"Are you sure about this Antonio? Once you start reliving your live you won't even remember you're an angel until it's over." Antonio nodded as he looked down at the mirror. He was still scared about what would happen if he did this, but he really needed to know. "Alright… I'll send you to a certain point in time and, after that, everything from before will come back to you… now then, set the mirror down in front of you." Antonio nodded again as he did what he was told. "Now, kneel down and place your hands over it." Antonio did so.

Within a few minutes, the mirror started to produce a bright light before engulfing Antonio into it. The last thing Antonio heard was the sound of running footsteps before he blacked out.

0-0-0

Antonio's emerald green eyes slowly opened as he looked around the small room that he was in. The place was only big enough to have a bed and a nightstand for furniture and only a closet door and a regular door were present. He slowly sat up, looking around before seeing the door open.

"How long do you plan to sleep Antonio!" a young boy with slightly messy, dark brown hair asked as he stood in the doorway. A playful smile was on the boy's face as his dark emerald green eyes stared at Antonio.

"Oh… S-Sorry Antonello…." Antonio apologized softly as he rubbed his eyes. Antonello softy laughed as he walked up to his brother's bed.

"It's okay~ Not like I really care. Just making a comment and it's not that bad since I know your heart is weak anyways." Antonio slightly blushed at this as he slowly slid out of the bed.

"O-Okay…." Antonello laughed as he walked out of the room, Antonio following behind. Antonio looked around, not seeing anyone around. "W-Where's papa and mama?"

"They went to work," Antonello replied as he sat down at the table where two plates with piping food sat. Antonio walked over and sat down in the chair across from his brother. The two of them were no more than 7 years old and both of them knew that their parents were always busy with work to support them. Of course, Antonio was mainly the reason that they worked so hard.

"Hey, Antonio~" Antonello finally said after a long silence that lingered between the two. "Want to come with me somewhere today~?" Antonio looked up at his brother, fork in his mouth. He pulled it out and chewed before talking.

"You want me to come somewhere with you?" he asked, feeling a bit happy that his brother would ask him. The two brothers weren't very close when it came to doing things together a lot, but that was mainly because of Antonio's heart problem and it caused him to have to stay in the house or at the hospital a lot.

"Sure~ We haven't done anything together in a while~ It'll be fun~"

"Si~ I'd love to come with you hermano~" Antonio smiled happily as he continued to eat. He was excited that his brother wanted to do something fun with him after weeks. Of course, Antonio knew that he had been on bed rest the last few weeks but he was still happy about it.

Once the two had finished eating, they got dressed and headed out. The town that they lived in was a rather populated place, but it was also filled with people who seemed to not like helping others out when they are in trouble. No one really knows that reason for that but it also makes others cautious since there are a lot of robbers and kidnappers around. Antonio looked around with a happy smile on his face.

It's been so long since I've been out here~ the young Spanish boy commented in thought. He looked over at his twin brother and smiled even brighter. He was happier than he ever could be at this point.

"Hey, Antonello~?" Antonio softly asked, causing his brother to look over at him.

"Si?"

"Mama and papa are off work tomorrow, right?"

"Yeah, and?"

"Do you think they'd take me to the beach too?"

"How should I know?" Antonello asked with confusion clear on his face before smiling. "I'm sure if nothing happens to you between now and then, then maybe they will." Antonio smiled a bit shyly at this.

"I'll try not to let anything happen then~" he chimed as the two continued walking. The farther the two got, the less dense the population of the people became and the easier it was for the two walk down the street without having to weave through the crowds. Eventually, Antonio and Antonello were at a distance where the streets were clear of people.

"Um… Antonello…" Antonio softly said as he tugged at his brother's sleeve. "W-Where exactly are we going?"

"You'll see…" Antonello replied as he took his brother's hand and continued to walk. Antonio nervously looked around, getting a bad feeling from the area that they were walking around. It wasn't long before the two emerged and they were in a large meadow, making Antonio's eyes grow wide at the sight.

The meadow had a pleather of different colored flowers as far as the eye could see. Antonello smirked as he looked over at his brother.

"Like it~?" he asked before smiling. Antonio couldn't help but stare for a long while before looking at his brother and hugging him.

"Si. A lot, a lot!" Antonio released his brother and jogged into the field before kneeling down and picking a few. Most of them were carnations, which were Antonio's and Antonello's favorite flowers. Antonello joined his brother and knelt down as well, glad to know he could make his twin happy after weeks of being bed ridden.

"Gracias Antonello~" Antonio thanked after a long silence between the two. "This is really amazing and it's really pretty~" Antonello hugged his brother before patting his head.

"I'm glad. You deserve a little bit of spoiling every now and then with the condition you're in~" Antonio laughed at this as he hugged his brother back before he returned to picking more and more of the carnations that were around.

"I'm going to press some of these into my journal."

"Really?"

"Si~ and then write about how amazing my hermano is under it~" Antonello blushed at this before laughing.

"You're weird, you know that?"

"Eh! H-How am I weird!" Antonio made a distorted face of disbelief as his brother has said that, only making Antonello laugh at this.

"Just because hermanito~" Antonello replied, laughing again before standing up and starting to walk around by himself. Antonio was confused by this answer but shook it off and continued to collect flowers. The young Spanish boy never got to see beautiful flowers like this a lot, so he liked to cherish them when he could. Antonio stood up and looked around, seeing his brother in the distance. He smiled before he started walking over to some beautiful red colored carnations.

"I don't think I have any red ones yet," he softly commented to himself before kneeling down and picking some, adding to the large collection that was already in his hand. Antonio looked down at the flowers in his hands before standing up and turning around. "Antonel- ngh..!"

It was then that Antonio grabbed his chest and collapsed to the ground, only letting out a sharp groan before his breathing started becoming heavy.

"ANTONIO!" Antonello yelled as he ran towards his fallen brother. He growled as he tackled the man behind Antonio, a Taser in the man's hand. Antonello struggled to get the Taser from the man's hand. The man was brawny and pretty strong, but Antonello wasn't going to give in because of that. However, once he had the Taser, Antonello made the man go into a spasm by pressing it to the man's side before tossing it away and getting off of him, walking over to Antonio and lifting him up.

"A…An….t-to…." Antonio huffed out ever so quietly as his body heavily shook. His emerald green eyes were slowly losing their glow of life as his hand twitched over his heart. Antonello softly cursed before setting Antonio down again and pulling out a small bottle, tipping it and letting one of the small, white pills fall out of it.

"Here Antonio! Take this!" Antonello exclaimed as he sat his brother up and placed the pill into his brother's mouth. Antonio swallowed hard as the pill slowly slid down his throat. Antonello then got Antonio onto his back and started running back towards the house, hearing his brother's breathing slowly start to calm a bit but not enough for him to calm down.

"Hang in there Antonio!" Antonello yelled as his breathing started getting heavy from running. He didn't know who that man was, but he knew that he was trying to do something to Antonio. He figured it was probably because that man wanted to use Antonio as ransom for money from his family, but Antonello also figured that the man didn't expect Antonio to fall down like that in such a way.

Antonio's vision slowly started to fade, barely hearing anything that his brother was even saying. He couldn't even tell where he was since it was all a blur to him. A blur of various colors was all he could see as his body shook. He couldn't comprehend at the moment what had just happened before everything went completely black.

The young Spaniard's eyes slowly opened, faintly hearing voice speaking. No, arguing. Antonio blinked a few times, trying to clear his head to try and see if he could understand what was going on outside of his bedroom. However, the one thing that he heard that was very clear was a slapping sound, causing him to shakily sit up.

"You're supposed to look after your brother Antonello!" Antonio heard his mother yell. Antonio gasped as he slowly sat up and slowly proceeded towards his door. He knew that his brother was being blamed for something that wasn't his fault and he wanted to stop it from happening.

"I did!" Antonello yelled back. Antonio slowly opened his door and saw his brother holding his cheek but wasn't crying. He knew Antonello wasn't the type to cry about anything unless it was something really horrible.

"Then why was he unconscious!"

"I already told you!"

"I'm not going to believe something like that! You're-"

"Mama…. Don't yell at hermano…." Antonio softly interrupted as he leaned against his door frame, looking at the scene before him. Antonello and their mother looked over at Antonio, wondering when he had woken up. "Antonello's…. t-telling the truth….. He… protected me… he… h-helped… give me my medicine….." Antonio started tipping forwards before Antonello quickly got up and ran over in time to catch his brother before he fell.

"You should be resting Antonio…" Antonello softly said as he helped him back inside. Antonello helped Antonio back into bed before covering him up. Antonio tiredly looking over at his twin.

"Seems… like I won't…. b-be able to go to the beach with… you tomorrow…"

"Si…." Antonio weakly smiled up at his brother.

"Hermano…?"

"Si…?"

"Can… you bring me… home some shells…?"

Antonello looked at Antonio with surprise as he heard this. "You actually like those things?" he asked. "I just brought them back that one time so you had something to look forward to when you could go."

Antonio shakily nodded. "Si…. I really like them…" he replied between heavy breaths. "T-They're… pretty… I like them a lot more too… s-since you're… the one… w-who brought them to me…" Antonello blushed at this with a smile.

"You're so silly Antonio, but if you really want me to bring you some back I will~"

"Gracias~" Antonio chimed breathily with a slightly brighter smile.

"Just get some sleep, kay~ I promise that we'll both go to the beach together when you get better!" Antonio nodded as he slightly moved over and patted the spot next to him.

"Sleep with me? Just for tonight?" Antonello slightly frowned at this.

"I don't know…" he commented. "Mom and dad might get mad."

"They won't…" Antonio tried to assure his brother. "I'm scared to be alone tonight. Please?" Antonello softly laughed as he slipped into the bed with his brother.

"Alright~ You win~ but only for tonight~"

"yay~" Antonio smiled before falling asleep. Antonello smiled as he patted his brother's head before falling asleep himself. Even if his brother was weird, he still loved him. Antonello knew that Antonio wanted to do all the things he did, but knew that was impossible.

Someday… I promise I'll take you, Antonello thought before drifting completely off to sleep. It was a promise he would keep to his brother not matter what. A promise that he felt he shouldn't break, not matter what.

0-0-0

"You sure you're feeling alright…?" Antonello asked his twin as he watched him eat his breakfast in bed. Antonio shakily nodded.

"S-Si… just tired…." Antonio softly replied as he set his empty bowl on the night stand in his room, weakly smiling at his brother. "I took my medicine… so I should be fine by the time you come back."

"I see…." Antonello looked over at the door before looking back at his brother. "You sure you want those shells still? I could bring you back something else."

"No, I want shells…" Antonio pulled his drawer opened and pulled out the small bag of shells his brother had gotten him the last time. "I really… love the shells you get… they're all so pretty~" Antonio pulled out a small, dark green shell from the bag and showed it to his brother. "This one looks like your eyes~"

Antonello's cheeks dusted with a soft pink color at that. "You think..?"

"Si~ V-Very… much…" Antonio's breathing became a little heavy again.

"Don't excite yourself too much Antonio," their mother commented as she walked into the room and kissed her son's forehead. "You should rest. Mr. Julius is here to take care of you."

"Really?" Antonio asked softly as he placed his shells back into his drawer and looked up at his mother.

"Si. Be good for him while we're gone, okay? I'll bring you back some ice cream and more medicine, okay?"

"Okay mama…" She smiled down at him before smiling at Antonello.

"Ready to go Antonello?"

"Si, I'm ready," Antonello replied as he stood up.

"I'll get you something to make up for hitting you yesterday, okay?" Antonello nodded as he took his mother's hand and waved to his little brother before the two were out of sight. Antonio softly sighed as he laid down again, curling up.

The poor, young Spaniard always seemed to miss out when his family went to the beach. It was very rare that his parents weren't working and it seemed that he would always have heart problems the day before they got off. At least he wasn't all alone though. A soft knock came at his door.

"Come in…." Antonio softly called before the door opened and a tall yet young looking man waked in. He had dark auburn hair that seemed as though it hadn't been properly brushed in a few days and he had chocolate honey eyes.

"Ciao Antonio~" the man greeted with a smile. Antonio slightly smiled back up at the man.

"Hola Señor Julius…"

"How are you feeling this morning?"

"Okay…" Julius walked over to Antonio and knelt down in front of him.

"You just rest, okay?"

"Kay…."

"You know, I don't ever see any of your friends coming to visit you when you're not feeling well," Julius commented.

"I don't have any…" Antonio softly replied. "I've never been able to make any because of my condition… I've either been stuck at home or in a hospital most of the time."

"I see. Hm…. Would you like to have one?"

"Well… si… why?"

"I have a grandson about your age. I'm sure you two could be friends."

Antonio's eyes widened with a bit of delight as he heard this. "R-Really?"

"Si~ I'll bring him with me the next time I have to come take care of you, deal~?" Antonio smiled even bright as he nodded in reply. Julius smiled back as he patted the boy's head. "Wonderful~ I'll make sure to do that then~" He stood up. "Now get some rest, I'll make lunch when it gets close to the time to do that." Antonio nodded in reply again before yawning and closing his eyes

The last thing the Spanish boy heard was the sound of footsteps walking out of his room and the door closing. With those last sounds, Antonio drifted off to sleep with a smile on his face, excited for the day that he would be able to meet someone who could be his friend. It was almost too exciting for Antonio to even sleep, but his body knew he needed it more than anything and wouldn't allow for anything else to wake him up. With the final thoughts of meeting a new friend, Antonio fell completely asleep and his body falling limp because of it.

A/N:

and here we have the first part of Antonio's childhood~ ouo

Hope you enjoy and, really, I don't have much else to say.

I probably won't be updating until after Thursday since it is my B-Day on Thursday and I kind of just want to do nothing! XD Yes, I am weird but whatever.