*I do not own NCIS. Chava DiNozzo is completely mine.

I don't think that love comes easily. I think it comes over time, after a lot of hardships. I don't think that love at first sight exists. I don't think there's a true Romeo and Juliet story out there. But then again, what do I know? I'm just a thirteen-year-old Jewish girl, with a mom and a dad living a normal suburban life. At least to the naked eye.

You see, my life really isn't normal at all. I have two parents, like most other kids. But my parents are… different, to say the least. My mom grew up in Israel and was a trained assassin, and my paternal grandfather put my dad in a boarding school for the majority of his life as a minor.

They both ended up working for a federal agency called NCIS. And no, it's not National Crop Insurance Services. It's Naval Criminal Investigative Services. They're basically federal agents that investigate crimes that have to do with the marines. Not a lot of people seem to know about their agency, though. They're kind of the bottom of the federal agencies food chain.

So I think that gives you a little insight into my family history, specifically my mother and fathers.

This story isn't completely about them, though. It's about me too. And about how we all ended up here, where we are now.

I, Chava DiNozzo, pledge to tell the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth. And this is my family's story. Starting with the day Special Agent Katelyn Todd died.