Summary – After roaming around Metropolis for most of her life, Anna goes to Smallville to find he only living relatives – the Kents.

I was six years old
When my parents went away
I was stuck inside a broken life,
I couldn't wish away.
She was beautiful,
She had everything and more,
And my escape was hiding out
And running for the door.

Anna was standing on the corner of probably, the only empty street in Metropolis. All she knew was that she was the only person you would ever see around these parts of Metropolis. Anna had found this place when she was nine years old, only three years after her parents had suddenly disappeared and had been presumed dead. When she had first came here, the houses were full of happy families and one of those kind families took Anna in after finding out why she was there. A year ago, they moved out since the place was now empty. Leaving Anna alone.

Somebody listen please.
It use to be so hard,
Being me.

After one last look around the uninhabited street, Anna got onto the Harley Davidson the family she lived with, bought for her. Starting up the motorcycle, Anna refreshed her mind of the destination she was heading to. 'I've gotta go to Smallville. Find the Kents.' She told herself.

Living in the shadow
Of someone elses dream.
Trying to find a hand to hold
But every touch felt cold to me.
Living in the nightmare,
A never ending sleep.
But now that I am wide awake
My chains are finally free,
Don't feel sorry for me.

She slipped the helmet onto her head and started up the bike. Since it was almost four in the morning, most of the roads were empty. On Anna's way to Smallville, she only saw seven cars at the most. It took her about five hours to get to the city line, but finding the Kent farm was a whole different task. It was around nine in the morning now and the streets were quite busy now. Anna pulled up in front of a flower shop and knocked on the door. No-one answered. 'Great, there's not a single soul in this shop when I could really use the help,' Anna thought. Then someone tapped on Anna's shoulder. She quickly turned around to see a girl, who looked around her own age with long brown hair.

"Hi, can I help you with something?" The girl asked kindly, smiling.

"Yeah, do you know..." Anna was cut off by a guy coming towards the girl in front of her. He was shouting her name swell.

"Lana!" Once the young man was beside the girl, who was probably called Lana, he noticed that she was busy. "Uh, sorry. Didn't know you were talking to anyone."

"It's OK. What were you going to ask?" Lana told the guy then turned to face Anna again.

"Do you know where the Kent farm is? I'm kinda lost."

"Sorry for interrupting but I know where it is. I should know 'cause I live there." The young man told her. Anna's face brightened up as she heard that. But she never knew that she had a cousin as well.

"Seriously? Could you show me where it is?"

"Sure. I'll talk to you later Lana." The boy waved goodbye to Lana as she entered the flower shop that we were outside of. "I'll just go in my truck and you could follow, OK?" Anna nodded in agreement. She went to her bike again, started it up and started following the red pick-up, which was slightly ahead of her.

Once the truck pulled up in front of the Kent farm, Anna done the same. As she got off the motorcycle, the guy who showed her to the farm came over and helped her into the house.

"Uh... I don't need help into the house farmboy." 'I think he took that seriously,' Anna told herself after seeing the hurtful look on his face. "Sorry, I didn't mean to offend you."

"No, you didn't offend me in anyway." 'She looks pretty hot,' Clark thought after looking at her again. After a few minutes of standing, doing nothing, Clark showed Anna into the house. "Mom! Dad!"

"In here Clark!" A voice shouted from the other room. Anna followed Clark into the room and saw two people sitting on the sofa, watching TV. Clark coughed to get his parents attention and as the turned around, their expressions turned to shocked ones.

"Oh my gosh." The woman, who was sitting on the sofa, stood up and walked over to Anna. "Is it really you?" Anna looked at her aunt and smiled warmly. Her aunt started hugging her tightly, but when Anna looked over at the other two men in the room, they looked quite confused. "Oh, Jonathon, Clark – this is my niece, Anna."

"Anna? I haven't seen you since you were this big." Jonathon made a hand gesture, showing how tall Anna was last time her saw her. "But we were told you went missing."

"I kinda... ran away, after finding out about my parents. Couldn't really handle it. Being six or something. I would have called but I have no money." Anna explained.

"It's alright sweetie. You can stay here with us until you feel you can walk on your own two feet." Her aunt told her. Anna smiled from ear-to-ear. She was so happy with this.

"Thank you. Thank you so much."

Author's note: The song used at the start was Ashlee Simpson - "Shadow" which doesn't belong to me. Usual disclaimers apply and reviews are greatly welcomed!