It's not offten I get nightmares, but when I do, everyone in the house knows. I screamed in my pitch black room in complete fear. Soon, my dad came in with my Uncle Gilbert and Feliciano (my "mother" figure). "Gott Vest!" my Uncle exclaimed as my dad flipped on the lights. "Does she realize it's zree in ze morning?! Shut her up!"

"It's not her fault!" dad yelled back as he gently shook me awake. "Sweetie, sweetie vake up." he soothed.

I threw my arms around in the air as I scrambled to sit up. I looked around franticly, my heart racing and sweat pouring down my face. "W-what's going on?" I asked. "Francis was right in front of me a second ago."

I heard Gilbert and Feliciano stifle a laugh. "Zat's vhat you vere screaming about?" my uncle chuckled. "Francy Pants?"

"Big Brother Francis wouldn't hurt you in a million years-a." Feli reasoned. "Why be afraid of him-a?"

All I did in responce was bury myself in my dad and start to cry. "He did bad things." I answered after a while. "Not life threatening, but still. Bad."

"Vhat happened?" my dad asked, his silver blue eyes looking down at me protectivly.

I gulped when I thought of the nightmare again. "We were all going out while visiting France's seanery. For some reason, Uncle Gilbert left, then Feliciano, then you, but none of you came back. I left to try and find you, but ran into Francis. I asked for his help, and he promised me he'd help me find all of you. After I found you guys, Francis turned to me and demanded a price. I told him that I didn't have any money, but he said that he didn't need money." I trailed off, thinking my dad got the point.

"Shhh." dad cradled me in his large arms and rocked me. "It's okay, it's alvight. It vas just a dream."

"But you just watched." I added. Feliciano and Uncle Gilbert came closer as my dad froze in shock. "He did things to me that you said no one should ever do and he did every one, and you three just watched."

"Vest," Gilbert tapped him on the shoulder and reminded him that I was right there, freaking out at the fact that he was freaking out.

He took me in his arms again and hugged me tightly. "It's alvight." my dad's deep voise soothed me. "He's all the vay back in his land, on ze ozer side of ze country even, on ze coast, and ve are here, in Chermany. Even if he did do zat to you, I vould kill him vith my bear hands before he could lay a finger on you."

I looked up at him with my puffy red eyes. "Promise?" I asked and he nodded. I then took out my hand with all but my pinki curled down. "Pinki swear?" He brought his own hand up and we shook pinkis on it. "Could you stay here tonight dad?" I asked. "Just incase Francis does come and gets past you somehow."

He knew about my super stition. Even if I make someone pinki swear, I still don't give the promise full trust from things that could happen and aren't planed. He nodded as he turned to Feliciano and Gilbert. "You two go back to bed." he said in a serious tone. "I'll see you in ze morning."

They walked out, leaving their good night's. "See you in ze morning frau."

"Good night mia bella."

My dad tucked the covers under me once again, flipped the light off, and kissed my head. "Good night liebe." he whispered.

"Wait!" I sat up and stopped him from turning away. "You promised to stay here!"

I saw him smile in the nearly black light. "I did, but I never said zat I'll sleep." he explained as he sat in my desk chair. "I'm not very good protection half asleep, so I'll stay avake." He came over and laid me down again. "I von't leave. I promise." I normally don't trust promises, but here I made an exception.