Hello, my name is Herin and I am 13 years old. Yes, odd name, I know. But I am odd as well. Really, everything about me is odd. My name, my eyes, and my body. The thing is, I don't have any arms, but I do have hands. 'Wait, but if you don't have arms, how do you have hands?' If you asked this, you're not the only one. You see, my hands are actually flouting at my side. Yeah, odd. My legs aren't connected to my torso either. They just walk, with my torso floating above them. My head isn't connected either. It just floats, like everything else. The thing about my eyes is that they are red. My teeth are very sharp as well. Another odd thing about me is that, for some reason (one unknown to me) is that I have a black crown and halo just floating above my head. But the thing that confuses me the most is that the halo is snapped in half. Another thing you should know about me is, I have this scarf that has this hand on the end of it. I can control the hand, somehow, but I don't really do that.

   A lot of people are scared of me, I don't blame them. But, I just never felt like a being walking around. That is why I decided that now I will sign up for the school for people who are different. It's called the Other Different Differences School or ODDS for short. Anyway, I start tomorrow and, to be honest, I'm a bit nervous to go to a new place, go to school, and live there. But, I will (hopefully) finally fit in somewhere. 

                Anyways, until next time journal, Herin

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   Herin sighed as he closed the notebook, and heard his "caretaker" calling his name. He got up and walked out into the hallway, going down the stairs, down another hallway, turned into the dining room. Sitting at the table were the Booshmays, Mr. Booshmay, Mrs. Booshmay, and Ronald Booshmay. He sat down in his spot, which was the farthest away from the others, and took his serving.

   "So, Herin," Mr. Booshmay said, trying to strike up a conversation in the heavy air. "Did you finally decide to sign up for that school of yours, um, what's it called again?"

   "The ODDS, and yes sir, I have. I will be moving out of here and into the rooms they have there. I will be leaving tomorrow."

    "Goodness," Mrs. Booshmay spoke up. "are they really letting you start in the middle of the year?"

   "Yes ma'am, they have excused the first half of the year, so I can just jump right in. I can't thank you enough for letting me stay here."

   "It has been my pleasure, dear."

   "Are you saying I can have my old room back tomorrow?" Ronald piped up, glancing at Herin.

  "Yes, that is what I am saying."

   "Finally." With that, he turned back to his food.

   The rest of dinner went by with little to no talk, besides a question to pass down some food. Then, like every meal, they stood all at once and put their plates in the sink. Herin then went up to his room to pack, though there was not much to pack because his "clothes" are basically always the same. The rest of the night was quite quiet in the house. The Booshmays went to sleep a little bit after dinner, but Herin pulled up a chair to his window, and just stared at the beauty of the stars.