June, 1907

St. Petersburg, Russian Empire

Alexander Palace

Its the beginning of summer within the Russian Empire, the bells from the nearby church rings, filling the emptiness of the morning. The big pair are out in the back section garden of the alexander palace, where their little play house is located on a spot called children's island with a small house painted in light blue and its windows golden yellow. Olga and Tatiana, wearing long plain white dresses with their straight hairs flying in the wind as they enjoyed the sights of a duck and her ducklings swimming across the little stream that surrounds the island and separates it from the rest of the garden. The little pair runs around the spot like two little cubs playing a game of tag.

Anastasia ran towards a tree and climb to a branch. Maria stops at her tracks and looks up to see her sister on the tree sticking her tongue out at her as she shakes her head sideways childishly.

"Can't catch me! Nya!" Anastasia teased.

"Aw! No fair, you can climb and I can't!" whined Maria.

"Its because you're fat!"

Maria is struck by Anastasia's comment, her lower jaw dropped and eyes widen as her little sister insulted her for her weight. "Y-You take that back!" shouted Maria.

"Come get me first fat little bow wow!" Anastasia teased again.

Wanting Anastasia to stop teasing her, Maria tries to climb the tree her self, she puts her arms and legs around the smooth stem to try climbing up to Anastasia, Maria is still learning about her own strength but she is able to use her surprisingly strong upper body strength to climb up the tree by using her arms to drag herself up while using her legs to hold her altitude on the tree. After almost a minute of climbing Maria reached the branch where Anastasia is suppose to be at but she isn't there. Maria is puzzled, where could have little nastaya have gone? Maria looked around at the other branches then she hears Anastasia laughing from below WHAT? HOW? Maria thought. Anastasia makes faces at Maria and moves her head around sideways as she makes fun of her.

"Nya nya! Hahahahaha I'm just too fast for you Monkey Maria!" Anastasia teased.

The insult made Maria more determined to get her sister but as soon she tries to get down fear strikes, Maria is suddenly freighted about how high up she is from the ground and is holding on hard on the stem that is next to her. Maria is increasingly scared, she had no idea how to get down and a likely fall would break a leg if she somehow manages to land on her feet. Maria had no idea what to do.

"Come on Maria, its not that hard!" Anastasia exclaimed.

Maria screamed as her fear could no longer be contained, she begins to cry and bawl. The big pair hear the fear stricken Maria and rushes to the sight, Olga and especially Tatiana are shocked.

"Mashka, what are you doing up there!?" Shouted Tatiana.

"Please help me! I don't know how to get down!"

Anastasia, thinking she is funny, attempts to shake the tree with her hands, the tree's length being that of a not yet fully grown tree Anastasia is able to make it shake for a bit, further fueling the fear in Maria.

"Nastya stop!" cried Maria.

"Nastya! Stop now! Its not funny!" Olga scolded.

"Hmph"

"Uh. Uh.. Don't worry Maria we'll get you down!" Tatiana shouted, she turns around and paddles back to the mainland on the other side of the of the little moat surrounding the island and ran to the palace to get help.

Maria is still holding on for dear life on the tree, Maria pants even more so due to fear, she thought she will never get down and she would be stuck on the tree for the rest of her life.

Finally, help arrive, Nicholas along with 2 servants rushes to the sight with Tatiana following behind them.

"Little mashka! How did you get up there!?" Nicholas asked, as a rightfully concerned father.

"W-w-we we're playing tag!" Maria quivered as she speaks.

"Maria, you going have to let go!"

"No! I don't want to papa!"

"Maria, don't worry, I will catch you!" Nicholas replied, raising his arms wide.

Maria continues to hold on whilst whimpering.

"Mashka, trust me."

Maria thinks for a second, she looks down at the ground below and then to her father who is below just almost at the same location where she is just above him. Maria closed her eyes, she lets go of the branch and falls off the tree, she screams as she plummets, Nicholas catches her with his hands. Maria opens her eyes and sees her papa and hugs him tightly as she cries.

"There there, its ok. I got you." Nicholas said as she comforts his daughter.


Later inside the Alexandra and Nicholas room, Alexandra scolds at the little pair for their misbehavior at children's island, she scolds Anastasia for her mean attitude towards Maria, and she scolds Maria for being so careless that could've gotten her hurt. The big pair is outside the door listening to the conversation within the room, their mom shouting is the daughters biggest fear of all, Alexandra is the disciplinarian parent unlike Nicholas whos only the "fun" parent whom no doubt would've spoiled the children without Alexandra and her strict parent persona. Alexandra grew up with a disciplinarian parent in her childhood and she does the same to her own daughters to ensure they grow up as humble people.

"Come on Tatya, lets leave them alone."

"weave them alone." Little Alexie repeated.

"Hehehe, you're right little Alyosha." Olga giggled. "Come." she said to her two siblings.

The 3 children walks away from the room and into the Palace hall, the hall is one of the largest rooms around the Alexander palace. The hall is semi-circular in shape, columned arches surrounds the room on the top with two larger opening columned arches located on two sides of the hall with 4 large quartz pillars, the windows covered by the white silk smooth light-transparent curtains that reflects the gold in the chandelier that hangs just above the center floor, the floor is made with quartz added with wood texture.

Olga, Tatiana are still struck by awe of the room's marvelous design by Quarenghi. The sisters imagines the balls that takes place within the hall, a huge celebration in which Russian aristocrats in their full attires with the men wearing standard military uniforms with the golden epaulets on their shoulders with their light colored sashes, and there gleaming service medals and the women dressed in their fine dresses with late 19th & early 20th century taste with smooth light colors and jewelry on their wrists and necks dancing gracefully with their masculine counterparts.

"It must be so glamorous." Olga commented with awe.

"What's glamorous?" asked Tatiana.

"Very beautiful." Olga sighed. "I would just love to dance with the most handsomest, dreamiest, sweetest guy and kiss." Olga said and smiles at the end.

"Yuck." replied Tatiana in disgust. Olga giggled. "Mama said no boys UNTIL you're old enough." Tatiana told Olga with a stern tone and haughty expression with arms crossed.

"Yeah yeah." Olga sighed and rolled her eyes.

Tatiana sees a piano at the side, the piano is made of redwood and is a Era grand piano model 1832, been laying at the side with many stories to tell the children on the events in the hall, Tatiana walks up to the piano and opened the keys, and sat down. She places her fingers at the keys and makes the piano speak with sound of Alexander blok's lilac. Olga turns to little Alexie and holds his hands.

"Do you want to dance?" Olga asked Alexie motherly.

Little Alexie nods.

"Follow my lead, ok?"

Olga guides her brother how to position himself for a waltz, Olga placed his right hand to her side just little above her left thigh and Olga places her left hand on Alexie's shoulder, they hold each other's hands lightly. Olga starts their waltz by moving back, right, forward, left, back, right, forward, left, back and so the pattern repeats, missteps came in the way as Alexie tries to catch on with his big sister and Olga tries her best to watch their steps and make sure Alexie doesn't trip. They gracefully dance around and around in slow pace across the hall as Tatiana plays the music, Olga follows the rhythm of the music and guides her brother on the way.

"You're doing great Alyosha." Olga exclaimed.

This puts a smile on Alexie's face.

The light of the setting sun casts a shadows of the dancers on the wall with Alexie's being a typical grown masculine man, and Olga a graceful and gentle woman, as the music comes to end, Olga turns around whilst still holding Alexie's hand and when the music ends Olga bows then Alexie follows bowing fast. Olga laughs, then the sound of applauds echoes, the children turn to the source of the applauds and there they see two maidens clapping. Olga, Tatiana and Alexie holds hands and bows to their audience.


In the little pair room, Maria and Anastasia gives each other the cold shoulders, they refuse any form of interaction after getting into a hideous ordeal with their mother, they can still feel the stinging on their tushes that feels like 15-20 fire ants bit them. They've been refusing interactions with each other since they came to the room together which is typical for many siblings at their age thinking of themselves as the victim and the other a suspect. Had Anastasia not "cheated" she wouldn't be climbing up the tree and get trapped in the first place Maria thought, had Maria not being such a cupcake and accepted defeated non of the incident would've ever had happen Anastasia thought.


Somewhere in St. Petersburg.

In the Soviet, headquarters of the Russian Socialist Democratic Labor Party, a band of progressive politicians discusses the country's remedies and setbacks and why and how the issue must be solved in the benefit of the people of Russia. They are in nature a progressive group, thinking that the monarchal system that has ruled Russia for centuries is outdated and needed to be replaced with a more democratic and free government that resembles that of Western Europe like the UK with its Constitutional Parliamentary system and the rest, including the the United States, with their republicanism system of government. Although, there's one ideology that separates this group from the average liberal progressive that looks up on enlightment reforms brought on by the 18th century, these people are known as the Communists. Communism is a recent ideology that is the polar opposite of capitalism and is radically opposed to the class system created by German Philosopher Karl Marx. For while the party has been continuously polarized by a man whom is named Vladimir Lenin, who sees his vision communism as the only ideal solution for the problems of Russia and that of the Russian people.

VALDIMIR LENIN, THE RING LEADER

"The 1905 revolution is a waste of time, those satanic bourgeoises living in their luxurious mansions, penthouses', the people are still aching their backs on the fields nothing to cling on but houses made of loose pieces of scrap, people cannibalizing others for rations! I say gentlemen our time shall come, our time shall come where the people will finally shower at what they deserve and desire, a society with no barriers to block men and women, a society where our children are well fed and reach above the age of 18, a society in WHICH GREED SHALL BE CRUSHED AND PROSPERITY ENDURES ALL!" Lenin shouted at his followers at the stage, then bombarded by loud applauds. Lenin wipes of the sweat of his forehead with his handkerchief.

Lenin walked down the stage as the audiences gathered around in groups for chat and discussions, he is met with a man named Leon Trotsky.

LEON TROTSKY, THE BRAINS

"Lenin my friend." Trotsky greeted shaking Lenin's hand. "Well done today. You have full filled to maintain the people's spark as always."

they walk together.

"Yes indeed my friend, its important that the spark shall be remain to gleam, that is; The Russian monarchy continuing being the disintegrating train wreck sons of bitches they always have been. Ol' brown beard so far has been able to get the economy on track, its important that the economy stays crashing, that way we can have the justification of a revolution, that way we can finally put Russia on the right path. I have also taken the liberty to participate and discuss with other socialists in Europe. So far all goes well. But there are enemies within are own party, the Menshiviks... Pah! Capitalism leads to Communism, such bullshit. Mr. Martov has lost his head, no pun indented."

"I agree with you on the economy, so far the industrilization of the country by one of his top advisors have rallied supporters back to the thiestic regime of the Romanovs. But I found out that due to the living conditions of the workers within those factories combined with their living conditions at home, the industrialization of Russia won't be enough to blow the fuse of our inevitable revolution and the fate of the corrupt Romanov dynasty. Tsar Nicholas continues to further islolate himself from the needs and concerns of the people, we should exploit that fact even more so." Trotsky said.

"I agree with you Leon. As long as our man on the background continues to give us the financial resources that we need to sustain this future government."

And that man is NON other the man with history's second favorite moustache...

Bank somewhere in St. Petersburg explodes. BOOM

"HAHAHAH hell yes boys!"

STALIN, BREATH SMEELS LIKE ASS.

Stalin and his men flees from the scene with in their getaway car before the local police come to the scene of the crime.

"Boys, I say we did one hell of a robbery!"

"Haha!"

"Woo!"

"Ok Ivan, give me that gold wrist watch. Come on come on" Stalin said, gesturing his hand.

"I got it boss." Ivan looks for the watch in his pocket, then finds out both are empty, he continued his search in one of the sacks.

"Hey hey hey be careful you idiot!"

"Come on man!"

Ivan search each sack for the gold wrist watch, after Ivan searching all of it but despite have searched he continued to look for it due to the sacks filled with dozens of Rubles that the gang gives back to Lenin's group. Stalin has had enough of Ivan not giving him back his watch.

"YOU LOST IT!?"

"Uh..."

Meanwhile; The wrist watch fell off during their run to their gateway car, the police whom have arrived picked it up.

"You idiot!" Stalin yelled, smacks Ivan's head, the others laugh.


Alexander Palace

The halls and rooms of the Alexander palace goes dark as curfew for the children has come. The servants and maids cleaned every corner of the place, from shelves to floors. In the room of the big pair Olga and Tatiana have already put on their night gowns and just brushed their teeth, before they have placed themselves on their cots a knock on the door grabbed their attention. Olga and Tatiana looks at each other before looking back at the door.

"Who is it?" Olga asked.

Another knock.

"Who is it?" Olga asked again.

Tatiana decides to walk up to the door and opens it. She looks down and there she saw their little brother.

"Alexie?" Tatiana exclaimed.

Alexie had ran away from the imperial couple and wondered into the door of the big pair room where he wanted to spend time with Tatiana. Tatiana was sometimes put in charge of Alexie when needed, especially as the unofficial leader of the children. Although, it did grew the bond between the two kids.

"You should be in bed little one." Tatiana playfully said to him and gently rubs his head.

Alexie whines and groans.

"What's wrong?" Tatiana asks.

"I want to spend t-time with y-you!" The boy responds.

"Awww, you can stay with as long as you can Alyosha." Olga said.

Tatiana sighs and bent down, her knees touching the floor. "Look Alyosha, big sister Tatiana is tired, see." she said as she rubs her eyes.

Alexie whimpers. Tatiana releases a sigh. She opened her eyes and looked at Alexie again with a smile. "Alright, but only for a short period, ok?"

Alexie gives a big smile and nods. Tatiana stood up and led her brother to her cot where the two sat down to each other. Tatiana places her left arm around her brother. "I will sing you a song that mama used to sing to me and Olishka every night." Alexie looks at her sister with interest. Tatiana takes her time to reminisce the lyrics. She begins to sing softly.

All my ducklings

are swimming on the lake,

are swimming on the lake,

heads into the water,

tails to the top.

All my little doves

are curring on the roof,

are curring on the roof,

one raise itself into the air,

all the others follow.

All my hens

are pawing in the straw,

are pawing in the straw,

when they find grain,

they are all happy...

After she finished Tatiana looked at Alexie, who is sound asleep with his head layed on her thigh. Tatiana smiled. "Sweet dreams Alyosha." She whispered and gently kissed his head. Tatiana shifted her attention to Olga who is also sound asleep. Tatiana quietly chuckled.