Shortly after returning home from school, I find myself curled into a ball in the corner of my room. Voices surge through my mind insulting me to every little detail, "you're worthless" they said "you're nothing to nobody, you're insane, no matter how terrible this world may be you're still not good enough to live in it, your family would cheer when they hear you're gone, you are the scum of the earth"! Thought of sadness and anger rush through my veins of cold red blood, the thought of death was a warming feeling, it made me feel calm, which admittedly is unsettling. What happened that week will haunt me for the rest of my life, not 1 not 2, but 4 times I attempt to end it, but all fail. While I do regret my attempts to end it all, it feels as if I succeeded, because now I will spend the rest of my life behind the walls of an asylum. Everyone who once knew me seeing me as a stranger. I'm Ryan and this is my story of "The Whispers From Beyond".
Ella is falling apart trying to live a "perfect" high school life. Then she meets Ren, who can see past her scars. Suddenly perfection isn't her only option.
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Ella Volkov is a gifted music student, but she's depressed and starting to crack under the pressure of high school. Her overbearing father won't even let her choose what instrument she plays. Then she finds herself alone at a party with Ren, her best friend's crush. She'd always thought he was rude, but after that night he's all Ella can think about. Now she's trapped. If Ella dates Ren, it will ruin her friendship with Jenny. But if she stays true to Jenny, she's losing the one person who can see past her scars. It's up to Ella to decide if she will forge her own path, or stay in the "perfect" box designed for her...
Content and/or Trigger Warning: depression, anxiety, self-harm, violence, sexual assault.
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