Are monsters created, or are humans born monsters?
All my life, I've heard and seen things no one else can. No one knows. No one should; I learned that the hard way. Lately, the voices have worsened.
Join us. Join us. Join us.
"Shut up!" I screamed and ran, shaking my head frantically.
A boy stared at me; pain filled his eyes and a silvery, ethereal glow bathed him in light, as he extended his hand to me. Faster. I sprinted harder. I turned a corner, and froze. No...please...no...
A wall of the dead stood before me. I screamed.Join us. Join us. Join us. They chanted in my head; whispers in perfect unison. The mouths didn't move but I knew it was them. Join us. Join us. Join us.
I froze. Spinning, I saw they surrounded me; each filled with multiple wounds, in the fashion of how they died. I collapsed and blackness washed over me.
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The Dark Within
HorrorKazan Tsunashi is beaten repeatedly and mocked by his fellow students, and frightened by what his eyes have awakened to, that no other's have. Spirits and demons plague his existence to the point of insanity, until a darkness falls from the light, a...