Every Turn Leads Me To a New Dead End
From BlueberryTeaLove
(Romania's POV)
So here we are, in front of the Nordic beach house. We arrived here to find more clues as to what happened. Sure, we nations all went to check twenty years ago, but you never know if you missed something. Plus, with the five of them here, I think this visit might be different this time.
"Okay, I think we should split into three groups to cover more ground." states England, everyone turns to look at him. "The four of us," England gestured to America, Prussia, and I, "Had searched this place twenty years ago but we found nothing. This time, maybe we can, though."
"Yeah," I say. "I have that same feeling."
"So how are we going to split into these groups?" Asked Emil. I couldn't help but wonder the same thing. I watch as England thinks for a moment, before looking up at everyone, silently counting each of us.
"Romania, you go with Tino and Kai." He said, gesturing to the three of us. He then turned to the others. I almost chuckled when I saw England grimacing at America, Prussia, and Mathias.
"Ugh. I think I'll go with America and Mathias." Muttered England. America's expression is shocked as he heard.
"What?! Dude, England why?!" I have a feeling I know the answer, though. And judging by the way England is handling America's complaints, I'm probably right.
"It's alright America. Just go with England." I say, in an attempt to calm him down, knowing that England only picked America so that it would be easier to keep an eye on him. Plus, with America and Prussia separated it would be more efficient to get some investigating done. At least that's what I guessed after knowing England for so long.
"So since you're with America and Mathias, I'm guessing that leaves Luka and Emil with Prussia?" I ask. England nods his head.
"Exactly. If Luka and Emil don't mind."
"What?! What about the awesome me?! Aren't you concerned with how I feel?" cries Prussia.
"Aren't you concerned with getting Denmark back?" Asks England. This question shuts him up. England sighs and begins to address every one of us.
"We need to get a move on since we're just wasting time here. Luka, your group can go the lower levels. My group can cover the surrounding area outside, while Romania's group cover the upper levels. We'll explore for about an hour or two and then gather in the living room." Says England. We begin to split but I stop everyone.
"Wait." I say. Everyone turns to face me. "One last thing, I know it may seem harmless now, but let's make sure that we stick together. I mean, we don't know exactly what happened here twenty years ago. We don't know who killed you five, but one thing's for sure. Whoever did this may or may not come back. We can't say for certain that they won't." England smiles while the others nod in understanding.
"Good call, Romania." Says England. England's group then walked away from the house, while Luka's group and mine made our way inside.
"So, we should be heading upstairs then, Romania?" Asks Tino. I nod and Kai turns to make her way up the stairs. Luka's group decided to go explore the living room first while our group chose to explore the bedrooms.
"'s 't s'f'?" Asked Kai. She turned to face us after stopping in front of the stairs. I give her a big smile.
"I'm sure it's safe. I can go first if you want." I say but Kai shakes her head.
"'t's 'k'y." She says calmly. She then goes quiet and stares at Tino who looked distressed. Kai then quietly walked over to Tino and held his hand softly in hers, if you looked closely enough you could see a small reassuring smile ghosting her features.
"'t'll b' 'k'y T'n'." She gently squeezes Tino's hand and he smiles at her cheerfully, grateful for that small act of reassurance. The three of us then walked up the stairs.
As we walked I couldn't help but let my thoughts drift to twenty years ago when we first discovered that the Nordics were missing, and when we first searched this house. Everything was deserted, nothing was left in a mess and everything was in its place as if untouched. It still puzzles me as to why. I mean, Denmark and Sweden's cars were parked outside at the time. It was as if the house had nothing to do with this mystery.
"Ah, Romania, this photo."
I snapped out of my thoughts as Tino and Kai stare at a photo frame, hanging on the wall by the stair well. I make my way towards the photo and I couldn't help but smile; it was a photo of the Nordic five; a Christmas photo to be more specific. I remember this photo of them being taken, it was at a house party that Denmark decided to throw much to Norway's disagreement. Anyway, this photo was Finland's idea as he thought that it would be nice for the five of them to have a photo together.
Looking at this photo, I could see Prussia and America photobombing in the background. I chuckled as I noticed that. That Christmas party was probably the best that I have ever experienced…and it was the last party with the Nordic five. Since then, Christmas has never been the same.
"In this photo," says Tino; eyeing the photo closely. "That's us right? I recognize Emil, Mathias and myself but..." Tino's eyebrows furrowed as he studied the picture.
"The tall man with glasses is Kai? And the one with the cross barrette is Luka?" I nod my head. Tino then looks up at me in confusion.
"Then why are they now females? I mean, if they used to be guys before, why are they the only ones who changed?" I thought for a moment. Suddenly I remembered what England had asked Luka when we first met her.
"It's reincarnation I believe. But why you and the other two are the same I can't answer that." I say apologetically. Tino shakes his head.
"No, it's okay. You and England explained quite a lot to us." Tino gives me a smile as Kai stares at the picture.
"Th'r's ' b'rd, 'nd ' d'g." She says softly. Tino turns to the picture and smiles happily.
"Aww so cute! I'm holding a little dog and Emil has a puffin!"
"That's Mr. Puffin, and Hanatamago." I say recognizing the animals. That reminds me, we never found those two for some reason. I wonder if they're okay.
"Anyway you two, we should probably start looking don't you think?" Tino and Kai glance at me before agreeing.
"I almost forgot about that after seeing the picture, oops." Chuckles Tino. I smile.
"No, it's alright. I'm sure you would wonder about your previous life, after hearing all this."
After I said that, Tino, Kai, and I went through each of the bedrooms to check for clues.
"I'm tired." Says Tino sadly. He sat down on a chair in the living room. "We've searched for more than an hour." Kai walks over and sits by Tino; placing her hand on his shoulder.
"'t's 'k'y." She says to him, "W' f''nd l'ts 'f th'ngs."
It's true, we did find a lot of things. Though they were more beneficial for Tino and Kai's memories than the disappearance; they had discovered different things about the others, and their own previous lives.
Tino for instance, was very surprised when he heard that he was Santa Claus; but soon took to the news well, and became very exited about it. Kai discovered that she would sometimes make furniture which pleased her, for Tino said that she had a fondness for furniture and Ikea. Together they found a little more information on Hanatamago, except for the information on the little dog's whereabouts.
In the other rooms, we discovered an empty liqourice box in Iceland's. As well as items used for taking care of Mr. Puffin. We also found an article on butter shortage in Norway's room, and an empty box of fried chicken in Denmark's. But yet, even though we found all of this information. We still had no clue as to what happened twenty years ago.
Breaking from my thoughts, I began to walk away from the living room.
"Where are you going Romania?" Asked Tino. He and Kai had concerned expressions on their faces. I smiled at them weakly.
"Just getting some fresh air, that's all." I say. I then walk out of the front door and sit myself on the porch. We may have found the Nordics, but when it came to finding clues regarding what happened...
It was another dead end for me.
