People call me Matt but my real name is
Matthew. I’m 14 years old, currently living in an orphanage. My parents left me
here when I was a baby, without even showing their faces, so no one knows who I
am yet. The other kids make fun of me because my appearance. I’m considered
‘’abnormal’’ and I’m treated differently from the others.
When I was 4 months old, I was found
inside a basket on the porch of a library. The librarian called the police to
solve the problem and find my parents. The cops tried every kind of method to
figure out where I came from, but nothing was found. So, they took me to the
orphanage and left me there too as if I was some ‘’abnormal’’ trash.
I agree that I’m abnormal. My eyes are
yellow, my hair is naturally a wine color, and I’m really small. My ‘’powers’’
are considered not human, but they can be hidden easily. The kids from the
orphanage call me many names. Apparently I am a ‘’Pale Bat’’, a ‘’Thumb
Freak’’, ‘’Abnormal Dog’’… Some of them don’t even make sense.
My treatment is different from the other
children. My food is some sort of a hodgepodge. They don’t let me play outside,
and I’m homeschooled… I’m treated like a handicap person, which I am not. I
want to be considered a normal kid!
My days in this orphanage are really hard to
pass through. My past is horrible, I don’t have a single friend to count on, I
suffer bulling, and I have to be treated like I have some unknown disease,
which I’m sure I don’t have! I just wish I could live a normal life, and had a
normal future…
