Chapter 4:
- chapter 4 because all the nations were crying after reading chaper 3-
Ludwig didn't know how long they sat like this. It started to rain and Ludwig felt Lars relax. " Did he relax because it started raining?" Ludwig thought. What Ludwig didn't know what's that the rain carried a lullaby from a sea to her son.
Loo-li, loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay
Loo-li, loo-li, loo-li lai-lay
Lay down your head and I'll sing you a lullaby
Back to the years of loo-li lai-lay
And I'll sing you to sleep and I'll sing you tomorrow
Bless you with love for the road that you go
May you sail far to the far fields of fortune
With diamonds and pearls at your head and your feet
And may you need never to banish misfortune
May you find kindness in all that you meet
May there always be angels to watch over you
To guide you each step of the way
To guard you and keep you safe from all harm
Loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay
May you bring love and may you bring happiness
Be loved in return to the end of your days
Now fall off to sleep, I'm not meaning to keep you
I'll just sit for a while and sing loo-li, lai-lay
May there always be angels to watch over you
To guide you each step of the way
To guard you and keep you safe from all harm
Loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay, loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay
Loo-li, loo-li, loo-li, lai-lay
Loo-li, loo-li, loo-li lai-lay
Loo-li, loo-li, loo-li lai-lay
Loo-li, loo-li, loo-li lai-lay
Loo-li, lai-lay
When the rain had stopped Ludwig could hear Lars' light snoring. He laid the sleeping nation on the couch and put a blanket over him.
- Ludwig POV and thoughts-
I still remember the time I wasn't a nation yet. I was a small boy with my blonde hair down and wearing lederhosen. I lived at Germania's house and one day germania came home with a boy. He had dark blonde hair that looked like the hair of what was his name again oh ja Sweden, but it was more wilder. He wore a sleeveless green shirt and black pants that were tucked in his brown leather boots. On his shoulders laid a dark navy blue cape with a hood, a sword was tucked in his belt and next to it hung a round metal shield with a golden lion on it. He wore fingerless gloves that were covering his entire lower arms and on his left shoulder was a tattoo of the Celtic tree of life. "I am the Netherlands" he said. His voice had sent shivers down my spine. I still remember the cold look in his blue green eyes. He didn't talk much and he was so responsible, unlike my older brother who is the complete opposite. So naturally I was attracted to that. After a few weeks he had warmed up to me and he was actually a fun person to be around, he had told me stories about him, his sister, his brothers and his neighbours Arthur (England), Allistor (Scotland), Wales and Ireland.
-a little time skip and third person POV-
It had been several years since that day Ludwig met Lars. Ludwig had began to see the kingdom as more than a friend, but he was too young to understand what it was. They had also made their own secret language: Diets. It was Lars' birthday today and Ludwig had made him a necklace with a pendant that looked like the lion on Lars' shield. He gave it to him and Lars smiled when he saw what Ludwig had given him. He put the necklace around his neck and hugged the little German while whispering in his ear " danke Deutschland". Ludwig decided that this would be his country's name when he grew up. When he looked at the Dutchman's face he saw a single tear running down his cheek. Then germania came in the room and grabbed Netherlands by the collar of his cape and dragged him out of the room.
Translations:
Diets- a mix of Dutch and German. It was spoken in the Netherlands during the Middle Ages.
Danke Deutschland- thank you Germany, in German