(The manor)
Germany awoke with tears in his eyes. He didn't remember why, but he was sure it had something to do with the dreams he'd been having. This was starting to get out of hand; he can't be losing sleep and being distracted by these horrid thoughts. He had to tell Italy.
Germany got dress for the day and headed over to Italy's room with a confident stride. It was still early and it was unlikely that Italy was even awake yet, but Germany had to get this off his chest. His knuckles hovered above Italy's door as his breath hitched.
Suddenly Germany was nervous. He had no reason to be. Nothing bad would happen if he told Italy about his dreams, nothing at all- because that's all they were! Dreams! No more; no less.
Germany once again gathered his confidence and reached out to knock on Italy's door- but it was already open a bit. Germany stared at the hooded figure which stood in Italy's doorway and his heart stopped. It… was real?
"You weren't thinking about telling Italy about our little talk earlier… were you?" the figure said, its piercing blue eyes staring into Germany's, "Or were you planning on getting a head start on killing him? Good boy. But you aren't armed. Here. Take this."
The figure handed Germany a knife and quickly left the room, leaving the door open. Germany couldn't move. It was real. It was all real. He stared down at the knife he'd been handed in disbelief. He didn't believe it. He was dreaming. He had to be dreaming. And he was.
(The conference)
Germany rested the knife on his forehead. It was the same knife he had been carrying with him the entire time, the same knife he always carried on him- it couldn't be the same one the figure had handed him in his dream. But if that were true… then why did it feel so familiar?
Germany sighed and hid the knife away. 'How did this happen to me? A few days ago we were sitting together on the way to the conferences and now… Am I really considering killing Italy?'
Another of Germany's sighs escaped his mouth as he stood up to return to the conferences. He couldn't keep doing suspicious things if he wanted the other countries to truly believe nothing was wrong. If anyone found out Italy would die. The way things were going, Italy might die anyway, but he wanted to prevent that if possible. He had to find a way.
"Hello," the figure said as Germany turned around.
"What do you want now?" he replied bitterly.
"I just wanted to make sure you weren't getting distracted from your goal," the figure said not meeting Germany's gaze, "I hope I don't have to threaten you. It would be nice if you would complete your task without any extra 'motivation,' if you know what I mean."
"Do you really think any kind of threat would make me kill Italy?"
The figure finally stared back blankly at Germany with its green eyes, seemingly considering Germany's statement. After a while, when Germany didn't say anything else, the figure spoke once more.
"I will say this much: if you do not do as I have asked by the time the conferences are over, everyone here will die. You, Italy, France, America, your brother. Dead."
Germany froze. Prussia. He had forgotten that Prussia was here. And everyone else too, Japan, Austria, Hungary- even little Sealand- everyone would die. But could he really kill Italy? Even if it were to stop everyone else's deaths…?
"I can see that you are still weighing your options. I suppose that is respectable. But I really must insist. Consider everyone's lives. Consider it. Make sure you make the right decision." And with that, the figure left Germany alone once again.
((I'm ba~ack! Sorry I took so long updating, I had to finish Russia's Basement, and it kinda took priority. Anyway, an IMPORTANT note for you guys. I reread this and I noticed some minor mistakes relating to somethings you'll find out about later. You might notice that the conference room got changed from #37 to #18. Yes this is an important change, you'll find out why later. There were also a few errors I noticed elsewhere, but I can't tell you about those~ So as far as I know, there are no more continuity errors in the story. If you find something that looks out of place, congrats, you're onto something important! Anyway toodaloo~!))
