"Canada, wake up," France whispered and gently shook the young boy's shoulder. "There's something I want to show you." Canada blinked up into France's smiling face; at least he thought France was smiling, it was difficult to see out of his sleepy eyes. He yawned and stretched his arms out for France to hold him. France chuckled softly as he picked the young nation up. Canada snuggled closer into his brother's safe embrace and muttered something inaudible.
France stopped into the kitchen to pour a small glass of milk for his young charge and then he took a seat in the chair in front of the window. Snow glistened under the light of the full moon, and the wind whispered lullaby as it passed by the house. The moon itself was low in the heavens, steadily climbing ever higher.
"Are you awake little one?" France cooed to Canada as he situated a blanket over the two of them. Canada nodded his head slowly and took a sip of the milk. The milk had a slight awakening affect on the young boy, but it wasn't likely to last long. "You see the moon up in the sky? I want you to keep an eye on it for me, ok?" Canada nodded his head, though didn't understand why he would have to watch over the moon, then something odd started to happen.
"Big brother, who's eating the moon?" Canada asked. France chuckled, and smiled down at his brother's confused, upturned face.
"No one's eating the moon cheri," he said. "It's called a lunar eclipse. The earth is blocking the light from reaching the moon and casts a shadow over it." Canada nodded and watched the moon be slowly eaten by the earth's shadow.
"Is the lunar eclipse important?" Canada asked. France thought about it for a moment.
"I would say it's more special than it is important," he replied. Canada nodded his head slowly and finished off the last of his milk. Then he snuggled as close as he could to his big brother.
"Just like the time we spend together," he mumbled. Then he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep. The other nation smiled gently and wrapped an arm around the sleeping boy. Yes, very special indeed. And he watched the moon fade to nothing, turn orange, and then return to grace the sky.
Yay a really short chapter. Don't expect long chapters in this little one shot series as I have no plot, and only want to have your attention long enough to say aww and then go your own way. The second goal is that I can write each chapter in a day and therefore continue this long into the future. This story series is dedicated to ruretto on deviantart as a Christmas present. For those of you who didn't notice I watched a lunar eclipse at some point this past week and took inspiration from it. For those of you who care about my 'It's the separation that hurts' series, I will put up another chapter as soon as I can. I'm about halfway through then next chapter. As always I don't anything in the story. And I'm going to stop before this becomes longer than the actual story.