A recording screen was turned on, revealing someone…way too close to the camera for us to see properly.

"Ay Dios mio…why won't this phone stay on the…Ah, okay!" said a voice. The body then moved further back, and we can see the owner of the voice.

It was a twelve-year-old girl of Hispanic descent, with a skinny body, lightly tanned skin, dark eyebrows, bright green eyes, and a long honey-blonde hair that reaches half-way down her back. She is wearing magenta-rimmed glasses, as well as a yellow sleeveless shirt with a skirt, and long white pants.

The girl looked into the camera and smiled.

"Hello. Hola, mi amigos, and everyone else in the world. I am Luciana Flores, but my friends call me Honey Lemon. And um…I wanted to show this to my other friends, because…well, something AMAZING happened in my family." she said as she crawled to the side, out of frame, to reveal…a baby, looking at her with a smile.

Luciana, or Honey Lemon as she will be referred to as from here on out, then crawled back into frame as she held the baby in her arms.

"My two moms and I have a new addition to the family! This is my baby brother!" she said in a cheery voice as she leaned her head towards the baby's face, nuzzling it against his cheek. The baby giggled as her nose tickled against his sensitive cheeks.

"We found him in the stairways of our home a few weeks ago in some basket. It kind of reminds me of those movies we used to see when I was younger." Honey said as she shrugged. The baby just looked at her, smiling as he grabbed a strand of her hair and began to chew on it. Honey Lemon just gently pulled it away, making him frown.

"No, Esai…you'll get a hairball. My hair is not for eating." she chided softly, making the baby pout. She then turned back to her phone and smiled as she lied down on her back, holding her brother upwards, making him wiggle his tiny arms and legs. She then looked at the camera and smiled.

"He didn't have a name when we first found him…not even a note, which is…kind of strange, looking back at it now. But anyway, I was the first to find him!" she began as she bounced Esai up and down, making him laugh. Honey Lemon then continued,

"Once I showed him to my mommy and meemaa, they were confused about what to do with him. I want to keep him! Meemaa wants to as well, I think, but mommy…was not so sure. After a bit of discussion, though…mommy caved in, and we decided to keep him! Aaafter some painfully long time of having to contact our counselor and going through steps from our adoption agency…" the last sentence was said with an impatient groan before the little girl smiled again as she placed Esai down. Esai made some 'Ba-Ba!' noises as she did so.

Honey then sat back up and looked at her baby brother with a warm, caring smile. Esai looked back at her, and he stuck his tongue out innocently. Honey Lemon giggled.

"But it was all worth it in the end. Before you came along, I was the only child. I never really had anything or anyone to care for. No younger siblings, or any cousins, not even any pets. While I agree being an only child is peaceful…it gets pretty lonely." she began before she cupped Esai's cheeks and rubbed her thumb along the skin softly. Esai leaned his head into the gesture, grabbing her hand gently.

"However…all that changed when you came along, Esai. It's as if…as if God sent you here for a reason…and my family isn't even THAT religious!" she said, giggling at the slight irony of that statement before she gently swung him back and forth.

"Esai…I'm grateful to have you in my life…you're my entire world from the moment you came into my life." Honey then added, leaning in and pressing her forehead against Esai's face, the hair landing on the boy making him laugh. Honey Lemon laughed as she hugged him.

"Esai, you're gonna be something special. Perhaps in more ways than one…you're gonna help out so many people, and change everything for the better. I can feel it." she cooed. Esai hummed softly as he reached his left hand out to grab her hair, playing with it. Honey smiled.

"There will be struggles for you in the future. That's…sadly unavoidable. Trust me, I've been there…MANY times." she added. Esai tilted his head in confusion as he listened to her. Honey shook her head.

"That doesn't matter for right now…the point is; in time, you will help people accomplish wonders. And I will help and guide you all the way." she continued, poking him in the nose, making Esai smile and giggle. Honey then held him close to her and whispered.

"For that's what siblings do…until the end of time; I love you more than anything else in the whole, wide world." she said, rocking him side to side gently. Esai gently leaned into her embrace, tiny arms wrapped her waist.

The hug is warm, gentle, and loving. The two kids loved such an embrace; the bond between these two grew stronger than before. Honey then kissed him on the neck, before whispering into his left ear.

"Always…" she finished before she went back to hugging her baby brother. Honey then looked at the screen and sighed out of her nose as she reached her left arm, and pressed at the bottom of the screen with a warm smile.

Then the recording ends.

This night is the beginning of a new life for Luciana 'Honey Lemon' Flores, and her little brother, Esai Flores. And as we will in see in future recordings, things are certainly going to get interesting.

Several other recordings began to pop-up, each of them displaying Honey Lemon and Esai bonding with one another.

One recording shows the two of them, around the same age as the last recording, showing Honey Lemon sitting in front of Esai, with another person behind the baby. The face was obstructed, but it is one of their two mothers that Honey mentioned in the last recording.

Honey looked at her mother and nodded with a smile.

"Come on; have him walk to me." she pleaded happily. The mother was heard smiling as she grabbed Yutashi by the stomach, and lifted him steadily.

"Hold on, Lucy. Let him get used to standing up." she said as she kept him upwards. Honey pouted as she crossed her arms. Esai looked at her and reached out towards her. The mother then giggled as she slowly lets go, and Esai was able to stand up.

"Okay, now go! Go to your sister!" the mother says, clapping her hands together. Honey then reached her arms out, looking at him with a smile. Esai grew determined, reaching out to her as he took his first step.

"Yes! That's right, little guy! Come to Lucy! Come to Lucy!" she cooed, stepping back to give Esai more motivation to walk. Esai giggled as he moved forward, eventually speeding up to her, stepping out of frame.

The mother looked at the phone and then stood up, lifting it from the ground, and aiming it towards her children, with Esai finally catching up to her and grabbing her legs. Honey Lemon perked up happily.

"Yes. Yes! Good job, yaaay!" she cooed, picking him up. Esai giggled, feeling happy that his older sister is happy.

"Good job, Esai. You took your first steps!" the mother said excitedly as she walked over to them. Esai and Honey looked at her with happy smiles.

"Yeah! And you're only six months old! That is…a little unusual, but still amazing!" she added as the mother stepped beside them. The camera was then moved back, revealing the mother's face as she stood next to them, looking into the camera. This woman has brown hair going down past her shoulders tied to a ponytail, fair skin and a 5'10" tall slender body with blue eyes.

"You saw it firsthand right here, world! Our son, Esai Flores, has taken his first step at the age of six months!" she declared, looking at him proudly. Esai looked at her, and then at the camera. Honey and the mother looked at each other.

"He makes us so proud, doesn't he, meemaa?" Honey asked. The mother nodded. "Yes he does," she replied as she kissed her on the forehead, just as Esai reached his hand outwards to touch the screen, accidentally touching the recording button, ending the recording session just as the two older girls were just about to stop him.

Another recording happened three years later, showing Esai, now three years old, having a birthday party, with his two mothers and Honey sitting next to him, in front of a birthday cake. Surrounding them were other people, possibly friends of the family, or the extended family. They were singing 'Happy Birthday' to him, and Esai was looking at them with a smile.

After a while, Esai blew into the candles, making everyone cheer. Honey hugged him closely and kissed him closely.

"Feliz cumpleaño, Esai." she said. Esai smiled and giggled.

"Thank you, Lucy." he replied.

The recording then stops, and then cuts away to another part of the party, with Esai receiving and opening presents.

One of the presents has a thin outline, similar to a DVD case. Esai read the label.

"To Esai. From; Uncle Joel." he read before he looked at the right.

"Thank you, Uncle Joel." he spoke to someone out of frame. There was a laugh from the right, followed by Uncle Joel replied with,

"You're welcome, squirt."

Esai then opened the gift…or rather he tried to. Honey, who was the one recording this footage, giggled.

"You need help?" she asked. Esai looked at her and shook her head.

"Uh-Uh. I'm okay." he replied as he tried to open the gift…with eventual success. Honey laughed again. Esai then moved the wrappers away…and was taken aback by the present.

It was a DVD case about…Biology?

Esai looked confused, as did Honey.

"Biology?" she asked, scooting into view as she placed the phone down, obscuring what's going on.

"Well, Esai loves animals, so I figured I would find something that would explain everything about them." We hear Joel say. We hear conversations for a while, about one of the mothers acting concerned and hesitant about this, before Esai piped up with,

"I love it! Thank you, Uncle Joel!" he said, as we hear footsteps approaching him with a laugh coming from Joel. Then, the recording again, ends.

Then, we see a new recording of Esai, now four years old, drawing something on the living room floor. Honey was next to him, watching him draw.

"Wow, Esai. What are you drawing?" she asked as she approached him. Esai looked up at her, and then back at the drawing.

"An animal," he replied. Honey scoffed and then laughed.

"I know it's an animal. But what animal is it, Mr. Smartypants?" she asked as she lied down next to him, the camera shaking in the process.

Esai giggled, as he pointed to the animal in question. The drawing depicts a crocodile with leopard-like legs, several tusks like a warthog and an elephant, rows of sharp teeth like a Goblin shark, patches of silver fur on its back like a gorilla, opposable thumbs like a chimp, a caudal fin and gills from a fish, pink gill slits from an axolotl, and a braincase on the forehead.

"That is Adam; a hybrid animal." he replied. Honey then came into view as she lied down next to him. "A hybrid? Of what kind of animal?" she asked. Esai looked at her and smiled, explaining right away.

"He's mostly Saltwater Crocodile, but if you read here;" he said, pointing to the list of animals in the bottom right corner.

"There is also American Alligator, Cuban Crocodile, an Axolotl, an Amur Leopard, a Warthog (like Pumbaa), a Grizzly Bear, an African Elephant, a gorilla and chimpanzee, a Goblin Shark, Salmon, African Gray Parrot, Humpback Whale, Killer Whale, Beluga, Sperm Whale, and Homo Sapien." he listed.

Honey looked at him with shock.

"THAT many animals?! No way. Many of them are not even closely related to each other. How could such a thing be bred into existence?" she asked. Esai shook his head.

"It isn't. Like the Indominus Rex and Indoraptor from the Jurassic World movies mommy and meemaa streamed, it was designed genetically. Don't know how it works, but it's cool. That inspired me to do this." he said.

Honey nodded in understanding before she then looked at the drawing.

"Wow…look at this drawing. The details, the proportions…wow," she said in admiration. Esai looked at her, confused.

"I thought you want to be a chemist." he replied. Honey nodded with a smile

"Yes. But that doesn't mean I can't have two different interests. You can as well if you feel like it." she said. Esai nodded as he leaned into her body, and Honey was obliged to return the gesture with a smile and a chuckle.

"Mommy and meemaa are gonna be so proud of you." she cooed before she turned off the recording button.

That video, however, was only the beginning of Esai's potential.

Another recording starts up, and we now see an eighteen-year-old Honey Lemon with a six-year-old Esai Flores sitting on the floor, looking at a video on their TV sets. Esai was on her legs, looking at what was displaying with awe and curiosity, while Honey was laying her head on top of his hair. Whoever was recording slowly approached them as they began to talk to one another.

"Lucy…what's that?" asked Esai, pointing to the screen, showing an African American man in his late 70s wearing a typical white scientist displaying a book! Honey snugged him closer to her as she answered.

"THAT is a book made by a famous scientist, Edgar Potter." she told him.

Whoever was recording them then snuck to the side, holding in a giggle as Esai looked up at her.

"Edgar? Who's that?" he asked. Honey looked at him and smiled.

"Well, he's a famous scientist that changed everything on how we look at our DNA." she replied. Now Esai looked confused.

"DNA? As in the blueprint for all living things?" he asked. Honey nodded as she sighed.

"It's…very complicated. And as someone who – not to toot my own horn, either – has an A+ on Chemistry and at the top of the list as one of the smartest kids on my school…DNA itself, and more importantly, how to change it, is very hard for me to understand." she said, growing a bit cocky. Esai stared at her, confused.

"You can change DNA? Like in the Jurassic Park movies?" he asked. Honey nodded, not listening to the recording person holding in a chuckle, camera shaking.

"Yep. But, again…too much even for me to understand. You'd have to look at how the DNA itself is constructed, how it encodes which part of the animal or plant and…ugh." Honey said, pretending to flatten herself on the couch, making Esai giggle at her attempt. Then, he looked back at the commercial, just as it was about to end.

"I don't think so. I want to use CRISPR genome editing, Lucy." he said. Honey Lemon looked at him, confused.

"Huh?" she asked. Esai looked at her.

"That's a tool scientists use to edit genomes, which edits DNA, Lucy." he replied as if it was common knowledge. Honey looked at him, taken aback.

"How…how did you know about that?" she asked. Esai smiled innocently.

"From the DVD Uncle Joel gave me, as well as the library that mommy takes me sometimes." he replied. Honey's jaw dropped.

"Wow…Esai…you know how it works…Esai, I think you may be smarter than normal." Honey said to herself. Esai raised a brow.

"Is that bad, Lucy?" she asked. Honey then shook her head, patting him on the shoulders.

"No, not at all! I just…phew, this is big. I think you might be a prodigy." she said softly to herself. Esai titled his head, confused. Honey saw this, and smiled, holding him closely.

"A prodigy is a child who excels in certain areas better than most normal adults. I THINK that's what you are; I have to tell momma and meemaa about this. This could be good news." she said, calm expression growing excited. Esai's face also brightens up, before he grew a cheeky smirk.

"That means I'll be smarter than you? Finally! It's about time I'm smarter than you at something, Luciana!" he cheered with his arms raised. Honey's jaw dropped as she looked at him with a feign shock.

"Finally?! Oh, that's it! You may be my brother, but you don't get to decide who's smarter than who! Come here, time for your tickling punishment!" she said as she laid him down, and began to tickle beneath his shoulders, making him laugh.

Neither of them noticed the recorder slipping away from the living room, and behind the wall, out of sight. The camera then turned, showing another woman; a tall, blond Latina woman with long blond hair and green eyes, much like Honey Lemon.

"Wow…first, great interest in that Biology DVD. Next, drawing various pictures involving that…a strange animal called Adam…and then, seeing so many Biology books whenever I take him to the library…" she pondered, looking at her hand and raising each of her fingers in unison as she listed these special circumstances. Her eyes then slowly widened, and exasperation overtook her face.

"I think Lucy might be right. I've got to tell Elizabeth about this." she said as she pressed a button, ending the recording.

All of these recordings are hints of the boy's life.

This, is Esai Flores, and this is where our story begins…

AN: Hey everyone, superkoola here!

Here we are; the rewrite of Big Hero 8: Pick Up the Pieces. For those who are not aware, I've decided not to continue the aforementioned story the way it was, because of quality purposes, and many things that either do not make much sense or don't go anywhere in the plot. Therefore, here we are!

Here is the new story; Big Hero 7: Empathy!

Hope you enjoy this new story, and stick around for more!