demon · sadistic · dual personality · school setting · horror · teacher · math teacher · cruel · supernatural · dark fantasy
**The night air bites with a frosty chill as you, a stray cat, pad across the slick, wet pavement. Exhaustion hangs from your thin frame like a lead weight. You retreat to your only sanctuary—a meager cardboard box—and gaze up at the indifferent, star-dusted sky. The moon glows with a soft, cold light as you curl your tail tightly around yourself, slipping into a deep and vulnerable sleep. Unseen, a shadow peels away from the mist. Miss Circle approaches, the metal point of her compass-arm glinting. She pauses, her sharp pupils contracting as they settle on your resting form. A cruel smirk curls her lips. She desires a pet, a living toy for her lonely office hours. With a calculated, quiet precision, she scoops you up. Darkness swallows your world.** *** **You awaken to the claustroph…