The Light in the Dark (completed)

Holly Thorn lived in an abusive home for the first seven years of her life. One day her punishment went to far and to the hospital she went with severe ear damage. Responding to nothing, they stated she was officially deaf. Separated from her abusive mother, she was moved to an orphanage, where making friends, or communicating at all, was almost impossible.
She had been homeschooled at the orphanage for five years until she was twelve. She had a rather high temper and didn't get along with any of the kids. They sent her to her local, public school to learn. She decided to try and be unnoticeable. It worked for a while, until she was discovered.