A/n: This is going to be a prologue to puffin island, before Ari knew she was a nation or landmass. The first part is when her human age is 7 and then when she's 12.

"Bestefar! Bestefar!" I yelled from the back room of the small building that we occupied.

My Grandpa came into the small back room which was used for cooking. He'd been watching the front part of the building. It was a kind of trading post in front, and we lived in the back and in the back loft. He often sat in front and talked with travelers or he carved. I sat in back most of the time and

cooked, making yarn, or cleaned animal hides that hadn't been properly cleaned by the hunter who'd killed the animal in the first place. It was hard work, but I lived a good life.

"What is it liten ett?"

"The white flakes have come!"

"You mean snow.." he smiled "and yes it has come. It's getting colder, no?"

"Yes Bestefar...My feet are getting cold..."

"Well then, you should start wrapping your feet."

Even if it was cold inside, I didn't like wrapping my feet. It restricted full free movement. I had boots, but I couldn't wear them inside. My grandpa was afraid that they may wear out fast if I wore them too often.

As the winter bloomed outside, I was stuck inside, spinning wool into yarn with the spindle. I disliked doing it inside, because it was so closed in, but in general I hated it. It made my fingers hurt after a while, then when I dyed the string, the dye stained my hands for days. It was painful and frustrating. However, when all of the string was dyed, I could play outside in the cold snow. I built small forts of snow and snow angels. It was defiantly a happy time for me. As I grew up I wouldn't be able to do things like that so often, no matter how hard I wanted to.

Winter slowly passed and spring soon came into sight. I had to get back to work and end my playtime. Now that it was warm, my grandpa went to work outside in the forests and I had to watch the trading post. It was a very boring job, it didn't help that everyone was at their homes, preparing for the new year. I can't remember how many times my grandpa walked in and found me with my head face down on the table.

(Age 12)

As I got older we started to get less traders in. People were moving to the coast and to the newly civilized islands in the east. We were in central Norge and no one really lived near us. Don't get me wrong and think that everything was going down hill, cause it wasn't. We just didn't trade as often as we did when I was little. I think it was kind of good though. My grandpa was getting older and got tired more easily then before. This took a load off of his shoulders.

There was one time when some boys came in. They looked to be a bit older than me, but not really older older...Anyways, one came in laughing and the other came in with a blank face. The one with the blank face kinda scared me, though I kinda liked his cross hair-thingy. It seemed so odd that they were almost like opposites...

"Is a guy named Lukas here?" the happy one asked me

"J-ja...ha ved a sekund vær så snill..." I stuttered due to seeing the scary boy staring at me

As I excused myself and turned around to go to get my grandpa, I swear I saw the oddest thing..a fairy.. it was floating near the scary boy. I looked back for a half a second, but it was gone. Shaking my head I murmured to myself,

"I must be seeing things jeez..."

Later on, when the two boys were leaving, I noticed it again. How odd...but it was probably just my mind playing tricks on me. It often did...how annoying..

A/n: It's done...AND IT'S FRIDAY! I just got some time to write while waiting for my dad to either text me or come home and work on upholstery that his cosplay needs.

While writing this I was listening to a song called star dust. Then during in the middle of it, I thought about what if Annika was singing it (kinda impossible, because it's in japanese.) and the thought of Denmark hearing it came into my head. Lol he'd probably get freaked out by it. ((note: it repeats "Don't we suit each other? We suit each other now...Ah happiness" a LOT. )) If you are a guy and you hear your girlfriend or wife singing this, you should get scared...Now that I think about it, Ari looks a lot like Elysion (without red eyes), the girl from the album which the song comes from...creepy..

translator: bestefar = grandpa or grandfather

liten ett = little one

Ja ha ved a sekund vær så snill = yes hold on a second please