JEANNE

Chapter 1- The incident

               The little girl sat joyfully in the middle of her room on her purple rug, criss cross apple sauce. She was lost in another world. Constantly mumbling and talking to someone who was never there. She laughed and played with this invisible person. What joyful fun a 5 year old girl was having with her imaginary friend. What a shame that dream had to turn into a nightmare fairly quickly.

                   That little girl was me. I've always had imaginary friends. I've never been alone. Well actually, my whole life I've been alone so that's practically the whole cause of my schizophrenia.
When I was little I could actually see what they looked like. I had a friends named Stephan, Coraline, Jackie, and Nathen. They were my group of friends ever since I was 4. They grew up with me. Of course they were imaginary.

                  When I was 5 I was so adorable and innocent. I had really short brown hair that just grazed my shoulders and I had bangs cut straight across above my eyebrows and I had brownish green and gold eyes. I was so happy and the happiest memories I have are of me playing in the park before I was 10 years old because that was before....... well...... the "incident."

                    Those 4 friends I grew up with and loved and trusted so much...... they betrayed me. My mind betrayed me. Coraline, she had no part in it at all. She told me not to do it! I was just so.... so blind. I should've listened! I shouldn't have blown her off! Nathen didn't do anything either. Stephan and Jackie did it! They are to blame!!! They made me like this!!! I was only 10! They are monsters!

                     I remember one night we all had a bit of a rage at each other. I was laying out on the hammock and they were all sitting at the table on the patio talking. Almost whispering as if I couldn't hear them. Nathen started getting mad and he got up and ran away. Coraline came over to me and hugged me. I saw pretty colors and she started saying stuff like "calm down. It will all be over for you soon. I will protect you!" Jackie started yelling at Coraline and tried to pull her off of me. Stephan stood their in shock and didn't know what to do. I passed out.
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                I woke up peacefully swinging on the hammock. All of them were gone except Coraline. She was laying on the hammock with me and she leaned up and said "Stephen and Jackie are planning to make you do something unpleasant and please don't listen to them. Me and Nathen will protect you but please don't go near them without us."
"Ok. Where are they though?"
Nathen and Coraline looked at each other.
"We don't know." She said looking back at me. "They ran off last night. I'm sorry but I had to make you pass out."
"Wait, what were all those pretty colors?" I asked.
"So you know we arnt real right? We are just voices in your head." I looked down "ya." I said.
"Well that's what happens when something from your schizophrenia touches you. Your mind gets all messed up and you start hallucinating almost like your on acid."
"Oh! That's why y'all never touch me!"
"Ya." She said nodding her head.

                  The next day I was in the drive way drawing with chalk. Nathen and Coraline were no where to be seen and Stephan and Jackie walked up to me.
"Hey Jeanne! Can we join?" Jackie said.
"Ya sure." I said completely forgetting they were out to do something. I didn't think they would actually do anything. I've known them for 5 years. I was 10 years old at the time. They stayed and drew pictures with the chalk and most of them were actually pretty violent. One was of me falling off a cliff and one was me stabbing myself. The images made a tear run from my eye. They ran away when Coraline walked up to me and I saw the images they drew disappear.
"What did they have to say?" She asked.
"Nothing they just drew some pictures with chalk." I said while looking down and focusing on my picture of me in the middle of Coraline and Nathen. Coraline bent down to meet my eye level. "Jeanne, you need to tell me anything they did or said. What was their drawings?"
"I don't know I wasn't paying attention." I said. I didn't want to tell her it was probably just some huge prank. Boy I wish it was.
"Are you sure you don't know?"
"Yes."
"Jeanne!"
"I don't know!"
"Ok." She stood back up and sat down next to me and drew some pictures with me. My parents never suspected anything. They just thought it was imaginary friends like every kid has.

                  The night of the incident I was sleeping peacefully in my bed. I heard a voice in my head start talking to me and possessing my body. It was Stephan's voice. I opened my eyes and Jackie was standing at the end of my bed. Her eyes were red and locked on me. The whispers in my head got louder and louder. I could hear what he was saying.
"Get up. Get up. Get up!" He yelled.
"Coraline is lying to you! We are good! They are bad!"
"Come with me! Follow Jackie for me! We will take you somewhere safe."

                Like a robot and straight face I got out of bed and followed Jackie. Before I knew it I was at the park and standing on the edge of the top of the playground. It was a very high playground set and I have no idea how I got up there. If I jumped I would for sure break my legs. I snapped into reality and turned around as quick as I could. I saw Stephen with red glowing eyes in the dark. He pushed me in the shoulder so hard I flew off the playground backwards. I screamed as I fell down. I felt a huge pressure hit my back and knock the air out of me. Then black. Nothing but darkness.