A Romanov Adventure

Here is my new characters come in. Enjoy!

In the forest of St. Petersburg, it's so peaceful and quiet. Until . . .

"Yahoo!" whoops Alex, the 8 year old son of Anastasia and Dimitri. He has brown hair and blue eyes. Behind him is his friend Ryan, the nephew of Zozi. They are having a good time, laughing and having fun. Doing whatever boys do.

Not far back, Izzie, the nephew of Bartok, flies after them. "Hey! Slow down! You know I can't fly as fast as I use to!"

"Sorry, Iz," Ryan apologizes, "But you have keep up."

Alex stops at a view of the Catherine Palace. "Race you back home, Ryan."

"Oh, you're on!" The boys take off down the hill.

Izzie sighs. "Why do I even bother?" He starts to fly after them.

Alex and Ryan continue down until Ryan stops and climbs an old tree trunk. "Hmm. If I jump across these trees. I might-Uh?" The tree starts to fall forward, "Uh, no! Timber!" The tree falls and starts to slide down, carrying Ryan with. He slides down and knocks Alex in the trunk. They start to slide down. Alex is enjoying the ride, as for Ryan . . . not so much. They soon reach the palace and fall out into the snow.

Izzie gasps. "Oh, dear!" He quickly flies to the crash. "Are you two all right?"

Alex starts laughing. "Yeah. We're fine. Right, Ryan?"

Ryan, who is dizzy, nods. "Uh-huh. Sure. Whatever you say."

Izzie sighs. "Thank goodness. I don't want to think what will happen of you got hurt. Who knows what your parents would say."

Alex stands up and brushes himself when someone calls. "Hi, Alex!" It was Svetlana, Joseph's daughter.

"Svetlana!" Alex says with excitiment and a little nervous, "Um, H-Hi. What bring you out here?"

"Why wouldn't I be out here? I love the snow. It's nice and soft."

"Uh, yeah. I-It's nice," (You can tell he's nervous. So cute!)

She sees the tree trunk. "What happen here?"

Ryan finally gets himself together. "Oh, Alex and I sled down the hills in it. I didn't enjoy it that much."

Svetlana giggles. "You two always do the craziest things."

Alex chuckles nervously. "Uh-huh. We sure do."

"Well, I better get going. See you guys later." She runs off.

"Bye," Alex sighs.

"My friend," Ryan starts, "You need to learn how to talk to a girl."

Izzie sits on Alex's shoulder. "He's right. You don't see a girl like that every day. You don't want to slip away now do you."

"I just get so nervous whenever I'm around her."

"Don't worry, Alex old pal," Ryan says, "I can help because I know women."

Alex laughs. "I think I'm good. Come on, let's go inside."

Later that day, Alex is relaxing on his bed, Izzie is reading a book, and Ryan is asleep.

Then, the door opens. "I knew I find you guys in here. " a voice says. They turn and see Anya at the doorway.

Alex sits up. "Hey, Mom."

"I see you this morning. Where were you?"

"Uh-Outside?"

"Sledding on a tree," Ryan says to himself, there Izzie nudges him.

"Mm-hmm. Anyway, I'm here to tell you that your father and I are on our way to a meeting soon."

Alex sighs. "You two always have meetings."

"Well, these meetings are important. They help us figure out how to keep this country running straight."

"I know."

"But before we go, I wanted to show you something."

"What is it?"

"Why don't you see for yourself? Come on." Anya leaves the room as Alex follows her. She pulls out a small box and opens it. Inside, there is a golden medallion.

Alex widen his eyes. "Wow!"

"This has been in the Romanov family for centuries. Now, it's yours." Whe puts the medallion around Alex's neck.

Alex holds the medallion in his hand. "What's on the medallion?"

"The Imperial Arms of the House of the Romanovs. The two headed eagles symbols the Romanov name and the members of the family." (True Fact.)

"Thank you, but why are you giving this to me?"

"Oh. Um. I thought maybe this will make you feel better since we're so busy."

"It does make me feel a little better. Thanks again. I promise to take good care of it."

"Your welcome, Alex," She kisses him at the head and starts down the hall, "I'll see you soon and stay out of trouble."

"O.k. I love you."

Anya smiles. "I love you, too." She disappears as Alex looks down at his medallion.

Anya closes the door in her bedroom as Dimitri adjusts his tie. "So, did you tell him?"

Anya sighs. "No."

"He needs to know, Anya."

"I know, but what am I suppose to do? Go up to him and say we're going to leave for Paris without him? Dimitri, he's eight. He's upset we're doing all of this without him. If I tell him, he's going to feel left out."

"Anya, I'm sure he'll understand."

"I just don't want to hurt his feelings."

"You won't. Besides, we'll be gone for a few days and we'll be back as soon as possible."

Anya still wasn't sure, but he was right. "I'll tell him after the meeting." She kisses him on the cheek and starts to get for the meeting.