Author's Note: Since I just wrote a really long chapter, this one will be relatively short. Also, has anyone guessed where the chapter titles come from?

Chapter 4:

With matching ingredients, I can make a recipe of happiness

Switzerland was worried. His little sister, Liechtenstein, was sick. Nothing the doctors did was doing anything to make her get better. It wasn't her country, either, as the Principality of Liechtenstein was doing better than ever. There was nothing to explain Liechtenstein's condition. Yet every day, she was getting weaker. Already tiny to begin with, she was slowly wasting away.

Oh, yes. Switzerland was very worried.

Switzerland quietly closed his sister's door, not wanting to wake her from her sleep. He walked quietly to her bedside and sat down in the chair that was already there. He had been doing this every night for many weeks now, watching her sleep for a while before going to bed himself.

At first glance, she looked so peaceful, slumbering away under the covers. But looking closer, Switzerland could see the hollowness in her cheeks, her chapped lips, her limp hair. She was so very sick, yet she still managed to wake up every day radiating happiness. How was that possible, Switzerland wondered? How?

And more importantly, why?

"Big bruder?" came a quiet call. Switzerland turned to see Liechtenstein standing in the hallway behind him, leaning against the wall, but still smiling her bright, adorable little smile.

"Liechtenstein! You should be in bed. Come on, let's get you back to your room." Switzerland walked toward her.

"Big bruder, I just wanted to give you this..." Liechtenstein lifted a small plushie Switzerland hadn't noticed she was carrying. It was of a chibi Switzerland with a chibi Liechtenstein curled up next to him. Both were smiling blissfully.

"Oh... You shouldn't have been making me things, you're sick," Switzerland said while taking the plushie.

"It's just to thank you for looking after me all these years..." Liechtenstein looked up, smiling. "Do you like it?"

"Yes, I love it."

"I'm glad."

"Alright now, go back to bed. You have to rest up to get better. And it's late already." Switzerland ushered Liechtenstein back to her room.

As she got back in bed, Liechtenstein turned to Switzerland. "Big bruder, will you tell me a story?"

Startled, Switzerland responded, "What story?"

"The story of how we met..."

"Why do you want to hear that?"

"Just tell me please?" Liechtenstein put on a face she knew Switzerland would not be able to resist.

Switzerland sighed. "Alright. It was a long time ago, though, so I don't remember it that well..."

"...and you've lived with me ever since." Switzerland said, finishing his story. Liechtenstein had somehow ended up snuggled next to him, and was smiling.

"Thank you, big bruder! You tell such wonderful stories..." Liechtenstein sighed happily. "Thank you for everything..."

She closed her eyes. "Goodbye, big bruder..."

Switzerland stared at her. "What do you mean? I'm not going anywhere..."

"I'll say hello to bruder Prussia for you..." Liechtenstein sighed, already fading.

"What? Prussia...? But Prussia's been dead for... more than two hundred years..." Switzerland's voice faded to a whisper as he understood. "...Lili? Why...?"

Liechtenstein only smiled again and said in her sweet voice, "Goodbye, bruder, goodbye..."

And with that, she disappeared, leaving behind only the purple-blue ribbon that she had loved so dearly.

Principality of Liechtenstein - absorbed into Switzerland - gone

Author's Note: So... what happened here is that Liechtenstein, which basically depends on Switzerland for protection and stuff anyway, just kinda lost its identity and became a part of Switzerland.