pain e.g.d

syphons

bailey
pain. a feeling in which someone is filled with mental or physical hurt. a feeling that drowns out all happiness and leaves you alone.

happiness. a feeling overcome with joy or pleasure. what is happiness? to be honest i don't think i've ever felt it. i tell myself when i take other's pain and see them happy, i'm happy. but on the inside i'm suffering.

i'm different than any other girl. there only two of my species left, me and my twin. we are syphons. and you may be asking, "what's that?"
well, a syphon is someone who can absorb magic from another being.

i know, crazy right. well being the only supernatural being in my town, i can't absorb magic. which means i'm not really a witch when you think about it. i use my powers to absorbs people's pain.

not physical pain, but emotional/mental. let's say someone loses somebody close to them, i can take away their pain. they don't forget anything but they are just happier. well the only thing they forget is that i did that to them. and that makes it all worth it, or so i tell myself.

but there's a catch. whenever i take someone's pain away, it becomes mine. i've been doing this for years so i know how to handle it. some easier to handle than others.

the thing is, no one knows and it's better that way. i come from a long line of witches. my mother was a powerful witch from the gemini coven. she got married to my dad who was actually a vampire hunter at the time. they ended up having me and my twin brother, Grant. then when we were young she passed, we never knew how but no matter how many times we asked, our dad never told us.

grant and i have the same powers but he doesn't know how i use them. for all he knows, i don't.

time and time again i've been using the same old words to describe how i'm feeling. "i'm okay, really." you were probably expecting "i'm fine." or some shit and i did use it but the internet became more adapted to that word. so i had to pick another one. and this one works for the most part.

when someone asks you how you're doing, they don't really want to answer. and in my case, they don't have a choice. i tell them i'm okay and they believe it, except for him.

he didn't believe me and that made everything so much harder. i had to confront my demons instead of hiding them, pushing them away. and why he stayed and listened is still a mystery to me. even though at first it sucked, for him to question me and make me tell him what actually going on in my messed up head. i'm grateful.

out of the 17 years i've been on this earth he is the only one who let me realize what was happening on the inside.

well enough with this boring shit, lets get into the story, shall we? enjoy...

vote and comments plz!

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-J