The Darkness Inside

Chapter 1

The bleating of my alarm pulled me out of my dream. Not that I minded, to be honest I have no clue what I was dreaming. Sitting up, I glanced around the small room I was currently renting in Dublin. The wall paper was peeling and the curtains were shredded. Not the best place I've stayed in but it was the only thing in my price range.  Sighing I slide out of bed. Today was my first day of school. Fear and stress coursed through my body. Stop it I yelled at my self, no emotions. After a few seconds the emotions ebbed away.

Ever since I could remember I was born with strange powers. I tried controlling them but the strain caused me to black out. As an effect of these powers any emotion would trigger something, so I trained myself to not feel anything. Anger was the worst, I became a completely different person. Because of these powers an my emotions, I am unable to stay at a school for long.

Walking towards my closet I decide to dress inconspicuous. A plain white blouse with blue jeans completed with black flats. Locking the one bedroom apartment I stepped into the light rain. It took me about ten minutes to walk to the red bricked prison that is know as a school by the general population.

The day went by in a blur. A few things stuck out; the science lab, the library, a boy who has light brown hair with blue eyes flecked with gold and a pimpled face, a girl with plain features who constantly glared at me.

Personally I'm pleased that I did not make any friends. This means no drama and there for no strong emotions. Though I was unsettled by the girls glaring. I generally appear off putting with my high intellect and my habit of keeping to myself. Still that is no reason to glare. My day at school gave me a chance to pick up the Irish accent. I don't know how it happens but I think it might be part of my powers. I can speak and understand any language and in return if I hear an accent I immediately speak with an accent until I leave that country.

It's odd but every one has a weird side, I just only have a weird side. The homework that is set was completely easy. A child could do it. Which technically I was. I am fifteen years old, nearly sixteen but because of my advanced intellect I was in my last year in high school. I had been offered scholarships to some of the best universities in the world but because of my condition, I had to turn them all down.

That night I couldn't sleep. Every time I tried, I was plagued by nightmares. I saw me but it wasn't me. I looked the same but different. I looked how I do when my power goes out of control. Even then I looked different, I looked like I was controlling the power and because of that I looked scary. This was how everyone else sees me. My face was pulled into a sinister smirk. I looked evil. The worst part was the piles of dead bodies at my feet and the sound of deep booming laughter that seemed to come from everywhere and nowhere at the same time.

I jolted awake, my heart hammering in my chest. I was covered in a cold sweat and I could still hear the laughter from my dream. A flicker of movement caught my eye. Something was watching me as I slept. I could just seem out of the corner of my eye. I could not see it if I looked straight at it. It was a shadow with a humanoid shape. No other feature was visible except for its eyes. Pure red filled hatred, anger, bloodlust and something else joy? Love perhaps?

Next thing I know is that it's gone.  Nothing remains that hinted of its presence.