Half Dead

The day she thought it changed

    This has happened to Nina every year since she remembers. The Day Of The Dead was a cursed day for her. "Mom, tomorrow is the day... I don't want to go to school!" Nina exclaimed crying.  "I know you hate the curse that was put on you darling, but it is beautiful." Her mother tried to explained. The story of  her curse begins 1,000 years ago, when the first witch of Nina's family was born. Her name was Meredith, she lived in Salem so everyone hated her, her sister Helga put a curse on Meredith because she was to nice. The curse was "1,000 years from now one of decedents will reproduce a beautiful girl, but she will be half dead, half skull face on The Day Of The Dead every year till she passes."Helga ended up getting burned at the stake for putting a curse on another witch.

    "Mom, I look like a freak when my thing happens every year." Nina explained very sadly. As she walks into her room the clock reads "11:50pm" she never sleeps. She can't actually. So she waits, the clock finally dings 12:00am. "oh no!" Nina screams crying into a pillow. As she walks to her personal bathroom, she looks at her face, half skull. She hates her curse, she feels the hollowness of her cheek and eye socket. The other side of her face was as beautiful the day sky. Her hair black, long curly, her eyes bright blue, lips red as roses. She was completely beautiful.

    The next morning she decides to try to go to school considering she was a Senior and never missed a single day of school since 8th grade. As she walks into school she sees everyone with skull face paint and roses and everything. As she continues walking, everyone walks up and says "Your're real, you're so gorgeous."  She was very surprised, she lowers her black hood to reveal her half dead face and pitch black hair. 

    She takes off her jacket an dances through the halls like she was proud of her curse for once in her life. Her first experience of the curse was back in 3rd grade, or at least that's as far as she can remember back. The experience was so terrifying that she was home schooled all through 8th grade year. She just always wore her face hood on The Day Of The Dead. For some reason this year she didn't wear her face mask, she wanted to be free of all worry.

    That day she also found out that she was a witch, she was trying to open her lock on her locker and it wouldn't budge so she made up an incantation and it worked scaring the hell out of her, but everyone thought it was amazing. The guy she has liked forever walked up behind her and said "You know, I've never seen the true side of you, i was afraid to go near you because I'm a warlock, but I see you're a witch!" "Wait, you're different like me!? This is great! OMG I've never met someone like me before!" Nina exclaimed with joy.

    As she walked away after there conversation he stopped and asked her out for some coffee after school, she gladly said yes. After school Brett (that was his name) picked her up in the school parking lot. "So do you like that cafe' called Brewster's?" asked Brett. "Yea, that's my favorite place to go today. I always go on The Day Of The Dead! They give me 75% of my order because I'm a real life living half dead skull and a witch." Nina explains. "Really?! I get 50% because I'm a warlock!" Brett exclaimed.

    So as they walk in the cashier was so excited that they finally met. "So, you finally went to talk to the girl you like? Huh Brett?" Sammy said winking w=at the both of them. "Uh.." Brett said as his face turned bright red. "Wait, you like me Brett?! Because I like you too." Nina explained.  "Really?" Brett stuttered. As they sit at the table Brett slowly grabs Nina's hand making her blush. They finish there coffee and go to get into Brett's car, he stops her and says "Do you want to be my girlfriend?" "Yes, I would love you be your girlfriend!" Nina exclaims jumping onto Brett and hugging him.

    After Brett drops her off back at the school so she can get her car, she turns back and kisses him on the cheek goodbye. She goes to her car and starts, just sitting there smiling. When she walks into the house she kisses a frames picture on the wall and says I'm in a relationship Daddy. Her father has been dead for 100 years, (keep in mind her family is different so she is actually 116 years old). She walks into the kitchen where her mother was cooking eye of newt stew. "Where is your jacket!? Who saw you?!" Her mother asked in a panic. "Mom, i took my jacket off, everyone saw me, they saw my power and beauty. They saw me." Nina explained.

    "Nina this isn't good. Nobody was supposed to see you." Her mother explained. 'Mom, I met another warlock. He's like me, different." Nina said with hearts in her eyes. As Nina walked into her room she flopped back on her bed tears in her eyes, full of happiness. He actually accepts me for what I am. For who I am. As the clock strikes 12:00am once again, she goes back to "normal".

    She can actually relax now that she is some what normal, she actually has her full face. She sits in her room writing in her diary over and over " He actually accepts me." She was so happy. Brett was lying awake in bed thinking about Nina and how beautiful she was. They both finally get to a relaxing state and lay there thinking the words "Love you."