TW: mentions/ talk about SA if you are at all sensitive to this topic then this is not the story for you.

In a smaller city in the Los Angeles area, there was a high school that had the most prestigious kids attending. The school was pretty quiet and calm for the most part but today a particular student was about to have his life turned upside down; not by teachers or the principal but by his fellow students. That particular student is named Eric, the jock of the school and the school's proclaimed asshole.

Eric's not the nicest guy there is and likes to use people for his own personal gain or entertainment. He's never actually done anything that'll physically hurt someone but he plays with people's feelings, which to most people can feel worse than actual physical pain.

"Yo Eric! My man, how'd that date go last night?" Said a shorter guy with long, fluffy hair, pale skin, and freckles across his face. This was a good friend of Eric's, his name's Duke and he's known him since they were both three years old. They've pretty much been best friends since the moment they could both walk and talk; luckily for them, they both ended up in the same high school.

"God it was fucking great. I might ask her out again this weekend," Eric said with a small smile on his face. This girl he was talking about is someone he's liked for a while; he's known her since they both started at the school. Unfortunately, the girl was with another guy who wasn't much better than Eric. Attitude wise that is. The guy was the school's bad boy and he made no exceptions for people he was mean or rude to. Turns out this guy was being mean to the girl Eric liked, which led to a breakup. Unfortunate for the girl but fortunate for Eric. The guy was also slightly crazy and did anything to scare people or get others' attention.

Duke and Eric started to head over to their first class together which was English. Duke hates it but Eric actually likes it and likes to write, of course, he wouldn't tell anyone that though. As the two were getting closer to the classroom three girls walked by, looked at Eric, and said "You're a fucking sicko," and "I can't believe you're actually walking around here."

Eric stopped in his tracks and turned around as he watched the three girls walk away. 'What the hell were they talking about?' was all he could think to himself as he had the most confused look on his face.

"What the fuck did those girls say?" Duke asked him with the same confused face.

"I have no idea what they said," he responded. Then all of a sudden he heard tons of voices and footsteps coming from the opposite direction. There was a huge crowd gathered by his locker. "Why the hell are these people by my locker?"

More and more kids came running past the pair and headed straight toward the crowd. This began to annoy him and make him more and more curious as to why people were gathered. This never happens in the school at all unless some rumor or actual news is spreading around.

Eric's curiosity got the best of him and he walked over to the crowd. They were all pushing and shoving each other like they were trying to have a look at something. Eric pushed his way through and what he saw mortified him. On his locker were photos of the girl he was with last night, except they were photos of her with bruises around her eye, neck, thighs, and wrists. In the center of the collection of photos was a piece of paper that said, "This is the work of a rapist!"

Across from the locker was the girl and her ex with his arm around her. He knew this girl was somewhat crazy because the two have always had this toxic on and off again relationship, but he didn't think she was this crazy. Eric's hands were shaking out of fear, anger, and disgust.

The ex-boyfriend moved away from the girl and grabbed Eric by his jacket slamming him into the lockers. "You're fucking disgusting for doing this shit to my girl," He said with the slightest smirk on his face.

"You're a fucking liar! I wouldn't do this to anyone! You probably did this to her because you're a fucking psycho!"

"Stop with the bullshit you cunt!" He yelled in his face and then punched him hard in the stomach. Eric coughed and leaned against the locker slightly. He was in disbelief at what was happening to him right now. "She told me everything that you did to her last night and then showed me all of that," He added while pointing at the photos.

"Tell them, babe."

"M-mhm he raped me and showed no mercy towards me whatsoever."

"You're lying! Duke help me out here please!" Eric pleaded to his best friend. Duke was in as much disbelief as Eric. He wants to take His friends' side but at this moment he's not so sure.

"I-I don't know man. T-there's literally pictures of this shit dude," He said with a shaky voice and backed away from him a little.

"Duke come on you know me! I wouldn't do this to anyone!"

"I'm sorry man but we can't be friends anymore if this is true," He said backing away from Eric further. Eric wanted to scream at the top of his lungs. His whole world was crashing down all because of this, this rumor, this lie can and will ruin his life. Eric didn't realize it but he was starting to cry and everyone around him started to shout at him.

"You're disgusting!"

"A monster!"

"Horrible excuse of a human!"

"SHUT UP! YOU FUCKING LIARS!" Eric screamed and punched his locker. To everyone's surprise the punch he threw dented his locker and knocked off all the photos. He ran out of the school as fast as he could and got into his car and drove home. The whole ride home he was bawling his eyes out, breathing fast, hands shaking, and anger building.

Who in their right mind would lie about something like this? Eric knew that he wasn't the greatest guy in the world but did he really deserve something like this? He also knew that the school's reputation was deceiving because most of the people in the school were insane, constantly hung over from parties, high, or just complete assholes. Even though he knew all of that he still didn't expect this.

When he got to his home he raced inside and up to his room. His parents were out of town for the week with his younger sister so no one was home. When he went into his room he let loose and started throwing things around his room. Papers, picture frames, his lamp, sports memorabilia, and furniture were flying all across his room. He was punching the wall, forming giant holes into it, and making his knuckles bleed. There was glass now all over the floor and his bed from the picture frames.

His anger, frustration, and sadness started to wear him out and he collapsed onto his bed where there wasn't glass. He was exhausted but still had the energy to keep crying. What Eric didn't notice though is that someone or something was watching him. Since his room was dark he couldn't see anything around him really but that's when it spoke. "You're just like me kid; fallen and broken."

Eric's head shot up and he saw the figure of what appeared to be a bull with a human body. Eric was horrified by the sight and started to cower back into a corner. "W-What the hell are you!?"

"I'm the thing that'll make you stronger," the figure said as it got close to his face. The figure then grabbed Eric by the throat. As Eric tried to let out a scream the figure turned into a strange dust-like substance and shot itself down Eric's throat. Eric started to cough but then that quickly turned into pain in his back and head. He started to scream in agony as large, sharp horns started to grow out of his head. Wings tore through the skin on his back, making him bleed; his eyes changed from brown to an orange color, and his hair from dirty blonde to dark purple. His nails became longer and sharper like claws.

Everything stopped but the pain was still faintly there. Eric felt strange as if this body was no longer his and the new strength within the body wasn't his. Although he felt this way it was his now. A voice then spoke to him in his head saying, "You must call yourself Zagan now and we will work together as one." The voice disappeared and now it was just him with this new body.

"I'll show everyone what a true monster looks like."