It had been 7 years since North Italy had been reborn.
Elora hadn't spoken a word. Her silence unsettled Romano. Romano grew frustrated with his sister's silence. He began to get agitated when she only nodded or shook her head. Finally he snapped.
"Elora Vargas! Why wont you say anything?" He roared at her after a silent dinner, using their human surname for the added effect. She flinched and tears threatened to spill out of her eyes. She dragged her note pad over towards her self and wrote the reason down.
I can't Fratello. As payment for coming back to this world I had to give up something. I chose to give up my voice. Every reborn nation is asked to give up something. Even Holy Rome. I apologise if it annoys you.
Romano had simply stared at the note for a long time after the younger Italian had gone to bed.
They slept in seperate rooms after that, despite Elora's vivid Nightmares.
Romano had called Hungary and she had taken the younger Italian shopping, as a sort of apology, returning with countless dresses, tops and shirts along with lacy underwear and sleeping gowns. And the Shoes… God the shoes...Elora's closet was filled with them. They were mainly boots but a few high heeled and flat shoes were included, of all colours of the rainbow
Romano had showed Elora how to do her paperwork, their boss having insisted on it upon meeting the reborn nation. Although Romano suspected that the boss was trying to look down her shirt, which she had to borrow from Romano as well as the pants also borrowed from Romano.
Elora kissed him on the cheek a lot nowadays. She was a lot more protective of her brother now. She rarely left his side and she also carried knives and guns just like Belarus and Romano wondered if they were swapping ideas. Her presence to the southern Italian was very soothing.
The Nation Trial for Austria was scheduled for that week. It had taken years to plan because of the number of international incidents between Alfred and Ivan. Both Romano and Elora were relieved of all paperwork for that time and were regularly visited by the Spaniard and the German. Whilst Romano could tolerate the Spanish nation, Elora refused to be in the same room as the German despite his attempts at apology. He usually left the house, a saddened expression on his face.
Elora had felt bad the last time this had happened so she wrote him a letter containing the reason she could not speak and what the German could do if he wanted her trust again. Both Romano and Elora had decided that it was the two thing sthat would allow the German to be once again with North Italy.
The first was to help rebuild Feliciano's house in the North Italy for Elora to live in.
The second was to get Elora a nation animal, just so she didn't get lonely. Elora had loved Kumajiro. The already created nation pets were hard to find, but they were relatively easy to make. Just give them the nation's blood.
So that's what Germany did. Following the designs for the house which had been designed by both Greece and amazingly Russia, who still visited Elora as well, in between running from Belarus. The Russian was always polite to the Youngest Italy.
The joint Greek and Russian house drawings were a work of art, mainly masonary but with traditional Italian rooftops. Large pillars supported an overly large porch roof. The house was two stories and each level had massive rooms. Elora's room was the biggest of all the bedrooms which were about half the size. Each bed room had its own bathroom which was about the size of a medium laundry. The funniest part of the constuction was watching America throw bricks up to his Brother in quick succession of one another, much to Canada's quiet protests.
After the construction had finished each nation in Europe had contributed something. They all wanted to see Elora happy again.
The kitchen had been the largest room by far. Finland had designed it and Sweden had supplied and constructed it. All through the construction Finland kept telling him that he should open a furniture store. Marble adorned the benchtops and large spacious cupboards were under them. The pantry was as larges as Hungary's walk in wardrobe, which meant that it went on for miles. The latest kitchen equipment had been supplied by Taiwan and the stone floors came from Spain.
England had built the dining room using Wood from the nearby Forrest. It was as large as the normal conference room table itself and had to be built in the dining room, for it was too big to fit through the archways.
America and Canada had furnished the living room. America had installed all of the latest gaming equipment and televisions. A huge stereo system sat in the corner. Canada had supplied the couches and a large coffee table.
Indonesia had supplied a pool table and assorted decorations, having almost no economy at the time.
France... well... He gave back the paintings he'd stolen from the original Italy. He'd also designed the Bathrooms, all of which now had a two-in-one bath and shower. He made another stuggestion, but...Well...Let's just say he had a very sore and bruised face afterwards, curtesy of Russia and America.
Poland helped Hungary with Elora's bedroom. They'd kept it white walled, much to Poland's disappointment. The Italian's bedroom held a massive king sized bed with bedposts and curtains. A lounge had also made its way into the bedroom and also another coffee table. Light coloured curtains were adorning all of the windows in the house.
Switzerland had designed and installed, with the help of shy lictenstein, the most advanced security system. It seemed a few million years ahead of the time.
Australia, with the help of Western Australia, New South Wales and The Netherlands, had designed the garden. The house itself rested on almost 12 achres of land. Australia had ordered plants from every nation, in the world. Even the desert flowers from Egypt and the seaweed from Sealand were used. The Italians national flower, the Daisy, was most dominant, with a large proportion of the garden dedicated to the flower. Roses lined the wall to the left of the back door and Orchards lines the right. The Sunflowers were towards the back of the garden. Australia's own golden wattle and Kangaroo paw were lining the medium sized pond. Lillies lined the hedge around the small maze. Fruit Orchards and vegetable gardens were pushed into the back of the estate.
A large section was dedicated to Tomatoes. Whether this was for The Italians benefit or Spain the nations could never decide. Westralia had built wooden and metal benches which sat at key points in the garden. Water features also adorned parts of the garden. It was simply stunning. The house was magnificent.
The German had helped tile the roof and made around 90% of the cement.
He had done the first task... However...
The Second was proving more difficult. Ludwig knew that Elora loved cats, but they were Greece's Nation animal. The rule was that each nation could have one animal companion and if that animal was already claimed by another nation it could not be claimed again. Canada had Kumajiro, Iceland had Mr Puffin, India had the elephant, Prussia used to have Gilbird and France had Pierre. North Italy had loved the little birds that both the nations had, unfortunately she couldnt have a bird.
The german decided to go for a work in the nearby Forrest. His thoughts ran through all of the possible animals for Italy. Woodpecker, Woodpigeon, Alpine Accentor, the Marsican brown bear, chamois, red deer, roe deer. Well what about something young that could protect the northern Italian nation.
Ludwig heard a rustling noise behind him and he spun around. A very small wolf cub limped out of the nearby bush. Its front foot was cut and bleeding and its tail was missing fur. From the size of the cub, it was only at least two weeks old. Its fur would have been a light brown colour but it was hard to tell from the blood. The Germanic found it quite cute. Ludwig smiled… Perfect he thought.
The German man knelt down and removed his jacket. He wrapped it around the cub and picked it up. He returned to the building site to show Romano, who had approved of the tiny sleeping cub by picking it up from the Germans jacket and bandaging the creatures wounds. He handed the sleeping creature back to the German.
"I'll bring you a small amount of her blood as soon as I can, potato bastard." Romano told him over the phone later that day. He'd returned home just as Elora had begun to cook dinner. Pasta again.
Romano snuck into Elora's room later that night and took the smallest blood sample he could by lightly cutting the young Italian females finger with his pocket knife. Soon he had a small container full of blood. The container was about the size of a walnut. Romano bandaged the finger up and left the room, silently. He wrote a note to Elora, something about the mafia kidnapping someone and that he'd be back as soon as he could.
He jumped in his car and sped towards the German nation's house. He soon reached the Germanic s house and roughly knocked on the door. Germany opened the door and let him in. Ludwig led him to the cub that was playing with a stuffed mouse. Its ears went up as he saw the two nations enter the room. He trotted over to them and sniffed, inhaling each scent.
Romano knelt down and offered the blood to the wolf cub. It sniffed at it before lapping it up quickly.
The animal's fur went dark before reverting to its original colour. Its eyes glowed white before changing to an intelligent light blue colour. Its nails grew sharper and shrunk back it to its paws. Then the transformation ended. The wolf fell asleep at the feet of the older Italian, who picked him up and put him in the animal carrier that Germany had prepared.
The Italian went back to the car and laid the carrier on the seat next to him. He got home just as the sun was rising in the distance.
The House built by the nations for Elora would be presented to the Italian by Hungary. Romano entered the house that morning, left food inside the carrier for the wolf and placed it in the Hallway before leaving the house
This was the day that Elora got her new house and animal. This was the day Germany was forgiven. However this was also the day when mistrust showed its form.
Authors Note: Another Chapter done. Sorry 4 not uploading it on Wednesday. This week's been hectic. I gave Italy a Wolf as an animal cause I can just imaging Italy with a wolf. And their also cute when their cubs…
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