Chapter 3: A Train of Thought Gone a Little Astray

While sitting on the plane, Alfred fidgeted nervously, fingering the icy cold coke bottle in his hands. He hated the feeling of sitting there, unable to do anything while Arthur could possibly be dying at this very moment. He shivered, all the warmth leaving his body. Alfred's thoughts turned to the last two incidents when he witnessed the death of a country. The first to go was Prussia. The former Black Eagle of death had almost succumbed to whom he had wanted to think of as his friend. Weakened by wars, Gilbert had been dying ever since the Seven Weeks War. Austria backstabbing him had Gilbert in his knees. He had loved Roderich, and the betrayal pained him greatly. Prussia since then, had faded away, and lost the will to live. Germany had forcibly put Gilbert on life support, hidden away in the deepest, most secretive room of his house. Now with Ludwig considerably weakened, there was no guarantee that he could support his elder brother any further. The once great military empire had turned into nothing but a pitiful half-vegetable, all because of love.
There was also the case of Ivan. Ivan had a big family. Sure, some of them were intimidated or forced into living with him, but they were loyal. Belarus and Ukraine had truly loved Ivan. After all, they were family. Ah, Alfred smiled despite his present situation. Family…is indeed a good thing. But as quickly as the pleasant feeling came, a bitter one replaced it just as fast. "But family can leave you," he muttered absently, "They'll use you and leave you to rot, just like Arthur did to me." Look at what happened to Ivan, he thought. The once great USSR had faded away after the cold war. China, his former lover, and the rest of his rather large family had abandoned him. His so called 'family' just backstabbed him and left. Alfred almost regretted this. It had been his fault Ivan had faded away. But he had been reborn as the present day Russia. That was one of the bigger reliefs. But despite the rebirth of his old enemy and friend, Alfred could not forget the cold fact that even family could betray you.
For the rest of the flight, Alfred tried to empty his mind by staring at the clouds outside. Such a beautiful world, he thought, so ravaged by war, heartbreak, and destruction…But it was the same sky from centuries before when there was no war. I don't want this world to die, not just yet.
I want to protect this world from myself

*Chapter End Notes: TOTALLY IRRELEVANT AND YOU MAY SKIP THIS RAMBLING
Sorry I had to cut the chapter here…But I wanted to explain Alfred a little bit. I was thinking of writing a "Evil Series", where each country would be the embodiment of one of the 7 Deadly Sins. Alfred would be Greed, who in a war ravaged era, opens his eyes to see the beautiful world as it is, and protect it whatever the cost, even if it means using the most despicable and dark means possible.
So… the alignment goes like so:
(and the official…Seven Deadly Sins Video though I don't really agree with some)
Greed-Alfred Jones (America) as explained above.
Pride-Gilbert Weilschmidt (Prussia) for the most obvious reasons, right? Oresama-no awesomeness? But I think he will be portrayed as a respected, but lonely and unloved character, due to his pride
Lonely Prussia Video
Envy-Arthur Kirkland (England) I always imagined him to be a very "green" character.
Lust-Francis Bonnefroy (France) won't waste time explaining…
Sloth-Heracles Capursi (Greece) Laziest character. EVER.
Gluttony- Feliciano Venazio Varfas () It even SAYS in Hetalia that he's a glut.
Wrath- Ivan Braginsky (Russia) He seems to have a lot of hatred towards every one. While he hides it well, it sometimes explodes to the surface and can be seen visually. He holds grudges and rarely forgives. Hate is the key word here.
Back to Alfred in my story. At this point, Alfred is thinking quite coldly. He doesn't believing love in this world because he was heartbroken about how Arthur used him as, like, his private ATM. But as the embodiment of greed, Alfred subconsciously wants to see the good of this world and make it his forever. One of them just happens to be love, and Alfred still is very confused about his feelings for Iggy. Though he wants to deny it, it's like a magnet. Honestly I don't know how the two will turn out in the story yet…;^; no spoilers…