Claire waved at me, her face full of emotions that I can only describe as happiness. I'm so shallow, I didn't care whether or not she was okay. Only that I had someone to vent to. All of this self loathing and I can't even make myself shed a tear. A grey figure dashed past and her head was gone. Her body went limp and fell to the floor, I just stood there petrified. The boy grabbed my hand and pulled me away. He's screaming…but his voice is muffled. What is he saying? "GET UP AND RUN!"
I punched the ground and pushed myself upward and ran behind the boy. But my foot jammed into something and I fell. I turned back to see what I tripped on and it was Claire's decapitated head. My heart dropped as my body reacted the only way it knew how. "RYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!" The boy turned back to look at what I was screaming at. He didn't even react to Claire's decapitated head and pulled at my collar. "Get up!" Wait…why are her eyes following mine? Suddenly her eyes went black and teeth fell out of her mouth, with only her gums she twisted her face into a smile that tore open her cheeks. My body froze. No, your body didn't freeze. Let's tell the audience how you really reacted, Ambika Vyasa. You didn't care for that silly little half-breed. You're selfish, the only person you care about is yourself. You kicked her head away and turned to run away. Isn't that right? Claire. Claire's decapitated head flew in front of my face. I clenched my fist and punched her full force.
Her head fell to the ground, and let out a haunting scream. "PLEASE HELP ME! AMBIKA PLEASE! THIS IS YOUR FAULT! WHY DIDN'T YOU LET GO! THIS IS…" my fault. Her headless body slowly emerged from the woods and pulled her head towards it. She grabbed onto her head and placed it on her neck. "Ah, that's better." The thing said. "Ambika, let's not lie to ourselves now." The boy picked me up and ran full force. The thing stood still, staring at us make our escape. This wasn't my fault. No, it's not. I didn't kill her. That thing did. Not me. This has nothing to do with me.
Suddenly a devastating slap deformed my face. I launched up and looked up at the perpetrator. I grabbed a random axe and swung it at Claire's head. She gasped in fear but my gasp of shock was far louder, she was a person.
I jumped back only to see my bare boobs. The color in my already pale face disappeared. I launched myself at her and grabbed her clothes. I cried out, naked. "I'M SO SORRY! PLEASE CLAIRE! FORGIVE ME! I DIDN'T MEAN TO! I'M SORRY FOR HOW I TREATED YOU! YOU DIDN'T DESERVE IT! I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE A HALF-BREED! I'M SO SORRY!" I looked up to see her void like eyes and gummy smile. "It's all your fault! You should've never come here." She said, "I know, I should have never ran away. I don't deserve freedom. All I do is make things worse." I whimpered. "You should die." She said, I quickly raised up my head and grabbed at the axe and sliced her head off. "NO, this isn't my fault! It's your fault for taking care of me! If you didn't take care of me you wouldn't have been in this mess! THIS IS ALL YOUR FAULT CLAIRE!" I said with a bright smile. Her headless body grabbed at my throat and squeezed it tightly. "I'll kill you." It said, I raised up my head slowly and stared at her empty body. My disgusting blood dripped out of every hole in my body, showing that this frail and weak body still has enough strength to stay alive. "Try it!"