1772 July, Northern Rim.

The girl was frozen where she stood in the small stream when the large stranger came out of the brush. He was scary, with his white hair and blood red eyes, but somehow he felt friendlier than the villagers. Whoever this man was though, Nord Rim didn't want to stay much longer. But she found that she was frozen.

"Hey, the awesome me found a little girl in the woods. You must be awesome, little girl." He had a lopsided grin and a look of self-importance. He came closer to the girl, but stopped at the edge of the stream and crossed his arms. "You must be Nord Rim!" How did he know her name?

Finally Nord Rim was able to muster up the strength to run away from this creep. She ran right past him in the direction of her house. At least there she could try to defend herself.

"Hey, what the hell?!" She could hear the strange man following her through the woods. He was fast, and caught up to her quickly. To this, she ran faster than ever.

Nord Rim could barely see where she was going, but she just kept running. Her path took a large dip and turned into a steep hill. Nord Rim could barely stop herself and her foot snagged on a root. The small girl tumbled forward and rolled down haphazardly until she settled in a clump at the foot of the hill. She could see her leg sticking out at on odd angle out of her peripheral vision and it didn't take long for her to feel some sort of painful sensation.

The older man slid down the hill carefully, trying to avoid what had just happened to her. "You all right, kid?" Nord Rim didn't answer him, she continued to lay there while silent tears fought their way to the surface.

When he got to the bottom, the man crouched down to inspect the leg. He touched the break, and sent a shooting feeling up the girl's spine that caused her to tense up. "You've gotta get to a doctor. Can you walk?" Again, Nord Rim didn't answer him. She left him to guess the obvious. "All righty then. Don't worry; the awesome me will take care of this! I'll have to carry you back." He carefully picked up the girl and took special care to keep the leg in a semi comfortable position.

Their walk to the village was rather quiet, and it was starting to bother the older man. "Does it hurt?"

"Yeah…"

He looked up, thinking of what he could do to help in the moment. His face lit up, confusing the crying girl he was carrying through the woods. "I know what'll help!" He dug around in his coat pocket for a moment and brought out a chain with some sort of charm on it. He haphazardly put around Nord Rim's neck. She took hold the charm, a large, elaborate metal cross, and examined it.

"It's a good luck charm. It'll make the pain feel better." She looked at him with disbelieving eyes. "I'm positive; it works every time." Nord Rim looked down at the cross again, trying to divert her eyes away from the man.

"Who are you?"

"I'm the Awesome Prussia, or Gilbert. We're going to see if I can take you home."

"Oh." Nord Rim didn't like the sound of that; last time she lived with somebody, they abandoned her. She didn't want that to happen again.

"Greenland probably won't mind, so we're probably going to be family from now on!" Prussia smiled widely at his remark. Nord Rim couldn't help but smile also.


Author's Note: Okay, history lesson! In 1772, Prussia went to the Greenlandic Coast and set up a colony there. Northern Rim gained independence in 1846, but was on good terms with the German states. Now be reminded that Denmark didn't get there until 1814. And this character is an OC, so anything that has to do with the country is made up. Don't take it too seriously. Please continue to read and Review! Ja ne!