Chapter Four:
The nations were silent until Italy shouted happily, startling the young alien. " Veee!~ It's-a nice to-a meet you-a, bella!" The auburn haired man said cheerfully. " Now-a that you-a are here, we can-a have pasta!" Italy grabbed Ava by the arm and dragged her out of the crater, causing the others to sweatdrop.
" I like her!" Young Sealand piped up in his British accent. " Can she stay? Pretty please? She can stay in Sealand with me or come to meet Mister Sweden! I can teach her about all these games I know and everything!" England looked at the twelve year old and shook his head.
" Don't go making plans for her, you twit." England scolded the micronation. " As for where she's going to stay, that is up to her. I think she might want to rest before making any decisions anyway." Sealand pouted, hating to agree with jerk England on the matter.
Germany bellowed out a loud sigh, running his fingers through his unkept blonde locks. " Vell ve might vant to discuss zhis matter soon before our bosses catch vind on her arrival." He pointed out. " Zhey might do experiments on her or try to kill her. Maybe she could tell us about her planet und vhy she's here in zhey first place?"
China chimed in with his opinion. " Aiyah! She's too adorable to be disected, aru!" The oldest country exclaimed, waving his long sleeved arms in the air. " Why can't we tell our bosses no? We can keep her a secret!"
" Our bosses are in charge, remember China-san?" Japan asked politely. " Prus, she is a stranger to our pranet..."
" Wahhhh! GERMANY! " The other nations stop to hear Italy scream loudly. " GERMANY! " The group of men jumped and ran back to the campsite as quick as they could. They see Ava sitting by the campfire and Italy behind a large rock, waving his white flag madly. " Germany! Tell the bella that-a she needs to-a get-a rid of it! PER FAVORE!"
America looked at Ava with his brow raised in confusion. " Yo, dudette." He said casually. " What do you have that is freaking the poor dude out?" Ava looked as confused as the American for a moment, then went to take her items off her person.
" Let's see..." Ava said. " I got my lazer hunting knife, my échigar's photograph, my crystal charged gamma beam pistol-" The short haired alien listed off her inventory while placing the items in front of the countries. " Oh and this little Earth dweller!" The girl put her hand in her hair and pulled out a small black scorpion from her scalp. Both Italy and America screamed in fright, earning a laugh from the large, scary Russian.
" D-Dudette, get r-rid of that!" America said in a shaky voice. " T-That thing is poisonous, yo! Don't worry, t-the hero will save you!" America went over to smack it out of the girl's pale hand. But when the scorpion readied it's pitchers in defense, America ran behind England once again and screamed like a girl.
" Mein Gott." Germany sighed, rubbing his temples from the headache he got from Italy and America's screaming. " Ava, please get rid of zhat thing so zhese two dummkopfs vill stop zheir screaming." Ava frowned and nodded her head slowly. The Zanderian walked a bit away from the campsite with the scorpion still in her hand. She bent down and puts the scorpion on the ground.
Ava smiled at the small but poisonous anthropod and got back up. " Have a good life little Earth dweller. " she said and watched it walk away as if nothing happened. Sealand followed the alien girl and watched her release the scary looking thing. He thought she was brave to hold a thing that could have poisoned her, treating it like it was a baby rabbit.
Sealand tapped on her arm, causing Ava to look down at the micronation. She smiled and patted the young boy's head. " Your planet has many interesting creatures, doesn't it? " she asked Sealand. The boy nodded his head and smiled.
" You scared America and Italy pretty good, Miss Ava." Sealand told the girl, making her laugh. It wasn't Ava's plan to scare the nations, she just thought the scorpion was cute and let it warm up in her hair. " I can't believe you weren't scared of holding a scorpion! You are really brave! "
Ava frowned again and looked away from young Sealand. " I'm not brave, Sealand. Not brave at all." She told him casually. "If I was brave, my échigar would be here too. Or I might not be here at all." Sealand's cheerful demeanor lowered a bit, he didn't want his new friend to be upset.
He looked away, staring at the same open field that Ava was looking at. " Miss Ava?" He asked, kicking at the dirt under his shoes. " What is a échigar?" The Zanderian looked at the Sealandian and smiled at the boy.
" 'Échigar' is brother in my native language. " Ava explained to him. " My planet was bilingual to both 'Basic' and our language, Zanderian." Ava began to walk back to the campsite with Sealand following behind her. " Right now, we are speaking in 'Basic' or as you Earthlings call it: English.
Sealand looked at the alien with his bright blue eyes twinkling in awe. " That's brilliant!" he shouted happily. " You are cooler than cool!I know we will be the best of pals, for sure!" Ava couldn't help but smile at the little micronation. The duo reached the campsite where Italy was handing out bowls of pasta for breakfast.
Italy sat next to Ava, with Sealand sitting on the ground by her feet. Even though he was scared only moments ago, the Italian didn't hold a grudge against their outer space visitor. Ava slurped her noodles up, a smile on her face shining bright. Her smile made Italy happy, knowing that she liked his pasta.
" Échigar," Sealand said to England, tugging on the blonde gentleman's suit sleeve. England and the other nations look at the young boy with a puzzled expression. " Can I have more of Mister Italy's pasta?" After Sealand finished his question, Italy swiped the micronation's bowl and began to pile more of the delicious noodles into it.
" Sealand..." England replied in a concerned voice. " What was that word you called me?" Before the boy could open his mouth, Ava spoke up for him.
" He called you brother in my planet's native language." She explained. " I taught him that on the way back from releasing the little critter you called a 'scorpion.'" Ava smiled over to Sealand. " He even pronounced it correctly on the first try. He's going to grow into a smart nation."
Italy handed the bowl full of noodles back to Sealand. " Si, I agree with-a bella. Sealand is-a so smart!" Italy exclaimed happily, hugging the little blonde boy. " I want to-a learn to-a speak the same-a language as-a bella too! Pretty please? Per Favore?"
" I dunno, dude." America said with a hint of seriousness. " I mean, won't her planet feel offended if they hear humans talking like them?" Sealand and Italy looked at America, sudden realization hitting them.
" Veeeeeee! I didnt-a think of-a that!" Italy cried out loud. " I'm-a sorry, bella! Please don't-a be-a angry with me!" Italy pulled out his white flag but Ava grabbed it and gently put it down.
Ava gave them all a weak smile, which tugged at the nations' heart strings." I wouldn't feel offended. In fact, I would love to teach the both of you Zanderian. " she told the others " Secondly, I doubt that my planet would have minded humans learning our language. I think they wouldn't want our language to die off with the rest of my people..."