Title: Dracotalia

Full Summary: Italy Veneziano finds a dragon washed up on one of his shores, and tries to prove himself useful by keeping her a secret and nursing her back to health to help with a small rivalry with England. Meanwhile, in search of their lost friend, a ragtag group of pirates seeks the help of an acquaintance, only to be led on a worldwide chase.

Warnings: Contains a bit of swearing, some references to more…risqué things. Actually, this entire show is for those over 15 years of age, you should all be old enough to know exactly what you risk by reading these fanfictions. OCs (not countries) do show up in this story.

Pairings: GerIta, Spamano, SuFin (Any others will be mentioned in the course of the story)

Disclaimer: As much as I wish to, Hetalia is not mine. Any dragons that are not China's boss are mine. Several pirates also appear, the ownership of who are scattered throughout a group of ours on deviantART. This is going to be the only disclaimer you see for the whole story, so enjoy it.

Prologue

The thunderstorm hit without warning, throwing the already battered pirate ship over waves, nearly capsizing it several times. Lightning flashed overhead, illuminating the soaked figures clinging for dear life on the deck.

One of them was making their way to the stern of the boat. Grabbing onto the wheel, he began trying to stabilize the boat. It was lifted over the crest of another wave, tipping dangerously to one side. The members of the crew not thoroughly strapped down were thrown into the railing at the edge of the ship.

"Damn it, we were so close to land, why'd this stupid storm have to rear its ugly head?" One of the crew growled out, clinging to the main boom. The creaking of the old ship drowned out the words.

Over in the western sky, the crew could see brief flashes of sunlight through the clouds. One of the crew clawed across the deck to help the captain steer the boat in the light's direction. She was interrupted as another sudden swell lifted the ship, flattening her to the deck. The just-as-sudden drop into the trough of the wave flung the reptilian girl into the railing on the edge of the ship, cracking it.

"Dragon!" Maddie, the girl clinging to the boom, cried out, unlatching herself to help her unusual crewmate. Her journey was slightly less traumatic, as the ship was being steered ever further from the ongoing storm. She helped her friend to her feet, both of them heading to the main mast to recuperate.

On their way, a large battle-axe slid across the deck. Dragon took a wild dive for her weapon, grabbing it as it splintered the already damaged railing. As both axe and dragon went over the edge of the ship, the last thing Dragon heard was the frightened cries of her crewmates as they ran to the hole in the railing.

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Yeah, I'm so original, naming my dragon character Dragon. She absolutely adores me for it.

She hates me with a passion. Her and the stupid battle axe.

I don't even know why I gave her that weapon.

Hopefully I'll get some reviews for this story. *Crosses fingers* I do like to hear your opinions on how I can improve, or what I might be doing wrong, so feel free to tell me.

Short prologue is short. But that's another problem of mine. If I can say something in ten words, I'm not going to use twenty to say it. Actually, chances are I'll say it in five; so don't expect extremely long chapters from me. And ignore the small grammar mistakes, I'm not used to typing excessively, so missing letters may show up a lot.

Hetalia characters will show up next chapter.