Hello friends- I'm Tomesha from the Thar Desert. Also known as butter fingers or Miss Clumsy Onesy because That's why- Don't forget to like 

and subscribe. 

Everyone in my family had a gift except me. Mom loved stitching the most craziest designs. Once she stitched a picture of a zebra with all it's stripes coming off- on my only white Punjabi. 

"Isn't that pretty?"

"What's wrong with the Zebra?"

"It symbolizes how you keep dropping things- if you were a zebra you would probably drop your stripes.2

"Haha, that's interesting."

My sister Seri who was two years older than me- loved drawing and she was so good at it. 

"Hey Siri, what's the weather like today?"

"Hot like an oven. Make sure to wear your sun hat." 

"Haha, you wanna play?"

"Not right now- mom asked me to draw something for dad's work place."

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Hello besties I am Laila and I am from India. Please like and subscribe to sta."

I was born into a family of accountants, and when I was just 2 years old dad gave me my first calculator. 

"This is a calculator Laila, if you want to be a great accountant one day you need to start now."

Of course I had no idea what he was talking about- I was just two. Right after he left the room I threw the calculator like a flying saucer. 

And when I was nine, I finally realized what I wanted to be after watching a space channel on Youtube. 

"Mom, dad I know what I want to be when I grow up, I want to be an astronaut!"

"Laila have you been watching nonsense again on your mother's phone?"

"Not Nonsense dad, Youtube."

"Enough! From now on you will watch educational programs with us."

I wanted to talk back, but back chatting in my family meant you are grounded for life. I sat down and watched their boring accounting channel, and then all of a sudden, my eyes started burning and everything became blurry.

"Mom, my eyes are burning."

"Stop being dramatic, Laila and watch."

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"We are not gonna make it!"

"Quit screaming and start praying!"

"Lord of the skies! Please tell me there's enough space for me in heaven, Yo!"

"Not that kind of prayer you blockhead--"

"We're still gonna get you! It's a promise!!"

Hi. I'm Diego. Wanna know how I ended up in speeding for my life in a parched dessert with assassins after me? Please like, subscribe and keep watching. 

I wasn't always that daring. In fact, growing up, I didn't like to stay around people and nothing excited me. 

"Hey! Stop that!"

"Easy there, I was just playing with ya. Didn't you find it ticklish?"

"I found it annoying."

Even the sight of other kids playing wouldn't move me.

"Won't you go play with other kids? They seem like a fun bunch."

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

I had just finished my kpop performance in front of thousands of screaming fans. When I returned to my trailer, I found a strange wedding cake waiting for me. What was that doing here?! Suddenly a guy burst out and rushed towards me! 

"Marry me Lisa!"

"I don't even know you!"

I flipped him over and pinned him down. Piece of cake for me. Pun intended. I was also a Taekwondo champion. Eventually security rushed in followed by my parents. 

"Lisa! Are your vocal chords okay?! Did he damage them?!"

"Moph! Ga offmble. My chords are fine! So's the rest of me if you're wondering."

"How long did it take you to bring him down? Better not be longer than 5 seconds. Otherwise I'll have to train you even harder. Taekwondo is all about speed, you know." 

I rolled my eyes at my parents. They could be so unbelievable sometimes. 

Hi, my name's Lisa and I'm from South Korea. You'd think being a kpop star and Taekwondo champion at the same time would be a dream. But for me, it was a literal nightmare. Because of my parents, I had to juggle these completely different lives and it was exhausting.

One time I even had to do a Vogue interview in the middle of a fight! For many years I managed to scrape by with juggling these two lives, but when I turned sixteen, things reached their boiling point.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi! I am Amehia. I 've always felt like the luckiest girl in the world, I had the best parents who were both doctors, in school I was a top achiever, and I did what I loved best basketball, I was the star in my team. But apart from all the greatness I had in life, there was one flaw-I was born with a with a condition called hyponychia. Meaning..I didn't have nails in all my fingers. As a child, I thought it was cool because my parents said so, but soon noticed that other kids treated me funny because of it. 

"Hey! What happened to your hand!?"

"It's always been that way. Super cool right?"

All of them ran away like I had a disease! When I figured out that my hand actually freaked other kids out, I refused to leave the house. 

"Why can't you just heal my hand so I can be like other kids!? Everyone treats me like an alien."

"It's not something we can reverse dear. It's your own perfect flaw."

When my parents saw that I wasn't ready to reason with them, they bought me a pack of fancy gloves to wear to school. 

"Your hands are awesome, but if this makes you more comfortable... "

"It does! Thanks!"

For me, as long as no one saw my hands, my life was perfect. Then...the new neighbors arrived.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, I'm Anastasia and I was born to the most loving parents ever. Mum was a lawyer and we'd always play games where she pretended I was her lawyer and she was my client. I find you guilty of drinking my cereal! I sentence you to 100 years in prison 

"Oh please have pity on me, judge."

"But then, she suddenly left me and Dad when I was 5; and we never heard from her again."

I had to grow up with a Dad who was obsessed with computers and electronics. Dad could fix just about anything! 

"Where does this go?"

"Right here, Daddy!"

He taught me everything I knew about electronics; in no time, I started to mess with them like they were nothing. In fact, I wanted to be an engineer just like him. But then one day, while we were busy with a robot project, we suddenly heard a loud machine noise coming from outside. When we ran out to check what it was, we were surprised to find two bulldozers staring at us. 

"Sir, this property belongs to Kent Inc. We are under instructions to demolish it."

"What? Tell Mr. Kent he can kick rocks"

"Sir, please move out of the way. You have 5 seconds and we wont ask again." 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi everyone, I'm Sophia from USA. When I was little- I'd always wanted to be like my parents; high achieving scientists. 

But as I grew, I realized I could never because I sucked at everything. Driving lessons. 

Sports School 

"Another F, Sophia."

So, I gave up. My parents were often disappointed but, they always tried to be understanding. 

"You'll do much better if you just put in the effort"

I wish it was that easy but being used to failure just had a way of making me feel insecure about myself and everything. In school, I was even known as the popular loser. 

"Hey loser, disappear. We need this spot."

"Is your name written on it?"

That was Heather, the smartest girl in my class and her dumb super-rich boyfriend, Cameron. I'd never understood what she saw in him, he was way below her standards. He gave me a mean stare and I just left the table for them.

"Whatever. I was done eating anyways."

After school that day I headed home and on the way, spotted a new antique store that I'd never seen before and walked in to look around. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

"Oh oh oh oh, yeah yeah yeah...mmmmm..ah ah ah."

"Sparkle, quick take a look before my data runs out."

Mom always jumped up like pigeon whenever she saw one of our neighbors kids on Tiktok and she just love comparing me to other kids who showed off their talents on social media. 

"Did you hear her voice, she is definitely going be a star one day. Don't you want to be a star? All these books you're reading is not going to make you famous."

"Books give you knowledge ma- there is nothing more important than knowledge."

"We should be proud that our daughter is a genius."

"Shhhh, do you want everyone to know that our daughter is a Miss know it all? You know Mr. Mafia runs this town, if he finds out that she can calculate sums faster than him- we will be humiliated in front the entire community."

Hello everyone, I am Sparkle from the Philippines, please like and subscribe to STA, where the best story telling is made.

Because I was a born genius, my teachers loved me to bits and sometimes even let me lead their classes. I simply loved books, learning and teaching other kids, but not everyone was interested in books in my home town. Being popular on social media was what everyone wanted. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Woow that was close. Ever since I was little, Dad and I have always been like two peas in a pod. We lived by the sea and swam together with the sea animals everyday, BUT my Mom AKA Miss Perfect was never happy about anything- she loved complaining.

"I'm gonna call you Inky!"

"Mom! Meet my pet, Inky. Dad and I saved it from a shark!"

"What? Sea animals are not pets. They're dangerous! Your father knows better, we work with them everyday."

"You're too paranoid. She loves the octopus and it's harmless, she can keep it."

My parents worked together as marine scientists at a multi billion government research lab named Vought's lab, but they never saw eye to eye on things especially with the sea animals they worked with and she always liked picking a fight with dad about money. Once dad took us out to a fancy restaurant for my 15th birthday, mom looked at the bill and threw such a tantrum, embarrassing both me and dad. 

"Why would you bring us to a place that would cost us an arm and a leg."

"Calm down darling, we can afford it, and plus it's for our baby girl."

"Well, our lifestyle is getting a little too expensive and one of us has to do something to make sure we don't lose everything."

I didn't know what mom was talking about, but all I knew is that she just ruined my birthday. And then soon after the next worse thing in my life happened. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi. I'm Collins, prince of a faraway kingdom called Setia and this is my story of the most bizarre way I found true love. I was born to the two worst parents ever. Dad and Mum were the King and Queen of Setia, and they were the worst the town had ever seen. They shamelessly stole and ate the town's money, and also believed that we were above everyone because we were royals. 

My brother, Gerald who was two years older than me was exactly like them, ruthless, selfish and a big, empty-headed hunk who was only interested in growing his intimidating biceps and nothing else. 

"Yes! Sniff all that glory, insurgent!"

I came out different though. Every time I got a chance, I helped people even if Mum and Dad didn't like that very much. Once when I was 10, I heard this girl crying by the castle gates. 

"Someone, anybody. I need help. My mum needs medication and we don't have any money."

My brother, Gerald walked up to her and pushed her away from the gates and then he was so rude! 

"Get away from the castle, peasant. There are doctors all over the village. Go ask them for medication. This isn't a hospital."

"I don't have any money for that. The King and Queen took our farmlands away. Please help me."

"Get lost!"

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Hi, I'm Freda from New York and this is my story. I've always been a lucky, beautiful child; born to parents who adored me. Dad worked as a scientist for a large corporation, and Mum was a small fashion designer. Our lives were sailing smoothly until Dad's company was robbed by a notorious criminal family and he was forced to testify against them in court. Because of his brave testimony, the government awarded him a huge sum of money which were mostly proceeds from the crime. But at a very dire cost, his testimony landed our lives in danger and we had to move from one city to another each year. It caused a rift between my parents. 

"I'm leaving with our child if you move to one more city."

"For God's sake, this is the last city. You're safe here. Be grateful."

True to his word, that was the last city we moved to. After eight years of living there, my parents found their footing in the city and grew popularly wealthy with all the money they made from the court case; and I launched a modeling career that propelled me to stardom because of their influence. 

"FREDA! FREDA!"

Everyone loved me. But the thing they loved the most was my hair. I had the most perfect red hair. it was long, curly and soft like silk. 

But one day, that changed. It all happened the night Dad had been working on a serious project in his lab when I walked in. 

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.