Well, I haven't been able to write much lately, other than in Snapshots of History because it's short, mostly due to the fact we've gotten rid of most of our computers. I have sort of lost touch with most of my stories, so here's a new one, I guess! This is definitely AU!

OCs in the form of: Slovakia, Czech and maybe one or two other nations that haven't been personified yet.

I don't own Hetalia!

Russia looked over the sleeping heads of Latvia, Lithuania and Estonia. All of them appeared peaceful, except Latvia who kept shuddering and whimpering in his sleep every so often. It made Russia smile, but a new problem had occurred to him.

He hadn't acquired anyone new recently, and the lack of variety was starting to get boring. Sure, he'd made friends with North Korea and China, but it still wasn't the same as the complete control he had over the Baltics. He had a considerable amount of control over Prussia, Poland and Hungary, but yet again, it was not the same. They stayed in their houses still, just with security cameras mounted everywhere.

He needed some fresh blood, and he needed to completely own it himself.

He recalled something his Asian neighbors had said about how Japan relied completely on America for military protection, and South Korea had certainly less than him. And to the west, there was always Austria, Slovakia, Czech and Liechtenstein. Switzerland would be a major problem though. He also probably coulodn't go after Germany, not yet.

He smirked as a plan laid itself out in his head, reaching down and brushing Lithuania's head absently. Lithuania seemed to tense up at the large hand on his head, but kept sleeping.

The next morning

The Baltics sat eating their breakfasts in the kitchen, warily watching the door for Russia, whom they expected would wake up soon. They were right, and Russia came through the door with a large plastic smile on his face. "I have a new plan for today, Baltics!" he announced, still smiling in that creepy manner. Latvia started to cry.

"Aw, don't get sad yet!" Russia said, still unable to keep from smiling. Lithuania looped an arm around Latvia's shoulders, glancing over at Estonia in worry. Russia continued, not seeming to notice their apprehension. "I've decided this house is too big for just us. So, we're going to bring someone else in!"

Lithuania looked horrified. Please say he didn't mean Poland, he couldn't bear to see the cheerful blonde broken down even further!

"We're taking Slovakia first!" he announced in his eerily cheerful tone. Suddenly his turned serious. "So, you three had better be ready to march on Slovakia in fifteen minutes. Please don't keep me waiting." The three were almost out the door already as he finished his order. He smirked again, shouldering his pipe. This would be pretty easy...

Fifteen and a half minutes later

Slovakia was outside weeding her garden when she heard her gate being violently rattled. She stood up, perplexed, since she had not invited anyone over. She held her garden claw threateningly. "Who's there? Speak up!"

"It's Russia~" came the singsong tone, "We'd like it if you let us in now~"

Slovakia paled. "Go away, I don't want to talk with you!" The sadness almost oozed over the fence. "Aw, that's too bad, because I really want to see you," Russia replied, and with a disturbing grinding tear, the gate was off its hinges. Slovakia's hands turned clammy as the tall Russian, flanked by the Baltics, came striding in like he owned the place. He smiled a toothy grin at the shorter country. "Hi, you're going to become one with Russia now."

"N-no! I have fought all this time for independence! I'm not giving it up to you now!" Her fingers tightened on her garden claw as she said this, intensely glaring at Russia. He merely chuckled, brandishing his own water faucet. Like he'd said before, this was going to be easy.....

/AN/ Well, please let me know if I should continue with this or not... Because if no one likes it, I'd prefer not to waste my time... Slovak is one of my chief nationalities, so I really wanted to include her!