Hey everyone. I know starting another story while I have many still to finish is not good, but I've been having writers block with those stories and don't know how to continue so I'm going to start on this story.
This story maybe historical in some parts and not historical in other parts. So in a way, this story is not fully historical.
Also I don't own Axis Power: Hetalia.
Summary: After decades of not seeing each other, Austria is ordered to take care of Prussia. Once seeing the albino, he is surprised at what he sees. What has happened to the Prussian to cause him to be this way? How will this change the Austrians views and the future?
I'll Protect You
Chapter One
"Why do I have to do this?" asked Austria, his voice raised. He turned his back to his country's leader and folded his arm. A pout appeared on his lips.
Austria was a sixteen-year-old looking male and was five feet five inches. He had short styled brown hair that had one stand sticking up with a curl to it and violet purple eyes that were behind glasses and pale skin. He wore a white button shirt with a white jabot and a purple long jacket with blue pants and brown boots.
"Because we need good relations with the Prussians and they asked a favor of us," said his leader.
"But why me?" asked Austria.
"Because he is a country like you and you know him better than anyone else here," his leader said.
"Why does he need a…babysitter anyway?" asked Austria.
"I was told that there has been problems with him. That is all that I know. Now your things are being packed and you will be leaving within the next few hours," said his boss. With that, he left the room, leaving Austria alone.
Austria sighed angrily and muttered to himself, "Of course he would be causing problems." He walked out of the room and down the hallway.
As he walked, someone called out to him, "Mr. Austria."
Turning around, Austria saw Hungary coming towards him.
Hungary was a fourteen-year-old girl and was five feet. She had long light brown hair with an orange flower on the side of her head and emerald green eyes with slightly tan skin. She was wore a light green maid's dress with a white apron and white bandana with brown shoes.
"Hello Hungary," greeted Austria.
"Is it true? Are you really going over Prussia's house and stay with him?" asked Hungary.
Austria sighed and said, "Unfortunately, it is true."
"Do you think something has happened? We haven't seen him since we were little," said Hungary, worriedly.
"I doubt anything is wrong. He has probably caused some problems and no one wants to deal with him so they ask for someone else to do it for them. I'll hopefully be back soon," said Austria.
"I hope so too. Just send word and I'll come as quickly as I can to help," said Hungary.
Austria smiled at her and said, "I will."
Soon Austria took a seat in a carriage that was packed with his things and they quickly left his manor and headed to Prussia.
The trip took a few weeks to finally arrive at Prussia's manor early in the morning. The manor was old and the grounds were unkempt. Austria looked around the area and all he saw was a large forest that was behind the manor and to the side of the house at a distance was a large beautiful lake. On the other side of manor at a distance was a large stable with a big fenced pasture behind it. To him, this manor was ruining the beauty of this area.
Picking up his bags from the carriage, Austria headed to the front door of the manor and knocked on the door. No answer. He knocked even harder, but still no response. Checking the door, Austria turned the doorknob and found the door unlock.
He entered the room with his things and saw that the place was dusty. And also that the building was completely quiet.
"Hello," called out Austria, but no response. He placed his bags on the floor and began to search around the manor. Checking each room, he found them empty, unused, and dusty. It took him a while, but when he had checked almost all the rooms and all were empty. Opening another door, Austria looked around the room.
The room was completely dark because the curtains were closed, blocking any light from outside.
Walking into the room, Austria went up to the window and pulled the curtains apart, letting light flow into the room. He looked around the room and saw that it was a bedroom.
The bedroom was very large and had the least dust in the whole manor. The walls were of a dark mahogany wood and marble floors. The room contained a large wooden wardrobe with a closet next to it. Opposite of the wardrobe was a king size bed with black sheets, covers, and pillow covers. On both sides of the bed were mahogany nightstands with silver candle stands that had white candles that were brand new. At the foot of the bed was a large mahogany chest with an Iron Cross design on it.
But when Austria looked at the bed, he saw that it was being used. Something was on the bed and curled up under the covers that were wrapped around it.
Austria walked to the bed and slowly pulled the covers away. What he saw surprised him.
Curled up on the bed was a five-year-old looking boy, who was three feet four inches. He had short messy white hair and very pale skin. Austria couldn't see the boy's eyes because they were closed. The boy only wore a baggy black shirt and shorts.
Shock filled Austria's face as he looked at the boy. He knew who the boy was. He knew that the boy was Prussia.
Prussia looked the same as he did when Austria last saw him. And this greatly confused Austria.
As Austria went into his thoughts, the boy, Prussia, snapped open his blood red eyes and looked around, seeing Austria. Fear and anger filled his eyes and he pulled the covers over himself.
This broke Austria's thoughts and a confused expression appeared on his face, tilting his head to the side.
"Prussia," said Austria. He grabbed the covers again and pulled the covers back again.
Suddenly Prussia quickly got out of bed and ran out of the room with the end of the shirt trailing behind him. This made Austria even more surprised and confused.
He followed Prussia out of the room and looked down the hall to find it empty. Austria sighed at this and decided to leave Prussia alone.
Austria walked through the house and saw that everything was layered in dust. He entered the kitchen and looked at the food storage and saw that everything was almost empty. Only beer, and stale bread, which kind of disgusted Austria.
"Does anyone ever come here? Or live here besides Prussia?" wondered Austria and then said to himself, "I'll have to go into town to buy some food and supplies. This house needs a good cleaning and the grounds need to be taken care of also. Some flowers would be nice. At least I'll be busy for a while."
He then turned and was surprised to see Prussia's head peeking from the doorway, looking up at him with curiosity. When the boy became aware that he was noticed by Austria, Prussia ran away. Austria went to the doorway and saw that Prussia was gone again. This really confused the Austrian.
Austria sighed in confusion and asked himself, "What is wrong with him? I haven't done anything to him."
Sighing again, Austria said to himself, "I better find some cleaning supplies. Even if I buy some food, it'll probably go bad from this filth."
He began to search for cleaning supplies and finally found them, but covered in cobwebs. Taking off his jacket and rolling up his sleeves, Austria started to clean the kitchen, which took him a few hours and then he started to clean the dining room. This also took him a couple of hours.
When he had finished, Austria headed out of the house to check the stable. Entering the stable, he saw that the place was clean, much more cleaner than the manor. There were eight stalls full of horse of different colors and each horse had a name tag and number on the door of the stalls.
The first stall had a four-year-old male pinto Holsteiner horse was named Donar. In the second stall was a seven-year-old female roan Percheron horse, whose name was Nerthus. The third stall had a three-year-old male black Friesian horse with the name of Tiwaz. In the fourth stall contained a six-year-old female bay Lipizzan horse, whose name was Germangabis. The fifth stall was a five-year-old male chestnut Lusitano horse with white socks and his name was Ing. In the sixth stall, a nine-year-old female chestnut Haflinger horse name Ostara. A three-year-old white female Holsteiner named Frijia was in the seventh stall. In the final and largest stall was a three-year-old black male Brandenburger horse, whose name was Wodan.
Austria looked at all of the horses and saw that they were doing well. Their stalls were clean and had food and water in them.
"Someone must be coming and taking care of them" said Austria to himself.
"Of course someone is taking care of them," said a voice.
Austria turned around to see a man in his late twenties with short, ruffled light brown hair and hazel eyes with slightly tan skin. He was five feet nine inches and wore a gray-buttoned jerkin with short sleeves and matching breeches over a red doublet with tan gloves and brown working boots.
"Who are you?" asked Austria.
"I'm Paul Wagner. I take care of the horses and stable here," said Paul.
"Oh, I wasn't aware that anybody besides Prussia lived at the manor," said Austria.
"I don't live here, Sir. I just work here. I come here every morning and leave mid to late afternoon. I'm not even allowed in the manor," said Paul and then he said, "You must be Mr. Austria. I was told you would be coming and staying for a while. That would be good for Mr. Prussia."
"What do you mean?" asked Austria, curiously.
"As long as I've worked here, which has been for about four years, no one has lived here beside Mr. Prussia. I've only ever seen other people here a few times, but they always leave here when I come here to work in the morning. And whenever I see Mr. Prussia, which is rare, he always runs away from me. It is like he is scared of me," said Paul.
"So he comes into the stable?" asked Austria.
"Sometimes, Mr. Austria. He was the one who named these horses," said Paul.
"How do you know that?" asked Austria.
"Well, whenever we bring a new horse here, a name tag would appear the next morning and I've saw him putting a name tag on Ing's stall when he arrived here about five months ago. I don't know where he gets these names from," said Paul.
"They are the names of Teutonic or Germanic Deities. Thank you for telling me this," said Austria.
Glad to help. Is there anything else you need?" asked Paul.
"Well, I was going to the market to buy some food and supplies. The manor is not in good shape," said Austria.
"I can get it for you, Sir. It is part of my duty to help anyone in the manor. I'm almost done here anyway," said Paul.
"Well, thank you, Paul," said Austria.
"You're welcome," said Paul.
Austria left the stable and headed back to the manor. He looked up at the manor and was surprised to see Prussia looking down at him from a window. When Prussia saw Austria looking at him, the boy ran out of sight.
Entering the manor, Austria began to look at each bedroom, to see which one he would like to stay in. The bedroom he found was one right across from Prussia's bedroom.
This bedroom was only a little smaller than Prussia's room. It had lighter mahogany walls, but the same marble flooring as Prussia's room. The wardrobe was smaller and there was also a wooden desk and chair next to it. The bed was a queen size with silver sheets, covers, and pillowcases. On either side of the bed was mahogany nightstands with brass candle stands that also had new white candles. A large window with silver curtains gave a forest view.
Austria started to clean the room. This took him about two hours. Once he finished, Austria undid the bed and took them to the washroom. Seeing the washroom, the Austrian knew he was going to had to clean this room next so that he could clean other linens and clothes.
Leaving the washroom, Austria looked for bedding closet, which didn't take him long. He was thankful that the bedding was in a bag. Going back to the bedroom, now his, he started to make the bed. The sheets, covers, and pillowcases were a creamy white color. When he finished, Austria heard a knocking on the front door and someone calling for him.
When Austria answered the door, he saw it was Paul and that it was getting dark outside.
"Hello, Mr. Austria. I have foods and supplies for you. I bought a bit of everything. I didn't know what exactly to get for you," said Paul, showing the wagon that was filled.
"Thank you Paul. This must have cost you quite a bit," said Austria, also looking at the wagon.
"Oh, I didn't pay for them. You just tell them to give the bill to the government and they will handle it. It was what they told me to do," said Paul.
"Well, thank you again, Paul," said Austria.
"I'll help you bring this stuff in," said Paul. They both started to unload the wagon and carry things into the manor. They took everything into the now clean kitchen. Once everything was unloaded and put away, Paul left to head back home and Austria started to cook something for dinner.
When he put it into the oven so that it could cook, Austria went to look for Prussia. After a while, he couldn't find him. He headed back to the kitchen and to his surprised, he saw Prussia with the stale bread and about to eat it.
"Prussia, don't eat that," shouted Austria, who quickly went up to Prussia and taking the stale bread out of his hand. He then swiftly grabbed the boy's wrist before he could run away.
Throwing the bread away, Austria turned to Prussia and got a really good look at him. He saw that Prussia was very thin. He could see the boy's cheek bones and that his eyes sunken. His wrist was awfully small under Austria's hand. The boy's skin had an unhealthy tone to it. He looked completely malnourished. He was also dirty. His hair had dirt in it and the clothes he wore were a complete mess. It had dirt and smelt very bad.
As Austria looked at him, Prussia struggled against his grip, but after a short time, the boy began to slow down from exhaustion. He then stopped struggling, slightly panting. Austria looked at Prussia in his eyes and saw a hint of fear in them.
Austria suddenly picked him up and held him close to his chest. He felt Prussia become very tensed.
"Its ok. I'm not going to hurt you. There is nothing to worry about," said Austria, calmly. But Prussia was still tensed.
"Let's get you a bath. You'll feel relax and refresh. Dinner will most likely be done by then," said Austria. He carried Prussia and went to the nearest bathroom, but unfortunately, it was unsanitary.
"I guess I should have cleaned a bathroom first," said Austria, heaving a sigh.
He sat Prussia down on the sink counter and told him, "Prussia, stay here, please. I'll be right back." And he left the room.
As he went to get the cleaning supplies, Austria muttered to himself, "What could be wrong with him? Prussia never acted like this. He was more cocky and loud. Now he is more like a frightened little rabbit, scared and ready to run away. Also why is he still so little? He hasn't changed since I last saw him. He should have grown since his country is doing well like Hungary and me. What could be happening to make him like this?"
When Austria was almost back to the bathroom, he saw Prussia coming from there.
Setting the cleaning supplies down, Austria quickly went up to him, calling out, "Prussia, I told you to stay in the bathroom."
Prussia jumped up in surprise and looked up at the Austrian, frozen in place. Austria picked the Prussian up and went to retrieve the cleaning supplies. He carried both the supplies and Prussia back into the bathroom. Austria set Prussia back on the sink counter and started to clean the bathroom.
As he cleaned, Austria started to say to Prussia, "I don't think I have ever had to clean so much. I've already cleaned the kitchen, the dining room, the room I'm going to be staying in, and now this bathroom. I don't think servants ever had to clean rooms this filthy before and if any had, I pity them. Such a mess. When was the last time anyone had cleaned this manor? Must have been years ago."
But Prussia didn't say anything, he just watched Austria clean. It took about two hours before the bathroom was finished.
Putting the cleaning supplies aside, Austria turned to Prussia and said, "Let's go check on dinner. If it is done or almost done, we'll wait and eat. If there is still time, you're taking a bath. I'll probably take a bath also."
He went up to Prussia and picked him, causing the boy to become tensed again. They left the bathroom and walked into the kitchen. Austria placed Prussia onto the counter and checked the oven, seeing that dinner was almost finished.
"Well, I guess we will be having dinner soon," said Austria. He went to the cabinets to take out plates, glasses, and utensils and began to set the table in the dining room.
He came back into the kitchen and started to take some wine, bread, and fruits out, placing it onto the dining table.
When Prussia saw the wine, bread, and fruits, his eyes followed the food and when he saw the main dish, a nice juicy chicken, the boy's eyes became big and a bit of drool came from the corner of his mouth.
After he finished setting up the table, Austria went to get Prussia and saw the drool coming from the boy's mouth.
"Its bad manners to be drooling, Prussia," said Austria, taking a handkerchief from his pocket and wiping Prussia's mouth. He then picked up Prussia, who tensed up, and carried him to the dining room, setting him down in a chair and taking a seat next to him.
"Well, lets eat, shall we," said Austria as he started to eat. Prussia watched him eat, himself not eating the food.
Austria saw this and said, "You need to eat something, Prussia. You need to get some strength back into that body of yours. You look like your half-dead."
Prussia looked at the food and then back at Austria. He then looked back at the fruit and slowly reached for a pear, glancing back at Austria to see his reaction. When he had the pear in his hand and saw that nothing had happened, Prussia began to devour the pear very quickly.
Seeing this, Austria said, "Slow down, Prussia. It's not going anywhere."
Prussia stopped eating and looked up at Austria. Looking back at partly devoured pear, he started to slow eat it.
"Much better," smiled Austria. They ate the food slowly, Prussia eating more and more. Even when Austria was full, Prussia continued to eat.
"You shouldn't too much. You'll get sick and then all that food will go to waste," said Austria.
When Prussia finished eating, he began to fell sleepy, no matter how much he tried to stay awake. Austria put away the leftovers and dishes and came back into the dining room to see this.
"Don't fall asleep, yet. You still need a bath," said Austria, picking up Prussia and heading to the bathroom. Prussia's body tensed up again, but not as much as before because the boy felt tired.
In the bathroom, Austria put Prussia on the sink counter, who lends his head against the wall. Austria started up the tub and made sure that the water was nice and warm. Once the tub was full, Austria gathered some towels and soap, shampoo, and conditioner and placed it by the tub.
Austria turned to Prussia and saw the boy was practically asleep. A small smile appeared on his face at the sight. He went up to the boy and gently shook him awake.
"Prussia, the bath is ready," said Austria. Suddenly Prussia's eyes snapped open and he started to fight against Austria, screaming in protest.
"Prussia, please calm down. What's wrong?" asked Austria, trying to calm Prussia down. He picked the boy up and held him close to his chest, but the boy continued to struggle. Suddenly Austria yelped in pain. He was bitten on the arm by Prussia.
Falling to the floor, Prussia ran out of the bathroom. Austria ran out of the room to follow him, but couldn't find him.
Austria wanted to go look for him, but he was too exhausted. He just wanted to take a bath and go to sleep, which he did.
As Austria lay in bed, he was thinking about how the day went and about Prussia, mostly about his behavior. Letting his thoughts wonder, he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
Done. Hope you like it. Please review. Hope you all have a nice day. Bye.