The Black Shadows

Chapter 1

I was laying in my room when it happened. At first I didn't understand. Now I understand completely.

I just don't know how it happened. There are other people like me. I know there is.

Anyways I guess you're probably wondering what im talking about.

Im talking about the shadows.

They overpower you, like a disease. Only a couple of people get it. It happens when the darkened forest animals come to the city. They only come once a year.

There are insects as well that can come through little cracks to infect us. I happened to be one of them.

An insect bit me and that's when the transformation began. My hair grew darker and my eyes turned red. Blood red.

I was trapped inside of this body that looked kind of like me. Except for the hair and eyes of course. I had no control over what my body was doing. I just watched myself hurt all of these innocent people.

I knew what happened to the people that got caught. They were murdered. It was a horrible way they killed you. I won't mentioning it right now, maybe another time.

I wish I could stop all of this madness going on.

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I knew I couldn't tell anyone, not even Helen. You can't trust anybody around here. Helen is my sister. She is my best friend. She was always there for me when all of my friends weren't. She is two years older, but I love her anyways.

I was worried I would transform during school. I didn't want to take that risk. I stayed home sick for about two weeks. It was just me and my sister living on our own. It was easier to stay home having a sister as your legal guardian.

Our mom left when I was nine, and Helen was eleven. My dad was an alcoholic after that and was put in jail. No one could take care of us, and we didn't want to be separated in an orphanage. So we ran away.

We found a smaller city that wouldn't have known of our disappearance. Im supposed people haven't started assuming we were dead. Seeing how im 18 now.

Enough with the back stories. I'm guessing you want to hear what happens next? Well you're gonna have to wait for that.