“I was just trying to be what you wanted!” She screamed, crying.

“The person you needed to be.. wasn’t who you became. You became selfish, conceded, hateful, vengeful. What I wanted was peace. What you became was strife. Chaos. You were insatiable! That’s not what I wanted! I…”. My voice cracked as I held back the tears, “I wanted… I NEEDED someone I could rely on!”

“Did I not protect you? Did I not send them all away for you? For us?” She screamed at me.

“You did it for yourself! Not for me!” I shrieked.

Her face turned dark, “myself? MYSELF?! you think I wanted them gone?! You think I wanted to be alone?! Do you really think that after all the HELL I went through.. do you think that was for me?! NO!!! IT WAS ALL FOR YOU! For your safety, for your happiness! I sacrificed myself for you, and this is the thanks I get?!”

She was fuming, I get that she believes what she did was right. But she was too blind to see that it hurt me. That it’s still hurting me.

“You think I wanted THIS?! Look at this!” I gestured around us, “you did this! Do you think this is good? Do you think this is right?! That this is justice?! Know what I see? I see the people I love, gone! I see my life burned down to the ground! And it’s all because of YOU!” I pointed at her; my anger burned throughout my body, it’s the first time I’ve ever felt anger like this. I hated her.

I hated everything she was. Her face, her eyes, her voice, her body. I hated the way her hair landed on her face. I wanted her gone. Forever.

She snickered at me, looking away then back. “Youre joking, right? YOU BEGGED ME TO HELP YOU!”

“I BEGGED FOR HELP, YES! BUT I NEVER ASKED YOU! YOU TOOK IT UPON YOURSELF TO DO WHAT YOU DID!” I snapped back.

“Yeah, sure. Keep telling yourself that, because at any time you could have stopped me. But you wanted what I did, done. You wanted them gone.”

I shook my head, “not like this. This isn’t what I wanted. I wanted them gone, yes. But you took things too far! This?! This is excessive. This is..”

“Say it.” She said, her eyes narrowed like a predator looking at its prey. “Say. It.” The words escaped her lips like daggers.

“It’s… inhuman.” I said. Ashamed. As though I were the one who had done this.

Her manic laughing made my blood run cold. Her head began to roll, as her eyes fluttered in pleasure

“Perhaps your right.” She snapped her head back suddenly. “Maybe I took things too far. But I did what needed to be done. You can put me away, play the victim to those who ask about what happened here. Do what you do best. And I’ll wait until you decide you need me again.”

“Oh, no. Please. Don’t do me any favors!” I said mockingly. “I only wanted protection. But you… you always take things too far.” I leaned forward, getting as close to her as I could. “I was better off without you to begin with. You aren’t needed anymore and will never be needed again. So go ahead, hide away. Because you will forever be in the dark. You’ll be locked away, in a cage; and the key…” her eyes were filled with fear, “the key will be thrown away.”

I blinked and she was gone. I stared into the mirror of my bedroom. It was trashed. I grabbed my things and walked out the front door; leaving behind the brutal scene my other self created. They were all dead. Every single one of them. My mom, dad, three brothers and one sister. All of them, gone. Forever… just like Katherine. My other self… my true self.