Lovina sat on the very edge. Normally, she'd be having her legs dangling over the edge and Antonio would be sitting close to her and telling her she shouldn't do that, but today was different. One, Antonio wasn't with her, nor did she think he knew where exactly she was at and second, she wasn't really paying attention to the height or edge. She was in her own world, thinking. Thinking of how to get back at the world for taking her sister from her.

"That damn world... What are you going to do?"

"I'm not sure how, but I will."

"They took your sister away from you... Maybe you could be like Ivan..."

"No! I won't be like him! He's a cold blooded..."

"Murderer." Lovina said aloud. The little voice inside her head was dark and it didn't show up until after the funeral. It's been saying things like that to her since then. She wouldn't say pleasant things, but things that could really make you feel insane.

She sighed and stood up. She looked down towards the water with tear filled eyes.

"Or you could be with your sister again..."

Lovina shook her head and headed back to Arthur's house.

Antonio poked his head around the corner to their room. Lovina had come into the house and then went upstairs to Danny. Normally Arthur would've scolded her for being so rude, but today he was out and Antonio had seen the look on her face.

"Hey, mi poco tomatio, I brought Danny's milk."

Antonio walked over and handed the bottle over to Lovina. They were quiet for a moment.

"Ludwig go to the cliff?"

"Yea, he's been there a couple of times today...well not when your there, but... you know..."

"Here, take Danny, I'll go talk to him," Lovina said with a slight tug from Danny, "you need daddy to. You can't always have mommy." She forced a smile.

"No, let him have his alone time... It's been hard on all of us..."

Lovina held Danny between them and then pulled her back. She slumped back down into the seat.

"I guess your right... Gilbert hasn't said anything about being awesome or said a word since the funeral and Francy pants hasn't hopped on anyone either."

"Yea, and we all need our alone time on the cliff, tomatio. You always get yours."

Lovina didn't respond. Silence again. She finally stood and gave Antonio Danny.

"I'm going to get a few pills."

Lovina walked out of the room and headed down the steps.

"You could beat up your husband for starters..."

"Shut up..."

She walked into the kitchen and over to a cupboard. She pulled out a glass and a bottle and she them on the counter. Her eyes stared down at them in agony. What wouldn't she give to see her sister again... A sigh escaped as she started to fill her glass.

A door opened and shut and Ludwig came around the corner.

Lovina looked at him with agony and then whispered, "Ludwig."

Ludwig looked up at her and then quickly away.

She turned off the faucet before she spoke. "I'm assuming you went to the cliff... Are you ok?"

Ludwig stiffened and then relaxed and turned his back to her. She had noticed the redness around his eyes and the sulking that he normally didn't show.

"Lovina, let him go to his room."

She looked over at Antonio who was looking at Ludwig with worrisome eyes. Ludwig nodded in his direction and then left.

Lovina looked down at the glass and pill bottle. She opened up the bottle and poured out two pills.

"What are you taking?"

"Ibprofen... Is that a crime?"

"Yes, if it's an overdose."

"I won't overdose, I'm fine."

"I don't think I could handle another loved one being gone..."

"Tonio! I'm fine!"

Antonio looked at her with surprise. Lovina was giving him a dirty look. She quickly realized what she did and changed her face to an apologetic one. She turned back to the counter and put the pills in and then swallowed some water. She turned around and reached for Danny. Antonio walked over and started to hand Danny over when he leaned forward and landed a kiss on Lovina's lips.

Lovina was shocked but soon melted into his lips. She pulled away and held Danny close to her. They stood in silence for a bit before Danny started to squirm.

"I should probably put her to bed."

Antonio nodded and waited for Lovina to pass him before he followed her.

They went up to their room and laid Danny in her crib. She cooed softly as Lovina started singing a lullaby. After the first verse, Danny was asleep.

"Let's go so we don't wake her up."

Lovina pecked Danny on the forehead and followed Antonio out. They headed to their bedroom as the door opened downstairs and Arthur's and Alfred's voices carried through the empty house. Antonio listened for a minute before he shut their door and crawled into the bed after Lovina.

She laid with her back to Antonio at first but then rolled over.

"Antonio, puedo hacerte una pregunta?"

"Hm? Si."

"Qué crees que debo dar este collar de Ludwig?"

"Hmm."

"Qué?"

"Elizabeta gave it to you didn't she?"

"Ya, but," she looked towards the door, "Something's telling me Ludwig should have it..."

"It's up to you."

Lovina sat up. She kept staring at the door.

"You should kill him and then go kill the others... They made your sister die.."

"No, they didn't."

"Mi tomatio?"

"It won't be that hard... Let me help you."

Lovina shook her head. Antonio wrapped his arms around her. She leaned against his warm body with ease. Her head landed on his chest and her eyes shut slowly.

"There, now sleep, all right?"

"Sleep? What is this thing called sleep? I was only shutting my eyes to daydream." She giggled as Antonio kissed her head and leaned back against the headboard and fell asleep.

Following midday...

"Antonio! Where are you?!"

Antonio poked his head out from the large laundry room. He had promised Arthur that he would do his and Lovina's laundry if they were able to stay there.

"I'm right here."

Lovina walked over and gave Antonio a long kiss.

"I was worried you left. Where's Danny?"

"With Ludwig. Why would I leave? I would never leave you." He gave a smile.

Lovina gave one back and then turned it to a frown. "I don't know; everyone else seems to leave me anymore..." She hung her head slightly and then Danny popped into her head.

"I'll go get Danny."

"You shouldn't say that."

"Say what? Yeah, Yeah I know. I guess, well, it's hard to stay here and be a burden to Arthur and Alfred." She paused, "poor guy needs some love... If you catch my drift..." She shot a look at Antonio. He gave her a look back and chuckled.

"I know someone who could do that... But that's for another time and discussion." He stopped and stepped out of the room and wrapped his arms around Lovina's waist. "We need to stick together. A lot of the world has fallen apart." He put a light kiss on her forehead and she smiled.

"I guess your right. The potato doesn't need to be watching Danny all the time. He needs to get out, have a few, party some to get his mind off of things. Gilbert even said so."

Antonio gave her a look. "Oh really?" He chuckled. "Go get your baby and I'll see if I can find Gilbert and talk to him to get Ludwig out and about for a while."

"Ok." She hesitated before she pulled away from his warm and comforting arms. "Potato! Hey, Potato!"

Antonio watched her and then went back into the laundry room to finish the load he was in the middle of doing.

"Hey, Patata!" She walked into one of Arthur's big fancy rooms. The one she walked into this time had dark emerald green wallpaper. The carpet was a dark red with swirly designs on it. There was a grand piano in the middle of the room. They were sitting at the piano. Ludwig was letting Danny play the piano. By playing, Danny was just pushing the keys down.

It brought back some very short, sweet memories of being at Roderich's house and hearing him play his piano. Lovina stopped and shut her eyes thinking back to that time with Holy Rome and Chibitalia. Those sweet memories and, oh, how those people have grown up.

She opened her eyes and looked back at Ludwig and...

"Feliciana!" She stared at her with amazement. They both looked up at her and smiled.

"Lovina?" She looked over at Ludwig, who had changed his expression to confusion.

She looked back at Danny.

"Oh, sorry." There was silence, even Danny stopped playing the piano.

"Can I have my child back, please?"

"Ja, ah, Sie sind ok?"

"Oh sweetie, if Feliciana was here she would understand but, Io non parlo tedesco."

"Oh, ja..." He looked down.

"It's ok, try English?"

He looked up at Lovina. His eyes were filled with hurt. Something flashed through them before he spoke.

"Are you ok?"

"Yea, I'm perfectly fine. Now let's get you out of the house, shall we? Maybe a walk?"

He nodded.

"Grab that blanket, per favore?"

He stood up and without looking at Lovina, he grabbed the blanket and headed towards the hallway.

They walked to the door and stopped. Ludwig looked at Danny and then reached for the door to open it.

"Daddy! We are going out for a walk! I have my phone in case something happens!"

With that they headed out the door.

They sat at the cliff in silence for a long time. Lovina sub-consciously went there. Once they got there, she laid the blanket out for Danny.

"So when did you come out last?"

"This morning."

"Oh..." She picked up Danny and rocked her some. "I came out here about midnight."

"Why at such a time?"

"I felt the need to and besides, Danny was already out. So I just came out here and sat."

Ludwig looked at Lovina with worrisome eyes. "You could catch a cold."

Lovina gave him a goofy grin. "Yeah, yeah. I know. Please don't go all Antonio on me."

Danny squirmed in Lovina's arms and she set her down on the blanket. She started to crawl about and play on the blanket. Lovina and Ludwig watched her.

"She's just like Feliciana."

"How so?" Lovina didn't move her eyes, but she felt a sting of pain come from inside her and a sense of sadness come from the German.

Danny wiggled around and then sat up and looked around.

"You do that to at times."

"I do? I never really noticed..." Lovina's cheeks got slightly pink. She didn't think Ludwig watched her, but with her sister gone and before that, she guessed he had.

She glanced at Ludwig who was giving a soft smile to Danny.

"Yeah."

Danny pulled her feet under her and started crawling around again.

"Well you don't have to sit here with us; go sit on the edge like I do. It clears your mind."

"Hm?" Ludwig pulled his wanted eyes to Lovina. She was still looking down at Danny.

"Between you and me, I sometimes think I should join her," she looked up at Ludwig, then dropped her eyes, afraid to cry in front of him. "Then I think of this one and..."

"No!" Lovina looked back up at Ludwig. He was staring at her with a different look. Hatred maybe? "You shouldn't think about that! What would Antonio say?"

Lovina gave a soft chuckle. "He'd kill me. I don't know. He might send Danny back to Kiku. You know he's not happy with me." She shook her head slightly. Her hair was gently picked up by the wind. "If only I could do things over again..."

"Like what?"

"For starters, I shouldn't have gotten pissed at Antonio, then going to the bar and getting wasted. Then going to Kiku's house and fucking him over! I should have went back home; not to the bar! I should have fucked Antonio and not Kiku!" She started to cry.

"Yeah, or you could've called Feliciana..."

Lovina looked over at Danny and cursed at herself for cussing in front of her.

"I could have done a lot of shit differently! And- And- God I'm the worst wife ever!"

Ludwig scooted next to Lovina. He wrapped his arms around her and put her head on his shoulder. She stiffened then turned her head into his shoulder.

"No your not, your a wonderful mother, wife, and sister."

"Your too kind."

Danny crawled over to them and looked up at her mother. Lovina turned slightly away from the German and looked down at Danny.

"I'm sorry for cussing in front of you."

Danny smiled and giggled, reaching for her. Lovina pulled away from Ludwig and picked up Danny. Ludwig watched her and pulled his arm away from her.

"I wasn't always the kind one..."

"What?" Lovina wiped her eyes.

"Out of Feliciana and I, I wasn't the kind one."

"But you always act formal and nice. Feli blurted anything and everything."

"No, well, that's what we made it look like."

"Why didn't I hear this from Feli? Did you hurt her?!" She hollered but then gave an apologetic look.

"Nein, nein."

"I take it that means no? Why do you say you aren't kind? Or nice? I don't know if I want to leave Danny with you anymore..." She held Danny closer to her.

"Yes and no. My past is my own. Feliciana only knows so much of it. But that's the past. This is now, and I've changed since then because of Feliciana. In public I'm more pushy and demanding with Feliciana holding me back every now and then."

"You mean like Tonio and I?"

Ludwig nodded.

"You think our relationship is perfect? Yours is more normal than anyone I know! Not even if Alfred was a girl in his and Arthur's relationship. It wouldn't be normal like you two!" Lovina started to yell again. Danny had started to push against Lovina's chest and she set her down.

"I wasn't saying yours or ours were normal." He shot her a look.

"Yeah, well, it's not like Tonio and I."

Ludwig was silent.

"What are you getting at?"

"... Ich vermisse sie..."

"English please."

"I miss her..." Tears poured from his eyes.

Lovina looked over at him. "Please don't cry."

"But I...Ich vermisse sie! Keine Idee why she took her life!"

Lovina sat there. She wasn't sure if she should really tell him or not.

"A Game."

"A Game?"

She said it and now she had to finish it.

"A game with a little boy. He's the one that made her see us...differently... And gave you that... Scar."

Ludwig put a hand on his chest. It was a mark of protection to him. He swore he'd protect Feliciana. But then it hit him.

"A little boy? Verdammt! Are you lying?"

Lovina looked over at him. He was staring at her with a gleam in his eyes that she'd never seen before. Or maybe she had a long time ago...

She put her hands back and leaned on them.

"No, I'm not lying. I listened to her because she wanted me to listen."

"What did she say? How come she didn't tell me any of this? Why are you telling me now?"

"I'm not sure."

She looked at the edge and saw him. She sat up and held Danny against her.

"Ludwig, take Danny and go back to the house."

"Warum?"

"I don't know what bleep you said, but just take Danny back to the house, now." Her stern voice made Ludwig cringe slightly.

He wiped away his tears and grabbed Danny while he stood up.

Lovina stood up with her eyes locked on the spot he was standing.

"Ludwig, go, please."

"Lovina, what's going on."

She turned her head slightly and gave him a look. He shot one back before doing a light jog towards the house.

Lovina turned her head back to the little boy.

"What the hell do you want?"

The boy turned. The dark brown eyes laid upon her. His hair was longer than before.

"I only came to check on the Hubby and the sister."

"What did you do with my sister? Where is she?"

"I was only talking about you, miss," he grinned showing his white teeth. "Besides, I could care less about your sister."

His innocence was gone. Everything about him was evil. He was no child to be taken lightly.

"Wher- Wait, me? What do you want with me? Your part of the scientists aren't you?" She was yelling at him now. She couldn't hold her anger. She had to know.

"No. Didn't you even remember what I said?"

She ignored that comment and replied, "answer me one thing."

"What's that?"

She took a deep breath and took a step towards him. This was her only chance to find out what happened to Feliciana and she had to know.

"Did my sister actually die?"

"You didn't tell me it would be a fun question!"

"Tell me!"

He laughed. "Let me think about that," he started to fade. "Why do you care to know?"

"I think I saw her. So please, tell me!" She took another step towards him.

"I can't tell you that... It would ruin the end of the story for you."

He faded completely as Lovina ran towards him. She stopped where he was standing.

"No, come back! I have to know!"

"Don't worry you will."

His voice was like a whisper in the wind.

She fell to her knees and then to the ground in tears. Her one and only chance fell right from under her.

"Sorella!"

"Lovina!"

Antonio ran up to her and knelt down.

"Lovina, Lovina! Are you alright?"

She looked up at him. Her eyes were puffy and red. The tears just kept coming. She buried her head into his chest and held him tightly.

"Sh, there, there mi tomatio."

All four of them were there for what seemed like forever.

Finally, Lovina pulled away and told the others to go back in. Right now, she wanted to be left alone of the cliff to think about what Zoran said.

After they left, she stood up and walked down to the beach.

The wind played with her hair as the ocean sent silent waves to shore.

"Now what are you going to do?"

"I don't know..."

"Ha! You're a weakling."

"I am not!"

"Have you not looked at yourself?"

". . . ."

"Here's an idea, why don't you go after the scientists yourself or you could get rid of the whole world."

"I'll never do that! I've been caught by them once before! I won't do it again!"

"Your a pathetic excuse. Antonio could beat you, in fact, all these nations could defeat you if they really wanted to. They don't really care about you. Right now they're just worried about themselves and how to survive."

"That's a lie. Nothing but a lie."

"I only speak the truth. Why don't you ask them yourself? Wait, they'll tell you a lie. They don't care about how you feel. The only one that cares is-"

"Sorella..."

She stopped and looked out over the ocean. Maybe the voice was right, then again, maybe it was wrong. But it was right about one thing, she had to find her sister and help the world become stable again...

"That's it!"

She turned around and headed back to the house.