THIS IS FOR REAL
Prologue
Does my head have an off-switch? Of course not. That would be too simple. What would I learn if I could just turn it off?
But there is no point to this lesson; nothing to glean from it, no notes to take.
This was the lesson of life and it was different for each person, so I had no thick books to study. Life is un-learnable; you don't get used to it. You simply take each day as it comes.
Which is why I, Hermione Jane Granger, am not adjusting. What I was, what I had always been, what I had known, was slowly sinking through the quicksand of living, passing through my fingertips like sunlight. My very essence was being worn down.
Book worm? Tick.
Self-confessed nerd? Tick.
Insufferable know-it-all? Tick.
But not for long. She was out to change that.
Before this, before she happened, I had been sane. My mind was stable. A dependable source of information and complex thought. Now I wasn't so sure.
I never knew if it was me thinking, or her.
Because Elisha isn't real. She's not solid and she's not a ghost either. She's not some person with a neat spell, sticking thoughts in my head. I've researched everything. It's like there's a second person inside me. There are two puppeteers pulling the strings of my body and thoughts.
She's in my head, and it looks like she's stuck there. Permanently.
Elisha is hell-bent on ruining my life. What's scarier than that is that she has enough control over my body to accomplish her goal.
Of course, I went to St Mungo's. They referred me to psychiatrist. I didn't need a psychiatrist. The 'voice' wasn't fake. Elisha wasn't a figment of my imagination. She was real enough to shatter my perfect world.
And, oh, shatter it she would.
The only question now is why.
AN: Yeah, yeah, I know, I know - it's terribly short. I have three consolations for you:
1: It's a prologue, they're always short-ish.
2: I was busy working on Violent Deliverance (YAY!!!)
And 3: Get over it.
No, that was a little harsh. What I meant was 'get over it, the next chapter is coming soon'. :)
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xxx!