((sorry for late update, I've been studying math...remember to R&R!))
"You wouldn't," Feliks's eyes widened in horror at Holy Roman Empire's threat. He pushed Wyn behind him protectively, just as Vash had done with Lili. Wyn noticed that his cocky expression had flown from his features. With icy eyes, Holy Roman Empire turned his gaze to Wyn.
"Why not? She is one of us, ja?"
Lili shrank behind Vash in a similar fashion, disliking the whirl of hatred around them. She liked being behind her older brother, where it was warm and safe, and wondered if Wyn felt that way too.
"Feliks, don't let them take me," hissed Wyn similarly.
"Ja, you wouldn't have to pay tribute for the rest of your life if you returned her to us," Günther vowed. The Germanic family nodded in agreement, murmuring in German that she must've been the rich territory Poland had been hiding for so long, the resource he used to buy more fabric for clothes with.
Gilbert couldn't take his eyes off the girl as she stood behind Feliks, rolling her eyes. Was her arrogance, like his, only a mask against fear?
"She's my sister, I have the right to take her back," Christoph said.
"After you abandoned her to the wolves? I think that hardly qualifies you as a stellar brother figure," Feliks snapped. "Come on, Wyn, let's show them out. I'll pay you by the end of the month."
Wyn, relieved that she wouldn't leave, stepped out from behind Feliks confidently. Both of them didn't notice the almost imperceptible nod that exchanged within the Germanic family.
"Go," Günther said, and Roderich grabbed Wyn with almost superhuman speed. Holy Roman Empire and Günther walked out of the house's open (nonexistent) door, as Vash and Bernwald held a screaming Feliks down. Gilbert watched, stunned, as his family kidnapped Wyn. Lili broke into tears, but after sniffling, wiped her nose with a lace hanky and followed her brother and father out the door.
"Let me go!" Wyn yelled at Roderich. "How dare you! What do you want from us?!"
Amethyst eyes bore into her own iridescent ones. "I want you, and your bruder wants you back. Feliks owes us something. It's only business."
"Fetch her things, Gilbert!" Holy Roman Empire ordered.
"You can't take her from me! She's like my daughter!" Feliks yelled. "I'll wage a war, mark my words, for this! Wyn, don't worry! I'll get you back!"
Gilbert stared in horror but soundlessly picked up Wyn's dagger, going down to the end of a hall and into a room on the left. That's the room he would've chosen, and he'd picked right. The room was tastefully decorated, with gold and silver accents on a black and Prussian blue theme. He hummed his approval.
Going through the closet and finding really appropriate for her to wear back in their lands, he took only a feminine waistcoat, similar to what his younger bruder Roderich always liked to wear. The snob. His eyes widened in shock and agreement at the beautiful rapier hanging on the wall, and put those in a bag he'd found lying on the ground. He could smell the forest on it, and assumed it was her hunting bag.
"Gilbert! Hurry!" Vash called from downstairs.
He hesitated as he heard chirps from a small basket in the corner. What kind of a girl keeps songbirds with her rapier, especially in her room?!
He went to see what the ruckus was when two balls of yellow fluff attacked his face. "That is NOT AWESOME!" he yelled and managed to stuff them into the bag.
The remaining members of the Germanic family ran out the door, Feliks on their heels. Gilbert swung himself up onto a black horse, galloping away on the same tracks his family had made.
"War!" yelled Feliks to the dust the kidnappers had left behind. He bowed his head, staring at the dirt that settled at his feet. He had failed her, his treasure. She would probably never walk the halls of Poland ever again, which only strengthened his resolve.
Gilbert was already far away enough to not have heard this. He was the last German to leave Feliks's home.
"Wyn Meier," he mused as he followed the dirt road. A girl worth fighting a war against, a girl worthy enough to be won. Life would get interesting soon, very soon.
((Hi readers! Sorry for the late update and short chapt, but a longer one will come soon, hopefully with some sparks and swords and language flying... ;) I have a short week so I will try to write more! Be patient! Please read and review, I think I'm at least a little OOC here, I need to know!))
