Yes! Another update!
Okay, to clear some things up:
America and Canada won't be wearing glasses. Their female versions don't have them, plus, as kids, they never had them.
Ludwig and Kiku won't be very by-the-rules people. As kids I belive they would wan't to be mischeivious and have fun. Also, Ludwig doesn't slick his hair back as a kid, and Kiku is more emotional.
Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia (Forgot last chapter but remembered this one)
I looked with wide eyes at the hotel that the taxi had dropped us off in front of, "It's so big."
Indeed it was, the whole building was made out of shiny metal and flashing lights, but in a way that seemed harmonized and fluid. A silver, metal sign proudly advertised the name of the hotel, 'Destiny', or at least that's what it translated to.
I squinted from the bright glow that the building was emitting, which even in the day was way too bright.
Iggy chuckled when he saw my scrunched up face, "Yes it is, now let's go get checked in." Then we started walking up to the doors- well I was running- where our bags were taken by a nice bell-hop person to our rooms. Which was weird, cause how did they know which room was ours if we haven't even checked in yet? Another thing to add to my 'Mysteries of Life' list.
I pushed open the doors to the lobby, and immediantly my jaw dropped. It. Was. Amazing.
First of all, it was huge, and shaped like a circle! I could of probably fit a whale in it, a big whale! A really, really big whale. A blue whale. It had those shiny marble floors that are polished until you can see your face in them, great for making funny faces and slipping and sliding! There was also a giant flat-screen TV with soft looking chairs and couches by it off to the side, there was also a giant piano. Maddie would of loved it! She's really good on the piano. A beautiful crystal chandalier hung from the ceiling and there was a grand staircase with a red carpet draped over it leading to the next floor.
The most eye-catching thing in the room though, would have to be the huge fountain in the middle of the lobby. It was a bunch of bamboo and flowers that were spurting water into the big basin around it. There were six people already crowding around it, and one of them looked suspiciously like, "Ohmyglog! MADDIE!"
I sprinted over to them and tackled my sister to the ground. We both tumbled around and we both got bruises from the hard marble we landed on, "Emily!" She tried to get up to get a better look, but I kept her down by latching onto her waist.
It was Maddie! "Maddie, I missed you so much! I thought I would never see you again, but now i'm seeing you here! Why are you here? I'm here cause my babysitter injured herself- yes!- and Iggy couldn't find a new one in time! Did-"
Maddie cut me off, "Calm down, Emily! I missed you too, and i'm here for the same reason you are! The same thing happened to Kiku and Ludwig."
I looked up from my position on the floor and noticed two boys standing off to the side. One of them looked Asian, but I didn't know what the other one was. The Asian boy had black, chin-length hair, brown eyes, a black shirt with a pikachu on it, yellow sneakers, and white, knee-length pants. The other boy had blond hair that hung over his blue eyes slightly, a white t-shirt with a sword on it, some sort of black cross necklace, white sneakers, and brown shorts.
I got up off of Maddie and she pushed herself up into a standing position, brushing off her cute red vest over a white shirt. She was also wearing a pleated, red, plaid skirt with white tights and white flats. She breifly combed her fingers through her pig tails to try and get some of the tangles out, then she rubbed her purple eyes with the back of her hand. Over all she looked adorable and I wanted to huggle her some more. However, she was having none of that and introduced me to her two friends.
She pointed to the Asian one first, "This is Kiku, he's really Japanese, but he lives with his brother, Yao, in China after his parents died of cancer and died."
Then she pointed to the other boy, "This is Ludwig, he's German, and lives with his brother, Gilbert, after both his parents left them."
I shook both of their hands entheusiasticly, "My name's Emily, the heroine! I'm Maddie's twin sister, and i'm really American, but our parent's died in a car crash so we each had to go with a different cousin."
Kiku smiled, "Yes, Madeline was telling us about you."
"You can just call me Maddie, Emily does and it sort of became my nickname," Maddie said resolutely.
"Kesesesese~! Looks like my bruder is already becoming popular with the ladies!"
I turned around to see Iggy, Francis, and two people who must be Kiku and Ludwig's brothers.
One of them had black hair tied in a pony tail, brown eyes, a suit, and he looked distinctly asian. He must be Kiku's brother, Yao.
The other one had pale skin, awesome red eyes, silver hair, and was wearing a fancy, black suit like everyone else. That left him to be Ludwig's brother, Gilbert. He was also the one that laughed at Ludwig.
"Bruder!" Ludwig whined, crossing his arms over his chest. He was looking slightly away from us though, probably to try and hide his slightly pink cheeks.
Gilbert just laughed his strange laugh again and walked behind us, putting a hand on each of our heads. We only came up to his chest and looked hopelessly short compared to him. Hmph, the heroine is not to be looked down upon!
"Don't worry, I approve of both of them. They're both so cute!" He patted us each on our heads.
I craned my head back, far enough that I could see Gilbert's face upsidedown. I focused back on his red eyes, sparkling with mirth, "Dude, your eyes are awesome!"
I heard Iggy and Yao groan from somewhere behind me and Gilbert, but Gilbert just laughed more at my statement and looked over to Ludwig, "Luddy, I really like this one," then we looked me in the eyes, "Yes little girl, I am indeed awesome."
I twisted around so I could look at him fully. Puffing out my cheeks, I announced angerly, "I'm not a little girl, i'm Emily, the heroine!" Then I pulled Maddie next to me by her arm, "And this is my sister, Maddie!"
He grinned and shook hands with us, "Okay, okay, nice to meet you both, Emily the heroine and Maddie, my name is Gilbert."
"My real name is Madeline, but I prefer Maddie," Maddie said.
Then Yao came over and shook our hands, "Aw, you're so cute, aru! My name is Yao."
"I'm Emily, and this is Maddie!" I shouted happily, maddie just nodded her head.
Then I felt myself be wrapped up in a hug, "Ah, Emily, it is so good to see you again."
I awkwardly hugged Francis's arms, "I misses you too! I never get to see you 'n Maddie."
Iggy walked over to us and announced, "Now that we've all met each other, Yao, Gilbert, Francis and I need to be going to our meeting."
I looked at him sadly, "Already? We just got here."
He looked away from my pathetic puppy dog eyes, "I know, but this isn't a pleasure trip. This is a trip for business, so you guys need to wait in the lobby until we're done with the meeting."
"How long is the meeting?" Kiku asked the question on all our minds.
Yao hesitated, "About eight hours."
"You can't seriously be leaving us alone for that long!" Ludwig cried out. I was feeling the same way, the lobby can only entertain you for so long.
Gilbert gazed at us with a hardened stare, "We can and we will."
With that cheery goodbye, they headed through big double doors into the meeting room.
Francis had hung back for a second, "The receptionist will watch over you, so be good. I'll buy you guys a treat if you are." Then, he too walked through the doors, a man closing them once he was in.
"Jerks," I muttered.
Ludwig looked at us and sighed, "What do you guys want to do now?"
We all lazily gazed around the room, looking for something that would occupy our time, "Hey, Maddie! Let's show them the songs we know." I grabbed onto Kiku and Ludwig's arms and pulled them over to the grand piano, Maddie following slowly behind me.
I stopped right behind the piano bench and looked at Kiku and Ludwig, "You guys know any songs?"
Kiku looked over the the huge, polished, black piano, "Ah, I know a few songs."
Ludwig shifted uncomfortablely, "I don't know any."
"Don't worry, Ludwig. I'm really good at the piano and can teach you some," she said as she pulled herself on the bench and positioned her fingers over the ivory keys, "Besides, we're not exactly short on time."
"She is really good," I stage whispered, "Now go sit by her and learn!" I pushed him onto the bench with Maddie.
Maddie looked back at us, "You two get up here too! You guys can help me teach him."
"Fine then, move your butt over!" When Maddie and Ludwig finally moved over to the far side of the bench, I hopped up next to Ludwig.
I looked inquiringly back at Kiku when I saw him still standing, "It's okay, I will stand. There does not seem to be enough space for me anyway!" he stammered out.
Thre was still a full foot of space left, "Up," I commanded.
"There is no such thing as personal space when it comes to her," Maddie giggled.
"Just get on," Ludwig groaned when he still saw Kiku not moving.
Kiku finally gave in and delicately sat on the remaining space next to me. I put my arms around his and Ludwig's shoulders and pulled them closer to me and grinned, "See? Isn't this better?" They both just grumbled. Boys.
"Now to start your lesson," Maddie said professionaly.
By the time we got bored, Ludwig knew at least four different songs, and everbody else gained at least two more.
Maddie knew a bunch of classical ones. You know, the slow, boringish ones? They sound pretty though I guess. Kiku knew some for the popular songs, which you would never guess he would know by looking at him. He was pretty embarresed when we found out, but was comforted when we said how cool it was. Then there's me. I know a buch of theme song ones. I know the Angry Birds song, Darth Vader's tune, that song they play when the president comes, the Star Wars theme song, and Batman's theme!
Now though, now we're bored once again, and it's only been about two hours.
I was draped across part of the couch and the arm rest over by the TV, mindlessly staring at the ceiling, "What do you guys wanna do now?"
Everyone else was like me, laying on furniture and staring at the ceiling, "How about we watch TV?" Ludwig said mindlessly.
"Can't," Maddie said, "TV's off and there's no remote."
We all groaned, but then Kiku seemed to remember something, "I can turn it on by fixing the wires."
"Do it!" I shouted, I really needed entertainment.
Kiku got up from the chair he had been laying on and walked up to the TV. He quickly checked to make sure that the receptionist wan't looking at him. When he saw that she was occupied on the phone, he started pulling out and plugging in different wires connected to the TV.
Me and Maddie softly cheered when the TV turned on. I pulled myself into a sitting position when Kiku sat himself down by me and said, "I can't change the channels though."
"It's okay, but what is this?" Ludwig asked.
Kiku squinted at the screen, "It seems to be some sort of soap opera."
"I have no idea what they're saying," Maddie deadpanned.
"Me either," Ludwig said.
"Don't worry, I will translate for you," Kiku replied.
I could understand it too, "Me too!"
Kiku and Ludwig looked at me suprised, but Maddie didn't even bat an eyelash. For the next hour, me and Kiku translated the Cantonese into English.
No one can watch a soap opera for that long, so eventually we couldn't watch another second and had to turn it off.
"That was horrible," I said.
"I'm never getting that hour of my life back," Maddie said.
"Why would we even watch it that long?" Ludwig wondered.
Kiku replied, "It staved off boredom."
"So now what?" Ludwig said, we were back to laying on the couches.
Just then, I remembered something that could make things interesting, "Come Robin! To the water fountain!" I jumped off the couch and ran over to the large fountain, the others running behind me.
"What is it?" Maddie said.
I didn't bother to answer and began to take off my shoes, socks, and my cape.
Kiku caught on to what I was doing, "You want us to go into the fountain?"
"But our clothes will get wet!" Ludwig said, eyeing the fountain.
I set my shoes by the side, "Clothes dry, besides, the receptionist went on a lunch break," they looked and saw the now-empty desk, "And our clothes will be dry by the time your brother's and our cousins will be out of their meeting. They'll never know!"
They still looked unconvinced, I rolled my eyes, looks like i'll have to convince them. The basin came up to my chest, so I had to climb over it. I fell messily into the water, instantly soaking all my clothes. When I stood up, the water went up to my waist, the other were looking at me shocked.
Show time, "Oh, look at all the fun i'm having!" I started prancing through the water, "All the fun you aren't having!" then I stood under the water falling from one of the bamboo shoots, "Don't you wish you were having all this fun with me?"
Maddie hesitated, then started pulling off her shoes, "I knew you would see it my way, Maddie!"
When Ludwig saw the two of us having fun in the water, he too started pulling off his shoes. When he saw the look that Kiku was giving him, he sheepishly said, "Bruder probably wouldn't even be mad." Then he hopped in the water, causing a splash of water to hit Kiku's shirt.
Kiku sighed, "If you can't beat them, join them I guess." Then he pulled off his shoes and socks and jumped in. He was looking uncomfortable, so I decided to spash him in the face. Once he got over his shock and saw that it was me, he splashed me back.
Then the whole thing turned into a free-for-all spash fest. We ran around splashing each other, dunking each other, but this wasn't limited to the fountain. We ran around the lobby, tracking water everywhere and soaking the rug on the stairs. We bounced around on the couches- soaking the cushions- when we were chasing each other across the room. Ludwig and Kiku had delibretly soaked the marble foor so we couldn't run away from them as easily at the risk of falling, and so we could have sliding on it.
We were having so much fun that we hadn't noticed the receptionist comming back from her break and shouting in outrage. We did, however, hear the big double doors burst open and our sibling's angry shouting.
"WHAT IS THE MEANING OF THIS!" Iggy- no, this was Arthur now- shouted.
We all froze what we were doing. Me, in the middle of giving Kiku a wet hug while messing up his hair, and Ludwig and Maddie in the middle of climbing the fountain. They quickly climbed down and landed with and agonizing splash next to Kiku and I. I quickly let Kiku go.
The lobby was so quiet, you could of heard paper drop. We were entirely focused on our older siblings across from us, raidiating anger.
They marched furiously over to the fountain and we hurriedly scrambled out of it, fear and horror in our eyes.
They stopped right in front of us. This time, Francis was yelling at us, but at Maddie particularly, "Look at all the damage you caused! Do you know how hard this is going to be to smooth over!" He swept his hand out gesturing at the soaked lobby. I could see tears falling down Maddie's eyes, and hear little hiccups come from her mouth. She wasn't used to being yelled at, and I wanted nothing more than to comfort her, but I knew that I was about to be in the same boat.
"Kiku! I thought I raised you better! You are acting like a dissapointment to our parents!" That seemed to hurt him more than any blow, and I could see tears beggining to prick at his eyes.
Then, Gilbert turned to Ludwig, "Remember what I told you, Ludwig! Things like this won't get you far in life! I worked hard to get where I am and you won't get anywhere acting like this!" Ludwig winced and lowered his head, unable to meet his brother's glaring, red eyes,
I knew that the worst for me was coming, Arthur looked eerily calm. Which he only ever was when he was really mad at me, "Emily, it was obviously a mistake to bring you along. You are obviously not mature enough for it." He said it so calmly, but it had hurt more than if he had ever yelled it. I had been trying for years to convince Arthur that I was mature enough to go with him, but now I messed it all up. Tears began to fall from my eyes, even the water on my face wasn't enough to hide them.
The seeds of rebellion had been planted.
Gosh, do you see how long this chapter is? Longest one i've ever typed, but I needed their siblings yelling at them in this chapter so I could get on with the story. Next chapter will start the excitement!
Review please!
