Introduction
She lay on the ground in a useless heap, all the strength drained from her frame. She could hear their footsteps drawing nearer. She cried as their shadows fell over her. She looked up at her conquerors, her expression falling. There was one man, a pleasant looking sort, with chestnut colored hair and a...woman? No, that one was also a man too...or at least she thought so. It was hard to tell, especially in that dress.
The brown haired male strolled up to her, a soft, compassionate smile on his face. He extended a hand to her politely and spoke, his voice soft but authoritative. "Hello there. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Lithuania. This is my partner Poland," he said, indicating the, um, male behind him.
Poland waved politely. "Like, hi," he said. He then curtsied politely and walked up to Lithuania's side, sliding his fingers through the spaces between the others.
Lithuania smiled at Poland, but didn't say a word. Instead he turned back to the crippled nation before them, still smiling brilliantly. "You're going to be a part of us now, okay?" Her saddened look of desperation didn't move him the slightest. "It's okay. We're not going to beat you up like those Tartars."
She couldn't say anything though. She could only cry as everything was stripped away from her.
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He lay on the ground in a useless heap, all the strength drained from his body. He heard them pounding on his door. He cried to himself as he heard the wood splinter. He looked up at his conquerors, tears in his eyes.
The heavy thud of boots on the floor sounded more like gun fire. The towering figure looked down on the smaller nation, a sweet smile playing at the conqueror's lips.
"Hello there. Let me introduce myself. My name is Ivan. You're going to be my new best friend," he said oh so sweetly. The other countries behind him chuckled, as if it were some sort of awful joke. Ivan only smiled, grabbing the smaller nation by the throat and heaving him to his feet. "Don't worry, we're going to have lots of fun together."
Lithuania couldn't say anything though. He could only sob as his country was torn apart all around him.
Oh irony, what a bitch.
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So starts my 100-Themes challenge. I had a hell of a time with this one too. Lithuania is NOT my specialty. In the 1300s the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth expanded eastward into the Ukraine, which was during this time widely occupied by the Tartars. Under the Polish-Lithuanian rule the Ukrainians were subjected to very harsh treatment by the Poles. In the 1600s the Ukraine found itself in an alliance with Russia due to the internal resistance to the occupation. This didn't work out too well for them either, as Russia ran the Poles out, only to exploit the Ukrainians themself. Meanwhile Russia, Prussia, and Austria picked apart the rest of the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth, Russia ending up with most of Lithuania, effectively doing to the broken up nation exactly what it did to Ukraine before. Silly Toris, guess you've never heard of Karma eh?
