Chapter 1.
It was 5 o'clock in the morning when it came. I'm the only one who sees it unless i tell someone. then that person knows what it looks like to. It's almost like a human but smaller. Its wrinkly fingers are long with large claws sharp enough to cut through wood. its body is about the size of large terrier dog, and its face is short with deep red glowing eyes. Its legs are long with small knobby knees scarred with the evidence of long hard battles. Its feet small. My name is Jade. Jade West. I'm one of the only who truly knows and has encountered one of these "things". I go to Hollywood Arts High School. Everyone at school thinks I'm a jerk, but I'm really just trying to protect them from it.
I ran to school at 5:45 right after it showed up. Luckily, I was the first one there apart from Principle Ikner who was already protected. since he was an adult, he wouldn't be eaten because the demons only go after kids and teenagers and would only go after adults unless they were starved or if the adults came to close to the demons. Cat arrived soon after i did. Her red hair was knotted and messy falling over her eyes instead of her usual neat ponytail. Her one visible eye shone brightly with fear, a large fresh scratch splitting across her lips. She walked towards me shaking.
" What happened!?" I asked.
" It told me it was your fault. It-it said that you were the reason that it attacked me." she stuttered in reply.
I shook my head quickly and tried to tell her not to listen to them. She avoided looking into my eyes.
"Listen to me!" i exclaimed, pulling her chin in a way so that she finally looked into my eyes. She stared deeply into them before realizing i was right. She finally nodded. Tori and Beck walked in, but surprisingly in good shape. Tori was laughing and beck was giving her one of his famous smiles. His smile disappeared as cat spun around giving full access to the scar on her lip. Tori stopped laughing and gasped.
" Cat what happened to you!?" she asked nervously. Cat looked at me as if to ask permission to tell.I nodded allowing her to tell her story.
" Okay so, I was woke up 'cause someone was whispering my name, then it attacked me. It was tiny and grey and wrinkly kinda like an elephant, but it wasn't cute 'cause it had long nails the dug into my skin and sharp teeth that got hooked into my skin when ever it bit me. It had red eyes, and it told me it was Jades fault but she convinced me it wasn't. I believed her." The way she explained it.. apart from the elephant .. was pretty realistic and true.
Tori's eyes grew bigger with every word she said. She shook her head and said
" Jade? Is this true?" I nodded solemnly,turning my head away from them hoping they wouldn't see the concern and fear within my clouded eyes. I especially didn't want Beck to see me cry. He's only seen me cry once when we broke up and I didn't want him to think I'm weak especially after he and Tori got together. Tori buried her head into Beck's chest out of fear.
"What happens if it gets the rest of us too?" she asked fearfully. I shrugged my shoulders and snapped back
" Then lets hope it gets you first!" Tori's eyes turned from being fearful to being angry.
" Not funny!" she said angrily. I apologized quietly. Cat began to lean side to side on each leg trying to stand comfortably. I accidentally bumped into her knee which made her whimper and swat at my hand defensibly. I grabbed her hand and pulled her into the janitors closet. Her jeans were beginning to absorb a thick red liquid. she pulled up her jeans to her knee exposing a large gash with yellowing puss and thick soupy blood pouring out of it. She screamed when i motioned to touch it lightly. I held her down while i lightly Rubbed my finger over her gash. She screamed again and again until she unexpectedly fainted. I picked up her limp body and carried her over to where Beck and Tori were standing. Beck suddenly jumped up to help me carry her to the car. Tori whimpered and covered her mouth with her hand while she ran to the car opening the door allowing Beck to lift her into the car. Tori and i sat next to each other in the back. I held her legs making sure that nothing else entered the cut on her leg. Tori held her head definably against her stomach watching her. I watched tears form in her eyes, I held my own tears back hoping that i wouldn't break. I decided I would stare out window. Before I knew it, we were at the hospital. I carried her into the emergency room. I watched helplessly as they took her away. I followed them into the operating room. They laid her down on the table giving her an oxygen mask and IVs. A tall man stuck a needle into her vain making her semi conscious self fall into a deep sleep. I watched as doctors take the scalpel and scrape off the puss and dried blood leaving a long pink gash. They lay her knee directly down on the table stitching it back up slowly. The remaining skin on her lip was drooping downwards in a dead sort of way. They gently lifted the skin up again and stitched it up again. Her knee was wrapped up in a thick gauze. Half of her face was bandaged up leaving one eye for her to see out of. I stepped out of the way as they laid her down in a gurney and wheel her to her room. I came the next day to see her. I crept down the hall clutching my visitor pass with such force that and outline of the thin card outlined my hand painfully. I heard a soft pitiful "Owwwww!" Echo the hall. I slowly walked into her room finding her moaning and clutching a nurses had while a sharp needle was entered into her arm. She whimpered again a bit louder this time. Her red hair was pulled to one side of her shoulder. The bandage on her face was thick but i could still see the outline of the bloodied stitches. The bandage on her knee was parted open while another nurse stuck another syringe into her skin draining a thick yellow liquid. Her bandage was changed, leaving instead of a soggy yellowish bandage, a fresh snow-white bandage. She smiled slightly at me but winced and tried to open her mouth wide enough to speak clearly but stopped and quietly mumbled a soft greeting.
"Hey!" she hoarsely mumbled.
"Hi, hows everything?"
"Not to bad..." she said quietly.
"Cat thats a lie. You don't have to tell me something just to make me happy."
"Fine! It sucks here! No one will play pirates with me or let me shoot videos for the slap. And my arm hurts from all the shots and my lip really hurts and my leg hurts too and.. and... I just wanna go home!" she complained sadly.
I nodded sadly and told her that i was sorry. The nurse told me it was time for me to leave a few minutes later. Cats eye began to cloud up as I left. That night I got a call from Beck.
It got Tori.