***I do not Own Hetalia or any of its characters. I do own my OC Atlantis and this story though...please enjoy! :)***
It was black. Everything was black for Atlantis untill a heavenly light presented itself to her. She walked towrads it but was stopped by a gentle hand. "You really don't want to go there just yet." the preson warned. "M-Mama?" Atlantis gasped. Ancient Greece smiled and gave her daughter a warm hug. "Darling I've missed you so much! I was so scared when I heard that you had disappeared for a while, but I'm happy that you are safe!" her mother laughed with tears of joy running down her cheeks. "Oh Mama, I missed you too!" Atlantis cried. "Hey there missy, how've ya been?" a familiar voice asked. "It can't be..." she whispered. Ancient Rome appeared before them with a goofy grin on his face. "Rome!" Atlantis gasped and ran over to hug him. "You scared us all when you just dissappeared suddenly! And now this...you are crazy!" he laughed. "I know I'm sorry." she giggled. "Atlantis? Is that really you?" another voice asked. "Oh my gosh..." Atlantis whispered. A young girl stepped from the shadows and smiled innocently. She looked a lot like Veniciano and Romano with her short brown hair, golden brown eyes, and the familiar little curl. "P-Pompeii!" Atlantis squealed. She threw herself at her friend and hugged her tightly. "I'm so sorry! I'm sorry for what happened to you...but you're okay!" she laughed as she cried. "Yeah, I'm okay! Don't worry about me!" Pompeii giggled. "So Atlantis...why did you just risk your life like that?" Ancient Rome asked. "Well, it's a very long story..." she mumbled. "We have time!" her mother laughed.
There was another World Conference and even though he really didn't want to leave Atlantis's side, Japan knew he had to go. She'd be alright though, she had the doctors to take care of her after all. He had stayed by her side ever since he brought her to the hospital. He stood up and brushed the stray strand of hair from her face and smile gently at her. "I'll be back soon, I promise." he whispered as he curled his pinky around her cold, almost lifeless one.
He arrived at the meeting and everyone grew very quiet after discussing that they were all okay. "Japan...how...how is she?" Germany asked. "She's still unconsious, but she's regained some color to her face so that's good..." he mumbled with a small smile. The others nodded with some relief. "We owe it to her to do something special for her when she wakes up..." Taiwan mumbled. "Yeah, she did save us after all." England sighed. "Cranes..." Japan whispered as he stared at the little crane he had been holding onto for days. "Hmm?" America asked. "Those cranes...the ones that she wanted to make for everyone. Originally she wanted to make a thousand cranes since legend has it that if you fold a thousand, your wish will come true. But then she just settled for making everyone a crane. Which reminds me I have them all with me..." he muttered as he passed out the cranes to their respective owners. Italy gently ran his finger along the delicate wings and a thought popped up into his mind. "Hey, there's already a lot of cranes right? Let's make more!" he suggested. "What are you getting at?" Romano grumbled. "Well, a thousand cranes makes a wish come true...if we make a thousand we can bring her back right?" he asked with hope. "Yeah...let's try it!" everyone agreed. "Oh...when she disappeared...everyone rang bells to try to bring her back...it was an old legend back then that if you rang bells you could bring a lost spirit back..." Greece mumbled. "Let's do that too. For Atlantis." Hungary smiled.
They set up a plan for how many cranes each person should make, and every day after that they would make cranes and bring them to Atlantis in the hospital while church bells around the world rang to bring her back. Finally the last crane was folded and everyone visited her while wishing. "I hope this works..." Japan whispered as he clutched her hand in his own.
After Atlantis had explained everything to her mother, Rome, and Pompeii they heard a soft ringing. "Bells?" Atlantis asked curiously. "They must want you back. Go Atlantis, you need to be with them, you don't want to come to heaven with us yet. Trust me." Pompeii assured her. Her mother and Rome nodded and hugged her one last time. "I'll miss you all so much." she whispered with a sad smile, and ran off towards the sound. She opened her eyes and there was a blinding white light that greeted her. "Wh-where?" she muttered weakly. She looked down at her her hand and saw Japan, who was holding it in his own. "Japan?" she whispered. "Atlantis? Atlantis! You're okay!" Japan cheered and hugged her tightly. "Ah-" she gasped in slight pain since her wound still hurt. "Oh I'm sorry I forgot...but you're okay! I'm so happy!" he laughed. She looked around to see everyone and smiled. "You were all worried about me?" she asked. "Yeah! You almost threw your life away just to save us! We didn;t want to have to say goodbye to you!" America laughed as he wiped his eyes. "We even folded a thousand cranes just so we could make a wish...and it came true!" Taiwan laughed as she hugged her friend. Atlantis looked over at the cranes and laughed. "I'm back guys! And I'm here to stay...forever!" she laughed as she stared out at the beautiful sunlight. "And you know what? My wish came true too...thank you all...thank you so much for fullfilling that wish for me." she laughed softly as she hugged each of them. *And I'll make wonderful memories with all of them. Memories with my family!* she declared to herself.
The End.
A/N: Wow! It's over! The story is really over! This is actually bittersweet for me, I've been dying to finish it but at the same time I'm sad that I don't get to make anymore ideas for it. Thank you all so much for reading it through to the end, and hey if you missed some chapters so what? You actually took the time to read most of my story, thank you! And to the many fans of Atlantis, don't fret. Her story may be over but she's sure not going anywhere! In fact she'll be in all of my Hetalia Fanfictions from now own, whether she plays a mjor role or an itty bitty role. Annnnd I might have a little surprise that I've been thinking of...so be on the lookout for that! So yes, thank you all so much and I hope to see you again in future stories!
-Halfcat1996