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Chapter two

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Germany groaned as he heard his alarm clock sound. He had a late night that last evening due to work, along with what he was sure was a full day that day. He did not fully remember everything on his list, but he knew that it started with a meeting at 9:00.

The dogs were not barking, so he could only assume that Prussia held up his promise to help with the chores and took them for their morning walk. Otherwise, between getting them and himself ready for the day he was really going to be crunched for time.

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

"Good morning Germany," Italy tiredly greeted as he stretched then flopped so that he was facing Germany.

"Italy, why is it that you insist on sleeping in my bed instead of at your house?" Germany asked both tired and slightly annoyed. The two then snapped their eyes open, instantly awake when they realized that his usually gruff, masculine voice was replaced with that of a little kid.

"Italy…why are you suddenly so much bigger?" Germany asked as he slowly got into a sitting position only to realize that along with the voice change everything was suddenly bigger.

"Germany? Why are you suddenly a little kid?" Italy asked equally confused. The two looked at each other in silence for a moment as dread began to set in.

"AAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!" the two yelled in unison.

The room fell into silence for another moment, only for both to hear the noise of Germany's dogs bark followed by frantic rushing up the nearby stairs. The bedroom door flew open to reveal a surprised Prussia as he asked, "What the hell is happening in here? The awesome me could hear you from outside!"

Prussia also froze when he looked to the bed to see a slightly frightened little child where his brother should have been. Cautiously, Germany called out, "Bruder?"

"Wes?"

"What have you gotten me into this time?!" Germany called out as he tried to pounce at Prussia, only to fail when he got stuck in his over-sized clothes.

"You have to admit that it was pretty awesome foresight for me to save your old clothes from when you were a kid," Prussia chuckled uneasily as he carefully buttoned the antique shirt on his now much younger brother.

"It smells like death," Germany commented as he patiently watched Prussia button the top button.

"That's just the mothballs you smell," Prussia replied.

"There's a stain, and I can hardly move in this. Why were you saving them anyways?" Germany critiqued then asked.

"Look, when you've been around as long as I have you start to want to have keepsakes, understand?" Prussia answered.

"…Okay?" Germany commented as he rushed to the bathroom to see himself in the mirror.

"Vee, you look so cute now Germany. But those clothes are kind of tattered. How old do you think you are now anyways?" Italy asked. He had been fairly silent for himself after Prussia returned with the remains from Germany's old clothes, but apparently he could no longer contain himself.

"If I had to guess he looks somewhere between six and eight," Prussia commented as he looked Germany over.

"This isn't going to work at all. And at this rate I'm going to be late for my morning meeting! Bruder, apologize to whoever you pissed off right now, 'cause I have…thirty minutes to get back to my normal age and get to the meeting room," Germany ordered with a frown which looked more like a pout.

"This is probably England's fault, but gees, talk about unawesomely going for the overkill. I mean why did he have to drag you into this?" Prussia commented.

"Twenty-nine minutes,"

"Look, even if I call him right now I doubt he will simply spout some gibberous and have everything fixed that second. I'll cover for the meeting so just hold tight okay? Trust your awesome bruder and everything will be alright!"

"…Are you sure?"

"Of course! Hey, Italy, can you stay and keep an eye on him while I'm gone? I'll finish the meeting and be back in no time…with some different clothes for you," Prussia answered then quickly dressed for the meeting. Within a few minutes he was out the door and on his way to the conference room.

Twenty-eight minutes later, Germany's boss was seated in a conference room with a different boss and nation, wondering where in the world his nation was. He was about to start the meeting without Germany when the doors slammed open and Prussia walked in as he commented, "Sorry I'm late, the awesome me has had not an awesome morning."

"Prussia? But where's Germany?" his brother's boss asked confused.

"Something came up, so he asked me to come instead," Prussia answered as he flopped into the chair reserved for Germany. Traffic was heavy that morning and he felt like he just ran a marathon due to all of the events that morning.

"…All right then I guess…" his boss replied.

"It's been so long since I saw you, Prussia. This is certainly a surprise," the other nation in the room commented as he smiled happily at Prussia.

Prussia finally looked up from the file he brought for the meeting but had not read, only to then cringe and swear under his breath. If he knew that the meeting was with Russia, he probably would have simply told his brother to cancel the whole thing instead.

Due to having to deal with study skins kept in mothballs and cotton the smell always reminds me of dead stuff

Still a bit short…

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