Empathy-
the ability to understand and share the feelings of another.

She was not human.
Not completely.
She was a different type of human than we know today.

She was an Empathetic being.

She had the body of a human, but her brain developed differently so that if she looked into someone's eyes and they looked back, she could feel what they were feeling emotionally.

Not read their thoughts, just feel emotions.

In this manner, she saved a lot of people.

Depressed people. Suicidal people. People with anxiety before their attacks went full blown.
If someone was happy, she would help raise them impossibly higher. If someone was angry, she would try to talk them down into a clear headspace.

People knew her as the 'feelings girl', the 'magic girl' of the school.

But they didn't know how alone she was.

People took her for granted, seeking her out for the smallest issues that could be solved on their own. People who were angered saw it as acceptable to bully her as she understood that they were just mad, that they didn't mean it.

And yet, she still helped propel and put on a smile that looked so genuine.

Needless to say, when she died, it was a devastating blow.

The students cried and teachers mourned for the loss of a student. After her death, it was revealed she was an Empathetic. It was a shock.

In addition, her death was unexpected.

Suicide.

The smiling girl that helped everyone had killed herself. They wanted to know why.

Someone found her journal, though unintentionally legal or illegal ways. They released the words onto social media.

Each page was another list of issues, with a name on top. The names were never revealed. Except for the last page.

It was the girl's name.

The words instead of a list, were written as a story.

And one page led to two.

Two to three.

And three all the way to 14.

The girl talked about her issues. How depressed she felt from all the bad around her- how suffocating it was. How she felt we powers were abused for the well being of others when forgot she had emotions too. How she had no one to talk to. How alone she felt that no one else could fee emotions like she could.

The last page was dated.

The day before her death.

08/14/2017