Chapter 24: World, Meet Ferrowim

If anyone asked if the prediction of the end of the world is real, then it didn't stop the nations to have a World Meeting in Germany.

"Sealand! For the love of all that is sacred and holy, would you shut up about the end of the world? It's not going to happen!" Fern-Lui shouted at the stubborn British micro-nation.

"How do you know it won't?"

"Per l'amore di Dio! Lei è quest'ingenuo! Can't you bother someone else with your hysteria?" (1)

"But I wanna know why you think it's not going to happen!"

"We can argue all day about this and still not get anywhere because you don't believe me!"

"Why should I believe you!"

"You're the one who called me at four in the morning that day! You tell me!"

"What the bloody hell is going on?" England asked as he looked at the arguing children.

"Oh, Sealand called and had a bitch fit about the whole end of the world thing from America's house." Prussia filled in while Germany was trying to get things ready, rubbing his temple now and then, and Italy was chatting away with Romano, which became a one-sided argument in itself. "And I do believe Sealand has earn his spot of her 'dislike' list."

"She has a list?"

"Dunno. But I would keep tabs if I get annoyed this often."

"I see…" England said as he looked over at the children, just in time to see the girl flip the boy over her shoulders. "Bloody hell…"

"That's just a taste of what you'll get if you don't stay three feet away from me!" She said as she left the slightly stunned nation on the ground.

"Awesome move there." Prussia said.

"Thank Japan and China, the martial arts really came in handy." She said calmly as she looked around to find TRNC.

"Going over to your boyfriend?" Prussia teased.

"We went over this already!" She whined. "And besides, you're kinda being a hypocrite."

"Am I missing something?" England asked, looking at the two.

"Nothing that concerns you." Prussia said.

"I doubt it."

"It's a family inside thing." She said as she waved it off. "Well, I better say hi to TRNC before Sealand recollects any senses that were knocked out of him." She hurried off to the de facto state, who was a bit caught off guard with her hugging him, but he hugged back as Turkey laughed and Cyprus chuckled.

England was still lost as he looked at Prussia, who disappeared to meet up with Canada, who's invisibility stopped working as soon as the ex-nation came up and patted his back. 'Bloody hell! Where'd he come from! And who is he?'

"Ah! Hello England, my friend." France said as he wrapped an arm over the Britishman's waist.

"You frog! Release me at once!"

"Non, I like you here with me." He said when his foot was stomped on. "Ow!" He yelped as he released the other to nurse his abused foot.

"That will teach you to hang off of others without consent." England said as he walked away to find his seat.

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America and Japan entered the meeting room and walked over to where Japan's assigned seat was at.

"You didn't have to take me to my seat, Amerika-san."

"Last time I left you to your devices in someone else's home, you nearly passed out."

"I'm fine, as you can see I'm getting better."

"That's good news." He said with a smile. "And if Fern's right about today, then there's really nothing we have to worry about, just do what we normally do and make sure you continue to improve in health."

"I agree with you." He said as he sat down. "Thank you, Amerika-san, I think I can handre this."

"Right! Well, if you need me, you know what to do."

"Hai." He said as he watched the American run off to annoy England, only to stop to talk to Prussia and Canada, which then led to an argument with Cuba.

"Nihon-ojisan!"

He looked to see the girl run up to him and received a hug, which he returned. "Rui-chan, it's very nice to see you again."

"It's better to see you getting better!"

He chuckled. "Hai, but it wirr stirr be a rong whire before my peopre can return to normar rives."

"Hai, but at least you're not getting worse, that would be really, really bad. And I would be sad."

He smiled as he rubbed her head. "You're so sweet, Rui-chan." He then mentioned that he has to look over his papers, which excused the girl to run off to greet the other micro nations. He looked to see Italy and Romano having a conversation while Spain was holding Romano, getting hit repeatedly under the ribs, making him flinch. He looked over at Germany and he sensed the atmosphere was troubling. 'Doitsu-san?' He thought, wondering what the atmosphere could possibly be.

Germany, meanwhile rubbed his temple for the tenth time today. 'Damnit… Feels like the headache is coming back… But I have to get this meeting going, or it will be proven to be a waste… again.' He thought as he cleared his throat. "The meeting is in session!" He called out, making everyone sit in their assigned seats, Italy plopping down next to him. "Very gute." He said as he laid down the rules of the meeting, ignoring the slight jabs at the back of his head as he told his points of view of the issue they were discussing, before America called out about his view, which he shot down for not having any required data to pull something like that off. After he finished with his, it was handed off to England, which nearly caused another argument before he stopped it once again, but it only made his headache worse. 'Damn… At this rate I may pass out…' He thought as he felt a hand on his and looked to see a concerned Italy.

"Are you okay?" Italy asked.

"Ja, just a headache." He said, slightly lying. 'Right, more like a migraine. Why come back up now?'

Italy was concerned for the other. 'Oh no! The migraine has come back!' He thought, not knowing what to do now that all the nations are here and making it worse for the other.

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Meanwhile, Fern-Lui was at the corner of the room, in eyeshot of her adoptive parents as she was drawing the nations once again.

"Got a second?"

She blinked as she heard the voice next to her and looked from the corner of her eye to see Ferrowim sitting next to her.

"You can talk to me through your thoughts." He said as he seemed troubled.

'What's going on?' She thought as she continued to draw to make it look like that's all she's doing.

"Germany's in danger."

She couldn't help but stop what she's doing and looked up at the other. "What!" She shouted, making the room of nations stop talking and look her way.

"Ve~ Is something wrong?" Italy asked, wondering if whatever is causing Germany to have migraines is also affecting her as well.

She blinked, not meaning to cause a stir with everyone in the room. "Uh… I-It's nothing… I thought I saw something move and I didn't know what it was… heh…" She said. "Sorry I overreacted."

'At least it got the room to be quiet.' Germany thought as he brought everyone back into attention to the matter at hand.

'So close…' She thought as she eyed the other from the corner. 'What do you mean Vati Deutschland is in danger?'

"Brother is trying to attempt something that may bring about the destruction of history to the present time."

'I don't understand… What's he trying to do?'

"You know the headaches he's getting?" He said as he pointed to Germany, who is rubbing his temple again. "That's just the sign that Brother is doing something to him in the time he's in."

'What is he doing to Vati Deutschland, exactly?'

"He's trying to take over."

'As in mind control?'

"Worse I'm afraid."

'What do you mean?'

"He's going to be Germany."

0o0o0o0

At this point she can't keep her thoughts from voicing out. "What do you mean by that!" This caused another silence in the room as she stood up and glared at the spot that Ferrowim is occupying. "You're not making any sense here!"

"English bastard!" Romano called out. "You didn't feed her any of your crap, did you!"

"Of course not!"

"Then explain why she's talking to nothing!"

Germany is concerned about the girl's sudden behavior, but then he started to hear ringing in his ears as he groaned in pain.

"Germany!" Italy called out, brining attention to the nation as he held his head and breathing labored breaths.

"The Potato Bastard too!"

"I'm telling you I didn't do anything!"

"That's not too far from the truth…" Said a voice as everyone looked to see the man getting up from the floor next to the girl. "It's nice to see you again after so long."

"Who the bloody hell are you!"

"For once I agree with the British bastard. And stay away from my niece! You pervert!" Romano shouted.

"I'm called Ferrowim by Fern-Lui…" He said as he walked over to where Germany was still holding his head, oblivious to what's going on, and placed a hand on his back, causing the nation to relax and fell asleep. "But to England, I'm known as the Lingering Nightmare Curse." He looked up to lock his glass blue eyes to England's shocked emerald. "Don't you remember, Father?"

"W-W-Wha…" England struggled to voice what he wanted to say as he pointed to Ferrowim.

"What am I doing here?" Ferrowim said, not removing his hand off of Germany's back. "It's quite simple, really, since I came with Fern-Lui."

"B-B-But… it's been decades… why come back now?"

"Well… I actually had no need to come back to this dimension." He said calmly as he looked at everyone. "Don't get me wrong, I mean everyone no harm…" He then looked down to the sleeping German with a troubled look. "But I can't say the same for my brother."

"There's two of you?" England said, shocked. "I only remember creating one!"

"We split about…" He looked at the girl. "How old are you again?"

"I'll be nine tomorrow." She said.

"So that means… Wow, that's actually not a long time since we split. Four years ago."

"What the bloody hell are you talking about!"

"That's what I wanna know." She said with her arms crossed. "And what about Vati Deutschland? You said he's in danger!"

"WAS!" Prussia shouted as he rushed over to England and held him up by the collar. "You better explain yourself well if you want to walk out of here alive!"

"If you may, Mr. Prussia, not harm him, we'll need him for what I propose."

"And why the hell should I believe you? Why should anyone believe you?"

England got out of the Prussian's grasp and fixed his collar. "I agree. Plus I would also know why you, supposedly, split? If memory serves me right, it takes a lot for a curse to even become a persona with personalities."

"I'm no different than Frankenstein's monster, Father." Ferrowim said calmly. "Although my name is a combination of Italian and German, much like Fern-Lui, it is she who has given… I wouldn't say birth because she is very much like a sister to me, but a new kind of life that comes with having a name. But before I met her I spent the last few decades in the world you sent me to fend for myself and found out new ways to serve my purpose as a personified nightmare curse."

"You're a curse?" The girl said, surprised.

"I am."

"And you're originally from here?" She said as she pointed to the ground.

"Aye, I am. I couldn't tell you because you were still too young to understand, nor would you have believe me then."

"Hold up!" America called out. "You're saying you've been wandering around in her world for however long-"

"It was minutes after the news about Hitler's suicide was announced when I was, more or less, birthed to the world."

There was a moment of silence following that as Prussia held the English nation by the collar once more.

"What the fuck did you create him for?" Prussia threatened as his glare alone could've killed an army.

England, knowing that he now has a seriously pissed off and serious Prussian before him that would make even his former empire tremble with its fury. "Well… It was at the spur of the moment when I was on a one track mind to get revenge on Germany after what happened during the war when his troops bombard me with all those bombs at my home…"

"And you created a nightmare that can follow like a shadow to cause Germany to get depressed, weak, and more likely to surrender, when you have failed to realize that it was the boss, not the nation, that needed punishment." Ferrowim said to fill out the story. "Excuse me while I explain my side of the day of your stupidity and failure, once again, as a father figure."

"Now hold on! I never said you could call me Father by any means!" England called out.

"True, you never did." He said as he looked at the girl. "Fern-Lui, could you do me a small favor?"

"What is it?"

"Create your magic circle for me, I may need to use it after this." He said as she nodded and went to work on the circle as he faced the nations once more. "Now… the beginning…" He said as he closed his eyes. "Just seconds after I was created…"

Translation:

(1) For the love of God! Are you this naive?- Italian

And now for you guys to suffer with questions and 'WTF' moments. There's a lot of things happening in the next chapter, so after reading this you better find a very happy song or fic to go to after I posted it up. I can tell you this, it's one of those final chapters that isn't really on a happy note. I should know, I found myself about to cry on some of the parts. Well... later... I guess...