Sleeping Beauty


Long ago, years before the birth of Heracles Karpusi, Athena Karpusi desperately wanted a baby boy. She and Romus had tried many times for a child, but none seemed to work.

Athena finally bared a child - the handsomest baby boy in all of Ancinet Greece. His name? Heracles Karpusi.

Soon after that, when Heracles was only nine years old, the Ottoman Empire attacked what was used to be known as Ancient Greece; and Athena Karpusi was tragically murdered.

His father had abandoned him for his grandchildren, the Italies.

And soon, Heracles was raised by Sadiq Andan, representative of what is now Turkey.

When Heracles barley turned 18, he decided there needed to be a change. He could not be under the influence of this Turkish man anymore.

Thus, Heracles became a nation. He named his nation after his mother: Greece.

Modern Greece won his independence from The Ottoman Empire, and The Ottoman Empire soon fell and became known as only Turkey.

Heracles and Sadiq seemed to be enemies in everything.

Heracles was a sleepy and quiet nation; he seemed to fall asleep every so often in random and boring situations.

Sadiq, on the other hand, was a very energetic and loud nation.

The two, somehow, became friends with a small Asian nation representative: Kiku Honda.

Heracles liked being in Kiku's presence: he was a very hardworking but quiet nation, but he seemed to talk the most and be the most comfortable around Heracles. The most relaxing days were spent he and Kiku, laying on the grass together and simply staring at the clouds. They barley said a word on those days.

Sadiq, on the other hand, was very intimidating to Kiku; he always fought with Heracles around him. The loudest and awkwardest days were around Sadiq. Sadiq was impatient; when he wanted something, he wanted to make sure he got it. And he defiantly was not letting Heracles win. He needed to make sure Heracles never won something he didn't.

Sadiq asked Kiku frequently:

"Who do you like better?"

...but, much to Sadiq's frustration, he always answered:

"I like you both, equally."

But, one day, Sadiq asked Kiku that simple question. And Kiku felt he needed to come clean to Sadiq.

"I...like Heracles-san." Kiku had replied.

At that moment, Sadiq's blood boiled. He was not letting Heracles win.

He studied alchemy for a long time - and one day, when Sadiq felt he was good enough, he created an elixir of sleep.

If you drank this elixir, you would sleep for a hundred years. Sadiq figured that one hundred years would be long enough to steal pretty little Kiku from Heracles.

Sadiq dotted this elixir on to Heracles mouth while he slept peacefully. When the young Greek snored, he would open his mouth and the potion would slide in. Sadiq sat there for hours, waiting for the potion to slide in. And, in the Turkish man's relief, Heracles finally opened his mouth...and the elixir slid in.

For six months would Heracles sleep - until Kiku visited him once more.

The elixir gave Heracles the appearance of being deceased, so Kiku was devastated.

In that moment, Kiku kissed the Greek deeply, as if his kiss and his tears would wake Heracles up.

To his surprise, Heracles eyes fluttered open at the feeling of the warm lips being pressed against his own.

Kiku was shocked, that the Greek had woken up, and embarrassed that he had confessed his feelings so directly, but soon the shock and embarrassment turned in to pure joy. Heracles was alive! The Asian nation embraced Heracles, crying tears of joy.

"S 'agapó̱, Kiku." Heracles whispered in to the man who had been at his side...all along.