They were playing dodge ball again in Physical Education.

Sei stood in the corner again with Ravis, watching as Sophia and Peter went at it again. Somehow, he felt even more detached than he did on Wednesday. This time, he saw the game, but couldn't focus on it, instead of just not caring.

His mind kept drifting off to the English assignment. Create another world. He kept having the same thing pop into his mind whenever he thought of it. It wasn't even anything he could really work with. All he thought of was a world exactly like the one he lived in, only there was an extra island in this one.

Sei sighed and shook his head. He knew that if he handed in that, it would be no good. It was really nothing.

Suddenly, Sei was pulled from his thoughts by a feeling of movement. He blinked once, while at the same time bringing his hands up in front of his face. Before he knew what he had done, he had caught one of the balls.

"How do you do that?!" Sophia yelled at him. She quickly grabbed another ball and threw it at him again.

Instinctively, Sei dropped the ball he was holding and caught the new one. Then he looked at Sophia. Her annoyed expression made him smile slightly. Then she moved to get another ball and he saw the bandage that was still on her head.

The painful feeling returned and Sei dropped the ball he was holding like it was on fire. I'll never throw it at her again. He told himself.

Sophia suddenly turned to look at him. She frowned slightly. "You're never going to win if you don't throw the ball!" She shouted.

"Like this?!" Peter yelled as he flung one of the balls Sei had dropped in her direction.

Sei watched with wide eyes as the ball hit Sophia hard in the arm. The impact made her stumble and she fell to the ground. Luckily, this time she wasn't badly hurt. She just put her hand over her arms and stared at Peter.

"Now you're going to get it!" She shouted at him. Then she turned to the kids on the sidelines. "New game!"

As everyone filed onto the court again, Sei covered his face. He thought he should feel better after someone else hit Sophia, since it would mean that he wasn't completely vicious. Yet, somehow, the sight had still brought about that painful feeling. It wasn't as strong when Peter hit her, but it was still there.

"Wy won't be beaten!" Sophia giggled, throwing a ball at Peter.

"Only by Sealand!" Peter declared, dodging and throwing a ball at her in return.

Sei blinked in surprise. Are they talking about countries at war? He wondered. He turned to Ravis, who was cowering behind him. "Hey, Ravis, where is Peter from."

Ravis blinked at him for a moment. "The Principality of-" He flinched when a ball hit the wall a few feet away. "-Sealand."

"Oh." Sei turned back to watching the two cousins going at it. For a split second he didn't see them in their Physical Education uniforms, but in military attire, hurling cannonballs at each other. He shook his head to clear the image.

"Yah!" Sophia cried, throwing two balls at once. They both flew at Sei, one closely followed by the other. She was still trying to get him out.

Acting quickly, Sei caught one and threw it back the way it had come. It hit the second one and stopped its trajectory. Unfortunately, Sei had thrown the first ball so hard that it continued on its course even after hitting the other ball.

"Ah!" Sophia clapped a hand over her shoulder where she had been hit. She looked at Sei with a mixture of pain and surprise. "You… You didn't even think about it." She breathed.

Mr. Rush blew his whistle. "Gea! Sit out!"

Sei nodded and walked to the sidelines as everyone filled the court again. He sat down and stared straight ahead. Then his mind started to drift back to his English assignment. This time, he closed his eyes and tried to think of something better than just an extra island.

Every country in the world has a representative. An embodiment of that country's economy and well being. These representatives interact with each other in the ways that their countries interact. Like when world leaders get together to discuss treaties.

Sei liked what he was getting, but then his mind went back to that extra island. How could it fit into all of this? How could it belong in this world of representatives and different than it would in a world without them?

The representatives needed a place of their own.

Sei nodded to himself. The island belonged to the representatives.

While they all stayed in the shadows of their own countries, they traveled to their island to discuss important matters. This island was uncharted by any explorer, and it never would be charted.

Sei stopped. Why? Why would it never be charted?

This island was a country of its own. It, too, had a representative. Since its only inhabitants were the other representatives every so often, its job was to keep the island uncharted.

This representative, like all representatives, shared a name with his country. His name was…

Sei couldn't think of a name for the extra island. He tried many combinations of sounds, but nothing sounded right. He mentally sighed and made his mind go blank. He hoped that the name would just come to him, the way the idea of the island had.

…Sagea.

Sei gasped as he came out of his thoughts about the English assignment. He shook his head, trying to clear it. He needed to talk to Ludwig right away. He needed to share his thoughts. He needed to-

"Hey, are you okay?"

Sei looked to his left quickly and saw Sophia. She was sitting beside him with an ice pack on her shoulder. They were the only ones around, and she was looking at him with eyes full of worry.

Sei started to shake his head, prepared to tell her that he was fine, but he found that he couldn't.

"Distress." He breathed.