"We'll be friends forever," said the little girl to the scary but friendly demons living in her head. Years later..the girl forgot about the demons, she just considered them a phase of imaginary friends. Starting high school, she was never a "popular" kid that being, she got verbally insulted/bullied, after a couple of months later it was 5:00 AM, She thought she couldn't take it anymore, so she tried a ritual to get rid of ALL her problems, The ritual instructions: At exactly 5:05 AM, you would say Dear shinigami Ryuk with an apple, you would go back to sleep. then after a couple of minutes, you would open your eyes and see a demon. She thought although it was highly unlikeable, she would perform it. She did the ritual. To her surprise, however, she wasn't in her own body..she was in her bully's body?!? She screamed out loud "WHAT? THIS WASN'T SUPPOSED TO HAPPEN?!?" She was raging, although, when she was walking to see a book? She picked up the book and the book said "You have one week to ruin your bully's life, enjoy." Heh, so maybe it did work. That was the start of HER revenge.
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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