Prologue:

Lies.

My WHOLE life has been nothing but lies until I discovered the truth.

The lies?

That I was a normal girl living with her widowed father in Paradise, Ohio.

The truth?

That I am actually one in 9 alien teenagers sent from the planet Lorien, whom all possess superpowers, to escape from the Mogadorians, a rival alien race.

I bet you think everything I just said is a bunch of science-fiction mumbo-jumbo, but now I am about to tell you the story of how I, Marissa Tiller, became Number Five.

Author's Note: Well, I Am Number Four was so awesome that I came up with this fanfic as soon as I left the theater! I also saw some other I Am Number Five fanfics but I wanted mine to be a bit different, as I wanted my OC Marissa's story to contrast to that of Number Four's. So enjoy!