Chapter 1 "A New Beginning, so she thought"
I, Santana Lopez, woke up today on my 16th birthday to find one of the weirdest presents I would ever get, my biological mother's journal. 'Why wasn't I ever given this before?' I asked my mom. She told me it had been delivered earlier this morning, addressed to me, and that I was to open it immediately after I woke up. I've never even seen or heard of my bio-mother before. Leaving that behind, I open it, and inside there's a note she left for me.
Santana,
I have something very "special" to tell you. You have a devil living inside of you. Let me explain why this is before you freak out. You're father and I were part of this group before you were born, and the group had a belief that every child from members of that group would be cast a curse and when that child would turn 16, it would be revealed to them whether or not this was a good curse or a bad curse. The parents would know the curse as soon as the child was born. So that is why we gave you up for adoption. We were scared of what was going to happen to our beautiful baby girl once she turned 16. We were so worried, and the curse is to be kept a secret. This is why your adoptive parents don't know about your curse, and they gladly took you from us, and promised to take good care of you until you have graduated from high school. Unfortunately Santana, your curse is one we have never heard of before. All we know is it will never leave until you find true love. The curse is a devil that causes you to claim one victim each month. Each victim must be a resident here in Lima, Ohio and it chooses whom to kill that month for you. That is all and good luck! We're sorry for what we put you through.
- Mariel
"What?!" I screamed in form of disbelief. I read the letter repeatedly. I'm so confused. "Why me!?" I screamed out loud. Since when am I the unlucky one to get cursed with such an evil thing, I didn't even have a choice in the matter. I feel as if my life has been chosen for me. Why am I the one who has to kill someone each month? This isn't fair, it can't be right, theirs no such thing as a devil. I don't want to be the "bad girl," but I guess I don't have a choice if it's true. The only good thing in my life right now is glee club and the cheerios at William McKinley High School. I have no chance at love there. Only a few months ago I came out of the closet to the world. First it was glee club, then the cheerios, and after my adoptive parents. They were all so accepting of it, that although it seemed like a great challenge, the ones who I cared about the most all were fine with it so it never really did seem that bad. For the rest of the school though, I get made fun of on a daily basis and now it'll just be even worse. I'm into girls, and that makes me a lesbian. I accept that. Can everybody else please just do the same? There's nothing that I can do or say that will change that. I'm a girl who likes girls, and now has this evil curse that makes my life even worse because I have to kill people. Great, one challenge after the other, I must find true love.
I turned on the TV to channel 6 and the news was on. "All citizens of Ohio, we have been recording these statistics for over 3 years now. It has been recorded that each month one person has been brutally murdered, scars all over their body, blood drained and no chance of survival. Last night we found last month's victim after weeks of searching. It was Suzy Pepper from WMHS, we recommend all citizens keep protection with them at all times and not to enter the forest."
That night I think I killed someone. I find myself awake in a prison cell. Covered in blood, my clothes were stained and blood was dripping of my lips.