A/N: it has been requested that I write more of my Vietnam headcanons, so I'll start allllll the way with young North and South Vietnam, right when South is around 8 or 7 (physically), North being 7 or 6 during the time when China took them in. Just a refresher for my headcanon, Vietnam (North) had an older brother, who represented the South. During this time, South is 10 or 11, while Vietnam is 10 or 9.
Disclaimer: Hetalia belongs to Himaruya Hidekaz! I don't own Hetalia QQ and also North Korea (Hyung Soo) belongs to Lo-wah on Deviantart!
"...and so, the King proclaimed himself as Emperor Hùng Vương, and after that, his son ruled, then the son's son, then the son's son's son, all the way until the 18th Hùng Vương! And then, Thục Phán came in from somewhere north, and took over with many men, and took over the 18th king! When Thục Phán became king, he called himself An Dương Vương. This started the Thục Dynasty!" the boy told his younger sister whilst weaving gradient white to pink flowers he had collected from the mud into his sister's fine, thick ravenous hair.
"Tell me more, anh Minh An!" the little girl giggled. "Tell me more! What happened to chú An Dương?"
"Well, An Dương tried to build a fortress in the shape of a spiral, or a snail shell. Every time he almost finished it, evil spirits came and undid it at night!" The boy waggled his fingers and made ooo sounds with his lips, causing his sister to shriek and giggle.
"And then, after praying and giving offers and burning incense to ask the gods for help, An Dương had a dream with an old man with long white hair and beard and everything! The old man told An Dương that the only thing that could help him finish the fortress was a golden turtle that lived nearby.
"After that, An Dương woke up and a few days later, he was thinking about what his dream meant in a boat in the nearby river. A giant golden turtle appeared right out of the water! The turtle told An Dương that to help him succeed, An Dương would need a claw of the turtle's. It pulled out a golden claw and gave it to An Dương! Then, the turtle vanished! Disappeared! Poof!"
"More! Tell me more!" The little girl awed. "What happened next?"
"Well, after that, An Dương had his weapon maker, Cao Lỗ, to put the claw into a crossbow so it could hoot thousands and thousands of arrows at one time! After this magic crossbow was made, he saw his bad luck turn good! The kingdom of Âu Lạc prospered!"
"Anh hai, what does 'prosper' mean?" The little girl tilted her head to the side, golden eyes teeming with curiosity.
"It means to be successful, Tâm An," Minh An bobbed his head up and down, his black hair falling over his eyes in thin, sharp triangles, causing him to pull the locks back. "Anyway, there was this other man from the falling Qin Dynasty who wanted to take over Âu Lạc! But he couldn't! It was because of An Dương's magic crossbow!"
"Wow!" Tâm An awed.
"Wow! Very interesting!" a young man appeared, silk robes of red and white appearing, his voice filled with faux excitement. "What an interesting story, Minh An!"
A boy, around eleven, with a stoic expression, in a blue-gray type kimono trailed the young man. The boy had practically empty brown eyes.
"Come on, now, everybody," the young man encouraged. "I found two other boys, your age, Kiku!"
"I'm very excited," Kiku intoned.
"Come now, Yong and Hyung Soo," the young man called.
Within moments, two twin brothers, both in hanboks, came through the opening of the open vestibule shielded by a curtain of beads on string. Both had long, tied back hair. Both had curls from their heads. The one in the blue-purple jeogori was awing as he looked around the Imperial-style house. The one in the red jeogori looked straight forward. It reminded Tâm An of that Kiku boy, who joined Yao's house a year or two after Minh An and Tâm An.
"What's going on?" the boy in the blue hanbok jumped up to Minh An.
"Nothing," Minh An shrugged, "just telling stories to my little sister. Say hi, Tâm An!"
"H...hi," Tâm An smiled shyly. "What's your name?"
"Your little sister is cute," the boy smiled. "My name's Im Yong Soo! Over there is my older twin, Im Hyung Soo. He can be a bit serious all the time."
"That doesn't make sense," Tâm An tilted her head off to the side.
"He means that his brother is serious," Minh An beamed.
As Yong Soo and Minh An began to talk, Tâm An began to pick at her silk clothing, a silk cardigan of sorts with flowing sleeves over a tunic with a flowing skirt underneath. At her waist was a silk sash wrapping around her frame many times. Hyung Soo walked up to her.
"Hello," he looked at her golden eyes, then down again before she could've met his.
"Hi," the girl beamed. "What's your name?"
"Hyung Soo," the boy tried to smile.
"I like your dress," Tâm An held up the tied jeogori knot. "I like red. I like all the colors, really!"
"Thank you," Hyung Soo was quiet.
"I also like your hair," Tâm An quickly held out the long braid. "How did you tie like that?"
The girl began to mess with her bun at the top of her head.
"Please, don't ruin your hair!" Hyung Soo exclaimed, holding Tâm An's wrists to prevent her from untying her seemingly perfect hair. "It's simple. Maybe, I'll show you one day."
"Come on, Yong Soo, Hyung Soo!" Yao called for the twin boys again. "It's time for your lessons! And, Minh An, make sure you wash off that mud! I don't want mud all over our clean house!"
"Lessons?" Yong Soo looked up at Yao as the young man led them from the main room, Kiku following him silently.
"Continue the story, anh Minh An!" Tâm An was chipper once the others had gone.
"Okay, okay, let's see..." Minh An pretended to think about where he was in the story, "well, the Qin man made a new plan! He made peace with Âu Lạc and tried to find out where it was strong, and how it was so strong! He even made his son, Trọng Thủy marry An Dương's daughter, Mỵ Châu! The man found out about the magic crossbow through Mỵ Châu and told Trọng Thủy to take it and replace it with a fake one!"
"Oh no!" Tâm An gasped. "Did he really?!"
"Yes, really!" Minh An nodded. "With the crossbow, Triệu Đà used to take over the fortress! An Dương ran from the battle with Mỵ Châu to the river and met with the golden turtle! The turtle shouted,'The enemy is sitting right behind you!' because Mỵ Châu had betrayed her father, so An Dương got mad, and killed her!"
Tâm An gasped in horror.
"And then, An Dương jumped into the river with the turtle," Minh An continued. "But then. Trọng Thủy came looking for his wife, and found her in a pool of blood, with An Dương nowhere to be seen! Because he loved her so much and wanted to be with her forever, Trọng Thủy took his sword and killed himself! Now, Triệu Đà combined the newly won land with his own land, Nam Việt, and then, it became the Triệu Dynasty!"
