Reincarnation chapter 1
Chapter 1: The break up
My name is Soul, I am sixteen years old with a loving boyfriend, an apartment, good friends and a dark secret linked to my past that I dare not tell anyone. I dare not tell anyone because this secret literally kills people. I have demons that kill people who don't believe in them and or who they see as a threat. I have been trying the past few years-mainly after they killed my family-to block them out with a mental barrier so that they can't hurt anyone else. The only weakness in my barrier is if I cry or become really sad the barrier will break. However if I show happiness- even forced happiness-I can just contain them. But on that day the pain managed to strengthen the barrier that it was no trouble to contain them for now and forever.
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The day started off like any other with waking up and having a shower. To brushing my teeth, to getting dressed and heading down stairs for breakfast with my boyfriend. We had been living together for almost a year and we were getting pretty serious. Little did I know that today would be so different from the blissful routine I usually had. I walked into see my boyfriend Clay, seated at the table with his newspaper and coffee.
Clay is a snow white german shepherd well-toned body and brilliant blue eyes. He has a gruff voice but it just makes him all the more sexy I think, while others think it makes him sound dangerous.
"Morning, Clay." I greeted happily. He muttered a good morning, hun back to me. I let it slide he must have had a bad night shift at work last night. I got myself a cup of coffee and sat down beside him smiling and drinking my coffee slowly humming a low tune to myself. I mainly hummed songs from KT Tunstall's albums and today it was 'if only'. I was almost finished with my coffee when Clay slammed the newspaper on the table and yelled something that I couldn't catch as he yelled it into his hands. I quirked an eyebrow in confusion before asking him to take his and away and repeat it clearly. I shouldn't have asked because he said.
"I am breaking up with you." Everything seemed to be at a standstill before the reality hit me. Then timed caught up and my cup of coffee slid from my hands and shattered into a thousand pieces. I began to tear up and he started to ramble about how it wasn't me but how it was him and that he was sorry. But I wasn't listening to it I knew something like this would happen there were loads of signs the odd scent on his clothing, the oddly shaped parcels in the mail. I had disregarded them as people in the elevator or even work he had forgotten to bring home. But no this was it I wanted the truth not some attempt to protect my feelings.
"Who is it?" I asked in a dead tone I had never used in my entire life. He shivered at my tone before telling me about the fur who worked in the office next to him in the programing company he worked at. The fur that had caught Clay's eye was a snow leopard name Daniel. He had started talking to him a few weeks ago, exactly when the odd scents started, then the mail after that. I held up my hand indicating I didn't want to know anymore. I looked up the tears threatening to spill over.
"Soul, I...I am so very sorry, I wanted to tell you but there was never a good time-", I cut him off again. I was hurting and his apologies, although sincere they were hurting me even more and I didn't want or need the extra pain. I stood up and walked back to my room and began packing my bags with what I would need for the journey I had planned. Clay walked in and stood by the door with the most pleading eyes I had seen him use, not knowing but still using. I stopped packing and held out my hand and he walked over to me and took it before pulling me into a hug apologising again. I buried my face in is fur and let the tears flow, he stocked my back and offered to help me pack I shook my head and told him to call Daniel and tell him it was ok. I tried to hide the hurt in my voice but it seeped through but not too much. He nodded knowing I needed some time alone.
I continued packing until I had packed everything I could take. My tooth brush, IPod and three spare changes of cloths the only thing I left untouched was a photo album on the desk at the end of my bed. I walked over to the album and opened it to the first page of photos of me and Clay. I sat there for a while inflicting more pain on myself. Clay walked in and said that Daniel says sort if he hurt me. I nodded and told him to say I was fine and that I wished them the best for the future.
I walked out that door a few minutes after half past nine. No plan on where I was going all I knew was that I was going as far away from this place. I began to walk to the bus stop i made a plan to and see my friend Dean. Dean is an immensely muscle built black wolf with Hazel coloured eyes. He always used to comfort me and especially after my parents had been killed by the demons that follow me almost as if they are tethered to me.
I took out my phone out and sent Dean a text asking him if he was in, I got a text about three minutes later say 'Sure what's up? Is something wrong?' I told him nothing was wrong just needed someone to confide in as perusal and a little bit about the break up. Dean knew Clay and text back a little darker than usual want me to kill him you know I will if you want. I replied with 'No it's fine just need a hug'.
We continued the conversation for about twenty minutes before I side I was going to think about my options on the bus, he replied with a quick sure thing and with that I put my phone into my bag. I got to the bus stop a few minutes after and waited beside a guy with a male Cerberus. He was friendly looking and smiled at me warmly, I returned the smile with maybe a bit to much forced happiness as he asked me.
"You ok dude?" I told him I had just been dumped and was heading to stay with a friend. He pulled me into a warm hug saying it would turn out ok in the end. I hugged him back saying thanks and that my name was Soul. He replied with Cerberus and explained how his mom was too tired after his birth that Cerberus sounded perfect to her. I smiled up at him and this smile wasn't like the last it was a true one hundred per cent naturally happy smile.
We talked for a while on the bus till I had to get off, but before I left he gave me his number so that if I ever wanted to talk or meet up stuff like. I gave him my number in return saying good bye and a hugged him. He smiled waving good bye to me through the window as the bus drove away. I waved until the bus turned the corner and I couldn't see him anymore.
I walked two blocks from the bus stop before I got to Deans house. I walked up his flowered driveway. For someone into muscle training he knew a thing or two about gardening. I rang the doorbell and waited for Dean to get to the door.