~Campfire Tales~
"Francis!, what happened!?" Alfred asked, grabbing the petrified french boy by the shoulders. "...t-the blue lady...she took 'im..." Francis sniffed, he stood up and wiped some blood from my lip. Alfred felt his blood run cold, "...t-the blue lady?..." he whimpered. Matthew gasped softly and pulled his fluffy white bear close. Ivan lowered his head, "if the blue lady has him...he is dead.." he murmered. Francis pulled his knees up to his chin. " I...I tried to rescue 'im but the blue lady attacked me..Arthur screamed at me to run, to save myself...b-but I could'nt..." he whispered. Matthew put a hand on his friends shoulder comfortingly. "we'll find him Francis...we'll find him...".
Alfred looked around, he narrowed his eyes as they tried to adjust to the darkness. As he looked, he swore he saw a pair of large blue eyes glaring at him. Suddenly, there was an ear-splitting scream, Matthew yelped and whimpered, Ivan's eyes widened, "we need to hide...she is coming!" he hissed, Alfred helped Francis up "well, where the hell do we go!?" he snapped,"theres a cave near here...we could take refuge there.." Francis said, Ivan nodded, Matthew turned to follow them but froze in fear, "Mattie!, lets go dude!" Alfred yelled, his heart stopped when he saw the reason for his brothers fear..., standing on top of a cliff, holding a knife covered in blood, was the blue lady...with a frightening scream she raised the knife above her head and charged towards Matthew. The terrified boy didn't move.
"Matthew run!" Francis screamed, he raced towards the terrified Canadian. Matthew gasped and tried to run, Francis cursed and grabbed Matthew's arm. "stay with us!" he hissed, "do you want to get attacked or not!?". Alfred noticed the sadness in the french boys eyes, he was thinking of Arthur. Images of his british friend flashed through his mind, he had to find him. And as quickly as she appeared, the blue lady vanished, Francis sighed in relief "let us get some rest…" Ivan nodded and led them towards the cave. Alfred started a fire and sat down. Matthew suddenly let out a panicked cry, "Kumajiro's gone!" he yelled, he looked around frantically and raced outside. "Mattie! Get your ass back here!" Alfred shouted, he followed his brother outside and gasped.
Matthew was crouched over a small rock, it was covered in blood and on top, was a single tuft of white fur… "Damnit…" the American sighed and stood beside his brother, "Mattie…I..." he began. Matthew flung himself into Alfred's arms and started sobbing. "aww…it's okay Matt…I know how close you and Kuma were…". Ivan and Francis motioned for them to get back to the cave, Alfred nodded and picked his little brother up gently and walked back to the others. Francis sighed and started to bandage his wounds, "…we still need to rescue Arthur…" He growled, Ivan nodded, "If he is still alive da?..." he muttered, Matthew eventually stopped crying and fell asleep in his brothers' arms.
Alfred gently wiped his little brothers tears away and pulled him into a comforting hug. Ivan ha fallen asleep and Francis was leaning against the wall and was poking the fire with a stick. "mon dieu…" he murmered, Alfred sighed and looked at him. Suddenly another angry shriek filled the cave, Ivan bolted upright "not again…" he whimpered. The Blue Lady appeared, holding her bloodied knife in her other hand, she held a corpse covered in horrible wounds and a deep slash across the throat. Alfred's face went extremely pale when he saw the body…there was no mistaking the messy blonde hair and large eyebrows…The Blue Lady's newest victim…was Arthur!.