Mizuki Hoshigaki falls from the ceiling and onto the floor. He groans softly before more children and some animals come. They all cheer, "The Seme-Uke Games: Children-Side!"

Spotlight on: Ethan Beilschmidt!

The housing arrangement for the Seme-Uke Games was a bit odd. Seme Estate was on one side of the street, Uke Manor was on the other side. And next to the latter was a nice and comfy little bed-and-breakfast style house. It was in this house that the children of the competitors (along with their care-takers) were staying.

7:30 AM

In the house, there was a room that was, well, pretty simple. A dresser, a bed, etc... But, what was different was the large stand in the center of the room where a large red and black bird was resting. However, when the sun broke into the room, the bird woke up. She cooed a bit before spreading he impressive wings, flapping them a few times before she flew towards the bed. She landed carefully just above the head of the young boy who was sleeping there. He had wavy blonde hair that almost made him look like a girl and was sleeping very soundly.

The bird nudged her beak against the boy's head until he murmured, "7:30 already, eh? Hm, okay…" The boy sat up and yawned, stretching out his arms before opening up drowsy, red eyes. Squinting for a moment, he moved his hand underneath the pillow and found his glasses before he put them on.

The bird cooed approvingly before tilting her head towards the bathroom. "Mm-hm. I'll get ready; just wait a moment, okay?" The boy brought the bird's head close to his and they rubbed together a bit before he jumped off of the bed and went into the bathroom.


Guten Morgen and Bonjour, eh! My name is Ethan Beilschmidt and I'm four years old—Wait a moment, I'm right here!

No, over here!

Ugh!! Here, right in front of you, eh! I really hate that! Me and my mom, Matthew Williams (also known as Canada), always get unnoticed by people. Please don't tell me you don't know where Canada is…

Any who, Canada's my mom and my Dad is Gilbert Beilschmidt (also known as Prussia, or 'that country that doesn't exist anymore', or 'The Awesomeness Known as Prussia').

I love my family (which is just big enough) more than anything—Oh! I almost forgot! This (points to the big red and black bird that is resting on his shoulders) is Donner. She's a thunder-bird and she's my best friend. She's also the only one who notices me sometimes, even when my mom forgets.

Like when we went to visit my Aunt America (You know, Alfred F. Jones) and we all went to the La Brea Tar Pits in California…


The two nations (America and Canada) and Ethan (along with Donner) were walking around the national park when, out of nowhere, a golf-cart came and knocked Ethan into one of the pits. The poor boy was panicking and screaming, the noise not being heard by anyone except for Donner.

The poor bird was squawking and beating her wings for all she was worth, trying to get the attention of the two brothers who were a few feet away. After a moment, she realized that they weren't going to answer and she flew over to the pit. Digging her talons into the muck, she successfully pulled the blonde boy out and managed to get him standing on regular land.

As they were both recovering, another golf-cart came and knocked Ethan right back into the pit. Donner sighed before going back in to rescue him.


I love Donner… You know, I found her when she was just an egg left in the vast snow-banks of the forest behind our house. I didn't know much about taking care of birds (I was only two when I found her!) but luckily Gilbird (you know, the fluffy, yellow chick that's always in my Dad's hair?) knew how to take care of the egg and Kumajiro-san (I don't know why my Mom can't remember his name) kept the egg warm until it hatched.

Yes, apparently Gilbird is a Girlbird. Ha ha, see what I did there, eh?

Wait, no! Don't leave yet!

Eventually, Ethan made an attempt to venture out of his room. There was a secret menace lurking in this house, he could sense its presence. Both he and Donner looked from one side… then the other before deeming it safe and walking into the hall.

They didn't even make it six steps before Ethan stiffened and felt the heavy breathing on his back. Gulping heavily, Ethan and Donner turned to see Boris the bear standing behind them, Alexandr on his back. Alexandr looked down before stating, "Hi.", and the bear gave chase.

Waah~! My cousin Alexandr is so evil! I don't know what it is but he and Uncle Russia are so mean to me and my Dad~! Like when I got to go to one of the World Conferences…


Ethan is walking around the scenic area of the building that the World Conference is being held, making sure to keep a wary eye out for anything bad.

Out of nowhere, Alexandr walked by and shoved him into the pool before trying to freeze it over with a can of CO2.


And at our family reunion…


A few of the nations (as in Russia, America, Prussia, Canada, Germany, N. Italy, Spain, S. Italy, England, and France) decided to have a bit of a party one day. As things were going along smoothly, if you had walked by the refreshment table, you would have seen Alexandr covering a tied-up Ethan in cake and icing so Boris would eat him...


And even on my birthday, eh!


On Ethan's last birthday, America had pulled some strings with Mexico and gotten the shy boy a piñata. Unfortunately, when it was Alexandr's turn to swing, he went straight towards Ethan and began to try and knock the candy out of him…


I don't know what it is… Donner, am I that unlikable? (Donner tries her best attempt at a hug with her wings) Aw, you're sweet, eh…

Let me tell you about my family before my time runs out. Pépé France seems kind enough, even though sometimes it borders on overly affectionate…

Grandpa England is fine too… He just gets so angry sometimes… And those eyebrows… I think they need to be cut, but don't tell him I said that!!

Onkel Germany is nice. He always talks about wanting to take care of me for a while so I don't turn out like my Dad. But he's not that bad, right?

Right?

Hm… Zia Feliciano and Zia Lovino are really good at cooking and music and art and stuff like that, eh. If I was going to go to school away from home, I would probably want to go with them, despite Zia Lovino's temper…

Tío Spain is really funny! I don't know why but when he, my Dad, and France get together, things just get crazy!

And Uncle Cuba… Uncle Cuba tends to confuse me for Alexandr some times. I don't how!! I'm a thousand times saner and nicer!! But at least when he does remember who I am, he's nice.


"Um Gottes Willen! (For God's sake!) Leave me and Donner alone~!" Ethan sobbed as he and Donner ran down the hallway away from his crazy cousin. The blonde managed to make it outside where it seemed peaceful enough. "Remercier Dieu..." The small blonde sighed as Donner let go of him and flapped around for a moment.

Out of nowhere, Alexandr walked up and shoved him into the nearby pool.


A/N:

Oh, poor Ethan… So cute yet so unnoticeable and torturable…

But still, please review. I'm hoping to get the karaoke challenge up next week, but reviews and comments make me happy and a happy authoress equals more good randomness…

Thank you for reading!

-Tyranno's girl.