer. Found out there is a video online of Nick pouring his beer all over me. FIRST OFF FUCKED UP. Second off it was Esther who posted it. Found out because of a person from earlier showing me the video that was sent from Esther. Is Esther on my hate list? Yes. How much people do I have on my hate list? A lot- Today is complete bullshit.
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Cass passed by and directly went to her first period. P.E. She got changed into her gym clothes. Due to her school having a weird schedule she had math, history, and science on Mondays and Fridays, she had P.E, Reading and AP Chemistry on Tuesdays and Thursdays. And on Wednesdays she had her electives which were Art and Structural Foundation. Oh and she had chess club meetings after Wednesdays too. She passed by Esther hanging out with his new friends. Cassidy sat on the bleachers near the coach's, Mattheo came up and sat beside her.
"Cass? Pst Cass-" He spoke.
"What." She spat out.
"I know you don't want me talking about your powers-" He whispered.
Cassidy cut him off quickly.
"Yes- and? Don't say it out loud!"
"I was gonna say I was taking pictures last night of the honey oak trees and y'know that thing happened-"
"Get to the point Mattheo."
"I can't explain it! I have to show you the photos in the photography lab..!"
He spoke
Cassidy thought to herself.
What could be sooo important he had to bother her judging her ex friend time?
Jaxon Byers passed by.
She hated him now, he took a way her best friend.
"Fine. If it's so important."
She spoke rolling her eyes.
Mattheo nodded and got up walking off with his Polaroid camera. After P.E was over Cassidy met Mattheo in the photography lab.. weird.. she hasn't seen Nick Rodriquez today..?
She ignored the thought and walked in and closed the door behind her.
"Hey Cass!"
"Don't call me that. Only my friends call me that."
"Oh- okay-"
She looked at the photos, there was this black shadowy figure standing behind her last night but none of them saw it. Only the camera did.. what the fuc-.
Nick then spoke up.
"Weird right..? There's more and a semi face here."
He said pointing at another photo.
The photo looked oddly similar to that one Frankenstein and it's weird myth..
'Thy who gets claimed by thy creature, may be because thy creature has an attachment to thyself. Thy creature might claim you and protect you. And love thy. Once thy meet thy creature it is beknownst that thy creature with claim thy as theirs thy monster will come to you at night, to request thy help to repair thyself. For thy Franken-monster has bonded your souls together.'
Shit. Could the myth be true..? No. It could never. But then again she has super powers..
"That's fucking creepy." She spoke.
"I know.."
Mattheo responded.
"Y'know that one old myth about that Frankenstein monster right..?" He nodded.
"Claimed by monster blah blah blah."
She nodded.
"Do you think it could be real..?"
She spoke a bit scared.
"I mean you did blow over some fucking trees with your mind! So maybe!"
He spoke making hand gestures to his head when he said head.
She rolled her eyes a bit.
"Anyways Cass- Wanna test out your powers again?!"
She let him say her nickname cause by now he was the only thing closest to being a friend.
"Maybe tomorrow Mattheo"
She spoke tired enough.
As soon as the sun was setting she walked to the local graveyard. Sitting by the grave that she talked to a lot and read to. She sat by it and sighed explaining her day to this dead person-
It started to rain a bit, as she rambled on. After a while of her rambling she hadn't thought before to check who she was speaking to for a while. She wiped off the dirty grave. She sat there frightened her hands dirty and dusty.
The grave read. "Noeve 'Frankenstein' worschen"
Oh fuck.
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Dear Journal. I am in deep shit. There's a Frankenstein basically in love with me. Esther's a bitch. Mattheo's my friend now? Nick disappeared. Everyone hates me. WHAT AM I GONNA FUCKING DO??!!
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Cassidy closed her journal quickly hearing leaves crunching nearby, as the wind stirred. The trees swaying and decaying. The night growing closer and it being as cold as day. Esther walked up.
"Hey Cass.. Are you there..?"
Cassidy got up quickly.
"Esther."
"Cassidy!! I am so sorry!- I don't know what I was thinking- can we be friends again please?!"
"No. Never. Ever. Fucking. Again."
Cassidy spoke through her teeth, their voice bitter and relentless as they stayed as far away from their ex best friend.
"Please.."
"No you gods forsaken bitch! Take the fucking hint! I will no longer be your pawn!"
Cassidy shouted.
Esther looked pissed she smacked Cassidy. Cassidy grabbed Esther and began to bang her head on a nearby grave stone, Esther began to bleed. Then a lightning strike struck the gravestone she was sitting at. It was all eerily silent until she continued to beat Esther's head in. Cassidy was blinded by rage. She wanted revenge. She continued and continued until Esther's skin was gone, her skull was smashed open, brains splattering everywhere. An eyeball popping out. She continued relentlessly. Until she tired herself out. She stepped back blood on her hands. Her own ex best friend's blood. Shit. Cassidy began to freak out grabbing Esther's body and hiding it in the abandoned grave hedge. Burying the body up, and covering it up with leafs. She ran and cleaned the graves off. She cleaned herself off. Sitting back down in front of the monsters grave. What had compelled her to do this..? What has she done.. she leaned back looking up at the statue of the man before he became a monster, a beast. He was beautiful. She fell asleep dreaming about the man.
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I've screwed up. I murdered Esther. I murdered her. Her blood was on my hands. He was killed by me. Why. Did I do it. I'm horrible. But it felt so good. I felt so powerful.
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When Cassidy awoke she got up and placed her homemade necklace around the statues neck. She walked off towards her home prepared to get yelled at for staying out so late.
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Hey!!! So I'm backkkk after a while long hiatus!!! But I'm finally updating this story again!! For my bestie!!! So here take this!!!
- Madi <3
Wrote on 3/21/24
Proofread on 3/24/24