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Black Hearts

Chapter 1- Karyl

The blackness stretched and rippled around him, he wanted to scream but his voice caught in his throat. He needed someone, he needed anyone. But he was alone, drowning in his dark abyss of sorrow. The shadows reached out and griped him, pulling him under. Pulling him under…

Karyl bolted upright gasping for air. That dream, it seemed so real. Yet here he was. In his room safe and sound. He fell back onto his pillow. How had this all started? Why had all this started? He opened his blinds so the moonlight shone down on him, for some odd reason it gave him a feeling that pushed all those horrific dreams away.

The dreams had started when his dad left 7 months ago. His mother was a wreck from the whole thing, as was he. But he had to stay strong for her. His father had left them alone, left them for some whore. He kept all his feelings inside, keeping it in. After his father left his mother went off the deep end, he would often need to assist her to bed because she was to screwed, drunk, doped, you name it. And then the dreams started. All this because of his father.

Karyl entered La Brea High School, his living hell. Once upon a time he was a descent student, having C averages and some descent friends. Once upon a time of course before his father left and he had to get a job to help pay the bills so his grades dropped dramatically. As for the about 5 descent friends he once had, 3 didn't want to be friends with the outcast he had become.

He sighed as he entered but immediately his mood lifted, as he saw her come. His girlfriend Danny, his refuge. He never cared about anyone more, she gave him reason, she gave him life. She smiled warmly as her blonde hair swooshed behind her; "hey" she kissed his cheek. "Hey," he took her hand and they walked down the hall together, "are you going to the party after the game?".

Danny gave a tilted look and spoke sarcastically, "Oh yes, just what I want, to be around a bunch of drunk jocks after their pathetic show called a football game, I'm so tempted"

He grinned at her, she was so perfect.

The whole day was a bore, no big surprise. "And if we graph this equation it'll go…" Karyl doodled on his Algebra book. He was so pathetic, this was the second time he had to take this class because he failed last semester and he still couldn't pay attention. "Dude, psst dude" Karyl turned around to see his stupid friend Will whispering to him

"What?" Karyl whispered back.

Will snickered, "Dude, we're all going to go crash the party tonight, wanna come?"

Karyl rolled his eyes, "Not really". Will slightly annoyed him with good reason. Will was the kind that would redo or create his own Jackass stunts. Once he actually decided to test the power of fireworks, inside a car. Will was one of his many pothead friends, not that he was, his friends just were. His best friend was David though, David didn't do drugs and they we're like brothers since they were in diapers.

"Hard day?" Danny asked as they sat down at La Crème ice cream shop with their cones. "Yeah, you could say that," Karyl sighed, "but it's getting better now". Danny shooed the compliment away, "Nah, I know you're only dating me to get to my sister" she smirked. "No," for some reason he felt compelled and before he knew it he had said it, "I love you". Danny's eye's widened and then she grinned, "I love you too". At that moment, everything seemed perfect, everything seemed like it would all fit into place.

Karyl lugged his book bag out from his car after work, silently thanking the goddess for it being Friday, and the end of hard week of school. He fumbled in his pocket for his house key, which he jammed into the hole. Inside his mother was passed out on the couch, he bypassed her for now and dropped his stuff into his room and then his cell phone suddenly rang.

"Will," he sighed and then answered it, "Hey"

"Karyl?"

"Yeah who the hell do you think it is?"

"Um…"

Karyl rolled his eyes at his friend's stupidity, he was actually thinking of an answer, "Never mind! What do you want?"

"Oh, riiight. Dude, you need to come down her, like, now," Will actually made it sound slightly urgent. "What's wrong?" Karyl asked alarmed.

"Trust me just come, now". Karyl hung up and once again ran out of the house into his car.

He drove up into Wess's driveway. Wess a big jock football player, that was about as dumb as a doornail, Karyl swore he was where jocks got their rep. for stupidity. Wess lived in the rich parts, with the million dollar plus houses with the pools and huge backyards. So it was obvious why all the after party's were there.

Karyl walked around the house to the back where music was blaring, immediately he saw over probably 100 people partying. He inched around people in attempt to find Will but immediately froze. Immediately his world shattered and broke into a million pieces. Danny, Danny was here. And not with him, she was with David. His breathe caught in his throat, and he was overwhelmed with hatred. Pure hatred. Hatred for David, hatred for Danny, hatred for everyone and everything. He hated them, and he wanted to kill them.

Karyl tackled David off the pool deck onto the cement ground, which he beat his head against. "You were my friend! I trusted you! I trusted you!". He continued to grip David's head and slam it into the concrete repeatedly. It didn't sound like his own voice screaming, it didn't feel like his own hands banging, it didn't seem like his life. But this was his life, and it was ruined.

Take it away, he silently prayed, take it away. Karyl wasn't sure when David stopped moving or when the people started screaming or when Danny started crying. He stood up to look at the people's horrified faces. He felt himself grin. The darkness gripped around him, and he wasn't afraid. He was dangerous, he was deadly, he was a creature of the dark and he was loving it.

Authors note: Each chap. will be about a different shadow and how they got turned. Please review and tell me what you think.