• There's a place that no one knows about, except me. It's nice and quite and I feel that nothing and no one could ever hurt me. The sun always shines there, and my friend Shadow waits for me with a smile and open arms. And the tree drape the path with their branches, and their leaves are the prettiest green you could ever imagine, and the roots frame road to my place. You come out of beautiful path and that is when you see Shadow, and the blue club house that is as blue as the sky above. The tree in which it rest in, is beautiful and big and it's branches hand low, and you could sit on it like a chair.Look up and the a sky so blue and awe inspiring greets you with it's white fluffy clouds, that makes you want to curl up on one and a take a nice long nap. You come up to the rope ladder and make your way up the handsome oak tree, taking in the lovely scenery around you. Once inside the beautiful house, you see many things like a bed made of leafs and a table and stove. Then there's the room with all the junk I would collect, the shiny objects and the things me and Shadow would find plain interesting. It was heaven on earth, but actually my imagination gone wild.

    I was probably five when I made this place up, around the same time the accident happened. After the accident I was sacred and made up stories where I could truly find peace and be happy. I did not want to think of those bad things, and these stories helped. Now, though, it is hard to tell reality from fiction. Though eventually, I would have to deal with the fact that when I was five years old I was sexually molested by one of my family members.

    When I was five I dealt with the fact I was an outcast among my family. They would often leave me out of their games or stick me with little kids when I was should of been playing with the older kids my age. Since Courteny, who was a year younger then me got to play with the older kids, it just didnt seem fair. We had always lived in this town, and I made friends easily enough, but I had a few anger problems. Even though friends and family treated me like an outsider, I knew I could count on Shadow and my hidden world.