Tables and chairs were turned over on the ground in front of the German boy. The house was mostly destroyed. If the bombs didn't destroy it, the people who ransacked it did. It barely had a roof left on top of it, the wooden floors rotten from rain and threatened to fall apart at the slightest touch. The doors to the house were either missing or hanging off of their hinges while all the windows were shattered. There were no stairs to get to the top floor anymore, nothing but broken floorboards littered the area.
The place was a mess, but a wonder at the same time. The boy liked to come here and think of what it was like before the destruction, before the war, before everything. He had yet to find a building that was still perfectly intact. Since the war ended a year ago, the plants and the trees had started growing in nicely, adding themselves to areas where they weren't before. All around the house were bushes and trees; some even were starting to grow inside of it, putting off an interesting effect.
"Bruder?" a gentle voice said from behind him, making him turn around to face the blonde girl. "Stimmt etwas nicht?" It was odd to hear her tone so soft sometimes, but only he ever got to hear it.
"Nein, alles gut, Helga," he said softly back to her, trying to be quiet as well.
Helga thought for a short moment before asking in English, "Vhy do yu keep comin' here? It'z only a vrecked houze."
Her brother shrugged. "Eh come here to zink." The blond boy glanced over at his sister who was watching him thoughtfully.
"Vere zey gettin' on yur nerfz again?"
"Of courze zey vere!" the boy suddenly growled. "Zey are completely irrezponzible!"
"Ludvig… vhy don't ve juss leave zem zen? Zey go zeir own vay, ve go ours?"
Ludwig shook his head, looking frustrated, "zey vouldn't lass a day on zeir own! Yu noh zat juss as much as eh do."
Helga sighed softly, "eh noh, eh noh. It vas juss a zuggetzion anyvay."
Ludwig nodded, and silence soon followed as they both slipped into thought, thinking similar things. They couldn't stand the twins. They had almost gotten them all killed multiple times and never seemed to take responsibility for anything. It was more frustrating than anything.
"Zere yu are!" a male voice called happily, making both of the siblings groan. They didn't even have to turn around to know that the albino twins were running up to them excitedly.
"Vhere hafe you been? Ve'fe been lookin' eferyvhere for yu!" the girl exclaimed as the two ran around to stand before Ludwig and Helga.
"Obfiouzly ve'fe been here, Maria," Helga said, already looking more annoyed then Ludwig.
Maria blinked, a bit confused by Helga's statement at first, but once she started looking around she understood where "here" was.
Her twin brother was looking around as well, "lifely little dump, izn't it?" His voice hinted a little bit at sarcasm, but at the same time he was completely serious.
"Scheiße," Ludwig mumbled under his breath. A little louder he added, "vhat do yu two vant?"
"Ve vere bored back at zeh houze," the male twin said with a shrug.
"Ja, and yu'fe been gone for hourz," Maria chimed in.
Helga and Ludwig sighed with annoyance. It was almost hard to tell that the two were younger than the twins; Helga and Ludwig even looked older than them. They shared a look before looking back at the twins.
"Vell ve're fine," Helga told them bluntly. "Zo yu don't need to vorry."
The twins looked a bit hurt by how much the two seemed annoyed by their presence. They glanced over at each other, sharing a look then shook their heads.
"Alright, vell just be home zoon, Maria vanted to sta't dinner," the boy said, glancing at his twin sister again.
"Ve'll be zere," Ludwig said sternly. At this point he was just waiting for his older siblings to get lost. He came to this place to be alone and think, not to have everyone come bother him all at once.
Maria nodded then looked back at her twin brother, "Come on Gilbert, letz head back." She spoke softly, a bit disappointed that her younger siblings didn't want her or her brother around. She could remember when they wouldn't stop following Gilbert and her everywhere.
Her twin brother looked just as disappointed as her. His shoulders sagged slightly and he didn't look like he wanted to move. Maria was about to remind him again, but then he put his hands in his pockets and started walking back to the place they called home.
Maria watched him sadly then glanced at the younger siblings. "Don't be late," she said softly to them before quickly running off after her brother.
Helga sighed once the two were finally gone, "About time! Eh zought zey'd nefer leafe." She crossed her arms shaking her head then looked up at her brother, "eh'm zorry, eh interrupted yur zinking."
Ludwig shook his head, "Nein, it'z fine Helga." He was looking at the house again and was back to his calm self. He glanced at her then smirked, pulling her into a hug with one arm. "Come on, letz get back before zey come lookin for uz again."
Helga blinked then smirked back at him, "Yur actually villing to go vhere zey are?"
Ludwig rolled his eyes and shook his head, "Nein, but eh'd rather go back zen be interrupted again."
Helga thought for a short moment then nodded thoughtfully. "Eh guess yu hafe a point," she said, smirking slightly, "vell come on zen."
With that, the two of them started heading back into the forest, leaving the abandoned house to be alone in its empty clearing once more.
A/N: Alright, first I would like to apologize for this chapter taking so long. For one, my internet has been out at home; 2, I've had one heck of a busy week between College orientation and Camping at Gettysburg; and 3, I had a difficult time getting this chapter edited lol. Because I included the accents in my attempt to have you guys actually hear their voice's in your head as you read this. I had to have more then just my beta read it to make sure it was legible for you guys. 3 out of the 4 people said it was so here it is lol
German translations:
"Bruder?" - Brother?
"Stimmt etwas nicht?" - Is something wrong?
"Nein, alles gut, Helga," - No, all is good.
"Scheiße," - Shit
Now for the Accents. Th's and s's were turned into Z's. W was changed to a V. Eh is I because that's how they say I. Noh is Know, anything st, the s was either dropped or switched with the t depending on the word. V was switched with an F and I think that's everything XD
I don't think it says it anywhere but these guys are Shapeshifters. Normally I have them be able to change into three different types of animals but since I wanted them to have only German type animals to change into, I limited myself down to one XD I had a hard enough time with that!
So, in order from Oldest to youngest:
Prussia - Gilbert - Black Forest Horse
Fem Prussia - Maria - German Rex (White)
Germany - Ludwig - German Shepherd
Fem Germany - Helga - Lynx
Another thing I almost forgot to mention. Since there seems to be a lot of different names for Fem Germany I gave her a German name I liked better then what they had lol So that's why her name is Helga. As for Fem Prussia, Maria was one of the names that she's known as from what i found so that's her name. You'll find I either found a list of names their known as and just picked one, or gave them a name I liked better then what they had listed.
Hope you enjoy!
~Wolf