(Cassi's POV)
"Latvia will run ahead and tell Lithuania to fix more food for our guest, da~?" Russia questioned, practically pushing Latvia in the direction he wanted.
"O-oh, yes, I will, just, what else? Is there anything else he should be expecting? Should we have dessert?" Latvia flinched as if he were expecting more physical punishment, but Russia just smiled.
"Da. Dessert is a nice treat. Da?" he turned to me, awaiting my input.
"Of course it is!" I agreed immediately. "Thank you very much!" I added with a large grin.
I just met Russia and Latvia and now I'm getting sweets? Best day ever! Maybe I can keep Russia a little distracted from harming the trembling trio, though. They're nice too.
Russia looked back at Latvia and grinned, waiting for him to leave, which he did immediately. He then put his hand back on my shoulder and started walking in the same direction, only taking his time. I started looking around, admiring all the snow yet again. I loved snow so much, and the sun being out made it look so sparkly!
"You are enjoying the snow, comrade?" Russia smiled at me. "You will enjoy living here and staying forever, da~?"
I didn't know how I felt about that right thar, so I simply grinned up at him. "Da!"
"Very good. Hopefully, Lithuania has whipped up some pashka and made up your room so you can settle in right away." Russia said happily, taking hold of my hand gently and dragging me behind him.
I simply puffed up my cheeks so that I wouldn't burst out with laughter. I was looking forward to meeting Lithuania and Estonia as well.
He trudged through the snow for a long time, still dragging me along with him. I was content, smiling at the snow flurries as they sparkled in the sunshine.
When we were finally still, we stood in front of a nice looking house. Russia blinked, then dragged me to the door and knocked, his eyes crinkling up at the corners as he smiled. "We will be entering now, da~?"
"Your house is cool!" I commented as we began to walk inside.
"O-oh, you're here! Mr. Russia, we have her room set up, but I must inform you of something that just happened, America has joined the Allies...!" Latvia said nervously, shaking slightly.
My face turned into a derp right then and there. ...America was already part of the allies forever ago!
Russia was silent for a while, taking in what Latvia just said. "... Then we are having a meeting?"
"Yes." Latvia replied. "It is tonight in England."
Russia then turned to look at me, but my face was still confused looking. "Well, I can't leave my little subordinate here, now can I?" he smiled. I looked at him and smiled, trying to hide my confusion. "Then it is settled. We leave to meet in England, and my new subordinate is coming along." he placed his hand on my shoulder, squeezing it a little tightly. "What made our little American... Friend, join the allies? He would like to become one with the USSR, da~?" Russia smiled creepily.
"O-oh, Mister Russia," Lithuania answered shakily, peering out of a doorway. "Japan has bombed Pearl Harbor. The Axis seem to be growing bolder..!" with that, he blanched and closed his eyes, cowering.
I looked at them like they were insane, but it went unnoticed. Dude, that was so long ago, what happened?
I didn't complain though, because this meant I would get to meet the other Allies, which was awesome!
Russia nodded and looked back at me. "Then, little one is coming with me after we eat. We will go to the meeting and discuss this further."
Russia started walking and I followed him into a large dining room with food set out on the table. I saw Latvia and Estonia waiting for him to enter, and Lithuania followed behind us. We all sat down and it was then that I looked at the trembling trio, noticing that they were looking at me in an odd manner.
"Oh, I forgot to introduce her! This is my new subordinate! She fell out of a tree and is going to stay here now!" Russia said cheerfully. They smiled warily at me.
"W-welcome, friend. We hope that you have... A good time here.." Estonia said, glancing at Latvia.
I nodded and smiled. "Thank you."
(Whitney's POV)
I woke up to the beautiful notes of a piano, blinking open my eyes slowly as the music reached my ears. I didn't quite recognize the tune, but I knew it was by Chopin. Smiling, I sat up slowly, then startled as I saw a tray of food laid out in front of me.
"Good morning, dear~." Hungary replied cheerily, clasping her hands together softly. "Feeling better..?"
I nodded gently, smiling shyly. And I thought it was a dream...
"That's wonderful~!" she sang, patting me on the head lightly. "We need to look after our daughter, now, don't we?" smiling, she turned around, straightening some of the items in the room as she moved. I watched her as I ate slowly. It was delicious, even though I had no idea what it was. I had barely started eating when I noticed something and frowned.
"The music stopped..."
I heard Austria's footsteps get closer and looked to see him rushing towards me worriedly. "You are alright now?" he asked, feeling my forehead. I saw Hungary smiling in the back out of the corner of my eye.
I only nodded and he sighed. "Well, that is good." he said in relief.
"Um.." I started nervously. "..Will you keep playing the piano? It was beautiful.."
Austria looked at me surprised for a moment, and then tilted his head. "That is the request you have? No more food or drink or anything; simply for me to play?"
"W-well, some more to drink would be nice, b-but no one in my family really knows how to play the piano, and if they do they're only simple pianists... They can't play anything like Chopin..." I stated, still slightly nervous.
His eyebrows raised slightly. "You even recognize the artist.." He stood back up and dusted his overcoat off. "Well then, I will play some more for you, since you have sense and appreciate the fine art of music." he said as he walked back to his piano. Hungary walked off, probably to get more drink.
Left alone once more, I grabbed the pillow beside me and hugged it, talking in what can only be known as a 'fan girl' squeal. "I impressed Mr. Austria~!" Laughing, I corrected myself. "I mean, Daddy~."
"You certainly did." said Hungary, as she walked back in with another cup. "He was genuinely worried about you as well."
I blushed with embarrassment, laying the pillow down as I sat up hastily. "R-really?"
"Really. It seems he's grown quite attached already." she smiled, patting my head. "You must have been sent here for a reason." Her smile faded. "But, it seems so strange for someone to just appear from out of nowhere... Did you not have anyone with you?"
I frowned, as that was something that had been troubling me as well. Did I just fall out of the sky into Austria's field..? "I... I don't think I had anyone with me, but-" my eyes widened as something in my brain clicked. "My best friend Cassi and I wished on a star, and the next thing I know.." frowning, I shook my head. "But that can't be right..."
Her face looked surprised. "You had a friend with you?" She gasped. "Oh my, what if this has something to do with that Allied member's magic dabbling?" she asked. "Are you sure that is what caused this?"
"I-I'm guessing so.. Th-that's the last thing I remember... But I don't want to leave now... And.. And if Cassi came here, she'd be in more danger than I would, her hair's almost black, and..." I paused as Austria started playing again. It was a happy tune that I didn't recognize, but it was beautiful all the same. "Hungary... I'm scared.."
Hungary looked at me with sympathy. "Dear, I know you are and I know this is a strange situation you are in right now, but do not worry. I am sure your friend is fine. If she didn't land in the same place you did, then she could've landed in a different country all together." she comforted, hugging me.
I hugged back hesitantly, letting tears start to fall again. Hungary pulled away slightly and wiped them off, smiling at me. I smiled back.
"Thanks, Mama."
(Cassi's POV)
After we had eaten, with the interesting food still settling in my stomach, I listened as Russia told us how we were going to be expected to act during the meeting.
"Now, there is none of the 'giving away secrets' to be taking place, da? This is a strategy meeting, and we will all wanting to be surviving, so that we can take out these 'Axis' guys. You never know who will be doing the watching and listening. Eyes and ears will be everywhere, da..? Just listen to what is being said until it is our turn to be doing the talking." he smiled as he finished talking, looking at us all. "Understood, comrades?"
The trembling trio and I nodded, them warily and me excitedly.
"Good~! Now, everyone get ready to leave for the airplane!"
It was my very first airplane ride, and I was excited and nervous. The whole time I couldn't stop looking out the window, though. It was so pretty, seeing everything from so high up. We were flying right through the clouds. I think I heard Lithuania or Estonia laughing at how I didn't want to sit still, but I was too distracted.
Once we finally landed, Russia took us all to a large building which I assumed held the conference room.
We came up to a pair of double doors and, just before entering, Russia turned back to us. "You remember how to behave now, da?" he asked.
"Yes sir." chorused Lithuania, Latvia and Estonia. "Yep!" I yelled, grinning.
The trembling trio looked at me in horror as Russia turned and smiled at me, even though the smile didn't really reach his eyes.
"A-ah- C-Cassi-." Lithuania began, starting to shake.
"You must always address him as 'sir,' otherwise, he'll get very mad..." Estonia stated, nodding.
"Why do we have to call him 'sir' anyway..?" Latvia asked, shivering. "He always makes me so scared! Why does he have to be so scary?" Russia looked over the three and then smiled.
"It is okay for now, da~?" he stated, then pushed down on Latvia's head, rubbing it firmly.
I looked at Russia a bit surprised that he just let it go like that, but smiled anyways. "Thank you sir!" I said, remembering my manners.
"You are quite welcome, da~." he answered, starting for the door. "We wouldn't want our little subordinate to be feeling 'scared' when it is not necessary.. Da~?" he cast a cold glance at the trembling trio.
They each flinched and nodded loyally.
"Da, very good! Then we will go in now~!" Russia said, opening the double doors and walking in, the four of us following him.
I walked in and saw just who I expected; England, America, France and China all sitting around a rectangle table. They all looked towards us when we walked in, seemingly waiting.
"There you are, we've been waiting!" England said standing up. Yep, I'm awesome.
"I would say sorry for being late if I actually were sorry, comrade~!" Russia said, taking a seat and motioning me to go sit next to him. I did so, and the trembling trio simply stayed standing behind us.
"Okay, dudes, I'll bring you up to speed, since I'm thinking that you're a little slow because you're in the snow all the time, and you're a commie. One of MY military bases in the Pacific Ocean was bombed yesterday, and that is the FINAL STRAW for this hero! I know the war is looking bad for your side, but I decided that since me and Iggy go way back, we'd stand together in this war, him being like a mom to me and all back in the day! Even though his cooking sucked. Hahahah!" America finished, slamming his hand down on the table. Ignoring rude utterances from England, his gaze landed on me. "Hey, who's she? She's not your sister... Is she? She doesn't look like you at all!"
I looked from him to Russia, then grinned and used my best Russian accent. "I am his little subordinate, da?"
"Da~!" Russia agreed, then glanced over me. "This is Cassi, although you are the only one I would know who would be rude enough to ask in that manner." he closed his eyes and laughed slightly, a 'kolkolkol' noise coming from behind his scarf. Man, he's ninja! When did he move his scarf there?
"Dude! I just got BOMBED. I can be rude here! I'M THE HERO-"
"Settle down, America. We have to focus on the matter at hand." England replied with a sigh. "Germany has been bombing me as well-"
"BAHAHA-! Like, the Battle of Britain*? No way! I thought those were just for your publicity!" America laughed, wiping his eyes. "S-sorry dude-!"
"Aiyah! Japan keeps taking my territory~aru! Even when I tell him not to! My boss is so upset at me... And he yelled at Shinaty-chan~aru!" China yelled, holding a little Shinaty plush toy to him.
"Da, so we are going to have a big battle these Nazi guys? That seems wise to me." Russia replied, 'kol'-ing again. "I mean, they tried invading my territory in the Winter. They broke our pact**! So stupid... Da~?" he turned to me, then looked out at everyone else. "I would like to say I am glad to have you joining us, but I am not so sure~. We may be allies, but that is all, da~? You will all become one one day..."
I just looked around at all of them, wondering why they were all talking like this for a while. When I couldn't help it, I ended up laughing loudly on accident. When I calmed down, noticing that everyone was looking at me, I looked right back.
"I have a question. Why are you all talking like it's still World War Two?" I asked, smiling. Maybe it was a ritual or something?
"Dude! Pearl Harbor being bombed is it! That chick's right! It's the beginning of World War Two!" America shouted, slamming his hand on the table.
"Beginning? Seriously, you guys, cut it out! There's no need to reenact it." I said, starting to loose patience.
"Apparently, this one belongs in America." England said snidely, looking to America, then looked to me. "Love, it's December 8th, 1941."
"Yeah! And I declare war on the Axis Powers!" America shouted angrily.
I stared at England like he was insane, because at this point I was sure all that bad food had gotten to him. "WAIT, you are all insane! It's 2012! Where have you been the past 70 years?" I yelled.
"... She's already cracking under the pressure..." Lithuania muttered, sighing worriedly.
"Are you feeling alright~aru? I have never heard of such a strange thing..." China muttered, looking over at me.
"I'm fine, I'm just worried about all you guys! You all seriously think it's still that long ago?" I asked, starting to freak out.
Sighing, England pulled out something from a briefcase and handed it to me. "This is a recent calender. Look."
I took one look at it and handed it back. "This is a marriage registration form."
England snatched it back, blushing and coughing awkwardly, before handing me an actual calender. I looked at it to discover that they were all right.. And started hyperventilating.
"Th-this is j-just some sort of sick joke, right you guys?" I asked, trying hard to keep calm.
"What is so sick about it, comrade? I see nothing but the truth, da~?" Russia cast a glance at me, showing his slight annoyance.
"N-n-no! I am fifteen years old and was born in 1996! I'm telling you, there's something wrong!" I shouted, trying to think of something to show for proof. I then felt around in my pockets and found my iPod, pulling it out with slight relief.
"See? You don't have ANYTHING this awesome when you lived that long ago!" I held it out for them to look at.
"What in Heaven's name is that preposterous thing?" England asked.
"Dude, it looks rad cool! Does it spit lightening?" America asked, looking at it with interest.
"No, it's an iPod. It plays music." I said, then saddened as I remembered it being dead. "But there's no battery left in it..."
"NO WAY! It plays music? It's so much smaller than a radio!" America exclaimed. "Let me see!"
"He's right.. It is smaller..." England stated thoughtfully. "Could we modify this to use as a transmitter?"
I was about to explain it to them, but then I looked out of the corner of my eye and saw Russia glaring at me. Behind him, the trembling trio were making the neck cutting motion, so I rethought my response. "... No, I lied.. That's just what the rumors were... It doesn't really work, it's just a piece of metal."
"It appears my subordinate has an active imagination, da~? Must be all of those harsh winters..." Russia said normally, as if there wasn't anything out of the ordinary about it.
I just looked down slightly, still upset, but put my iPod back in my pocket and returned to Russia's side. I stayed silent the rest of the meeting, thinking to myself and freaking out.
Okay, not only are the Hetalia characters real, but now it's WW2? I can't believe this isn't a dream!
When the meeting was over, we were to stay in England for a little while until it was safe to return to Russia. It was silent the walk, and I had the feeling I was in trouble.
"You have great secrets, da~?" Russia questioned. "What did I tell you about giving the secrets during the meeting...?"
"I-I didn't know an iPod was a secret! Yesterday, they were perfectly normal!" I said, taking it back out of my pocket and looking at it.
"I am not certain of what you would call your mental stability.." Russia replied, looking at me. "I would have suggested that you were a spy, but that would be very bad for you, comrade. I must confiscate your device, da~?"
I didn't want to give it to him, but if we really were in the time period they said then I couldn't use it anyway, so I handed it to him. "B-but don't you believe anything that I said? I'm not crazy, I'm telling the truth! It's supposed to be 2012!"
"... Well, comrade, will the earth still be around that long? And will Mother Russia still be alive? Tell me, how much land do we have?" he asked curiously.
I thought for a moment. "Oh yes, Russia definitely still exists and is the biggest overall country.. But I don't know exactly how much you have. The earth is still there, yes."
"I will think upon it, comrade... But... If you know about this war... Who will win?" he asked.
I debated on whether or not I should tell him, but figured if I explained the situation that it would be alright. "Um.. Well, you guys win, but if you tell ANYONE or do ANYTHING you wouldn't normally do, it could cause horrible things to happen and completely change the future!" I said, making sure to put emphasis on the importance of the situation.
"I am hearing you comrade. We will see. Da?"
"..Da.."
"Good, now you four will get ready for bed. Big day tomorrow." Russia said, leaving the room. I looked back at the others worriedly, all four of us wearing the same facial expression.
*The Battle of Britain took place in July of 1940; Germany started bombing Britain and continued bombing them for months! Britain brought out all of the stops and sent out the Royal Air Force to defend their country! But after those few months, Germany just stopped bombing them. Weird, huh?
**The Non-Aggression Pact was signed with Stalin and the Soviet Union when they both pledged not to invade each other. But, in July of 1941, Nazi Germany broke the pact and invaded Russia, eventually trying to steal the city of Stalingrad! Needless to say, it was Germany's greatest defeat in WW2. But come on, against that guy and all of his satellite nations? They put up a good fight.