Odd Destiny

Warning: contains bullying content, if you're sensible to this theme please don't read. For people who struggle with it, don't give up now, stay strong, it might seem you're falling endlessly, but there is always light overcoming the darkness one day, one way or another, believe me.

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"Go kill yourself!"

"No one loves you anyway! Go to Hell"

"You're pitiful and useless, you're not worth living!"

"Why are you so ugly?! You don't deserve to live!"

"You're so weird, are you a monster or something?"

"Just wait and see what happen to people like you."

"No matter how hard you try, you still will be a worthless little brat."

That's what they're all saying to me and they're right. Let me introduce myself properly. I am 18 years old, I live in the woods and I have been getting bullied since my 16th birthday, the day my family died in a car-crash accident, because of me.

This is my life, Hanna Blake's life.

It is Tuesday today and like every mornings, I woke up in my room by the noise of my alarm-clock at 7h15. I went to the bathroom to take a quick shower and brush my teeth. I combed my long brown hair into a high ponytail, wore a simple white tee-shirt and black ripped jeans with Timberlands®. I put a sandwich for lunch in my blue backpack, took my leather jacket then headed outside without eating breakfast, I never did.

I took my time to go to school, it is not like I was in a hurry anyway, walking through the enchanting wood, listening to the song of the birds that cheered me up a little bit. I prefer animals to humans; even if we can't talk to each other, at least they are nicer than my schoolmates.

As soon as I approached the high school, the students glared at me from top to bottom and began to insult me, so as I always do, I put on my earphones and listen to music. Music is a refuge for me because it comforts me and helps me survive in this hell that other people call "school". It is as I were in my own world without anything to disturb me. I entered the building and went straight to my English class and sit at the back next to the window in the back row. I brought out my books, case and drew a little cute girl sitting on a bench, alone, head low while it is raining. As time went by, students came in and the lesson had started at 8 a.m.

During the class, I was daydreaming while looking outside the window when I received spitballs. I opened them with a little sigh, knowing what would be written inside.

"Why don't you jump out of this window instead of looking at it hopelessly ? I pity you, just disappear from this world... It's an advice from a friend. Oops ! Sorry, I forgot you didn't have friends! "

Yes, thanks for reminding me ! No kidding, I know that I'm alone...Really, those people have nothing else to do... I ignored it and focused on what the teacher said.

It is 12 p.m. finally. I walked slowly towards the staircase when someone pushed me from behind my back, I managed to stabilize myself before looking at him. Seth Oakley, the most popular and respected guy of the school and my personal bully by the way, accompanied by a little group of guys, or his dogs if I may say...

Every girl wanted to go out with him, even his exes wouldn't give up on him. Well I must confess that if he wasn't my bully I also would probably want to go out with him. He is tall, strong, and has a very beautiful face: smooth skin, hazel eyes, plump and pink lips, brown hair...and on top of his perfect physical beauty, he is smart, funny, and his low voice...is so angelic almost hypnotic. But he seems to like seeing me suffer since he is my bully. I caught myself starring at him.

-Morning~ ...Well? Didn't I tell you many times that it is rude to stare at people? I looked at my feet

-Good girl...now... he put his hand on my throat suffocating me and lifted me up a little so my feet wouldn't touch the ground, I forgot he was this tall, I didn't see you this morning...you came earlier than before didn't you?

-Y-yess... I said while putting my hands on his to tell him to stop as a tear came out of my eyes.

-Hmm...That's what I thought, you didn't wanted to see me? He laughed a little...Don't do that ever again. Got it? He released me and wiped my tear away as I took a deep breath.

-Yes...

With that he left with the others. I quickly took the stairs to the rooftop, and ate my lunch. When I finished my sandwich, I headed to the locker room and found my locker. It doesn't have any padlock because it wouldn't be of any utility, it would be broken in no time. I took my sporting clothes for P.E class and changed in the dressing room of the Gym. Today it was dodge-ball. Ugh...! I hate dodge-ball! I always end up with bruises everywhere on my body. Weird huh?

Everybody began to warm up and the P.E teacher separated the class into four groups and of course, at the same moment, two balloons were thrown at my direction. I fell because of the shock and the teacher came to me.

-Hanna!? Are you ok? I nodded, Jessica! Seth! You will come see me at the end of the class! I tried to stand up but fell down again. Hanna, you're dismissed, go to the nurse office to check out your ankle, I think it is twisted but I'm not sure.

-Yes professor. Thank you.

I left the Gym and went to the nurse office like the teacher told me and changed. The nurse checked my ankle and indeed it was twisted. She told me to stay a while to rest a little. I left at 16 p.m., the end of the class for most of the students, including my bully. I spotted Seth looking irritated, in front of the gate. I thought maybe if I am fast enough he won't see me? Ha, ha!! What a joke! As soon as he saw me he pinned me against the wall. Some students filmed us.

-DON'T THINK YOU CAN ESCAPE ME THAT EASILY, YOU LITTLE PIECE OF TRASH! I gasped, I'VE BEEN PUNISHED BECAUSE OF YOU!! He pulled on my hair making me kneel down before him. NEXT TIME GET OVER YOURSELF AND STAND UP!

This being told, he left, furious. Once I came into my senses, I ran back home, threw my backpack on the ground in the living room. I could finally be myself: a werewolf.

Yes, I am a werewolf.

I shifted into my wolf form and ran into the woods, in my black fur, looking at all the different colors that surrounded me with my pierced blue eyes until they stopped on a white fur in front of me. Yes another wolf. He was five meters away from me. It is not common to see wolves around here, he must be a werewolf like me...He looks strong and a little angry ! And he is very attractive ! In a wolf way I mean... Once he noticed my presence, he seemed calmer and he took very slow steps and when I finally dared to look at him in the eye I found myself like in a trans... a very strange feeling of warmth and happiness filled my body at that moment. The wolf continues approaching and stopped when we would breathe the same air. He inclined his head to my ear and bit it to mark me. It was a little painful but a good feeling too. The wolf within me took control of my body and marked him back. I was a little surprised but satisfied at the same time, I suppose the satisfaction I am feeling is what my inner wolf is feeling right now...

I heard that it is called "the impregnation": it is when two wolves are soulmates, they stared in each other eyes, felt an attraction towards the other and their inner wolf would mark the ear of their love to make them theirs and to be capable of recognize them when they are in their human form.

After being marked, he left. But I was sure I was going to see him soon, I don't know how but I felt it...I returned to my house, ate pizza and went to sleep, and for once, feeling exited to wake up tomorrow.

The next day, when I woke up I did my morning routine like always and headed to school, light headed. As expected the students keeps glaring at me and insulting me, but I didn't care. I went to class and my mood was ruined by one person, who seemed strangely happy today...Seth. I prayed so that he wouldn't do anything to me... and what shocked me is that when I walked pass him he didn't move but stared at me with a shocked look on his face and I caught a glimpse of a scar on his ear similar to a bite...

-No way...it was you? He mumbled.