It was a beautiful day in England as for once the clouds that covered the bright blue skies of England on a regular basis had seemed to decide to give the land a break and allowed the ground to feel its warmth. Arthur Kirkland or better known to his friends as the personification of England/Britain, smiled warmly at the cloudless sky from his position seated in a rocking chair on the front porch of his large mansion like house. For once Arthur felt truly at peace and the calming atmosphere that was settled around him only helped this feeling in growing more, but then the serene feeling was broken by the sound of Big Ben's bell chimes ringing through the air. Arthur let out a quiet sigh as he sat forward and reached into his coat pocket to retrieve his mobile phone, which was the source of the sudden bell chimes. After grasping his mobile in hand Arthur raised the devices screen in front of his eyes to check his caller ID and upon seeing that it was his boss calling him, Arthur pressed the flashing green talk button, brought the phone to his ear and answered with his automatic response for his boss "Hello, England speaking, how may I help you?" for a moment there was a silence before the deep voice of his boss rang in his ear "yes, hello England, I am just calling to inform you of a predicament that has arisen." Arthur raised one of his large eye brows at this and asked "Oh, and what predicament would this be?" another pause, longer then the last, ensued his question and for a moment he was confused but before he could question what was wrong, his boss spoke once again "I am to inform you that some of the other countries believe that your old colonies need to come visit you in order to spend time with you an-" he was cut off in the middle of what he was saying as England asked "before you continue, and sorry for the interruption, but who are these other countries that have suggested that I need to have my old colonies visit?" his boss answered straight away "all the G8 bosses and countries, a lot of other countries that have known you for a long time and your old colonies bosses as well" to say Arthur was stunned would be an understatement, flabbergasted would be more along the correct lines, he was unaware so many were worried for him. Arthur snapped out of his silence and answered "ah I see, and what would happen if we were to say no?" Arthur's boss once again paused for a moment before he answered "it would not effect anything, your old colonies bosses have already prepared everything and your colonies will be due to arrive sometime this week" Arthur let out a sigh that sounded, to his boss anyway, half frustrated and half amused. Arthur was once again silent as he pondered what his boss had already told him; all his old colonies were coming to visit him and they were going to arrive any day now, which meant that Arthur was going to have to clean out his spare rooms before any of his unplanned guests arrived.

After thinking all this Arthur realised his boss was silent as he waited for his reply, after another moment of silence Arthur answered his boss with a smirk rising to grace his lips "alright boss, I'll have rooms prepared for my guests, so you can tell their bosses that they won't have to worry about their personifications being thrown out on the street" Arthur heard his boss release a relieved sigh "thank you England, I will inform your old colonies bosses that you are willing to provide accommodations for their personifications…" another silence followed before Arthurs boss spoke once more "and Arthur I really believe that this will be good for you to see them all again, it has been awhile for some of them has it not?" Arthur nodded silently to himself; it was true he hadn't seen some of his colonies in a long time and for some, well… he wasn't sure if they even cared about him anymore. As Arthur sat in silence he suddenly heard the phone being moved and knew that his boss was going to hang up but he suddenly called out 'wait, boss, I forgot to ask you something!" his boss brought the phone to his ear again and answered "yes?" England let a breath escape before he asked "how long are my old colonies planning to stay with me" a long and awkward silence filled the air and it made Arthur nervous of the answer to come, another unknown feeling rising up in him "their bosses are unsure but by the sound of it, you are going to have them living with you for quite some time." And with that Arthurs boss hung up and cut the connection between him and Arthur. Arthur didn't move a muscle as he sat there in his rocking chair, phone still held to his ear and his forest green eyes staring straight ahead as his mind processed the information that he was going to be living with his old colonies again. This fact finally seemed to have sunk in as Arthur closed his mobile and placed it back in his coat pocket before leaning back and allowing the thought that he was to live with his old colonies again tumble around in his mind. After another minute of thinking Arthur rose carefully from his rocking chair and began heading inside as he said to the open air "well, I guess if they are going to live with me again I will have to give their rooms a little sprucing up before they arrive" so Arthur went to his supply closet, grabbed mops, buckets, towels and other cleaning supplies before walking with his new baggage up the painted oak stairs of his main room and slowly walked to one of the many corridors that were located inside his house. Arthur paused at the entrance to the hallway he needed to enter in order to reach all of the rooms in the house, and swept his gaze to each door remembering which door contained what room and which room belonged to whom. After a quick memory refresher England began the long task of cleaning all six of the spare rooms belonging to his old colonies.

(A few hours later)

Arthur sighed as he collapsed onto his large comfy couch, finally he had finished cleaning all the rooms that belonged to each of his colonies and had begun to put his dinner on as well. Arthur just sat quietly on his coach listening to the sound of the pot boiling up his pasta but before he could focus on this for long a loud knock resounded through the silent house. Arthur turned his head slightly to stare at the large oak door and for a moment he considered not answering, but then the knock came again and he raised his aching body from the couch and stumbled over slowly, calling as he was going "I'm coming, just give me a moment." Once he reached the large oak door he placed his hand upon the cold brass nob and turned it to release the door's catch and opened it slowly, looking at the floor as he did so. Once he had the door opened he raised his eyes as he began to say "yes, how may I he-"he cut himself off as he saw who was standing on his front porch. Standing before Arthur were his six old colonies Alfred (America), Mathew (Canada), Ozwald (Australia), Jack (New Zealand), Peter (Sealand) and Kaoru (Hong Kong).