England could feel his heart literally stop in his chest. His teacup slipped from his hand and shattered on the hard floorboards. The Brit spun on his heel and ran out of the room, checking left and right for any signs of the volcanic nation as he bolted up the stairs, muttering curse words under his breath. He reached the top of the stairs, and ran into Ukraine's room.
"UKRAINE!" he yelled, taking a running jump and landing on top of her. Ukraine woke up immediately and released a scream of her own as she was abruptly awoken.
"Vhat is it? Please tell me zere is nothing wrong!" she said, beginning to panic slightly. England was a very sensible man and wouldn't come running into her room yelling for no reason, right?
Actually, she was beginning to wish he was a bit of a wuss like Italy. Ukraine registered the look of panic on England's face and was trying her hardest to understand what he was saying.
"Ukraine! Ukraine, oh thank God you're awake! Gwlad yr Iâ wedi mynd ar goll! Mae wedi mynd! Je me suis réveillé et que la fenêtre était ouverte! Tá sé imithe! Ní mór dúinn a fháil dó!" England rattled off, speaking so fast that Ukraine didn't even have time to identify what language he was speaking.
Or languages, rather. She would have found it rather amusing that England would switch between languages when he was flustered, but she was too panicked to laugh.
"Англія! Англія!" she yelled, gripping his shoulders. The Englishman stopped his rambling and froze, staring her straight in the eye.
"You need to calm down! I vas not able to understand vun single thing you just said! Please, say it again. But zis time much slower." she said, tightening her grip on his shoulders, and slowly sitting up. England took a deep breath and tried to keep his voice level.
"Iceland is missing! I woke up and he was gone! I woke up because rain was splashing on my face, the window was open. I got up and checked on him and Finland, but Iceland was gone. We have to find him before something happens to him!" he exclaimed, making wild hand gestures, not unlike the ones that Italy makes. Italians must be contagious.
"Iceland is gone? He is not zere?" Ukraine asked, panic creeping into her voice.
"That's what I just said!" England snapped, climbing off Ukraine. He had landed on her in a slightly awkward position, straddling her waist and hands on her shoulders. The Brit began to gnaw on his thumb knuckle anxiously, waiting for her response. He was sat cross-legged on the end of her bed in a too-big t-shirt and the thought popped into her head that he was rather adorable.
'Where did that come from? This is serious! He just told me Iceland is missing!' Ukraine scolded herself in her head. She suddenly sat bolt upright and lit the candle on the bedside table, and stared right into England's fear-filled green eyes.
"Zen ve shall have to find him. Now." she said firmly, scrambling out of her bed and pulling on her slightly singed dressing gown. She walked calmly over to where England was and pulled the island nation to his feet. "Right, now ve go look for him, da?" she said. England released a breath he hadn't realized he was holding, and followed Ukraine out of her bedroom.
The busty Ukrainian wasted no time on stairs, and instead slid down the banister. The untied straps of her dressing gown waved out behind her as she leapt off the banister and launched herself into the living room. She had a brief glance around the room and dashed straight out again. England landed right in front of her, having also just slid down the banister. He darted into the living room, pushing right past her and emerged a few moments later wearing his baggy trousers from earlier in the day.
"Did you see vhere he vent vhen he left?" she questioned him anxiously.
"No, I was still asleep when he left," England said, beginning to calm himself down a little bit. "I didn't see him leave."
"Ah, but I did!" came the tiny voice from the corner.
"Finland?" Ukraine gasped in shock. Stood in the doorway to the living room was the 8-year old personification of Finland. The little boy was rubbing his eyes sleepily, his white hat flopping over his eyes a little, and he was wearing an oversized shirt and kept shaking the sleeves away from his hands. England quickly scooped him up and looked him in the eye. Keeping his voice as calm as he could, he gently asked him,
"Did he say where he was going?"
Finland shook his head. Pushing his little hat back onto the top of his head, he looked up at England nervously.
"He said he was going to find sometheeng! He said eet was very eemportant!" he replied, fiddling with his sleeve.
"It's okay Finland, you aren't in trouble." England said, giving a small smile and lifting up Finland's chin with his finger. "Do you know if anyone else saw him?"
"The hewo sees everything!~" rang the words from the top of the stairs. England's jaw dropped open, and he set Finland down. The Englishman rushed up to the top of the stairs and gripped his shoulders gently.
As annoyed as he was that America had been awake this late, he managed to avoid scolding him and instead asked him,
"Where did he go?"
"Not telling until you give me a hambaga!" America teased, laughing.
"America! This is serious! We need to know where Iceland went! NOW!" England exclaimed, his temper rising. For once, America seemed to sense the mood and replied quickly.
"I don't weally know but I can show you, bwo!" he giggled. Ukraine decided that now would be an appropriate time to speak, and picked up Finland and a couple of torches.
"Zen you vill show us! Ve need to find him." she said, throwing a torch to England. He caught it easily and hopped over the banister, America in his right arm and a torch in his left. The American grinned brightly at the two adult nations and Finland.
"I'll help you find him because I'M THE HEWO!~ Follow me!" he said, giggling again, and darted out the door. England followed closely behind him and Ukraine jogged to catch up with them, holding Finland's hand.
(A/N) Hello there my muffins! xD Another chapter!
This one is kind of a filler chapter and sucks a bit. It was also hard to write because I listened to Vocaloid all the way through the hour or two it took to write this and I kept getting up to dance. Because I LOVE Vocaloid. It's catchy. My favourite Vocaloid song is Just Be Friends but that's off topic. I've brought in more Finny! At the request of the awesome Kawaii Waffle-chan DESU (I love your username!) Because he's too Finnicking adorable to leave out (Yes I'm a HG fan), and she requests Nordics! And I agree, they need more screen time.
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