Well well well look whos back with another update, me. I'm writing this all back to back as I've said multiple times and to separate chapters I'm just skipping a bunch of lines and typing NEXT CHAPTER so I actually don't know what chapter this is at the moment, and I'm too lazy to scroll all the way up...
Update: Guys I'm so excited about fall I'm ready. My birthday is this weekend so yay! Also a big thanks to takuya who has reviewed just about every chapter!
I'd like to add that I am working on writing two short stories. One is a soulmate prompt with USFem!UK and the other is a states one, but it's not exactly the mainstream states story. If you've been around since my first at story United States Of America then you might want to check that one out or read that story. So look for those, I don't know when they'll be out, depends on how much I procrastinate.
Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia or the title/song.
Alfred stared at her, he looked like he didn't believed her. Alice watched him, maybe he'd yell for the man and just run away leaving her to be caught. Why did she think this was a good idea to begin with? A Solarian Prince? Really Alice?
The Solarian glanced around, then ended up sighing in defeat,"There's an old blacksmith shop for sale by the Solar castle. We can hide there."
She nodded for him to lead the way, thankful he accepted her explanation, but there was no time to voice her thanks. The man rounded the corner as the two rushed down the cobble street for the blacksmith's. They reached the old building and Alice could tell why it was for sale. There were cracked windows and the paint was peeling, the old fallen sign made of rotting wood and rusting nails read 'Beilschmidt Blacksmiths' The name seemed very familiar, but she couldn't place it at the moment with that man still searching for them.
Alfred easily pushed the door in and then shut it when they were both inside. Alice looked around the inside of the shop, it was mostly a wooden building, there was an empty table that was close to collapsing in the center with several old chairs around it, only a few looked like they could support her weight. There was a fireplace in one corner with chipped bricks and a rickety staircase on the furthest wall. There was various tools next to the ashy fireplace.
"Hey, do you wanna explain yourself now?" Alfred asked, she looked back at him. He had a faint mark on his cheek, but it was barely noticeable in the dark and against his tan skin. Alice really hadn't meant to hit him that hard, he had just snuck up on her and scared her. She had thought in the moment he was a guard to take her home and she wasn't ready to go home yet. Not with all of this happening, not with a Solarian this close. This was the most risky thing she had ever done, and she was elated. Even if she was hiding in broken down building with the man who was supposed to be her enemy. Alice was sure she was one of the only Lunars who had ever met a Solarian in the last hundred, maybe thousand years. The only one who was alive anyway.
"Right, yes." Alice muttered. She sat down at the wooden table after testing a chair and Alfred sat down across from her, he still looked suspicious of her. They sat in silence for a little while, Alice was trying to not stare at his eyes.
His eyes, up close they were so much nicer. She could count on her hand how many times she had seen the day sky, but Alice could remember the clear blue color easily. So different than the dark dotted sky the Lunar knew, so much brighter. Alfred's eyes matched the sky so easily, and this was the closest she had ever been to the day sky blue, it was hard for her to not stare. His eyes were handsome too, but Alice had decided that she just liked the color, not the Solarian that came with them.
The Prince broke their silence,"Are you actually the Lunar Princess?" He questioned, he looked her up and down. Alice glanced down at her clothes, her moonstone necklace was the only thing that looked close to something a princess should own. The Princess didn't look very convincing right now.
"Yes." She answered, sitting up a little straighter, hoping to prove her case.
"Why'd you sneak out?" Alfred asked, crossing his arms and leaning back in his rickety chair, she wasn't surprised it didn't break, then meeting her gaze with his sky colored eyes.
"The same reason you did, I suppose." Alice watched his reaction.
"You wanted to talk to me? Why? You already everything about me, I don't even know your name." Alfred retorted, glancing outside.
That wasn't true, how would she even know everything? "My name is Alice Kirkland, and I don't know everything about you. All I know is you are the Crown Prince of Solar, your name is Alfred and you're 17." Alice protested against his suggestion with a frustrated tone.
He looked back at her,"That guy is still looking for us, we're going to be here for a little while."
"Fine then." She said, he wasn't what she expected from a Prince. From their first meeting she had expected someone a little more, dreamier? Nice? Caring? Something like that anyway.
They were quiet until Alfred broke the silence again,"Since I don't know anything about you, and you don't know a lot about me, how about we play a game?"
"A game?" Was this man really going to be king next year? She was slightly worried about the future of Solar.
Alfred nodded and sat up, he glanced around the nearly empty room and picked up a broken pencil. He put it on the table between them and flicked it with his finger. It spun around and it's broken tip pointed to him.
"Okay, so this is how it works, we spin the pencil and whoever it points to gets to ask the other a question and we get to know each other. Get it?" He looked back at her.
Alice spun the broken pencil barely,"How do I know you're not lying?" She met his eyes, enjoying the blue color she never got to see.
He looked a little confused,"Why would I lie to you?"
Alice wanted to say because his people had golden death shields that murdered her people and they were naturally Luna's worse enemy but she didn't,"Nevermind, spin the pencil." He did and it pointed to her, Alice thought for a second before asking,"When is your birthday?"
"July 4th" Alfred answered, and she flicked the pencil, this time it pointed to him.
"When's your birthday?" He asked.
Alice scowled,"Are you just going to repeat all of my questions?"
Alfred smiled,"No, I was already going ask you that!" He was a little loud.
"September 23." The Solarian spun the broken pencil and it landed on him again.
"Do you have any sisters or brothers?"
"Yes, a younger brother." It pointed to her,"What's your sister like?"
Alfred raised an eyebrow,"Oh so you already know I have a sister,"Alice glared at him and he smiled again. Why did he keep doing that? They had just met and she had hit him and he was smiling like she was some old friend. She wasn't sure she had ever met someone else with such a warm smile like his though. "Maddie's pretty quiet, but she's the best. She's only a year younger than me so we're pretty close." He answered.
It turned to her and that fluffy white and brown cat meowed at them. It must have followed him to here. They both looked down at him,"Is that your cat?" She asked as Alfred picked him up off the wooden floors.
"Yeah, his name is Sol." He answered.
Alice couldn't help smiling, just a little," The Prince of Solar has a cat named Sol. Creative."
"I was 7!" He exclaimed then he flicked the pencil.
The pencil's broken tip pointed to Alfred,"Are you 17, too?" She nodded and spun the pencil, Alfred got to ask again,"Does Luna have the tradition that on your 18th birthday you're crowned Queen or whatever?"
"Yes," the pencil turned to her,"Does Solar?"
"Yeah." The pencil turned to him. "Are you looking forward to being crowned?"
Alice rolled her eyes,"What, that I'm going to forever be stuck in that castle, married to some man I don't love and taking care of all of Luna's business rather than doing anything I want to do? I can't wait." That was little more truthful than she should have probably said. She expected Alfred to be surprised by her answer but he wasn't.
"I know what you mean," he flicked the pencil,"My father is hell bent on the idea that Lunars are going to attack us and has me studying battle tactics every other day." The pencil rolled off the table to the floor but neither of them tried to pick it up, this was much more interesting than their game.
Alice frowned in confusion, why would Solar think that? "Luna wouldn't attack Solar, you could easily kill hundreds of us with those shields." Alice told him.
"Oh I know. I don't think Luna will either, and a law against "locks" is going be one of my first acts as King." Alice was still watching Alfred. Locks? What an innocent name for such a deadly weapon. Did Solarians even know what those shields did? How many casualties they created? But to Solar they were just "locks". Protection from nothing.
"Why would you care about the shields?"
Alfred propped his head on his hand, looking out a broken window," Because there's no need for them. Lunars aren't a threat. You know the last 3 Lunars collected were kids. They were 5, 7, and 10 years old, even if they weren't that young, the "locks" are killing Lunars for no good reason. If we were at war, then maybe but even then I don't know if I'd use them." Alice could help the shock on her face.
There was a chime behind her, and she turned, a clear view of the clock tower in one of the smaller squares shined in the frosty window. It read 11:01. Had she really been out here for that long? Panic filled her and she looked back at Alfred,"Is that clock tower right?"Alice asked even though she already knew the answer.
"I think so, why?" He asked looking a little confused. Their topic of shields had already faded.
Alice stood and grabbed her cloak from the chair,"Because I'm supposed to be at breakfast with my family, now."
Alfred stood too, Sol jumped on the table and looking between them,"The Lunar castle is all the way across the kingdom though." He mentioned.
"I know! I have to go!" Alice pushed the door in but stopped in the cold street after a thought crossed her mind, he was standing on the wooden steps,"Are you going to be okay out here?" She turned a little to ask him, a cold breeze made her shiver.
"I'll be fine, just going to have to wait around for a while." Alfred said.
"What do you mean wait around, can't you just go back into the castle?" She asked.
"No, I have to wait for the "lock" to go down."
"It would kill you?" Alice faced him.
Alfred shook his head,"It'd just knock me out for a while, the morning patrols would find me before I woke up." So he was going to wander around until dawn? It didn't seem right to leave him. But she couldn't do anything about it and she was already late and she couldn't just spend the rest of the night with him although it would be more enjoyable than lessons and breakfast.
Alice sighed,"Right, well I have to go, so goodbye."
"Bye." Alfred waved. Alice waved back then turned and started walking away,"Hey, Alice?" He called.
She looked behind her,"What?"
"Do you wanna meet again?" Alfred asked, Sol was walking in between his legs.
She wasn't supposed to be out at all, much less meeting the Solarian Prince, but he seemed safe. Alfred was nicer than most and seemed to care about Lunars. He was probably the only one in the entire world who would understand her situation, because his was just the same. He understood the panic of having to rule a kingdom in a year,"Next week, around 3:00 after the moon's highest point, I'll meet you by the bench."
"The one where you punched me?" He grinned and she smirked.
"Yes, that bench."
"Okay, goodnight and see you then!" Alfred called.
"Goodnight, Alfred." She turned the corner and headed toward the Lunar castle.
Okay this started in my head as fluffy and informational but it turned into fantasy politics and dead kids... so oops. (also how cheesy was that) Now you're going count in your head and be like, wait why is Alfred almost 3 months older than Alice she's like way older than him in canon. It's a small detail that will be important later but not now and not anytime soon so forget it if it bugs you! On to chapter (fill in the number here I am very lazy and have no idea)
