Chapter Two

Confusion

After they had moved Lukas to his bed they both sat down next to him and just stared for a while at nothing, both caught up in their own thoughts. "What the hell is this?" Mathias stared at Emil for a second and added "And how can you be up and walking?" It looked like Emil hadn't actually thought about it and moved his hands over his body.

"I don't know, I feel fine" Mathias shook his head and stood up.

"Well, at least you're alright" He smiled and ruffled the smaller nations hair.

"Hey! Stop that!" Emil swatted away his hand and pointed at his tail and ears.

"We still have to figure those out though"

"Yeah, I know" Mathias answered and reached back to grab the tail in an attempt to get a closer look but just as he was about to grab it, it changed direction. "What the-" He tried again, but it was as if the tail had a mind of its own and was not feeling like being caught. While Mathias was trying to get a hold of his tail, Emil was just looking at him, rather amused by the fact that Mathias was now spinning in circles trying to catch it. After a while he couldn't help but chuckle, which made Mathias stop and look at him. "What's so funny?"

"You're chasing your tail, just like a dog" Before he could answer, the phone rang. With a quick glance toward Lukas he left the room.

"Hello, this is Math-"

"Stop clinging on me! Get off- Bloody hell Alfred let me just talk for a second!" He was interrupted by a lot of panting and swearing and it sounded like the people on the other end was having some sort of a struggle.

"Hey Arthur is that you?" Mathias waited while the struggle on the other end continued and when Arthur finally returned, he did not sound happy.

"Lukas you there?"

"No, this is Mathias, What is going on?"

"That's something I'd love to know, did you guys do something?" Mathias had walked into the almost destroyed room and was looking around thinking back to the event that had just unfolded.

"Yeah, Lukas was doing something but when I came in the thing sort of exploded and now Lukas isn't waking up and I grew a tail and-" He was interrupted by the man on the other side of the line.

"Wait, I can't understand that rambling, so he was doing some sort of spell?"

"Yes"

"And it failed?"

"I think so"

"And you don't know which spell?"

"No"

"And you grew a tail?" Once again, Mathias looked at the tail sticking out behind him and sighed.

"Yes, and ears." He could hear movement from Arthur and something heavy hitting a table.

"Did something happen to the others?"

"Well, Lukas hasn't woken up yet, but Iceland recovered from his illness"

"I see" He could hear pages turn, apparently Arthur was flipping through a book or something.

"Did something happen to you too?"

"Yes, it seems like all nations has been affected" When they hung up, Mathias had to sit down for a while. All the other nations could be in trouble and it was all their fault.

"Is everything okay?" Emil looked at him from the door, worried about the Danes expression.

"No, no, it's not"

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As Arthur hung up the phone, Alfred finally managed to break through the door he had just minutes earlier been forcefully pushed through. He was waving his arms around like a maniac pointing at himself and then at Arthur that sighed "Well at least it's quiet". Angrily the American picked up a piece of paper and wrote down.

"Not funny". Arthur patted his head.

"Don't worry, I'll fix this". He didn't mention the fact that fixing it would be much easier now that Alfred couldn't talk. It was very unusual for the house to be this quiet when Alfred was visiting and it was somehow soothing.

"Meow" Arthur looked down at his feet where a small cat was sitting, staring up at him. He picked it up and scratched behind its ears.

"We're going to fix you too don't worry". He put down the Canadian and looked over at Alfred that was sitting on the sofa looking really down for being ignored.

"Has Francis come out yet?" When Alfred shook his head Arthur decided to force him out. He walked to the bathroom and banged on the door. "You can't stay in there forever"

"…Yes I can"

"It can't be that bad" After a lot of talking and a bit of screaming, the bathroom door slowly opened. When Francis got out Arthur understood why he had run off as soon as they woke up. His hair was a mess, standing out all over his head, and he wasn't wearing anything else except an old rag.

"It doesn't go away Arthur" He said angrily gripping the other nation while shaking him violently "How can you be so calm about this, it's a disaster!?" Arthur managed to release himself from the grip.

"Since I'm the only one that has even the slightest idea of what is going on it would not help for me to panic, if I panic I can't help you guys"

"Does that mean you care about me?"

"THAT IS NOT WHAT I SAID!"

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Since there wasn't anything they could do for Lukas at the moment the two nations sat down in the living room and tried to figure out what actually had happened. Since neither of them actually knew anything about magic it didn't go very well. Their thoughts were interrupted by a sudden banging on the door. Just as Emil stood up to answer it, they could hear the door open and quick footsteps closing in.

"Where are you guys?" they could hear an unknown voice calling.

"We're in here?" Mathias answered questioningly. The footsteps came closer and the door to the living room flew open. In came a girl they had never met before. She had blonde hair just reaching her shoulders and wore a light blue uniform. But what really gave her away was the beret that now had gotten askew in what seemed like a rushed drive here.

"Tino, is that you!?"

"WHAT IS GOING ON?"