To Guest. Her/His headcanon: Seychelles is apart of the FACE family. (FACES)
Interesting headcanon.
-RMS
"Papa, Alfred keeps pulling on my pigtails!"
"No I'm not! That was Mattie!"
"Oh, no! I'm not getting blamed for this!"
"Yeah, Al! Mattie wouldn't do that!"
Arthur sighed tiredly from his place in the office and stood shaking his head at the noise his kids just loved to make. Sometimes Alfred got Michelle and Matthew loud too, and when that happened, everything went down hill as shit hit the fan. Sadly, they were calling out for Francis. Which meant Arthur could do squat about whatever argument the kids were having now.
They were very particular.
So, Arthur dropped back into his seat when he heard the sound of English mixed with French as Francis made his way to the room in which their children were fighting in. Seriously, when Matthew gets involved, that's when bruises start showing up. Boy is stronger than he looks.
When Arthur heard more French than English however, that's when he started to get worried. Michelle and Matthew were the ones who Francis taught French to, Alfred never cared to learn and was always by the Englishman anyway. So, when Francis used French, that's the cue to Arthur to let him know one of three things.
1. Michelle or Matthew needed to calm down. (Francis usually talks franticly.)
2. Michelle or Matthew was crying. (Francis usually talks soothingly.)
3. Michelle or Matthew started the fight. (Francis usually talks harshly.)
So, Arthur got out of his chair and made his way to the living room where the rest of his family was gathered. And, uh, what he saw... was not what he expected.
Michelle was jumping up and down, wailing her little heart out. Alfred was on the ground, cowering in fear behind the couch covered in bruises. Matthew had a stick in his hands, breathing very deeply, his glasses gone. Francis was trying to talk Matthew out of whatever he was doing, maybe that's how Alfred got the bruises, and trying to calm Michelle down at the same time.
It wasn't working.
So, to say the least, Alfred did indeed start it, Matthew had gotten his hands on a hockey stick, and Michelle was both crying and yelling before and after the incident. And both fathers were pretty sure whatever happened, was not over Alfred pulling Michelle's hair.