Pre-note: Well, here's chapter 2. Finals over so I thought I'd write this up for you guys. I think I'll try to update once a week from here on out. I hope that's okay. Enjoy!

Chapter 2

By Stonefang

"Since it's your first week here, Edvin, you don't have cleaning duty. But remember that you will eventually have to. Women aren't allowed in here unless they're nurses, so every solider must clean up the camp at least once." Officer Ludwig told Elizaveta.

I've got them all fooled. Good.

"Okay, sir. What should I do now?"

"Well, we're rather short on soldiers and we're on the brink of another skirmish with Prussia. Go see if you're needed on the war front."

Just what I've been waiting for!

"Officer Ludwig! Doctor Vash would like to speak with you about the wounded soldiers. And I need some help with clearing out the new tent for Edvin. Could you send someone to help Feliks and me?"

The man that ran up to the Officer had dark brown hair. One strand stood up stubbornly as if it had a mind of its own and refused to stay down. He wore glasses and a pea-colored military uniform that was a bright contrast to Elizaveta's gray one. The worst thing about him, she mused, was his voice. It was almost musical.

"Sure, Roderich. Edvin, instead of fighting I want you to help Roderich and Feliks clean out one of the tents. It's going to be yours so work hard!"

And with that Elizaveta's chance to fight against Prussia was blown away by a fateful breeze. Soon, she hope. Soon, she would get to fight. She had to tell herself that because it's what kept her spirits up.

"Follow me, Edvin." Roderich motioned for her to follow him towards the area where the tents sat clustered about.

Elizaveta obeyed and followed Roderich along a path of grass, stone and debris. The path that led to th tents seemed much longer then it was.

"I really wish someone would clean up around here. God, it's so dirty."

Elizaveta's response was a giggle. Roderich looked at her funny. Did he just giggle?

Shit. For a second I forgot where I was.

She had been too busy being mesmerized by his voice, by his eyes which were violet. Wait a minute? Was she, was she…? No, it was impossible and she had just met him.

"Umm, sorry. I just had to uh…hiccup. Yeah, that's it." Elizaveta said, her face turning slightly red.

Roderich just eyed her with his purple, yes purple, eyes and began t head off towards a tent that looked rather unsued and old. Outside of it were boxes and boxes full of files, papers and more junk that Elizaveta couldn't see. Next to one of the boxes stood a young man. He had straight blond hair, just shorter than Elizaveta's and eyes that were a striking green.

"Hey, Roderich! So is this the new soldier? That's like awesome. Nice to meet you, Edvin! I'm Feliks Łukasiewicz!" The man was quite hyper and seemed extremely excited to meet Elizaveta. His expression was a cheerful and it seemed natural on him, much unlike his rather stoic companion. Roderich feigned a smile.

"Yes, this is Edvin Héderváry."

"Nice to meet you, Feliks." Elizaveta held out her hand and was greeted with an ecstatic but firm shake.

"So we should like get working on emptying your tent now. This is gonna be so exciting! A new soldier! There just aren't enough of us really."

Elizaveta couldn't but help smiling at her new comrade. He was so happy-go-lucky in such a dreary and dull position. Of course, war wasn't necessarily boring. At least not to Elizaveta. In her mind, any sacrifice was fine for her country.

Elizaveta and Roderich followed Feliks into the tent. Inside, it was still full of boxes upon boxes of who knows what and it all looked like hard work.

Well, it's for Austria.

The blond beamed from ear to ear "We could like really use your help, Edvin. It's seriously a lot of work."

"Do you always talk like that?" An inappropriate question in a serious time.

"Like what?" Feliks replied.

"You, well, speak with a lot of 'like's and 'seriously's. I don't know what I'm talking about. Nevermind." Elizaveta waved her hands in front of her in embarrassment.

"Oh, okay." Awkward silence followed them around as the three soldiers got to work moving boxes out and reorganizing the whole tent. Hours passed and the sun approached the mountains in the background. Sweaty and tired of moving heavy boxes for hours on end, the three soldiers sat down on the one remaining piece of furniture- a cot.

"That was one long day," Elizaveta sighed.

"I like totally second that!" Feliks moaned.

The two shared amused grins when Roderich groaned and began ranting-to himself- about them.

"Let's go to the Mess Hall, I'm totally starving!" Feliks offered.

The others nodded their assent and they headed out.

"I'll be there in a moment, sorry. Go on without me." Elizaveta yelled after the two men, who responded by smiling: Feliks with a broad grin and a "Sure!" ad Roderich with a faint smile that mde Elizaveta's heart leap.

Damn it. Everything's going wrong.

Author's Note: Well, that was much longer. I really enjoyed writing this chapter and I hoped you enjoyed reading it. Next update will be next weekend or earlier, so look forward to it. Also, I'm wondering about side pairngs. In the next chapter, I'm going to introduce a lot more characters and I've been thinking that we need side pairings. Are there ny characters you think should appear? Any pairings you'd like to see? I have some set in my mind but I'll see what I can fit in. Thanks and please read and review. ~Stonefang