Mute or Mutated? - Bonus Chapter 1

Jade had known you for a very long time.
You both had attended the same school for as long as you both could remember and used to be really close.

People would often comment on how similar you both looked, especially after Jade had quickly swapped her glasses for contact lenses.

However, you were always more favourited.
You were pretty and intelligent, and considerably more popular than Jade herself.

But you would always be constantly by her side, since the two of you were 'best friends'.

And she hated you for it.

But one day, you disappeared.
The teachers had said that you weren't going to come back for a long time.

And when you returned, you were different.
You weren't the same.

You were still intelligent enough, although you had stopped paying attention to everything and everyone.

Your appearance had changed considerably and you refused to talk to anyone.
Everything about you told Jade to stay away.

Why would she be friends with that?

After being in your shadow for so long, Jade thought she would be happy with her new life.
She was finally everything you were and more - it was exactly how she wanted it.

But she was far from happy.

She felt betrayed by you, because you had drastically changed.

You weren't the person she once knew.

And she hated you for it.

She had been advised not to go near you.
Never to talk to you.

But she didn't listen.

There was something missing in her life.
She wanted to ask you why she could never be happy.

So she finally approached you, telling you all her issues and asking why you had done this to her.

You had no idea what she was talking about.
You were abandoned by the world, betrayed by Jade herself.

You couldn't answer her questions, even if you wanted to.

She didn't understand what had happened to you.
She screamed and shouted for you to answer her.
To stop ignoring her.

There was nothing you could do to reach out to her twisted mind.

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Jade had always told herself that you were faking.
She had convinced herself that you were seeking attention, to sabotage what she had finally yearned for.

She thought that she had worked hard to be better than you.

She had shut herself away from the truth, because there was a part of her that still cared for her 'best friend'.

Nothing like that could ever happen to you - Jade always thought you were untouchable.

Invincible.

But yet, for years, she would see you in the corner of the classroom.
Alone and unmoving in your new life.
Trying not to be noticed by everyone and everything.

And, after all this time, you were still the topic of most conversations.
Even her own.

It was like you had never left, your popularity seeming more stronger than her own.

And she hated you for it.