Chapter 20
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Baby Isabella POV
The next morning when I woke up, daddy said he would take me to work with him again! I was so excited! He gave me a cream colored dress with three buttons on the front, a cream colored ribbon to go in my hair, and little black shoes. We ate breakfast and went to his car. We drove to his work and got out. He held my hand as he walked through the hallways and past lots of doors. We made it to the gigantic double doors and he pushed them open. We walked in and everyone smiled at me. I smiled back at them then walked to where Mr. Mattie is to go say hi to Kuma-chan. I reached them and smiled.
"Good morning." I told them smiling. Mr. Mattie smelled like delicious pancakes and I took a deep breath in.
"Hello Isabella." He said quietly and smiling at me. I flashed him my teeth.
"Hello Kuma-chan." I told the bear happily. He crawled out of Mr. Mattie's lap and walked to me. He hugged me in a warm bear hug which I returned. He got on all fours and I climbed on him. And giggled as he took me to my other animal friends that were huddled in a group. They all looked happy to see me. "Hi everyone!" I said happily and they smiled the way they could. The meeting was starting so I went to go sit in daddy's lap. Gilbird the Awesome sat on the table in front of me. Daddy gave me pencils, paper and paint to keep me entertained. "Can I draw you?" I asked the little yellow bird. It gave a tiny nod of its head and I smiled. "Okay, please don't move then." The little bird turned statuesque and didn't move the whole time I was sketching. After about half an hour, I was done and he was shaking from trying not to move. "You can move now." I told him smiling. He sighed and ruffled his feathers. I stroked his small head and grabbed the paints. I got bright yellow and began to color him in. By the time the world meeting was done, I had finished and the paint was drying. When it was dry, I ran to Mr. Gilbert and tugged on his pants leg.
"Yes little one?" He asked me smiling. I showed him the painting.
"I drew Gilbird the Awesome!" I said cheerfully as I handed him the painting. The other people crowded around us and peeked at the painting. They seemed impressed and I smiled in pride. I saw one man was still sitting at the table. I walked to him. I climbed on the chair then on the table. He was the man daddy went into the other room with yesterday. He had beautiful green eyes and blond hair that was a very pretty color of blond. Is blond a color? Well, it's color of a hair. But it's not in the rainbow, yellow is in the rainbow. Then shouldn't it be called yellow instead of blond? But then it wouldn't be blond, it would be yellow. Well, yellow hair isn't so bad. But it just doesn't sound right, blond sounds much better when describing someone's hair. But-
"Hello Isabella." A smooth voice interrupted my thoughts. I looked at the man.
"Hello. What's your name?" I asked him with a tilt of my head. He chuckled.
"My name is Arthur Kirkland, but you can just call me Arthur." I nodded.
"Hello Mr. Arthur." I smiled at him.
~England POV~
I was reading through my spell book trying to find a counter-spell to turn Isabella back. Out of my peripheral vision, I could see a small body climb on the table next to me. I looked at her out of the corner of my eye. She was wearing a cream colored dress and a cream ribbon on her hair with little black shoes on her small feet. She looked at me then had a look on her face that showed me she was thinking hard about something. It still amazed me, and all of us, how such a sweet little girl could be shunned away and bullied.
~flash back~
We all smiled at the sleeping Isabella as Italy carried her out the door and back to his home. When the doors closed there was a very heavy silence.
"How is it possible, that such a sweet and innocent child could be treated such a way by everyone except her mother?" Hungary whispered.
"She is so nice, she took a picture with Panda for me." China said smiling softly.
"She named Gilbird, 'Gilbird ze Awesome'." Prussia added with a small smile.
"She is very respectful and calls us 'Mr.' or 'Miss'." Austria added.
"She wanted to be my sidekick." America said with tears of joy.
"I can't believe no one wanted to befriend her just because she grew up with out a father." Canada said quietly.
"Did you see how she freaked out when Hungary asked her if she wanted to go to the park?" Japan asked.
"Yes, she seemed scared. Something must have happened." Lichtenstein added.
"It must have been when she was very young, considering the age she is now." Greece said sleepily. We nodded.
"It's amazing how much she looks like Italy, when Holy Rome first got here he mistook her for Italy." Hungary said giggling.
"Yes, she also has the same love of pasta." Canada said chuckling.
"But she's much stronger and braver. The city of Rome has been flourishing."
"So has Sealand." An almost-adult Sealand said. It would be a matter of time before he was considered a big island/small country. "She cared about me when everyone ignored me."
"Hey Iggy, you remember what she said when she punched you?"
"Yes, she said, 'Don't you dare say anything like that ever again. You don't know what it's like to not be wanted.'." We all stayed quiet.
"She must be very strong to be able to put that behind her and in the past." Hungary said quietly. We all gave our quiet agreements.
~end flashback~
Isabella still seemed to be thinking hard about something. She was pouting and had her eyebrows furrowed.
"Hello Isabella." I told her bringing her back to reality. Her face relaxed and she smiled at me.
"Hello. What's your name?" She asked with a tilt of her head. I chuckled.
"My name is Arthur Kirkland, but you can call me Arthur." She nodded.
"Hello Mr. Arthur." She said smiling. 'Well, she has much more respect than America had at her age.' "What are you reading?" She asked me.
"Just trying to find a spell." I said. Her eyes widened and she gasped.
"You're a wizard?" She said in awe.
"Yes." I said smiling.
"Like Harry Potter?" She asked still smiling. 'Well, Harry Potter is based off of when a human saw me doing magic and was only able to see my eyes from under my cloak...'
"Yes, like Harry Potter." I told her. She smiled brightly.
"Can you teach me sometime?" I chuckled and placed a hand on her head.
"Maybe when you're a bit older." Her eyes downcast a bit but she still smiled.
"You promise?" She asked holding out her pinky.
"I promise." I say intertwining my pinky with her's and giving it a little shake. She brightened then climbed back down.
"Good luck on finding your spell."
"Thanks." I said. She left and I turned back to my spell book. A small part of me didn't want to turn her back.
Baby Isabella POV
I was walking away from Mr. Arthur when I bumped into a leg. I fell on my bottom and looked up. He was younger than the other people here. He had bushy eyebrows like Mr. Arthur, but his hair was blondish-brown and he had blue eyes. He looked down at me and I smiled up at him. He reached his hands out and I took them. Instead of helping me up, he took me in his arms. I hugged his neck and smiled at him. I felt very comfortable with him so I put my head in his shoulder.
"What's your name?" I asked him.
"My name is Peter."
"Hello Mr. Peter, my name is Isabella." He chuckled.
"You don't have to call me 'Mr.'." I smiled.
"But mommy said I have to call people who are older than me 'Mr.' and 'Miss'." He smiled at me.
"But you can just call me Peter." I flashed my teeth at him.
"Okay Peter. Hey, is Mr. Arthur your dad? You look a lot like him." He smiled and shook his head.
"No, actually I only have a mom." My eyes widened.
"So did I! But then I met my daddy. What's your mom like?"
"Well, she's very caring and beautiful. She gave me her attention when everyone else ignored me. And she has helped me grow in more ways than one.
"She sounds amazing." I said happily. I looked around. "Where's my daddy?" The man with the caterpillar on his chin answered.
"I think he went to his office." Mr. Francis answered. I nodded.
"Can you please out me down?" I asked Peter. He nodded and let me down. "I'm going to look for him." I said and they nodded smiling. I walked out and followed a hallway with doors on them with flags. I saw a lot. Hmm, daddy's Italian, so I should look for the Italian flag! I walked a few more doors and finally found one with the Italian flag. I smiled and opened the door. When I walked in I stopped and my eyes widened. I gasped as my eyes filled with tears. Daddy was kissing HR! He-He's supposed to be kissing mommy! Not HR! Only mommy's and daddy's are supposed to kiss! They looked at me shocked.
"I-Isabella!" Daddy said surprised. I ran out the door and back to the big room. I ran through the doors and straight to Miss Elizabeta. Everybody seemed worried as I buried my face in her skirt and cried.
"I-Isabella? Are you okay?" She asked worried as she brought me into her arms.
"I saw daddy and HR kissing!" I said crying into her shoulder. She seemed surprised and so did everyone else. "He's only supposed to kiss my mommy because they love each other!" I said crying.
~everyone's thoughts~
'She's not bothered that they're two men, she's bothered because she thinks of it as cheating.'
~end thoughts~
Daddy and HR ran through the doors. I looked at them and a few more tears leaked out. They walked to me nervously. I accused them with my eyes.
"Isabella?" HR asked me quietly. I hopped out of Miss Elizabeta's hold and walked up to him as I wiped my tears. I glared up at him.
"Are you the reason my mommy and daddy aren't together?" I asked him quietly. Everyone seemed to freeze. I felt very angry. I had seen and heard many times when mommy cried at night, when her belly rumbled from being hungry so she could feed me, the tiredness in her eyes from working so hard. I stared up at him and he seemed shocked. Daddy stood in front of him. I went to stand behind daddy so I was in front of HR. "It is your fault, isn't it?" He stared at me with big eyes and started shaking his head back and forth. My eyes filled with tears and I stepped forward raising my small fists. I started hitting him as tears poured down my cheeks. "It's your fault I didn't have a daddy! It's your fault mommy cries at night! It's your fault mommy has to work so hard! It's your fault mommy has to be hungry so she can feed me! It's all your fault!" I yelled at him as I pounded him with my small fists. I don't care if it didn't hurt him. I stared up at him and he looked at me sadly. I looked back at daddy and he had his hands outstretched like he wanted to stop me. I stopped and ran out of the room.
Italy POV
I stared after my little girl as she ran out. She was aware of everything. Even as a small child she noticed and knew what was going on. And now she blames Holy Rome. I looked back at everyone and they all looked shocked.
"We have to find her." I whispered. They nodded and all ran in different directions.
England POV
We were all looking around to find Isabella. The poor thing, that must have been very hard on her. I ran around trying to find her. I went to the basement of the building, where they keep cleaning supplies and such. I heard sniffling as I walked down the steps. It was very dark.
"Isabella? Love, are you in here? It's me, Arthur."
"Hello Mr. Arthur." She said as she suddenly turned on a switch. I stared at her in surprise. She was pale and her eyes were rimmed red from crying. My eyes softened when I looked at her. I held my arms out and she ran to me. I carried her in my arms. She wrapped her small arms around my neck and nuzzled her face into the crook of my neck. I slowly rocked her from side to side.
"Everyone is looking for you." I told her softly. She hugged me tighter. "You should go back."
"I don't want to see that man." She said in a voice with so much venom that it surprised me.
"It's not his fault." I told her as I rubbed her back.
"He's the reason I didn't have a daddy." She hissed out and I felt wetness on my shoulder.
"Isabella, they only got together recently, your mother had nothing to do with this." She looked up at me with watery eyes.
"Really?" I nodded. She gave a little sigh before nodding.
"Okay, I'll go back." I leaned forward and kissed her forehead.
"Good girl. Come on." I carried her out and back to the conference room. Everyone had already gone back to meet and see if anyone had found her. I walked in and they all zeroed in on us. I put Isabella down and gave her a small push. She looked back at me and I nodded in encouragement. She walked to Holy Rome and sighed. She hung her head.
"I'm very sorry." He smiled at her and patted her head.
"It's alright." She nodded and gave him a small smile.
"Come on Isabella, lets go home." Italy told her smiling. She shook her head.
"I wanna stay with Mr. Arthur." Everyone looked surprised and Canada looked shocked. I was pretty surprised myself. I walked to Italy and whispered in his ear.
"You can leave her with me if you want. The counter spell I found is an over night one anyways." He nodded.
"Fine Isabella, you can stay with Eng-Arthur." He said starting to freak out about his slip up. I face palmed but Isabella just tilted her head curiously. She smiled and hugged my leg.
"Yay!" I smiled and picked her up in my arms.
"She should be back to normal by tomorrow." I whispered to him. He nodded and I started walking with a very happy Isabella. I took her outside and to my car. We drove to the airport and got on my private jet. She smiled as she sat in her chair and talked to me the whole way there. She was surprisingly intellectual for her age. When we got to my home, we got off the jet and into my car. I drove us to my house and she was gaping.
"I-it's so big!" I stared at her. It was just a three floored house with a garden in front and a back year. Like all the other countries' houses.
"Is your house smaller?" I asked her as I stepped out and took her hand, leading her up the walkway. She nodded vigorously.
"Much MUCH smaller!" She said. I smiled and led her inside. She nervously wiped her feet before going in. I smiled gently at her.
"You don't have to act a certain way," she stopped wiping her feet and looked up at me. "Just be yourself." She nodded and walked inside. I led her around and then went upstairs to show her the room she would be staying in. Her eyes almost popped out of her head. There was a queen sized bed with silk sheet that had the Union Flag's design on them. There was a coffee table and a door that led to a bathroom. "My room is across the hall." I told her. She just nodded with wide eyes and a dropped jaw. It was sort of amusing. "I have to do some work, you can look around if you want. If you get lost, just call one of the maids." She nodded and her eyes and mouth went back to their normal state. She walked into the room and sat on the big bed. I smiled at her before leaving.
Baby Isabella POV
I cautiously sat on the big bed. Mr. Arthur has such a big house, it makes me kind of nervous. What if I get lost?! I stood up and walked to the door connecting. It was a bathroom! There were fluffy white towels, a big bathtub with a shower, a toilet (duh) and a sink. I closed the door and began to take off the dress. Once I was naked, I put a fluffy towel within reach and got in the bathtub. I started filling it with warm water and bubble bath in found in a drawer. I made lots of bubbles and played in the water till my skin got pruney.
England POV
Alright, everything is ready for the spell, now I just need to get Isabella. I went into her room and found it empty. I walked to the bathroom and saw the light was on. I knocked before going in.
"Isabella?" I called as I peered around the door. She was in the tub. It was to the brim with bubbles and she was covered in them. She swam around.
"Hello Mr. Arthur, I hope you don't mind I decided to take a bath." She said sheepishly. I nodded smiling.
"I noticed. Hurry up, it's almost supper." She nodded and grabbed a wash sponge. I stared at her curiously. "Would you like me to call one of the maids to help you?" She shook her head.
"That's okay, I can wash myself." I nodded and walked out. 'Wow, she's very responsible even as a child.' I walked downstairs and heard some scuffling. I stopped and followed the noise. When I saw what it was I fell down anime style. It was my four brothers; Wales, North Ireland, his twin The Republic of Ireland, and Scotland. Wales, Evan Kirkland, looked a lot like me except his hair is a darker blond. North Ireland and The Republic of Ireland, Ardan and Dillon Kirkland, are both shorter than me with dark red hair and brighter green eyes than mine, they both have cinnamon colored freckles sprinkled across their nose and cheeks. Ardan wears glasses and Dillon is the older twin. Scotland, Ranold Kirkland, is the oldest of us. He's a big burly fellow with flaming red hair and beard, green eyes, and a deep voice. They all turned to look at me. Scotland came to me and patted my back, hard.
"Ey there laddie, where of ye been?" He said in his deep voice.
"I've been busy, what you all doing here?"
"Well, we came here to visit you." Wales said.
"For what?" I asked. Ardan and Dillon frowned.
"Can't your own family visit ye?" They both asked. I shook my head.
"It's almost dinner." They smiled and walked off to the dining room. They all sat down without asking and our food was served. Little footsteps could be heard running.
"Mr. Arthur! A maid gave me this dress to put on!" Isabella came running into view only to stop in surprise. My brothers stared at her shocked and she stared back. "Um, hello." She told them. She was wearing a white sundress with little white sandals, her hair was dry and brushed. I got up and carried her in my arms.
"Isabella, lets sit you down for dinner shall we?" She nodded and I sat her down next to me. She reached for a fork timidly. "Go ahead and eat love." I encouraged. She nodded and stabbed into the pasta I had made especially for her. My brothers still stared at us. She ate the pasta happily.
"Um, Arthur, why is there a little girl here?" Wales asked.
"I'm taking care of her." I told them. They looked at me curiously.
"Why are ye babysitting?" Scotland asked beginning to eat.
"Because she wanted to stay with me and I couldn't see why not." I said stiffly as they all began to eat. Isabella finished eating then reached for her cup of juice. She drank it the got up. She went on tip toe to grab her plates and began walking with them.
"Where are you going with the plates?" I asked smiling at her.
"To put them in the sink." She replied simply. I smiled at her.
"The maids will get them, you don't need to do that." On cue, a maid came and took the plates out of her hands. Isabella smiled at her in thanks and sat back down next to me.
"So lassie, what's ye name?" Scotland asked. She smiled at him.
"My name is Isabella Lombardi." She said smiling. They smiled back at her.
"Well I'm Ranold Kirkland, Arthur's older brother." She smiled at him.
"I'm Dillon and this is my younger twin Ardan, we're Arthur's brothers too." She smiled at them and nodded.
"And I'm Evan." Wales said simply. She nodded at all of them and smiled.
"It's great to meet you all." They all smiled back at her.
"So lassie, what are you doing here with our brother?" Ranold asked her.
"I'm staying here today and going home tomorrow." She said smiling at them.
"Is that so, won't ye miss your mommy?" Ardan asked.
"My mommy's working, I'm staying with my daddy until she comes back." She told them like nothing. They raised their eyebrows. By this time everyone was done eating.
"Lets move to the living room shall we?" I said. They all nodded. Isabella came and held my hand as we walked to the living room. She sat on the rug and played with blocks that I had brought for her. I sat on the leather couch and my brothers crowded around me.
"Alright Artie, what the big idea with the little girl?" Wales asked. I sighed and stood up.
"Isabella, do you mind if I go talk to my brothers for a bit?" She shook her head smiling and continued to play. I took us all up to my study and they looked at me expectantly. "Do you want me to tell you what happened from the beginning?" They nodded.
"Okay. Well one day, Italy brought a girl. She looked just like him. Turns out she's his daughter. She was as tall as him, same hair and eyes. She has a very sad past, but is still happy. After a lot of things happened, Italy came to me one day. He asked me to help him know about his daughter when she was a child. I told him I would and then I did the spell. I wasn't sure what the side effects would be. Long story short, the next day he brought a little girl to the meeting. Turns out I turned his daughter into a child by accident."
"But what does that have to do with that little girl?" Wales said like he was trying to deny something.
"That little girl, is Italy's daughter." Their eyes widened.
"Is that why she's here? So ye can turn her back?" Ardan asked. I nodded. They all looked shocked.
"Im going to perform the spell while she's asleep." I looked at the time. "Which should be soon." I walked to the living room and saw her starting to sway sleepily. "Love? Would you like to go to sleep?" She nodded yawning. My brothers followed us as I carried her in my arms to the room she would be staying in. I laid her down under the covers and she yawned again. "Goodnight Isabella." I told her softly she nodded.
"Goodnight everyone." She muttered sleepily.
"Goodnight." They all responded softly. She turned and fell asleep. We all walked out quietly, quite a feat really. They all went to the rooms they stay in when they come here and I went to my study to prepare so I can perform the spell. She should be back to normal by tomorrow morning.
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