Chapter 7

1806

'The Napoleonic wars were indeed chaos. But little did I think about what Prussia himself may be thinking at the time but I was wondering whether he was maybe starting to distrust and maybe even fear me...'

'Why should I trust you Francypants?' growled Prussia baring his teeth as an elegant long haired nation circled around his chair slowly

'Why should you trust moi?' smirked France 'Because otherwise you are stuck you fool! Hon hon hon!' he laughed loudly, Prussia did not stir as France still circled around him 'My boss will be more than pleased to have you as my ally!' he laughed his familiar laugh again

'That still doesn't touch me 'old friend'!' hissed Prussia in a sarcastic tone of voice

'We can go back to the old times my friend!' grinned France 'We can make a new start together, who needs that Russia or that Britain when you have moi? Hon hon hon!'

'What is in it for the great Prussia then?' spat Gilbert

'Well...' said France softly almost coiling around Prussia like a serpent 'Join me and I will give you Hanover!'

'Hanover?' gasped Prussia 'Why should the awesome me fall into your trap this time France!'

'Think about it, Gilbert what has that lazy lion ever done for you?' asked France coolly

Come to think about it, the awesome Prussia was always ready to take to the battlefield, he was always willing to sacrifice, and he had done that for Britain. But had Britain done that for him? Britain as an island was in little danger compared to what the great Prussia had to endure yet Prussia had made most of the sacrifices. Prussia all too well remembered the triple alliance with Britain when 'the lazy lion' had not been willing to fight thus letting Russia expand his boundaries still further.

The differences between Britain and Prussia had indeed become clearer, but yet Prussia remembered with a shudder how great the naval attack from Britain had been to Denmark shortly after France had pressured Prussia into the league of armed neutrality in 1801. Around the same period in which Prussia had occupied Hanover this cunning pirate had defeated the Danes at the battle of Copenhagen which in the long term had led to the shattering of the league.

Now Prussia shuddered at of the thought of the risk of taking Hanover again, he knew of Britain's clever tactics but yet again he savoured the idea of closing his iron talons on the place where Britain had used him as a shield!

'I will no longer be a shield,' said Prussia finally, France looked up wondering what he meant but then he burst out loud 'I am a sword!'

France's blue eyes flashed with delight at Prussia's words

'Payback time Britain!' growled Prussia as France laughed out loud for the whole room to hear.

Britain sat down in the dark of his study, smoking on his pipe; he was taking some time out after being involved in a series of chaotic wars against France. He knew he was one of the greatest barriers against France but at the same time he was worried that Napoleon was up to some new tricks...

But then Arthur heard a screech from the sky outside, he walked out onto the balcony and there he saw his Katrina land in front of her master, Arthur got out another lump of raw meat and rewarded the bird, but then with a feeling of dread in his heart, Britain unrolled the parchment but what he saw inside caused bitter anger to rise up inside him, then he roared into the night

'You traitor! You coward!'

Britain then looked again at the parchment, a message that stated Prussia and his gift of Hanover had blocked access to British shipping!

'You have done it again you sneak!' snarled Britain 'I'm sorry 'old friend' but you have really crossed the line this time!'

'I didn't think at this point in time I could ever trust my former ally again, angry and betrayed I made up my mind to declare war on Prussia. However later in the autumn, Prussia who had previously not been completely trustful towards France became totally distrustful towards him, but he was foolish. With no allies he fought France and was heavily defeated at the battle of Jena, after the battle was over Prussia was more or less forced to become the ally of France and his growing empire. Eventually as Napoleon spread his empire furthermore over Europe, this time in history was becoming like me versus the world, and I was feeling alone in the dark once again...'


History notes: I came across a source that during the time of the fourth coalition the Prussian army was becoming more and more in Napoleon's debt before and during the time of the Second invasion of Hanover by Prussian troops. However when the French emperor planned to return Hanover to Britain shortly afterwards, Prussia was furious.

The invasion technically caused Britain to go to war with Prussia although strangely after looking for further sources I did not recall any actual fighting taking place.