The Revolution

Hello, this is my first story and I will accept flames but remember, be moderate. Say only what you would want directed towards you. No, this story is not centered around the American Revolutionary War but it has some prospects of it. The story stars the Axis and is an AU where they are humans. Meaning they can DIE or have the problems that normal people have. This can be set in any time period it is a dystopian world.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia or the characters only the plot; if I did own it would be longer, my ships and headcanons would come true and Prussia would get more screen-time… Anyway, on to the story!

I was lying in bed when I hear the pounding on my door. I was expecting this; mein older bruder had joined the resistance force against King Arthur. I rolled out of bed briefly thanking all of the Gods people have worshiped that my usually noisy bed did not make a single sound as I moved. The insistency of the pounding increased, now voices joined it.

'Open this door and surrender, Ludwig Belischmidt! You are under arrest for treason against the crown!' Even though I knew why they were there, my heart picked up in pace at their words. How did they find out? Who gave them away? Who- I shook my head to clear it of those thoughts; they will only make it harder to escape. I grabbed the sword hidden under my bed hopping the slight sound of metal against wood wasn't louder than the pounding. I took the pouch full of traveling gear from its place next to the fireplace. I then calculated the amount of time it would take for them to break through the door. A minute- one whole minute to escape through the basement. Those were the thoughts that were going through my mind as I crept down the basement stairs, closing the hatch under the bag of potatoes over me. I walked in complete silence through the tunnel cursing Gilbert for not waiting till a quieter time to act. The end of the tunnel opened up just outside of town- coincidentally in between the secluded houses of my only two friends, Feliciano Vargas und Kiku Honda.

'Ludwig-san? What are you doing out here so late? Wouldn't you normally be in bed by now?' Said the voice from behind me. I spun around quickly; sword already poised to attack and saw my small Japanese friend.

'K-Kiku? Was-What are you doing out here so late?' I mentally smacked my head; I could be such a dummkopf sometimes.

He had a ghost of a smile on his lips, 'I believe I asked you first.' He had an amused glint in his eyes.

'I-I-I have come to say goodbye I guess.' Kiku looked taken back; I have always said that I never wanted to leave my home; this town is where Berlin used to be- I am part of the only family that has been in this town since the beginning after all.

'Na-Nani? Please come inside my house and I will call Feli-san over.' I could tell from his voice that this was not a suggestion. So I walked with him up his stone path to the Japanese-styled house and walked inside seating myself.

It was not even ten minutes until Feliciano was over- he never passed up the opportunity to see me, even if it pisses off his older brother. 'Ve~ Luddy! What are you-a doing here?' He questions hugging me over and over again.

'I am saying goodbye.' I state rather bluntly. He falls off from where he was hanging onto and landed on my lap. He looked up with tears in his eyes.

'Ludwig? ...Why are you leaving? Is it because of me? Am I driving you away? Wh-' He then burst into tears. I awkwardly patted his back somehow calming him instantly.

'…Eto… Ludwig-san, if I can ask… why do you have a sword?' Kiku finally managed to get in looking uncomfortable.

I sighed. I can tell them… right? 'I… I am being hunted.' They both took a sharp breath- it is rare when someone gets hunted and no one actually knows who do the hunting and looks to the empire for protection.

Feliciano was the first to reply, 'Then you need to-a tell the guards, they will-a save you!' I looked at him in the eyes earnestly and said that they weren't going to help. 'And-a why not!?'

'Because they are the hunters.' The air grew very tense at those five words. 'I am going to leave and stay away to protect you- both of you.' I clarified a slight blush on my face.

'Ludwig-san where are you going?'

'I don't know yet-perhaps somewhere you of the way, out of the conflict. I don't want Vater to fight against both his sons.'

'Then I am-a joining you.' I would have dropped Feli if I were standing.

'W-Was?'

'I will join you as well, Ludwig-san.'

'No-don't. You can't, it wouldn't be safe for ei-' I stopped mid-sentence cocking my head to the side slightly, hearing feet, yells, and dogs. The Hunters. 'Gather necessary supplies and head out through the back; I will not let you two get hurt because of me. Well, what are you waiting for, the Hunters?' They move pretty quickly after that, gathering all and only what they needed. Feliciano wrote a note to his brother that he was going on a trip with Kiku, managing to make it look a few days old.

We have managed to escape the town and surrounding forest finally able to rest; I worry for the other two… was allowing them to tag along a bad idea? My world is suddenly being shaken and I feel as if someone is calling my name… it sounds like Feli… my vision is suddenly a white canvas and…

I jolt awake bumping heads with Feli who was leaning over me, I fall back down letting loose a string of German curses. 'Ow, Luddy. That-a hurts.' He leaned over my face again and I looked away quickly, realizing that we suddenly very close… what it must look like to Kiku.

'Then you shouldn't have been there in the first place.' I sat up, smoothed my hair down and asked Kiku what time it was.

'7:34 am, you have been asleep a day and a half. It was quite a surprise when you suddenly fell unconscious on us as we were about to start again.'

'Ve~ It was-a frightening, you should really eat and-a sleep regularly.'

I looked away, ashamed. The truth was that I was punishing myself for telling the real reason, for getting them in this mess. 'I-I realize that it was a foolish thing for me to do.' I recited the thing that I knew would make them both happy, voice echoing in the cave we found two days prior.

Kiku handed me a bowl of wurst. 'Do you know where we are going?'

'Ja, we are going to pay Alfred F. Jones a visit.'

'Ve-a Ludwig? Who is Alfred F. Jones?'

'Hai,I would like to know that as well.'

'Alfred F. Jones is the Rebel's leader, we will join the resisting force.'