I haven't done this in a while. I guess you can say I got some inspiration for another chapter. This one is based off the comic where they all speak in their native languages (I don't remember the name of it), but the storyline is quite different (so I could add in other countries). Enjoy!
Disclaimer: Neither Hetalia or SatW belong to me.
The Language Barrier
It was just a typical world meeting, well, as typical as these meetings could be, anyway. It was a little different though, as some nations were still acting just a bit out of character. The meeting had yet to start, so most of the countries present were just conversing among themselves.
Then, Germany stood up, though it was impossible to miss the panicked look on his face, as if he were uncomfortable being the center of attention. But everyone for the most part just let it slide, as a lot of them had been acting a little weird lately.
" Sollten wir die Sitzung beginnen (Should we begin the meeting)?" At the sound of his voice, Germany immediately raised a hand to his mouth as if he had said something awful. Everyone looked at him oddly, as they thought they had agreed to speak English at these meetings. " Direkthilfe? Ich kann nicht Englisch sprechen! (What's this? I can't speak in English!)"
Murmurs began erupting throughout the room as Germany's reddened in embarrassment. He then slowly slid down back into his seat, making a mental note not to speak again.
Italy noticed the look on Germany's face and tried to cheer up his usually composed friend. " Germania, ciò che è sbagliato? Perche ' parli in tedesco? (Germany, what's wrong? Why are you only speaking in German?)" Italy then gasped at his own words as he heard himself speak in his native language.
England suddenly stood up from across the table, annoyed with what was going on. "What the bloody hell is going on here? No one can understand you two!"
France suddenly stood up as well. "Oui, pour une fois je suis d'accord avec l'Angleterre sur ce coup (Yes, for once I agree with England on this one)." He then looked shocked at his words. "Quoi?"
"You too, France?" America asked in bewilderment as the rest of the bilingual nations began attempting to speak in English, only to fail and automatically speak in their own native languages.
At a different side of the table, the Nordic nations were having their own discussion. Well, they were trying at least. Their languages were pretty similar anyway, with the exception of Finland (who hadn't really been speaking much anyway), but the sudden personality changes in Norway and Finland were making it surprisingly difficult.
"Norge, vil du komme med mig for at få noget øl efter mødet (Norway, will you come with me to get some beer after the meeting)?" Denmark asked Norway, though he was expecting a no.
"Ja." Norway answered, priding himself that he understood the Danish, though he was confused why they were all speaking in their own languages.
Denmark looked at Norway in shock. Despite the fact that Norway had agreed, Denmark was even more surprised that his response was that simple. No insults or rude comments were made. He seriously was liking this new Norway.
Sweden, on the other hand, was having some serious issues regarding Finland.
"Jag undrar varför vi pratar alla på vårt eget språk (I wonder why we're all speaking in our own languages)." Sweden mumbled as he watched the rest of the world in amusement (of course, his face didn't show it).
"Perkele."
Sweden sighed in frustration as the Finn next to him swore under his breath for about the hundredth time in the past few days. At least he was doing it in Finnish, though.
Luckily for Sweden, he didn't seem to notice the knife sticking out of Finland's pocket that he had somehow managed to sneak in.
Meanwhile, back at the front of the room, Germany was still panicking in his seat for reasons unknown to everyone else, while Italy still tried to reassure him that it was okay for him to speak in German out loud.
"Senti, tutti gli altri sta parlando nella propria lingua. Anche io sono! (See, everyone else is speaking in their own language. Even I am)" Italy said enthusiastically, though it didn't seem to be working.
"Nein, kann nicht ich hier auf Deutsch sprechen! Es wird jeden daran erinnern, was ich tat! Ich verspreche, ich habe mich verändert! Es wird nie wieder passieren! (No, I can't speak in German here! It will remind everyone of what I did! I promise I've changed! It will never happen again!)" Germany cried to himself, though everyone else pretty much heard it anyway.
"Ze b'seder, ha'kol b'avar achshav. (It's alright, it's all in the past now.)" Israel suddenly appeared saying, as if to assure Germany that he had already forgiven him long ago.
England then abruptly stood up, his tea cup falling to the floor as he did so. "I can't take this anymore. I'm leaving, while you lot learn how to speak English again. You coming, America?"
America sighed. "But I don't want to go back to my country. My president doesn't even know my own history!*"
As the room filled with the sounds of almost every language in the world, Iceland sat quietly by himself in the corner with his puffin, his demons not far behind, while watching silently as Finland began chaos by pulling out his hidden knife.
"Jafnvel í Hetalia heiminum, ég er einfari (even in the Hetalia world, I'm a loner)."
Sorry if I made any mistakes, I only have decent proficiency in 3 languages, so most of these were done with a translator (not Google!). Feel free to correct me!
And in case you were confused, Germany, Norway, and Finland (and to some extent, Iceland) are switched with their SatW counterparts, as is demonstrated by Germany's self consciousness. (sorry, but I had to find some way to fit Israel in, even though he's not an official character because Hebrew is one of the languages I know)
* this is just a random reference to Donald Trump's infamous stupidity. There was a debate on the news today about something Trump said about the Civil War and how Andrew Jackson was a very good model (even though he was a slave owner and died 16 years before the war even started).
Thanks for reading!