It was a warm Summer's day in a swamp in America and a huge family reunion was going on and while the adults were talking, eating, the kids were having fun too swimming, playing games and bonding but one of the kids in a hooded cloak watched as his cousins were goofing around and rough housing.
"Constantine come on, we gotta beat the other team!" a voice said near him belonging to his cousin Kermit but Constantine wasn't from here, he and his family lived in a swamp near St Petersburg but visiting for the reunion plus Constantine was in kindergarten but not very good around other kids.
"Do I have to?" Constantine asked softly.
"Yeah you can't be that shy to the point where you don't wanna play!" Ketmit said being eight years old and confident but Constantine took off.
"I told ya he wouldn't play!" one of the cousins said.
Constantine snarled at them getting in a fight and using his karate as they ran away making Kermit sigh.
"You know that wasn't nice." he said.
"So?" Constantine said but saw his aunt and uncle there.
"Looks like you're staying with us forva while." his Aunt said as Ketmit was excited but could help as Constwntine knew his Mom was about to give birth to eight thousand more mouths to feed.
"Fine abandon me, I don't care." he said stomping off.
Kermit felt bad for his cousin wanting him to be friends knowing he was shy and needed help so knew his Russian aunt and uncle were going to have more kids, so Constantine was staying with him and his parents.
"You sure it's okay, if you guys watch Constant?" he heard his Uncle Magnus say.
"Sure he'll have fun here." Jay replied.
He gave his brotherva locket to give to Constantine as he and his wife had to leave as Kermit understood going to find his younger cousin seeing Constantine doing karate.
"Your parents just are about to leave and you don't wanna say goodbye?" he said.
"They won't miss me, you know?
Especially when the eight thousand kids are born." he muttered as Kermit sighed.
He hated when his cousin was negative like this but knew Constantine's parents cared about him.
But a car driven by a man in a tux with blackish hair made Constantine curious as Kermit gulped.
"We never, ever go near people, well adult ones that is." he warned Constantine as he sighed.
"Let's just go home okay?" Kermit said.
"Okay Good Frog." he said as they were going.
But he sensed something about that human he liked but was feeling shy to go talk to him.
Later he was reading since he was advanced for a kid his age and already knew how to read but liked stories about rogues, villains and especially thieves plus had a library card.
Reading about thieves and villains made him happy since back home, his father was the King of Amphibian Thieves and training him in thievery.
He was getting tired as it was midnight and he didn't go to school while here yet and lying on his side in his hooded cloak drifting off into sleep which was a good thing.