A/N: Hello my dear friend. I'll be typing out stuff slower from now on.

OK, so tons of people will be thinking, "Oh my! This isn't what I signed up for! I wanted to read about Netherlands!" but I need to tell you this. This is her Atlantean alter ego. I have this to say:

PLEASE PLEASE READ UNTIL CHAPTER 3! ! ! ! SHE MAY SEEM LIKE A SUE NOW BUT SHE WON'T AFTER CHAP. 3. I PROMISE! ! ! !

Also, if you keep reading, it gets better as my writing style changes. This'll be a huge fic. 50+ chapters.

Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia. If I did, then there would be way more yaoi. And FrUK would be cannon.

I felt a shaking on my arm, urging me to stay awake. I turned my head to the side to see Russia.

"I think that we need to take-" That's all I heard America say through my haze.

"No," I whispered to Russia, "America always bosses us around like he's the king of the world. Then he barges in, justifying the chaos he spreads as 'Democracy'. I'm sick and tired of listening to him talk. And that's why I'm going to sleep." Russia chuckled.

"EXCUSE ME, ATLANTIS!" America was sarcastic. "I did mean to interrupt your conversation with Russia. Would you care to tell the rest of us what your chat was about?"

"OK." I said with my head down. I knew he was urging me to continue.

"Can you tell us?"

"Yep." I looked up and smiled. He looked back at me, waiting for a response. I answered the question he asked, so I didn't need to say any more.

Britain sighed and put his head in his hand, "I think you need to ask if she will tell us. Not if she can." Russia chuckled again.

"YOU THINK THIS IS FUNNY?" America is such a half wit.

"Yes," He said quietly. "Yes I do."

"We need to all just calm down." China yelled over America's progressing shouts. "Maybe it's time to have lunch."

"I think we should call it a quits." France raised his hand. "This is getting strenuous."

"I second that motion." Britain and I said in perfect unison. We smiled at each other and mentally highfived.

"Fine," America sighed, "Disperse." He waved his hand at us to show us the way out. Russia and I sprinted down the hall.

"I'm going to find Greece, OK?" I asked as we got outside. "He's gotta be around here somewhere."

"Greece went home." A familiar voice sounded behind me.

"Big Brother Prussia!" I spun around and hugged him. "I missed you!" He was my older brother, so was Greece, but I looked more like the former.

"I'm only in town for a few hours, I'll be gone by then." I backed away,

"Why?" I felt Russia's eyes on the back of my neck.

"Conferences, mainly." He rubbed the back of his head.

"Well you better be off." Russia patted his shoulder and looked him in the eye. He had his back to me so I didn't know what he did. Prussia waved to me and walked off.

"What was that about?" I asked, angrily.

"Nothing." He shrugged and started to walk away.

I walked up and grabbed his collar. "I'm not Lichtenstein, Russia. I know what's going on. Now, why did Big Brother just leave for no apparent reason?"

"Alright." He tried to peel my hands off his coat. "He needed to leave quickly. He just dropped by to see you and Germany."

I rolled my eyes and let go. "I'm going for a swim." I walked away from him so I wouldn't have to deal with his lies.

Most of the alliance uses some physical activity to relieve stress. Accept for America. He's a fat ass. Well not really, he's actually very skinny.

Britain plays tennis, even if he sucks at it. China does gymnastics. France does yoga. Russia runs track. And America stuffs his face.

Of course, as Atlantis, I swim.

As I made the long trek down to the lake I looked around for people. Hopefully no one would see me when I swam.

I heard a twig snap and I stopped in my travel through the dense forest. I knew it wasn't me because I was running without a sound. I looked around for the spy knowing that it very well could have been a chipmunk.

I stepped towards the place where the noise was. There wasn't an unnatural darkness any where, so nobody was hiding in the shadows.

"Who's there?" I asked to thin air. I sounded like a stereotypical horror movie girl.

I sighed and moved on.

As I reached the lake I stripped off my clothing and searched for the place where I usually put my things when I swim. After I was done I slowly waded into the cold water.

A sudden urge came over me and I dove into the water and took a breath.

No. I didn't put that in the wrong order. I took a breath after I dived in.

I almost panicked but I remembered I could breath under water. I guess I've spent to much time on land. If I forgot the natural talent given to Atlantians, I need to delve a little more into my roots.

I opened my eyes to see two light hazel eyes staring right back.

This time I did panic and punched one of the eyes. To my shock they reeled back to reveal the rest of a face. After that, a body. A human to be exact. And just to say, that human was a guy.

If you can imagine, I was in the middle of a freezing cold lake in the middle of a freezing cold forest in the middle of no-freaking-where, and I was completely naked. And what's worse? There was a guy there with me that I didn't even recognize.

I heard him shriek and struggle to get out of the water. Once he found his footing he ran surprisingly fast, despite the fact that he was under water.

I floated upwards and popped my head out from the water. I saw the hazel eyed guy crying in front of a blond man. They were both particularly good looking.

"And- and then she-" He was talking incredibly fast.

"Slow down Italy." He had a thick accent that reminded me of Big Brother Prussia.

"Then she punched me in the face!" The hazel eyed guy sobbed. He looked down and saw me, so he shrieked. The blonde guy looked around and I ducked under the surface so he wouldn't see me.

"YOU!"

To late.

"Come back here!" I heard him shout through the water.

I peeked up again to see he was looking in the other direction. I looked down at his clenched fist to see my clothing. I sighed at how filthy they'd be when I got them back.

His head snapped around as I realized my mistake. I sighed.

He caught a glimpse of me as I tried to slip under water again. Sadly, he came charging in after me.

Actually he stripped his pants, jacket, and muscle shirt first, and then dove in after me. At least we weren't both naked.

My face reddened and I swam faster and deeper.

Don't you hate it when an attractive guy chases you into a lake when you're naked?

Yeah, I do too.

He grabbed my ankle as I was behind a large rock and pulled me towards him. I curled into a ball, ready to kick him, but then he let go.

I looked at him slowly to see what deterred him. He was bright red and wide eyed.

Damn it. I forgot I was naked.

He rushed out of the water and kept his back turned. He was looking on the ground for something.

He didn't have my clothing anymore. My only clothing.

Lovely.

"Sorry," He scratched his head. "I didn't mean to..." He drifted off in embarrassment. "Lose... Wear those." He awkwardly pointed at his own clothing.

I slowly walked out of the water and crouched down to grab the clothing. I snatched them up and dressed quickly.

When I was done I tapped his shoulder and he turned around. He was still blushing.

"Have your jacket." I handed him it and he took it, eying me surprise.

"It's cold." He said slowly.

"I don't mind." I smiled and stuck out my hand. "Atlantis."

"Germany." He said slowly.

"Look at the two love birds!" A voice rang out through the trees.

"Italy!" Germany said, furious. "Come down here!"

The hazel eyed boy dropped out of a tree and looked at me in fear. "And what about her?" He was hiding behind Germany.

"She's coming with us." A black haired guy stepped out from behind a tree. "If you couldn't tell, she's lost." He also had a thick accent I couldn't recognize. Chinese maybe?

"Where am I exactly?" I asked looking around.

"You're in Spain." Germany said nonchalantly.

My eyes widened in panic.

"I was just in a meeting in France." The three guys looked at me in surprise. I think the hazel eyed guy was Italy. "Well I was in a hurry to get to my normal lake, and I guess I accidentally crossed the border."

The black haired guy sighed and put his head in his hands. "Could you tell us where you usually swim?" He gestured into the forest, "We have a map at camp. You could point out any familiar landforms." His "L's" turned into "R's" when he spoke.

I nodded and he quickly led me through the forest with Germany and supposed Italy following behind.

Wait a second.

Germany!

"You're Prussia's little brother, right?" He looked perplexed at my question and slowly answered.

"Yes," He was suspicious. "What is it to you?" I just smiled.

"I'll tell you later." He nodded.

We reached the camp and sat down next to the fire that was oddly already lit.

"I'm afraid I haven't introduced myself yet." The black haired guy stuck out his hand.

None of them were actually men. They weren't old enough. Nor were they kids, too old. At most Germany was 20, Italy must've been 15-18, and the black haired one was probably 14-17.

"I'm Japan, and this is Italy."

SCORE! ! ! !

"Atlantis," I looked at both of them and nodded in gratitude.

"Atlantis!" Italy nearly shouted, "The lost city?" I nodded slowly. "Show us where it is! Are you dead? A ghost!" He ordered and shoved a map in front of me.

"Sorry," I held up my hands, "I can't do that. I'll show you where I usually swim though. And no, I'm not dead." Germany nodded and I proceeded in finding the small lake I always swim in.

"There," I pointed at the small dot of water in France. "That's it."

"You were way off." Italy chimed. I looked up and almost jumped because Germany was in full uniform again.

"We're right here." Germany pointed at a small bit in Spain that was close to the ocean.

"I didn't realize I was this close to the ocean. It's been so long since I went back there. I can smell it from here."

"The lake you were in is almost directly connected to the ocean." Japan said so quietly, it sounded like he was humming.

"Oh," I said slowly. "That's why instinct took over."

"It happens to all of us," Italy cheered. "Instinct takes over me when I'm near a kitchen and good ingredients."

"Ya." Germany said as well. "Pyrotechnics set off my instinct."

"What is this instinct you speak of?" Japan asked.

"It's when you feel the-" Italy started but Japan cut him off.

"Baka! I know what the definition is, what is her instinct?"

I started to fiddle with the ring Big Brother Greece gave me on my birthday last year. It was made of marble and seastone. The white and blue glistened in the moonlight.

"What is it?" Italy asked kindly.

I looked up at the sky to see a moon that was almost full. Tomorrow it would be and I could go back for a few days. "I uh, need to explain my background first."

"Go ahead," he waved me on.

"Alright. As you know, Atlantis sunk into the ocean in the time of the ancient Greeks and Egyptians. Some time very long ago. The Greeks thought it was a good idea to make a city on the small island that was far west of it's main island. They shipped out marble and silver to the small island and built a grand city." I ran my hand through my drying hair. "When it was done, people from other countries heard of this great place and wanted to come. Silver haired people with red eyes were the first to come and were the only ones granted passage."

"Prussians." Germany whispered. I nodded and continued.

"There are also some tales that Egyptians heard of it too and tried to invade it. In those stories, they succeeded and lived happily alongside Atlantians. I personally think that it's true, and he's my big brother also. We have the same educational system. We both use hieroglyphics of some sort instead of letters."

"Even though you don't look alike, you are family." I nodded at Italy's comment.

"Many of them settled there and built families when a series of soft earthquakes shook the place. It sank slowly for a few hundred years and, as the land adapted, so did it's people. All of them developed aquatic attributes and eventually we became mythological creatures. Fish-people, with incredible strength and Mer-people with incredible beauty."

"YOU'RE A MERMAID! ! ! ! !" Italy shouted in excitement.

"Yes," I shushed him, "But I would prefer if you didn't shout it."

"Oh, but why aren't you all mermaid-y right now?"

"I gave up my form to go on land. Every full moon I can go back, I have to be at the ocean though. That why I wasn't in my real form in the lake." I explained.

"Your instinct is your nature." Germany stated. I nodded and yawned.

"I'll show you guys what I look like tomorrow if you want. I'm going to visit my family too. I can actually take you guys along if you want to go."

"Well," Germany rubbed his chin in thought. "I don't know how you would take us. We're not all mythical creatures like you, but it'd be interesting to see your culture. I guess we could go."

"Is there some way I could write to my friends that I'll be gone for a while?" Japan nodded and got up. He walked into one of the tents and quickly brought me some paper and a pen.

"It's really late," Italy stretched and yawned, "I'm going to sleep." He walked into a tent and Japan did the same.

I started writing my letter to the alliance. It was hard to do, given that I've had no formal training in reading or writing in English. The hand writing was sloppy, but America would be able to read it; his wasn't much better.

"You asked me if my big brother was Prussia earlier. Why?" I jumped at Germany's voice and looked up.

"Haven't you noticed something about me?" I gestured towards my eyes. Blood red, just like Big Brother Prussia's.

His eyes widened and he hit his forehead. "You're his little sister. I feel so stupid now."

"Yeah, I look somewhat like Greece too, so It's easy to get confused." He smiled. "I need to send this." I stood up and whistled. A bird flew down.

"Take this to the alliance in France. Preferably Russia." I whispered so Germany wouldn't hear me. I then touched the birds head and transferred the location of the alliance to it.

Yep, since I'm part animal, I can do that.

Now what.

As I was doing so, I carefully tied the letter to his foot. The bird looked me in the eye and flew off.

"I'm not going to ask." Germany said, shaking his head. "You can sleep in my tent if you like." He gestured towards the only empty tent.

"No thanks," I shook my head. "I'd rather sleep under the stars." We smiled at each other as I laid down.

The sky was beautiful as I drifted to sleep.