Hi guys! Happy President's Day! Here's Chapter 23!

Disclaimer: Hetalia doesn't belong to me.

Sweden looked around at the scene in front of him. Hundreds and thousands of soldiers stood guarding the Swedish borders. Sweden was actually quite shocked when Finland had told him about Sealand and Russia's plan to attack him. At first he thought Finland's idea of using Estonia as a spy was unfair but right now he was quite happy that he did. He wondered when this crazy war would be over and everything could then go back to normal, maybe.

Just across the Gulf of Bothnia, unbeknownst to Finland, Sweden and their allies, the Great Sealandic Empire's army was crossing the Finnish-Russian border on its way for a long awaited successful attack. They easily marched their way to the Finnish capital, Helsinki, and in a matter of minutes were able to take over the city without a struggle. After they had conquered Helsinki, they simply waited for their enemy's reaction.

Finland was starting to get impatient. He had been waiting here for about half a day now and there was still no sign of Sealand or Russia. Surely Estonia couldn't have been mistaken, could he? He was usually right about these things.

"Sir! I have urgent news!" Finland quickly turned to see one of his soldiers running towards him. He couldn't help notice the look of panic on his face.

"What is it?" He asked calmly.

"We've been alerted by Finnish authorities back on the mainland that Finland is under attack!"

"What?!" Finland quickly jumped into action. "Command the troops to head back to Finland immediately!"

"So, do you think they realized what we did?" Sealand asked the Russian man beside him as he watched for a sign of the enemy. So far, no such luck. He was starting to believe Finland would never show up.

"Don't worry," Russia said. "I purposely sent his soldiers a message saying we have entered the country. They should be here soon."

When Finland and his allies finally reached his beloved capital he was incredulous at the sight before him. Helsinki was completely destroyed. It suddenly dawned on him what had happened. Estonia betrayed him and Russia and Sealand made Estonia mislead him into thinking that Sweden was going to be their next target. Then when he went to defend Sweden they would attack his country.

Finland looked forlornly at the rubble around him as Russia and Sealand approached him. He didn't need to look at them to know that their eyes held a gleam of victory in them. He knew it was over, he had no choice but to surrender.

"We have conquered your capital, da?" Finland's insides burned with anger at the sound of the Russian's voice. "That means we win."

Finland just stood there silently not wanting to answer. But luckily for them, Finland's approval was not needed to declare The Great Sealandic Empire as the victorious country in this crazy war.

Treaties followed afterward stipulating the new territorial changes and agreements. They also said that all of Finland's conquered territory would be handed over to the Great Sealandic Empire which was practically the whole world.

Finland sat through the whole thing uncomfortably as he couldn't come to terms with the fact that this was all Sealand, his beloved adopted son. The more he thought about it, the more guilty he felt. All Sealand wanted was to become his own independent country, didn't every country want that at some point in their lives. Why he himself had wanted independence while he was still under Sweden's rule. That's all Sealand wanted and Finland tried to stop him from getting that. How could he have done that? So what if Sealand made an alliance with Russia, he just wanted help. He had to go apologize to Sealand. What if Sealand doesn't love him anymore?!

Finland quickly ran to find the young nation. When he did he approached him slowly and cautiously. Sealand noticed him and looked away. Sealand didn't know what to say to his former guardian. What did Finland want to say to him anyway? Maybe that he was disowning him, which Sealand really didn't mind because he was going to become his own country now. He didn't need Finland and Sweden anymore, right?

Sealand waited hesitantly as Finland was about to say something. But before he could say it he started to break down in tears. Sealand looked at him in shock. Why was he crying?

"I'm so sorry, Sealand," Finland cried between muffled tears. "All you wanted was to be a real country and I was selfish and didn't let you. I'm so sorry I fought against you and left you only that stupid Russian to turn to for help. I should have been your ally. I'm so sorry!"

Sealand didn't know what to say. It was strange to see Finland crying there on the floor begging him for forgiveness. It made him kind of sad to see it. He then realized how much he missed Finland and how he had been before this whole war. Without thinking about it, Sealand ran up to Finland and hugged him. Finland gave a small smile as he returned it. And Sweden just stood there watching with the ghost of a smile on his face happy to have his family back.

And that, my dear readers, is the end of Sealand's pursuit of becoming a country. After it was declared that the Great Sealandic Empire had control over the world, Sealand quickly denied it and said that he would gladly return everyone's land so long as they helped him develop into a prosperous nation. And of course they all agreed.

"Wait just a minute," Russia said stealthily. "I'm afraid there's a little problem with these plans."

So, in the end everyone's happy and Sealand finally becomes his own country, or does he? What's this little problem that Russia talks about? Guess you'll have to wait and see!

Thanks for reading and reviews are greatly appreciated!

-dkfan24