My heritage is a bit strange, but, in the end, it's what has made me so beautiful. I am one of the several offspring of a male Desert Hissi and female Shadow Hissi.

The story of my mother and father's love dates back to when Hissies first became available to the general public of Neopia. Though, as most have probably assumed, we Neopets don't just... appear. We are simply discovered in our natural environments, tamed, and bred to be kept as domestic pets. My species is not a naturally calm one, so our kind is not well tamed. Resulting from this, only a limited number of Hissies are released as pets to Neopia every year.

My mother was one of those limited Hissies. On May fourth of 2005, a very lucky Neopian claimed her as their pet. He was a frequent visitor of The Lost Desert, and, according to my mother, was a big fan of the Scratch Cards in The City of Sakhmet. Apparently he believed that luck was on his side... Though it never was.

Day after day she'd spend her time waiting around while her owner scratched off little silver circles that revealed he had, once again, won absolutely nothing. Neglected, starving, and sick and tired of watching him throw away every Neopoint he earned, my mother one day wandered outside of the city walls and into the real Lost Desert.

It was out far beyond any of the touristy games and sites that my mother discovered a series of underground pipes and wells surrounded by shattered walls and decayed buildings. A seemingly desolate area my mother decided to vacant.

It was no sooner than a week later that, while sleeping in one of the dried up pipelines, my mother was discovered by a rouge Hissi of an undiscovered breed.

Desert Hissies go much farther back than May fourth of 2006. Small clans of the breed have existed for years outside of view of any mapped Lost Desert location. My father lived unaccompanied deep within the pipes of a long forgotten desert city for years before my mother arrived so unexpectedly.

Between them a new clan of Hissies was born, though it was something clearly new to Neopia... My siblings and I all looked much like my father, but with the beautiful dark scales my mother bared.

Ironically enough, the day a clan of Desert Hissies was discovered, our tiny family was also found, but instead by... a less important Neopian and her squirrely pet Kyrii.

The two of them, Doirn and Samuoll, had recently built a stone house out in the middle of nowhere for whatever reason. Upon the completion of their home, they began to explore the vast area around their dwelling until they came across my family's abandoned city. Doirn was entirely fascinated by our appearance, apparently oblivious to the news of the other Desert Hissi clan. Samuoll, on the other hand, shrank back at any moment one of us approached him.

They left us well enough alone. We came out far luckier than the other clan, which had been taken into captivity to be examined and tamed for future pet owners. Though most of my family feared our new neighbors regardless, there was something about Doirn that captivated me. Against my family's desire, I decided to follow Doirn home... And against Samuoll's desire, Doirn welcomed me into her home with open arms.