Hi, I'm so excited for this chapter. (Let me tell you scrolling through 12102 words every time I close the document is annoying) This is a long one so prepare.

Update: So tomorrow I'm going to be starting another story called Cursed. It's also a USxFem!UK one. I think this is my new thing, I just binge write a story and start posting chapters once a week. I have three other stories I'm partly writing but I've been spending most of my time on Cursed. Please look for that one and thanks for reading this!

Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia or the title/song.

Alice tried her hardest to contain her excitement that night, but she wasn't doing the best job. She couldn't wait to go out and see the kingdom during the day, and meet Alfred's sister. Hopefully Maddie would have some other stories about their childhood, among other things.

She also couldn't figure out that warm feeling she felt last night when Alfred hugged her and picked her up. That warm feeling was always there when she was with him, when he smiled at her or looked at her with those sky blue eyes. It felt like being close to a shield, very dangerous but still such a lovely warmth. But that was all for another night.

Now she was debating with Sakura on something to wear, it was only 25 minutes from dawn. She also couldn't look suspicious to Solarians or someone might find out who she was.

"What about this, Solarians wear lighter clothes, don't they?" Sakura was holding a pale blue dress,"I think Alfred would like this one." She added with mysterious smile. Alice looked it over and sighed.

"I think that's my best option, I should go when its dark then at dawn I can blend into the crowd." Alice took the dress from the maid and changed into her usual sneaking out cloak. Tonight, no- Today, she had packed a small bag with various things that could be helpful.

She went over to the window, looking to see the patrols."Are you excited, Princess-sama?" Alice looked back to her.

"Of course! It'll be so interesting to see everything." Alice smiled as she watched the Solarian castle in the distance. Alfred was there. Was he already awake getting ready? Was he already thinking of her like she was think of him?

"I should get going. Thank you for everything, Sakura." Alice unlatched her window and brushed away the thick curtains, then walked out onto the balcony.

"You're welcome, good luck." The maid closed the window as Alice hit the cold ground.

The sky was growing pink, Alice adjusted her hood and started to walk away from the castle. It was quiet, the world seemed so different at dusk and dawn. The way Lunars disappeared in their houses and Solarians began to explore. It was the short time that their kingdoms seemed to merge. There was the transition between Luna and Solar. It seemed simple but it wasn't. Just like the people.

The Princess was to the edge of the garden when a hand grabbed her out of sight and thought and pulled her into the shadow of a tree. Alice whirled around to hit her attacker but was met with a pale face, messy white hair, and red eyes. General Gilbert Beilschmidt.

"Where are you running off to, Princess?" He asked, did he look concerned about her? No, her eyes were playing tricks, he didn't care about her. Gilbert was the youngest General in Lunar history at the age of 19, he also had absolutely no respect for her or Luna in general. Alice had no idea how he even kept his rank. But now she realized why Beilschmidt sounded so familiar from all those nights ago. It was a foreign name, an uncommon name, it was impossible it was a coincidence, so why was it on that old sign?

"Why is your last name on a Solarian Blacksmiths shop?" She countered, trying to look as threatening as she could with his grip on her arm.

The pale man lost his cocky demeanor,"How do you know that?" He asked, tightening his grip.

Alice glared at him,"You tell me why and I'll tell you how." She argued.

"No way, tell me where you're going to,"Gilbert insisted.

"You tell me why and I'll tell you where I am going."Alice returned harshly, the garden around them was growing brighter. There was no way she could easily get out in the daylight.

They glared at each other a moment longer,"I used to live there, that's it." Gilbert finally half answered.

"That's not a good answer." Alice said back, the pale man didn't say anything, she really hated pulling this card,"As your Princess, I order you to tell me the whole story."

Gilbert glared at her,"You're not my princess so stop giving me orders." He hissed, then realized what he's said and his grip slackened.

Alice was completely confused, what was he talking about, he was Lunar, she was the Lunar Princess, unless... Her eyes widened at the dots coming together. How had she not seen this before. He showed up with no one except his little brother. He always took day patrols. He never cared about the kingdom he served, because it wasn't even his.

"You aren't Lunar." She whispered,"You're Solarian." Her eyes returned to his face with slight fear. She wished Alfred was here for some reason.

Gilbert looked panicked and released her arm,"You can't tell anyone, they'd kill me and Ludwig!" His attitude had changed so quickly at her realization. So she was right.

Alice glanced around,"Come on, you're coming with me."

"Wait! This isn't awesome, how'd you figure that out?! I can't go out people will see how pale I am." Gilbert protested.

Alice looked back at him and sighed,"Go inside and cover up, tell anyone I am out here and it will be the last thing you do, I promise you." Gilbert hesitated a minute, but ran away disappeared inside.

Alice ducked in the shadow of the tree they had argued from. She noticed the leaves were blurring together, odd.

Really she wanted to know the whole story, why was Gilbert so pale if he was Solarian? Now that she thought about it his skin wasn't luminescent like hers or other Lunars. It was like Solarians', yet not even close to the palest Solarian she had seen. Why was he pretending to be Lunar? She looked back toward the east, Alfred had to already be awake by now.

Gilbert had returned with a dark grey cloak. "Come on, and don't wander off." She said, hurrying across to the streets.

"Where are you taking me? Are you going to turn me into the Solarians? That's not awesome." He hissed, Alice stopped.

A group tan kids ran past them, all laughing and yelling in the same accent as Alfred's. "You're going to tell me everything about why you were pretending to be Lunar, and how you're related to that shop, when we get to where we're going." Alice whispered back to him once the kids had rounded the corner.

"And if I don't?"

Alice glanced over her shoulder at the man, he really was ruining her first time out in the day,"Then maybe I will hand you over to the Solarians." It was an empty threat, but he didn't notice, his red eyes widened in fear. If he was Solarian, why was he so damn scared of being turned in?

"Fine, where are we going?" He asked

"To meet someone, but that's at 1:00, so until then, you will walk 5 steps behind me, if you run I will shout Lunar. If you try to expose me I will shout Lunar, if you-" Gilbert cut her off.

"Do anything out of line you'll shout Lunar, not awesome but I got it, Princess." The guard muttered the last part.

"And don't call me that. You already said I'm not your Princess." Alice scolded.

Gilbert shrugged,"Just because you aren't mine doesn't mean you aren't one at all, Princess."

"Well you are going to give us away, so stuff it and slow down." He did as she told.

By now it was 6:12, a whole day of wandering around Solar, even her pale follower couldn't diminish all her excitement. Alice just walked down the streets slowly, just watching the people who were both different and similar to her in so many ways. They were all taller than her, other than the children. They all were much tanner than she was, even the ones with pale complexions.

The Solarians seemed happier in general, even if they were cold and hungry they still laughed at the children's cheesy jokes and smiled at the passing stranger. Some even smiled at her. They couldn't see her smile back under her hood. Why did Lunars think so badly of them if they were so happy to live?

Alice and Gilbert wandered over to the market part of the kingdom, it was the most lovely and lively place she had ever seen. Tents were set up with anything and everything, golden jewelry, bright clothes and goods. She almost hit several beams that she could have sworn were not in front of her before and there some pictures and paintings she couldn't figure out what the were of. The Princess looked from table to table, why did some of the things look blurred? Perhaps she could buy something, Alice dug through her messenger bag, pulling out several silver coins with etchings of the Lunar crest on the sides.

"They don't use the same currency as we do, you'll give us away." Gilbert said, Alice quickly turned around to find him closer than several steps.

She stuffed the coins back in her bag,"Mind your own business, git."

Alice looked up at the clock tower, 11:57, she should start toward the forest to meet them. They continued in silence, Gilbert glanced down the street that had the Blacksmiths shop at the end. He knew where it was without her saying a word to him. They neared the bench she had previously met Alfred at, he had been right, people were walking up and down the street and some even stopped, deep in conversations. Children ran to and fro, listening to others and each other.

She stopped to looked up at the castle, and managed to make out Alfred's balcony. She saw a blurry white and brown blob that was probably Sol inside the room, she thought she even saw a person. Her heart started to beat faster as she thought Alfred and the Lunar started to walk again, checking for Gilbert in her wake. Her threat to shout Lunar must have really worked, he had followed all her commands, much more than he usually did. It had be around one when they reached the forest spot, taking refuge behind the first line of trees. They both pulled down their hoods. There was a fallen tree and Alice sat on it, Gilbert chose the ground over sitting next to her.

"Is this where you're meeting whoever?" Gilbert asked, looking bored.

"Yes." She answered, watching the castle and gardens surrounding it. Rodrich would have a fit with some of the bushes that seemed a little overgrown, Alice smiled at the thought. Despite that it was quite beautiful, she wouldn't mind living there one day. Alice stopped herself. Live there? What was she thinking?

"Who are we meeting and how long are they going to take? I could be doing more awesome things." The guard huffed, interrupted her thoughts.

Alice was about to threaten him when she noticed a side door open and two golden heads. He noticed too, and realized it was too late for him to run,"We are meeting Alfred and his sister." She looked over at him.

He didn't take much from her answer at first. But then he must have realized. Alice didn't think he could get any paler, but he proved her wrong,"Alfred and his sister?! As in Prince Alfred and Princess Madeline?! What the hell are you doing meeting the Prince and Princess of Solar?! What the hell am I doing meeting the Prince and Princess of Solar?!" Gilbert looked extremely scared as he yelled at her.

"Keep your voice down unless you want to alert every single guard in Solar that we're here!" Alice exclaimed,"Alfred and Maddie are nice people, we're friends, and since you decided to lie about whether you were Lunar or Solarian, you can tell your story to all of us."

"You're so not awesome." He huffed. Alfred and Maddie walked into their clearing.

There was no doubt the two Solarians were siblings, they could even be twins if Alice didn't know their actual ages. Maddie had the same golden blonde hair as her brother, curly and tied in low pigtails. She had odd violet colored eyes, that seems to be their only difference, with glass frames sitting on her nose. The Solarian Princess's eyes widened, but she wasn't looking at Alice.

"Hey, Alice, who's your friend?" Alfred asked looking over at Gilbert. He was dressed nicer than she was used to seeing him. Maddie and Gilbert seemed to be having a surprised staring contest of some kind.

"Well now that the two of you are here, we can figure that out." Alice commented and Gilbert stood. All three royalty looked at him.

He smirked at her,"She's my princess." He put a fist on his chest to Alfred and Madeline. The two looked confused to why a "Lunar" was saluting to them,"It's awesome to meet you."

Alfred looked from him to her. Alice sighed,"His name is Gilbert Beilschmidt, and caught me leaving this morning, but I realized that his name was the same as the blacksmiths and called him out on it. I decided to bring him with me." She explained after introductions,"So how about you explain why you were pretending to be Lunar." Alfred sat on the tree next to her and Alice felt warm again, maybe that was just the sunlight on her skin. They were centimeters apart, she wished he would scoot closer.

"So he isn't Lunar? Why is he so pale then?" Maddie asked quietly.

"Good question," Alfred added and looked over at Gilbert expectingly.

Gilbert huffed,"You won't turn me over to the army, no matter what I tell you?"

"They aren't exactly my favorite people today so no." Alfred answered, Maddie rolled her eyes, there was a story there.

The pale man sighed,"Well fine then, I'm obviously not going to get out of this any other way." The royalty shook their heads.

"I am Solarian, I was born as a Solarian in Solar. My family owned that blacksmith shop you keep talking about. The reason I'm so pale is because of a genetic disease called Albinism. It makes my skin pale and my hair white and my eyes this awesome red color. Anyway my parents noticed this and knew I would be mistaken for Lunar so I just stayed inside and helped around the shop and later with my awesome little brother, Ludwig. Everything was pretty great until when I was 14. Some Solarian soldiers walked in and saw me, they were pretty drunk or something because they didn't listen to anything my parents said. They immediately shouted Lunar and arrested my parents for harboring a Lunar during the day. I realized what was going on, got Ludwig and ran. We hid out until it was nightfall and started blending into Lunar lifestyle. Then here we are, I'm a general for Luna and Ludwig is one of the Royal blacksmiths. But I am still loyal to Solar, I've never sold Luna anything about our lifestyle or anything. I would go back to Solar if I could any day and I've never counted Alice as my Princess." He finished explaining.

Alice blinked in shock, feeling bad about her threats now,"That's horrible." She heard Maddie whisper. They were all quiet for a while, but after hearing that there wasn't anything she could think to say.

"I'm so sorry Gilbert, if I had known-" Gilbert interrupted Alfred.

"You were like 11, you couldn't have done anything then anyway." Alfred frowned but nodded at Gilbert's answer,"So now you know about me, I wanna know why, well more of how, the Lunar Princess knows the Solarian Prince and Princess."

Alice smiled weakly and looked over at Alfred,"That's definitely an interesting story,"

"Do you want the long or short version?" Alfred asked, grinning.

"Don't pick long, Gilbert, I already made that mistake." Madeline added with a sigh.

"Hey, you said you wanted to know everything!" Alfred exclaimed and scooted closer to Alice, to argue with Madeline. Her heart speed up, for some reason.

Hey we're actually going to be getting some official romance in the next chapters! (Aww Alfred makes her feel all warm) What about Gilbert's story, is that too far fetched? In case anyone was too lazy to do the math, Gilbert is 19, Alfred and Alice are 17, Maddie is 16, and random but Ludwig is 17 too.

Update: Don't forget about Cursed tomorrow!