Oh dear, i'm quite behind in my updates aren't I? I wanted to update quicker but random things kept getting in my way
Well this chapter took me a while to write, so I hope no one's out of character. I've introduced more people in this chapter too, as quite a lot happens.
Wow, I just realised how long this chapter was. Anyways, I hope you enjoy this chapter!

I don't own Hetalia D:

Alfred had been lounging around in the kitchen area with Arthur, when the main door started pounding. He was sipping his coffee (which had way too much sugar in for it to actually be called coffee anymore), when he noticed Arthur had put down the newspaper he was reading. Alfred knew something was up, because Arthur never put down a newspaper until he had finished it.

Alfred stared at the older male, trying to get his attention. Finishing his coffee, he slammed it down on the kicthen counter and crossed his arms stubbornly. Which then gave him the attention that he wanted, for Arthur lifted his vibrant green eyes to glare at him. Alfred opened his mouth to speak.
"Artie-," He started, but was silenced when Arthur lifted a hand demanded that he 'shushed'

Alfred pouted. He hated being cut off. Suddenly, a strange noise reached them. Alfred strained his ears, and could hear the sound of scratching against a wooden surface. He looked to Arthur, who's eyebrows had furrowed, while he bit his lip.

However, a loud, frantic pounding on the main doors interupted their silence and they both immedietly jumped off towards the sound of the banging; the main doors. Bounding towards them, they saw Francis and dash out into the hall and run alongside them. Shortly after, they were joined by two females who they recognised as Mattie and Gillia.

Once they had arrived at the main doors, Francis, Alfred and Arthur frantically grabbed the large door handles and pulled them open, just as Kiku and Heracles appeared at the bottom of the stairs.

What greeted them on the other side however, was shocking. Mattie made a strangled scream at the sight, so Gillia pulled her away from the scene and into a nearby room, to keep her calm. What made Mattie so upset though, was the fact that lying on the front porch, was Feliks and Tino.

They looked like they'd been through hell and back. Feliks was crying, horror written all over his bloody face. He was clinging onto Tino for dear life. Some of his fingers were bent at wrong angles and he had scratches all along his body. Bruises were begining to form on his usually clean skin. There was a large, oozing gash on his forehead, from which blood was running from. What were once his clothes, were now ripped and bloody.

Tino was a lot worse though. Her face was covered in blood, which seemed to be gushing from multiple cuts on her head. She was laying helplessly in Feliks' arms. Cuts among bruises adorned her body. She had a large wound in her abdomen, which one of her's and Feliks' arms were pressing down on, to control the bleeding. One of her legs were bent in an awkward direction, the bone purtroding slightly from the skin. Her clothes were just as bad as Feliks', she was unconscious.

Feliks looked up from where they were laying, and saw the faces of his friends and allies, staring down at him. Another tear made it's way down his cheek. His usually bright green eyes were dull and broken. He opened his mouth and attempted to speak, but the words that came out were strangled and strained.

Leaping into action, Arthur started barking out orders. "Alfred, go find Toris and Yao, then gather as many towels and blankets as you can find," Alfred instantly darted off, past Kiku and Heracles, up the stairs to find Toris and Yao.

Arthur watched Alfred run off, then turned to Heracles. "Heracles, I need you and Francis, to lift Feliks and Tino. Very carefully, and as quickly as possible, find a double room and put them on some beds. Me and Kiku will follow you, I wouldn't be suprised if the others have woken by now, so we need to be quick. Okay?," Arthur frantically said. He knew that both Feliks and Tino were on limited time, from the state of their injuries.

Everyone nodded. Heracles dashed to Tino and carefully lifted her up into his arms, as Francis did to Feliks. Dripping blood all over the mansion's floors, they sped off, Arthur and Kiku in tow.

Mattie had broken down. She had seen many deaths and casualties before in her life, but never had she seen Feliks and Tino in such a condition. It was horrifying. She never meant to have such a reaction to the state her friends were in. She was normally level headed and calm, but the weight of the situation her and her fellow allies were in, had hit her hard and she was scared.

Feeling something brush against her cheek, Mattie lifted her head and became face to face with Gillia's concerned one. Feeling something brush against her face again, Mattie realised that tears were slowly making their way down her cheeks and Gillia was wiping them away with a small towel.

Trying to blink away her tears, Mattie looked at her surroundings, to see where Gillia had lead her. To Mattie's suprise they were standing in the kitchen. Sensing the worried looks she was receiving from Gillia, Mattie put a smile on her face and wiped her eyes free of tears.

"I..i'm fine," She shakily told Gill. Gill just raised an eyebrow and lead Mattie over to a table, and sat the younger down on a chair. Sitting opposite from Mattie, Gill leaned back in the chair and scoffed.

"Like hell you are, I saw your face. Those were your friends, you have every right to be upset," Gillia stated, staring intently at the blonde. Mattie didn't say anything. "Hell, if that were any of my friends out there, I would act the same, y'know," Gillia pouted as she was getting no reaction from Mattie. Heavily sighing, Gill ran her fingers through her silver hair.

"Okay, I get it. You're scared because you've never seen your friends in the state they were in. I understand. You're scared because you know that there's no possible chance we will all come out of this alive. I know because I feel it too. I wouldn't be suprised if all of us were scared," Gillia took a shaky breath and held Gilbird in her arms, she watched intently as Mattie picked Kuma; who was licking her foot, up off the floor and hugged him, as if he were a teddy bear.

"Okay, listen Mattie, let me tell you a story. One day, long ago, there lived a family of 3 hunters. This family lived in Germany, there was a Grandfather, a little boy, and an awesome older sister. The Grandfather had raised these two kids for as long as they could remember, he was training them to be the best hunters around.

On some nights, the Grandfather went out hunting, and left the awesome big sister to look after her brother. She felt really grown up that her Grandpa trusted her to look after her brother. One night, when the sister was 10, and the brother was about 5. The sister accidently fell asleep, because she was really tired after a long day of stupid training. However, when she woke up, she noticed her brother had gone. She searched high and low for him, but then she noticed that the front door was unlocked. Feeling helpless and scared, she started to cry. For she knew that if her Grandfather came home and her little brother was gone, then she would be in very big trouble.

A few minutes passed and the door opened. Her Grandfather was home. He noticed the little girl crying in the middle of the floor, and immediately asked what was wrong. Through her tears, she managed to tell him that she had lost her brother. Her Grandfather was very angry. He made her stay in the house, while he went and looked for the youngest.

After some time, the little girl heard the door open again. Yet, when her Grandfather came through the door, he wasn't alone. He had with him another man and her baby brother laying limp in his arms. She was scared. Seeing her brother in that state made her sick to her stomach. No one spoke to her until the next morning, when her Grandfather's friend left. She went to the room her and her borther shared and saw the mess her brother was in. He was covered in blood. There was a splint on his tiny wrist and bandages all over his body.

Seeing him like that.. made her so scared that he was going to die. He was always jumping around and being happy, she wasn't used to this motionless version of her brother. Her Grandfather then told her off. He shouted at her and sent her to her room, she was also told that it was all her fault and that it should've been her who was attacked, not the precious boy. After that night, the family was never the same again. The Grandfather couldn't look the girl in the eye anymore, he neglected her. Over time, the girl got older, as did the boy. The girl started to rebel, she began to hate the man who bought her up.

Then one night, she was attacked by a werewolf, and even when she came crawling and begging for help from her Grandfather, he just pushed her away. Kicked her out and disowned her. She was left alone, scared and confused, but her little brother had kindness in his heart and helped her. She never hated her brother, even though he was always the favourite and most loved. For she will never forget the night when he was nearly taken into the hands of God..," Gillia stopped there, as she felt a soft weight on her hand, that lay shaking on the table surface. She looked up and met the soft gaze of Mattie.

"I'm sorry about what happened Gill, I feel stupid for thinking that I was the only one feeling the way I did," Mattie said softly. Gill smirked.

"It's fine Birdie, seriously, that stuff happened a long, long time ago, but just know that whenever you feel alone, you can always come to me," Gill infomed Mattie. However, as Mattie was about to open her small mouth to reply to what Gill said, she was cut off by a loud, female, high pitched shriek coming from above them, and then two sets of footsteps rushing down the stairs. Both girls turned their heads, and saw the figures of Ludwig and Felicia coming off the last step. The two stood there for a moment, clutching hands, until Felicia looked down to the floor and noticed the trails of blood streaked across the floorboards. Her breath hitched and she let out another loud shriek. Ludwig sighed heavily, saw his older sister sitting in the kitchen area watching them, and pulled Felicia towards them.

"You alright West, you're looking a bit... red there," Gillia cackled as Ludwig entered the kitchen area with Felicia clinging to his arms. Ludwig snapped his eyes up and glared at the silverette. Suddenly hearing Gillia's voice, Felicia detatched herself from Ludwig's limb and launched her body at Gillia, who immedietly pulled her into a hug. Feeling wetness drip onto the tank top she was wearing, Gillia stroked the Italian's auburn hair and whispered calming words into her ear. Ludwig and Mattie looked at them in amusement and awe. Neither of them had seen Gillia act so motherly towards another person. Finally Felicia stopped sobbing and looked up from Gillia's lap. Then seeing the bloodstained bandages on Felicia's shoulder, Gillia frowned. She felt a sudden anger surge through her veins. How could anyone want to hurt Feli? She was one of the cutest and caring things alive. Feli was so innocent and naive, she was always nice to people (Even if she did talk your ear off) How anyone could hurt her was a mystery.

Looking Feli in the eyes, Gillia opened her mouth and spoke in a serious tone, that shocked Mattie. "Feli, tell me right now, what bastards did this to you? I swear I will hunt them down and kill them with my bare hands,"

"Gill.. I.. I thought I was going to die, th..that i'd never be able to make pasta again, or see you and Lovi again, it was horrible, they shot at me when I was running away. Ve~" She cried to Gill. Fearing that she had scared the younger girl, Gillia smiled again and tryed to soothe the Italian.

"Aww, Feli, don't think like that.. If anyone wanted to kill you, they'd have to go through me, Lovi, Luddy and Tonio for that to happen, besides, you're way too cute for death" Gill finally managed to calm the hysteric Italian. She gestured towards Mattie, opposite them.

"Feli, you might not remember, but this is Mattie, she patched you up last night," Gill said. Feli looked up, confused for a moment, then her face brightened, and a smile was graced upon her face. Gillia then let go of the hyper girl, for she knew Feli was about to talk Mattie's ear off and smirked at Mattie's slightly confused face as Feli jumped over to where the Canadian was sitting and took the spare seat next to her.

"Mattie! Yes, thank you so much for helping me. It still hurts a little bit, but Luddy said that was normal. Luddy is Gill's brother, he's really big and strong. When I first meet him, I thought he was really big and scary, but then he helped me and I found out that he looks scary, but he's really super nice, he saved me last night, and is one of my best friends, apart from Lovi and Gilly...," As much as Gill loved the look of Mattie's face, she wanted to know what was happening upstairs, so she turned to Ludwig, who was blushing at the things Feli was telling Mattie about him.

Feeling an intense stare at his face, he turned and wasn't suprised when Gill's 'demon' eyes, as he called them, were boring into his skull.

"What do you want Gillia?," He asked his older sister. Ludwig thought it strange, he was supposed to be the younger of the two, but was a lot more responsible than Gillia. He was took most things seriously, whereas she just wanted to cause havoc all the time.

"What? I don't want anything West, but I do want to know what's happening upstairs. I take it you know your fellow hunters are upstairs now, probably bleeding to death, right?," Gillia asked. She so desperatly wanted to go up there, but the concept of leaving Mattie alone, stopped her.

Ludwig sighed. "You do know that was actually asking for something, right?," He questioned Gill. All that he received was a look. A look he knew all too well. It was a look that said 'do I really give two fucks?'
"Alright. Okay Gillia, i'll tell you. Well Feli woke me up early this morning because she heard loud noises coming from the door, so after much persuasion, we went to see what it was. However, due to a certain Italian being scared, we didn't see or hear anything else. Until, when Felicia wanted to go downstairs, we ran into Toris, who I beleive is from your clan. He told us that Tino and Feliks had turned up at the door, beaten badly. I wanted to see if they were okay, so we followed Toris to some room. I couldn't see much, but I heard that Feliks was in a stable position, but they were still working on Tino. As soon as Feli saw the blood, she freaked out. So I took her downstairs, but there was blood on the doorstep, which made her upset even more." Ludwig finished, and looked back at Gillia, who looked like she was thinking about what to say.

"Can I make some pasta?," Feli asked suddenly, cutting off Gill's train of thoughts. Just as Gill was about to tell her to make as much as she wanted, Mattie cut in.

"Actually Felicia, I want to have a look at your stitches and re-bandage your arm, then you can make as much pasta as you want," Everyone went silent. Even Felicia. No one had ever promised her as much pasta as she'd like before.

"Uh, Birdie, I really don't think that's a good idea.." Gillia trailed off. Mattie watched with confusion as Gillia and Ludwig both attempted to cover their ears. Then she turned her head to the Italian who had removed her arms from around her body. Felicia was stunned in an awed experession. She blinked once and a huge smile broke out on her face.

Felicia squealed, which made Gillia, Ludwig and Mattie wince. Felicia was rather high pitched. Abruptly, Felicia started giggling happily and threw her arms around Mattie once again.

"Oh Mattie, you really mean that? I've never been told I could make as much pasta as I wanted to. I can make spaghetti, ravioli, macaroni, pasta bake, oh I can teach you how to make them too," Felicia started rambling on about what types of pasta she wanted to make. Mattie suddenly realised what mess she'd gotten herself into.

"Gill! Luddy! You would want to try my delicious pasta wouldn't you? Luddy you've never had any, I can make some just for you so you can try my special treat!," Felicia cried as she turned her attention to the others. Ludwig blushed as Gillia winked at him, and gave a sly laugh. She then proceeded to whisper under her breath only loud enough for Ludwig to hear.

"Oh sure, Luddy would love to try Felicia's 'special' treat, if you know what I mean," Gillia cackled as Ludwig turned an even brighter red.

"Shut up Gillia," He hurriedly whispered back and tutted as the supposed 'older' sister, then turned back to Felicia, who was softly singing about the wonders of pasta.

"Umm, Feli can I take a look at your bandages now?," Mattie asked, begining to get worried, as Feli wouldn't stop moving. Feli stopped for a moment and looked at Mattie, she cocked her head and thought for a moment.

"Yep, you can now," She said cheerfully, before grabbing her chair and plonking herself down into it next to Mattie's. However, just as Mattie was about to remove the bloody wraps, Francis appeared in the doorway. His bright clothes were stained with blood. His brow was dripping with sweat. He looked exhausted and tired. Walking towards them, he spoke in a relieved voice.

"Arthur wanted me to let you know that Feliks and Tino are in a stable position," As he got to Mattie, he put an arm around her shoulders, and pulled her into his chest for a hug. "There is no need to worry about your friends anymore cher, they are fine," He said softly to Mattie, as he lightly nuzzled her hair.

"When can we see them?," Mattie asked, her voice slightly muffled from Francis' chest. Francis hummed for a moment, then tapped Mattie on her nose.
"Ah, they are resting at the moment, Toris is with them, Tino was calling for someone named Berwald, so we're trying to get in contact with him, maybe you can see them later, non?," He replied. He remembered when Kiku and Yao were trying to set Tino's leg back into it's right position, she woke up and started to cry and scream for a Berwald. He had to sit by her head and stroke her hair in an atempt to calm her down, it worked somewhat, and soon Arthur had her unconscious once more.

"Okay, Francis. Merci for telling us," Mattie replied, before Ludwig started exclaiming his thoughts out loud. He recognised the name Berwald from somewhere.

"Berwald? Berwald Oxenstierna by any chance?," He asked Francis furrowing his brows.

"I do not know, she only said Berwald," He replied, whilst running his hands through Mattie's hair.

"I'm pretty sure I know who she was asking for, when Tino and I used to work together, she told me alot about her past. She told me that she lived in Denmark with a small group of hunters for most of her life. She mentioned the name Berwald Oxenstierna quite a lot, I think they were in love, but she left Denmark for a reason she wouldn't say and she hadn't seen him since. I suspect she must miss him a lot," Ludwig replied. Francis smiled at this new piece of information. He loved it when l'amour was involved in a situation.

"Ah, do you have any means of contacting him?" Francis asked, hoping that they could get into contact with this Berwald person.

"I think Tino might have his number on her phone, it's worth a check," Ludwig answered.

"Tres bien! I shall tell the others, we are all meeting in the main lounge soon, by the way, so come along whenever you're ready," Francis said before flaunting off to find Arthur, leaving the others sitting in the kitchen.

"Ve~" Felicia said, slightly confused at what was going on.

Woah, this took ages
I haven't really re-read this chapter as much as the other chapters, so i'm sorry if i've missed any grammar or spelling mistakes.
At first I wasn't going to include any of the Nordics in this fic, but then I was like 'screw that, i'm having them in it'
I also really like the idea of Francis being fatherly to Mattie, and all the younger characters. Also, if my French isn't amazing then i'm sorry, i'm really not sure how I passed my French classes.
If you want me to focus more on a character you like, just tell me and i'll get it done :)

Please review! ^J^ If you do, i'll send many cute chibi Russia's to you :) (Omg that rhymed ;D)