A/N: This is a story inspired by the song 'Shadows' by Red, and it's for the anime Fruits Basket

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[Enter The Shadows]

Chapter 1

- Rooftop -

Sunset, I close my eyes

I pretend everything's alright

Drowning in anger from all these lies

I can't pretend everything's alright

I find myself on the roof. Again.

It's sunset and, the sunset is as beautiful as ever. I can't count the amount of times I've been up here before and watched the sun go down, because it's a pretty damn large number I'm guessing. I mean, I'm always up here.

Sighing, I close my eyes to the view before me. I don't deserve to see such a beautiful view- I don't. A monster shouldn't be seeing the beauty of the world, they should be drowning in the un-beautiful things. Drowning in themselves.

Because I am a monster... because I am something that is 'un-beautiful', here I am, once again, on my own, on this roof, being... angry.

I hate myself.

Sometimes, I can pretend a little that I am normal. That I am fine like everyone else is. But inside, it's always hurting.

I press a hand to my forehead, leaning forward and bending my knees so that I can tuck my head in between them. My hands travel through my coarse orange hair, but I can hardly feel it. All I can feel is the self-hatred, the burning anger, and even pity, that I'm always being swallowed up in.

I hate what I am.

But, there's literally nothing I can do about it. And, I think that's what I hate the most. Even more than I hate myself, I HATE that I am powerless to change what I am. I can make myself as strong as physically possible, but that will never change what I am. What I was born as. There is nothing I can do in order to be something else.

I open my eyes when I know the sunset is gone, and stand up.

My gaze travels to the now-darkened sky, and then across the roof at every growing shadow in sight.

I know this is where I belong. In these shadows, without anyone around me.

In the shadows, where no one can be scared of me. Where no one can see me as the monster I am. Where no one can hate me and shun me.

I come to be alone on the roof mainly because of my uncontrollable temper. This is my place to cool off and think.

But the secret reason I come here that no one else knows about is this: here, in the shadows after sunset on this roof, I can't bring harm to people and... I can't get hurt by people.

I think I was pushed. Pushed by their words- the people who hate me and shun me said I was a monster. The word 'monster' seemed to shove me, it pushed me out of any normal kid's mindset, and into a thought process that is constantly listening to all of the hatred inside of me, and all of the pain and anger.

I was pushed over the edge when I was called a monster, and when I was called worse than a monster, and when I was shunned because of being such a terrible thing. And after the push, I was falling.

And I kept falling.

And I keep falling.

And I can't stop.

I can't pull out of this hatred, this depth of awful emotions. I want to. I want to be told it's alright and be able to think, yeah, it really is alright. I want this all to be over and done with. I don't want to live thinking this way. But when you are told something enough times, it makes its mark on you and you begin to always believe it.

Please don't let me fall forever

Can you tell me it's over?


A/N: Yo! This is Lyn and I wrote this first chapter for this fic. The next chapter will be written by my twin Diana, and we will be trading off back and forth from now on. It's always a collaborative effort between the both of us, and I hope you will review fervently for each of us! You had better.

This is our first fanfic on our first fanfiction account, so I'm excited! As is Diana- she'll probably express her excitement to you in the next chap, sooo... 'til then...

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Thanks a ton for reading! :]

-Lyn-