Since before I can remember, I have been different.
Before you say anything about your favorite power such as shape shifting and telekinesis, let me say, I wish I had something like that.
No. I truly am different.
There are voices in my head.
Every time I close my eyes, even just for a split second, they come back, louder than ever. But even though the voices are mine, coming from my head, they all sound different.
Yes, I know. I'm crazy, insane, delusional, et cetera, et cetera.
People have said that's what I am... and I haven't even told them about the voices in my head. They only know me from the outside, from my appearance.
I am average height, and I have large blue-gray eyes that people describe as 'wild.' I have long red hair that tangles really easily, and I have pale skin with freckles.
The only person I've told about the voices is my ex-friend, Daphne. She was the only person I trusted, and her going behind my back to spread rumors about me made me realize how you should never, never, trust someone.
Daphne was the only person I would talk to, ever, because my parents had left me at a young age in the hands of a foster care center (according to the manager, my parents left me there because I threw fits and screamed at imaginary people).
The voices have been with me since I was a baby.
Anyways, Daphne started telling people that I was crazy and thus the idea of me being 'wild' and 'untamed' was born.
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"C'mon, Rosie, you can tell me anything! What's wrong?" Daphne told me earnestly, looking at me with wide, pleading eyes.
I shook my head. "No... I-It's too hard to talk about it," I murmured softly."Please? I won't tell anyone!" she asked again, begging me.
I swallowed, looking at my friend. The people talking in my head were a distant buzz at the moment, so they weren't too bothersome.
I could tell her anything...
'She is my best friend, after all. I trust her,' I thought over the hum of noise.
"W-well... there are these voices," I began. "That are in my head. They can get louder and quieter at times... but they never go away."
She looked at me in surprise. Obviously, that wasn't what she thought I was going to say, but I said it, and it was too late to laugh it off and say 'just kidding' before launching into some other thing.
