Chapter 11 'Pranks on Nations'

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Edited: 10/08/2018

Australia and New Zealand sat at the kitchen table. They were quietly discussing amongst themselves as they waited for their dad to leave the house for the world meeting he was hosting.

"I don't know about this bro" New Zealand said hesitantly.

"Come on, even you will love their reactions," Australia grinned, "What could go wrong?"

"I could think of a few things," New Zealand muttered but he was slowly at the point to agreeing with his brother. "What if we get caught? What would the other nations think?"

Australia easily dismissed his brother's fears. "Trust me, we won't get caught"

New Zealand finally grinned, he would never admit it, but it actually sounded fun.

"Okay, I'm in," New Zealand said shaking Australia's hand, signalling his commitment to his brother's plan, "Let's do it"

"Do what?" England asked making the two nations jump in surprise at his sudden appearance. England was putting on his jacket to get ready for the meeting. He narrowed his eyes in suspicion at his two sons, Australia alone was mischievous but both of them together were the definition partners in crime. Oh lord he could already feel a headache coming on.

There was a moment of silence as the two Oceanic nations tried to think of quick yet believable cover-up.

"Uh… It's a bet, we're gonna see who really is the best at cricket" Australia lied with New Zealand nodding his head in agreement.

England knew they were up to something, Australia proclaimed himself the best a cricket when he and his brother would play, and vise versa when it came to rugby. But he couldn't follow up on it because he had to leave otherwise he would be late. He would investigate what they were up to when he got back home. Unless the house was somehow destroyed because of their shenanigans.

"Alright, just stay out of trouble you two. New Zealand you are in charge while I'm gone"

"What?! That's not fair, I'm older than he is," Australia proclaimed. He was completely aware at New Zealand's smug little smirk.

"Last time I left you in charge the Queen's jewellery went mysteriously missing. If I come back and it is missing again you two will be grounded for a decade" England instructed firmly, fully intending to dish out the punishment if that happened.

God, it was embarrassing to explain to the Queen that his two little colonies had 'accidently' taken her jewellery to put on their pet Kiwi bird and that demonic Koala. At least New Zealand's bird didn't stare down at him from the ceiling with those red eyes.

New Zealand poked his tongue out at his big brother with a smirk and taunted, "I'm more responsible than you"

Australia rolled his eyes at his brother and scoffed, "It was your idea in the first place to steal her jewellery, so don't blame all of this on me"

"Stop fighting this instant," England said with authority, he really didn't have time for this, "Show a little more decorum. I don't want you two galivanting around making fools of yourselves"

"Sorry Dad," Australia and New Zealand muttered.

Seriously you break into the Palace undetected once and suddenly you're banned. If anything, their father should be thanking them, they discovered that the guards need to do a better job of keeping intruders out as they had managed to sneak in undetected. So in reality, they had helped discover a flaw in security.

After that England left to go to the meeting. And for a very good reason he had a bad feeling about leaving those two alone for any long periods of time.

Only when the two young nations knew that England was out of ear shot did they jump out of their seats and hurried out the back of the house. Australia smirked at his little brother. Sure, he was the more responsible out of the two but the little kiwi can never resist to pull a good prank…or the chance to see Australia be scolded by their Dad and then tease him about it later.

They knew they would have to act fast if they wanted their plan to work. They didn't exactly know where the meeting room was, even though Australia had been there once before many years ago when he was first brought to England's home, his memory of where the place was hazy at best. So, they had to try and catch up with England, at least from a few feet away so he doesn't see them.

Upon opening the back-door Australia immediately crouched down and placed his hands in England's garden beds, searching for something hidden underneath the browning leaves. Australia smiled when he felt something scaly sliver up and coil its body around his arm. He straightened up and turned around to show New Zealand the snake.

"What type is it?" New Zealand asked curiously making sure to keep his distance from the venomous reptile. He may be braver than England when it came to Australia's wildlife but he still wasn't keen on the snakes.

"His name is Bruce, he's a brown snake. I smuggled him when England took me back to his place" Australia explained, "Don't worry he won't bite you"

New Zealand looked hesitant at the snake, even if it looked completely calm and happy in the elder's hold, he wasn't immune to the venom of the snake like the older Oceanic nation. So, he would leave the snake handling to his big brother.

"Come on, let's go," Australia encouraged. They were both smiling in excitement as they walked out the front door. They spotted England walking just down the road, they made sure to carefully keep a safe distance away from him.

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The two partners in crime quietly snuck undetected into the building and made their way to the room where they could hear the voices of different nations with accents they have never heard before. The door was slightly ajar and they could see their dad among the other nations. They couldn't be bothered listening to the conversation they were having, every time they asked England about how the meetings went he would always go on and on about how pointless and boring they were. Yet that never stopped that secret dream of theirs that one day they would be able to join the other nations when they were older.

Australia was about to let the snake on the ground, until he was stopped by New Zealand placing his hand on his shoulder.

"Wait," New Zealand whispered, "What if he bites them? Or he gets hurt?"

"Nah don't worry, he knows to only to scare 'em" Australia assured and then turned to the snake and looked into its eyes and firmly spoke a warning to the reptile just incase, "And you will not bite them"

The snake hissed in understanding and slithered out of Australia's hold and into the room filled with unsuspecting nations.

Australia pushed himself and New Zealand back away slightly from the door and they barely contained their laughter as they heard the hilarious sounds of screams.

"Snake!"

"Get it away from me!"

"Ew! It touched me! Oh my god dude I'm going to die"

Then came the stampede of nations running to get out of the room, the snake returning to curl up in Australia's pocket. Australia and New Zealand burst out laughing, almost falling over in the process. New Zealand had to admit his brother was right, that was incredibly funny. Seeing the much older and intimidating nations run out of the meeting was hysterical.

"I told you, it would be fun" Australia said.

They were about to turn away when they heard the angry voice of their Dad call out from the meeting room.

"Australia! New Zealand!"

Yep, they were screwed. But did they regret it? Not one little bit.

Hey Guys! The next chapter has a bit of a time skip, only because I have run out of ideas for this era and the next chapters will feature a bit more of Australia as a rebellious teenager as it gets closer to the Eureka Stockade.

The snake that Australia had, was an Eastern Brown Snake which is Australia's second deadliest snake it is just below the Inland Taipan. I actually found both of those types in my bathroom at my dad's house…not the most pleasant thing to see when you go to brush your teeth.

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