1 Chapter One: Before the journeys Start

Zeraya is a fiery redhead, stubborn, outgoing, beautiful, kind and she isn't afraid to be seen. She spends all of her free time finding a new activity to do that can fill that empty space in her schedule. Always doing things, she likes to keep busy. She has been through a lot in her lifetime, most of which is because of her birth family; they're malevolent people living in Ireland. There are drug dealers, alcoholics, druggies, gang members, mafia leaders, and so on…. When she was young her father decided that they only wanted a son, so that when he is older he could take over the drug cartel in Ireland, so she was sent to a foster system in America. Zeraya was adopted multiple times throughout the first five years of her life, each time having another reason for the parents to change their mind. Finally when she was just about six she was adopted into the (family last name) family. She was a mix of thrilled and excited when she heard this news.

In that family she has two brothers. Her first brother Shawn is 25, and has a two month old baby girl. Her second brother Ashton is 16, he is young, and well kind of dumb. Her mother, Catalina, is 45 and has a beautiful soul, sweet and caring. Her father, Joshua is 49, he is stern caring and often seen as comical. In the beginning this big happy family atmosphere she was brought into just scared her, she was five and has always been alone. The loneliness haunted her, and the impressions on other family's left her with mental scars. She felt unloved, and she didn't think anyone could ever hold her in a place of their heart.

Her family takes care of each other, and never hesitates when it comes to helping someone else out. Growing up with this family has always made Zeraya feel loved, but she also always wanted to know where she came from. As the years went by she stuck to just knowing the family she does, but as she got older the curiosity didn't go away, she still wanted to know what and where she came from. So when she turned 15 she started to search for her family name Byrne. She knew she had a twin brother, so she started to look for someone with the same birthday and same last name as herself.

It took her a couple months, but one day she found a Zackery Byrne on a social media app. She took the liberty in sending him a message. The message simply introducing herself to this stranger that my or may not be her brother. The message reading

"Hi Zachary, I am Zeraya Byrne. I have been searching for my family for some time now, trying to learn more about where I come from. I came to know that I have a twin brother, and you just so happen to have the same last name as myself, and if your account has an accurate birthday the same birthday. 15 years ago I was sent through a foster care system being sent away from my family, I was wondering if that had any relation to you?"

Zeraya sent this message in hopes that something would happen, but as days became months she slowly lost hope in this message. Before the realization of him not responding, she would check her app daily. Within time she decided that it was about time she started focusing on what was going on around in her life currently. There was a lot going on in her school currently, and she had to be present in a lot of it because she was president in the schools key club, vice president in speech and debate, she runs in cross country, does several events in track, and is one of the head cheerleaders. Not only that but she also does theater outside of school. She still hoped for a message to come through, hiding her sadness from this she just found more ways to keep busy. Days become weeks, weeks become months, and months become years. By this time she gave up on it being him.

By now the way too busy 17 year old found herself applying for colleges that have a great music course. She put a lot of her music up on you tube, and did a lot of covers for songs. She loved acting, singing, and writing. She was seen all over the internet, by so many people, and so many places. She was always playing music, writing music, and singing music.now everyone knew who she was, and knew that she was trying to get into some of the music schools. The excitement she had for the ending of her High school life, and the beginning of her hopeful singing career.

Although Zeraya has stopped searching, she still wanted to know about her background. She believed not knowing where she came from was a form of not knowing herself, but over time she found ways to get over it all. She loved her adopted family, and they were the ones that raised her so she was okay with just that.

She was considering to take a trip to Ireland after she graduates, and before she goes to college. She wanted to just to see where she came from originally, and to get to know the origin of the place she would have lived if she wasn't taken or sent away from her family. She has found out some things, these things included that she was from Dublin Ireland, and that her parents where currently in Ireland's maximum security prison. She wanted to do more research of her family when she got into Dublin. At 17 she excitedly planned out these trips, and dreamed about what it would be like.Unknowing of what exactly was going to happen next I'm her life.