Colors and Life / Soviet x Reich

Chapter 1

"Reich Frühstück ist fertig! (Reich breakfast is ready!)", I was woken up. I didn't wanted to get up, I wanted to sleep, but here in the countryside it was different from the palace, but there it was, if I am to be honest, not so nice. I stayed in bed because I didn't feel like getting up. "Wenn du nicht aufstehst, bekommst du kein Frühstück! (If you don't get up, you won't get breakfast!)", came again from downstairs. I gave in and wiped the sleep from my eyes. Slowly I got up and made my way downstairs after pulling on my jacket and pulling on a pair of underpants and simple trousers. The stairs creaked with every step I took.

I stretched one last time before going into the dining room. Then I greet with: "Guten Morgen allerseits! (Good morning everyone!)" I was also greeted by the others at the table before I sat on a free chair. Luckily I got to know this nice family who let me live with them. These people were really nice and although I have some difficulties with the son of the family who was about the same age as me, the time here with the family was really nice. Nobody saw who I really was. Everyone thought I was the king's selfish son, but I wasn't.

I cared a lot for the people here and I do my best to make sure they are okay. Rosalinde, the wife of the family, was putting the food on the table. There was pretzel soup again. I loved her pretzel soup, this soup was the best in the world. I took half a bowl of soup because I wanted the others to get more because they deserved it more than I did. However, Rosi said: "Reich bitte nimm einen ganzen Teller voll Suppe, du bist noch Jugendlich und brauchst genau deswegen mehr Essen. (Reich, please take a whole plate full of soup, you are still a teenager and that's why you need more food.)" Rosi is the nickname I gave her because Rosalinde was a little too long for me. She always worried so much about me. I listened to her and took more soup.

I wish everyone at the table: "An Guadn!" The others wished me the same. 'An Guadn' is Bavarian and means 'bon appetite'. I loved to speak Bavarian. There was also a Statehuman in the family and of course it was Bavaria, he was the man in the family. For me, Bavaria was more of a father figure than my biological father. He was always so nice and has often helped us with the work in the fields and with the animals, even though he was supposed to work in the city, since he was in contact with my father and worked for him, that's how I got to know him. "Hey! Prinz! Dramst du scho wieder? (Are you dreaming again?)", joked Lukas, the son of Bavaria and Rosi.

Fortunately, they also had a daughter who was a lot nicer than him. Magdalena, the daughter, stayed with a couple of friends. I still found it strange that a Statehuman would marry a human and have human children, but my biological father also had a human as his wife, so it wasn't quite as strange. But my brother was also a Countryhuman like me, his name was Weimar. Weimar was one year younger than me. Since I was the firstborn, I was called Reich, like my father and grandfather. My whole name is Greater German Reich, but most people call me Reich the Third, Third Reich or just Reich.

Why do I have so many names? "Prinz dram net zfui! (Prince don't dream too much!)", Lukas annoyed me again. Bavaria stepped in: "Lukas her af! (Lukas stop!)" Then Lukas concentrated on his food again and left me alone. I finally started eating too and it was even better than I imagined. After dinner, I went upstairs for a moment and took a sip of the potion that made me look human before I went downstairs and it was about who had what tasks for today. "Ich werde zuerst Wasser holen gehen und danach werde ich bei den Tieren ausmisten. (I will get water and then muck out the stables for the animals.)", I sayed them.

Of course they agreed, whereupon I got two wooden buckets to get water from the stream in the forest, since the water well in the city was causing problems again and I would rather go into the forest than into the village. I walked comfortably through the forest to the stream. I saw some fisch. I watched them until I heard footsteps from someone. I looked at the source of the noise. There was a boy with a strange hat and a long brown coat. "Who are you?" He asked me. The boy was about a head taller than me and why does he speak english? "I'm Andreas and who are you?", I asked. Andreas was the name I used to avoid getting attention.

The boy replied: "My name is Nick. What are you doing here Andreas?" "I'll get some water.", I answered him. "I'm looking for flowers.", he replied on his own. I giggled a little, knowing exactly where to find lots of flowers. But why did he need flowers? "What's so funny?", he asked irritably, clenching his fists. "Sorry, but you will definitely not find the flowers you are looking for here and I can show you a place where you can find more. Maybe there are the flowers you are looking for.", I said when I stopped giggling and he was only ten feet away from me. "Really?", Nick asked.

"Yes! Come with me!", I said and went ahead. I looked behind me and saw that he was following me. We arrived shortly afterwards. "Here are the flowers!", I shouted and pointing in the direction. Then he went in the direction I was pointing. Meanwhile I went to the stream that led away from a little pond. I looked closely at the water before dipping the two buckets into the water. I also sat down to enjoy the nature. I heard footsteps coming towards me again. Then I turned in that direction and saw Nick walking towards me. He had a smile on his face and sat down next to me.

Nick thanked me: "Thank you, Andreas! You really helped me. Can I pay you back somehow?" "You don't have to pay me back anything. It's a pleasure that I could help you.", I said. Nick said: "Still, I want to return the favor. I misjudged you too. I thought you were a German who would make fun of me for looking for flowers." Was he one of the Russians? I knew I lived on the border with the other country, but I had never seen one before, axcept for the two Countryhumans, Soviet Union and Russian Empire. My biological father always said that Russians were unfriendly, had cold personalities and are crazy, but Sowjet and Nick are more like the opposite of that.

I simply said to him: "I'm German, but I don't make fun of you just because you're looking for flowers." I turn my head to face him for a moment. From the way he looked, I knew he had something against me for what I'd just said. I'd rather leave, the whole situation just became too uncomfortable for me. "I-I'll go then.", I said and slowly stood up before he lightly grabbed my arm. I look at him again and sit down again. Nick apologized: "Sorry that I might have come across as hate Germans, but I've never met a German.

I've just always heard that you guys were unkind, had a cold personality and are crazy, but you're the opposite of that." "I can be stubborn now and then. I've also heard a lot of negative things about Russians, but it's the same as what you said and you don't seem like that to me.", I agreed. We both smiled at each other and I started giggling a bit, finding it funny that I had believed such rubbish. Nick joined in and put his hand on my shoulder in a friendly manner. "You are really nice!", he said. "You too!", I agreed. "Let's meet again later meet here?", Nick asked me. I replied: "Sure! I'll see you here in about four hours." "I promise!", said Nick.