AN: Every so often, my AP Language and Composition teacher gives us 40 words, and we get tested on them. Some are difficult, some are easy. I've decided to use Hetalia to learn them. Each chapter/ficlet is inspired by a different word. All chapters will probably remain unrelated to each other.
Burnish- (v.) to make smooth or glossy by rubbing, polish
(n.) gloss, brightness, luster
Jerk England, Sealand ranted silently. I'll show him someday. I'm going to be a much more important nation than he ever was. Little does he know that I took this...oil can, I suppose it is. It'll serve him right for treating me like that. Sealand inspected the grimy object in his hands. In the center a Post-It note was stuck to the metal. "Return lamp to Turkey, Saturday. Confirm hypothesis." Apparently it's some sort of lamp. Sealand peeled the Post-It offof the "lamp" (how can it be a lamp if there's nowhere to put a lightbulb?) and stared at England's neat note. After centuries of writing, not even his quickly-scribbled notes appeared sloppy. A bit of dirt stuck to the sticky part of the yellow paper, revealing a small area of shiny lamp. I feel sort of bad for taking the lamp because it's not England's. I don't want Turkey to hate me too. I suppose I'll clean this thing before I give it back to England. Maybe that'll make Turkey like me...and then maybe he'll acknowledge me as a nation!
Content with his plan, Sealand went skipping off through his little nation to find a cloth and silver polish to burnish the lamp with. Meanwhile, England had noticed that there was a certain lamp missing from his study. After a few choice swears and some pacing, he realized that Sealand must have been the thief. After dropping some foul words that he hadn't used since America was small, he called his boss. He needed reinforcements, and fast. If that child rubbed the lamp, England's nightmares would come true. Sealand could become an actual nation. Jumping into his fastest car, England sped off to go visit the micronation. If he ignored traffic lights, signs, and speed limits, he could be there in less than an hour. He was the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and he was about to go all British Empire on Sealand's sorry ass.