Arthur pulled the dress over Peace's head. She had been around for only five days now, but the clothes that they had bought for her were too small. Francis had returned most of the clothes, but hey had yet to get her new ones. She had finally gotten over her flu yesterday, but she had slept most of the day to recoup from the sickness. Alfred and Matthew were wonderful while Peace was sick, and it took a lot of work to get the pair to part ways with their sister so they didn't get sick as well. Since it was about time for Halloween they all needed to go get costumes for Alfred and Matthew, so the two parents decided to make it a shopping day. Once the dress was on Peace gave Arthur a desperate look and tried to pull at it.

"It can't be that tight," he told her aloud. "Are they really that small?"

Peace nodded unhappily and pulled at the material for a little while before she stopped and looked a little more comfortable. She refused to put her shoes and socks on, simply moving her feet around so that her daddy couldn't put the shoes on. He finally gave up when everyone else came into the room because they were taking so long, and finally suggested that he give up. Alfred and Matthew attempted to try, but it didn't work for them either. They finally gave up and Francis balanced her on his hip so that she wouldn't be running around barefoot.

"Can we go shopping for Peace first," Alfred asked for both he and his brother. "We wanna pic out clothes for her."

So that was where they went first at the market, to the clothing store. Francis got a cart for them and placed Peace in the small cart seat so that she wouldn't run away. The twins almost ran off as soon as they got into the store because they wanted to pick everything out. It didn't take long to figure out what size clothes to get Peace, she was just one more size up to what she was wearing now. After that the twins went wild and seemed to be grabbing whatever they thought was cute and could fit in their arms. Francis and Arthur just went through everything as it was put in the cart, telling the two to go put some things away that they didn't like and only really leaving the cart to pick up something that they saw they liked. Once they had a considerable amount of clothes in the cart they went to go get other things that they knew would be necessary. They got toys, stuffed animals, some dolls, and a tea set that the little girl wanted. They found quickly that she didn't like being in the cart for very long, and they had to let her run around without shoes.

The next store that they went to was the Halloween store. Matthew and Alfred ran up to the racks of costumes and grabbed the ones that they liked, racing to the dressing rooms to try on what they found. The two managed to come out in everything from cowboys to pirates, from ninjas to super heroes. They loved trying on Halloween costumes, but they finally settled on super hero (Alfred) and a fireman (Matthew). Peace simply stayed in Arthur's arms while they tried everything on, and stayed very quiet. When they were done trying things on Alfred and Matthew decided to give their parents a 'surprise' and took Peace from Arthur and told their dads to close their eyes. When they let their dads open their eyes again they found Peace dressed as a little panda. She was wearing black leggings, white tights, a black tutu, and a panda hoodie that had a panda's face and ears on the hood. She looked adorable. Francis picked her up and muttered something in French while Arthur just looked at his sons with a surprised look, normally the two boys kept to themselves and didn't really get along with other kids for a long time before getting to know them.

The last stop on the list, after lunch, was the furniture store to set up Peace's new room. While she was sick Francis managed to clean out an old storage room, that was meant to be a bedroom, for Peace's room. Now they needed furniture for it. While the two adults questioned exactly what furniture to buy the three kids sort of curled up in a corner and managed to take a nap. When the two were done with their purchase and loading it up in the car (which was tight for space) the three moved to the car and continued to sleep until they got home. Once there Alfred and Matthew were fully awake, but Peace was still fast asleep. The two boys did their homework in their conjoined rooms while they listened to their fathers struggle with the new room.

When Peace woke up she found that no one was downstairs, and decided to go outside and play with her new doll that she was holding when she fell asleep. The doll had ginger hair and blue eyes, and had on a cute little dress. When she got outside she held the doll close as she sat down on the porch steps. She sat there for a long time playing with her doll's hair, only to be pulled out of her thoughts later when a red car came up the drive with no top. Inside the car were two men. One had white hair and the other had brown. They didn't recognize her until they were walking up the small path to the porch, and they just stopped and looked at her.

"Arthur," Francis called climbing up the stairs, "Where's Peace?"

Arthur met the man at the top of the stairs with a surprised look, "Isn't she asleep?"

"No, she isn't, and I can't find her anywhere."

Arthur turned and went to Alfred's room to find the door of the connecting rooms open, "Do either of you have Peace?"

Neither of the boys knew where she was, leaving the two parents of the toddler to wonder in panic where she had run off to. Outside the little girl stared up at the two strange men, who had come closer, wondering who they were. She had seen them when they passed by her old home every now and then, but they never stopped to talk to her like Papa and Daddy did. They ignored her and kept talking while they walked.

"Hola, Como estas," be brown haired one asked crouching down in front of her.

The toddler wiggled in her seat a little and held out her wrist to the man, showing him the peace-sign-mark that was there. He looked at it curiously and didn't understand, neither did the white haired man. He simply yelled 'why is this little girl here' and looked angrily at his friend. She heard the door open behind her, but didn't have time to turn around as she watched Papa run straight into the standing white haired man and they both toppled over into the grass. The brown haired one laughed while Francis yelled at Prussia for being in his way when he needed to find 'Peace'.

"Peace," Prussia screamed in confusion, "What the hell do you mean by that?"

"I mean my daughter," Francis screamed getting up off the ground.

Peace stood up and clutched her doll tightly, not really sure what was going to happen.

Spain saw this and smiled, "Amigo, she's right here."

Francis turned to see Peace staring at the scene with large, confused, frightened eyes. He walked over and lifted her up into his arms while he said something in French under his breath, and then seemed to lecture her. Peace nodded her head every now and then in what seemed to be understanding while the two new comers watched. Francis ushered Peace back into the house and called to Arthur that he had found her, and that Spain and Prussia had come over.