The adopted Swan

Chapter 01

Esmeray's POV
I grabbed the clothes that I had picked out last night and ran to the shower where I scrubbed my body and hair. I dressed before running back out to pack my bags and hurried outside with my things. I made sure that my sunglasses were on so no one would see my blood red eyes.

Bella was standing dramatically in the sunshine in the desert next to our ritzy style house after scooping up a baby barrel cactus into a clay pot while Renee was fiddling with her cellphone. Phil, Renee's new husband, was organizing the trunk of the station wagon that had Bella's bags already inside and was trying to make room for mine. I came up from behind him and said "If you make us hold our carryon bags in the backseat then everything should fit."

Phil jumped up and whirled around to face me. His surprise turned into a lecherous smirk as he eyed my form up and down "Good idea, sweetheart, you wouldn't mind grabbing the bags for me, would you?" I stared at him knowing that it was a trap for him to grope me. I bit my lower lip in thought.

'If I declined I'll be punished for not helping, but if I do as he says then he'll put his gross hands on me and I'll be punished for 'seducing' him....what should I do? Oh! I know!'

I casually shrug before saying "Sure, but I was going to help Renee with her phone do you think that you can do it instead?" His smirk faded and he grumbled out a "Fine" before approaching his wife and trying to help her. I quickly began organizing the trunk. I put Bella's two big bags on the bottom then mine and her small one on top before shutting the trunk and putting Bella's duffel bag and bathroom/makeup bag on the backseat with mine. I then climb in and jam earbuds in my ears.

The rest was a blur of driving to the airport with disgusted sneers and unheard insults thrown my way. When we arrived at the airport I grabbed my bags and scurried off to the plane, not bothering to say goodbye. I got into my seat without a fuss and pulled out a beat up old copy of 'I, Lucifer' and reread it for the 50th time. Bella appears looking pissed that I got the window seat and yanks my earbuds from my ears "Move!" She demands.

Before I could say or do anything a stewardess appears and says "Ma'am, please have a seat, and don't harass the other passengers" Bella whirls around on her and says "This failed abortion is my sister I can say and do whatever I want with her! Now mind your own damn business! I don't have to listen to the help!" I bowed my head in shame and embarrassment as Bella once again forgot exactly who she was.

Bella believes that since she is the oldest and the only child born in wedlock that she's the sole heir to the Swan family fortune. A whopping $855, 250, 858 million dollars resided in her future on her 18th birthday. I was born in the midst of dad and Renee's divorce and therefore a bastard meaning that I'd never even see a penny of the wealth that Bella was promised since she was born, and the only reason I'm here is because Renee didn't realize that she was pregnant until it was too late. I found the story absolutely ridiculous seeing as Renee's been pregnant a total of 28 time since she was 15 years old, shouldn't one know when their body is pregnant after all that? Because of all this, Renee spoiled and groomed her into a bratty two year old in a 17 year old body.

The stewardess looked at Bella in disgust along with a few passengers. Some, however, shot me pitying and sympathetic looks. I stood up and said "Let's just switch so that way we can get off the plane faster" I suggested, Bella and I made the switch but on my way into the aisle Bella knocked me over resulting in me landing on another passengers lap. My face flared up in a bright red blush "I-I-I'm so sorry" I said, as I scrambled out of the unknown man's lap. He chuckled in response and said "It's quite alright, dear, are you okay?" I nodded before sitting in my seat ignoring Bella's heated glare towards me and lustful stare at the stranger.

The stewardess left and the man looked away disgusted by Bella's facial expression. Bella scoffed at his silent rejection before pulling out her fantasy BDSM novel. I risked a glance at the man and got an actual look at his face. He had pale white skin and black hair with streaks of blood red throughout it. He wore a three piece velvet red and black suit and dressed very formally, but his eyes caught my attention the most.

His eyes were a deep crimson red, just like mine.

He must've felt my gaze in him because he looked up and gave me a smirking smile. I quickly averted my eyes and buried my flaming face into my book making him chuckle.

~~~timeskip~~~
Bella had fallen asleep and was now nasally snoring and drooling. The stewardess came by periodically to check on passengers when suddenly the man whispered a request in her ear. She nodded and disappeared before returning with two plates. She gave one to the man and another to myself.

"I can't pay for this-" I began, but got cut off by the man who said "It's on me" he pulled out two hundred dollars and passed to the stewardess "and anything else you desire, dear" the stewardess looked at me expectantly but I shook my head "I'm fine for now, thank you" she nodded disappointedly, and left. I looked at the plate and my mouth watered at the smell of the fresh muffin and tea.

"What kind are they?" I asked as I gently blew on the steaming mug before taking a sip "Rose petal and vanilla tea, with vanilla bean and cinnamon muffins" I nodded and asked "How'd you know?" "Know what?" "That I prefer tea to coffee" "You use the tip of your fingers and middle knuckles to hold your book rather than your entire fingers and some of your palm" I glanced over at him and nodded before taking a bite of the delicious cake like muffin and nearly moaned as the warm, sweet flavor.

"Why are you doing this for me?" "You look half starved, and in need of some compassion" it was true I haven't eaten in three and a half weeks because of Renee and Bella catching Phil attempting to rape me. I nodded and looked down at the plate "I'm Esmeray, Esmeray Jadis Swan. Who are you?" "Zalgo, Zalgo Darkholmes" I looked up at him and asked "What brings you to Forks?" "My Duplici daughter is going to be turning 18 years old soon" my jaw dropped "You were a part of the Duplici cloning experiment?"

The Duplici cloning experiment was a science experiment where two samples of same sex DNA were fused then placed into a surrogate. The surrogates were usually human incubators that contributed no DNA to the offspring, or they were machine made incubators. It was designed to give gay couples biological children without the help of exterior forces. Basically it meant that you could take two sets of sperm or two sets of eggs and make a baby. The children were really just hybrid clones of the two parents and were usually the same sex as the biological parents. For him to of had a daughter from these experiments the surrogate's DNA must've accidentally leaked into the placenta before the second trimester.

While it was a good idea it was shutdown after too many deaths of surrogate mothers and babies, and Duplici babies being born deformed or 'defective' worst than hillbilly incest, and the fact that some scientists argued that it violated the laws of science and nature.

Zalgo chuckled and said "Yes. Slendy, Jayne, and I created a beautiful baby girl" "Jayne?" I asked as the name from my dream appeared inside my head. I shook it off as coincidence and we continued to talk. He refilled my tea and gave my a breakfast sandwich before letting me sleep in peace for the first time in awhile with a full stomach and warm, happy feeling.