I've not updated in a while...^^' Um, I'm having a bit of trouble with some of the characters personalities...Mainly characters like Françoise and Chun-Yan, etc...So if anyone has any personal headcannons or ideas about different characters, I'd really appreciate it if you could share them...please :)
Deciding that Rosa had embarrassed herself enough for one day, America stepped in and tried explaining it himself. The girls all stared at him skeptically (except for Sakura, who was still looking at Rosa anxiously) However, after a while he said something that made them all suddenly pay a lot more attention.
"Okay...So..." America started a litttle uncertainly. "Do you ever know something without knowing how? Like about your own countries history or something? Or dreams about things that you feel like you've seen before?"
Silence.
"Um..." Françoise was the first to speak up. "What do you mean by dreams?"
America grinned. "Well, Rosie-"
"Hey, only I get to call her Rosie!" Amelia stepped forward suddenly, hugging Rosa protectively.
"Whatever, dudette" America rolled his eyes before continuing. "Rosa said that she has weird dreams about wars and stuff, and there is a 99% chance that those are England's memories. 'Cause if you are connected to the other countries, then that means you will have their memories somewhere in your head. Which would explain the dreams"
Rosa stared at the other four girls. To her absolute surprise, all of them were now looking away awkwardly. Even Amelia, who had let go of Rosa, was refusing to meet her gaze.
"You...All of you...You've really been having dreams like that?" Rosa asked, wide eyed.
"W-who cares?" Amelia muttered. "They're...they're just dreams...They're stupid, they don't mean anything..."
"Amelia..."
"And you never said anything about you having weird dreams!" Amelia suddenly said angrily. "I thought we were supposed to tell each other everything!"
"Okay, for one thing, I never agreed to that" Rosa said coolly. "And for another, how can you be angry at me when you didn't tell me about your dreams either?"
"That's not the point! You're my best friend, so we're supposed to trust each other enough so that we can tell each other when there's something worrying us" Amelia said, wearing the most serious expression Rosa had ever seen on the American girl's face. "But you didn't tell me anything about the kidnapping, even though it obviously was a big deal, and you didn't tell me about this 'connected to a country' thing! I might not of told you things that I didn't think were important, like the dreams or the tracker chip in your phone, but I told you lots of things that I usually never tell anyone, like about my parents! But then you hid something big like this..."
"I know...I..." Rosa's head snapped up suddenly. "Wait, tracker chip?"
"Gah, you always focus on the unimportant things..."
"Unimpor...How is a tracker chip unimportant? Seriously, what the hell, Amelia?"
"Um...Amelia? Rosa?" Alice stepped between them. "I don't know about you two, but I'd like to know about this...'connection'. If I'm really connected to my home country then that'd explain a lot about my life... Like why I sometimes have the urge to surrender in a fight"
"I guess..." Amelia turned to America. "Okay...um...'America'...Since Rosie's pretty bad at explaining things, you tell us everything you know about this connection thing"
"Er, sure?" America said uncertainly. "Well...there are immortal people who represent the countries of the world...And there are other people in the world who are linked to the people countries and help keep them connected to the Earth. We like to call them a countries sister or brother, since it makes it less awkward then calling them a clone...Because of this they have the memories of the country they're connected to, and...Actually, that's pretty much all anyone knows..."
Françoise frowned "That's it...?"
"Well...Yeah..." America laughed shakily "Not many of the others actually believe in the whole thing...Or they just haven't heard of it...I only heard about it last week..."
"I-I don't mean to be rude..." Sakura began nervously "But how can you be sure that we're...'sisters'?..."
"It's just...You're all a lot like the countries you're from...And you admitted that you had strange dreams, and...Gah, can't you just believe? What ever happened to taking a leap of faith?"
"You've got to admit, it sounds pretty stupid..." Amelia stared at America curiously "So...Does that mean that you're like my older brother?"
"From how you've been acting, I'd say yes" America smiled.
"Huh..." Amelia's eyes narrowed suddenly as she pulled Rosa close again, ignoring her complaints. "Just so you know, never kidnap Rosie again. I won't let you off the hook so easily next time. And I'm sure you'd hate it just as much if someone kidnapped whoever the hell Rosie's supposed to be connected to"
America's expression darkened. "He was kidnapped, actually...That's why we needed her"
"...Ah" there was a sudden awkward silence. "I see..."
"Why was he kidnapped?" Alice asked.
"No one knows...Different countries have been vanishing lately, which is why everyone's saying they were kidnapped...That's why we were looking for people like you, so that they might be able to remember what happened and then we could find them..."
"So, what?" Amelia frowned "The more people like us, the bigger the chance you'll find the missing countries?"
"...Maybe?"
"Well, there are lots of people from different countries at out school" Amelia said brightly. "Is it possible they're like us too?"
America blinked. "Er...There's a small chance...Although, you're all here, and you all know each other, so it's not impossible...Yeah, there's a chance" he grinned. "But I get the idea Rosie'll kill me if the we just kidnap them..."
"You're right about that" Rosa glared, but it was half hearted.
"So we'll talk to them! Right, guys?" Amelia turned to the others, wearing an identical grin to America.
They stared back, a deadpan look on their face, similar to the ones they had been wearing earlier.
"...Right?"
"...Désolé, Amelia" Françoise sighed "But I'm not sure how involved I want to be in this whole thing...I admit, it's interesting, but..."
"Um...I can help if you think you're going to be in a fight" Alice said awkwardly "But otherwise, I think I'm going to have to focus on cheering Chiara up for the next few days...She's surely noticed her car's gone by now..."
"But..." Amelia pouted "Okay...Rosie? Sakura?"
Rosa met Amelia's gaze. She knew that she and Sakura wouldn't be able to say no...Just like always...Well, even if Amelia wasn't there, she knew America would just force her to help anyway...
"Sure..." she said, defeated "I'll help you..." Rosa was aware of Sakura timidly nodding in agreement next to her.
"Thanks guys!" America said happily "I'm sure we'll be able to find Eng-...Er, everyone this way!" He glanced at his watch. "Huh...I guess you're school should be shut by now so there's no point in taking you back there..."
Alice grinned "I took everyone here in my sister's car. I'm sure we can squeeze Rosa in, so you don't have to worry about arranging a way to take us home!"
"Cool! Oh, and..." America pulled out a pen and paper from his pocket and started scribbling hurriedly. He eventually stopped, but looked confused as he tried to decide whether to give it to Rosa or Amelia. Eventually he handed it to Rosa. "It's my cell number" America explained. "If you guys find out anything or need help, just call"
"So...You're leaving such an important job in the hands of teenage girls...How smart of you..." Rosa smirked.
"Hey we have an important job here!" America defended. "We're trying to find information on the kidnappers!"
"If you say so...Hey, we should probably go home" Rosa turned to the Italian girl "Alice, you said you're driving, right?"
"Sì!"
Sakura and Françoise exchanged glances, the blood slowly draining from their faces.
Monika shivered, stopping suddenly. School had ended a little while ago, and after finishing a few jobs for the teachers she was now walking home with Maria.
"Something wrong, Monny?" Maria asked her younger sister.
"It's weird..." Monika began thoughtfully. "I just had the strangest feeling that Alice was going to endanger the lives of most of our friends..."
Maria laughed. "Yep, that sounds like Alice alright!"
Chapter finish XD Okay, so school's starting on tuesday, and it's an important year with exams and stuff, so I won't be able to update as much...I'll still try to, but...you know...school...Anyway, please review and tell me what you think ^_^