"I don't see what's the point of going somewhere if you can't walk. I mean, that's the only way you can get around, right?"- Olivia

A few moments of silence rang through the house of the Ivanov family. Olivia was still asleep, Arabella hadn't tried to make a sound ever since she was up, but Nadia..

It only took a few more seconds until the banging of two pans woke up the two girls. And it wasn't exactly a pleasant wake-up call to the children, either.

But today was different.

Arabella and Olivia were excited to wake up on this day, a Sunday. But it wasn't any Sunday. It was a Sunday that Olivia enjoyed. Her 8th birthday had finally come. After years of waiting, she had finally been able to relish this wonderful day.

Nadia, the blonde woman smiled as she saw Arabella and Olivia, already up with smiles on their faces.

"Happy birthday, little flower." Olivia pouted at the nickname, but still held a grin on her face. "Thank you, aunt Nadia." She did a small curtsy with her nightgown, and ran into the kitchen. The older girl, Arabella, looked at her cousin run down the narrow hallway, and held a small smile on her face.

"She's never seen aunt Liliana before, has she?" Nadia didn't answer, instead, an indifferent look on her face was all the 12 year old got for an answer. Arabella nodded, and followed her cousin into the kitchen, not saying a single word.

The question sounded might've sounded stupid to most, but it was the normal question going around this particular household. One day, Liliana came home with a 1 year old in her arms, thrust it into the care of her older sister, gave it a kiss on the forehead, and then went away. Nadia nor Olivia questioned her disappearance, and instead, acted as if it were normal.

But it was.

Olivia rocked her chair back and forth, as she hummed a small tune. Arabella rapped her fingers on the table, as Nadia set down a breakfast platter for both of them.

"Liliana's going to be here soon, so eat quickly, but don't hurt yourselves." Nadia waved her finger at the two, going out of the kitchen and into another room.

The two girls did as they were told to do, and then ran into their rooms to get ready. Afterwards, the two sat in the living room, waiting eagerly for the arrival.

A knock sounded on the door, and Nadia jogged to it, opening it and throwing her arms wide open.

"Liliana!"

"Nadia!" A much smaller, yet same accented voice called out.

The woman stepped inside, and closed the door behind her. She had a normal appearance, with brown hair mottled with lighter strands of brown, silver eyes, and a beauty mark on the left side of one of them. She looked cheerful, but for some reason, had a sad air around her.

Liliana looked towards the children sitting on the couch, and laughed when she saw both of them. Olivia tilted her head for a moment, then it clicked.

That woman was her mother.

"Mama!" Olivia tackled her mother, clutching her waist as if she were a vessel for protection.

Which she was, when you happened to mess with her enough.

Liliana giggled, rubbing the eight year old's back softly. "If you keep sucking the breath out of me, then I won't be able to give you your birthday present, yes?" She asked, at this, Olivia collapsed back onto the couch, and onto her cousin's lap.

Opening her purse, she pulled out a medium sized, black box with a red ribbon on top. "I got these from a store. I was wondering if you'd like them." Olivia took the box from her mother's hands, pulling the ribbon off carefully and opening the box.

Inside laid a pair of violet pointe shoes.

Olivia gasped, her hands going to her mouth in complete surprise. "You got them...you actually got them!" Liliana smiled at her daughter. "Well, what are you waiting for? I want to see you be a ballerina, too." Olivia grinned, pulling on the shoes and tying them up. Arabella cheered her cousin on, hands balled into fists.

But when she tried to go en pointe-

A tearful scream broke through, with tears muffling as the sobs racked on and on...

"I CAN'T WALK!"

So, here's the first chapter of Little Soldier. I really hope anyone who reads this enjoys it, and I'd love to have any feedback or anything I could do better. And also, before I forget.

Notes and things for future chapters:

-The main character of this story is an eight year old who goes by the name of Olivia Ivanov. She's actually not apart of the real Ivanov family *le gasp* but she's adopted. I'll explain more on this in the future.

-There will be canon characters and mentions of other OC characters from some of my friends in this story, so if you aren't a fan of OC's, this story won't be your cup of tea.

-Liliana and Nadia are related. Sisters, actually.

-I promise there will be more dynamic scenes in the future, but I wanted to start off with a calm scene, at first before going into the action part.

-The first part of this takes place in St. Petersburg, Russia. The second part takes place in London, England (figures).

Most of all, I'd love to thank these people

-Blondie-Moyashi (Knightchick or Dgray, on DA), for helping me and cheering me on when I wrote this story.

-ChikitaWolf (Chi on DA), for giving me the inspiration on this.

-BakaUsagi49 (Laviismine on DA), for cheering me on the first part of this story and giving me inspiration on this as well.

If I left anyone out, be sure to tell!

I hope you like this story and reviews keep Olivia dancing~!