Icy Heart and Warm Love

Chapter One

Thunder boomed over a small encampment in a far away country.

War was brewing between many countries, the name World War One being given to it.

A man, his wife, and his one year old daughter were living in the small encampment, along with many others.

Suddenly, a group from one the attacking armies came and set the camp on fire.

The man watched in horror as his wife and child died before his eyes, along with countless others in the military camp.

From that day forward, the man refused to fall in love again and became isolated, untrusting.

Little did he know, his child had survived the fire accident, becoming a country that was supposed to be buried under the Atlantic Ocean.

She became a country that was never to be seen again, never meant to exist, but existed anyway.

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Seventeen Years Later

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Kalda sighed as she plopped onto her bed.

Another normal, un-fun day accomplished, she thought sadly.

Kalda knew that today was supposed to be a fun day, but her older brothers, Veneziano and Romano, were too busy doing their own things.

Kalda had always waited for them to come home so that they could do something fun together, but whenever they came home, they were always too tired from their work.

She never got to see them much anymore.

Being the youngest is hard, she confirmed, rolling onto her back to face the ceiling.

Kalda sighed again, becoming tired and bored.

The brown-haired and brown-eyed girl wasn't supposed to be a country, but here she was.

Before anyone could fight over her to see who would own her, Veneziano, Romano, and Seborga dove right in and called dibs on her first.

The front door suddenly busted open down below, bringing Kalda's attention to the conversation that was brewing downstairs.

"Why are you going to a Meeting tomorrow?" Romano demanded, starting an immediate argument.

"I was invited, and I would have felt bad if I had turned down the invitation," Veneziano whined in answer.

"But this is a Meeting where some very dangerous countries are going to be there tomorrow, including you!" Romano argued. "Are you even prepared for that? And what about Kalda? She needs our support and love!"

"I know, and I wish that I didn't have to go, but I do," Veneziano sadly replied.

Romano sighed, but then he spoke again.

"Then I'll watch over her," he confirmed. "She needs someone, so it might as well be me."

Kalda had always felt like she was a burden to her brothers, but she had always reminded herself that they loved her no matter what she thought.

The two men walked up to Kalda's room, noticing that she was sleeping.

"Poor girl's already asleep," Romano said, gently stroking her head once the two men got to her room.