England sighed and followed behind America. "How did I get dragged into this?" He thought. Wisconsin had invited America and the micro-nation posse over. Of course, he was forced to go too. Of course. And no matter how immature, they were playing hide-and-seek.
"So who's gonna be it?" London asked curiously. Alex Kirkland, more well known as London, was Englands little brother. Like England, he had short, messy, light blonde hair and bright emerald green eyes. Lucky for him he didn't have bushy eyebrows like England, and he actually smiled.
"Eenie, meenie, minie, mo?" America offered.
"Where's Latvia?" Wisconsin wondered out loud, ignoring their questions.
"My ice ninjas can decide!" Antarctica cheered.
"Ally, no one cares about your ice ninjas." Wisconsin said bluntly. Antarctica's real name was Ally Snow (yeah her last name is Snow. Deal with it).
She had long light blonde hair, dark brown eyes, and a strange obsession with ice. She was also overly hyper. You'd think Wisconsin and Antarctica would get along fine because of their love of cold. weather. But cold is actually the main thing they argue about.
England sighed and shook his head.
"The are all psychopaths." He murmured. After some more suggestions on how to choose, Latvia had come. Then there was more confusing arguing. Finally.
"All who don't want to use rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock...you know what? Let's just use that." Wisconsin decided for everyone.
After about fifty rounds of rock, paper, scissors, lizard, Spock, ( And lots of confusion from Liechtenstein, Latvia, and England,) It was decided England was it. So he trekked up to the front porch, turned to the nations in the huge yard and yelled, "What should I count to?" The answers were:
"Fifty-six!"
"Twenty-five!"
"Pi!"
(Is it that hard to guess who said pi?) "How do i count to pi?" England snapped. Antarctica just shrugged. Wisconsin sighed.
"Just count to thirty Iggy." She called.
"Don't call me that!" England snarled but turned and started counting. Quickly, the nations in the yard scurried off to hide.
"Ready or not, here I come!" England yelled then turned around. The whole yard was deserted. England shrugged and started out.
"Maybe I underestimated their intelligence..." He murmured. "Or, maybe not." He replied to himself with a smirk noticing America sitting at the foot of a tree, his back to England.
"America, I see you. And that's a terrible hiding spot." England called. "Awww." America whined standing up. England rolled his eyes.
"Just come on" He declared and turned around. After that they found Latvia in the shed and Liechtenstein in a bush. They were now all walking on the edge of a forest. America kept on whipping his head around as if looking for a monster that was going to jump out and rip his head off.
"Dudes, I swear I am hearing something!" America yelped whipping his head up to the sky.
"What do you hear? A ghost?" England snarled sarcastically. But he then heard a snapping sound. Like branches.
"See? There it is again!" America squeaked. England looked up to the treetops and noticed a person at the very top of one.
"What the-? Antarctica! How the bloody hell did you get all the way up there?!" He yelled in shock. Antarctica looked down at them, then at her tree branch surroundings.
"...I'm not sure." She replied, still looking around curiously. "But how do you suppose I get down?"
"A-Antarctica? I-I don't think that's safe..." Latvia stammered nervously.
Antarctica just shrugged and (Somehow) was able to get to the ground. The rest of the group just stared at her, dumbfounded.
"What?" She asked tipping her head to the side. Everyone decided that she has probably done weirder things and let it slide.
"Let's head up that way." England offered pointing further up the side of the forest. The others simply shrugged and headed off. They hadn't gotten that far when,
"I think I see something over there." Liechtenstein said quietly pointing further up ahead. England looked where she was pointing and noticed a familiar bob of light blonde hair.
"I see you London." England called running up to his little brother, who was hiding under a thorn bush. A lacework of thick, thorny, vines just above his head. London looked up nervously but didn't move.
"O-oh, Hi..." He mumbled looking away. Meanwhile the rest of the group had caught up and they were all standing in front of him.
"Well let's get a move on, shall we?" England declared briskly.
"Um..." London mumbled blushing slightly, "I can't" He squeaked. England stared at him hoping he heard wrong.
"You what?" He asked. London looked up at him.
"I. Can't." He declared, slightly firmer this time, but he then ducked his head and blushed, "I'm stuck..." England groaned.
"Really London?" London looked up at him in irritation.
"No. I just said that for kicks." He spat sarcastically.
"No need to get snippy." England muttered. It took some untangling, but they finally got the bush to let go of Alex.
"So we just need to find Wisconsin and Sealand. Great. The two that are good at hiding." America groaned. England rolled his eyes.
"Fun." He said flatly.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Half an hour later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Uuuugggh! England dude we've been looking for, like, ever! Where are they?" America moaned, irritating England further.
"Shut up and stop complaining!" He snapped. He was getting sick of this too. Where could they be?
"Hmmm... one of my ice ninja's said he saw something over there." Antarctica chirped pointing in the direction of some trees. {Not the forest where she was hiding, they're still by that forest.} America strained his neck forward trying to get a better look.
"By the lake?" He asked curiously. England stared at him like he had gone crazy. Which he probably had if he believed that Ally actually had ice ninjas. What? Believing in unicorns, black magic, and fairies is completely different! Oh shut up, what do you know?
"Okay, First of all, there's a lake here? Second, do you seriously think she has ice ninjas?" England hissed under his breath. America just shrugged.
"It's worth a shot. We haven't checked over there yet." He replied. England sighed.
"Whatever, let's try it out." He agreed and the group headed over.
When they got to there, England noticed the trees just surrounded the area. There was a layer of trees, enough to block the lake from view. They also ran up along the river that flowed into the lake. There were lots of bushes and rocks too.
"There are lots of places to hide here." Liechtenstein murmured looking around. America clapped his hands to get everyone's attention.
"Alright everybody! Let's fan out and find us a Micronation and slash or state!" He declared brightly.
"I'm sorry, but who died and made you king of anything?" England snapped.
"Your Mom." America replied. England gave him a death glare but said nothing.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~fifteen minutes later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Once again. The last two hiders proved to be better at hiding than they were at finding. America suddenly jumped up, apparently getting a great idea.
"Why are we wasting our time doing this?" He exclaimed randomly. Everyone just looked at him.
America jogged over to a log and stood up on it. Cupping his hands around his mouth he yelled.
"Sealand! If you come out right now we will recognize you as a country!" That did the trick.
Sealand popped up out of nowhere on the other side of the, lake, crossed the river and came over.
"I am here! Now you have to say I am a country!" He cheered happily.
"Sealand where were you hiding!? We've been here for ages!" America hollered. Sealand smiled then pointed across the river to a pile of rocks.
"I was hiding under those!" He chirped brightly.
"Sealand that's dangerous! What if one fell on you?!" England scolded. Sealand shrugged, apparently not worried about almost getting flattened.
"Okay... now we just need to find Wisconsin...the one that's the best at hiding." America said looking exasperated. England sighed.
"An old saying, the best place to hide a leaf, is in a forest." Sealand offered. England looked over at him surprised.
"You think she's in a forest?" Antarctica asked, confused. England facepalmed then groaned.
"That's not what that means..." He said. Antarctica looked over at him.
"Then...? She asked still looking very puzzled. Sealand sighed.
"Nevermind." He replied.
"Let's just look over there." America offered pointing to the treeless prairie in between the lake and the forest. Now it was Sealand's turn to look confused.
"Where would she hide out there?" He asked. America shrugged.
"I have no idea. But knowing Wisconsin, she could hide there." He declared. Everyone just looked at each other and shrugged.
"Sounds like the best idea we've got." England said and headed out.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~half hour later~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"This is ridiculous." England thought crossly.
"Jackalopes are easier to find than her." He growled out loud. They did a scan of all the areas and still had no idea where she was. Antarctica also wasn't really helping by watching a butterfly so intently you would think it was made of gold and could talk.
"Should we give up?" America asked. Everyone looked exhausted. Letting his eyes sweep the landscape one more time, England slowly nodded in agreement. Then, Antarctica stood up and hollered at the top of her lungs.
"WE GIVE! SHOW YOURSELF CAPTAIN JACKALOPE!" The whole group just stared at her in utter confusion. But they heard another loud voice.
"Haha! All the wins!" Wisconsin cheered running up. "And what do you mean by captain jackalope?"
"Where the flip were you hiding?!" London yelled. Wisconsin smirked and pointed across the field.
"In a badger hole over there." She said flatly. Everyone was quiet for a moment.
"You were in a badger hole?!" England roared. Wisconsin pretended to think.
"Yes, in fact I was. Didn't I just say that?" She responded. Another moment of silence. Which was broken by everyone else sighing.
"Let's just head back. I'm tired." America moaned. They all slowly started back towards the house. Antarctica smiled brightly.
"That was fun. But I wish I knew how I got in that tree."
Complete! I really wanted to finish this chapter so i could write the next one. I forgot to mention this, sometimes i will give you a sneak peak on the next chapter, so read these endings to see them!
