April 6th, 1941.

Belgrade woke up at the sound of alarm for attacks from the air.

After slight panic which lasted few seconds, she quickly started to put her clothes on…. And then sirens stopped.

She just stood there for few seconds, waiting for sirens to start howling again- but it didn't happen. Belgrade quickly got out of her room, looking for Zemun. They were alone in the house - everyone else had some jobs in other places.

When she finally found him, he was equally confused. "So, what now? It's… 6 o'clock. Should we sleep or get out of the house or what?"

"Well, it seems like it was a drill. Let's just have breakfast.", Belgrade said confidently.

Belgrade smiled at her breakfast. God, she was hungry. As she stuffed her mouth with poached eggs, Zemun suddenly asked. "Do you want to take a walk later?"

"Mmmh -sure. It seems like the weather will be lovely today."

Belgrade smiled. It truly looked like the day will be magnificent. She remembered her talk with Serbia before- when demonstrations against joining the Axis started.

"This is… really bad", the black haired young woman said slowly.

"Yes, it is. It could make them to attack us… But don't tell me you don't understand why people don't want that option."

Belgrade frowned. Not much was asked from Yugoslavia was asked, only to let Axis powers to march through the land toward Greece, and to formally join their allies. They didn't even had to send their people to help in war.

But then- everyone was aware of what Axis powers were doing, and what they were motivating. Also- Greece. It would be such a betrayal to let them march toward them, especially after he helped Serbia so much in the Great War. He was Serbia's best friend, and Belgrade liked him very much, too, along with Athens, whom she formed a close friendship with.

"Yes… I understand them."

Belgrade shook her head, pushing her thoughts away. She did worry a lot in last few months, but her personality is, in core, cheerful. She enjoyed music, nice weather, art, literature… And the fact that her brother wanted to spend the day was making her happy.

And then, she heard bombs.

Her first action was to throw herself on Zemun, protecting him from any eventual falling objects.

And then she felt pain. Horrible, unspeakable pain, as bombs fell down, killing citizens and wrecking houses. She screamed through her teeth as Zemun quickly jumped up and dragged her out of the house. She couldn't take it anymore. Belgrade started screaming as loud as she can, trying to focus on, screaming, trying to hear only that, herself screaming, not everyone else screaming, not children crying, not that, not that…

And then, the horrible thought flew through her brain, as Zemun, also in pain- less then hers, but still great- dragged her, trying to find somewhere safe to hide, although they couldn't hide, because they were that whole city, every house and every human and every animal and every plant, and not everyone can hide…

This is just the beginning of the bombing.

That thought woke her up. What the hell was she doing? She let her poor brother drag her, not helping in any way, just screaming, and people around her were DYING.

Belgrade started walking, and Zemun let her go. Her black hair was burned at the ends and her whole body was covered in injuries, which healed every second (thanks to her being a city and her quick healing), but the new ones kept coming.

But the view around her was the thing that horrified her the most. There were parts of human bodies, women and children were crying, men yelling, nervous because they can't protect their families, houses were ruined…

Belgrade started screaming curses at the sky, toward the airplanes, enjoying that little and useless act of defiance.

She turned around to find Zemun… But he wasn't there.

She started running, trying to find him, only family that was with her right now. She was running as fast as she could, but he wasn't there.

She was alone. She was alone, hurt, and shaken.

But, of course, there wasn't any time to waste. She had to return home and grab a first aid kit.

There were people she had to help.