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The Orphanage and A Whole Lot of Secrets

          After the night of which my mom was killed, I was taken to an orphanage by a disguised man. He forcefully took me by the hand and told me that if I ever told anyone what happened and that person told others, they would find me. And they would kill me. The exact same way they did with my mother. I swallowed back a waterfall of tears and a whole big speech I wanted to yell at them as I entered the house, but by the time I turned around.... they were gone. I couldn't accuse them of anything because I was 6, they would've thought I was imagining things or that I needed mental help. I should know, something almost put me up to that. A secret, to be specific.

      Staying in the horribly smelly and rotten orphanage I made some friends. This should be when I introduce them, but not quite yet. I dreaded waking up to the smell of this place. It was a stench of rotten onions and dog feces. I remember we were allowed to go out to play on the swing set. It was a tore down swing set, beaten up and trashed by teenagers with nothing better to do, but it was our only form of entertainment. Then at nights, the only girls would set up sleepovers and we would tell secrets, lots and lots of them. They don't really matter anymore and that's the only reason I'm telling them. The reason to why everyone was here was the first secret to be told and I was the first to tell.

      Haziel was in because her dad had left her and her mother died of drug overdose. Cara was in because her parents abandoned her and left her with a note she never showed us. Sasha was in for the plain and simple reason that she wanted to be in. Her family agreed and told her that they would adopt her soon. That hasn't happened yet, but she still hopes... even after 10 years... But none of those secrets got me into trouble until one night.

      That night, a new kid was inscribed into the orphanage. Gabriella Williams, or Sally as she liked to be called. I had become friends with her almost immediately and we told each other secrets. Then, she told me a secret I knew had to be told. Keep in mind, I was a pretty smart 6 year old for my age. I knew everything I needed to know because I used to think I wouldn't survive if I didn't know what was necessary. She told me that her stepfather had touched her before. Then she started crying and she told me something shocking. Her step-father, her rapist, was Burden Arubio.

     Who is Burden Arubio?

     The same exact guy that I was told that killed my father during the war. My face fell and I remember starting to cry then telling her what had happened. I never knew a 12-year-old could be so understanding... Little did I know once I promised to keep the secret I was putting my life in jeopardy.  I want to keep this short so, what happened was that they had interrogated me, a naive but intelligent 6-year-old, who would say anything for information on my parents.

       On the week before my 7th birthday, weird looking men that Dian, a boy in the orphanage, called detectives marched inside and interrogated all 7 of us. Dian, Abraham, Sasha, Haziel, Cara, Gabriella, and me, Telula. They were here for info on Gabriella's case so they asked us questions and told us we would get anything we wanted if we provided information. They were on to me so I panicked, I panicked and started crying giving them a lead that I knew something. They tried to persuade me with candy, chocolate, soda, pizza, and even ice cream but I wouldn't crack. Then, they told me they would take me to the police department and that's when I lost it.

      "I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING, OKAY? I WISH I WASN'T HERE. I WISH I WAS OUTTA HERE! THIS PLACE IS MISERABLE AND I MISS MY MOM! STOP YELLING AT ME I'M ONLY 6!" I yelled at them, it was true, I missed my mom dearly, but I knew she was never coming back. She was dead.

      That scared the shit out of them. They told Mrs. Abree to take me to a psychologist, but she let it slip. Mrs. Abree was a lifesaver, she knew what would give us a bad temper, what would make us cry, laugh, smile, and frown. She was the best caretaker you could have but unfortunately, this wasn't the best orphanage. We continued on with the night and the next day, Gabriella was adopted by Mr. and Mrs. Karmin. We all waved as she left and we hugged her goodbye, it was a sad but happy day. I'm glad she's in a better home...

It was that day that I finally started unpacking my stuff. I hadn't unpacked for 3 months because I thought an uncle or aunt would've adopted me or taken me in, but no. They said they didn't want a kid or they had too much on their plate. I knew that in reality, they didn't want me because they always were envious my mom. My mom had been successful in life, a wealthy woman who married my father, an army official who seemed to go to war every 2 months. We rarely got to see him...

As I unpacked my only family picture and looked at it smiling. I was three in the picture and I was piggyback riding on my dad's back and poking my head out from the side. My mom stood by my dad's side, smiling like the rest of us. It's my favorite picture ever. I put it under my side of the bed and took out some clothes placing them in a small drawer. Afterward, I took out some memories and hung them up wherever there was room. I shared a bed with Haziel. I can't remember so much but because she was 15, she took up much of the bed. No one was my age at the orphanage at the same, but it was fine. The older girls made me mature faster and that was cool. We even had a small television where only anime played. I developed a love for many amines and a crush on Honey from Ouran High School Host Club.

"I like that one, the little one. The one with The cute little pink bunny!" I told Abraham, one of the anime loving boys in our orphanage.

"Mmhm. He is pretty cute. I like Haruhi but you should know the one you like, Honey is actually the oldest one out of all of them." He told me.

       I looked back at the child looking teen on the screen and blink a few times then tilted my head.

        "Really? Honey is older than ALL of them?" I stared in awe.

          He nodded and we continued to watch the show as I changed my favorite to Hikaru. Then Kuroshitsuji came on and we watched that with Haziel and Sasha because they were in love with Sebastian.

We also got a new member to our orphan family, her name is Alexis Cabelle.

She was who would become my best friend.