Welcome to chapter 5,

Thank you thetigerlilly for reviewing, I think you may be the only person who is actually reading this. If there is anyone else reading this out there please make yourself known.

Oh and thetigerlilly your theory is basically right, and also about Immy numerous things have happened to her in her life and the truth is quite complex.

Oh and feel free to guess which Dumping Ground character loves Doctor Who, it will probably surprise you. Oh and sorry about the Doctor Who mentions it's just my favourite show ever.

I absolutely loved last nights episode, I felt so sorry for Tyler and I liked the light it portrayed Elektra in at the end and Tee is so sweet. I can't wait for the finale next week.

Anyway on with the chapter.

"Why are you in care?" Gus asked, I looked to my siblings for support, but they didn't give any. After I had lost them I thought I could bribe them back with expensive gifts, evidently that didn't work and they hated me even more.

"Um..." I mumbled, silently cursing the world.

"It was all your fault Imitari, they deserve to know..." Verus said angrily.

"... go on tell them," Beta shouted cutting her off.

I can't tell them the truth, they would hate me, but I have to say something. I have two options, two stories. Both reasons why we are in care. I can't tell them about my life, I guess I'll just have to tell them about my parents.

"My... Our parents were scientists, they neglected us and we sometimes spent days on end without food. Sometimes they tested on me, new science, I was a guinea pig," I started.

"How come you were guinea pig, you look just like an ordinary person," Jody asked.

"It's an expression," Frank told her.

Some nodded sympathetically, "so... what else?" Carmen asked.

"Basically my parents were using science illegally, they were doing science banned by the government," I told them.

"You make it sound like Harry Potter doing under age magic," Tyler said.

I laughed, "so basically..." I started.

"...she blabbed to a teacher, the teacher called the police. The Police turned up in the middle of the night and they arrested our parents. Then..." Verus said angrily.

"... we ended up a care home called Burnywood," Beta said.

Silence

"What?!" Rick demanded,

"Burnywood," Tyler said incredulously.

"It was closed down due to a fire," Carmen told me.

"When were you at Burnywood?" Tyler asked.

"About 2 months ago," I told them honestly.

"But they closed it down,"

"Well geniuses they obvious opened it again," Elektra said.

"Was it still evil?" Carmen questioned, I nodded.

"Were the kids or the social workers evil?" Tee asked.

"Both," I said simultaneously we my sisters and brother.

"They couldn't have been as bad as Dennis," Johnny stated.

"Dennis, like Dennis the head social worker?" I asked.

Everyone was silent.

"Were there locks on every door? Notices on every wall? Rules against fun?" Tyler asked, I nodded.

"Woah, looks like Dennis just carried on the way he was," Tee said.

"He was horrible," Fortiter said,

"we know he worked here for a while," Johnny said.

"So what happened after being sent to Burnywood?" Gus asked.

"Basically we were forced to start new schools," I told them,

"Feltham high?" Rick asked, I nodded.

"Bit weird name for a school considering it wasn't even in Feltham," Verus said.

"And we got bullied," Verus said,

"because they hate care kids there," I said,

"yeah we know, went to the same school," Rick said, I nod.

"Anyway we hated it there and one day I decided to go back home, it was only three stops on the train and they didn't have ticket machines or staff who checked tickets," I told them.

"So I got home, it turned out the flat was still full of our things. It still belonged to us and in the end I started bunking off school and hiding out there. Just to avoid the bullying," I told them.

In fact I came back because I wanted to see Shay, she would have just turned 19 and I wanted to see her again. It was amazing when we met again, I felt strong again, I had the strength again that the bullying had knocked away. Then I started going everyday, I phoned up the school and pretended to be my social worker and I told them that I had moved away and would no longer be coming to the school. So basically my social workers thought I was going to school and my school thought I had moved away. It was perfect.

I managed to avoid the bullying at school but it didn't stop at Burnywood, they all knew I bunked off, but no one told. Because being a snitch at Burnywood was just not acceptable. We may have hated each other but we never dropped each other in trouble. I hated my stuff being nicked, being beaten up daily and gradually I started transferring my stuff from Burnywood to home. Within a week all my stuff was at home and I ran away from Burnywood. I ran back to the flat.

I guess when I got back to the flat I realised that I had nothing, no money, I couldn't go to school because everyone would recognise me and someone would call the Police. I had gotten home I wasn't going to go back to Burnyhell. Shay was great, she would buy me food, pay for anything I needed but I wanted more independence. Shay wasn't going to be there to help me out forever, I guess when I realised this I started looking to the past.

Once my questioning was over I walked to the lounge where Frank, Johnny, Rick and Elektra were standing, "hi Immy," Johnny said.

"Would you like to play cards with us?" Frank asked.

"Ok," I said, I walked over and picked up the cards and started shuffling them, just like how, Shay's friend, who worked in a Casino had taught me. Everyone looked reasonably impressed by my awesome shuffling skills.

I dealt out the cards and we began playing.

After 5 minutes I had gotten them all out, "you are a pro, were did you learn to play like that?" Rick asked,

"spoilers," I replied.

Elektra laughed, "don't tell me you love Doctor Who," she said, I nodded.

"REALLY?!" she shouted, jumping up and clapping her hands excitedly.

Everyone just stared at her, she sat down, "no I'm sorry I didn't mean that. Loving Doctor Who is so nerdy," she said but we knew the truth.

"You like Doctor Who?" Johnny questioned,

"ok fine, I love it," Elektra admitted.

"Who's your Doctor?" I asked,

"hello ten," she said grinning,

"hello eleven," I replied.

"hello ten," she said again.

"hello Sweetie," I told her, she grinned.

"I know what kind off girl you are, you are the type who dress up and pretend to be Dr River Song in there bedroom," Elektra said,

"yeah basically," I replied.

"Ok what I learnt today," Rick said,

"Mandy Perkins is a Tennant fan girl," Johnny said, I guess that because Elektra dived at Johnny there was some story behind that comment.

I walked out of the room and I was just walking past the Office when I heard Mike and Gina talking.

"What did they say?" Gina asked,

"they confirmed the information about Immy, they weren't lying," Mike said, I heard Gina gasp.

"That's terrible," she said,

"I know but we were discussing the relationship between the Odissey family, Immy needs a fresh start and her sisters aren't helping the matter," Mike said.

"What about Fortiter?" she asked,

"I called up the Spencer's they are perfectly happy to foster Fortiter,"

"How long for?"
"Until their parents are released or until their relationship is sorted out."

"What about Immy, Beta and Verus?" Gina asked.

"We could split them up, but the question is which ones do we split up?"

"I don't know."

"Neither do I."

I felt my legs give way and I fell to the floor, this couldn't be happening. Beta and Verus may hate me but Fortiter was the only one in my entire family who liked me, I couldn't let him go. I was able to bribe him to like me. That's when Verus walked straight into me, "what are you doing on the floor?" she asked.

"They are going to split us up, someone is fostering Fortiter and they are splitting the rest of us up," I told her.

"WHAT?" she shouted and she ran straight into the office, I turned, deciding to not get involved, Verus would be fine by herself. Then I heard a scream from upstairs, I decided to investigate.

Everyone had had the same idea as me and were going to find out what had happened. "It's Carmen," Tee said and we all ran into Carmen and Beta's room. The walls were no longer pink they were splattered with black and red paint, Carmen's clothes lay in the middle of the room and they were covered in black and red paint, everything had had black and red paint poured over it.

"Beta Oddissey I will kill you," she screamed running at my little sister, who actually wasn't that little, she had just turned 14. They started hitting each other, Carmen punched her over and over again while Beta dodged and slapped her numerous times and kicked her.

Floss, Harry and Fortiter looked terrified, Tee looked upset, Elektra looked quite happy on the other hand, I could understand why, both Beta and Carmen were pretty annoying. They had only known each other for a day and they were already at each other's throat, literally in their case. That's when Mike and Gina came in, Mika grabbed Beta and Gina restrained Carmen. "That bitch ruined all my stuff," Carmen said.

"Beta you will be grounded, we will be docking £30 a month from your allowance," Mike said and Carmen looked smug,

"Carmen you are grounded too," Gina said, wiping the smile of Carmen's face.

"That's not fair, she has just had all her stuff ruined and you are punishing her more by grounding her," Tee said.

Of course once again the everyone started arguing, "right house meeting in 5 minutes," Mike shouted.

"Mike never calls a house meeting unless if it is important," Gus states.

5 minutes later we were all sitting in the lounge, both Carmen and Beta were clutching ice packs to their face. "Ok basically I have decided that now would be a good time to start again with the rooms, "Floss because we just painted yours you can stay in there," Floss nodded happily. "Harry and Fortiter you are still fine to share, and Jody you can stay in your room" Mike continued and they grinned. "But I feel that for you older ones the room arrangements aren't working," he said. At this point Jody, Fortiter, Harry and Floss had left the room, so it was just. Me, Frank, Johnny, Tee, Elektra, Verus, Beta, Carmen, Rick and Tyler left in the room.

"We have 7 rooms and 10 of you," Mike said, we nodded, "and it seems some arrangements won't work, so if you have any preferences about who you want to share with speak now," Mike said.

"I don't won't to share with Beta," Carmen said,

"I am not sharing with Immy," Verus said,

"I am not sharing with Verus," Elektra stated, it seems that any respect she had for Verus had disappeared.

"I'm happy to share, with anyone," Tee stated.

"I'm not sharing with anyone," Carmen said.

"Ok right," Mike said, "ok you boys can have your own room," the boys grinned and the girls were annoyed. "So you girls will have to share," Gina said.

"I'll go with Tee," Carmen said immediately,

"I'm going with Beta," Verus said.

"Hey Elektra, looks like we will be sharing a room," I said.