Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia
Nothing like a new story to commemerate the end of finals and moving into a new apartment! I don't have internet at home yet and a busy couple weeks with work but will try to update often^^
First time really writing a Latvia-centered story so let's see how this goes XD
Chapter one: Sleeping Beauty
"Come on, Latvia, stop lollygagging," Sealand coaxed on as he lead the group up the dark, wet, stone stairway. Latvia was not sure how he got himself into this situation, but here he was with Sealand, Iceland, Hong Kong, Liechtenstein, and Seychelles; the group breaking into an old castle to follow some local fairy tale at Finland's house. He blamed Sealand partly, he was the one who told them about the story when they all met together earlier, but he was still the one who decided to tag along nevertheless.
"Ah-um guys, do we even know what we should be looking for?" Latvia asked.
"According to the story the young princess was locked away in a sealed room in a tower. This is leading up the last tower so we should hit a dead end soon," Iceland answered.
"This is so exciting, I wonder what's going to be waiting for us up there," Seychelles commented, not letting the dreary atmosphere of the castle get to her.
"Wha-what if all we find is a skeleton a-and a bunch of rotten things?" Latvia asked, paling at the idea.
"I'm hoping the magic part of the story is true," Liechtenstein answered.
"Grow up, magic like that doesn't happen," Sealand answered.
"What if it did happen? And when we find her she's, like, a living corpse who looks at us and says in a scary voice 'I've been waiting for you," Hong Kong replies, making as scary-sounding of a voice as he could for the princess.
"No!" Latvia screamed out upon thinking of that, only to be quieted when Iceland placed his hand over the Baltic's mouth.
"Shh, do you want someone to call the police on us?" Iceland asked.
Latvia shook his head and mumbled a "no," himself being practically at wits end already. In all honesty, it took most of his courage to come to this place with the others, and a visit to the police station would probably not make things any better.
"Don't worry Latvia, if what Hong Kong said does happen then we'll just run for our lives and never talk about this again," Seychelles reasoned.
"W-would that really be best?" Latvia asked.
"Sure, why not?" Seychelles answered.
"Hey guys, I think we're finally here," Sealand interrupted while shining his flashlight over at the sealed door. The small group stared at it for several seconds, looking at the perfectly preserved wood with a strange symbol painted onto it. the symbol was of a circle with two lines going from the top half-way down and another line going through at a diagnol; all drawn in a deep crimson. It looked far more promising than the other, rotten and broken doors they had found earlier.
"How are we going to break into it?" Liechtenstein asked.
"Leave that to me! Remember the amazing Sea-kun is really strong," Sealand answered only to then tell the others to stay out of his way for a second. He then backed away from the door, only to run as fast as he could towards it and kick with all his might. The door put up some resistance, but in the end it broke off the hinges and fell onto the stone floor.
The group gasped upon seeing the room. Everything in the room looked as if untouched by time; not even a speck of dust could be found on the immaculate room. Slowly, the group began to look at the treasures they found. Liechtenstein and Seychelles roamed around the fine garments and jewelry as Sealand, Iceland, and Hong Kong tried to sink everything in. Latvia then looked towards the bed and gasped upon seeing what he did.
Laying in the bed was a young girl, about the same age as him physically, neatly tucked under the fur and wool blankets. There was color in her face, and she looked as if only sleeping; the slow rises and falls from her chest also giving the hint. Slowly, Latvia gently pushed some of her long, white-blond hair away from her face; blushing slightly as he did so. He really couldn't help it, the girl was just so beautiful and he felt as if he suddenly jumped into a story.
"What did you find Latvia?" Liechtenstein asked as she and the others walked towards the large bed.
"It's the princess! And she's not a skeleton or anything," Sealand commented.
"I guess the story was true after all," Iceland reasoned.
Latvia paid the others no attention, however, too focused on watching the girl in her deep sleep. Before he or anyone else could stop it, Latvia carefully bent over and kissed the girl on her lush pink lips. The kiss was only for a second, before he snapped his tomato-red face away from hers.
The next few seconds were a blur for everyone as the same symbol on the door appeared on her chest followed by a beam of red light which filled the room. As soon as this began, it seemed to end. The group then looked back to the girl, only to find her yawning and stretching, her large violet-blue eyes staring at them.
"Congratulations Latvia, it looks like you woke up the Princess," Seychelles congratulated, more surprised than happy.
"Looks like the scaredy-cat of our little group just became prince charming," Iceland continued, not sure if he should believe this.
Before more comments could be made another flash of light appeared, but this time from a flashlight outside. Curious, the group plus the not-walking-steady princess went to the window and looked outside to find a policeman there.
"What do you kids think you're doing up there? How did you get up there?! Get down here immediately you trespassers!" The policeman ordered, causing the group to pale slightly before cautiously coming down from the tower and out the front door to the officer; the princess clinging to Latvia and occasionally one of the others for support all the way.
"You kids are in big trouble, just so you know," the police officer commented upon seeing the group, only to then leave for a moment to ask for help to come get them all to the station.
So what do you guys think?
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