"FREAK!"

"YOU PIECE OF SH*T!"

"GO AWAY WITH YOUR CURSE!"

Insults and hatred was thrown at a little merboy.

Why? would you ask.

Because his tail and mer features were red.

You see, the merfolk tails were generally like all the common fishes. Around the blue and silver hue. Any extravagant colours weren't well seen. It was like an albino crocodile among a tribe of normal crocodiles. A threat to the specie, making them easy to spot.

But red tails were the worst, because they were cursed with terrible powers.

/

Ten years ago, there was an abandoned egg. No one knew what happened to his parents nor where did he come from. The only clue, was a old key that was attached to his egg with a piece of string. Since, it never left his neck, not knowing what was supposed to open. The egg had been found by a couple of merfolk, who had an egg recently.

Lena, the mother, decided immediately to take care of the abandoned egg like if it was her own.

"Our little one will have a sibling." She told her husband, Björn.

"What is that key?" Björn grunted, pointing the mysterious object.

"No clue..." Lena shook her head.

"*Whine*"

"Looks like someone is about to hatch." Björn said, picking up the egg, while Lena carried their own.

Once back to their cave, they prepared everything for the birth of the babies. Some of their friends were here.

"Two eggs, Björn? Two little Soldiers to train." One of Björn's colleagues said.

Björn was a hunter, bringing food for the colony.

"Hm." The stoic man said, looking the eggs wriggling around.

Crack

"They're hatching!"

The family's one revealed a silent little boy who looked like a mini Björn with Lena's eyes.

"Oooh~ he's adorable!" Lena's friends said, while she helped out her little boy.

"This is Berwald." Lena said

Berwald blinked adorably while Björn patted gently his head.

"What about the second one?" One of the friends asked.

"We found it a little away from the village." Björn said.

"Found it?" They gasped

Crack

A very loud scream shot out of the egg, stunning everyone. Lena had just the time to protect Berwald's ears.
It died down quickly though with a fit of coughing.

"What the heck was that..." one of the merfolk muttered.

Björn went carefully to the egg. A strange flow was emanating from it while the little creature inside was slowly getting out.

"OH MY GOD!" "EWWW!" "HOW AWFUL!"

Everyone was horrified by the newborn.

"It's a red tail! The cursed specie!" The men said, getting their weapons out.
Björn got also his harpoon out.

The baby blinked his blue eyes, not knowing what's going on.

"Wait!" Lena cried

"Stay away Lena, /it's/ dangerous!" Björn said

"He just a baby!" Lena said. "He don't know what's he's doing..."

"You're not going to raise /that/, are you?" One of the women said disgusted.

"He's my baby and Berwald's brother." Lena said firmly, scooping the red tailed boy. "His name is Mikel."

But even Berwald seemed to fear him.

"Get rid of him, Lena. He's cursed." Björn said sternly.

Then, poor red tail had been thrown away from the village. At least he's not dead, but how long will he survive...

"Awww~ what are you doing here all alone, little one?"

A man with strawberry blonde hair, Ruby red eyes and sharp fangs was here. Instead of fish part, he had bloody red octopus tentacles.

Of course being a newborn, the little boy couldn't talk and just wailed loudly, tiny tears turning into pearls.

'So this is those famous red tails powers...' the octoman winced under the loud yell and gush of force who pushed him away from the baby.

"Heeeeyyyy, it's okay little one, I won't hurt you." The man said calmly, without any threat.

The baby calmed down, looking at the man.

"There, I'll be your daddy." The man smiled softly and opened his arms.
The little boy smiled and maladroitly swam to him.

"Dabbbeeeee!"

The man cradled him.

"By the way, my name is Valentin." The man said. "Do you have a name?"

The boys blinked

"Mmmh... Your name will be Mathias."

Mathias smiled

/

Now, he wasn't smiling anymore.
Everyone was so mean with him and Valentin was so sick and weak that he couldn't leave the cave and protect him

It was up to Mathias to find a way to heal the only person who ever loved him.

BAM

Someone had punched him

"Stay away from the village you freak!" The tall man yelled.

Mathias couldn't take it anymore and swam away before he could cry.

For some reasons, Valentin had told him to not cry, especially in front of people.

Mathias swam again and again...

Before being caught in a net.

/
Hi PW here ~

I love the song "I'm a little yellow fish", from the Danish movie " Help! I'm a fish!"

The reason why Denmark is the merman, is about a story from a famous Danish writer.

I'm sorry about treating out little Dane this way.

I didn't really mean to be that mean with him.
Luckily Romania is here for taking care of him.

I don't own Hetalia nor its characters

Lena looks like this and this is Björn

PW out ~