The moon shone down on the earth, some of its light shone into her window and onto her small form. Sapphire blue eyes held a poorly hidden longing in their depths, her mouth curved into a small frown. She looked up at the many stars, their light deluded by the brighter lights of the city. It was a shame really, that their true beauty could not be seen from where she lived. She brushed back a few dark brown strands of hair from her face and turned the light back on, deciding to work on her picture once more. She settled herself on her bed, clipboard and pencil in hand. She tapped the pencil against her chin, loosing herself to her inner thoughts.

'What would it be like, to be tossed into world unknown?' she wondered as she began sketching. It didn't surprise her when the face turned into Yusuke Urameshi, a character from Yu Yu Hakusho. Beside him she sketched Youko Kurama, a character from the same show. 'I should scan and color this tomorrow,' she thought as she put the sketch aside. She turned the lights off again and looked out the window, smiling as she spotted an unusually bright star.

"Little star that shines so brightly, hear my plea this night. Take me into a world unknown, into adventures only imagined, to see sights and do things unknown to this world. Little star that shines so brightly, please make my wish come true." She almost giggled at what she said, it was stupid. She did it every few months, just for the heck of it, to get it out of her system. She was a perfectly normal girl with a perfectly normal life, she was nothing special, no one important.

Her family was normal as well…unless they came from planet weird like she claimed most of them did. With ten people living underneath her roof, it's a wonder the sixteen year old female didn't go insane. Of course, she had her outlets to keep her sanity. Drawing and writing, the two things she loved to do. She hoped to become an author one day, she was working on her own book.

See, nothing out of the ordinary about her or her family. Normal dreams, normal activities, absolutely boring. Inside she craved for excitement, for something more than what her life was giving her.

She found it strange for her, she was a very quiet and shy young woman. At events she'd be the one in the corner, in a group she'd be the silent one always listening, around her family though she tended to be far more outspoken. She had a temper none knew about, a craving to fight that tended to frighten her. She never had a boyfriend, never even been kissed, she was home schooled and thus very inexperienced in just about everything that included romance. Not that she minded really, but she was very easily dominated. That was her weakness, she was so easily dominated.

Being a woman she was also a slave to her emotions, how she hated that to no end. During her time of month she would get extremely emotional and would threaten to bash anyone's head in that dared fight around her. She would be very snappish, depending on her mood; she was hell to be around during that time sometimes. Being who she was, she'd feel extremely horrible afterward and apologize profusely.

In short, most of the time she was the wall flower that people tended to look past. She hid most of her emotions, leaving others to figure out whether she was upset or in pain. That's who she was, she wouldn't change for anyone. Hopefuly she'd find someone who would see her and accept her and all of her quirks and, in turn, she'd do the same for him.

After grabbing her two favored plushies, she clambered into bed; sleep soon took her into its clutches. If she had remained at the window a moment longer she would have noticed the sickly yellow eyes, the quiet evil chuckle, and the words to follow.

'As you wish…'

M.Y.W.I.S.H.M.Y.N.I.G.H.T.M.A.R.E.

Tijiya: I keep trying to get a good story started for my character, Hope Rosewood. Hopefuly this one will do well, I do hope she's not so much a mary sue. I keep trying, so hard. Neeway, please leave a review before you leave, I'd greatly appreciate it.

Disclaimer:

Yu Yu Hakusho (c) Yoshihiro Togashi

Hope Rosewood (c) Tijiya