A/n Wow I got 3 faves 4 follows and one review on the first day! Thanks to you all! I've been trying to hook up with Simply but with the combination of a 6 hour time difference and school on both ends it isnt easy, in the end I did the rest of this chapter by myself. If you're curious on the chibi effects: they have all their memories intact but their brains are mostly formated as 3 year olds, at times the teen part of them will disappear completely, resulting in adorable baby talk X3. P.s. As much as I love Fruk and a complete FACE I have no idea how to add or portray France..
Arthur marched downstairs half wanting to dance in joy half wanting to strangle Patrick. He found him sitting at the kitchen table waiting for him. The Brit walked over leaning sideways with one hand on the table the other fisted on his hip as he gave the redhead a glare. "Well, what have you got to say for yourself?"
North Ireland glanced up at him in surprise, "What makes you think its my fault?! It was you that hit 'em! I don't even remember casting that kind of spell!"
The blond sputtered. "Oh and I did?! You know how hard those are to get right?! Much less reverse if they can be?!"
Patrick gave him an inquiring look. "Was it really an accident then?"
"WHAT?!"
"You're always complaining about how they all left you and don't care to come around anymore. How do I know you didn't take advantage of the chaos and shrink them for your own purposes?"
Arthur floundered around for something to say, he was just about ready to flat out deck the redhead for his ridiculous ideas.
But that wouldn't help him figure out how to fix the twins. After taking a few deep breaths to somewhat alleviate his rage he started talking again. "This is getting nowhere. The problem now is how to turn them back to their proper age. It might be reversible or wear off on its own but I'll have to get a better idea of what the effects are." With that he left for the library to do some research.
About an hour and a half later he pinched the bridge of his nose in frustration on finding almost nothing to go on. Just as he was reaching for another book, there was a distracting high pitched squeal of "EWWWW!"
Matthew woke up slightly disoriented, for one thing everything looked oddly HUGE for some reason. Added to the fact that his face was laying on something warm and soft that ended up wrapped around his neck. The side of his head felt wet too. It wasn't until he looked up to see Alfred's face buried in his hair that it clicked.
The drool covered chibi bolted upright with a screech.
Arthur walked in to see Alfred rubbing his eyes sleepily and Matthew furiously rubbing his head with the blanket.
"What's gotten into you lad?" He frowned slightly, gently taking the blanket from the Canadian.
"AL DROOLED IN MY HAIR! EUGH!"
"HEY!" Said blonde replied. "I don't drool!"
"Shush now, both of you." He sighed, picking Matthew up. "You need a bath now..."
Matthew tensed up at that. "Uh that's ok I don't mind!" His face turned bright red. Even though he had a 3 year old body, with all his 19 year old memories intact he was a little apprehensive of being unclothed around others.
"Oh, come now." Arthur sighed. "Can you still bathe yourself?"
"Uh I think so?" He wasn't really sure about that himself. When they got to the bathroom and he glanced at the tub. Boy that's awful deep.. Was it always that deep?! Matthew stared at the knobs trying to remember how they worked but was drawing a blank.
"Do you want some help lad?"
"..." He was torn at what to do. On the one hand he needed the help. On the other it was just plain embarrassing.. Finally he gave the tiniest most hesitant nod he could muster.
Arthur smiled gently, walking into the bathroom and sat him on the toilet as he filled the tub.
Alfred wandered in through the door watching what was going on. He still felt kinda off going from almost six feet tall to less than three. Arthur turned when he heard Alfred's footsteps then proceeded to undress Matthew.
"So what exactly happened?" Alfred asked as Iggy put Matthew, who couldn't look anyone in the face right now, in the water.
Arthur put some shampoo in Matt's hair as he started talking, "I'm not completely sure. With everything flying around randomly like it was its hard to tell what particular spell you were hit with."
"But you can fix it right?"
Arthur took a breath and prepared himself for the outcome. "Without knowing what the cause is it will be hard, it might take some time to reverse. Then again it might wear off on its own. But you'll most likely be stuck like this for a while."
"WHAT?! But what about our work back home?! Our bosses are sure to think something's wrong if we don't come back!"
"I'll call and explain later, besides you're on vacation right now anyway aren't you?"
After the bath and a new set of rather dated clothes they sat down for lunch. Kuma wandered in from the backyard having spent the morning in the woods. When he saw Canada he stared at the chibi for a minute before pressing his nose to Canada's cheek and attempting to drag him away like a cub.
Arthur then took the twins to town to get some decent fitting clothes. Matthew insisted on at least one hoodie while Alfred wanted Power Ranger and Marvel shirts.
At the end of the day Arthur tucked them into bed in the guest room they slept in earlier. He kissed them goodnight and turned out the light.
As soon as Arthur shut the door Alfred peeked his eye open. He got out of bed tiptoed over to his suitcase and dug around in it. Aha! He finally found what he was looking for carefully nestled in a pajama shirt hidden at the bottom. He pulled out a very love worn stuffed rabbit. The same one Arthur had given Alfred for his first Christmas. Manabozo. He didn't want anyone to know he still slept with a plushie on occasion or brought it with him whenever he traveled, so he only took him out at night when he had a bad day, and hid him again in the morning. How it survived all these years was a mystery. Maybe some of Al's immortality rubbed off on it like it does when a nation takes in a pet? Wait a minute.. Alfred took a closer look. Does Mana look..newer than he used to? Alfred shrugged his shoulders and crawled back into the bed he was sharing with Matt, Kuma curled up near their feet.
The idea for Manabozo's name came from Ashynarr, in her universe Mana is Al's spirit guardian who raised him before Arthur came, Ashynarr says that Mana is portrayed as a trickster with a hero complex, both traits of which Al ended up inheriting. I can totally see this happening but I still like him having an eagle spirit better so Mana is more like his first hero idol.
