What I Became

His body was cold in the corner of the room, and his clothes were covered in blood. The more I think about it now, the more it haunts me, so it is time that I come clean it's time that I confessed my biggest sin and let the world know what I truly am.

   It started our first day back after the summer vacation when Nate was late for school. I didn't realize it at the time, but I should have known that something like this might happen. It didn't matter what happened. He was never late, but my oblivious self at the time ignored it and went about my day. Three hours after school began, he showed up when I asked him why he was this late, but he just ignored me. But before I could ask him again, our class president entered the class. As soon as she entered the class, she started yelling.

"Emily, Nate they asked for you in the principal's office."

   They went to the office and came back and the rest of the day was mostly uneventful, but I kept thinking about what the principal could have wanted with the two of them because Emily was the girl hated by most because she knew what it meant to have power and she had the guts to do whatever it takes to keep that power while Nate was just an ordinary student.

   Plagued by that question, my curiosity got the best of me. I called Nate in the evening after reaching home, but he didn't answer, so I went over to his house to find him in the corner of his room shivering and scared, so I approached him to talk to him, that's when I noticed the blood on his clothes, and for a second, I hesitated but then he said,

"What are you doing here?" Barely able to speak, he said to me,

"Please leave." Part of me wishes that I would have left when he asked me to, but I couldn't, so while trying to ignore the blood on his clothes, I asked him,

"Please tell me what happened." Hearing this, he looked at me and told me,

"Just go. You wouldn't understand." to calm him down, I replied,

" I saw you sitting here covered in blood and didn't call the cops and I don't think it can get any worse than this so tell me what happened." He finally gave up and told me everything; while I brought him a change of clothes and a glass of water, he said,

"I know you would think that it was stupid but I couldn't be just another ordinary student so I asked for Emily's help so that people would know that I existed." Hearing this, I remembered why I went to his house and asked,

"Is this why the principal summoned you and Emily to her office?" When I asked him that, he had a surprised look on his face; after hearing me say this, he corrected me,

"No that was so that we could see where she keeps her spare keys so that we could pull a prank on her. But it went horribly wrong we were supposed to use fake blood, but it was real and while we were setting it up the janitor caught us, I think he had a heart attack, I... uh, I think we gave him a heart attack please help me you must help me." while asking me for help he started panicking so I agreed to help him,

"Everything is going to be ok if something had happened to the janitor, we would have heard the news by now. And I give you my word I will help you make sure everyone knows who you are." He looked at me with a surprised look on his face and just said,

"Ok, but how?" I, unaware of what I will be turning into if I follow this path, said,

"I don't talk much, but I observe everything so using that knowledge I will help you but if you ever tell anyone how I helped you, I guarantee that you won't like what I do next." Even with a worried heart, he agreed to let me help him.

   I now realize that while I was trying to help him on the surface, deep down, I wasn't doing it for Nate; I did it for myself because I like having power over others. Although this is how it started, the thing that I am now will do anything to keep that power to itself, and in a way, I became the devil fighting the heavenly host for control over the humans beneath me. Without understanding what I was doing, I did it, and now I must live with my conscience divided into two parts, both hating the other, leaving me nothing but a hollow shell of a man driven only by greed and my desire for power and fame.