Hi! I'm carrying this on straight after Chapter 1 as I have a lot of free time as of now.
Anyway, this chapter mainly focuses on character introductions. We will go in alphabetical order as there are quite a few characters I'd like to include in this story. The idea is they will all be in different places from coming in so quickly. Alright, let's do this.
It opened.
They all flocked in like sheep and spread out across the room - as if Ukraine had laid out another carpet on top of the original one, destroying it in the process. They literally did though. The new carpet was creased and ruffled by the skittering feet trampling all over the place. Drinks and goods were immediately spilled by various nations who had been shoved out of the way by others, in desperate action to help America - who they still thought was in big danger. Everyone turned their heads from side to side rapidly, inspecting the very few furniture items in certain spaces in the room. The carpet was teared from its staples in the wall and some nations checked under it for any presence of America's body. The desk was knocked over and the chair pushed over to its side. All the windows in the house were smashed by one singular frying pan - belonging to one solitary nation: Hungary. She held up one hand as if to tell everyone to stop. Everyone froze. Australia, Russia, Ukraine and Belarus watched in horror at the nations gone rogue. America - hearing the multiple shrieks, shouts and sounds of glass smashing - entered the room from the kitchen where he was cleaning Canada's phone of fake blood.
"What the hell happened in here?" He demanded an answer from the crowd of nations standing before him and in the destruction.
Everyone then turned their heads and stared at Hungary, who was perched on the windowsill of one of the windows she broke. Hungary took a deep breath and, with a stern tone of voice, said, "We thought you were in danger. That is what Australia told us." when everyone heard those words they centred their gaze on Australia. Australia glared at them back nervously. What was America going to say?
"I know," America announced, "I saw."
"You saw? Where?" Hungary questioned, she didn't expect America would know - let alone even find out about it.
"Australia sent a message to the group chat, didn't he? Please don't tell me I'm wrong because I know you all got it." America started explaining to them all.
"Yeah..." Hungary replied.
"Yes, I did that." Australia confirmed, nodding his head in America's direction, "Hopefully that's why you all came here, right?".
"Yes, but, how did you see that group chat, America? Last time I checked you weren't in it." Hungary asked, fixing her eyes on the phone America was holding, "Wait, is that Canada's?" Hungary identified the phone from a few feet away.
"Yup, that's Canada's phone alright." America informed.
"So that's why Canada isn't here!" Belgium cut in with her deduction.
"That was obvious from the moment America said that was Canada's phone he had." Switzerland muttered, rolling his eyes at Belgium.
"Yeah, besides that, can anyone guess how I can possibly know that you guys thought I was in trouble?" America challenged.
"I am going to summarise," Turkey began, "to make it clearer."
"Okay, go ahead." America allowed Turkey to start explaining the sequence of events.
"Canada didn't have his phone - America did. Australia sent a message to the group chat - which Canada was included in. The message told everyone to meet at the house on top of the hill to help America, who was seemingly in trouble. America saw this message because he had Canada's phone. Canada didn't see this message because he didn't have his phone - so he couldn't have possibly known to meet here, which is why he is not here. There, did I make that clear enough?" Turkey finished his explanation and laid his eyes on America and the others, waiting for an answer.
"Yeah, that's exactly what happened." America confirmed and proceeded to look at all the others, imitating Turkey in his actions.
"Oh, I get it now. Sorry for all the damage I caused here." Hungary apologised and threw her head down ashamedly.
"It's okay, but you'll have to help me clean it up" America smiled at Hungary and laughed lightheartedly.
"Okay then." Hungary looked up at America - she smiled back warmly, pushed herself off the ground and started walking in front of America, "So, are we doing it now?" she giggled.
America was surprised by Hungary's sudden enthusiasm, "I guess so. Let's go get the supplies, then." he followed Hungary into the kitchen and closed the door slowly. Just before it was shut fully, America peeked one eye through the door, "Stay here, everyone. The party's just getting started!"
And with that, he proclaimed the official beginning of the madness about to unfold upon them.
Russia looked around and fixed his gaze on a certain nation playing his violin in the top right corner of the room, "Austria," he pointed out, "let's go talk to Austria."
"Anything for you, Russia." Belarus grinned, placing herself in the position behind Russia's back - clinging to Russia's clothes again.
"It is nice to be social," Ukraine smiled gently in the direction of Austria, "he is quite a sophisticated man, and quiet. I wonder if he actually appreciates the company, though." she pondered.
"I'm sure he's alright." Australia stated.
"Let's just go and talk to him already!" Russia grabbed Australia's arm tightly and started dragging him along on the route to where Austria was playing his violin alone.
"Russia! Let go of me please, we're nearly there." Australia panicked and struggled a bit - forcing Russia to let him go. "Jeez, don't grab me and drag me around like that."
"I am sorry, Australia. But we were just standing around there, wasting our time. I do not like that kind of thing. I want to talk to Austria." Russia said with a serious tone, glaring sternly at Australia.
"Talk to me then." Australia and Russia were so distracted they didn't realise they were already at the destination they were heading to just a minute ago. Austria spoke again, "Vhat is it? Vhat do you vant?".
"Hi, Austria." Russia looked at Ukraine, desperate for support in this conversation.
"I love your violin performances." Ukraine beamed.
Russia stared at Ukraine, then Austria. This is when Austria spoke, "Vell, I'm glad you like them, but... they're not performances. It's just me playing the violin."
"Well, you happen to be very good," Ukraine confronted, "they're not performances, but, I love them."
Austria smiled slightly. Belarus chipped in.
"I don't really like the shape of your violin. Though I must admit, I like your violin playing as well." She pointed at Austria's violin.
"Uhh, thank you, Belarus. Honest as always." Austria replied awkwardly.
"Yes, I am the best." Belarus agreed nonchalantly, she turned to Russia, "Weren't you gonna say something, big brother?"
"Um, yes." Russia said, not really knowing what to say next without turning to Ukraine for help.
"He's not talkative, I'm so sorry, Austria," Ukraine lied, "he was probably going to say how much he adored your little violin playing there, like the rest of us." she looked over at Russia and he nodded his head in confirmation.
"Ah, that's nice. Uh, Australia? You look really distracted, vhat's vrong?" Austria tilted his head to the side whilst looking sketchily at Australia - trying to figure out what he was doing.
"Oh! No, it's nothing. You don't have to worry about it. Listen, we should be going now. We have to talk to Belgium." Australia quickly made up an excuse to escape the discussion about Austria's violin 'performances' - he was getting bored of it anyway. He didn't find Austria interesting.
"That's fine. I'll just keep playing this violin here, hoping that someone vill come to listen." Austria stared into the distance dejectedly. Ukraine looked at Austria sorrowfully and turned to scowl at Australia, then back at Austria again, guiltily.
"Well, bye Austria. It was nice talking to you." Ukraine looked at Austria one more time and then turned her back to him, walking away alongside the others - who had already left Austria a few seconds earlier than Ukraine.
"Bye, everyone." Austria glanced down at his violin again, starting to play it.
Three nations were playing Frisbee in the bottom left corner of the room. The disk was thrown by a slightly darker skinned nation and it whirled swiftly through the air - only to be caught by a skilled shorter female nation. She called out to another nation across the room.
"Catch, Bulgaria!"
She tossed it in the direction of the dark haired nation holding a stick in one hand, he skipped backwards and readied himself in a position where he would manage to hit the disk with his stick. Turns out, it came down hard and the weight pushing down on his stick - which was still hovering in the air, clutched by only his hand - caught him off guard and knocked him over, the impact causing him to smack his back on the desk sitting behind him. He laid on the floor, stomach facing the ceiling, and raised his hand up in the air. This caused the two other nations to run over to him and sit by his side. Belarus went over there too - luring Ukraine, Russia and Australia there as the outcome.
"Argh, Bulgaria, you were meant to catch it! What am I to do with you?" Belgium hissed, observably annoyed.
"Hey, it's Botswana." Botswana turned to Russia, enlightening him with the knowledge of who he was.
"Hi, Botswana. I don't see you too often. How come?" Russia looked confusedly at Botswana.
"Oh, it's just... well... you guys don't know me too well." Botswana shrugged.
"Come on, guys! Help me help Bulgaria!" Belgium ordered.
"No, I don't need any help," Bulgaria grabbed his back and held it as he pulled himself upright - so he was sitting up, "Aah! That's better. Some more new nations today, eh? And I thought Botswana and Belgium were the only ones I'd need to get to know. Who are you, green-eyed?" he switched his gaze to Australia, alerting him that he was the one who needed to respond to the question he just asked.
"Australia. And these three are-"
"Ha ha! No need to introduce them. I already know them well enough." Bulgaria laughed, "Well, this is Botswana," he put his arm round Botswana and smacked him twice, gently, "and this is Belgium." he put his other arm round her, but she pushed it off.
"I thought I already told you not to touch me, Bulgaria." She snarled.
"Ahaha, you're a feisty one." Bulgaria laughed again.
"Ugh, anyways, what did you all come here for, huh?" Belgium queried, still possessing a frustrated tone.
"We just wanted to introduce ourselves." Russia started.
"Yeah, it's just being friendly." Ukraine added.
"Hm, being friendly... please. If you want friendly have Bulgaria." Belgium nodded once at Bulgaria and smiled lopsidedly. Bulgaria initiated the conversation.
"So, what do you guys think of America's party so far?" Bulgaria asked enthusiastically.
"It's barely started." Belarus sighed, rolling her eyes.
"Exactly. I like you, Belarus." Belgium widely smiled at Belarus and shifted closer to her.
"You guys are already best friends? I'm shocked, I really am." Botswana joked.
"I'm sure America has a lot in store for his party." Ukraine tried to lighten up the mood.
"What's up with you, Belgium?" Australia could pinpoint that Belgium was not being herself.
"What's up with me? Um, what's up with you? Asking me about private things like that," Belgium replied in annoyance, "I hate boys who ask about that." she was clearly irritated with Australia.
"I was just asking." Australia looked away and spotted a few more nations in the distance. Suddenly, he wanted to talk to these people now. He waited for someone to pipe up and say something, but no one did. It's like they almost knew Australia wanted to leave.
"Are we going now, Australia?" Russia watched as Australia stood up and signalled the other nations to do the same with one simple flick of his hand.
Ukraine was the first to stand up, then Belarus, then Russia - but he stood up differently, more reluctantly. "Why are we leaving, Australia?" he asked with a sad tone, like he didn't want to be separated from these people he'd just met - excluding Bulgaria, since he already knew him.
"Just follow me." Australia turned around and started to walk away from the three nations who were once playing Frisbee. Ukraine waved goodbye to them and left, Belarus just simply turned away from them and left and Russia stood still for a minute. Eventually, after inspecting them all from top to bottom, he followed the three other nations - whose aim was to now talk to the five other nations Australia had noticed.
The three nations were left alone again. They all sat there in silence for what seemed like hours, but - in reality -, that had only been a few minutes. Bulgaria slid out the Frisbee from behind his back and flailed it around in the other two nation's faces. Botswana stood up, followed by Belgium. Once Belgium had stood up, Australia could hear a familiar shout across the room again.
"Catch, Botswana!"
Cameroon, China, Cuba, Cyprus and Czech Republic. They were all gathered by the front door, projecting their voices across the room to reach Australia and the others. It was obvious they wanted to be heard. They were having a debate on whether they just wanted to all out leave or stay for a possible surprise. And they wanted Australia, Russia, Belarus and Ukraine to join the conversation. This was portrayed by Czech Republic; she was directly staring at Australia, observing his every move in order to determine whether he was approaching them or not. China noticed that the group of nations were, in fact, heading towards them. He tapped Czech Republic on her shoulder and advised her to look away - as he knew they were coming anyway. Cameroon was the next to spot them. Although, he only merely glanced at them and then turned around to face the four other nations again - continuing the debate they were so devoted to having. Cuba and Cyprus became aware of the approaching nations almost in sync with each other. They exchanged glances, shrugged and went back to debating. They carried on with this until a certain hand made contact with Czech Republic's shoulder: this time it was Belarus'.
"Hey." Belarus attempted to scare Czech Republic; instead, she turned around and smiled appreciatively. She was glad they were here.
"Hi!" Czech Republic greeted them with a twinkle in her eye. She was so happy, "What brings you here? Do you want to participate in this heated debate?" she asked, trying to persuade Australia and the others to join the debate they were having.
"No. Not really," Ukraine butted in, "we want to introduce ourselves to you all. I know you, China. So I don't need to bother with you."
China smiled affably. Ukraine went on.
"So, let's start with identities. Who are you?" Ukraine questioned the group of five nations.
"Oh! I'm so sorry! I didn't even think to introduce myself first before inviting you all to join this discussion. I am Czech Republic, but you can just call me Czech." Czech Republic began with introducing herself first, then she turned to Cyprus to allow him to introduce himself.
"I'm Cyprus. I'm not sure what there is to say, really. Except the fact that I am Cyprus." Cyprus said blankly, then he signified a motion in order to tell Cuba to talk next.
"Name's Cuba." He said in a deep voice, "Hang on, I don't even know your names yet. Who are you all?"
"Ukraine." Ukraine answered, "This is Belarus," she pat Belarus on the back, "and this is my weird brother, Russia." she grinned at Russia. Russia hid his mouth with his scarf and started chewing it nervously.
"And the one on the side? Yeah, brown hair and green eyes. What's your name? Nice eyes, by the way." Cuba complimented Australia.
"Hi mate, I'm Australia." Australia replied.
"Ah, Australia. You're the one who likes koalas and picking fights with kangaroos, right?" Cuba asked.
"Um, no. I don't pick fights with kangaroos." Australia was addled by Cuba's sudden stereotypical accusations.
"Ahaha! I know you don't. I was just joking around with you." Cuba cracked up.
"Cuba, you look funny." Belarus decided to interrupt Australia and Cuba's conversation.
"Do I? Well, little girl, you have the guts to say that." Cuba jeered.
"Exactly. I have great guts. So great that if you spilled them the shine of greatness would blind you." Belarus informed, holding a fist up confidently at Cuba.
Cuba retorted backwards and clashed with Czech Republic. Czech Republic, surprised, jumped and turned around, "Hey! Watch your step." she moaned.
"Sorry." Cuba apologised halfheartedly.
"Please do not fight." Ukraine worried, cutting in between Cuba and Belarus - setting them apart from each other.
Denmark overheard the tension and strode casually up to Ukraine.
"What's going on here?" Denmark was curious.
"These two think it's okay to start fighting at America's party," Ukraine responded, "it is obviously not."
"Typical Belarus and Cuba, right?" Denmark gazed at Belarus and Cuba - as if he wanted them to approve this statement. Neither of them said a word. Denmark stood by for a while and after a certain amount of time, he assumed that none of them would answer. He then started walking away after waving goodbye to Ukraine. She waved back and watched him join up with three other nations to begin an exchange.
"Are we making peace now?" Czech Republic jumped in and asked Cuba and Belarus a question.
Belarus sighed and held up the peace sign to Cuba, Cuba hesitated for a while and finally gave in. He raised the peace sign to Belarus. They had made peace among themselves.
"This is good." China reassured himself, less tense than before - he looked into the distance, but was interrupted by Russia.
"China. Cameroon wants you."
China looked around to find that Cameroon was pulling on his clothes - begging for attention in that way. China ordered him to stop and Cameroon obeyed. Then, Cameroon proceeded to ask a question.
"So, are we leaving or not?" He asked, waiting for the final result of their debate.
China was silent. Then...
"No. I think we will stay." He finally answered.
"Ding ding ding! Yay! Our debate has finally come to a conclusion! We will stay at America's party, it's official!" Czech Republic chirped.
"It's not that exciting." Cyprus muttered.
"Yes it is! All this exhilarating discussion has finally led to the answer to our question which we've been debating for ages!" Czech Republic exaggerated in an attempt to convince Cyprus that this mattered.
"Yeah, whatever. I don't care." Cyprus completely ignored this attempt and sat down, yawning with boredom.
"Ugh, you're so hard to please, Cyprus." Czech Republic complained.
"Well, all that matters is that we are definitely staying at America's party." China affirmed.
"Yeah. And we've got other people we can trust here." Cameroon agreed, with a hint of suggestion that he knew something. This is when Russia seemed to notice Cameroon's presence, and with that, he started inspecting him from top to bottom - just like he'd done with the three nations he saw earlier.
"I'm not sure I trust Belarus." Ukraine disagreed.
"After all these years, Ukraine?" Belarus was pretending to be saddened by her sister's remark.
"I'm sorry, Belarus. It's just... you're a bit strange, that's all." Ukraine assured Belarus she still liked her.
"That's a bit rude, but, whatever. It's not like I should care." Belarus shrugged this off.
Australia thought it was about time to end this meet and greet and proceed to start another one with Denmark and the three other nations. He piped up.
"It was nice meeting you guys. And you, Cuba, I guess," Australia snarled slightly at Cuba and Cuba delightfully smiled, "but I think we have to go now."
"What? Again?" Ukraine was outraged, "The amount of people we've had to leave because of you, Australia. I'm just about ready to give up."
"We'll meet again, I'm sure. I mean, it shouldn't be that hard to do since we're all in the same room." Australia explained to Ukraine.
Ukraine gave in, sighed and waved once again to five more nations. "Bye, guys." She groaned and left.
"Cuba, I'll get you," Belarus threatened, "but the others? Ah, I don't care. Do your thing." she said and followed on from Ukraine.
Once Russia had finished 'inspecting Cameroon for suspicious behaviour', his face lightened up when he saw Cyprus. He cheerily waved goodbye to them all and skipped away.
"Bye, then." Australia sighed, and left.
The group watched as the four nations they had just met and spent some time with disappeared from sight within the crowd. They turned back around to face each other once again and initiated a brand new discussion. This time, it was one about Russia. Cameroon had distinguished that Russia was, indeed, mistrustful. That was his conclusion, and the group was now open to debate this theory. They lowered their voices this time, though - they did it so Russia couldn't hear and use this information against them.
Meanwhile, Australia and his team were now moving towards another group of nations. There were five of them. One had just recently walked in on their conversation. He was, of course, the first one to discover the group coming closer to them as well. Russia recognised this nation and beamed at the others. He started running and Belarus copied him. Ukraine and Australia exchanged befuddled looks and then starting running afterwards. They were now reaching their next 'team'.
I spent a long time working on this today so I could get out a new chapter fairly quickly while I still have time.
I think I'm going to split the introductions into several chapters because including every single character I want to introduce in this chapter would take way too long and would make this chapter really lengthy. So, expect shorter chapters containing less characters which take less time to write about.
Just letting everyone know, yes, I am continuing this story. That's why I'm releasing this chapter a day after I released the first one.
Thank you for reading :).