A/n: Hey everybody! I've decided to upload my first fic, YAY! Since this is my first fanfic, critiques and reviews are welcomed with love. And also, english is not my first language so please forgive me if this fic have grammatical errors or typos. Enjoy!

Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia, I only own the plot. If I DO own Hetalia, Prussia will confess his love to Austria.

Prussia: *choking on beer*


A 12-years-old Gilbert Beilschmidt sat perched on a tree, looking at the setting sun, the blue sky now tinted pink. He just loved moments like this when he can escape reality just for a little while and dream of a better life. But a better life is not his biggest dream, having a friend is. Well, of course his brother, Ludwig, is also considered his friend, but there's 5 years of age difference and he needed a friend with the same age.

Why he needed a friend so much, you ask? Well, Gilbert and Ludwig was left by their parents when Gilbert was 7 and Ludwig was 2 because their parents are really poor and can't afford to feed two more. Now they live in a small log cabin located deep inside the forest, near a small waterfall. The log cabin was made by their parents when Gilbert is still 3. The small log cabin is cozy and just right for two persons to live in, it has a fireplace, a kitchen, and a single bed all in one room.

Gilbert climbed down the tall tree awesomely in his own unique way causing the tree to shake and go back to the little house. Speaking his thoughts, he said, "It's time for dinner!". He entered the log cabin and was immidiately greeted by his baby brother who's stomach is already growling from hunger.

"Bruder, when are you gonna prepare dinner?" Gilbert saw the hunger in his little brother's eyes and felt guilty for not coming home and make dinner earlier.

"I'm just gonna. You can accompany your awesome bruder to check on the traps we set earlier today if you wanna" Gilbert answered with a grin. Ludwig's eyes shine in excitement, it's not often that he can help his brother check on the traps. Gilbert always insisted on Ludwig staying home whilst he check on the traps and Ludwig is getting bored waiting everyday. Ludwig rapidly shake his head for a 'yes'.

Seeing his little brother's answer, he quickly grabbed his bow and arrow, a dirty bag, a long strong rope and also his pocket knife, but this time he handed the pocket knife to Ludwig who take it with doubtful eyes. "It's gonna be alright, I trusted you. You're old enough to have this, it belongs to you now" Gilbert then smiled at his brother who is now beaming with joy and ruffled his already-messy blonde hair. The pocket knife is a gift to Gilbert from the siblings' father for Gilbert's first successful hunt, that's why it's so precious. "We're all set. Let's go!"


Inside the thick greenery, the siblings manage to locate the trap and immediately rush to check on it. They're lucky today, super lucky. The animal trapped is a deer, a big one at that. "Whoa! That is awesomely big, that much meat can provide a meal for two for a whole week!" Gilbert exclaimed, drool already dripping from the side of his mouth.

You may think that a 12-year-old can't possibly be daring enough to hunt and kill an animal for dinner, but you're wrong. Gilbert have to. No, need to be able to expertly hunt an animal or set traps for food so that the two of them can't starve. Then there's the cutting and skinning part. Just imagine, skinning an animal.. you might not be able to stand it and probably faint right there and there. But not Gilbert, he learned to do so from the age of seven. That's why Gilbert agreed to take Ludwig, he's seven already.

The trap that Gilbert made is a simple trap that you can make by only digging a really wide and deep hole and then covering it with weak woods that can break easily by criss-crossing them and then finally covering them with leaves. The deer is now laying down at the base of the deep hole and not being able to stand up, maybe because it break its leg from the fall into the trap. Gilbert grab the bow and an arrow and then aim at the deer's chest.

He shoots with precission. The sound of the tip of the arrow going through the flesh is almost inaudible. The deer died in no less than a minute with an arrow striking his heart dead-on. Ludwig stared in awe at his older brother, then at the deer and then back at his older brother.

Gilbert let go of the breath he didn't know he was holding and then smiled to his blonde little brother. "Lud, do me a favor and tie the rope to a tree. When you're done, I'll tell you what to do next." The little blonde german immediately grab the rope and tie it to firm-looking tree. He then shouted "it's done" to his older brother.

"Now that its tied, you can climb down the trap and bring out the deer, and I guarantee you don't need any effort to do that" After that sentence, little Ludwig shot his brother a questioning look that says 'and how am I suppose to bring that heavy deer out of that deep trap without any effort?' Gilbert then reply with an expression that says 'let the awesome me tell you how'.

After an explanation, Ludwig, ready to climb down to the trap hole confirm the steps one more time, "So, I climb down and tie the rope to the deer and then I tug the rope several times for the signal that you can pull the deer out, without me, and when you finish untying the rope from the deer you throw me the rope so that I can come out. Is that right?" Gilbert answered with a nod.


Roderich Edelstein glanced out of the window of his new home in Germany. At his right is a thick forest with a single tree higher than the rest. At his left is the town, he can see people starting to light lamps for the sky is slowly getting darker. Then he noticed that the sky is a beautiful dim blue tinted with pink. Sadly, he can't gaze at it longer because dinner is ready and his father is calling him to go down to the dining room.

He then noticed that the tallest tree is somewhat shaking, capturing his attention. He saw a figure climbing down the tree in a peculiar way causing it to shake. He decided it was just a monkey or some sort. But when he pay more attention to it, he can see that the figure is deffinitely a human being. He is utterly shocked but he just shrug it off and decided that he'll check it out tomorrow. He'll find a way to sneak out of his lessons and go to the forest.


The german brothers have quite a feast that night. They have a splendid dinner with the deer meat (although it's way too late to call it dinner). After being full and satisfied, they both say good night to each other and fell into a deep sleep.. well, at least Ludwig did. Gilbert is wide awake in his bed and decided to go to his special place deep inside the forest.

Gilbert isn't scared of the forest at night because at nighttime the forest decided to show it's real beauty. He is guided by the flying orbs of light into the place he liked best, a clearing in the forest that light can easily go through, providing the flowers light so that they can grow into beautiful colorful ones. This is his special place that he promised to himself he can only share with a really special person in his life.

Little does Gilbert knew he was going to share that place soon..