Hello again everyone, I hope I haven't kept you waiting for too long. I was just attending to other projects of mine that are pretty unrelated to the Gifted Series or even writing. Mostly playing Portal 2… So here's the first chapter to Summer Vacation in Canada, which I have stated on my profile is more light and fluffy than Feliciano's Fire and the future stories to come. I hope you all enjoy this story. As usual reviews are welcome.
Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia or any media that inspired this story.
The Gifted Series 2: Summer Vacation in Canada
It had been almost two months since the end of the term, almost three since the conflict against the Society for the Betterment of Mankind and Francis was thankful for being on break. As he watched Alfred and Matthew play a game of tag with other children in the park he realized that it was a good thing the fight happened when it did. If it happened earlier, the students involved would have been the center of attention for the whole year. Even someone who enjoys the limelight as much as Francis would have gotten tired of being the center of attention eventually, and would have craved the simplicity of his previous day to day existence. "Normalcy is good." He thought to himself. "It allows them to be carefree."
Alfred ran away from his pursuer as fast as he could without drawing on his additional reserves of strength. There was no point in ruining the game by showing what he was really capable of, even though he really wanted to. During his short time with his gift Alfred learned that showing off outside of school frequently backfires, and leads to the games ending. He looked out of the corner of his eye and saw his younger brother which clearly meant one thing to the young American; escape. In the blink of an eye Alfred altered his course so that he was running straight towards his brother, laughing boisterously as he did so.
"Alfred? What are you doing?" Matthew asked as he realized what Alfred's master plan was.
"I don't have to be faster than who's 'it' if I'm faster than you. Have fun getting tagged bro!" Matthew also started running after his brother to avoid becoming 'it.' Alfred expanded on his tactic by dragging all the other kids into this insane chase. Despite his general distaste for healthy food and his primary hobby of video gaming Alfred was surprisingly athletic even without his enhanced strength. Francis was impressed that his American cousin caused these other children to forget they had a whole park to run around in. Shortly after observing this the moment was broken when one of the children was tagged, causing the mob to disperse. The game went on like this for some time. Matthew eventually got tired and quietly removed himself from the game to sit under a tree. It was a relatively cool day for summertime, and Matthew was grateful for that. If it were a hot day going to the park would have been unbearable and the boys wouldn't have met that group of kids. He sat under the tree and looked up at the sky, admiring its beauty. "Mom said the weather was supposed to be pretty mild this year….." he thought to himself as he watched a bird and was then struck by a brilliant idea. "Alfred!" he yelled as loud as he could, which was not very loud at all.
His brother was too busy with their brief companions to notice Matthew's call. Fortunately for Matthew, Francis called the boys telling them it was time to leave.
"Did you see that? Everybody totally wanted to be my homie!" Alfred loudly proclaimed as they walked back to Matthew's home.
"Yes, I saw. You are turning out to be quite the social butterfly, maybe someday you will be as popular as I am." Said Francis with a smirk.
"Get real, Al's ego's gonna get in the way." Matthew said in a joking tone, he then walked ahead of his brother and cousin. He then turned around and started walking backward so he could face them and talk. "I had this great idea, but we have to see if Mom'll be okay with it."
"Well, let's hear it." Said Alfred impatiently, anything that could be described as a 'great idea' was something to get excited about. Anyone who knew Alfred F. Jones knew that when he was excited about something he did not like to wait.
"Alright, so you both know that most of the Bad Company Club will be coming to stay with us for the last month of vacation. Also the weather is good and pretty much all of us like some sort of adventure and the outdoors. So I was thinking that we should plan a camping trip for all of us to go on. What do you think?" Alfred stared at his brother briefly, and then gave a wide grin.
"That sounds amazing! It would be the most fun camping trip ever!" he yelled. Francis smiled, but wasn't as enthusiastic.
"I'm not quite into camping, but I'm sure it will be fun with everyone there so I'll go."
"I'm sure that if we plan a trip Gilbert wouldn't give you a choice. You know how pushy he is." Said Matthew. Shortly after that, they arrive at the William's home.
"Hey mom, we have to ask you something." Said Alfred.
"When all our friends get here is it alright if we go on a camping trip? It would be a lot of fun." The boy's mother looked up at the ceiling as though considering the pros and cons of this proposal; she eventually smiles at the boys.
"I don't see any reason why not, I'll call your uncle and see if he'd like to go on the trip as well." The two younger boys cheered and ran off to start making their plans.
Woo! I got more down than I thought I would, I seriously started writing this days ago but was having trouble thinking of what to write. Anyway, slow first chapter is slow. I hope you all liked it.