Lightning Estheim:

Hope has a new mommy. LightningxBartholomew


Yes, I have some grammar errors, just don't go all grammar ninja on me, okay? Thanks.

Hope: 14 (his P.O.V)

Snow: Brother, 16

Fang: Step-Sister, 16

Cid Raines: Step Brother, 21


"Ugh, they're doing it" My step-sister Fang said in disgust, as we were both watching T.V.

I nodded my head as I paid attention to the T.V show, trying to ignore the moans and bedsprings. But their noise level was insane! It's like I'm standing right next to them while they're having sex!

"Where's Snow and Cid?" I asked Fang as I surfed through the T.V channels.

Fang shrugged. "Probably having one of their 'Bro-nights out'."

I sighed. My brothers and I are never close and it bothers me when they have their own 'sibling bonding time' without me. I finally stopped at the Palumpolum's News Channel, where they were showing the 5 day

forecast: Sunny, Sunny, Sunny, Sunny and Sunny.

Hm, I'm not surprise since it's ALWAYS sunny here in Palumpolum, which annoys the hell outta me, I mean rain once in a while couldn't hurt, right? But the weather isn't the only thing that annoys me, my two older brothers Snow and Cid are usually the ones who ruin my day.

Hm...I should probably tell you about my messed up family. I'm Hope Estheim, son of Bartholomew Estheim, who is a major Sanctum official, and Nora Villiers, who was an English professor at Palumpolum's University, but died a few years ago from cancer.

My brother name is Snow Estheim, however, because of his rocky relationship with my dad, he uses my mother's maiden name which is Villiers, so he is known as Snow Villiers. I also have a step brother and sister, who are Cid and Fang Raines.

Their mother Jihl Nabaat, who is a psycho bitch, was married to my father. But after an attempted murder incident, Jihl got arrested and is in jail for the next 50 years, leaving Cid and Fang to Rydgea Raines, who is their biological father and ex-husband of Jihl.

But because of Rydgea is an abusive alcoholic and drug addict, my father Bartholomew was generous enough to take Fang and Cid into our family, which I don't really mind.

When it used to be me and Snow, things got a little haywired. Because Snow is 2 years older than me (He's 16), he acts like he's the "man" of the household, which bugs the shit outta me. He was a typical older brother who went around and bully his younger brother. Ugh, I really hate him.

But after Fang and Cid tagged along, he stopped bullying me, because Fang stands up for me like a real older sister. That's one of the reasons why I like Fang the best out of my other siblings, because she sticks up to me and is really nice.

Whenever there's a fight or argument between me and Snow, Fang always chooses my side and beats up Snow. I'm just really glad to have her as a step sister, yet I treat her as a biological one.

I also have a step-brother named Cid. Cid and Snow are really close together like me and Fang. He is the eldest child in our family, he's 21 years old and goes to Eden's University to become a medical doctor.

He's one of those shy guys, like me, who aren't very open to other people. But whenever he's with my other brother, he acts as obnoxious and annoying as Snow.

People usually think that he's a wimp, because he doesn't talk much , but he's actually a really good fighter. One time, when a bunch of football players from our school started to hit on Fang, Cid took out four 200 pounds football players in a couple of seconds!

I'm not sure how he took on those guys, probably because he's like really tall, he's like 6'5 ft. Fang's also tall too, she's 5'9, same as Snow. And me? 5'1. Barely.

Because of my short appearance, people saw me as an easy target and used to bully me like crazy. But that was in middle school, now in high school, no one cares about me and thinks that I'm a weird, of which I'm perfectly fine with.

"Finally! Their done!"Fang exclaimed as she lowered down the T.V volume. She was right. There was no more moaning or bedspring noises.

"I wonder who she is." Snow said as he and Cid entered the living room, back from their night out.

"Hey, how was your 'Bro-night out?" Fang asked, somewhat sarcastically as Snow threw his bandana in the closet nearby.

"Good." Cid replied as he grabbed his car keys from Snow, who was holding them.

"Snow you drove!" I asked surprisingly.

Snow is the WORST driver in the history of worst drivers! He practically runs through the stops signs, red lights, toll booths, and even people! His driving is equal to 10 drunk monkies!

"Yep!" Snow grinned as he grabbed the remote from me, changing the channel to wrestling.

"Yeah, you're horrible at driving. You ran through 5 red lights!" Cid exclaimed as the two brothers laughed.

Typical Snow to run through 5 red lights and not getting caught from a guardian corps patrol officer.

"Real funny you guys." Fang said sarcastically as she started to text to her best friend Vanille. Vanille, in my own opinion, is the most ANNOYING girl ever! Sure, she's pretty and nice and all, but she keeps making noises like she's having an orgasm!

"Ooh...talking to Vanille? Can I see?" Snow asked as he tried to grabbed Fang's sidekick, but failed miserably.

"Fuck off Snow!" Fang yelled as she moved her phone away from Snow. Snow has a "thing" for Vanille. Apparently, her orgasm noises are a "turn on" for him, which disgusts me.

Snow tried to reach Fang's phone like an idiot, but Fang shoved him backwards, slamming him into Cid.

"Whoa, watch it!" Cid yelled as he pushed Snow towards Fang.

"Ew! No! I don't want him!" Fang shouted in disgust as she shoved him back to Cid.

"Hey!" Snow yelled as he staggered backwards, towards Cid. "I am not a human toy! Stop pushing me!"

But before Cid or Fang could respond back, we heard footsteps walking down the hallway, from Dad's room. "It's Dad and his girlfriend!" Snow whispered.

"Heh, I wonder who it is this time!" Cid joked as he and Snow tried to get a view of the mysterious woman. "Probably some hooker!" Snow added.

"Guys! Quick! Get on the couch and pretend that we're well behaved kids!" Fang instructed as we all scrambled towards the couch. Dad always told us whenever he has his girlfriend over, we should all sit on the couch like well behaved kids to impress his girlfriend. Too bad we aren't.

Seconds later, our dad and his new girlfriend appeared on the stairwell, shocking me and my siblings. Instead of the usual middle age ladies my dad usually dates, this one looked like she was in her early twenties, around Cid's age. And I must say, she is very beautiful.

"Hey kids!" Our dad greeted us, as if we never heard the commotion in his bedroom. But no one replied back to Dad, since we were all busy staring at his new girlfriend.

"Kids...this is my new girlfriend, Lightning Farron." Our dad announced as he stepped aside, revealing her to us. Lightning? What a weird name...

"Hello." Lightning greeted in a cold voice. Ouch, this one doesn't seem like a jolly woman. Maybe she already knows that we're terrible kids.

"Uh...hi.." Snow greeted back, starring at Lightning's low cleavage. "Snow!" Fang yelled as she slapped Snow on the shoulder.

"Hey!" Snow yelped as he shoved Fang aside. "Whoa watch it!" Fang yelled as she did the same back. Did I mention that these two fight like cats and dogs?

"Kids! Enough!" My father scolded as the two stopped fighting, almost forgetting that we have a guest over. "Sorry dad..." They both mumbled as they stopped.

"Thank you." My dad continued. "Anyway, this is Sergeant Lightning Farron, a well respected soldier in Bodhum." Bodhum? That's like 10 hours away from here!

"I wonder what you guys do in the faculty lounge..." Snow joked as the rest of us started to crack up. My dad gave us a stern look, which made us stopped laughing.

"Dad..." Cid began. "She looks like she's half your age..." It's true. She could easily pretend to be our father's daughter and have everyone believe her. But her and dad going out? That's something that most people won't think of.

"She looks like an ordinary college kid wearing a soldier uniform." Cid continued.

"Well I'm a 21 year old soldier, and there's nothing wrong with that!" Lightning snapped, as she looked slightly insulted. 21! What the hell? That is the same age as Cid! What the hell is she doing with some middle age man when she should be in college and drinking and having fun?.

Dad was smart enough to go and take Lightning home. This get-to-know conversation isn't really working out. "Okay kids, Lightning's gonna get going." Dad said as he led Lightning to our front porch. He didn't seemed really happy and he slammed the front door, leaving me and everyone else speechless.

"What the hell is Dad thinking?" Snow asked. "He can't go out with that woman! She's only 21!"

"No shit Sherlock." Fang answered coolly as she started to fiddle around with her hair. After all of the girlfriends that my father had in the past, this one is probably the worst.

"Hey Hope, you wanna go spy on them?" Snow grinned as he carried me to the peephole. Yep, I'm short enough to not even reach the peephole without a stool. "Hey!" I yelled as Snow carried me.

"Snow, let your brother go!" Fang demanded.

But Snow didn't care what Fang said and shoved me against the front door.

"See anything interesting?" Snow asked.

"Nope, nothing. Only a couple of kisses and all." I replied. The two lovers kissed goodbye as Lightning left to go home in her Mercedes-Benz. Damn, she must have a pretty good job. Didn't Dad say that she's a sergeant? Hm, I never knew that Guardian Corps soldiers makes a lot of money and I've never met a young 21 year old sergeant, until now.

"Crap! Dad's coming!" I shouted as Snow dropped me on the floor. "Ow! Snow!" I yelled as Snow, Fang, and Cid quickly ran upstairs. Crap, I should to run away too. Dad is probably really pissed at us for disrespecting his new girlfriend. But what can I say? She's a 21 year old sergeant whose going out with a 45 middle age man!

"Wait up!" I yelled as I tripped over one of the stair steps, bruising my knee. "Aw fuck!" I cursed underneath my breath as I ran upstairs, limping.


Author's Note: So what do you guys think of the first chapter? I'm not sure if I'm going to continue this story, depending whether you guys like this or not.

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