The Alternate

Prologue

PROLOGUE

Hello there, my name is Dylan Johnson. You can think of me as the narrator of this story you are about to read. I'm also a close friend of Steven William Bogarry. This poor guy has a mental disorder known to most as Dissociative Identity Disorder. His mind is split nine ways. Originally the title of this biography was going to be "Nine Lives" , but someone told me it just reminded them of a stupid cat movie with a lame moral of the story kind of ending that was made moot with a scandal, but I digress. This story that I'm about to share is far more darker than it appears.

Most people have a darkside, a part of them that comes as a passing thought. However what would happen to someone if that thought were to manifest itself into reality? To carry out a deep seeded idea, until it grew to an action? Would you be able to take necessary steps to halt that monster? Even if it was yourself?
There are groups of people who believe monsters are made by their surroundings or that it is in their genetics to hurt others. That, one is born this way. This would be the part where I'd say, " Steven had a difficult life, losing both his parents at age 10, sent to live with his abusive uncle and aunt and with a broken psyche, he had a hard time adjusting to adulthood." said sardonically.

Well, nope. After all the crap this guy has been through he is pretty well adjusted to society. Yeah, his mind is split, but other than that he is pretty healthy. He goes to therapy once a month. He still has episodes where we take over. However he uses a journal to keep track of us. When we come out to play, we put down in writing all the things we do, so it gives him some peace of mind.
He wakes up every Friday, and reads what we write while on his way to his job that only one other personality goes to. This has been the way things have gone since he was sixteen. That was the first time his mind split. His uncle injured him, putting him in the hospital. He was in a coma for two weeks. After he was sent back to that house of horrors, because of lies the uncle and aunt thought they got away with their crimes against Steven. Unfortunately for them, Steven never came home, instead a personality that was forged out of hate and pain.

It not only made the truth known about those animals, but also killed them. First in reputation, then once no one would believe them that Steven was different; they were found in a "murder suicide" by Steven. Of course this wasn't Steven but the alternate who carried out these murders. The police were convinced by the evidence that the husband killed the wife and then himself. This unnamed personality gave Steven back control and was forgotten.  But then another ten years went by.....