The Lone Wolf

The existence of Maurice Holden

Maurice

      My name is Maurice Holden. I was adopted 16 years ago by Ella and Paul Holden as a baby, after being found on the side of a road with no clue as to who I was, or why my Birth parents abandoned me.
     My mother claims it's because they hated me, because of the demon inside me and She's probably right. There's something very wrong with me.
   I have an evil inside of me, no matter how I try to suppress it, it always finds a way out. Whenever I get mad, or upset. I almost killed a little girl when I was kid, because she tried to take a toy from me. My parents never let me have friends after that.
    My eyes turn a different colour, I grow claws. I feel a rage all the way down to my bones, that makes me hate everything and everyone.
     But the worst is on one specific day of each month. I change form into a hideous dog-like creature, as my parents describe it.
      That happened last night, I woke up on the cold floor of our dark and grimy basement. I never remember much from those nights, expect the anger, and the pain from transforming into a monster.
     There was a pile of clothes on the staircase, presumably put there by my father. They always leave early on these days, so they don't have to talk to me. I put on the clothes and went upstairs into the kitchen. There was a note taped to the door to the basement,

Maurice, we love you dear.
Don't forget to take your pills -mom

I sighed, My pills. They were formed to my mother by a family friend, they apparently suppress the abilities of the evil inside me. 
They burn my throat, and make me cough a lot, but I'm grateful for them. It helps to know that I have some control of my own body. 
      Grabbing my backpack, I take the bottle with me as I walk out the door. The school bus is already turning the corner off my road. Crap.
      My parents will kill me if I'm late to school. What was I gonna do? Suddenly I felt a burst of energy, almost like... I just could run to school.
      Why not? I ask myself. But My parents forbade me from doing anything that's more than human.
     Who said they had to find out? I smirked slightly. Looking to make sure there wasn't anyone looking, I took off. I felt like I was flying. I was only a few blocks from the next stop, I slowed down as I caught up to the bus. As I'm stepped on, the driver looked strangely at me. I ignored him and sat in a seat alone.
        Suddenly I was very wary of what I did. I gave into evil, but it didn't feel evil. How could something that felt so right, be evil? I guess I would never know.

       The bus ride was simple. No one talked to me. No one looked at me. No one cared about me or bit. I didn't want them to, I would just let them down. I didn't deserve people caring about me.
        I kept my head down, avoiding eye contact with people. Most people just ignored me, which I was grateful for. This happened everyday, I ignored everyone and kept to myself. They ignored me, nothing strange ever happened here. I never broke schedule, except for today.
       But something strange did happen, there was a giant group of kids in the middle of hallway, that I've never seen before. This was a small school, not very new kids. Certainly not this many at once.
      I wasn't paying attention to where I was going, and I ran into one of them. My books and papers scattered everywhere, and I fell all down. All of the 8 New children stopped and looked at me. The one I ran into had striking dark red hair, and reached to help me up. Two of the other kids reached down and picked my stuff up for me.
      One of the boys said I should be careful,  but I barely heard him. As soon as I touched the redhead, I immediately felt something. It wasn't unpleasant or bad, it felt... Good. Almost tingly I guess. I couldn't focus on anything, only her. She pulled me up, but didn't look away from me. She maintained eye contact with me, and didn't let go of my arm. I was vaguely aware of the other kids moving around us. It was almost like, when you figure out a problem you've been so caught up in trying to solve, or when you realize something really obvious.
      I couldn't look away, I didn't even want too. Someone beside us said something and she let go of my arm. Suddenly I was snapped out if my trance, and immediately felt embarrassed. I apologized profusely and quickly picked up the rest of my stuff.
     They were all looking at me and seemed to be trying today something, I practically ran away from them.
      I ran into the bathroom and quickly pulled out my pills and took one. I wasn't breaking anymore rules today. And I wasn't going to talk to those kids. I decided I would just avoid them.
     The bell made me leave the bathroom, the kids were no where In sight, so It was clear to leave. I stepped out and went to class

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Woooooooo chapter one is up!!!! More to come soon   -Echo