Chapter1: I'm my own friend

My name is Chad Austin Danforth.I am 5 years old. I have many friends the only problem is that you can't see them. They live in my head there names are Joaquin, Chelsea, David and Bryan.Sometimes they are really hard to control. Everyone thinks I am really weird but they don't understand me.

"No maybe they don't want to understand you."

"Shut up, Bryan!"

Sorry about that, back to my thoughts. These voices make it really hard to focus because they never go away. My mother thinks its just a phase and my father thinks I'm possessed. The voices try to manipulate me to do stuff that sometimes I really don't want to do. and sometimes its really hard to explain that "The VOICES made me do it."

" You know you love us Chad." said Joaquin

"No I don't."

"Come on face it, You can't live without us" Chelsea stated.

"I bet you I could."

"He probably could." Bryan said

"Stop being so depressing." David retorted.

Anyway, back to my story! I go to Serenity Christain Academy and my teachers think I'm bright, but I don't apply myself.

"Yeah, right." David butted in.

"No More Interruptions, David."

"Sure thing boss!"

Anyway, I sit in the fifth desk on the third row, behind Danny, the ugliest thing I've ever seen who by the way always picks on me.To the left is Felicia, the prettiest thing in the world I really like her, but I think Bryan screwed up my chances of being with her.

I know what you're thinking, "He's only five!" but I really like her! She's so pretty.

"She's ugly!"

"Bryan!"

"Chad Danforth! I've had enough of this!"

"See what you did? You guys got my teacher mad at me!"

"Sorry Chad."

"Whatever."

"Chad, please stop talking to yourself..." she pleaded.

"I'm sorry Ms.West."

"Yeah we're all sorry."

"That's it...I'm calling your parents!" and she left the room.

"Oooh Chad's gonna get in trouble!" Danny said.

"Go stick your head in a toilet!"

"Joaquin!"

"What? He deserved it."

"My mommy says Chad has a problem with his head." Felecia said.

"Maybe it's your head that has the problem."

"Chelsea, be nice!"

"We're just helping you out."

"Yeah Chad!"

"Whatever."

"Mr. danforth come here!" I slowly made my way to the front of the classroom.

"Chad, What is your mother's work number?"

"It's none of your business."

" David, Shut UP!!!"

"Chad you're really being unreasonable!" an annoyed Chelsea pointed out

"yeah, don't yell at David like that!" protested Joaquin

"I HATE YOU GUYS!!!!! GET OUT OF MY HEAD!!!!" Chad screamed

"Mr. Danforth ! one more word out of you and I'll..."

"You won't do anything!" screamed Bryan

"I'm so so so sorry, Ms. west! I won't do it again! It was Bryan!1 I swear to god it was Bryan! I didn't I mean he didn't mean it1 Don't call My Mommy!!!!" I screamed

"Call his Mommy" Joaquin yelled back

"Chad I think you should wait in the office for your mommy" Ms. west suggested

" I won't do it again, I promise! I'll make them shut up! I willl!! she's gonna Hit me!" chad screamed

at this point the class was looking at me like I had truly lost my mind. In reality, I truly had!! They kept snickering and laughing. I broke down into tears.

" I hate little children" David laughed

'Yeah they can be so mean"

"Chelsea, shut up!" I hollered

"HaHaha!!! Not only do you have Voices in your head, but you name them!! HaHaHa!!" Danny laughed

"Ooooh, he got you there homie" Joaquin stated.

"Dumbass, you're supposed to be on Chad's side" Bryan said

"You can't tell me what to do"

"Well maybe I can" I stated. I started beating myself on my head. I cleared out everything else going around me. all I could make out were a couple of "He's crazy" or "He's really going to hurt himeself" or "i wonder what his life will be like in ten years!then Ms. west came behind me and prayed. did it work? i thought so, but ten minutes later the voices came back as I was getting into my mother's car.

"You're looking really pretty today, Mrs. danforth" David started

"Chad, Don't play with me, I am Highly upset with you! How could you pull something like that? at school too? what am I going to do with you?

"mommy it wasn't my fault!"

"save it for soomeone who cares! Now I have to take you to the priest on Monday, because your teacher thinks you're possessed! they have to cleanse our house with Holy water or something like that1 Do you know how bad this makes me and your father look?

"aww put a sock in it lady!" bryan spat

" What Did Young man"

"He said PUT A SOCK IN IT. what are you deaf! I hope you know I'm not listening to a word you say1 You are just wasting your breath!I HATE YOU!" SCCCREEECHHH!!!!!!!! My mom pulled the car over and pulled me out.

" NOW I DON'T EVER,EVER, EVER, EVER,EVER,EVER WANT TO HEAR THAT OUT OF YOU!! that's right I got a beaten!Not a spanking,I'm talking about an Ol' slave beating! I will never forget that day! I officially hated the voices. I wanted to die! The rest of the drive was silent. i bolted out of the car when i got home! I ran to my room and closed the door. I fed my goldfishies, Tommy and Zaquishia Quonetta, and Bobby valentino (if any body's name is Zaquisha Quonetta, I'm sorry. No offense) i always talk to them when I have a bad day. I treated my goldfish like Michael Jackson treated his rat. They were the only ones who truly understood me because I didn't have any friends.

"Tommy, Do you want to know what happened today?' tommy fluttered upwards, then sunk down to the bottom to play in his castle

"You talk to some dumb fish, but not us!" Chelsea protested

"you guys go away, I've had enough today!"

"Fine suit yourself, but we'll be back just you wait!" The rest of my night went fairly peacefully. I dreamt (sp) about a place where the voices were locked up a couldn't escape! i dreamt I was a freed man myself with a lot of friends and my own three hundred gallon aquarium! But alas it was only a dream and I woke up Saturday morning with Chelsea and Joaquin arguing over something stupid.