A/N: Right now, we are all in the middle of some dark times and I know many of us are having a hard time dealing with it (I know I am). Right now, my story is the middle of some angsty stuff that can bring down a person's mood, and to give all my lovely readers a little break from it and the world's troubles I decided to write a little fluff piece. Because I don't know about you all, but I could use a little positivity or something nice to read about now.

I imagine this little bonus chapter takes places a few weeks after Glenn was so kind enough to teach Byleth what a mistress was.

Ages:

Byleth: 12

Dimitri: 9

For those of you angry that this is not a proper update, I am sorry. I will get to the next chapter as soon as I can. My finals are still going to happen so it might be a small while for the next chapter.

Guardian Moon 1172:

Byleth stared at the frozen pond before her. She and Dimitri had run across it numerous times so she knew that it was safe to be on it but running across it with blades on her feet didn't seem right to her. Even though both Dimitri and King Lambert had assured her that it was safe, it still wasn't sitting well with her. Besides being over a frozen pond, how can having sharp blades on the bottom of her boots be safe?

"Do you need help securing your blades?" King Lambert asked. She looked up at him briefly before looking down at the blades attached to her boots. She thought they were secured but she had no idea. He gave her a smile before checking on her boots, when he was confident in them, he gave her a nod.

"By! Hurry up!" Dimitri shouted already skating on the pond and she wondered how he got out there so quickly.

"Slow down, Dimitri. Remember this is By's first time, you need to be patient."

Before that day, she had never heard of ice skating and she was having a hard time wrapping her head around it. It was supposedly a popular activity in the Kleiman domain and that was where Dimitri got to experience first when he had his ninth birthday at Castle Kleiman, earlier that year. When he returned from his trip, he was so eager to show her it.

Apparently, it was done over lakes or large rivers but because of the assassination attempt a few moons ago, King Lambert had refused to let the kids leave the castle, especially when Byleth was still recovering. Dimitri was mad until he remembered the pond in the back of the castle's grounds. It wasn't largest enough to skate properly, but it would be a perfect area for Byleth to practice on.

With some help from King Lambert, she was on her feet and she was already having some doubts. How can anyone maintain their balance on thin, little blades? This was not a safe activity at all, that she was sure of. She struggled with walking to the pond's edge and King Lambert even had to help prevent her from falling at one point.

With an ease that annoyed her a little, Dimitri skated right to the pond's edge to meet her. Smiling brightly, he held out his hands to her. With a little frown, she refused. If Dimitri could do it, then she should have no problem doing so, as well. Her confidence went out the window as soon as her right foot touched the ice and she fell.

"By, are you okay?" Dimitri asked, while King Lambert was too busy laughing. That time when he offered her his hands she accepted.

With Dimitri's help she managed to get one foot on the ice with little issue but as soon as her other foot was on the ice, she had nearly toppled over him when she slipped. It was decided that they would take it slow (not that she had any choice to refuse). She held onto his hands in tight grips as he led her to the center of the pond.

Halfway towards the lake, she thought she had gotten the hang of it, but when she tired to increase their speed, her legs went wide, and she nearly ended up doing an unprepared split. Dimitri winced as he tried to awkwardly help her get up. She was grateful that swordplay had made her flexible or she might have been done for the count after that.

They continued the same slow pace until they got to the middle and his excitement go the better of him as he began to spin her. With no footing to support herself she was at his mercy. It wasn't until his father shouted his name that Dimitri realized what he was doing. Unfortunately, in embarrassment Dimitri had let go of her and she slide across the pond and crashed on the pond's edge.

She had received a bloody nose from colliding against a rock in her crash. Dimitri and King Lambert were quickly at her side. King Lambert healed her nose, while Dimitri apologized profusely. Patting the prince on his head a few times helped him calm down enough so that they could try again.

It wasn't long after that did a tiny pout form on her face. She just couldn't understand why she wasn't getting the hang of it. She normally had such good balance so she should have been able to grasp skating with ease, especially if clumsy Dimitri had no problems.

After her fifth time landing on her bottom, she gave up and in a rare moment of sheer stubbornness from her, she refused to get up and sat in the middle of the pond. King Lambert kept laughing, while Dimitri kept circling around her trying to encourage her to get up. In a bit of annoyance and embarrassment she refused to look at either of them, and Dimitri made that difficult for her.

Eventually the little prince resorted to his own tactic and scooped her up. Ignoring all her complaints he began to skate around while carrying her bridal style, almost as if she weighed nothing. He laughed happily, while she gave him a little glare. It didn't take long for her little glare to morph into her small smile as she realized that she was enjoying it.

After Dimitri had his fill of skating around, while carrying her, they decided to stop for the day as twilight was upon them. Byleth didn't like being out at night because no matter how many layers she wore, she just couldn't handle a Faerghus' winter night, outside the comfort of the castle's walls. Someday she hoped to be strong enough to handle the cold nights so she could play longer with Dimitri outside.

To help warm up the kid, they had their baths and then they had a little tea party and King Lambert had joined them after finishing up some of his work that he had been neglecting. Dimitri kept trying to make sure if Byleth had a good time. While she was annoyed that she never could get the hang of it, she did enjoy it somewhat. Despite her trying to assure him that she did, he did not stop asking until she shoved a cookie in his mouth and King Lambert laughed at that.

Once the cookie was swallowed Dimitri ceased asking about if she liked ice skating and immediately started discussing their plans for the next day. King Lambert was watching with a warm smile as his son happily dictated their plans, while Byleth just nodded along. She just quietly sipped her tea and said little, until the prince brought up ice skating again and she was a bit hesitant.

When he started to press her about it again; she relented and agreed to it. She did have fun while he was carrying her around. King Lambert had told her that practice makes perfect and that Dimitri fell a lot on his first try, so she shouldn't give up just yet. She would give it another try to please her friend; she just hopped her bottom wouldn't hurt so much on the second try.

During all the planning her father walked in and she ran up to him. He smiled down at her before addressing the royals. He barely had a chance to sit down before Dimitri started to tell him all about his and Byleth's day.

When it got to the ice skating she had taken over. "Aster and King-" she started but stopped when King Lambert cleared his throat. "…Lambert took me ice skating!" Jeralt barely got to voice his surprise before Byleth went on to explain what it was. The fathers looked at her with fond, little smiles. "At the end, I got tired of falling so Aster carried me around like a princess!"

"By, is super light!" Dimitri innocently added. "It made it really easy to do so!"

Her father kept smiling though there was a dark, little glint in his eyes that had her tilting her head. "Yes!" King Lambert quickly said. "My nine-year-old son," she thought it was weird that he mentioned Dimitri's age when her father already knew. "Is quite strong thanks to the Crest of Blaiddyd, you see?" The king had a little awkward laugh at the end. She also thought it was weird that he mentioned the Crest of Bladdyd because it was her father that had warned her about the ridiculous strength it bestowed upon those that possessed it.

Her father still had his smile and dark glint as he patted her head. "What else did you guys do?"

"After ice skating we came inside and took a bath-" she said before being interrupted.

"Separately!" Again, she thought it was another strange thing to comment on but decided to keep her opinion to herself.

"And then we sat down to have some tea," she continued as if the outburst hadn't happened. "And then you came. You have to have tea with us!" The dark glint left her father's eyes and he smiled fondly at her as he messed up her hair.

"Sure kid." She gave him her trademark, little smile, while Dimitri cheered loudly.

A/N: Sorry, it was a little thing, but I hoped it helped to brighten up your day, even if a little. Also sorry for it not being so super cute romantic stuff, but with everything going on I thought some child innocence was needed.

I didn't think about writing a scene where Dimitri taught Byleth to ice skate until after the his twelfth birthday and I hated for missing out on a chance to write such a cute little scene, but in the end I still got to write it.

I know times are incredibly tough and if any of you need someone to talk to you are free to PM me (Sorry, I don't have any social media). It can be about what is going on or if you guys just want to talk about the weather or anything to distract yourselves from all that is going on right now, you are welcome to contact me.

I hope you all stay safe and healthy!