Disclaimer: I don't own Hetalia. Himaruya does.

Lukas walked out of the house, contemplating the words that Amber had just spoken to him. He walked into the village, thinking over the things that had happened since he had been traveling with Amber.

Suddenly, he stopped in his tracks. The final piece had fallen into place, and he could now see the entire picture.

"Why didn't I notice this before?" Lukas muttered to himself, turning on his heel to head back to the house. As he headed back to the house, he bumped into someone.

"Excuse me. I wasn't paying attention to where I was headed," Lukas said, looking up to find that he had bumped into the Elder.

"It's okay. Come, would you like to have some tea?" the Elder said. Lukas thought for a moment before nodding. He figured that his discovery could be told later on to his friends.

The Elder led to way to the center of the town. Lukas followed behind her quietly. When they got to the Elder's house, they entered the house to find two cups of hot tea waiting for them.

"You knew that I was going to say yes to your offer," Lukas said as he sat down at the table and picked up his cup of tea.

"I assumed that you would, and if you didn't, then either Dacian or Arthur would. Amber always said that I was good at reading people," the Elder said, sipping her tea.

"I could see why," Lukas replied.

"So you have figured out her secret?"

"Yes. How could you tell?"

"Your response to my comment about Amber was all the evidence that I needed."

"I can see her point," Lukas replied, drinking his tea.

"Will you tell the others?"

"Most likely, unless she tells me to let them figure it out for themselves."

"I won't be surprised if Arthur has the most trouble figuring it out?"

"Why Arthur and not Dacian?"

"Dacian has already figured out that she's a mage. She told me so when I was talking to her earlier."

"That makes sense."

They continued their idle chat for awhile until both of their cups were drained of tea. Lukas placed his cup on the table and stood up.

"Well, I better get going," he said, and the Elder nodded her head. Lukas opened the door only to barely miss getting barreled over by a young boy.

"Madam! Bandits have taken Lily and Chris hostage! They say that they will not give them back unless we give up Amber!" the boy exclaimed, panting. The Elder rose from her seat.

"Gather the fighters of the village and prepare to rescue them," she said, following the boy out the door. Lukas followed behind them, quietly closing the door behind him.

"Lukas, go gather your friends. You can help us retrieve our young ones," the Elder said, and Lukas nodded his head. Before he left, the Elder placed something in his hands.

"Give this to Amber. She will know what to do with it," she said as he looked at what she had given him. He nodded his head again, and then he ran off in search of his friends.

As he ran, he called upon his fairy friends to point out where Dacian and Arthur were.

"Dacian is with the men of the village. He was searching for food when the call to arms came," one of his fairy friends said.

"Arthur is still in Amber's house. Amber is also there," another fairy said. Lukas veered his course towards the house that they were staying in. As he approached the house, he found Amber and Arthur exiting the house, the former with her bow and quiver and the latter with his saber, Lukas's mace, and Dacian's sword.

"We heard the call! Let's go find Dacian and then rescue the kids!" Arthur exclaimed, tossing Lukas his mace. Lukas caught the mace with ease, nodded his head, and led them towards Dacian.

In the shadow of the nearby trees, Ludwig watched them.

"Please, rescue the kids and all the other prisoners Rourke has," the blonde whispered quietly before vanishing back into the depths of the forest.

Sorry about not updating on Thursday.

~xXDarkDiaXx