Disclaimer: Hetalia and characters do not belong to me... So here is chapter 4! Oh yeah, in the speech parts that are in (), that means there thinking it, not saying it aloud. MAH HORSE KNOWLAGE!
CH 4: Insisted on
The three hours soon passed.
Alfred and Mathew came to the bakery, seeing Elizaveta already to go. She even had basic armor on, but that was to be expected of her. "Hey! Liza! You ready for this thing?" Alfred called loudly, slightly spooking the horses.
"Oh Yeah!" Elizaveta was bouncing, her own horse shuffling away from her explosive personality.
"So has anybody seen Feliciano?" Mathew asked as he dismounted from his rather tall gelding.
"No, he did ask Lovino to go back with him after you two left. I'm kinda waiting on both the Vargas". Elizaveta sighed as she looked back on the bakery rather fondly.
"Well we ain't going with out him! He's as much of this party as the rest of us!" Alfred shoved into the others conversation. "No one is left behind, Ever!". The leader drilled the rule into the bakers brains.
"O-Okay Al, we wont set off until Feli is here and Lovino is set to run the bakery". Mathew rolled his eyes at his brothers cliché words.
"Lovi better be here soon, I'm losing precious business". Elizaveta crossed her arms, turning her fond gaze into one of impatience and frustration.
Minutes later the trio were greeted by a "Ve~!" and a "Shut your face bastard!".
Feliciano came trotting in on a Andalusian piebald. It's coat was short and glossy. It was one of the most elegant looking horses Alfred had ever seen and he had seen many when he went travelling.
Elizaveta turned to her horse that was a Nonius bay. It was a fine looking horse but it's smallish eyes always freaked Alfred out.
Unlike Alfred's second horse whom of which he was lending to Mathew. Alfred proffered his Pinto over Elizaveta's Nonius any day. But his Pinto was to slow for his liking and was slightly to small for him to ride over a long distance, he would end up hurting it so instead chose to ride his chestnut saddle-bred.
"Here Lovino, these are the keys, this is for the front door, these are for the back and this is for the storage room. Cause you'll be on your own for-"
"Actually the tomato bastard is going to help me". Lovino looked to the ground scratching his red cheek as he admitted.
"Well... That's good, now i don't feel so bad leaving you here now" Elizaveta smiled as she handed over her keys. "Oh Lovino, I know how much is in there. So if any is missing or if it's the same. There may be a few broken legs". Mathew got back up on the pinto and waited for the others.
"Ve~! An adventure! What are we going to do Alfred?" Feliciano asked as he and his horse shifted from side to side.
"Well-" Alfred exclaimed as he and Elizaveta mounted there horses, "First were gonna get you, Liza and Mattie some armour-"
"Hey I got armor!" Elizaveta motioned to her body.
"I know, but you need better for when we come across the enemy". Alfred kicked his horse to set off, Lovino glared at the four as they headed off for the still unknown to three of them quest.
"Ciao! fratello, a presto, fate attenzione!" called Feliciano as he trotted behind Elizaveta and in front of Mathew.
"You better not die! Bring me back a gift bastard!" Lovino shook his fist angrily at the four, but you could see the tears beading in his eyes.
"Si, Si! Hope things work out Lovi!" Feliciano called as they set off properly.
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The party, that Alfred insisted on calling the "fighting four", made there way out the gates. This would be the first time that Mathew or Elizaveta had left the walls since there interesting childhood. The pair of bakers gaped at the stunning metal work vanish behind them.
Mathew still slightly regretting on coming finally asked "What the hell is the quest your bringing us on Al?"
"Yeah, what will we do? Slay demons?", Elizaveta asked as she scratched her Nonius on it's main.
"Like I said back in town-" Alfred halted his horse, the others copying his action. "I need to get ya some proper armor, then were heading Heavens-guard to speak with-"
"Heavens-gard? B-but that place is the royal city of the river elves!" Mathew nearly screamed.
"It's fine Mattie, the river elves are at peace with humans. We have a treaty with them. And besides the high king Roderich owes me", Alfred added nonchalantly.
"What have you done to have an elven king owe you?" Elizaveta bounced in place.
"Save his life... Twice" then Alfred kicked his saddle-bred into a trot.
"How and when?" Elizaveta lent forwards in her saddle.
"You know way back about two years ago, when we first made the deal with the river elves?" Alfred looked over his shoulder to look the other three down. They seemed to be fine, except Alfred couldn't tell if Feliciano was asleep or not.
"Totally ~" Mathew said sarcastically, which was rare for the normally so timid man.
"Shut up Mattie, but yeah bout two years back I went with King Ivan as his personal guard, just incase of attack. Well there was one attack that was more aimed at Roderich, which I saved him from-"
"-how and from who?" Elizaveta burst in like it was a matter of life and death, even if it was, in the particular scenario two years back.
"It was by a couple of elves from the forest and mountain kingdoms. They tried to set a Bobbie trap, that I undid (accidentally) and then after that didn't work, they tried a more direct attack. So I hospitalized them (by throwing them over a set of five flights of stairs)". Alfred chuckled quietly to him self thinking back on it.
"Ve~ Alfred, your so brave! I think I would of screamed and white flagged my way out of there" Feliciano said to proudly for the sudden admittance.
"White flagged?" Mathew pride the idea further from Feliciano.
"Si, you make a white flag to show you surrender or give up and wave it untill the enemy leaves you alone".
"I would just stand there and they would forget about me" Mathew said sadly with a sigh of dissatisfaction.
"Well I would of done what alfred did, or just broke them apart!" Elizaveta laughed away the other two pathetic alternatives.
"Easy there Liza. Just try not to show the crazy when we get to Heavens-guard please" Alfred sighed him self as they came to the tip of a very high cliff.
"Ve~ where's that?" Feliciano's eyes opening a smidge to reveal some amber.
"That, my companions, is the oldest city of man! Rams-gate! This is the best place for armor!" Alfred waved out his arm and jested to the magnitude of a view. "Here we start our adventure!".
A/N:
So chapter 4, here it is... Hope you liked it! When Feli says: 'ciao! fratello, a presto, fate attenzione! it means something along the lines of bey brother, see you soon, be safe'. So anyway Chapter 5 will be here soon! (I think chapter five will be on Arthur's side of the story... or carry on with the fighting four... you guys choose... maybe). Untill then. Yours E-Liberty.