Detective Kirkland and the Case of the Lonesome Ferry Ghost

by Thousnelda

Arthur Kirkland is a wizard and detective in the city of Hetalia, who often takes bizarre cases. One day he decides to take a normal-sounding case as a favor which quickly turns into anything other. Will he be able to close this case before his friend's cousin becomes the next victim? And why does the other wizard Lukas keep trying to get in his way? Sequel to the other story.

1. Chapter 1

Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia

So because I enjoyed writing the last one, I decided to use detective Arthur Kirkland in another case. Hope you guys like it XD

Prologue

Michelle watched as the city quickly blinked into existence in the night from her place aboard the ferry. She was born and raised in a small town on an island off the coast of the mainland, but that was changing now that she was starting high school. Wanting their daughter to have a good education, her parents decided to send her to the city to attend school and live with her cousin Francis Bonnefoy, feeling that the elder would have no problem looking after his favorite cousin. She was excited for the change of pace, she really was, but at that moment she simply wanted to let the night air and the mist from the water drown out all thought of the nearby future.

She then noticed another person look over the rail a little way from her, only he was looking by standing on the rail. Worried that he would fall into the water, she called out a "Hey!" to get his attention.

The person looked over at her shocked before jumping back onto the ferry, allowing her to get a good look at him. He was about her age, perhaps a little older than her, with silvery-white hair and purple eyes. He was also rather pale, which made her wonder if he was sick or something.

Again she called out as she rushed towards him, "Be careful, it looked like you were about to fall over!"

"Um…oh," the boy responded as he looked warily between her and the black water on the other side of the rail.

Michelle smiled slightly at this before saying, "It's okay, just don't need anyone dying or anything. I'm Michelle, what's your name?"

The boy did not respond right away, nor did he shake the hand she offered. At last he asked, "Kids usually don't come on this ferry alone. Are you on this ferry alone?"

"Yup, I'm coming to the city to live with my cousin. He's probably in one of those cars way over there waiting. Are you here alone?" Michelle answered, only to frown slightly as she watched the boy slowly nod his head.

"So then are you meeting up with someone over there too? Any family or anything?" she persisted..

"…My brothers live in the city, but I can't go see them. I'm not allowed to go farther into the town than the harbor," the boy answered sullenly.

"Really? Why's that?"

"Because I can't leave the water."

A cloud of mist suddenly engulfed the boat as the ferryman announced that they were nearing the harbor. The other travelers slowly got out of their seats and grabbed at their bags, all of the excitement and mist causing Michelle to lose sight of the boy. Then as if from all around her she heard him say, "You're nice; most people wouldn't have seen me. Why don't you come visit me again some other night?"

"Just who are you?" she asked, only to quickly look around her to see no one close to her.

Pretty short, but did it catch anyone's interest?

As always, please review~