The next day was the first day of school that year. My anya dragged me out of bed, threw me into a nice shirt and some overalls, brushed my teeth, combed my hair, strapped a bag to my back, popped a piece of toast in my mouth, and shooed me to the front of our lawn to wait for the bus. I waited there, gently nibbling on my toast. Now I've been to preschool before, so I knew my ropes around the bus waiting. Anya would drag me out of the house and wait with me when I was in preschool, but after a while it just seemed embarrassing to me. So at this point around she just stands by the door and watches.

I saw something approaching me on my left and I glanced in that direction, not really minding it so much. That is, until I heard a voice.

"LIZ! KESESESE~!"

"Oh no-"

WHAM! He slammed right into me, knocking me into the sidewalk. A sudden rush of pain filled my head, and my eyes swelled up with tears. Gilbert was laughing, he held out a hand.

"That's for this," he pointed to his eye with his free hand. I looked at his eye. It was either completely black or completely purple, and looked like it was pussing a bit. Either way, it was sewn shut and stuck tight.

I glared at him, but allowed him to help me up anyway. I dusted my overalls off and wiped my eyes. "That wasn't funny!"

"Neither was you hitting me with a shovel!"

"It was a hoe!"

"Whatever!"

I sighed and nibbled on my toast some and remained quiet, nodding whenever Gilbert said something or mumbling some sort of sound of acknowledgement. I heard my anya giggling in the background about how cute we were and blushed softly, but hadn't said anything. Gilbert's moms were walking towards me, hand in hand. I smiled at Lady With the Orange Hair, but shyed away from Lady With the Blonde hair. They both smiled at me.

Feliciana knelt down to look both of us in the eye. She kissed Gilbert on his forehead. "Have a great day at school, both of you~" she said.

I nodded and smiled gently at her, blushing a bit. I'm not even going to lie in this story, Gilbert's mom is really pretty. She just kind of has this thing about her that makes her so attractive, and I absolutely adored her when I was little. She still talks about how cute I was back then, having a crush on her. Anyway, I'm getting too ahead of myself here.

The bright yellow gleams of the school bus suddenly came into view, and Gilbert's moms engulfed him in a big hug. I watched them for a while, kissing his head and giving him words of encouragement before the bus pulled in. They immediately let him go, watching as he followed behind me onto the bus. I walked to around the middle and sat down, Gilbert sat next to me. He kind of climbed over me and waved to his moms as the bus pulled off, then sat down, his legs sprawled out in my lap.

"Your anyas love you lots.." I mumbled, kicking his feet off of my lap.

The albino tilted his head in confusion. "Mein 'anya's?"

"You don't know what an anya is?" I asked, very confused. "She- She makes you sandwiches with the crusts cut off, and she gives you lots of hugs, and kisses your knees when there's scraps on them.."

"You mean a müdder?"

"What's a müdder? Is that German too?"

Gilbert nodded very slowly, "Ja… What is anya?"

"Hungarian..?"

We still have conversations like that to this day.

At school Gilbert was really popular. It was because he was new. He bathed in the attention though, loving each minute of it. The girls would compliment him on his hair and asked him if he were a vampire because he was so pale and his eyes were red. He would laugh and tell them not to be silly, that vampires are only in storybooks but he would always pretend that he was a vampire.

That was when our teacher had walked in and all grew silent. Ms. Forest was the kindest teacher I had my entire life. She walked with a sort of bounce in her step, and although she grew irritated at us she would always remain calm and collective. She was firm, yes, but very very sweet and kind. I still talk to her to this day. Her and my anya talk all the time, it's great.

"Good morning Ms. Forest!" I chimed, a wide smile on my face. I was, in a way, always the teacher's pet. I would ask my anya to help me bake muffins for her and bring them in every once in the while. Just for kicks. But this moment in my six year old life killed me, for she didn't even look my way. She looked straight at Gilbert.

"Oh? We have a new student?" She asked, a bright smile on her face. I felt my cheeks grow hot with anger. She knelt down in front of him and put her hands in her lap, grinning excitedly. "What's your name, sir?"

Gilbert's pale face flushed bright red. He was insanely nervous, being put directly into the center of attention and everyone quiet. Even the tips of his ears grew red. I made a mental note to tease him about it later. "Uh- Um.. Mein.. Mein Name ist.. Ist Gilbert, Frau.."

I cocked my head, then walked over to Ms. Forest. I gently tugged at her skirt. "Ms. Forest.. Gilbert speaks German." I told her.

"Oh?" She turned to me, one of her eyebrows were raised. "Is that the only language he speaks, Elizaveta?"

A chorus of giggles ran throughout the room. I felt my face heat with anger and embarrassment again. Everyone always teased me about my name. "M-Ms. Forest…"

"Oh! My goodness! I'm so sorry! Veta- My mistake." She smiled softly again.

"N-no, he speaks English too. I don't know why he's speaking German now.."

"Do you think that.. Gilbert, right?" Gilbert nodded. "Do you think that Gilbert will talk to us if he talks to you for a bit first?"

"I dunno.."

"Well he's your friend, isn't he? I saw you two come in together.."

Quickly, the both of us looked at each, then back at her. "He is not my friend!" We both exclaimed, both looking disgusted. Why on earth would she even lump us into the same category as each other? Friends?

"She threw a shovel at me!" He exclaimed, giving me a push as he pointed a finger at me.

I landed on my butt, rather abruptly. Everyone began to laugh, and I felt my face heat up in anger once more. God I hated everyone in there as a child. I grit my teeth and growled, slowly picking myself up. "It. Was. A. Hoe!"

In a swift movement I threw myself at him, pinned him to the floor, and raised my fist to give him a fatal blow to the nose which he gingerly took. Gilbert screamed in pain and in a single shot pushed my stomach in a bit, causing me to fall off of him. He sat on my torso and grabbed a clump of my hair, pulling my head up as he did so. He raised a fist and I closed my eyes and tilted my face away from it a bit, preparing for it as I raised my own fist, but my elbow was caught.

I felt Gilbert's weight lifted from my stomach, and soon enough I was floating in mid-air, a single arm wrapped around my middle. I kicked and screamed at my capturer to let me go, but when I caught a glimpse of who they were, I froze, my foot in mid-kicking motion

"Elizaveta Héderváry."

It was Principal Braginski, Ivan's dad and the principal of the school.

We were both sent to the office. Our punishment was to sit in a room and talk to each other until we worked everything out. Of course, this didn't go as planned.

"Snot brain!" I yelled from across the room, making sure to put as much venom into my words as I could possibly manage at six.

"Bubblehead!" He retorted from the other side, practically throwing daggers at my chest.

"I hate you!"

"I hate you more!"

"Lab rat!"

"Arschloch!"

He didn't have to tell me what that one meant. I already knew. I got up from the chair I had been sitting on and slammed my hands on the table, my teeth grinding.

He was smirking now, taunting me. "Sissy girl~ You gonna cry?"

"I am not a girl!" I screamed, tears swelled in my eyes but I refused to let them fall. I would win this.. Yes, I knew it in my heart that I would win this. I glared at him harder.

"I bet you couldn't even pick that chair up~"

"Oh, yeah?"

"Yeah! I bet you your snack tomorrow that you can't pick that chair up!" He pointed to a big wooden chair that sent in the corner.

I turned my head to look at it. Of course, my confidence wavered a bit when I caught sight of it. It was bigger than me, therefore heavier and would be harder to even grab. But still, I pushed forward. "And I bet you your lunch tomorrow that I can!"

"Oh, ja?"

"Ja!" I was mocking him now, and I could tell he hated it for he glared at me. I grinned.

He held up his hand, spat on it, and held it out at me, gesturing for me to do the same. I took my own hand, spat on it as well, and grabbed his hand. "Deal!" We both agreed, smirking defiant smirks at each other as we began to shake.

Quickly, I got to work. I walked back over to my chair, wrapped my tiny hands around it, attempting to get a good grip, and pulled. At first, it wouldn't budge. Gilbert snickered.

"Kesesese~ I knew you were a sissy!"

I grit my teeth and pulled harder, my little arms straining as I did so. The chair began to give and I held it a good inch off the ground. I was sweating from the strenuous labor I had bestowed upon myself. Gilbert's confidence wavered as well, he began stuttering.

"Wh-wha- Higher! Lift it higher!" He shouted.

I grit my teeth harder, using all of my force to try and lift it higher. My limbs began to tremble, it was so heavy. I felt as if I were going to pass out. But then, the chair began to give again. I had lifted it so that the bottom had been just a little higher then my belly button. Gilbert stared at me, wide-eyed. He couldn't believe I could actually do it, and for a moment, neither had I. Immediately afterwards, I dropped it in front of me and began heaving. I ran over to the chair next to Gilbert and plopped down in it.

"You… You did it…?" Gilbert asked, rather than stated. I nodded in response, my breathing still heavy. "That… That was awesome!" He wrapped his arms around me, laughing as he did so. "You lifted it! Holy scheisse! You lifted it!"

"You…" Breath. "Owe…" Breath. "Me…" Breath. "Your lunch…~"

The boy's jaw dropped, while my lips curled into a grin. The door had opened and we were free to leave.

A/N

So even child Liz is a badass, am I right~?

Yaaaaaaaaay~ Chapter three~! I'm gonna try to make these a little more frequent, seeing as how this has been my favorite story to write up so far~

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