A Girl Against The World - An Adopted by the Yogscast Story

Carla Winters - Introduction

My name is Carla Winters, and I've always been alone.

I was three days old when I was dropped off at this hell. 'St Agnes Orphanage for Unwanted Children'. All I arrived in was a wicker basket and a blanket, with a note that had 'Karla' scribbled on it, almost to the point of ineligibility.

I can't blame my mother for dropping me here, though. She probably had some awful vision when she gave birth to me. I'm not kidding, either. There are some things only I know about myself, and I'd like to keep it that way. To others, I'm known as 'the problem child'. Give me anything, I'll break it. Give a person, and I'll scar them for life. Basic things.

I believed it too, at first. But then I started getting visions, nightmares. Then they'd happen in real life. I thought it was superstition, that I was paranoid. But suddenly, I got angry, just at one of the carers. A switch flipped inside of me, and I could see everything; her thoughts, her dreams, her entire life. It flashed in my mind, and I felt so awful. The next day she left.

It's happened once after that, too. It was the first time, and last, that I had gotten a brief pair of foster parents. They were awful, and once again, I just snapped and lost control. I hate to admit it, but I didn't feel bad that time. That's why no-one else wants me.

People used to bully me, all the time. They'd come into my room, wreck my things and blatantly beat me up. Then, after a while they realised that it was a bad idea to pick on me in particular, because bad things started to happen to them. I didn't do it intentionally, it just happened. They'd wake up in strange places, their things would turn up in trees. The bullies would then claim to have no idea what had happened. It was like there was something inside me, a demon almost.

When I 'turn', my eyes turn this terrible black, like a void has opened inside of me, and every piece of human just leaves me. I've had to live with this all this time, at this awful place. The only thing that gets me through it is YouTube and my music. The Yogscast and Area 11 in specific. Every day I will plug into my beaten-up laptop, and sit there, blocking out everything around me.

I like to hide myself from everyone using every method possible. Black clothes, black eyeliner, oversized jumpers, hats. I spend almost every hour in my bedroom. It's not because I don't like to go outside. In fact, I love the outdoors. It's just too risky for me. What if I got out of control? My weird 'powers' got worse? I can't ruin another person's life. That's why the carers never let anybody looking to adopt see me. Because I make things worse.

Then there was that day. The day that everything changed. It turned my world upside down but in so many good ways. There were negatives, sure, but there are negatives to everything. That was the day I realised; maybe I'm not alone after all.

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Ooooh....

Hey wolf friends,

So this is it, after a good year, you finally get a new book. Exciting business, huh?

Hopefully you like it!

~Kal :3