You can listen to this song while reading this to make it more emotional: watch?v=cMbvOvALxak (THIS SONG DOES NOT BELONG TO ME). Hope you enjoy reading this ;)
Holy Roman Empire fell to the ground, he was weak at this point of time. He knew that the war was going to end but not the way he wanted it to end. He got back up in the battlefield he couldn't give up now... not now. He was looked down by a Frenchman with shoulder length hair and blue eyes. Holy Roman Empire wanted to make it back, someone special was waiting for him, he needed to make it back. The Frenchman drew his out sword approaching the young nation.
"You fought well mon ami" said the Frenchman "Some empires will rise and some of them will simply have to fall"
And with the swing of the Frenchman's sword the young empire was no more.
Holy Rome up,he was still on the battlefield, no one was there, he laid on the ground trying to rethink what happened. He looked at his hand. It was a bit pale. He still didn't know why he was still here. His eyes suddenly lid up.
"I'm alive" he said to himself "I'm alive" he suddenly got up and started to jump up and down with happiness "I can't believe this how am i alive? I'l be able to see Austria, Hungary and... Italy." he looked up at the cloudy sky and whispered "I can go home" There was no time to lose. Holy Rome started to run home. He wanted to see Italy and tell him his adventures, everything he has been through and tell her- I mean him how much he missed him. He knew it was going to take a while to get there but it didn't matter how long of a distance he needed to run, he was determined to see Italy it's been 30 years since they haven't seen each other.
It felt like forever for Holy Rome to get there but he finally made it. It was a cloudy day and it looked like it was going to rain. He wasn't hungry, he thought maybe it was because he was a country and they could live a while without food. He stood in front of the gates of the house, they were open. "Thank god" he said to himself. He walked threw the gates only to see France and a few of his soldiers from a distance. As he started to walked over he saw France was talking to Austria and Hungary. Hungary was crying in Austria's arms and Austria looked devastated. " What is he telling them?" He walked close enough to hear what they were saying.
"I'm sorry. There was nothing I could do to help him" said France with a sad tone.
Holy Rome didn't know why no one noticed him yet, he walked over and yelled "Hungary, Austria don't listen to whatever he is saying! He tried to ki-"
"What's going on?"
The whole conversation stopped when the little Italian walked in on them.
"Italy..." it's been so long since Holy Rome has seen Italy. He has grown a bit since they last seen each other although he still had his chibi voice.
Italy looked up at Austria and Hungary "Mr. Austria, Hungary what is going on? Why are you crying?"
Hungary quickly ran off with tears in her eyes. She knew that she didn't want to see Italy in so much pain even thought it was unavoidable.
"Italy! It's been so long! I-i" Holy Rome realized that Italy was not paying attention to him, like he was invisible, he didn't understand what was going on.
"Big brother France what is going on? Why is everybody so sad?" said Italy concerned
France keeled down to Italy's high. He let out a sigh " I'm sorry... I got news about Holy Roman Empire" France stopped talking for a moment but then continued "He's not coming back"
"What? what do you mean he not coming back?!" tears started to form in Italy's eyes
France looked down, so did Austria. France let out an other sigh "Holy Roman Empire... is no more."
"What do you mean?! I'm not dead i'm right here!" Holy Rome cried
Italy turned around and started walking away with tears in his eyes. Holy Rome stood a few metres in front of Italy, Italy keep't walking like he was not there.
"Italy i'm right here! I came back! Don't listen to him he's a liar i'm not dead!" but no matter what Holy Rome said, Italy kept walking, he was going to bump into him.
"Italy why are you ignoring me?! can't you see? I'm right her-"
Holy Rome stopped taking, he couldn't believe what happened, Italy walked right thought him. He was speechless. He looked back at Italy who was trying his best to keep going and stay strong. Until Italy fell to his knees and let go all of the tears that he held in for so many years. He cried, and all that Holy Rome could do is stand and watch.
"He's gone!" Italy cried "He really is gone! I'll never be able to see him again! Why... He said he would come back!"
"But I did come back!" Holy Rome cried "I just..." Holy Rome looked once again at his hands, they were pale... He knew why now. He knew why he wasn't hungry from the trip back, why he didn't have any injury's when he woke up, why no one could see him...
"I just can't be here for you anymore..." Holy Rome said with tears starting to roll down his cheeks. When his tears fell from his face they would vanish in thin air, just like how he vanished from this world. He was a wandering soul, whom cries could not be heard. He fell to his knees and watched Italy cry his heart out. He could only watch, he could do nothing... he was nothing.
It started to rain...
Holy Rome could not feel the rain... how he wished he could. He looked up too see Austria walking towards Italy. Austria put his hand on Italy's shoulder and spoke softly
"Italy we need to go back to the house now, it's raining."
"No i'm not going too" Italy replied
"Italy you'll catch a cold if you stay out here in the rain..."
"I said no! Leave me alone!" snapped back
Austria grabbed Italy by the arm and stared to walk him back home. Italy struggled to get out of Austria's grip.
"Leave me alone! I don't want to go home! I said no! Let me go!"
Austria tried his best to ignore Italy's cries. Suddenly Austria tuned around violently and looked at Italy straight in the eyes.
"Holy Rome is dead!" Austria yelled "he's not going to come back just because we want him too!"
Italy was shocked that Austria yelled at him like that, but then he saw that Austria was crying too. Austria kneed down to Italy's high and gave Italy a sympathetic look
"I'm so sorry Italy..." Austria said trying to hold back the tears without success "I'm going to miss him too... I-i just..."
Suddenly Austria pulled Italy into a warm embracing hug. Italy was surprised at first, but hugged him back.
In all of Holy Rome's life he never saw Austria give Italy an actual hug. It was sort of... nice. Austria stood up and wiped away his tears.
"Shall we get going?" Austria asked, Italy nodded and held Austria's hand as they walked back to the house
Holy Rome looks where France was standing, him and his soldiers where now gone. He looked back to where Austria and Italy where, they went back in the house, he was alone.
He decided to walk over to a field, a field that him and Italy shared so many memories. They picked flowers, they painted, even though he wasn't very good at it, they would talk, laugh and sometimes they would just sit there and look at the view. He missed those times so much. Back then he thought doing those sorts of thing were silly, he wondered why did them. But now these were the times he missed the most. Holy Rome fell to his knees. What use to be the sweetest dream turned into his worst nightmare knowing that he would never be able to these kinds of things again.
"Oh Italy..." he whispered with tears in his eyes "I'm so sorry... I couldn't be there... I told you that I would come back and I didn't keep my word. I caused you so much pain... If only I could be there for you..."
"Young child, why do you cry" said a soft angelic voice
Holy Roman Empire turned around only to see an angel standing in front of him. The aura around her was so bright it was hardly to see her yet it was still one of the most beautiful things he'd seen in his life.
"I left the person I loved the most" Holy Rome replied "I said I would come back to them but I never made it back from the war... I wish I could see them, be there for them..."
The angel though for a moment then spoke up with the softest, most angelic voice he's ever heard "So you wish is to come back to life"
Holy Rome looked up at her and replied "Yes... it is. I doubt it's even possible but i'd give up anything to be with Italy again."
"... There is a way that I could bring you back, but-" before the angel could finish her sentence Holy Rome exclaimed
"Really! You could do that! H-how could I repay you?! Thank you so much!"
"Ahem" Holy Roman Empire's attention was brought back to the angel "But there is a price"
Holy Rome frowned, "What is the price" preparing for the worst case possible
The Angel gave a light sigh and continued "If you are reborn back in this world, you will not remember anything form your past life."
Holy Rome looked up at the angel in shock. So... If he was reborn he wouldn't remember anything!? He wouldn't be able to remember the good, bad, painful, joyful memories of his life as the Holy Roman Empire. He wouldn't remember Hungary, Austria, Italy... This broke his heart, but a decision had to be made. It's either he stayed like this, in a eternal state of loneliness, where no one could hear him nor see him but remembered his past, or come back to life and not remember a thing. It suddenly came to him that he wouldn't be able to bare with himself in this current state. Seeing Italy in pain, seeing him cry , and all he would be able to do is stand there and watch. No one would see him, no one would hear him. He didn't want this. He needed to get out.
"I've made my decision. My wish is to be reborn." Holy Rome declared.
"Very well" said the angel with a soothing tone of voice
Holy Rome started glowing. Everything started to fade to white. Holy Rome was scared at first but then he felt calm, it somehow felt nostalgic. He looked up at the sky and started smiling
"Italy... I only wish the best for your future... I hope that we can meet again..."
Holy Rome closed his eyes as everything faded to white
"...Thank you..."
"Who am I?" was the first thought that popped into the young nation's mind.
He opened his bright blue eyes, he woke up the middle of a forest.
He looked up only to see an albino with white hair and red eyes handing out his hand smiling like an idiot
"Hey kid, are you ok?"
End...
AN: Thanks for reading! hope you enjoyed it! Once again I DO NOT OWN THE SONG! My sister helped me create this one-shot. She is thinking of creating a sequel of this story but it won't be a one-shot. If it doesn't come out please don't attack me with hate if it doesn't come out. Reviews are always appreciated~!
~NaddEchaos
