WARNING: this story is going to deal with a lot of sensitive issues. If this is not in your interests, I kindly ask you to read another story as this one is not for you. I will list trigger warnings before chapters to let the readers know. Again, this is a dark story that involves a plethora of sensitive topics, please take heed. Stephanie Meyers own the Twilight Universe and all its characters.
TRIGGER WARNING- SELF HARM, ABUSE
Metamorphosis: met·a·mor·pho·sis/ˌmedəˈmôrfəsəs/ noun the process of transformation from an immature form to an adult form in two or more distinct stages.
ALICE
The pretty brown eyed girl had bandages on her arms. My eyes flickered over her arms wrapped in stuff that looked like white cotton candy. I love cotton candy, even when I was younger. My mommy used to buy me cotton candy to eat whenever her boyfriend came over the house. I used to imagine that I was eating heaven's clouds, it was soft, like unicorn fur. I love Unicorns. I had a t shirt with one on them before I came to this hotel.
The hotel is fun, I have made friends here, once in awhile a big scary doctor comes into my room and says big words. He always asks me how old I am, I always say I'm 19! I'm a big girl. For some reason he looks hesitant when I say that, I don't understand. Is it because of the bugs?
The bugs started when mommy's boyfriend came over. He would grab me too hard when she was at work, and the blues and purples would sprout on my skin. Like the wings of a butterfly. I liked thinking I was a butterfly, they're pretty, and delicate. I didn't like it when they were trapped though. I hated feeling them crawl and dance over my skin, I would see them, their tiny little bodies moving underneath the cramped surface of my arms. It wasn't fair that they were trapped. I began to free them.
They began telling me secrets. The freed butterflies, I loved to talk to them. I would tell them all about how mean my mommy's boyfriend was, and how much I hated him. I got in big trouble when Mommy found out.
She caught me whispering to my butterflies in my room one day. I had just freed some more when she walked in, I guess the butterflies scared her because she screamed really loud, and I ended up here, once in a while I still see the writhing bodies under my skin, but I'm not allowed to let them go anymore.
But the girl had cotton candy on her arms, did she know the butterflies? I danced over to her, my new friend.
"Hi! My name is Alice, do you have bugs under your skin too?" I asked, I have always been a curious cat.
"What?" the girl's brown eyes widened, "bugs?"
I couldn't believe that she was lying about them! Why didn't she know about the bugs? The bandages kept them at bay.
"Liar Liar pants in the dryer, what's your name anyways?" I chirped, I liked the way she smelt, like cotton candy. I miss cotton candy.
"Bella, I just got here" the brown eyed girl said, she looked sad, why would she be sad here? The hotel with lots of friends? I heard her gasp as I hugged her tightly,
"My baby Bella with the cotton candy arms! I will be your new friend. I love you already"
Bella loved startled, it's ok though, I'll introduce her to my friends. Bella will be happy here.