Today is the day. I hate it with a passion. I got out of bed and quickly got ready for today. I woke Gilbert. He seemed happy to be with me right now. I washed him squeaky clean before drying him off. He splashed me with the water before smiling at me while I did so. He must look presentable. I fed him breakfast before carrying him out of the house. I set him on his feet.

"Follow me and don't stray." I ordered firmly. He nodded solemnly, his eyes open wide. He thought we were playing a game. I stood up and headed for the meeting place. Gilbert wandered off a few times due to the rabbits and butterflies. He even followed a snake. Of course after that I carried him.

We reached the outskirts of Germania, it was only a few miles away. I set him on his feet. "Follow me and don't wander off or follow something else." He nodded as he did before. Silly child… wonderful child. We reached the meeting place and the Old Prussians were already here. I smiled. Prussia, however, seemed to know something was up. He started following at a slower and slower pace. I reached them. The child had altogether stopped following me.

"Is he the child?" Asked one of them.

"Yes, he is. Will you take him?"

"Of course. He's adorable."

"Yes, the child is adorable. Which is why I demand you keep him safe at all times. He has a tendency to wander off if you take your eye off of him." I said, noticing him chasing a bunny in circles. "He only answers to Gilbert Beilschmidt or Prussia. He never answers to any other name. Keep that in mind. Also he may be adorable but he has shown at times that he will disobey and has shown a possibility for mischief. He also seems to like a bit of violence right now. He is quite a handful. Are you sure you can handle him?"

"I'm sure we can, especially if we all pitch in." The person speaking looked at the others and they quickly nodded their heads. He smiled. "We would love to take him off your hands if you're sure you don't want him." That's the problem. I do want him. This is for his own good. I looked back at the child. He was trying to pounce on a bug. He would wriggle before jumping and the bug would quickly fly over a few more feet. Gilbert would turn and wriggle and then pounce again. It was a continuous cycle. I turned toward him. "Gilbert, come here." He looked at me, for once with terror in his eyes. He shook his head.

"No!" I frowned.

"Now Gilbert!" He shook his head, taking a step back.

"I wanna go home or see Rome." He said as tears appeared in his eyes.

"One!" He shook his head, taking another step back, ready to flee. I glared at him. "Two!" He dropped himself on the ground.

"NO!"

"Three!" I walked over and picked him up. I didn't punish him though. I gave him a hug.

"I'll be good just please can we go? I'll be good forever if we just leave." I ignored his desperate pleas. This would be better for the future. I didn't say anything about either of us enjoying it. I carried him toward the Old Prussians. He clung to me, harder than he ever has.

I took out my bag of coins. I handed them to the Old Prussians. "Here take that and this." I forcibly removed Gilbert and handed him over. He sobbed. I ignored him. It was the only way I was going to get through this.

"Are you sure? He doesn't-"

"I'm paying you to take the brat off my hands! Now go!" I shouted at them. They quickly turned around and headed off. They didn't want any trouble. They were more or less of a peaceful people. Gilbert screamed and cried as he was carried off

"Vati! Please! I wanna go home!" I ignored him. However I did listen to him. I couldn't help but to listen to my child. "Vati! I want my Vati!" Soon they were out of sight and I could no longer hear Gilbert's screams. I was no longer going to be the reason he wanted violence. Because of them, he'd forget all about violence. I headed home with a heavy heart. I would miss the kid, dearly.

…

I was at Rome's palace. I was staring at my food. Rome wouldn't stop talking. "By the way, where is your a kid? Gilbert?" I slammed my hand down.

"I don't know." Rome gasped.

"He a went missing?! We must a find him! I will a send out my a biggest army to a search for the child!" He stood up and I grabbed his arm and yanked him back into his seat. "What is a wrong with a you? You do want a to find the child don't you?"

"No. I gave him away to the Old Prussians. It's been a week since then."

"You a gave away your a child?!"

"Yes! And… I don't regret it!" That was a lie. I do… but I don't… it's difficult.

"You a could have a given him to a me! That a way you could a see the child whenever you a wanted to! And we could a hang out more! I shall go a retrieve him!" He shouted. I punched him in the shoulder.

"No! I gave him away so that way he wouldn't develop a love for violence like we do! You idiot!"

"There's more ways than a giving him away! You could have a scolded him for a violent acts."

"He hardly ever listens! This way he is living with people who are not violent! He would still see you being violent!"

"No a way! You could have a kept him out of all of the a violent scenes! You didn't have to a give him away!"

"What do you know?!"

"I know a lot! I have mi bambinos."

"Their nothing like Gilbert!"

"Romano is!"

"No he isn't!"

"Yes he is!"

"No he isn't!" I grabbed him by his shirt. Guards came running and separated us. I calmed down and Rome sighed, calming himself down.

"Yes he is. Now Germania, I'm sorry but you have a forced my a hand. I'm going after your child and will bring him a back." I glared at him, sighing.

"Then I will have to stop you. I promise you Rome. I thought this through and this was the best decision I could come up with."

"Have you a thought about a how the child would a feel?"

"Yes. I don't care." Rome gasped.

…

I was done crying. I'd given up on Him hearing me. He must be going deaf. They'd given me tons of toys, too many to count. For some reason there were always four men around. Every time I got bored with a toy, they'd hand me a different one. Along with a hug and two kisses.

"Time for lunch." I was picked up. I frowned and squirmed but their reply was to hug me. "Don't worry Gilbert. It's okay. You're safe. I love you. We love you. You'll be getting your favourite foods." I squirmed more and soon I was placed on a chair and food was put in front of me. I shoved it away. It wasn't the same. Nothing is the same. I miss Him. The tall one with braids. I laid my head on the table.

One of them sat down and picked up my fork. "You love these foods, don't you?" He asked. I just looked at him. He looked at the others and shook his head. "He doesn't seem hungry."

"He hasn't ate in two days. You have to feed him." I jumped off the chair before walking away. I thought that if I didn't eat that they'd take me home… even if we were hundreds of miles away.