After satisfying my hunger, I passed out from exhaustion, I was weak from fighting against the human I had to eat.
My eyes slowly awakened, the sun was shining brightly in my eyes. I looked around me but I didn't see the human, I know I didn't eat the entire body. Last night's events slowly go through my head as I remember in detail what had happened.
I killed someone when I had no choice, am I a murderer? a cannibal for eating another human? I slowly sink to my knees as I softly wept, I never wanted life to be this way, of course, I had to be the daughter of a king.
I get up off of the ground as slowly start to make my way back to the house I was taken into. I was at least glad the hunger inside of me fated, that pain was unbearable. I felt bad for trying to kill Lucas last night as well, I just couldn't control myself.
I soon made it back to the house. I entered the nearest bathroom, As far as I could tell no one in the house was awake. I looked up into the mirror right above the sink, I was instantly met with blood all over my face, I was horrified. My hair didn't look great either as it was a tangled mess.
I was about to wash off all of the blood that was on my face, but then I could hear shuffles coming from Lucas's room, Crap I didn't know he would get up! I tell myself quietly. The bad thing about it was that Lucas was coming to the bathroom I was in, he could probably see the light so we went to check it out.
Lucas slowly opens the door and sees no one using the bathroom. I tried my best to hide from Lucas but I was too slow and Lucas sees me, he lets out a gasp as he sees all of the blood on my face.
"Maya, is that you? What happened to you? Whose blood is that? And where did you go after breaking through my window?" Lucas proceeded to ask me a bunch of questions about where I went and why I had blood over my face.
I nodded my head confirming that it was me, I slowly stood to my feet and let out a sigh.
"Well, after I fled out of your window, I stopped not long after the entrance. The hunger pains were unbearable, I bit myself to see if that would stop the pain, but it didn't. I heard the chuckles of a human and I couldn't control myself, I ended up eating them. It was torture."
Tears were coming out of my eyes, all I wanted was a normal life, but instead, it turns out that I'm half-animal, and I'm supposed to save the world alongside my true father.
"The hunger only went away when I consumed human blood, so I think the only way for me to survive is by consuming blood whenever I feel that pain, and it doesn't go away with my blood," I say as I look into Lucas's eyes, tears were still streaming down my face.
Lucas smiles warmly at me before turning to take a rag from on top of the sink. He rinses it from under the water, then turns back to face me. He sits me on top of the toilet as he kneels in front of me, I felt bad for making him do all of this stuff for me. I'm just surprised he stayed by my side even after knowing that I was a half-animal.
After getting the blood cleaned off of my face, he takes me to the living room to collect all of the events that had just taken place.
Lucas could tell that I was still shaken up from the past event, The both of us didn't expect me to have to kill or even have someone give their blood to me just for me to survive. Lucas looks down at me, knowing he would be acting the same way if he was in my position, he knew times like these are hard.
Both Lucas and I start to hear the sounds of footsteps, all of the ruckus must have woken up Lucas's parents. As Lucas's parents walk into the room they see me shoving my face in my hands, my eyes burning with tears. Both of them hurried to my side.
"Maya, what happened to you? Why are your eyes so red? Did something happen?" Lucas's mom had spoken up to me, I took my head from my hands to look her in the eyes. I nodded my head signifying that something did happen.
"I woke up in the middle of the night with pain in my stomach. I was so hungry. I ended up waking Lucas as he went and made me some food, three full plates to be exact. I ate all of them pretty fast, but I realized that the food didn't even satisfy me. Lucas showed me a wound that happened while he was cooking, something came over me and I tried to bite into Lucas.
After the shock I fled through the window, I tried to bite into my arm to see if that would satisfy me but it didn't, I ended up eating another human against my will." I stopped for a moment, this was still a lot of information to take in, I pulled up my sleeve to reveal the wound that had healed. Bite marks were still seen, as a reminder of what I had tried.
"I found out that for me to survive I have to consume human blood, and my blood doesn't satisfy me. I can still eat human-based foods, but your food tastes like I am eating candy, meaning that human food is not good for me," I say one last time, hinting that I needed to consume human blood regularly so that I am satisfied and I don't lose control again.
Their eyes go wide, not expecting all of this. They nod their heads at me, understanding what needs to happen from now on. Lucas's parents kept telling me that everything would be alright and that everything will go smoothly soon, maybe this was just how the Half-Animals lived and I had to get used to their living styles.
Lucas turned on the TV noticing that the news was currently playing, But it wasn't just some random accident, it was the guy I had killed last night. They showed images of the body as it was ripped apart, limbs missing, and blood everywhere. I let out a shriek, That's the damage I caused! I screamed at myself.
My head fell, I was ashamed of what I had done. I just ate another human, which means I would be considered a cannibal, I didn't want to be one, but my half-animal kind says otherwise.
Sirens started blaring near our house, the noise freaked me out as I covered my ears. The pain hurt, they were close by. Accidents happened a lot near where we lived so all of us weren't worried about it, but the noise was still hurting my ears. Suddenly a loud bang sound hit the door, someone was wanting to come in.
Again the noise was a bit loud for me so I kept covering my ears, Lucas's dad gets up to go to the door, he slowly opens it to reveal two police officers. My gut was telling me that something was wrong, the two officers explained the situation of the guy getting ripped apart in the woods and that the blood tracks led to the entrance of our house.
That meant I was bleeding on my way to the house, the police man excuse themselves as they go and check around the house for any evidence. Junsuina chi was calming me down, she kept telling me to not reveal the truth, What truth must be hidden? I asked myself quietly.
Another policeman came in with a dog, My eyes went wide, this did not mean good news. I didn't have time to wash off the man's scent so they'd be able to tell it was me right away. I jinxed myself as the dog starts sniffing and barking towards me, the policeman walks up to me, inspecting and indeed smells the scent of the man.
The two police officers came back as they picked me up and put chains around my wrists and put a mussel on me. I tried my best to fight back but I couldn't, there was no use. I was not strong enough to escape, I had never had help training for situations like this.
I was also upset because the one thing that the group and I had to prevent from happening, all happened so fast and at the most unexpected time. I knew that Junsuina chi was going to be upset, escaping was going to be almost impossible.