Author's Note: I'd like to thank Nurse Steggy for looking over most of the chapter and making some spelling/grammatical corrections.
I do not own Hetalia, Excalibur or anything else in this.
Chapter 2
The crowed never knelt, they just walked away. Arthur was stunned. He just proved himself the rightful heir of England. Nobody cared. Arthur hung his head and sulked to his home. Still holding Excalibur.
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"Antonio, think about it. England's not to far away. It's ripe for the taking."
"Come on man, we just became independent."
"But it's right there!"
"Fine, I'll give it a try," Antonio conceded to his ambitious boss Euric.
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"You keep saying this is the most powerful sword, but what does it do?"
"Give it time, my young Arthur. You will soon come to find the true power of this sword," Merlin said with a knowing smile.
"I guess, but I really wish you would show me how to use it."
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Antonio didn't really want to try and take the English crown, but he had already been committed to it by his ruler/boss. He readied his sword and was ready to set off. He was quickly gaining power.
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"Is it really this easy?" Antonio wondered. He was standing in the middle of England's throne room. Nobody was on the throne, the castle was almost desolate. It seemed that England was functioning poorly without any definite leadership. "I suppose it wouldn't hurt if I took this place over."
"Hello, nobles of England. Spain is now in charge of this island. You need a ruler and we have one that would be happy to rule here as well."
Apparently the English were more open to a successful foreign ruler than an English child, because they were fairly receptive to the foreigner's proposition.
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"It is coming to a beginning ."
"Finally!" Arthur exclaimed. "Seriously, how does this sword work?"
"Prepare, my king."
Arthur grabber Excalibur and ran out the door. He ran all the way to the palace. He stopped at the big wooden doors to catch his breath before marching on into the castle. He marched into the throne room with his hand near his sword.
"Sir, what do you think your doing taking England over? I am the rightful King of England! Be gone you Spaniard."
"For King Euric Visigoth has a claim on England."
"If you want to take it then you will have to go through me," Arthur proclaimed with a grand gesture.
"So be it," Antonio sighed. He knew that his swordsmanship was better than Arthur's. When they were young they would compete, and he knew that Arthur would remember loosing his sword every time.
Arthur drew his sword and it instantly became warm. Antonio drew his sword as well. They met at the middle of the throne room. As they started to fight the clanging of their swords could be heard throughout the castle.
Excalibur quickly became hot in Arthur's hands. It started to direct his movement and in seconds Antonio's sword was clanging to the floor. Excalibur to his throat.
Arthur smiled with delight and amazement at the sword in his hand.
"This is my country." Arthur almost purred.
"Point taken," Antonio replied raising his hands in surrender.
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"Did you feel it?"
"Yes, the sword got warm."
"Do you now see why there is no need for practice?"
"Yes, it just took over. All instinct."
"Eventually you will get even better with Excalibur. Practice and you can work in tandem."
Arthur smiled at that last part. He had never been a great sword fighter before, but with Excalibur he felt like he could take on the best, and win.
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"I don't know what happened," Antonio explained exasperatedly to Euric Visigoth.
"You said that you were so much better than him. Have you become weak?" Visigoth blatantly asked.
"No, he got way better, it was almost like magic."
Author's Note: I'm sort of going with England being weak at this time (5th century). However they actually were weakened from the Vikings and being split into seven independent kingdoms around the 9th century.
A long time ago Spain was kind of allied with Rome. In 475 Euric Visigoths declared independence and started to expand Spain's territory. In 554 Spain got large, by Euric's son.
Keep in mind that I never knew any of this before and all the information above came from a web site that may or may not be the most reliable.
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