A dark figure sat over an expanse of the earth, looking down at the world. He pulled the strings of a young blond boy and his brother. Making one loud, vibrant, energetic, and happy, the boy would also have a sharp temper, snapping at whoever disagreed with him with extreme venom. The other he made the opposite. Shy, quiet, brooding, and angry. This one would also have a sharp temper, but would hide his anger, bottle it up until he exploded.

The shadow man gave people their bad qualities, their anger, their hate. He was the reason Racism existed. He was the reason why mothers killed their children. The reason why "nice guys" stalked women, and then raped and killed them. He hated niceness and love, every aspect of it. It made him sick.

All the time he was shaping the twins he had been shaping others too.

A blond British boy. The boy was a gentleman on the surface, but a menace underneath. He was a punk with a drinking habit and a foul mouth.

A blond french boy. Also a gentleman on the surface, but quite the pervert underneath. He was obsessed with romance and anything sexual.

An albino German boy. The boy wasn't too bad, he seemed very punk rock and bad boyish on the surface. Under the facade he was a sadistic jerk who swore and drank too much.

The albino's brother was a stoic, proper blond. On the surface, he followed the rules to a T and resented anyone that broke them. Under that, he had a horrendous temper and the same drinking problem as his brother.

A Spanish brunette that was good friends with the French blond and the albino. He was happy go lucky on the surface, with impeccable manners. Under that he was sadistic and fairly evil.

A Italian brunette with an odd curl on the side of his head. He was very cheerful and happy go lucky. Most people assumed he was an air head. Below the surface he was a genius that held one hell of a grudge and had an odd obsession with planning peoples untimely deaths.

The Italian brunette had a twin. A foul mouthed bad tempered and rude boy, yet kind to those he cared about. Beneath that he was the same as his brother. Angry with a fetish for planning deaths.

A Turkish brunette. He was a model student to the world. To himself, he was a closet pervert with an obsession with a certain french blond. He had a morbid sense of humor and the tendency to quite twisted in a way.

A tall Russian boy with very light, almost white, blond hair. To the world he was a sweet baby faced young man. To those who had the displeasure of knowing him personally, he was a demonic, morbid, sadistic, and ruthless man. He loved tormenting people.

Finally there was an ivory haired Asian. The Japanese boy was very studious and polite when you saw him. but under that, he was a closet pervert and very evil. It took a lot to make him angry but when you did, you had to fear for your very life. He was highly morbid and sadistic.

The man pulling their strings, observing them carefully. A beautiful woman in a flowing dress came and sat beside him, tying red strings around the pinkies of the boys. The shadow man growled. "What is the meaning of this?" he hissed at her. She smiled, beautifully and evilly. "Lets make a bet, shall we?" she said, taking his string from him and freezing time. "My strings against yours. I will give you my powers for a day if you win, and you will give me yours for a day if I win. Agreed?" she asked, grinning maliciously. The shadow man looked at her for a moment and grinned. "Agreed." he hissed grabbing his strings back. She smiled again. "Alright, let the game begin." And with that, she disappeared.

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Woo I'm back ladies and gents! This is kind of a collab with Xambonie, my proof reader and best friend. She's gonna help me with ideas and such. The song inspiring this proluge is Marionette Syndrome by Vocaloid. Basicly every chapter is gonna be a year, and there will be sub chapters and such. There has to be sub chapters cause I can't write out a whole year in one chapter and i am not writing 48 chapters (12 month, 4 years). Its gonna be long, maybe 20 or so chapters. Its going to mostly focous around Alfred and Matthew. If I didnt explain the bet well enough, let me know! Pairings for this will be: PruCan, RussiAmeri, EnglandXJapan, FranceXTurkey (crack ftw), GerIta, and Spamano. FranceXTurkey was requested by Xambonie by the way (Xambonie: Love it! :D) |D Thanks for reading this prolouge