Once passing through the Austrian doorknob's keyhole, Hong Kong peeked over the edge of the teapot, the lid on his head.
"Woah..." Hong Kong said to himself. He was in the middle of a vast ocean, still floating in the teapot. As usual, Hong Kong was calm, looking all around for any signs of land. Instead of finding land, the Chinese preteen found a familiar looking dodo bird sitting on a piece of drift wood.
"Ai! Over here! Can you help me?" Hong Kong shouted to the dodo bird. When said dodo turned to the Chinese preteen, he was able to finalize why it looked familiar; it was Germany.
The young nation had a hard time keeping his poker-face at the German's appearance. His usual slicked back blond hair was under a black sailor hat. The top half of his body was the same, masculine body, while waist down was a dodo's bottom half. Germany still had the same, strict face, but with a dodo bird's beak as a nose.
"Land ho!" Germany shouted in his deep, German accent, pointing at a direction near Hong Kong. "Hurry up and go!"
Following behind Germany were other birds on another piece of driftwood. "Yes sir! Ludwig sir!" They saluted, continuing to follow right after.
"Ludwig...?" Hong Kong raised a bow. Then, following behind the birds was a line of lobsters, all swimming to said 'land'. "Can someone help?" Hong Kong shouted, still being ignored.
Before the Chinese nation could ask for anymore help, a giant wave tipped the teapot over, Hong Kong falling out. When the waves pulled back, Hong Kong was laying face down on the ground. He tried getting up, but the animals from before kept stepping on him, pushing said preteen down as they ran in circles.
"Get up, now!" Hong Kong heard a burly voice shout to him. He looked up and saw it was Germany standing on a large boulder. "You'll never get stronger or dried just laying around!"
"Dried?" The Chinese preteen questioned. Stronger, yes, but he didn't understand how running in a circle with animals would dry him up when there are constant large waves crashing down on him.
"Have to run with the others! Now go! Run! Run! Run!" With that, Hong Kong quickly got up, running around in a circle with the animals. Before he could ask what in the sane mind made Germany think this would make them dry, another giant wave crashed down on them.
The wave raised up to the rock Germany was on. It didn't get him wet, but it nearly put out the fire next to him. Luckily, the German picked it up on time, placing it back once the wave went down, and wiped his hands on his purple coat.
"See! You're getting stronger and drier!" Germany shouted to Hong Kong, who thought differently.
"How is this getting me drier?" He shouted back, now riding on the large beak of a toucan.
"Forward, backward, inward, outward, come and join the chase! Nothing could be drier then a jolly caucus race!" Germany started chanting, "Backward, forward, outward, inward, bottom to the top! Never a beginning, there can never be a stop!"
"What does that even mean!" Hong Kong shouted back as another wave crashed onto everyone. This time, the mint bunny appeared, being washed up from the waves. "The mint bunny!"
"Oh goodness! I'm late!" The mint bunny shouted, starting to run off. Hong Kong jumped off the toucan, running after the mint bunny and leaving Germany. The German was still chanting his rhymes with the other animals.
"To skipping, hopping, tripping, fancy free and gay! I started it tomorrow and will finish yesterday!" That was the last thing Hong Kong heard before running after the mint bunny. He never understood what the German ever says.
"Ai! Mint bunny! Wait!" Hong Kong called, running behind the mint bunny into a thick, green forest.
"I'm late! I'm late for a very important date! No time to say hello! Goodbye! I'm late! I'm late! I'm late!" The mint bunny repeated, running deeper into the forest.
"Ugh!" Hong Kong groaned out loud when losing the mint bunny yet again. "Now where'd it go..." He looked all around, not finding a single trace of the flying mint bunny. The Chinese preteen didn't even notice two twins lurking in the shadows and following him everywhere he looked. Right when they were about to be spotted, Hong Kong would turn the other way.
"What can a flying mint bunny even be late for..." Hong Kong asked himself as he looked through a large log, crawling through it. The twins looked at each other, then hopped towards the other end of the log, blocking the end by just standing there.
Hong Kong was still able to crawl out, standing back up and dusting the dirt off his pants. When he turned around, he finally noticed the twins wearing red overalls and red caps. Although, they weren't really that identical; one seemed more happy with lighter brown hair while the other seemed more grouchy with darker brown hair. Still, they both had one particular, a little hair curl.
Oh great... Now it's the Italians' turn to pop up...Hong Kong thought privately.
"Yes?" Hong Kong asked.
"Ciao!" They both said, Italy saying it more cheerfully than Romano. Hong Kong stared at them for a moment, then noticed something written on their shirt collars.
"Dweedlefeli and Dweedlelovi..." The Chinese preteen read out loud.
"That's us." Romano said, "Dweedlelovi and Dweedlefeli." He pointed to himself then to Italy.
"Well, it was nice to meet you here," Hong Kong started, walking past the Italians, "But I best be going." Right when he looked back forward, the Italy twins reappeared, blocking Hong Kong's way.
"Well that wasn't very nice," Italy commented with a pout.
"You should use your manors. You should say 'how do you do?', shake hands," Romano started.
"And state your name and business~" Italy finished.
"How do you do? And shake hands~ Shake hands~ Shake hands~ How do you do? And shake hands~ And state your name and business~" The Italians sang, shaking each other's hand while jumping around, dancing. All the singing and dancing made no sense to Hong Kong.
"Okay, my name is Hong and my business is–"
"Ciao, Hong!" Italy interrupted, "Would you like to play a game with us?"
"A game? But you just said to state my–"
"How about Hide-and-Seek?" Romano interrupted this time, the twins disappearing then reappearing at random places.
"Or Hopscotch?" Italy asked, them both now standing side by side and hopping on their inner foot.
"No no, I really should be going." Hong Kong managed to say, trying to desperately pass the twins again. He failed because, like before, they popped back up in front of the Chinese preteen.
"Where?" Romano asked.
"To find the mint bunny." Hong Kong answered, trying to walk away again, only to be blocked again.
"Why?" Italy asked.
"Because I'm curious." Hong Kong answered again with a bit of annoyance, this time being able to pass the Italians. They were instead, looking at each other.
"Just like the Gilbirds..." Romano said, making Hong Kong halt.
"They were curious, too. How worrisome that was..." Italy added sadly, now making Hong Kong turn just this head.
"Wha?" Hong Kong said quietly under his breath.
"Would you like to hear the story of the frog and farmer?" Italy and Romano shouted simultaneously, popping up in front of Hong Kong again. The sudden appearance of the Italians made him fall back a couple of steps, planting a seat on a log.
"Wait! No! I really got to–"
"The story of the frog and the farmer!" Italy started, interrupting Hong Kong.
"Also known as the story of the curious Gilbirds." Romano finished. Fantastic, now Hong Kong was going to be stuck for who knows how long, listening to some random story be told by Italy and Romano.
"The sun was shining on the sea, shining with all his might. He did his very best to make the billows smooth and bright. And this was odd because it was the middle of the night." Italy started off.
"The frog and the farmer were walking along the country side. The farmer thought it would be a good place to make a farm." Said Romano.
"But froggy Francis did not want to work~" Italy explained, giving Hong Kong a clue on who the frog and farmer were, or at least what they might looked like... "Instead," Italy continued, "he wanted to talk about weird things like shoes, ships, and sealing-wax. Also cabbages and kings. And why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings~"
"That's when the frog and tomato-bastard-of-a-farmer met the Gilbirds." Romano added, giving away more information. "The farmer wanted to eat them up right away, but the frog thought ahead. He asked if the Gilbirds would like to walk and talk,"
"But Mamma Gilbird winks her eye, and shook her heavy head. She knew too well this was no time to leave her Gilbird bed. 'The coop is nice, take my advice, and stay right here,' Mamma said." Said Italy.
"The frog was still able to get the Gilbirds to follow them and leave for they were curious." Back to Romano, "To talk of other things. Of shoes, ships, and sealing-wax. Also why the sea is boiling hot, and whether pigs have wings. They were cabbages and kings."
"As the Gilbirds danced along, following the frog, the farmer was able to quickly build a small restaurant from all the scrap pieces around." Italy described, "Inside the 'restaurant', the frog told the farmer to get some bread. Appetizers!~ But, that was an excuse to have the Gilbirds all to himself."
"With the stupid farmer gone," Romano continued, "the frog was preparing for his meal. He gathered them all up indeed. It was time for the feed. The Gilbirds were scared, but one of them took charge. It bit the froggy bastard, causing him the yelp and let go."
"The cute little Gilbirds flew around like crazy as the frog scrambled to gather them all up again. One was able to guide the others out an open window and they were all free, leaving the froggy, who was sitting exhaustedly in his chair." Italy went on, "The farmer came back with the appetizers, but found the frog all by himself with the Gilbirds gone."
"The tomato bastard farmer, at first, called out to them, but answer there came none, and this was scarcely odd, because they've gone missing, every one. He was so mad, thinking the froggy bastard had eaten them all himself, he pulled out his garden rake and chased the other down, not allowing any explanation." Romano concluded.
"They were cabbages and kings! The end!" The twins sang as an ending.
Hong Kong stared blankly, as usually. "Well, that was... Sad..." The preteen said, not meaning what the twins thought he meant. He mostly thought the story wasted his time.
"Yes, poor froggy..." Italy frowned.
"But hey, the Gilbirds got away." Romano added, perking Italy back up.
"...Who were these guys again?" Hong Kong asked.
"Our big brothers!" Italy happily shouted.
"Francis and Antonio." Romano said right after. Yep, Hong Kong was right: France and Spain.
"Okay, well, great story," The Chinese nation lied. He was still a polite gentleman, "But I should be going–"
"Let's play a game!" Italy suggested again. "Like Ring-Around-the-Rosy!" With that, the twins held hands, also grabbing onto Hong Kong's and started jumping in a circle.
"Leap Frog!" Romano shouted, jumping over Hong Kong, Italy following after.
"Eye Spy!" Another recommendation from Italy as he pointed to his eye.
"Tag!" Romano suggested, the twins running back and forth, tagging each other.
As the twin continued suggesting games, Hong Kong was gladly able sneak away without them noticing. He could barely handle the Italy twins in meetings and he could barely do it now.
"Now where did that mint bunny go..."
Notes:
-Ciao - Hello
-Mamma - Mom (Italian)
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