Snapped!

Shaun is a 16 year old high school kid, who lives in a small town. His life has been, as he perceived it, very dull and uneventful up until now. Shaun went to Chesterfields High school in Huntington, NY. He was an average student with ok grades. he didn't particularly have talents so as to say and mostly lead a pretty bland life. He was frequently bullied and the teachers didn't care enough to stop it.

August, 2015.

It's a gloomy day, with clouds covering the sun and the air was very humid.

"Guess it's gonna rain huh", thought Shaun as he prepared to leave for school. It was Monday, and as everyone else, he wasn't that thrilled to go to school. The bus arrived, Shaun got in and tried to find a seat. Suddenly he felt his hair being wet and when he put his hand on his head, he found that it was juice. Sid started his usual snorting laughter, he was the class bully or so he liked to think. "Aw! Your hair's all wet dumb ass! Aren't you gonna cry for mommy? " provoked Sid. Shaun remained calm.He was rather used to it now. He slowly pulled out a pack of tissues and started cleaning his hair. Sid went back to his seat and Shaun sat in the last row.

The class started and before he knew it, it was lunch break. Shaun didn't have any friends, he was a loner. So he sat, alone in his seat staring out the window, his hair still sticky from the juice. It has started to rain, "Just like I thought" mumbled Shaun.

*WHAM*

Shaun felt acute pain in the head, Sid had slapped his head from behind. "Give me all your money you little shit! ", barked Sid. Shaun was hesitant, noticing this, Sid pulled him up and punch him right in the gut. Shaun rolled over, choking and Sid pulled out some money from Shaun's pocket. "See you later, Loser". Shaun was overcome with a feeling of deep hatred, it was pure rage and when he clenched his fist to stop shaking, his nails dug into his palm. Recently Shaun had started to feel different, it had first began after his 16th birthday. There were times when he got angry he felt unusual strength and mostly ended in either break something or hurting himself.

Class got over, it was time to go home. Sid didn't care to notice Shaun and to this he let out a sigh. On reaching home Shaun entered to a hall with both his dad and mum busy. Dad had his face in some file and his mum was going through her phone. On noticing Shaun holding his stomach while walking, his mum asked, "What happened dear? " "Nothing ma, just some kid being a jerk". At this his dad raised his head, "What happened? ", there was a sharp tone in his voice, Shaun shuddered and replied, "Sid punched me in the stomach because I didn't give him my money". His mum sighed and said, "That's all? That can be easily fixed, from tomorrow just take some extra money, you can give Sid the money when he asks and still have some for you". Shaun was again feeling the rage building up, "Shut up you spineless bitch! " retorted Shaun. "Is that anyway to talk to your Mother!?" , his dad was really angry. Shaun just rushed to his room and shut himself in. Shaun came out around dinner time but he didn't want to sit with his parents, so he just announced that he's gonna grab something outside. It was still a little bit drizzling, so Shaun pulled up his hoodie and started to walk fast. He took a turn and ran into someone, Shaun immediately apologized but to his bad luck it was Sid. He was furious, he just grabbed Shaun by the back of his neck and started dragging him to some alley. It was dark, no lights and before Shaun's eyes could adjust he felt a fist digging into his gut. "You piece of shit, you ruined my shoes", Shaun tried to stand up, he couldn't, the pain was too much. Sid continues to kick Shaun while he's down, with each kick Shaun felt he was losing consciousness.

*SNAP*

Shaun opened his eyes, it was red with rage, bottled up hatred and he couldn't take it anymore. He caught Sid's leg and pushed him, he slipped and fell. Shaun stood up, with a devilish grin forming on his face and his vision becoming more and more red, it started raining again. When he spoke, Shaun couldn't recognize himself, "Oh you messed with me at the wrong time asshole". His voice seemed deeper, colder and when he saw Sid's reaction he was convinced that it wasn't in his head. Shaun heard a voice in the back, "kill him now! kill him now", Shaun wasn't sure what this voice was, but he wanted to do what it told him. Shaun jumped on Sid and started squeezing his throat, he started wriggling, trying to fight back but Shaun seemed was feeling that unusual strength again and he continued to squeeze till Sid stopped moving. Shaun stood up, the grin was still there.

He ran back home, went up to his room and locked the door. Getting into bed, he felt like something was unlocked in him, like a boulder was removed from his shoulders. He fell asleep in a few minutes.

Next day, time to wake up and get ready. Shaun opened his eyes and went towards the bathroom, and what he saw in the mirror stopped him for a second.

He was having the same devilish grin and red eyes as last night and he now felt only one thing. HUNGER!