It was twelve at night, the silence was deafening. Everyone was asleep except for Jesse. She was always the last one up. She didn't ever feel the need to sleep.

Jesse was 5' 8, and stuck there, considering she was in eighth grade. She was the girl who nobody noticed, the one that was never really there. Jesse had golden eyes and red dreaded hair.

Jesse was hidden from the world by her parents. She was different, and she knew it. Everytime she went outside, her parents made her wear dark brown contacts. They were the kind of brown that you could get lost in. You stare at them too long and you will drift off into nothingness.

Jesse always wondered what was wrong with her? What was so bad, that nobody could know?

She decided that she was going to ask her parents as soon as they woke up. She paced back and forth until she heard the dishes go 'bing' as her mom prepared breakfast.

Jesse ran through the small two bedroom, one bathroom, trailer. She flew down the short hallway and into the tiny kitchen.

Her mother, Mrs Parker was surprised to see Jesse was so hyped up. She was usually too exhausted to even come out of her room.

"Mom?" Jesse asked quite loudly. 'She is never this enthusiastic' Mrs Parker thought to herself.

"Yes dear? What is is?" Mrs Parker listened intently to Jesse.

"Well…" Jesse hadn't planned to get this far, she didn't know how to ask. What was she going to say? Jesse decided to blurt out all of her feelings at once.

"I know i am different and I want to know why I am the way I am and why are my eyes this color? And I also wanted to know why you want me to keep hidden? I mean, for all I know, i could be the new superman! I could me superwoman! Omg what if I am? Am I an alien? Moooooommmmm!-" Jesse's mouth was muffled by her mothers hand.

"Calm down. You're not an alien." Mrs. Parker struggled with these words. "You...are just-lets sit in the living room." As they moved into the small living room, Mrs Parker thought about how to tell Jesse what she was.

Jesse plopped onto the loveseat right by her mom. "So...What am I, if i'm not an alien?" Jesse joked.

Mrs Parker continued talking with Jesse. "Well. Jesse, you might want to listen carefully. You see...I am not you're only mother...You're birth mother...is a women named Machi...and you're father...Hisoka…"

Jesse gasped, she knew those names. They were always in the news. Hisoka and Machi were apart of the Phantom Troupe. The Phantom Troupe was full of murderers and thieves.

"My father and mother...are...criminals…" Jesse took in the big news. It took a while to think that Hisoka was her father…

"I'm sorry Jess, I should have told you sooner." Mrs Parker mumbled.

"But...why do you keep me hidden? Why dont I ever see them...Even if they are criminals...I want to see them…" Jesse thought out loud.

"Well...It was a long time ago...I was walking home from my old school. I heard a baby crying in an alley and decided to check it out. When I peeked into the dark alley, I saw a young woman setting the child into a bucket. She had pink hair up in a high ponytail and blue eyes. She had a white ninja looking outfit on. As soon as she was done putting the child to sleep, she dashed up into the tall buildings surrounding us. I was still watching, dumbfounded that she could leave a child that fast. Then a man appeared out of nowhere..."

Jesse nodded and made a gesture with her hands. Signaling to Mrs Parker to continue the story.

"He was very tall and kinda looked like a clown. He was pale with card signs on his costume. He was very odd looking, but I could tell he was dangerous…"

*Flash Back...

"Machi! Come out come out wherever you are!" Hisoka playfully yelled. "I want our kid back if you don't mind!"

Hisoka noticed something moving at the beginning of the alley. He made one quick movement and pulled her over to him. He had a card to Mrs Parkers neck.

Hisoka licked his lips. "Staring isn't nice you know." Mrs Parker panicked. She froze and didn't move at all.

"I-I'm sorry…" Mrs Parker feared for her life now. Had she seen something she was not meant to?

Hisoka pushed mrs parker away and she fell, scrapping her knees in the process. There was a bump that was heard on top of the buildings. Hisoka immediately jumped up onto the buildings.

"Dont move! Im coming back to deal with you!" He teased Mrs parker.

As soon as he was gone, Mrs Parker ran over to the bucket and grabbed the child. She ran as fast as she could trying to get home.

"I dont really know what was going on. But it seemed bad and I didn't want you to have those terrible people as parents." Mrs Parker explained

Jesse shifted in her seat. What if Hisoka was trying to kill me so Machi hid me and planned to come back for me? This was too little to go on.

"I need time to think about this.." Jesse decided she needed to be alone for a while.

"Ok, I understand Jess, come back up when you want breakfast." Mrs Parker requested.

Jesse waved her hand, signaling that she would. She was deep in thought.

How will I figure out what happened? I could find them? No, thats too dangerous...or is it?

Jesse started to put her favorite clothes in a bag. A few things to use as a disguise and a lot of money. She snuck into her moms room and grabbed ten, hundreds from the drawer.

She put the money in her bag and was about to leave Mrs Parker's room. "Jesse, what are you doing in here?" Jesse's sleepy dad asked.

"I was going to ask if you wanted breakfast, but decided that you looked too peaceful to wake up." Jesse lied, hoping he would believe it.

"Ok, I will be there in a bit. let me rest my eyes a while." He groaned and turned over, instantly falling back to sleep.

Jesse ran to the front door, thinking she was in the clear. "Where are you going hun?" Mrs Parker came out of nowhere.

"Im going to a friends house, I dont want to be here today." Jesse said casually.

Mrs Parker gave Jesse a kiss on the cheek and saw her out the door.