After Germany finished his wurst, Italy dragged him outside, leaving Canada to look after the other amnesia-ridden countries.

"So, you know how to get my memories back?" Germany asked as he followed the pasta-loving country.

Italy nodded. "Oh yes, definitely." The two stopped walking not too far away from the building. "All you have to do is boss me around!"

"Wie Bitte?!"

"Yeah, just tell me to do things, and I'll be bad at doing them! Then you'll be back!"

"Um… Okay…I don't think this will work, but I guess you do know better than me." Germany looked around for something to command him to do. He only really wanted one thing, to get his memory back, so he wasn't really sure what to command. Still skeptical of Italy's plan, he went with what he thought would actually help. "I command you to… tell me about my past?"

"Well, I didn't mean it like that, but okay! This might work too!" Italy plopped down on the floor. "Okay, let's see. The history of Germany: it all started in the 1910s-"

"I highly doubt that's when Germany became a country."

"You're probably right, but I never talked to you before then so I have no idea. Anyway, it was World War I! We called it the great war back then, since nobody knew about World War II yet. Big strong Germany was ordered by his boss to beat up and probably kill the cute little allied Italy! But Italy cried so much, and Germany was so nice that he didn't hurt Italy, just took him as a prisoner. Not like a British prisoner, or Russian prisoner either where he got tortured with bad food or torture divises, but a prisoner with everything his little Italian heart could want~"

"So you were my prisoner? And enjoyed it? That doesn't sound like a very good strategy."

Italy shook his head. "It wasn't. You lost World War I and France was mad because you beat him up really early in the war, so he made your economy terrible, but you still let me stay with you! Even as we were starving!"

Germany shook his head. "Mein gott…" he mumbled.

"But then, you got a new boss that got your economy back, but he also kinda started World War II and killed millions. He honestly kinda scares me, so I'll skip past his part, but that's when you introduced me to Japan!"

"And that's the one who doesn't speak English, right?"

"He can usually speak English, but I think he forgot."

Germany finally sat on the ground too beside Italy. Everything he was being told felt vaguely familiar, but nothing was clicking. It honestly felt more like a history lesson than his past. Regardless, he was invested in the story. "So what happened next?"

"So, next everybody really hated that boss too. England and France were very scared and made you sign a lot of agreements to make sure a third World War never happens. America and Russia were allied with England and France, and they hated each other, but hated you more. Somehow they compromised into splitting the country in half with a big wall, so you became capitalist, and your brother Prussia became communist. You didn't like the communist half, or the fact that your brother was forced there against his will, but every time we hung out you tried to hide it to make me stay happy. After what America did to Japan, you hated how much you loved his half, but me and Japan didn't care about that. We even helped you tear down that wall they put in the middle of your capital." Italy smiled sweetly at his friend "It was really fun."

"And when I got sick in 2020, you couldn't visit me because my borders closed, but you face timed me almost every day. And then in 2024 and last year too, even with most of the world focused on America's elections, you stayed by my side."

Germany glanced at the floor. "Sounds like we were good friends."

Nodding, Italy leaped into a hug. "Yup! The best! I can count on you for anything!" As fast as he jumped into the hug, he jumped out. "So, do you remember any of that yet?"

"Nein," Germany mumbled. "Sorry…"

He saw a hand being held out in front of him. "That's okay, just order me around some more." Taking the hand, Italy helped him back up. The brunette started to straighten Germany's clothing for him. "Tell me to do something all serious and military-like. That's when I disappoint you the most!"

"I'm sure you don't disappoint me, Italy."

"No, I do. Believe me, I know when I disappoint. It's okay though, I know that no matter how much I don't live up to your expectations that you'll still be my best friend and always have my back, even if I get kidnapped every other day~ Now give me an order~"

"Okay," Germany said. He thought for a moment. "How about you go ask France for more wurst and beer? Is that a good order?"

Italy flashed a thumbs up with his smile. "Certo! Stay here, I'll be back~" Italy skipped off, but immediately got distracted by a bee.

Germany just watched as Italy looked at it like he'd never seen a bee before. The second the bee started flying toward him, he screamed, pulled out a white flag he apparently always had on him, and ran away. It really was a pathetic display. Seconds after Italy reentered the building, Germany's phone rang. The contact said Italy Veneziano, so he could only assume it was the Italy he was just talking to. "Hello?" he answered.

"AH! Germany! I forgot that I left them alone, and they found my old maid dress from when I lived with Austria, and America put it on me, and now France is talking French to me and he smells like wine and I can't learn French or I'll di-i-ie!" Italy cried.

Germany rolled his eyes. It was a really simple task, he thought as he walked. "Ja, ja, I'm going." That dummkopf never learns, does he? Germany stopped dead in his tracks, eyes shining, just like with Canada. All of his memories came flooding back. Every stupid thing that Italy ever did around him, and every time Italy ever did something sweet too. He hung up the phone and continued his way back to the building.

A/N: Same betas as always. Thanks bundle to them as always too! If you couldn't guess, the next 5 chapters are the remaining 5 countries getting their memories back. How exciting. Japan is next (gotta keep the axis together I guess), but enough about next chapter, I'd love to know what you thought of this one! Leave a comment/review and I'll be sure to read it many a times. Thanks for reading :)