"Gott verdammt." Ludwig mumbled as he looked around seeing nothing but the endless forest of dead trees. "What is this, the dark forest? I've been walking for hours, I should have reached something." He growled feeling tired and he wanted nothing more than to lay down somewhere. He would take a cot at this point.

He wasn't even sure why he had let his brother talk him into this. So he had lost a drunken bet with his brother? He should have been smarter than to let Gilbert actually convince him to walk down here, and he definitely wouldn't have let him had he known that it led to absolutely nowhere, and he would end up lost.

Not to mention he was freezing. The snow had started up an hour ago, about the same time he decided to call the cops for a rescue because it had become apparent there would be no where to stay for the night. It had taken about thirty minutes of waiting around for him to decide that they were going to take too long and if he didn't get moving he would just end up curling up and dying from hypothermia. He sighed leaning against a tree glad he had at least work enough clothes to keep him warm enough. That might have been the best thing he had done for himself all day.

Ludwig closed his eyes trying to calm himself and clear his thoughts all the while telling himself to think over the growl of his stomach and the violent shivers his body had taken to. He had to think otherwise he would end up dying out here and never make it home in order to strangle his brother.

"Hey look Artie! There he is!" The voice rang out from beyond a few trees and Ludwig stood straight immediately looking over thinking that maybe now he would be able to get home. A surge of hope filled him and he walked to meet the two bickering cops.

"Yes, idiot, I can see him." The shorter of the two rolled his eyes and on normal terms the two would have driven him insane but right then he was just happy to get home. He would gladly deal with an entire day of the two of them if it meant he could get out of this freezing wasteland.

"Hello, did you two walk all the way here?" Ludwig stood in front of them now and he noted that the taller of the two seemed just a bit too pleased for being stuck out in a storm like this. The shorter of the two, arms crossed over his chest, at least looked about as displeased as Ludwig felt, though he thought perhaps it was due to the other blonde more than the conditions.

"No man! We drove here until the path got too narrow for the car to get through. We walked from there. I'm Alfred by the way!" Alfred stood taller as he introduced himself holding out his hand which Ludwig took giving a short nod in return.

"Ludwig. Can we start heading back to the car now?" He kept to the point crossing his arms over his chest both out of habit but also to keep his warmth conserved and he gave a deep breath the air creating a white puff in front of him.

"Well...the thing is, Arthur here had said you were dead and that we should just leave you out here. So, we went back to the car only to find that its stuck in snow. We can't get out. See, I told you he was probably still alive!" Ludwig scowled not sure how Alfred could smile while saying something like that. It was good to know that if the car hadn't of been stuck they would have just let him stay out here.

"Oh whatever, so he's alive, how about we just get moving already." Arthur walked passed them and Ludwig followed beside him without complaint. He was in silent agreement that if they couldn't get back to the car they could at least try to keep going until they found some sort of shelter. Alfred on the other hand hung back for a minute watching them with sad sort of eyes before following after them. Arthur thought the silence that followed Alfred's pouting a sweet relief. Any longer of that consistent meaningless chatter and he would have just hit him upside the head and left him out here.

"Hey, what's that?" Alfred's voice rang loud behind them startling Arthur who had put himself on autopilot just trying to stay focused on anything besides the cold. Ludwig looked back at Alfred only to look over to the right where the man was pointing letting out a sigh of relief when he saw a building in the distance.

"I wouldn't get too excited, we don't even know if it's inhabited. Chances are it'll be just as cold as out here." Arthur turned toward the large house anyways and started heading toward it all three of them walking in step. Despite his words the short blonde had picked up his pace just trying to get there quickly. It had been a longer day than he would like to admit even before getting stranded out there with such an idiotic man.

"Why do you have to be such a downer man? Lighten up a bit!" Alfred stopped a few feet in front of the door staring up at the building with a sort of accomplishment as if he were the sole reason that house was there to greet them. Ludwig just ignored the two of them walking up to the door knocking on it waiting a few minutes before turning back to the two cops when no response came.

"Bloody hell, I told you guys it was going to be empty." Arthur sighed walking up the three steps to the cracked door it taking no effort at all to break the knob and slide the door open. Alfred walked up behind him about to walk inside when they all stepped back in surprise not just at the intense scent of cinnamon that reached them, but also at the man that had stopped to stare at them.

"Oh non..." The heavy French accent reached the three men at the doorstep and even Alfred had stopped smiling and was staring at the man in surprise. Ludwig took a step back out of courtesy since he had just entered another person's home, not to mention broken his door. Arthur just stared for a bit, but none of them were quite sure how to respond.