Jessica Parker

**Jessica "Jess" Parker** is the daughter of Malachai Parker and Katerina Petrova, the True Mate and late girlfriend of Chance Mikaelson, and the mother of his now deceased unborn son. She is the paternal niece of her father's twin sister, Josette Laughlin, as well as their younger siblings; Lucas, Oliver, Joey, and three others, the granddaughter of Joshua Parker and an unnamed woman, and the biological cousin of Elizabeth and Josette Salvatore. She is also the younger maternal half-sister of Nadia Petrova, the niece of Katerina's unnamed sister, and the granddaughter of Katherine's parents, which also makes her a distant relative of Elena Gilbert. Like her father, Jess is a Siphoner, an extremely rare kind of witch who cannot produce their own mystical energy, instead 'siphoning' magic from other sources in order to cast spells.

Jessica was conceived not long after her father's first escape from his Prison World in 2011, when he met a young woman whom he later learned was in fact, the legendary Katherine Pierce. The two had a one-night stand and Jessica was born nine months later. Katherine raised her daughter for the first ten years of her life, until some of her old enemies discovered her new identity and she was forced to fake her death and go on the run. Jessica was placed within foster care and she went from home to home for the next seven years, until she joined the family of Landon Kirby and Rafael Waithe, fellow supernaturals.

A few months later, she met Chance Mikaelson when he and his godfather and headmaster, Stefan Salvatore, arrived to recruit Rafael into their school. The two quickly forged a strong bond and it was later revealed that they were in fact, True Mates. Their relationship soon blossomed into a romance. During this time, the School came into conflict with a force called Malivore, which she realized was connected to her foster brother, Landon, forcing them to combat a number of supernatural threats while navigating their lives together.

When Chance jumps into Malivore, her memories of him are buried deep within her psyche, causing her to forget him for several months. In that time, she enters into a relationship with his best friend, Jacob Salvatore, but later breaks up with him and gets back together with Chance for a few months, before she goes missing and is presumed killed. Chance leaves Mystic Falls after her apparent death, only returning a year later when he discovers that she was actually kidnapped by a mysterious vampire, later revealed to be Lucien Castle, and turned into a Heretic. The two resume their relationship and Jessica eventually becomes pregnant with their son. Upon learning of this, they plot on running away together and starting a new life elsewhere, but Chance is betrayed and murdered by Jessica's cousin, Josie, whom she later tries to attack after she uncovers the truth, but is staked through the heart by Alaric Saltzman, who was unaware that she was pregnant at the time, killing both her and the baby.

## Personality

### Siphoner

Jessica is a confident, assertive, charismatic, and outgoing young woman. She is an extremely independent and self-reliant, no doubt a consequence of growing up in foster care for over seven years, during which time she learned to take care of herself and developed a misanthropic world-view that mirrors Chance's. As a child, she was a highly intelligent and fun-loving girl, but was hardened by the apparent death of her mother. Since that time, she has grown used to pushing people away, not wanting to form any lasting attachments with anyone in case she loses them. She does, however, form a close bond with her foster brother, Landon Kirby, who she becomes overprotective of as time passes. As much as she loves Landon, she tells Jacob that she is not oblivious to his naïve attitude and total lack of self-preservation instincts, which she attributes to a naturally trusting psyche.

Humorous, sarcastic, and easy-going, Jessica can be a fun person to be around. Despite this, she does tell Chance that she is not much of a people person after she refuses a party invite from one of the other students, preferring to be in the company of a much closer-knit friend group who she can trust. She is naturally a very honest person and thus, despises liars. She does, however, understand that some secrets are better left kept, and that too much honesty can occasionally be a bad thing. Jessica prioritizes honesty with one self, implying that she is a very introspective individual. She hates her paternal cousin, Josie, due to her victim complex and constant need to be pitied, decrying her as a weak, pathetic girl who always puts the blame on her sister and refuses to take responsibility for her own actions.

Much like Chance, she can be fiercely protective of the ones she loves. Although she doesn't like it, she will not hesitate to resort to violence in order to protect both herself and the people she cares about. She has shown herself to be a surprisingly ruthless and cold individual when the situation calls for it, showing absolutely no remorse for hurting people who harm her or her friends.

She is also very promiscuous, enjoying sex with many boys and occasionally, girls. She often only uses them for her own pleasure, but makes sure they know that the only attraction she feels for them is purely physical and has no desire to form a romantic relationship with them. She even tells Chance that he is her first real boyfriend, as all the others were but casual hook-ups who meant nothing to her.

## Physical Appearance

Jessica is noted to be extremely attractive, with a petite, yet highly athletic build standing at 5'3 in height. Even as a witch, many males describe her as "*stunningly*" beautiful. Chance repeatedly calls her the most beautiful girl in the world, and is often entranced by her appearance, as seen when he was temporarily de-aged into a five year old, when he couldn't stop staring at her in awe. She has long, thick dark brown hair with dirty blonde highlights. Her eyes are an astonishing blue hue, her lips are full and pink, and she is depicted as having a slender, statuesque figure with a tan complexion, lighter than her mother's but a little darker than her father's.

Upon her transition into a vampire, her skin pales and her already exceptional beauty increases. She is said to have an ethereal, divine presence about her now, and her skin constantly thrums with black magic. After her first meeting with her, she is described by Lydia Martin as looking like a "dark goddess". Immediately upon seeing her, several boys, including Liam Dunbar, Isaac Lahey. Brett Talbot, and Stiles Stilinski are all taken with her beauty.