Mahé, le 17 juin 1815

One year has passed, but everything is still always a mess.

I don't see Arthur very often. And when he's on my islands he barely speaks to me.
And when he speaks to me, it is always about orders and cruel things.

He tells me to learn English and not speak French.
And his food is still always so bad.

Luckily, I can cook some stuff when he's not around.

He exasperates me.
Most of the time, in the evening after dinner, he sat in his leather armchair and read tons of unreadable old books.
I always ask him whether he wants to play but he always replies something like "I'm too old to play, I've work to do, Victoria, it's late, you must go to bed".

Working, working, working, always working.

Bloody hell!

This is why I almost always end up beating him before slamming my bedroom door and cry. Because… I don't like his behavior. All that I want is the same happiness in my life than those good times, when Francis was here.

About Francis, there is trouble.

Some days ago, Arthur left my home earlier than expected.
He told me quickly goodbye and that he just had some cleaning to do in Europe.

That was weird.
That was why I entered his room and have had a look at letters left on his desk.
There was official letters from the king, lords and army about the management of the Empire, but also other letters, most of them written by Francis.
All of them were written in French, but I'm not sure I have understood everything. The letters were dealing with the return of his previous boss, Napoleon, and full of fun making of Arthur.
In the older letters, it was just little jokes. Just for fun. Stuff I would say too. But as the letters got newer and newer, those little jokes were getting worse and worse. That was even not funny in the last letter that clearly was a declaration of war.

What the hell does he want? Is he nuts? British Empire is almost the half of the world! What is French Empire?

There was also letters from three guys called Timon, Gilbert and Ludwig, and from a woman named Emma.
Thanks to a map of Europe on Arthur's desk that shows Nation's names on it, probably written by Arthur himself, I acknowledged that Timon was Netherlands, Gilbert was Prussia, Ludwig was Germany, and that Emma was Belgium.
I am not really good at English yet, but I understood that the three men's letters were about a battle held in Belgium to fight Francis. And things about making sure he would be alone, believing his army was stronger than theirs, and technical stuff.
Emma's letter was begging Arthur not to touch her people.

As Arthur always says, Francis is not perfect. And I understand that his letters were provocative.
But does this justify a war? I can't buy the fact that Arthur would attack Francis because of some silly jokes. Is all this orders from kings once again? Who knows where is the truth?

All those guys against him. What will happen if Francis gets killed?

I'm sick of trying to understand for the moment. This is why I decided to sit down on the beach to meet once again my diary and watch the sunset.

I have the feeling of being locked in a paradise. I wonder what things there are behind the sea. What does the outside world look like? How does Arthur's or Francis's places look like? Are there coconuts and sea in England? How does look Timon, Gilbert, Ludwig and Emma? What about all the other Nations?

I don't want to think about wars. Just to close my eyes and dream about a perfect world where I could see Arthur smiling and quitting fighting and working this hard. He will get sick for sure if he keeps on living like this without sleeping.

But what can I do? Every time I tell him, he never listens. Even if I use English.

When will he be kind with me just for once?

AN: I am not an expert about History and I think you won't be surprised if I say that France is not the best place in the world to hear about the Battle of Waterloo. Actually, I even thought some months ago that France won the Battle. (Run, Kimkey, run! Faster! XD )

Anyway, in France, everybody forgot who won the Hundred Years War. What is the point by the way? =D

(Shame on me. Shame on me. Shame on me. Shame on us, yeah.)

Fortunately, Hetalia is here to help!