The Demons You Can't See

Chapter 1

Soren'sPOV

I watched as D tried to pay attention to the teacher and tried to take notes, but his words were scrambled and he had incorrect letters in some words..Maybe he's dyslexic? Some of his numbers were backwards too, and he came out with different conclusions than the teacher. He finally just gave up and stared out the window until class was over.The bell finally rang, signaling the end of class, and D just ran out of the room before any else could out the opposite door in the back of the class. I followed after him, hot in pursuit. I turned around the corner and saw him cornered by some of the guys from the previous class. They were taunting him and beating him up. Blood came from the corner of his mouth and bruises could be seen that were starting to form. After a few moments of watching this, I had had enough of it and punched the lead guy square in the face, knocking him back. I proceeded on with his three other buddies until they fled the scene throwing threats at me.

I was breathing heavy breathes as I watched them run. I looked back over to D and saw that he was trying to stand back up since the jocks had knocked him down. I took a few steps closer to him just as he was starting to fall over. I caught him before he could land on the floor, and slung one of his arms over my shoulders. I looked over to him and saw that he was badly injured by those punks, and that he was unconscious. I remembered the way to the nurse's office from looking at the map I had of the school since I was new.

It took a few minutes but I was able to get him to the nurse's office with time to spare before every buddy would appear in that area of the school. The nurse looked up from her computer and was horrified by what she saw. She rushed over to us and took D from me and placed him on one of the medical beds she had in the largish room. She started to tend to his wounds instantly and I could see the bloodstains that were on Damian's clothes. I was also shock to see some bandages around his wrists that weren't from the nurse.

'Does he cut himself!?'I thought worriedly as the thought came to mind,'No wonder the students taunts and words affected him so oddly..They were directed towards him..Now I see,'

I was taken out of my thoughts as the nurse asked,"How did this happen?!This is completely different from what I usually see from him..What happened?"

I looked away as I said,"Some guys from our geometry class were bullying him and beating him up in the halls before the other classes gave out..I scared them off and helped D get here.."

She looked over to me with a look of disbelief in her face as she said,"And tell me one good reason why I shouldn't suspect that you were a part of it and your not just trying to save your own neck right now," as she gave me a cold stare.

"I can give you two actually," I said as I looked her dead in the eyes and said,"One I'm his friend. And two, no one is going to harm my friends so long as I'm walking and breathing,"

She relaxed as bit as she said,"Fine..You have my approval kid..What's your name?"

"Soren,"I stated rather bluntly as I had a monotone expression on my face.

She nodded her head before we looked over to D as he moved around on the bed, and was laying on his side with his left arm holding his stomach. I couldn't help but feel a pang of guilt wash over me..Why did that have to happen to him? He seemed like such a nice guy before on the bus..Maybe if I had been there sooner than he would be in better condition than he was now..