6:30 hits as an alarm goes off. Now I'm not a morning person, as I don't know how anybody could be. I carefully got out of bed, trying my best not to wake my parents. I'm seventeen now and have my own car that was gifted to me from my sixteenth birthday. I walked up to my mirror and took a look at my frame, I didn't exactly look like a morning person either as I had black circles under my eyes.
I walked into the bathroom and took a nice 10-minute shower to help freshen me up for the day, as I got into a new pair of clothes. I made sure to gather all of last night's homework and put them in my backpack. I was considered to be one of the best students since I had cared more about my work than partying with friends. I only had one friend, someone who had been with me since the beginning. After getting ready I walk outside, but not before grabbing a bagel off of the counter.
After making it to the school, I immediately met with my best friend, he always brought a smile to my face, he was always there for me when I would be bullied or made fun of. "Hey, Maya. I didn't think you would be here this early, we still have like an hour till classes start."
I just laughed, usually, I would take longer showers or eat a bigger breakfast, I don't know why I was so excited to get to school early. I'm treated differently at this school, and it's been that way since I started the first grade.
We both walked into the school and immediately headed for the library. He knew the library was the best place for me to concentrate since everywhere else in the school would be considered too loud. Over the years I had developed a disorder called Hyperacusis, which means that I am sensitive to any sounds. If someone was speaking or making a quiet noise or sound, I would be able to hear it perfectly as if someone had been talking directly to me.
Just as I thought my day would finally go well, a group of girls walked up behind me. Lucas already knew that it would be trouble as he shot all of them ugly glares. "Oh we just thought Maya here would love a drink." one of the girls had replied, I knew full well what they meant, I didn't do anything as I just embraced for the impact. No sooner did I feel liquid being poured all over me as I felt a stinging sensation, this had to be coffee or tea, I couldn't tell at the moment.
The group behind me had shared a couple of giggles amongst themselves as they walked away, leaving an angry Lucas and me, well, upset.
"Why do you let them do these things to you, you know they keep doing it because you won't do anything about it." He was right, and I couldn't deny that. I felt that if I protected myself they would come up with some reason to blame it all on me and how I started the fight. All of the teachers never believed me and I never knew why, I guess they thought I wasn't normal either.
That was a topic I still didn't understand, I am a normal person. How am I considered different from the rest? Was it the way I dressed? Was it because I care about my education more than them?
Nobody dared to back me up in any situation, if they did, they would be bullied as well. I guess no one would want to help someone and ignore the harsh comments rather than just be left alone and leave me to take in all of the pain.
There wasn't a whole lot of mess on myself, nothing that wouldn't dry of course. My parents wouldn't be happy with me if I just went home for a change of clothes and not go to school. I stood up and walked with Lucas to my first class, he made sure to be in all of my classes so he could make sure that I was safe. He was the only person who cared about me anyway.
It wasn't too long after we left the library that I saw another one of those girls walk up to me again, nobody ever leaves me alone. Any chance they have to bully me they do it as soon as they see me again. The girl had a smirk on her face as she got up close and screamed right next to my ear. My eyes widened and I fell to the ground covering them, it had hurt severely and I couldn't do anything until the pain soothed out.
The girl was about to walk away, I was going to leave it at that but something felt different about the situation. Everyone around me gasped at the sudden change, I felt all of the rage build up in me as I stood up and walked up to her. She didn't flinch of course, but she didn't know what I was about to do. I wasn't thinking at the time but I had quickly grabbed her arm. The girl had tried to get out of my grasp but this power wouldn't let her, I slowly lifted the hand to my mouth as I gave it what I had thought would be a little nibble. That was until I felt her bone from within her hand, she had been screaming. That caught my attention as I screeched and fell to the ground covering my ears once more.
I slowly looked up at what I had caused, the girl was bleeding heavily as she held her hand in place. I only did a nibble, how did this happen? What is this sudden power? I felt scared as I backed away from her. "I didn't mean to, I swear it was an accident." I repeated to the group of people that were surrounding us.
One student had reported the assault to the office and we both went to the office immediately, I was prepared to be suspended or worse kicked out permanently.
As soon as we both entered the office, I could feel the emotion that the front desk person was feeling right now, worry and anger. This wasn't the first time I had been sent here, I'm always blamed for everyone's actions. "So I was informed that Emily here was making her way to apologize for dumping her drink on you, and you bit her hand almost clean off. First, I don't know how that is possible, nor where you got all of that aggression from. You're not the type to want to hurt someone."
After hearing the principal, I was hurt, I just got blamed for attacking a student. Did this person not see the entire fight? And of course, we were in a hallway that didn't have any cameras. This had all been a setup, they wanted me to get taken out of school, I'm starting to get sick of all of this bullying. No adult listens to me, all my parents do is yell at me when they hear a different story than what had actually happened.
The principal had called my parents and forced me to drive home and said that I wouldn't be able to come to school for at least a couple of weeks. I gave the principal a sigh and nodded before exiting the school and walking to my car. I knew my parents were going to yell at me. The ride home was silent, for most of the way anyways. I decided to call up Lucas since he was on his free hour right now.
"Hey, Maya, where are you? Why did you leave the school?" he sounded worried, this had always been his reaction whenever I had to go home because of someone else bullying me.
"The same thing that happened last time, did you not see the fight that had happened between Emily and me today? Not the one in the library, it was in the hallway." All he gave me was a simple no, I don't know why I had asked in the first place. He would've helped protect me in the fight if he did.
"She screamed in my ear, and she knows I have Hyperacusis. She started walking away but then I felt different, I felt rage build up in me and I bit into her hand, well I thought I had just lightly nibbled on it to teach her a lesson. But no, I almost bit her hand clean off. I was confused where all of the sudden power had come from." I could tell he was shocked with all that I had told him, he never heard of someone being able to bite a person's hand clean off when they just lightly bite into it.
The two of us talked a bit more before, having to end the call considering I had just made it to my house. I walked into the door as my ear hurt from all of the screaming my parents were doing, I just simply ignored them as I ran to my room. I was fed up with all of this happening to me. I was different from the rest and I realized that now. I pulled out all of the available homework that I was able to get before I had to leave the school. School was one of the things that had helped me calm down from all of this bullying.
I could hear my parents yelling in the living room, they weren't that loud but to me it was like someone had been yelling in my ear, I knew they were talking about what had happened at school today. It was no surprise that the principal had called my parents. I decided to hide in the hallway to see what they were saying about me.
"You think that's normal, what kid can bite a student's hand almost completely off? She can't be normal. Do you see that every day, a kid even reported that her eyes were glowing yellow, have you seen any other human being able to do that?" My father had yelled at my mother, I knew my father was right, how could I be normal? I walked out from where I was with tears running down my face.
"He's right, mom, how can I be normal when things like that happen to me? Where did I come from, am I your real daughter?" I asked them as more tears were coming down, the two of them sighing before shaking their head no.
"Your mother's sister brought you to us, she said you weren't safe with her. We don't know anything else. We are making appointments with a psychiatrist for you, he said he might be able to help you with all of these things you are dealing with." I didn't like the sound of being asked questions that pertain to my social life. Nor did I like the idea of cramped places with only one other person.
It wasn't that late, so we left the house immediately. I was nervous. I've never been in a situation like this before, nor do I know anyone who has. Apparently, there was a hospital just down a couple of blocks so we made it there not too long later. After going in and signing me in for today's visit we made our way to a room. It had a number on it, it showed 198276, I don't know what that means but I guess this is my room.
I was left alone as my parents exited the room, a man walked in not too long after. He had a clipboard and a pen in hand, I understood that I would have to answer some questions.
"Alright, Maya, I heard what had happened at school today. I just wanted to ask you a couple of questions. Why did you feel when the incident had happened?" the male had asked me, I guess all of these questions will pertain to the incident. I stared at him for a moment before speaking up.
"I felt rage, I was angry for all of the bullying I had been receiving over the years I have been in school, everyone called me different. Now I finally understand why they did, I'm a monster and I hurt someone badly." The psychiatrist looked shocked, I knew that would be the initial reaction of anyone because everything I say is usually scary and too much to handle.
"How long have you been feeling this way in situations like that?" I shook my head immediately, it's only ever happened today. Every time I got annoyed with the bullying I had never felt this way. "This was the first time something like this has happened to me." Hhe had excused himself for a moment as he exited the room, he was going to get the results and find out what was wrong with me.
It took about ten minutes to get my results. The male shuffles into the room with wide eyes. I knew that there would be bad news. He looked down at his papers once more to confirm the information before looking back at me.
"All of those signs that you had experienced are things that Half-Animals would do, it doesn't make sense to me since those are mythical creatures." That was the last straw for me. I couldn't handle it anymore, I ran out of the room and out of the building as I made my way back to my house. Once I got home and immediately to my room, I called Lucas, he always picked up no matter where or what time it was.
"Maya, what's wrong? What happened?" I gave him a long sigh, he knew I was distressed so he gave me time and waited patiently until I spoke up to him.
"Why are you friends with me, especially after what just took place today at school? I'm a monster." Lucas gave me a sigh in return, I knew he wasn't happy. I had asked the same question years ago.
"Maya, I don't care what you are, or what kind of a person you are. I will always be your friend no matter what. That answer is final and don't you ever doubt my friendship with you." I knew he was right, he said the same thing when he became friends with me in the first place. I knew he was a loyal friend, I just didn't know why he liked someone like me a lot.
I got off of the call with him as I fell asleep, I was so exhausted from everything that had happened today.