So, this is kind of a continuation of Der er Ingen Vej Fra Mørkels Land and a side story to Ég er Hér. Like I said in Ingen Vej, it's kind of hard to believe that the Nordics are in any way really friends after everything that has happened. There are some exceptions- Lukas and Eiríkur are still the entertainingly dysfunctional brothers we know and love and Timo has no real grudge against anyone that's not a creepy communist man child. On the whole, though, they have some issues to sort out.
The time period is the early 1950s, post WWII.
The title is Norwegian Bokmål for "Together Again".
Some things I should state before starting:
- Two nations are related if they share at least one parent. Mikkel and Berwald share Germania as a father. Lukas and Eiríkur share Ancient Scandinavia as a mother. (And no, they are not related. Germania and Scandinavia saw each other as siblings and never did anything like that. I do have an idea about who Lukas and Eiríkur's dad is, but that's not important right now.)
- I use human names because I want to point out that while they are nations, they are still people with their own feelings and relationships.
- Human names: Mikkel Køhler- Denmark; Lukas Bondevik- Norway; Eiríkur Steilsson- Iceland; Berwald Oxenstierna- Sweden; Timo Väinämöinen- Finland.
- If you want to know more about Lukas and Eiríkur's relationship, go read Ég er Hér.
This will end up with Nine chapters- one prologue, seven chapters for the seven days they're spending together, and an epilogue. I have everything planned out, so hopefully this won't take too long to complete.
I apologize if there is some pointless Norwegian scattered around. I'm learning how to speak/read Norwegian (Bokmål).
Disclaimer: If I owned Hetalia, this would be canon. Since I am posting this on Fanfiction dot net, it obviously is not.
Sammen Igjen
Prologue
Saying that this was awkward would be an understatement.
Mikkel stared at the nations that he used to consider his family, suddenly unable to say what he had rehearsed earlier in his head.
Timo was the only one that seemed happy to be there, having greeted all of the others with a smile upon coming in. Berwald was resolutely staring (well, more like glaring, but Mikkel couldn't tell if he actually was glaring or if it was just his regular expression) at the wall, not even looking at him or any of the others out of the corner of his eye. Lukas was staring into space, expressionless as usual. Eiríkur was messing with the sleeves of the brown jacket he had taken off, occasionally glancing at the Norwegian.
Finally, thankfully, Timo asked, "So, what did you want to tell us, Tanska?"
Seizing the opportunity, Mikkel said, "So, I doubt you guys want me to beat around the bush, so I'll just come out and say it: my boss suggested to me-" It was actually the other way around- "that we should form better relations between us-" And by better I mean not trying to kill each other every time we see each other- "and suggested that we spend a week together on vacation." That one was actually his idea. I'm not that insane.
Well, it caught their attention at least.
"Hva?" Lukas asked, raising an eyebrow but otherwise not reacting.
"Really," Eiríkur deadpanned, though he at least rolled his eyes.
Berwald didn't react, though he was pretty sure that he was glaring at the wall now.
Timo, however, smiled. "That's a great idea! We should do that!" That got Berwald to stop attempting to intimidate the wall for a brief second and stare at the Finn before turning back to the wall.
"By the way, he said he was going to get in touch with your guy's bosses and I'm pretty sure they're going to go for it," Mikkel added, keeping a smile upon his face.
Someone sighed, but he couldn't tell who.
After a moment, Eiríkur asked, "So when are we going to do this?"
Mikkel shrugged. "A couple months, I suppose. Haven't worked out all of the details yet. I wanted to see what you guys thought."
"How about July?" Timo suggested. "Seems like a good time for a vacation."
"That fine with you guys?" Reluctantly, the other three nodded. The Dane smiled. "Great! So, where do you guys suggest we stay?" He held himself back from suggesting the Faroe Islands and Greenland, partly because they probably wouldn't take it well, and partly because they were still a bit annoyed at him. It had taken quite a bit of bribery to get Faroe to agree to let them meet here.
"Svalbard."
All of them looked at Lukas, who just looked back, the same bored expression on his face. "I have a cabin there that I believe can hold all of us. It is also isolated enough that we will most likely not have any unwanted visitors."
Surprisingly, Eiríkur was the first one to agree. "That's fine," the Icelander muttered. Berwald just nodded, agreeing with them, and Timo grinned as he also nodded.
Mikkel smiled, relieved that this was going so well. "That's fine! So, when in July would be the best time for you guys?"
After finally agreeing on the dates, the meeting broke up.
Berwald was out the door the second that it ended. Eiríkur scowled at the Swede's back, but didn't say anything as he followed Lukas out.
The moment that they walked out the door Mikkel sighed and plopped down in his chair. He had managed to get them to agree to his plan, but still… "He didn't even say anything," the Dane muttered.
"Probably because he didn't know what to say."
Mikkel swore and whirled around so fast that he was surprised that he didn't get whiplash. "Ti- Finland!" he yelled, seeing the Finn still standing in the room. "What are you still doing here? I thought that you left with-"
"I have some business in London after this, so I'm not leaving with Berwald this time, Mikkel," Timo said, emphasizing his human name. "I wanted to talk to you."
"Yeah, right. All of you hate me," he said, forgetting who he was talking to for a moment. Upon realizing that he's not alone, the Dane shot up and stared at the Finn, who just frowned.
"Why do you think we hate you?"
Mikkel scoffed. "Please. Ber- Sweden can't stand to stay in the same room with me. You can easily tell that Norway hates my company. And Ice takes too much after him and basically follows his lead."
"I don't think they hate you," Timo said, frowning. "Sure, you guys have had your differences, but I would be shocked if they actually hate you."
The Dane just rolled his eyes. "Just because you and Sweden haven't had any arguments-"
"We have, actually. Our countries almost went to war over Åland in 1920, for one. That's just one of the most recent examples."
"Really?"
"Kyllä. Besides, if they hated you, they wouldn't have agreed to this."
Mikkel sighed again. "Maybe," he muttered.
"I'll help you fix our relations, if you want," Timo offered, smiling. "Besides, I somehow think that it will be easier than you think."
"I hope that you're right," Mikkel muttered.
Translations:
Tanska (Finnish)- Denmark
Hva (Norwegian)- What
Kyllä (Finnish)- Yes
(If this is not correct, please tell me and I will fix it.)
Notes:
Svalbard- An archipelago in the Arctic Ocean that's under the control of Norway. Pretty out of the way, like Lukas said, though people do live there. It also has the Global Seed Vault that has most every seed they can get their hands on.
Almost went to war over Åland- Yes, fellow Hetalia fans, Berwald and Timo's relationship isn't perfect! Shocking, I know. Sarcasm aside, in 1920, Sweden and Finland got into an argument about who got to control the Åland Islands. After intervention by The League of Nations (yes, they did have some success, just not a lot), Finland won, but the islands were declared a demilitarized zone.
So, a pretty crappy prologue, but I honestly don't think that I could make it any better. I promise that the rest will be a lot better.
Just so you know, this will probably mostly be focused on the three Scandinavian countries. Timo only really hates Russia and Eiríkur is really only mad at what they've done to Lukas. Meanwhile, we all know about Mikkel and Berwald's (lack of a) relationship, and Lukas has issues with both of them. All will be explained in the coming chapters.
Please review if you liked this/wish to correct me if I got something wrong.