Only human...

Prologue (informational chapter)

Tick, tock. Tick, tock.
I laid awake in bed, listening to the steady clicks of the dreary grandfather clock in the living area. My door had been cracked open slightly, just enough to let a cool breeze come in to greet me harshly.
I shivered, and as I felt the air's cold kisses on my exposed skin.

I pulled the blankets over my head, thinking about past events.
I had always been uncomfortable in my body, because I was born female. Even though I still have female "genitals," I'm identified, or labeled, as a male. I remember the day I found out I was trans. I came home crying, and ran into my room. I looked at myself in the mirror, and covered up with an ace bandage, which, in the end, was a stupid decision. I cracked a rib, and bruised two others.

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I remember mom taking "trips" to the hospital frequently, and her new husband, my step-dad looking extremely depressed. My step-dad was a good person, he really was. I remember when my mom lost her hair due to having being treated for breast cancer. She was always smiling, and she loved everyone she met. If she met satan, she could turn him into a disciple! But...one night that all changed...

We were sitting in the waiting room, waiting for my mom to get prepped for surgery. After what seemed like hours, we finally got to see her before they put her under. I remember her dimples embracing her delicate features. Her once, soft blonde hair was now gone, into a peach-fuzz kind of texture. She was laying on the gurney, and she directed her infamous smile at my step-dad, and me.

They put her under, and hauled her away from us to have her last surgery. The one that brought hope to everyone she knew.

We went home, and my step-dad waited in the living area anxiously for the doctors to call. While he sat in there, I held the mirror that my mom gave me about a year ago, when I lost my left eye. My eyes were the same electrifying blue as my mom's were. We got into a car accident, and I lost my left eye. I needed a transplant, so they put an amber colored eye, because they couldnt find a match for my original eye color.

I looked into the mirror, and looked at my reflection. When I was feeling dysphoric, or insecure about my body, she would always tell me that I was her handsome young man. She loved the fact that I was transgender, and she supported it as much as she could for a woman with breast cancer.

I remembered sitting there, running my hand over the small cracks in the glass, and smiling at each imperfection. That's when the dreaded phone call came.

They informed us that My mother, Abigail Reona Landcaster didn't survive her last hope of the life-saving surgery.

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I sat straight up in bed, and wiped the cold sweat off of my forehead, and body. I dozed off thinking about my mom again... It truely felt like a nightmare to remember every single little detail on her. All of her facial imperfections, her clumsiness, and her illness.

Tick, tock. Tick, tock.

I shook off the haunting melody of the grandfather clock stricking midnight, and started walking out of the door to my tattered room. I grabbed a water bottle, and headed back to my room.

I dread the thought of going back to school tomorrow. I mean, I don't mind the school itself, but most of the people in that school are disrespectful douche bags. I took a sip of my water bottle, recalling all of the verbal abuse caused by my bullies. I mostly got verbally bullied, but sometimes, when nobody was around except for a few people, I would get assulted, and beat up. It was horrible.

I shook my medium lenth pastel purple hair out of my face, and ran my tongue over the holes of my snake bite/vampire piercings. Which, were off at the time. I took another quick swig of water, and pulled the sheets over my cold body once more.

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First chapter! Well, sorta a chapter, because this was mostly information of Toby's past, and a bit of his future.

Don't hate me, my writing skills suck ass.
Buuuut anywho~ I swear to make the next chapter interesting, and depending on the amount of time I have, and/or writers block, then I'll make it lengthy. Should be out by tomorrow or the day after!
Bye bye, my little homocidals<3