Esmerilla Malum "Etch" Schmitt was a girl who lived with a wealthy and religious family from ancient Rome. She was considered to be the Dangerous Black Sea. On the other hand her sister Sesmera Bona "Mera" Schmitt was considered to be the beautiful shining star. In her parents mind she could never live up to Mera before she died when they were a few years old. Etch is so conflicted over all of this drama that she meets a friend named Stch. Join Etch when she finds out the truth behind Stch and all the trouble she lives with in Etch and Stch.