Chapter 1

Thanks for taking the time to read my story...

It's been going around my mind for the past few months. I have changed the beginning over and over again, but finally decided to try to write what's in here :points at head: down.

I've no clue how good, or bad, it will be. I'm just writing from the heart.

Enjoy.

From a young age, I knew I was different.

I was a strange child. I preferred my own company over others. That's not saying I didn't have any friends. My best friend, Angela, always stuck by my side. We met when we were in kindergarten, and have been inseparable since then.

But she was my only friend until years later. I just couldn't 'connect' with others my own age.

Mama and I live on our own. I don't know much about my father, other than he left when he found out mama was pregnant. Piece of scum, in my opinion. Don't get me wrong, I understand it must have been scary, and they were young. But how can anyone leave their pregnant girlfriend? I don't care if you're fifteen or fifty, grow a pair balls and step up to the plate.

But I digress...

I always knew I was different.

I remember the day like it was yesterday... It was boiling hot in South Carolina, where we live. The heat isn't shocking. Mama had set up the wading pool out in the front yard underneath a big sun umbrella so I could splash around and cool down. The majority of the time, she stayed with me. I was only five, and you can't be too careful. But she would run back into our house if we needed more drinks.

I was floating on my back in the small pool, constantly banging my head on the sides but I was happy. The sun was blocked and mama was chatting away to me from the side where her feet were in the water to try to keep cool.

I remember mama saying she'd be right back; she was only going into the house for a second to grab more lemonade. The street was quiet, the majority of houses, apart from ours, had a back yard. I imagine the other kids were doing the same as me, but out of sight.

I could hear a car, so I lifted my head to peek out and see who it was. I had never seen this car before. I think it was a van... It was big and blue, and it stopped right outside our house.

Before I could think and before my young mind realized what was happening... a man jumped out of the van and ran up to me. He grabbed my arm from the water and roughly pulled me out of the pool. I tried to scream, but he covered my mouth...

This is the first time I realized I was different...

This is the first time I used my magic.

And it was the first time I killed a man.

But it certainly wouldn't be the last.

I know it's short... Just a taster.

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