I 3 this story (I hope ya'll do too!). I'm pretty sure I won't delete this one, even if I run out of ideas halfway through. And I'm pretty sure a lot of you think this is gonna be like, 5 chapters since Alfred and Matthew already figured out they're royalty but they have to have some epic adventures along the way :D
Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia. VIVE LE REBELLE!
Mountains:
"W-Why are we in the Mountains again?" Alfred shivered as he followed his brother through the snow. Matthew rolled his eyes as he slowed down for the other boy to catch up.
"Simple. The Oracle said to go to his cave if we wanted more information on Dad so we're heading to the cave." Matthew replied, putting on his goggles to protect his eyes as the wind intensified. Alfred scowled as he did the same."Why couldn't he have just summon us to the cave? If he could teleport himself he could've teleported us too." Alfred grumbled. Matthew sighed.
"That would have been taking the easy way out. Sheesh I'm the one who grew up a privileged life while you've been blowing up factories, yet you seem to be the one complaining more!" Matthew snapped. Alfred pouted.
"That's not fair Mattie! I hate the cold!" He argued, struggling to keep up with his brother. Suddenly, Matthew froze, causing Alfred to bump into him and fall back into the snow.
"OW! Don't stop like that Mattie!" Alfred complained, shaking the snow off his head. He began to stand up when Matthew tackled him back into the snow."What are you doing?! It's freezing!" Alfred's teeth chattered as he glared at his brother, who was still staring up at the sky.
"Shh! Look, SovBots!" Matthew pointed. Alfred followed his gesture and frowned. A group of SovBots and a single Airship was flying in the direction the two boys were heading.
"You don't think…" Alfred began but Matthew's wide-eyed look confirmed his suspicions.
"We have to get to the Oracle first. But we'll never get there before the SovBots." Matthew smirked as his brother finished speaking and reached into his pocket. He took out a small white cube that had a red button on it.
"What's that?" Alfred asked, confused. Matthew chuckled and pressed the button. The cube grew into his hover board, causing Alfred's mouth to drop.
"Feli did some work on it. A little tweak here and there to make it a little more transportable." Alfred pouted as Matthew helped him onto the board.
"I can't believe you went to Feli instead of your own brother for upgrades on the board I built. I'm offended." Matthew laughed at his brother's mock offense.
"I can't believe you hate the cold but love eating ice cream." Alfred chuckled.
"That is completely different. Anyways, how are we going to sneak by the SovBots to get to the Oracle first?" Matthew chuckled.
"You forget that I've been taking Stealth Training classes with Kiku. I'm a quick learner. Of course, photographic memory helps when I have to learn simply from watching his actions." Alfred grinned.
"Oh yeah. Wait, photographic memory? What, you can take pictures with your brain?" Matthew face-palmed.
"I'll explain later. Right now, we have to start moving. Ready?" Alfred grabbed onto Matthew's shoulders.
"Ready." Matthew grinned as the two started off, flying barely above the snow level. Occasionally, Matthew would lean down and skim his hand along the snow layer, creating a make-shift smoke screen out of the snow to block them from view.
"I could just use one of my smoke bombs." Alfred pointed out. Matthew shook his head.
"We might need those later. They also create a loud noise when they go off, which could potentially cause an avalanche." Matthew rolled his eyes when he caught Alfred's blank look.
"Too much noise will cause the snow to start chasing us and if it caught us, we would end up dead." He simplified. Alfred paled.
"Right, no noise. Got it. So…are we there yet?" Matthew sighed, realizing that this trip would be a lot longer than he thought.
Meanwhile…
SovBot Airship
"So we go to this cave, find this Oracle guy, and get him to tell us where the King is hiding?" Tino verified as he glanced out the window.
"Da. We get the King, the Princes will come to rescue him, allowing us to kill 3 birds with 1 stone, or so the saying goes." Ivan chuckled darkly. Berwald adjusted the TV as another wave of static hit.
"He's just one man, how hard could it be?" Tino said happily as they approached the cave.
Hidden Cave
"So much for beating the SovBots…" Alfred grumbled as they slowed to a stop a few feet away from the cave. The airship was abandoned with footsteps leading from the airship into the cave.
"We still have time. We just need to sneak past them." Matthew said, smiling. Alfred sighed.
"Are you always this happy?" Matthew laughed."Actually, I'm taking your job since you've been in a bad mood since we got here. Once we get back home, everything will go back to normal." Alfred sighed as he followed Matthew into the cave."You realize I never got the 'Stealth Training Classes' right? I've spent most my time with Lars and Ludwig." Matthew rolled his eyes.
"You've grown up stealing people's wallets when they weren't looking. If that isn't stealthy, I don't know what is." Alfred turned red like he usually did when someone mentions his past.
"I-I did what I had to in order to live and eat bro! Not all of us got brought food three times a day on a silver platter!" Alfred snapped. Now it was Matthew's turn to turn red.
"S-Shut it! I know I grew up more…privileged than the others but-" "Privileged. Right." Alfred scoffed, interrupting his brother. Matthew scowled."You know what? I'm done. You go find the Oracle your way because I can't deal with you anymore!" He snapped before jumping on his hover board and zooming away. Alfred scowled."Fine I will!" He turned and went down a separate tunnel, fuming.
Matthew
"Stupid Alfred. He thinks that just because he's grown up with the Resistance he's better than me. I'll show him." He muttered angrily as he explored the caves. Suddenly, one of Kiku's lessons rang through his head. 'Anger will lead to mistakes. Stay calm whenever you are in a difficult situation.' Matthew sighed.
"Kiku's right. I shouldn't have snapped at him. I'll apologize later. Right now, we have an Oracle to save. I guess it'll save searching time since we split up." Matthew landed and shrunk his Hover Board again. He began walking through the caverns, glancing around warily.
"It's kinda creepy in here…I hope Al's having better luck than I am."
Alfred-
"He HAD to be born three days before me! Ever since he found out I was the LITTLE brother he's been treating me like a kid! I can take care of myself." Alfred scowled as he stomped through the caverns. In his anger, he hadn't watched where he was going and ran into something hard. He fell back onto the ground of the cave.
"Ow!" He moaned, rubbing his head. He glanced up and gasped when he realized what he ran into.
"PRIORITY 1: PRINCE ALERT!" The SovBot's eyes glowed as it reached down to grab him. Alfred quickly rolled out of the way, standing up and running the way he had came. From the noise behind him, he could tell more SovBots had joined the chase. One of Ludwig's rules rang through his head as he ran.
'Never look back. You look back, you slow down. You slow down, you're done. Keep your head and eyes forward.' Alfred resisted the urge to look back as he skidded around the corner- straight into a dead end. Alfred cursed and turned, prepared to run. He backed into the wall as the group of SovBots cornered him.
"Just my luck. I hope Mattie's having better luck than I am…" Alfred grumbled as he reached into his tool belt.
Matthew-
"AHHH!" Matthew shrieked as a bat flew from the ceiling, scaring him. Matthew sunk to his knees, fighting the urge to cry.
"I hate this! Why did I leave Alfred behind?! He's probably already saved the Oracle and defeated all the SovBots already!" Suddenly, there was a bright light. Matthew raised his hand to block the light but it had already dimmed slightly. He looked up and gasped. It was the Oracle, but he looked like he was trapped.
"Oracle? Is that you?" Matthew slowly walked towards the floating man but he suddenly vanished. Matthew blinked, then rubbed his eyes to make sure they hadn't imagined it.
"Maybe he hasn't saved the Oracle already…" Suddenly, there was a loud bang and a scroll fell onto Matthew's head. It bounced off and landed on the cavern floor. Matthew picked it up and cautiously opened it.
"Dear Sons, I know it's hard for you right now. With me stuck hiding, you two are under a lot of stress. Please, try not to fight. You have to stick up and protect each other. You two are essential for saving the Kingdom: Both of you. You need to work together if you want to save the Oracle. Remember, I love you both dearly and I am watching over you, even if you don't know it. Signed, Arthur. PS. Crystals are beautiful, don't you think? Of course, SovBots and Bounty Hunters don't see the beauty in them." Matthew read, then reread the letter. He even felt tears well up in his eyes. He felt immense guilt for arguing with Alfred.
"I've got to find him. Apologize or something. We have to work together. We're in the same boat after all." Matthew chuckled as he took out his Hover Board.
"Forget Stealth, it's speed time." He grinned as he hopped on and zoomed back in the direction he came from.
Alfred
5 destroyed SovBots later, Alfred was getting tired. He didn't think that there was even this many SovBots in the cave in the first place. Alfred gritted his teeth as a laser brushed past his shoulder, ripping his shirt and drawing a thin line of blood.
"Do you guys ever stop coming?!" He finally snapped at them. The SovBots paused and Alfred seriously thought they had listened to him. Then, they parted and Tino bounced through, followed from Berwald.
"Hello again! You managed to trap yourself again I see?" Alfred scowled as he reached into his tool belt.
"I'm not trapped yet." He smirked as he threw a smoke bomb, creating enough chaos to slip in between the SovBots and back into the cavern."GET HIM!" Berwald roared. The SovBots began their chase once more, this time farther behind. Alfred rounded a corner and grinned when he saw who was just ahead of him."MATTIE!" He called, waving. The boy glanced back and slowed down enough for Alfred to catch up. He reached down and Alfred jumped, grabbing the boy's arm and climbing onto the Hover Board.
"I'm glad I found you. Al, I'm sor-" "Apologize later. Run now!" Alfred snapped. Matthew raised an eyebrow until he saw the SovBots.
"Right." They began flying through the cavern, narrowly dodging the rocks that came out of the ceiling.
"I swear you could become a Pro-Hover Boarder or something Mattie." Alfred whistled as Matthew easily dodged the lasers. Matthew smirked.
"I doubt they would let a wanted criminal race Al." The two chuckled as they kept moving.
"So…any idea where we're going?" Alfred asked, glancing behind them.
"Nope. Okay maybe. I have a hunch." Alfred frowned, confused.
"A Hunch? I'm trusting ya but if this ends up getting us Roboticized I'm not going to forgive ya." Matthew laughed as they entered a much larger cavern, decorated with various brightly-colored crystals. The two boys' eyes widened with shock.
"Whoa…what is this place?" Alfred asked, gazing at the bright colors. Matthew didn't answer, but landed the hover board. Alfred gave him a questioning look as Matthew shrunk it, placing it in his pocket once more.
"Oracle? I know you're in here. I also know the SovBots and Bounty Hunters can't get in here, let alone see here so you can come out." Matthew called. Before Alfred could say anything, there was a bright light and the Oracle appeared, a faint smile on his face. Alfred blinked."Okay, I'm obviously missing something here." Matthew chuckled as he brought out the piece of paper and handed it to Alfred, who frowned before opening it and reading it. His eyes widened.
"Whoa. When did you get this?!" He asked, looking up at Matthew.
"When we separated, which was a stupid idea. I'm sorry I got irritated. I'm tired of being treated differently from the other Resistance members. You guys think that just because I was raised by an Aristocrat that I can't keep up! It's annoying." Matthew snapped. Alfred frowned.
"I didn't know we were treating you differently…Sorry bro! And uh…sorry I flipped about the whole Stealth thing. I don't…I know stealing is bad and stuff but when you live on the streets it's the only way to eat. It's a touchy subject." Matthew sighed and walked over, giving his brother a hug. Alfred stiffened before returning it.
"Now that that is out of the way, are you ready for training?" The Oracle grinned, obviously hiding something. The two boys frowned.
"What training? We train with the Resistance…" Alfred glanced at Matthew, who was equally confused.
"The training the Resistance has is a good first step. But if you two want to stand a chance against Ivan, you'll need special training." His eyes twinkled. Matthew and Alfred exchanged looks."Fine. Let's do this. After all, Heroes will accept anything that comes there way, right?" Alfred grinned and Matthew laughed.
"Nice to see you back to normal Al. I'm in too." The two grasped hands, determined looks on their face. The Oracle smiled, raising his hand."Work hard, be careful, and don't forget to stick together." He called as the two began to glow. Alfred and Matthew nodded before they disappeared from the cavern. The Oracle chuckled after they were fully teleported.
"I told you they would be fine. Relax my lord, they will complete the training." The Oracle said, not even turning around as a figure in a black cloak walked out.
"I know they will. They're strong boys." He stared for a moment at the spot the brothers once stood before turning.
"I have to go. You'll contact me if anything happens, yes?" The Oracle nodded and the figure walked off.
YAY! I realized halfway through that Matthew and Alfred were a little OOC this chapter. I'm trying not to do that. I also realized halfway through that this was ending up like an episode of Sonic Underground (I haven't seen the show in forever so it's completely unintentional .) so I'm going to try and switch it up next chapter.
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