Hi my name is Kelly, and I’m from Texas. I was born into a rich family. My dad was the CEO of a huge tech company, and my mom was the top lawyer in the state. Life was good.. Or so I thought. 

One night I woke up to some noises from downstairs. What could that be? I headed down but no one was in the kitchen or the living room. The noises sounded like banging. Eventually I followed the noises to a strange door I’d never noticed before. I reached my hand out to the doorknob, then suddenly my mom leapt out.

“Ahh!”

“Honey, what are you doing here? You should be in bed.”

“What’s behind this door, mom?”

“Nothing that concerns you. Come on, off to bed.”

I ran upstairs to my room, slamming the door behind me.

I soon forgot about the mystery door and the strange noises, that is, until, once in the tenth grade my friend Alex pulled me aside in the cafeteria.

“Kelly, I have some good news.”

“What?”

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Hello everyone. My name’s Ling and I’m from China.

I was part of the biggest rebel group, the crows, and it was our goal to take down the cruel Emperor Zang. He was the meanest ruler you could ever imagine - he spat on the poor, stole whatever he wanted, and never gave back to the people. It was my job to infiltrate his palace and find evidence that would bring Emperor Zang down for good.

I walked out onto the street of the bustling marketplace, dressed in the prettiest Cheongsam dress I could find. This was the only day Emperor Zang would be taking a stroll through the village marketplace for at least another year. I couldn’t blow this opportunity. Sure enough, I started to hear guards and loud voices down the street as Emperor Zang and his guards forced their way through the crowds of people.

Emperor: “Make way, peasants!”

I readied myself, then just as they were passing by I walked over and pretended to fall in front of them.

“Oh! Excuse me your highness.”

I looked up, batting my eyes at the emperor.

“Oh!” Emperor Zang smiled like an old creep and helped me to my feet. “Aren’t you a pretty lil thing?”

I shivered inwardly and forced a smile. “Why thank you, your highness! You’re not so bad yourself!”

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Hi I’m Sophie from Nevada.

I never had a dad growing up, it was always just me, my mom and my menace of a sister, Chelsea. Ever since we were kids Chelsea's only goal was to destroy my life! Once when I was 7 I was laying on the couch watching the latest story time animated video with my headphones on when all of a sudden my devilish sister snuck up behind me with scissors and cut the wire.

“What's wrong with you DORK?!”

“*evil laughter*”

I didn’t understand why Chelsea hated me so much, but at least I had my mom. She was always so kind and I loved her so much. But then, when I was 10 years old, that all changed.

I ran over to give my mom a hug, but as soon as I came into contact with her I started violently sneezing. It felt like I had the worst cold ever. The cold lasted for the rest of the week, and it always seemed to get worse whenever mom was around me. It was weird. We contacted the doctors, and they broke the heavy news to us.

“It seems Sophie has a rare condition called momiaphosia. It means she’s allergic to you.”

“What? How is this possible?”

“It’s rare, but it has happened before. We advise that you stay away from your daughter as long as possible, until we find a cure.”

It’s been 5 years since that doctor’s appointment, and they still haven’t found a cure. My life has been miserable ever since, even more miserable than Chelsea’s little devilish schemes. I can never see my mom. We have to live in separate parts of the house. If I want to speak to her it can only be when I’m at least 10 metres away. I hate it.

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Hello, my name is Sky and I’m from New York.

When I was 5, I woke up to find my mother kneeling by my bed. A voodoo doll was on my chest and mom had her hands over the doll, chanting some strange words. I screamed and sat up from my bed. 

“What’re you doing, mommy?”

“Sit still, child. Otherwise, the magic won’t work.”

The voodoo doll was creeping me out so I grabbed it and threw it across the room. Mom gasped and raised her hand as if to slap me.

“You foolish girl! Why did you do that? Now we’ll never be able to fix your ugly face.”

“What do you mean? You’re scaring me, mommy.”

“I was trying to take away that ugliness and put it in the doll. The fortune teller said it’d work. D’you know how much I paid for it? Now it's ruined and you’re going to be ugly forever!” 

With that, she picked up the doll and left the room slamming the door behind her. I cried and couldn’t sleep all night thinking about how scary mom was acting. 

I grew up convinced that mom hated me because she never missed a chance to pick on me and remind me how ugly I was. I had crooked teeth and got braces as soon as I joined high school. My vision was terrible so I had to wear thick glasses that covered half my face. 

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What’s up everyone, I’m Stacy and I grew up in New Jersey with my mom and older sister.

My sister Kelly and I had the tightest bond. Even though Kelly’s 10 years older than me, we get along really well and do everything together. We cook, watch tv shows, kick around the ball in the garden - everything. 

“Hey sis, where are you?”

“In a minute! I’ll be right out.”

That was Kelly, we told each other everything.. When Kelly had her first kiss, I was the first one she told. We were inseparable.

I loved my mom so much too, but.. Well.. she was kinda strange. She acted really childish all the time. She only wore Barbie clothes, and she always had her hair in pigtails and talked in a baby voice. Whenever people saw my mom and sister together in public, they always thought they were sisters instead of mom and daughter. Or even worse, they thought Kelly was the mom!

Kelly said “Hey listen, the reason why – why mom acted this way was because right after  you were born our  mom went to this rodeo show. As the riders struggled to hold onto the buckling horse, one of the horses' shoes came loose and came flying towards my mom.. It hit her right in the head and she blacked out. One of the riders screamed “John you really did it now! We’re going to get sued for this.” When she came to, she started acting like a 5 year old and was never the same”.

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Hey! My name is Kiara and I’m from Ohio. My childhood was right out of a Psychology textbook. My parents disappeared one night, leaving my brother and me begging for scraps at restaurants, until we were thrown into an orphanage.

But it was at our prestigious boarding school where the greatest success of my life happened. I heard a scream one morning and rushed into the hallway. Standing there, absolutely furious and with mascara running down her face despite it being 7AM, was my arch nemesis.

“YOU!” Her green finger pointed right at me, and I wasn’t gonna hide my blame. I was proud of my latest invention. You’re curious to know what I did, right? Well, keep watching and I’ll tell you all about it!

My brother and I lived in an orphanage for a few years. It was awful! We were older than most kids there so the workers ignored us. Sometimes we had to steal baby food from the kitchen, or we wouldn’t eat all day! But out of the blue, a man in a suit showed up. He talked to the workers and they put us in his car, no questions asked. The whole car ride I was panicking in the back seat, but that went away when we reached our destination. 

“Woah, what’s that?”

“Your new home” Said the man. We were in a small town, and on top of a hill was a HUGE, stunning building. It looked like a school, but fancier. And it became our new home. My favorite part of the school was the lab. I spent hours in there, making all kinds of things blow up! My room was full of gadgets I’d invented, because with my after-school job, I didn’t have much money to buy gadgets.

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What's up, I’m Mandy from New York.

Growing up was very difficult for me. At the age of just 4 our family moved into a small village and I had to work on our family farm milking cows. 

One day I was milking the cows in the barn when the wind slammed the door shut, and one of the cows got startled. It kicked out its back hooves and smashed me on the mouth. I let out a loud scream and my parents came bursting into the barn. When they checked my mouth, they noticed most of my teeth were missing. 

Dad: Mandy! Let me check your mouth. 

Mom: we need to get her to the hospital! Immediately. 

Doctor: Let me take a look, looks like she will be fine. Her teeth will grow back over time.

But years went by and my teeth never came back. We realized that something was very wrong with me.

“We’ve run some tests and your daughter has a rare condition that limits her production of teeth. I’m afraid she will never grow new teeth unless you can afford surgery, although I must admit it is very pricey.”

My parents were poor so there was no way we could afford it. I would have to suffer a terrible smile for the rest of my life.

I would get teased about it all the time at school. I remember in 5th grade I had just moved to a new school. When I entered the classroom, the teacher asked me to introduce myself.

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Hi, I’m Eliza and I’m from Scotland. When I discovered my parents had been lying to me my whole life I was determined to make them pay.

My parents were always control freaks, ever since I was a little kid. They never let me join sleepovers, not even playdates. One time when I sneaked over to my friend Jessica’s house after school, they found out and crashed at her house like some sort of SWAT team.

“PUT YOUR HANDS IN THE AIR!”

Luckily for me Jessica didn’t dump me then and there. She actually ended up becoming my best friend, and I’m pretty sure if I didn’t have Jessica I would have never survived my parents’ controlling ways.

In Maths class Jessica and I were complaining about my parents when suddenly the cutest boy in the world walked in. Think young Leonardo DiCaprio meets Harry Styles. I was instantly in love.

“Jessica, that boy is SO cute.”

“I know! I’m gonna ask him out.”

I looked at Jessica. “What? Who says YOU get to ask him out?”

“Huh? Why not?”

“He’s mine!”

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Hello, my name is Allison and I grew up in the USA but now I live in Colombia. Wonder how that happened? 

Well it all started on my best friend Meg's 15th birthday, but before I get to that, let me tell you a quick story.

Once when I was 5 years old, my mom invited some of her lady friends for brunch and one of them had a little girl about my age. They put us together to play and we got along just fine until the little brat took my favorite stuffed animal, Bunny. I grabbed Bunny and tried to yank it from her but she hugged it tight.

“Give… it back! Now!”

She shook her head and hugged Bunny tighter.

“It's mine now!”

I lost it and bit her little finger so hard I drew blood. She dropped the Bunny and called out for her mommy crying at the top of her lungs. Her mom was petrified and told my mom that she was raising an animal not a child. That was the last I ever saw them again.

Since then, my parents and I moved from place to place because of their work. After saying goodbye to too many friends and crying every time we moved, I promised myself to never make any friends because what was the point?

However, I broke that promise when we moved to California and I met Meg. She was pretty and popular and being in her circle was EVERYTHING. A few days after I started at the new school, she invited me to sit with her during lunch and I couldn't believe my luck! I heard that some girls had been waiting for months to be offered a place at Meg’s table.

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Hi I’m Binita and I’m from India. My parents are super strict and my dad always says that I can’t have my first kiss until I’m 50.

My dad wasn’t always a control freak but I believe it all started while we were exploring Amer Fort in Jaipur during a family vacation. It was a beautiful place and I was having loads of fun until...

“Where’s Anya?”

We looked around but my sister was nowhere to be found.

“We have to look everywhere! And if we don’t find her I’ll have to call the police!”

Just as we were about to give up, I spotted the scarf of Anya’s saree blowing in the wind around the corner.

“Dad, look over there!”

We walked over and found Anya in the arms of some guy. They were in the middle of a really intense make out.

I’ll spare you from hearing all of the horrible things my parents told her but when we got home, she was locked in her room and told she wouldn’t be able to go anywhere but school for at least a year. Then my dad came to my room and gave me a lecture.

“I don’t want you around boys. Stay away from them. They’re nothing but trouble and I know that because I was young once. Don’t you even dare to do what your sister did until you’re fifty. Kissing is strictly forbidden and if you disobey my rule there will be some serious consequences.”

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