THIS CHAPTER GETS ME OVER THE 20,000 WORD MARK AND THAT MAKES THIS STORY OFFICIALLY THE LONGEST THING I HAVE EVER WRITTEN! I AM THRILLED THAT PEOPLE SEEM TO LIKE IT AND THAT I HAVE NOT LOST A PASSION FOR THIS STORY. I PROMISE THAT I WILL FINISH THIS PROBABLY SOMEWHERE AROUND THE 30,000 - 40,000 WORD MARK!

Hahaha. I'm so sorry for not updating, but my excuses really don't mean much anymore do they? Just, blame school. That's all I can say. I had inspiration thanks to lovely reviews, I've just been caught up in studying (or more the procrastination of my studying but whatever). Anyway, this chapter is kinda exciting, but I wont tell you why (I'm not gonna spoil my own story GEEZ!). I hope you all enjoy it and I would love to hear what you think. As for when I will next update, it might be another week or two. But I do have HOLIDAYS SOON and I will be able to upload 3-4 chapters during that fortnight. So I mean OH MY GOD, Look forward to that! ANYWAY, I'm rambling again aren't I?

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He was home. It had been gutted and ripped apart by the claws of the ravenous undead, but it was still his home and it was always his heart. Feliciano always felt better when standing in his own land and he wondered if the other nations felt this too. If they did he felt bad for Lili who had no certainty she would ever return to her land. He glanced over to Gilbert. Did he feel happier on the land that had been his or was it more of what Lili might be feeling. Missing his land but knowing he will likely never feel that sensation again. It must be terrible to be Gilbert. 'To be in Gilbert's situation' he corrected himself and plastered his eyes back on the road.

Although his heart seemed to sing a little louder here, it also seemed to sing a sadder tune when he saw one of those things shambling on the side of the road. They were his citizens dying, his people rotting, and his heart that was melting away with it. "Why didn't it feel like this before" he whispered to himself in thought scanning his eyes over the road in front of him. It took a few seconds for him to realise there had still been some hope in his mind that it hadn't been here, not in his country. But he thought that was a bit selfish of himself really and didn't mind that it was gone now, he had bigger things to worry about now anyway. Where his brother was in all of this mess.

"Rome?" Feliciano said quietly. "Yeah..yes. Definitely Rome."

"You sure Feli?" Gilbert asked from the back seat, somehow knowing what Feliciano had been referring to.

"It's his heart, wouldn't you be there if you were him?" Feliciano said trying to stop his eyes straying from the road to the destruction beside it.

"I suppose so." Gilbert nodded in reply "But that's so inconsiderate of him picking what's most likely the worst hit area in you're whole country."

Feliciano smiled at that "He probably just wanted to show off the lovely views around Rome that's all." There was a short silence before he noticed Lili hadn't spoken recently, glancing over he discovered she was asleep. "Hey Gil..?"

"Yeah Feli?"

"You and Lili…are you..umm.."

Gilbert smiled and waved his hand slightly to interrupt him "I don't really know to be honest. She's pretty wonderful, but hey; I don't think a world like this really has a place for things like that. Especially for people like us" he said looking over at Lili sadly "I don't plan to let anything happen to her though, or you for that matter." Gilbert looked back to Feliciano "I promised Ludwig after all."

Feliciano nodded in response, Gilbert was right. The world was at war now and if there was one thing he was sure of it was that the battlefield did not wait for matters of the heart. He had learnt that when he was only a small child, but it stuck with him. "What do you think happens Gilbert?"

"Happens when?"

"When people die."

Gilbert sighed and leant back in his seat "I'm not sure, but I don't want to believe there's nothing. That would be to cruel, especially in days like these. I think our hearts are more powerful then we give them credit for and what happens after death is up too us. Some people might be reborn, or others might come down to visit those they missed, some may enjoy the life they never lived, and some…" he looked down slightly with an emotion Feliciano couldn't quite place "Some of us get a second chance at living, because there was too much we left unsaid."

"FELICIANO STOP!" Lili's exclaimed out of nowhere, prompting him to slam the breaks on. He realised he had been paying more attention to Gilbert than the road and turned around to see what it was that was so important. A lady stood in the middle of the road waving he arms frantically, though coherently and it was instantly clear she was alive.

"What the hell?" Gilbert leant over the seats to get a better look "Who the hell is that?"

"No idea" Feliciano said opening his door and sliding out of the truck. "Excuse me Miss?"

"Thankyou so much" She replied softly, walking over to him "Thankyou for stopping".

He found himself a little thrown off guard by the fact there was someone alive out here and had to stop for a moment and collect himself, "It's okay, may I ask why you were out here though."

Tears began to roll down her face "Those…things….our camp. I got away…but I lost everyone else. My sister…".

Feliciano turned quickly and gestured for the other two to come outside the car aswell before turning back to the lady. "Is there anywhere you might find them, we could take you there?".

"I..I.." She sniffled trying to slow her tears "I think she would go back…back to Rome. But that's to far."

He smiled and leant out to comfort her "Actually we are on our way there to find my brother, you can come alone with us."

"Really? Oh my god. Thankyou, Thankyou so much." She held out her hand "I'm Meagan, my sister and me were here on holiday and I don't know how to get back to Rome, so if you took me. You're a lifesaver really"

Feliciano smiled and took her hand "I'm Feliciano Vargas, I know this country better than the back of my hand" he gestured to the other two as they walked up beside him "This is Gilbert and Lili. Guys this is Meagan, she's coming with us to Rome"

"You sure man?" Gilbert asked eyeing her down suspiciously.

"Gil, if people don't help people in need, then we pretty much give up all hope" Lili said offering a handshake to Meagan.

"And in this world, hope is all we have" Gilbert added nodding in acceptance, "Fine but we gotta hurry, I don't like the look of this road."

Feliciano led them all back to the car and Meagan took Lili's seat in the front. It wasn't long though until they had to pull up and make camp for the night, and although Gilbert said he trusted Meagan, he insisted that they took shifts keeping watch.

Feli trusted her though, there was something about her that made his heart warm. She was one of the good ones, he was certain that there would be a day in which he would owe her a lot. He was just unsure exactly what it would be that he owed.