Terra has no recollection of her mother, who died when she was very young. She had her father all to herself until her teens, when he remarried. With a stepmother and sister in the house, Terra began to feel alienated and often conflicted with them. She finally got fed up and left the home for good.

Only a few months after she left, her father and stepmother were murdered under mysterious circumstances. As her little sister, Nikita, had no other family, it was up to Terra to care for her. At first she didn't want the job, but little Nikita might be growing on her a little...