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Just listen to me tell you my story in my own way, then you can ask me any questions you want. I used to have a normal life, just like you have.At least I presume that you are normal,because I'm not any longer.At least some of the time. All right, most days I appear as normal as they come, however one day each month something changes and I become a terrifying monstrosity. Was I cursed?Was my family cursed? Is my family different from any other?Not really, we're pretty average. Did I inherit something?I genuinely don't know. I can't remember my childhood being different than anyone else's.I went to school, had friends, studied, played games, slept, watched TV.I was normal. Regular. Just like everyone else. But ever since I turned fourteen something strange and frightening happens to me.
Every.
Single.
Month.
Always on the fifteenth dayAlways like clockwork. First I feel the pain.It's like my skin is bursting and tearing apart, and I know it's happening again.The pain is unbearable and I can't help but scream in agony.After a few hours of pain I black out, and the only way I know it's happened again is by the trail of aversions that I've somehow left behind.Dead bodies torn to shreds.Entrails scattered like so much nightmare confetti.Broken furniture, doors, and walls.Blood is everywhere.On me, on the ground.Dripping from my lips.Under my nails.In my mouth. When I wake, I'm always somewhere in the woods, naked, cold, and afraid. I realize that it's happened again, and I'll probably have to move away once again.Start fresh in a new city, try to find a new job and make a living. I can't live like this, sometimes I think of suicide.Ending my life feels like a kindness by now. Do I consult a priest?Go to a fortune teller?Find a white witch? I've tried all that and more.There's no curse that they can find on me or on my family.Nothing found in any religion or seance that can help me be cured or fix me. I've tried everything.I'm a monstrosity. I'm something evil.