When Your Demon Takes Over

Chapter 1

I always had a weird life. And it got even weirder when I met a boy who would then change my life forever.

My best friend Brandon has always seemed kinda weird...a bit off at times. Whenever he gets mad it almost seems like he becomes someone else. Or when he gets overly attached in the (sexual) manner it can be very scary. He suddenly turns into someone that makes you afraid to run away. I swear I've seen his eyes change color from his normal electric blue eyes into a brown so deep they look black. But he has always been this way from the day I met him. Oh, that fateful day it stills feels weird to look back at it.

FEBRUARY 2013.

I had just finished my day of school. Being a sophomore at Brigton High sucked, I was bullied every day for being "different". I was in a small town school and everyone was so conservative. It was just "SO WRONG" for having bright red and blue hair and plugs. They were small only 0's but it was so wrong and foreign to them. Everyone was boring with brown or blonde hair and normal earnings. I remember starting at that school like it was yesterday. A new freshman from across the country suddenly moved because of a death in the family. And from my very first day, I was a target. Yes, there was the typical "fresh meat" bologna. It just never got better. But that day I ran into a junior that I have seen since my first day. He picked up my bag after some lowlife senior threw it across the hallway and everything scattered. He showed me a quick smile and handed me the bag, then looked for the senior who did it. I didn't see him for awhile then a couple months later the senior showed back up and he would do nothing but look at me and scowl. I never had problems with that guy again. But the guy who saved me stuck around, but not in my everyday life. I'd see him whenever I seemed to be in trouble. It never bothered me at first thinking it was just a coincidence but then it just seemed to not be. So I tested it. I worked with the drama department and was hanging a light on a ladder and checked around me and saw Mr.savior walking by the doors but stopping when he saw me. I took a deep breath and fell off the ladder. I landed in his arms.

"Ah ha. Why are you always here when I'm in danger?" I asked.

"What do you mean?" He asked nervously.

"Every time I have been hurt or could have been killed you are always there to save me. Who are you?" I looked into his eyes I had always noticed the electric blue that was stunning but he had brown almost black currently. I jumped out his arms and started to walk away.

"MY NAMe is Brandon." He whispered almost in anger and worry. I walked back and took his hand shaking it.

"Hi Brandon, I'm Max nice to formally meet you." He smiled just like that first day. And he walked off the stage and out the doors without so much of a glance back.

My freshman year ended and with it, I gained a friend. Mr. Savior was always hesitant to be in the room with me. But I forced him into being comfortable with me by always invading his space until finally, he gave up the big wall around him. And now I'm in my sophomore year and he's in his senior year and I've never been this close to someone. We spend every minute together he even got the admin to put us in mostly the same classes. He was great always protecting me from bullies...well when he was around. And then one day he was gone. From February to April no one saw or heard from him. I grew worried and felt as if I was to blame. The last day I saw him it was raining and we were walking around town just enjoying the peace and quiet. He stopped and looked at me. I felt like it was the right time and I leaned up and pecked him on the lips. He stopped and moved back. He looked away and then back at me.

"no no, no no...it's not time. I have to go." And he vanished without a trace and was gone. I never met his family and never saw where he lived so I couldn't try to find him. I was sad and cried most days...and nights. And then it was a cold and gloomy Wednesday and there was a knock on the door.

"Honey a friend is at the door." I rushed to the door. And broke down when I saw his face. I ran to him and hugged him like I was never gonna see him again. He stepped back after I let go.

"Come with me...please"

"Mom, can I go and hang out with Brandon?" I yelled into the living room. She nodded and we were off. We walked for a good 10 minutes before anyone said anything. I noticed we were nearing a beautiful stream with green grass covered in flowers. I stopped and took out my phone Brandon not realizing and he kept walking towards the stream. I took a couple photos of him then quickly caught up to him.

"This is my favorite place to go." He whispered. Something seemed off.

"Brandon where did you go?" I asked looking at his reflection in the water. He pulled my chin to look at him. He smiled a sad smile.

"Max there are things you don't know about me. Things I don't want you to ever find out. And that's why when you kissed me I disappeared. It is too soon and if I had stayed bad things would have happened." I felt his eyes pierce my soul. WAIT DId he always have one blue and brown eye? I stared harder into his eyes but then blinked and they went back to his normal blue.

"You didn't have to just leave without saying goodbye. I was bullied every day you were gone. I cried every day because I blamed myself. I thought you were dead. You are an asshole. I don't know why I even cared in the end. Why I kept trying to find you even it meant losing sleep wandering the town at night and failing tests because I was always looking for you. Did you ever tell your family goodbye?" I forced my face out of his grip and looked the opposite direction.

"Max I don't ever expect you to forgive me or even understand why I did what I did. But I did what was best for you. What was safest. And I don't have a family I live alone." That was it. " what was best for you" bullcrap that was the worst thing to do for me.

"I would have rather dealt with a demon and be tortured every day than had what happened while you were gone. Because I was called crazy and delusional, my mom looked at me with concern everyday because she didn't know how to help. I broke down constantly and ended up having to see a therapist because of you. BECAUSE OF YOU."

"You really would have rather wanted to deal with demon. Do you even know the first thing about demons? About how they walk the earth just like normal people. They make friends just like normal people. But no human knows exactly how dangerous they are. Yet you would have rather given up your life to be with a demon who would abuse you. Max you know nothing about demons."

"Are you...are you a demon Brandon?"