Chapter 4
Francis and Natalya ran as fast as they could back to the small town where the meeting was being held. They slowed down when the two came within view. "How did she do that!?" Francis asked his friend, out of breath. He didn't really practice the magical arts but even he could sense the waves of power that had rolled off the girl.
"I, I don't know." She looked concerned, but also thoughtful. "But I feel like I recognized her from somewhere. From before this all started." Francis was surprised, they rarely talked about the past anymore. Before the Change. They focused solely on the present and future. And now that he thought about it, he did feel like he recognized the girl. The dress, ribbon in blonde hair, and most especially, those green eyes that weren't quite green. Eyes that could see into your very soul if you weren't careful.
He nodded. "I do too. And that's just strange." He looked up and the town hall where the meeting was taking place. By now it had started raining and he could feel the cold droplets hitting his face. They were lucky that there was no acid rain in this area. The Frenchman sighed in exhaustion. "Guess we better go in and inform them." Natalya nodded.
Silence. That's what happened when Francis and Natalya entered the conference room half an hour early. Which could only mean one thing? Something had happened. After what seemed like ages Arthur spoke up. "What happened?" It was the question that everyone had been dying to ask, but too afraid of what they might say.
The two exchanged a look. "Its, a bit hard to explain," Francis told them what had happened. The magic wielder that was with the micros sounded troubling to Arthur. And the fact that they had made themselves known after 20 or so years was also a concern. Whether it had been on purpose or not, the fact that they were alive was both worrisome and reliving. Why would they make themselves hidden?
Arthur looked across the table where Lorenzo had put up his hand. "So you're telling us that the micronations may be hiding something, including my Fratello, and that there is this girl whom you both seem to recognize." The Italian had summed up the speech pretty fast. Arthur was still confused on several things though.
"Wait, " the Englishman interrupted. "From where did you recognize her, and how great was her magical energy exactly?"
Natalya wondered if she should actually tell them. Well, Arthur already asked. "It was like nothing I have ever encountered before, except for when Arthur is in his Britannia Angel form. But the power was more, how should I say this." She paired to think. "Raw."
Francis nodded in agreement. "Even I, who does not deal with magic, could sense the sheer power that came from her."
There were several gasps from the nations. Hungary put her hand down. "But how is that possible?" They shrugged.
"We don't know," Natalya admitted. "But if we described the girl could one of you draw her?" Everybody exchanged looks. Slowly a hand went up.
"Fine, looks like I'll be doing it. Unless Lorenzo wants to." The mentioned Italian frowned and narrowed his eye.
"Fratello are you sure?"
Feliciano simply yawned. "Yeah, yeah." He pulled out a paper and pen. "Just hurry up and describe her already. Natalya was unsure but went ahead anyway. The Italian had sure changed in the past 200 years.
"Well, she had…"
Roderich looked over Feliciano's shoulder at the complete drawing. "Holy shit."
The boy, a young teen, turned away from the window, pulling up the collar of his cloak so it would hide his face. Cerulean blue eyes looked out from under his hat. From the folds of his cloak, he pulled out an oak walking stick. Those fancy ones that rich people have. But his was simple, with only a sphere at the top engraved with some initials.
"It's time." He whispered and tapped the stick on the ground three times. There were a woosh and the fluttering of his cloak. Then he was gone. And if you were wondering what the initials were, well I can't tell you that quite yet.
Author's Note:
This will be the last chapter I will be publishing before school starts. And I will be starting High School so who knows how that will go. But I am hoping to get one out before Halloween. Thanks for supporting me this far guys.