Chapter Two

I burst into the room trembling,my heart drumming rapidly. I searched through the crowd for the creep I saw outside, trying as much as possible to avoid it as much as possible at the same time scanning the room for Skylar.

Feeling a hand tap my shoulders I stilled fear gripping me, I turned around with my mouth open ready to scream when I sighed in relief seeing sky instead of the monster. I grabbed Skylar's hands with my shaking hands.

"Sky... you've got to help me, I saw someone outside chasing me... it had fangs... a...an...and these really sharp claws and it...it was looking at me like I w...was steak, oh god, sky you have to believe me".

"Um Kiara, you know you're drunk right you must have been seeing things there's no such thing like monsters" Sky laughed not believing any of what I've just said. My heart shrank in disappointment, I couldn't have been seeing things, what I saw was hundred percent real not an illusion.

" Sky you have to believe me what I saw was real", I pleaded in desperation but sky was not having it.

"Kiara just stop it! there's no monster here, please stop it you're acting like a baby. Oh my god are you crying? You're so delusional.

I was so shocked, sky has never been so harsh to me before... never. I wiped my heavily running tears while trying to calm my racing heart ready call Skylar off her bitchiness.

I gasped, moving backwards slowly, frowning in confusion not believing what I was seeing because Skylar looked hideous... not the Skylar is ugly hideous but she is an animal or a monster hideous.

Glaring at me she snarled showing off her disgustingly long tongue coming out to lick her teeth with a thick strand of saliva flowing out and facial hair growing on her face making her look like a werewolf.

Turning to get as far away from my monster friend I stilled in my movement, everyone else looked like sky,the were all gnarling at me marching closely to where I was, claws spread out to attack if I made the wrong move. The playing music in the background made the scene look crazy. Standing frozen in trepidation I closed my eyes fist closed tightly I chanted 'this is not real, this is not real'.

"Kia?" I opened my eyes slowly, relieved and confused that everything is back to normal. Looking around I noticed all eyes were on me, the music was still playing but no one was dancing they were all looking at me with weird looks like I was crazy.

The funniest thing was that a group of four girls who are the closest to me moved backwards quickly making sure they were five feet apart from me.

"Kia, are you okay? you've been acting strange all night". Turning around I faced sky who was now standing with her boyfriend Gabe.

"Yeah, am okay. I guess you're right I must be seeing things the alcohol I took earlier must have taken a toll on me". That was a big fat lie I didn't take any alcohol earlier, and again what I saw was real.

" I'll say... I've never seen you drink so much" sky said.

She laughed out loud while flipping her hair and hitting her stomach for emphasis. Slowly her laughter morphed darkly a glow lightening up around her figure like a halo in the color purple and facial hair heavily growing on her chin and cheek. Shaking my head it all disappeared again, what's wrong with me today', I thought.

"Urgh!!! you're so annoying I can't keep faking this anymore". This statement got my attention. Smiling in victory she walked up to me speaking in my face. "I hate your guts so much, you're annoying, pathetic and very stupid I can't even imagine how I put up with your stupid self, oh God that felt so good to say". She continued, "Did you think that I Skylar would want to be best friends with you?"

  " Ever since I met you my life has been so miserable, everyone had to avoid me like a plague... I lost all my friends and my social life was a disaster and I so fucking hate you for that.

    " I even have to make you so intoxicated, so that I could be with better people but I guess it didn't work this time since you managed to make my life even more miserable when you're drunk".

"I hate you!!!  I hate you so ducking much that I could kill you with my bare arms. You pathetic bitch!" she screamed with so much hatred in her voice.

    My heart shredded to pieces how could she be so cruel, the person that I thought would have my back when I needed them was a fake, it was all lies these years of friendship was a fake.

I glared at a laughing Skylar with so much hatred and resentment in me that I felt the strong urge to strangle her.

   A huge realization dawned on me that while I was busy admiring Skylar, I didn't notice some things like how her voice screeches in the room like a dying cat and how her face looks so plastic.

With a new found courage to stand up for my self I adjusted my stance and I took a deep breath trying to calm my erratic heart beat. Clearing my throat to gain Sky and the already murmuring crowd's attention I faked a smile.

   "Wow!!! b-ravo you deserve to win an Oscar. I still can't believe it you've been faking our friendship for twelve years. You fooled me for a whole twelve years, seriously you deserve an Oscar for that.

"That will probably be when you fix that screeching voice of yours it's so annoying you sound like a singing chicken and that face of yours is so hideous you look like Squidward. You remember... that bluish squid in Sponge Bob you should remember...well that if you have a brain to and I wouldn't want you to embarrass you self with all that trash on your face.

     "Oh and FYI you should fix an appointment with Doctor Buckley to fix those boobs of yours they look saggy. I walked away past the gawking audience with majority of their jaws dropping. Making my way to the door while hearing Sky's annoying voice screaming curse words at me and her dumb boy friend trying to calm her down.

    "How could you allow her to say that to me... no leave me alone I'm going to kill that bitch". Sky Screamed.

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Walking down the empty streets at past nine. The moon lightened up the side walk making my journey easier.

     Tonight's event kept flashing repeatedly in my head, re-opening my wounds again. I still couldn't believe sky would do that.

     I was terrified of the consequence of insulting sky like that and am sure she would make my life a living hell in college and am sure about that.

    Shaking my head to get rid of those thoughts I continued walking then stopped in my tracks when I noticed my fingers were lightening up.

   "Dang it!! Not now, argh!!" I screamed in frustration shaking my hands vigorously to get rid of the glowing light.

    I've been trying to learn how to control the sudden glowing of my hands since I was six. There was this girl at the orphanage who I used to play with, her name is Elise.

   She once saw the lights and never spoke to me again. When she did her voice trembled like she was scared that I could kill her.

    I looked around my surroundings to check if anyone saw the glowing orb. "thank goodness no one saw that... " I trailed off, my heart started to drum rapidly.

   On the roof top of a brick building meters away from me was a figure dressed in a black cloak with the hood concealing the face.

The thing was looking at me intently not taking its eyes away as cold shiver ran down my spine, and sweat starting to gather on my forehead.

I stood frozen not knowing what to do.

Opening its mouth like it was saying something, it disappeared in smoke and ashes. I felt my surroundings spinning and I blacked out.

Waking up the following morning in my bed, I yawned still feeling a little tired. "Wait a minute...how did I get home. What the fudge happened".

"CLANK!!!" the noise of my kitchen pot echoed.

"Who's in the kitchen??? I thought in fear. Standing up I walked to my closet to take the closest thing to a weapon which was a cloth hanger...

Pathetic right?.. I know, you can't blame for not having a weapon not even a pepper spray.

Walking into the kitchen with my not so reliable weapon, I searched through for the intruder not finding anyone I walked back to my room.

"Guess no one is there. it must be my imagination". I chuckled. Then I heard it again but this time it was running water coming from my bathroom. 'this is not my imagination... oh my gawd what do I do'.

"Who's there, come out and stop hiding" I screamed holding the cloth hanger really tight afraid that it might drop.

"THUMP! THUMP!" the footsteps started getting closer until it stopped at the entrance to the kitchen where I was but I saw none.

"W...who's there" I whispered, my whole body trembled in fright.

"In front of you" the voice replied. "AHHHH!!!" I dropped my pathetic weapon shaking like a leave in the breeze.