A/N- Hey! This is my first story so thanks so much for reading it! This is one of my favorite parings in Hetalia! (Besides GreeceXJapan, UsxUK, and PolandXLithuania) Anyways! I though of this idea when I was listening to the song More Than Useless by Reliant K. Which is how I came up with the idea! Reviews are like totally appreciated! Thanks ^3^ Poland face

Chapter 1-Jinx!

The seven-year-old girl, known presently as Madeline Williams sat on her bed crying. This was nothing new to the poor child. She had known much sadness in her short seven years of existence. Today especially. The day her mother passed away. She had been sick for a very long time, and had now passed away5 days ago. Madeline, or Maddie as she preferred to be called, sobbed harder than any seven-year-old should ever do. It's not fair! She was the one person who said she wouldn't leave me. Maddie thought theses bitter thoughts as she clung to her stuffed polar bear, that coincidently her mother had given to her when she was born.

The reason behind Maddie's thoughts was for the longest time she was forgotten. At parking lots, at grocery stores, parades, even in normal conversations she was forgotten. This would undoubtedly upset the girl beyond words; sometimes she would lock herself in her room and cry for hours on end. It was then up to her mother to comfort her. Her mom was the only person to never forgot Maddie, not her name, not where she was, not even her opinion. She wished she could sit in her room and keep crying, but the tears were plopping off her cheeks and onto her black funeral dress.

"Maddie come on! We need to go!" Her father called. He had hardly noticed mother's death, just like he barely noticed Maddie. He was too busy with his mistress. That's right her dad was a cheater. Maddie had figured it out when he brought her home. She was supposed to be sleeping, but her mom's cough had been bad that night so she stayed up helping her. When her mom finally fell asleep she had walked down the cold marble stairs to the kitchen for some syrup. Drinking syrup was a strange quirk of hers that her mother loved. Her father though it was weird. She had heard a female giggle, and her father whisper something. She stood there listening for a long time, unable to leave, her glass of maple syrup, sat forgotten on the counter. She finally built up enough will power to run, and so she did. She ran all the way up the 7 flights of stairs and into her moms room, slamming the door, and Crying into her unconscious mothers lap.

But that was in the past, this was now, and her father was calling for her. She padded down the marble steps. Kumajiro(That's the bear her mother gave her by the way) clutched in her arms.

"What's with that stupid bear anyways? You can't bring that to your mother's funeral. Go put it away." He snapped.

"Nuh uh…" Maddie mumbled. Looking down at the ground.

"Fine what ever. I'v had it with you. But Next year you will be able to go to school and finally get out of my hair. Lets go Maggie, the funeral will start in an hour."

"Its Maddie" She muttered, and then followed her pathetic excuse for a father to the car.

The funeral was worse than anything Maddie had even experienced. Men and women giving her their worn out apologies. And oh the names they called her, that is if they even remembered she was there.

"I'm so sorry Molly. Meg. Maggie. Mari. Missy. Someone even called her Maple! She may be Canadian but that was just too far! The actual burial was the worst though. She had to stand silently as they buried her mother. Her most favorite person in the whole world. She was gone now. Buried under tones of dirt and snow.

It seemed suiting somehow that the funeral was during the winter. That way every one else could be as cold and miserable as she was. When every last shovel of dirt was finally back in the grave she collapsed. For the entire funeral she had been holding in the tears. Trying to look strong in front of the other kids. Also her father would hit her if she ruined the ceremony by bawling. But now, since everyone was leaving she dropped to her knees and cried. She cried and cried, not caring who was staring at her.

The she felt a warm hand on her shoulder. She looked up, brushing the snowflakes and tears out of her eyes, having to remove her wire-rim glasses to do so. She had hoped to see her father, to see that he hadn't forgotten her; instead it was some boy she didn't even know. Her father was probably in his car, driving away, not remembering to take her with him. The boy had beautiful silver hair, like the snow that fell all around them, and red eyes. Normally this would scare Maddie, but the kind expression on his face balanced out the scary features.

"Please don't cry…" He had a slight German accent when he spoke. Even though he asked so kindly she still wept, taking small shuddering breaths.

"Maddie.. It's going to be all right. I promise." He said, pulling her into his tiny 7-year-old arms and hugging her. When she looked up, he had a cute embarrassed look on his face, and he was blushing slightly. She felt her heart awkwardly thump around in her chest.

"Y-you remembered…" She gasped.

"Remembered what?" He asked slightly confused.

"My name…" She whispered, her throat suddenly dry and scratchy, she swallowed several times.

"Why wouldn't I remember your name? It's pretty…" He looked down at his feet, his face going red. A small smile lit up Maddie's once tear stained face. "Here, let me help you up." He held up his hand, still not meeting Maddie's eyes, because he didn't want her to see how embarrassed he was.

Maddie just stared at his hand for a while. "Well come on then! I'm not going to wait forever!" He shook his hand slightly, indicating that she should take it. And so she did.

He helped her stand up. She brushed her self off, shivering slightly. Then the German boy took her hand once more and began walking off.

"Um, where are we going?" She felt hot and embarrassed; this was the first time she had ever held a boy's hand.

"To find your dad. Duh!" Her face darkened.

"I don't want to see him. Besides, he probably left already." She muttered angrily.

"He wouldn't leave you here!" The boy persisted.

"Oh yes he would…" She said quietly. Then she felt a sharp tug on her hand and was suddenly running.

"There! There he is! Wait! Wait sir!" The boy was pulling her quickly along the snowy road, towards the sleek black limo that was pulling out of the parking lot. "STOP!" The boy tried to scream, waving his free arm around in a wild attempt to get her fathers attention. Maddie even tried to wave a little. But the lime pulled onto the road and drove away. They slowed down their run till they were just standing in the virtually empty parking lot, while the snow fell silently around them.

"I'm sorry…" They both said at the same time. Heads turned to stare at each other. "Why are you sorry?" They asked once again at the same time.

"JINX!" The boy said grinning.

"What?" Maddie asked confused.

"Shh! It means you can't talk till someone says your name." The boy said, explaining the rules, to the confused little girl. "You say jinx when you and someone else say the same thing at the same time. Get it?"

"Ye-Oh! Sorry" She said, catching herself and nodding with a sheepish grin on her face. The boy smiled back.

"Here, my mom will give you a ride home, we just have to get my little brother." Common! " He was pulling her again, and strangely she didn't really mind.

"Mom, We need to give my friend Maddie a ride home! Oh crap! I said it! Well, I guess you can talk now Maddie…" He said grinning.

"Oh! You're the girl whose mother passed away, I'm so sorry. Maggie was it?" Oh course she didn't get it right. Maddie sighed. Why did every one assume it was Maggie? She didn't even look like a Maggie.

"No mom! It's Maddie! Duh! Now grab Ludwig and let's go!" He grinned at her brightly and she smiled back. It was funny that to think since this boy had shown up she wasn't cold anymore.

They dropped her off with gaping mouths.

"Maddie! Your house is huge!" The boy exclaimed.

"Gee, thanks, eh." She said flushing red.

"Bye Maddie!" He said waving from out the open window. The car began pulling away, but just before they could Maddie yelled: "Wait stop!" She sprinted after the car. "Wait!" The car slowed down and the albino boy stuck his head out the window.

"What is it?"

"What's your name, eh?" She said smiling.

"Oh! Duh! My names Gilbert! You can call me Gil!"

"Gil?"

"Yeah!" Alright we gotta go! See ya Maddie!" He waved wildly, and Maddie smiled, for real, something she hadn't done in a long time. And as she walked back to the mansion she whispered "Thank you Gil."