A/N: I've only seen Four Brothers about twice and I hardly remember some of the details. But don't worry, I'm going again this Friday because my mom hasn't seen it, so I'm going with her. Okay, this story goes through the movie and afterwards. Now, enjoy!

Disclaimer: Don't own none of the characters but my own.

Shadow's Memories

Chapter One

Vanessa Zamora looked at the lady before her. At six years old, she was surprise that someone actually wanted a child that was born heroine addicted, and grew up traumatized. She had light brown hair that reached the middle of her back, and curious brown eyes. She was fairly tan but not too dark but not too pale either. The woman who carried her in put a gentle hand on her shoulder.

"Hello Evelyn, how are you?"

"Fine, Sam, and yourself?" Evelyn asked.

She had shoulder length blonde hair and crystal blue eyes. Her skin was pale but not so much that it was a powder white look. She was fairly young for a thirty-eight year old.

Sam smiled. "Pretty good. This is Vanessa, the six year old that was rejected nine times."

Evelyn kneeled before the girl and smiled softly. "Hello dear, how are you?"

"Fine." Vanessa whispered.

There were loud thuds above them, Vanessa whimpering. Evelyn stood, rolling her eyes, knowing who was making so much noise upstairs.

"They're going to hear me out after this." Evelyn muttered, Sam chuckling. "Well, you best be going Sam."

"Right, thanks again for everything, Evelyn."

Sam walked out of the house, giving Vanessa one last sympathy look. Evelyn closed the door behind her and turned to see the child looking around. Her eyes wonder up to the stairs on her right as another thud, followed by muffled voices, were heard.

"Vanessa, honey," Vanessa turned to the woman. "Did you ever have brothers before?" Vanessa shook her head. "Do you like playing with boys?"

Vanessa shook her head once more. "Mi papi would beat me if el mi vio with ninos."

Evelyn smiles softly. "But your papi isn't here any longer. He would never lay a hand on you again, okay?" Vanessa nodes slowly, not knowing if she could trust the woman. "Come on than, I want to introduce you to your new four older brothers."

Evelyn took the scared little girl's hand and walked up the stairs.

"Boys! I want you to meet someone."

The door to the right opened, a black boy of about fourteen years old walked in front of the woman and child. He smiled at the sight of me, showing pearly white teeth. The other doors opened to reveal a seventeen year old white boy. He had short dark hair and gray eyes. He had a bit of muscle and had a confident loon on his face, a smirk on his lips when he saw Vanessa.

Another black boy, fifteen years old, walked out. He was a bit shorter than the white boy, and had a clean cut hair and clean clothes, unlike the others, and he, too, smiled at the sight of Vanessa. And the last boy to stand next to his brothers was also white. He was the shortest, and the smallest, about eleven years old. He was thin, but was a bit built like his other brothers. He had long light brown, unkempt hair and brown eyes. He smiled at the sight of Vanessa.

"Boys, I want you all to meet your new sister, Vanessa. Vanessa, this is Angel," Evelyn pointed to the black boy that first walked out. "Bobby," she pointed to the oldest. "Jeremiah," the second black boy. "And Jack."

"Finally, a sister! I was getting sick of brothers." Jeremiah said with a smile.

"Jack, I want you to move into Angel's room. You two will be sharing from now on."

Angel's smile faded. "What! No way!"

At his raised and angry voice, Vanessa whimpered and hid behind Evelyn's left leg, ready to start crying.

"Look what you have done Angel!" Bobby glared at his younger brother.

"Boys, Vanessa came from a very abusive home. Please be careful with what you say and do around her." Evelyn told them, trying to calm the girl down.

The boys looked at each other, wondering all ready about the girl's past. Bobby walked over to Evelyn and kneeled, smiling softly at Vanessa.

"It's okay Vanessa, Angel didn't mean to yell."

Vanessa sniffed, a tear falling. "Please don't hit me. I promise to obey." She said in a low voice, gripping Evelyn's pants.

Everyone but Evelyn, who knows Vanessa's background, was surprise by this.

"No one's going to hit you, Nessa." Bobby said softly.

Vanessa poked her tear streaked face from behind Evelyn's left leg.

"I'll make sure no one is ever going to land a hand on you."

Vanessa ran from behind Evelyn's leg and into Bobby's arms. He hugged her, picking her up as he stood. Vanessa buried her face at the base of his neck, hoping that all the pain and suffering would go away.

"Shh, it's okay. Your new brother's are going to protect you from now on, okay?"

Vanessa pulled back to look at Bobby's smiling face. She turned to the other boys to see them smiling also, nodding their heads. Vanessa smiled faintly, knowing that she found a good home with people that actually care about her.

Bobby than turned, looking at Angel and Jack. "Jack, take out all your things and move into Angel's room. Angel, don't complain and help Jackie boy."

Angel made a face but both boys went to do what they were supposed to do. Evelyn smiled, hoping this would be a good experience for the young girl and that it wasn't too late for her.

Bobby turned to look at the girl in his arms. "Want to come to my room and play with some toys while your brothers clean out your room."

Vanessa nodded. "Si, por favor."

Bobby raised an eyebrow, looking over to his mother, who was walking back downstairs as Angel poked his head from Jack's room.

"She's Mexican? All right! Maybe now I can finally understand what Sophie's been saying about me to her friends!" Angel smiled over to Vanessa.

Vanessa furrowed her eyebrows in confusion as Bobby moved her around in his arms a bit to get more comfortable.

"You ain't using our new baby sister to translate what that girl is sayin'!" Bobby told him sternly before walking towards his room.

"Ah, c'mon man! Just until I learn to speak Spanish!" Angel protested.

"No!" Bobby said firmly, closing his door with his foot.

He set Vanessa down and opened a chest. He moved thing around until he found what he was looking for. Bobby pulled out several coloring books and a box of crayons that had some colors missing.

"Here ya go. You can lie on the bed and color until your room's done, okay?"

Vanessa took the books and box before walking over to the bed and jumped on. She lay down and begun to color any pictures that weren't filled in yet. Bobby smiled and walked over to his desk to finish the rest of his homework. He picked up his Playboy magazine and began reading.

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Thirteen years later

Vanessa Mercer stood at the kitchen sink, washing the dishes. She was the last Mercer to stay in the house with Evelyn as her brothers all went their separate ways when she was only sixteen years old. Will, Jeremiah actually got married and lived not too far away, but he still lived outside of the house. Vanessa was five feet, five inches with waist length brown hair, the ends curled in every direction. Her brown eyes were covered by green contacts but even so, they were still curious to everything around her.

Evelyn walked into the kitchen, fixing her scarf and coat. She was going out to the market a few blocks down the street to pick up a turkey and a few food items for the thanksgiving holiday.

"Okay, I'll be back in just a few minutes. I want you to finish your homework and asleep before I get back! College student or not!"

Vanessa turned to Evelyn with a smile. "Si mom."

Evelyn chuckled and kissed Vanessa's cheek. She walked out the back door, letting the door slam to a shut. Vanessa finished the dishes and went to open the fridge for some juice. She noticed that there wasn't any juice, or milk. She knew it was too late to stop her mom, so knowing that she's was going to get grounded for this, Vanessa grabbed her house keys from the dinning room table, and put on her jacket and black beanie.

She locked the house door and got into her car, knowing her mom wouldn't like Vanessa out walking so late. Ten minutes later, Vanessa parked behind her mother's car, turning off her car and headlights. She was about to get out when she heard muffled gun shots. Vanessa looked around, trying to see where it was coming from.

Two masked figures ran out of the small market, Vanessa slouching down so as to not get seen. Once the young adult knew that thieves were gone, Vanessa sat up slowly, her heart slowly going back to normal speed. But Vanessa's eyes widen in fear.

"'Ama!"

Quickly getting out, Vanessa ran to the market and swung open the door. She looked around and froze at the sight before her. Tears blurred her vision as she ran to the back of the market. Vanessa sat on her knees next to Evelyn's head and carefully turned her over.

"No!" Vanessa screamed, slouching forward with an awkward hug.

She stayed like that for so many hours, crying. Evelyn's blood pooled around her and Vanessa's body, the young adult not really noticing it. Vanessa can't even remember when the cops came. Or when they tried to pried her off of Evelyn's lifeless body. Or when Jeremiah hugged her until Vanessa cried herself to sleep in the guest room of Jeremiah's and Camille's house.

The only thing Vanessa remembered was the two dark figures and Evelyn's cold body against her own warm one.

A/N: So, how was it? Please review!