Dream-chan: A few things before we start. First, I'm running out of ideas! I have planned up to chapter 28, which covers up to March 8 in the story. (On my chapter notes I put the date that the chapter occurs on.) If there's a character or pairing you want included let me know on the AU's tumblr and I'll put it in. Also, I'm going to be updating rather quickly up until about August 20. After that updates will slow down a bit. (Ugh, school…) Anyway, I'll probably start a drabble series once school starts so I can stay active. Oh, and this chapter contains Maddie being depressed, so I'm warning you right now that this may be a trigger. Feel free to skip the part starting where the girl shows up with the polar bear until about the end. Anyway, on with the story.
Alice started getting ready for her boyfriend Alfred's pool party. She sometimes thought that Alfred was a jerk, but nonetheless, she loved him. Was it something about his personality that attracted her? Or was it the way he always lit up her day with his smile and kindness? Alice put her swimsuit, a black and white striped bikini, on under her clothes and packed her undergarments, a cover-up, a beach towel, and a pair of goggles in a beach bag. She picked the bag up and headed over to the garage where her bike was. Alice was planning on riding her bike to Alfred's, since they lived only a few blocks apart. Hopping on her bike, she closed the garage door and started off on the short ride to the party.
Alfred was sitting on the porch before the pool party. He checked the time on the clock outside on the deck. 12:58. The guests should be arriving shortly, he thought. Suddenly, he heard someone in the driveway. Alfred headed to greet the first guests, who turned out to be his friends Francis, Antonio and Gilbert.
"Yo! What's up dudes!"
"Nothing much. Ready to have an awesome party?" Gilbert was being… obnoxious as usual.
"Yeah! Come on out back!"
Alfred led the three boys to the back, where the pool was waiting. He started up some music from his iPod that came blasting out of the speakers. Francis, Antonio and Gilbert took off their shirts and jumped into the pool, one at a time. Almost immediately they began goofing off and roughhousing. Alfred soon joined them by jumping off the diving board into the deep end. Soon Alfred saw Alice ride her bike into the driveway. He got out of the pool to greet his girlfriend.
"Alice!"
As soon as Alice had put her bike in Alfred's garage, the two almost immediately began to kiss, Alfred's tongue soon in Alice's mouth. After about thirty seconds or so, Francis interrupted.
"Alfred is getting some, non?"
Alice broke away from Alfred's embrace to launch herself at Francis. "YOU BLOODY FROG! WHAT THE HELL!"
Alfred eventually had to pull Alice away and stopped her with a kiss on her cheek as Francis ran back to the pool, terrified of Alice. Alice headed to the pool to attempt to attack Francis again, yelling "WANKER!" and various other insults at him. Meanwhile, Alfred saw the Vargas twins, Felicia and Lovina, arriving with their friends Chun-Yan and Sakura. The four girls headed to the back with Alfred. People began arriving non-stop. Alfred wondered how many people he had invited in the first place. Soon Ivan arrived with his sisters, followed shortly by Heracles (Chun-Yan and Sakura were drooling at the boys), and then Ludwig (his brother Gilbert was hanging out with his friends before so the two arrived at different times). A 7th grader named Elizabeta came soon after, then another 7th grader named Roderich. After all the party guests were here, Alfred started a game of Marco Polo. First Alfred was it, as everyone scattered around. A few minutes passed with nobody being tagged, and the kids started to play with the "Fish out of Water" variation. (1) Alfred finally tagged Sakura when she was out of the pool. The game continued on for about 15 minutes before Ludwig pulled Felicia out of the game to talk. After that, the whole game pretty much disbanded.
Felicia was a bit confused when Ludwig pulled her out of the game. The two were right by the poolside as Ludwig grabbed her wrists.
"Felicia… Remember when we were talking with Dream-chan the other day?"
"Yeah! And we both fainted!" Felicia turned something serious into something a bit silly with that sentence.
"Do you remember why we fainted?"
"Was it… oh, I don't know."
At that Ludwig silenced her with his lips. Felicia couldn't describe the feelings she had felt at that moment. Just before they started to use tongue, something interrupted them.
"GET SOME, WEST!"
Before Felicia could decipher what was going on, she and Ludwig were pushed into the pool by none other than Gilbert. What the…
"WHAT. THE. HELL." Ludwig seemed annoyed. Felicia turned to comfort him with a hug, but Lovina slapped Felicia's arm.
"GET THE HELL AWAY FROM THE POTATO BASTARD! NOW!"
Chun-Yan and Sakura decided to make an attempt to stop the fight. Chun-Yan spoke to Lovina in a calm tone. "Please, leave Felicia alone. She can love who she wants, aru. It's not like you two are the same person."
"I. DON'T. CARE."
At that, many of the party guests began to argue with Lovina as a girl in a one-piece bathing suit holding a polar bear walked out onto the porch. Nobody noticed her, just kept on arguing.
"I guess they don't care, huh, Kumajuju?
"Who are you?"
"I'M MADDIE, YOUR OWNER!" The girl began raging.
Ignoring the bear, she jumped into the pool, causing water to rain down over the arguing party guests. As Maddie surfaced, the party guests stared at her in awe.
"Who's she?"
"Was she even invited?"
Alfred spoke up. "This is Maddie, my little sister. She's a 7th grader."
Even the 7th graders at the party had no idea who Maddie was. She was almost invisible. Maddie decided to exit the pool, pushing herself up onto the concrete and standing, then walking away.
Maddie walked inside, Kumajiro in her arms. She put on her cover-up over her bathing suit and headed toward her room.
"Why is it that nobody notices me? Do they think I'm a ghost?"
"Who are you?"
"You're no help, Kumachacha. I'm Maddie, duh."
After the party guests had all left, Alfred walked into Maddie's room and sat down next to her.
"Maddie. Sorry about the guests… I don't know what to say…"
"It's OK. Nobody cares about me anyway, and I'm used to it."
"I care…"
Maddie cut Alfred off. "But you never notice me sometimes!"
"I'll try harder, and maybe we can get some of the girls in your grade to talk to you more. I can help you with that."
"But they still wouldn't care!"
Alfred put his hand on Maddie's shoulder. "Listen. If someone is bullying you, speak up. Just ignore them. If you can't, get an adult or try to flag someone down to get an adult."
"I'm NOT being bullied, I'm just ignored!" Maddie started to cry a bit.
"Don't worry. I'm the hero! I'll save you!"
Maddie rolled her eyes. "Seriously."
Dream-chan: Wow, what a chapter. A pool party, Marco Polo, and "Get Some!" That last thing reminds me of something… at the end of the school year my friends kept yelling that at each other, even writing it in each other's yearbooks and yelling it at a boy and a girl having a normal conversation. Anyway, I need to explain something. "Fish out of Water" is a little addition to Marco Polo where you can get out of the pool, but if the person who's it yells "Fish out of water!" you become it. Chapters 3 and 4 will center on… Sweden, Fem!Finland, Denmark, and Fem!Norway, also known as Berwald, Tina, Mathias, and Kristin! Come on out!
*Four Nordics come out*
Mathias: What's up?
Kristin: *slaps Mathias*
Dream-chan: To answer your question, Mathias… nothing much. I've been bored a lot. I saw some fireworks yesterday for the 4th of July. I live in the US, by the way.
Berwald: Mmkay. I've been just hanging out with m'wife.
Tina: I'M NOT YOUR WIFE!
Dream-chan: Let's stop this before Berwald and Tina start fighting… I'll see you guys next chapter.