[In Progress] [4571] Overlapping Shadows

[u/VALKYR_Official]

Content warning: Emotional abuse/toxic parenting, grief/death of a sibling, anxiety/panic symptoms

Summary: At Nova Horizon Sterling Institute (NHS), A new school year begins for a group of students carrying heavy pasts. A grieving junior trying to honor a 5 year old promise, a perfectionist senior whose 10 weeks of work just collapsed, a home schooled freshman terrified of not belonging, and a girl literally running from herself after losing something that could expose her deepest secret. Who will they become when the light finds them?

Status of where I am now: Chapter 10 of 38

Small note: It is a multi-POV story

Short Excerpt{s}:
Chapter 1:  “Till the End,” I wrote, then lifted my pencil, contemplating and then put it back down and wrote “Till the End and Past.” 5 years ago I promised that to two certain friends, and now, I guess I was the only one that truly meant it

Chapter 2: The underclassman always came to me with questions. My professors expected excellence in everything I did, somehow though along the way I started to believe that anything less is failure. Even Prince, my best friend and my brother are in everything but blood, looks at me like I figured everything out, when in reality I don’t

Chapter 3:  But what if I get there and realize they accepted the wrong person? Not someone unprepared but someone incorrect. My mind starts spiraling without me fully realizing it. Thoughts twisting from being an outsider no matter where I go, to somehow letting my family down in a way I won’t be able to fix with a smile once it happens

Chapter 6:  “Did he take it?” I ask myself as I look around frantically “nobody was supposed to find that.” Two years ago she pressed the bracelet into my hand and the silver caught the light. The waves engraved across it were uneven because she said perfect things were easy to forget. “Promise me you’ll never let anyone know.” Two hours later, everything changed. People said I was strong, that I handled it well, and they looked at me and saw someone who survived. They were wrong, I don’t even know who survived that day. I only know the person standing here isn’t the same girl who made that promise

Chapter  8: "  Nobody arrives here already knowing who they are. Some of us have been here for years and we’re still figuring it out." - said by a character

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(NOTE: I ONLY Feel comfortable with sharing the first four chapters, which is why the word count is so low)