Hello guys! Welcome to Chapter 5 of Faded Scars!

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Arnold Lee is Clara's ex husband and Matthew's biological father. Though we won't see him. You'll find out where Clara gets Williams from.

Trigger warning: Mentioned character deaths and slight depression.

I don't own Hetalia, Nyotalia nor Zip a dee doo dah.

'Dad!'

A man with light brown with a hair curl sticking out of his head and ocean eyes looked down. He was George Jones, father of Alfred, Amelia and Keith. 'Yes, son?'

10 year old Alfred looked at his father. 'Aunt Clara called us and said we'll never get to see Uncle Arnold again.'

'So their divorce was successful?' George asked him.

'Yes! The best part is that she gets to keep Matthew, too.' Amelia said as she came in. She and Alfred disliked Arnold, because he didn't care nor loved Matthew like their parents did. Heck, one time Clara made a big mistake on leaving Amelia, Alfred and Matthew with Arnold one time. In the end he leaves to go to a bar and kids were forced to sit outside and wait for. It wasn't a police came up them and everything went rough for Arnold.

'That's good.' George said as he seemed relieved about his sister leaving the horrible scum.

'Will Aunt Clara find a better dad and husband like you for her and Matthew?' Alfred asked his father innocently.

'I'm pretty sure, eventually.' George told him.

'I hope that you'll never leave us, daddy.' Amelia said as she hugged him.

'I won't sweetheart.' He told his daughter with a smile.

Sadly, George's promise didn't last long...

The next day...

'WHAT? NO! NO! It's not true!'

Alfred looked from his one year old baby brother, Keith. He heard Amy crying from the kitchen.

His twin sister came in with a worried look on her. 'Mom's crying, Alfred.'

'Leave it to you heroic brother!' Alfred said in determination.

He ran into the kitchen to find Amy crying on the floor with the phone in her hands. 'George wouldn't be...'

'Mom what's wrong?' Alfred asked his mother in a worried tone.

'A-a-lfred.' Amy stuttered out as she looked up at him with tears coming out of his. 'Please, go... play with Amelia and take care of Keith.'

'Mommy...' Amelia said as she stood in the kitchen with a calm look her face. 'Please, tell us... dad died, didn't he?'

'WHAT?' Alfred asked in shock.

'How did you know?' Amy asked in shock.

'It's on the news... the restaurant that daddy worked in. There was a shooting and few people were... shot.' Amelia said as grim look spread across her face. She always watches the news for awareness of danger on the outside world, despite her young age. She's only doing it to tell her brothers what's safe. 'It's not just dad... other people lost their lives, too. It said that a kid our age was killed, as well.' As she finds herself crying for not only her father's death, but the other people that died as well.

Amy didn't say anything.

'Amelia... it true?' Alfred asked in horror. A kid his age was killed, along with his father.

'Kids... this is the kind of things that you should stay away from.' Amy explained to them about those dangers.

It confirmed that 4 people during the resturatant shooting were killed, the one died in the hospital, the others died while the crime occurred. One victim was a ten year old girl and the other was a mother with a baby. The baby survived by miracle. Five people were injured and are treated in the hospital. The perpetrator as a man that used work at the restaurant and was fired for some reason. He came back to give his revenge, but he immediately stopped shooting and surrendered after he realized that he shot some innocent people that he didn't mean to shoot. The rest was settled with the police.

A two days later...

Alfred finds himself standing out on a graveyard crying. Keith was crying along with him in Amy's as she tried to hold her tears back.

'I'm sorry for what happened to Uncle George.' Matthew said to him calmly.

Clara was crying hysterically as she watched her brother being buried. A few days ago Clara managed to successfully change her surname to Williams, a surname used by her mother. Only to find out the worst thing could possibly happen to her.

Alfred cried a bit more, until he felt someone hug.

'Please, Al. Don't cry.' Amelia said, she by far hasn't cried, since the news on father's death.

'Ame *sniff* lia.' Alfred said as hugged his twin sister.

...

The day after George's funeral...

'Kids, please get down here!' Amy called out.

Amelia and Alfred came to see Amy with Matthew and Clara sitting in the living room.

'We've decided... that Clara and Matthew are going to stay here with us.' Amy announced.

'What?' Alfred asked in confusion.

'REALLY?' Amelia asked in excitement.

'I don't think that I want to start out another relationship yet.' Clara explained to them calmly. 'I've decided that it would be better for Matthew to have someone to keep him company, while I'm busy.'

'So you're going to moved in with us?' Amelia asked with excitement as her eyes light up. She loved playing with Matthew more then she played with Alfred.

'Yes.'

From that day on Alfred, Amelia, Keith and Matthew lived together in one house.

Flashback mode now off!

'It must have been really awkward living with your cousins.' Lin says.

She, Alfred and Nathan were all in the car leaving from the Honda's home to another destination.

'Yeah, we'll been through a lot together.' Alfred tells her.

'I don't have any cousins.' Nathan says sadly.

'You'll have a sister.' Lin tells her son.

Alfred couldn't blame him. His sister's dead, Keith's still too young to be a parent and Matthew's gay and dating his friend, Carlos.

'Here we are.' Alfred says as he parked the at their house. 'Go on ahead.'

Lin and Nathan walked out of the car and head to the house.

'Where's daddy going?' Nathan asks his mother innocently with a confusion and worry in his tone.

'He's just... reliving his memories.' Lin tells her son, once when he's older. She'll tell him.

...

Alfred drove his way to a familiar graveyard.

'Here again, Alfred.' The keeper asked him.

'Yes.' Alfred says as he heads up his destination, but he was in for a surprise to see a familiar person there before him.

'Chein?' Alfred asks in shock.

'Alfred?' Chein asks in response.

'I've never expected you to be here.' Alfred says as he feels uncomfortable. 'I've thought that you only visit here Amelia's birthday or the day of her death.'

'I'm more busy on those days.' Chein says as he didn't look up. 'This is the only time when I could visit. I've booked a flight and flew across the country just to see her.' As he looks down at the grave.

RIP

AMELIA MARTHA JONES

A good sister, cousin, daughter and friend.

Right next to her grave was...

RIP

GEORGE AARON JONES

Beloved father, brother, husband and friend.

'Wow.' Alfred says in a dumbfounded tone. 'I only visit every day while I can... It's awkward being a twin and celebrating your birthday alone.'

'I'm sorry to hear that.' Chein says to him sadly.

'Amelia wouldn't like seeing me being like this.' Alfred says weakling.

'How are you doing?' Chein asks him with a concern tone in his voice.

'If it wouldn't have been for Erika/Lilli, then I'd lock myself from the world.' Alfred says as he remembers everything exactly on that day.

Flashback mode now activated!

'AMELLLLIIIAAAAA!' Alfred cried out in horror and fear. As he saw a car that came out of freaking nowhere and hit his sister. He sworn that he has felt the pain she went through.

Everyone froze in horror as they witnessed their friend getting by a car hard. She fell the ground and the car stopped after hitting her.

A man came out confused froze when he realized that he has hit.

'SOMEONE CALL THE AMBULANCE!' Carlos yelled out.

'What's going one?' Arthur asked as he came out on all of the commotion.

'Amelia's been hit!' Matthew cried out.

'Calm down, Lilli.' Anne said to her cousin whom was horrified at she's witnessed.

'What do we do?' Kiku asked fearfully.

They watch as the man trying to wake up Amelia.

A siren was heard from the and a police motorcycle came up.

Apparently the man that was driving the car was drunk and acted like being chased by a police car was childish game. He made the biggest mistake in his life for that.

...

'AMELIA!' Amy cried out hysterically as she came out of the car and ran to the body bag that the police were carrying. 'My baby! Please, tell me that it's not true!'

'Mrs. Jones, please calm down.' Arthur tried to calm her as he found it unbelievable that Amelia was gone.

Lin was sobbing in Sofia's arms.

Alfred just kept quit the whole time.

Everything that was supposed to a happy night turned into a tragic death.

...

A few days later...

Alfred felt that this was deja vu all over again, except that his friends were all hear.

Amy was crying much more harder, then in George's funeral. Clara was there to comfort her.

'Mom! Why did big sis die?' Keith asked them, as he cried in frustration, anger and confusion. Yuki tried to calm him.

Matthew was holding back his emotions as he allowed his tears slip out of him.

Carlos was actually sad about this, despite loathing the Jones twins. Lin was sobbing along with Bianca, while Monika comforts them. Chein silently prayed as he watched Amelia's coffin being lowered. Anne and Roderich kept calm looks on their faces, but behind their masks they were sad. Arthur and Franics stood there watching the whole scene. Finding it unbelievable and unbearable to see of their best students being buried.

'At least, she's with your father, now.'

Alfred looked down at Kiku and smiled weakly, as he said. 'Yeah... she's probably happily hugging him as she sees him in heaven.'

'I'm sorry, Alfred.' Kiku apologized.

Alfred didn't say anything. He noticed one person in particular that got his attention.

Lilli was standing across from him looking at him. In those big blue green eyes, she was giving him a look unlike anyone else has gave him. Sympathy, like that she understood him more then anyone else has ever had.

Though, Alfred brushed it all off.

...

The next day, Alfred avoided school. Which really wasn't a big deal for him, since the seniors only had one day left.

'Hey, Alfred.' It was Matthew. 'Everyone in the are all sad about Amelia's death. Heck, Michael and Mr. Roberson were sad about it. Every desk in Amelia's desk had flowers on them. Most of them were from classmates and her baseball team.'

'That's... good...' Alfred said sadly.

'Are you okay?' Matthew asked him in a worried voice.

'Yes...' Alfred said strongly as he could.

'Okay...' Matthew said as he left him.

Alfred looked at his countless texts from the various people he knows.

Lin: Alfred, I'm sorry about, Amelia. I've knew that something bad was bound to happen. I feel like it's my fault for this... I was hoping to ask you out on a date, after graduation, but I feel like that I don't deserve you.

Monika: Alfred... I'm sorry for Amelia.

Bianca: Alfred! Please, don't feel bad. I'm sorry for what happened Amelia. I'd feel the same for my sister.

Carlos: I'm sorry, man. I've always held a grudge on you two, since you pull a humiliating prank on me as a kid, but I'd never you two to wish you to die. Amelia didn't deserve that death.

Arthur: Alfred... you and Amelia were like two siblings to me... I'm sorry that Amelia died like that... I'd feel the same way with my own brother, too.

Francis: Alfred... it's completely okay if you skip the graduation ceremony in two weeks. I'd hide myself away as well if my sister died.

Sadik: You and Amelia were tons of fun in my class. It was fun seeing your bright smiles. Hope you you to show up with the same bright smile on graduation.

Sofia: Alfred, sweetie. I hope that you'll make a great recovery. I'll happily be here for you if you want anyone to talk, too.

Anne: Lilli's worried about you. She doesn't believe that your okay.

'Why are they all apologizing to me?' Alfred asked himself. 'It's not their fault that Amelia's dead... it's all my fault.'

He broke down crying to himself.

...

'Alfred!' Amy called out. 'Time for dinner!'

'I'm fine, mom!' Alfred yelled back from his room.

'No! You're going to come downstairs and eat your dinner!' Amy yelled angrily.

'Come on, Alfred.' Matthew said as he poked his head into his room.

'No!' Alfred said in annoyance as he plays his video games.

'You've been like this all week.' Keith said as he poked his head in as well.

'What do you know squirt?' Alfred snapped back harshly as his little brother.

'ALFRED! Don't to talk to your brother and cousin like that!' Clara said harshly.

'He refuses to even hang with his friends.' Keith said.

...

Alfred finds himself standing in front of Amelia's grave along with his father's which was buried right by it.

'... I'm the most pathetic being on earth.' Alfred said to himself. 'I really wish that I was the should have died, instead.'

'Alfred! Please, don't say that.' A very unfamiliar voice spoke up.

Alfred looked up to Lilli and Anne approaching him.

'What are you two doing here?' Alfred asked them in annoyance.

'Lilli wishes to speak to you, privately.' Anne told him with a serious tone.

'Wait a second! You're the one that just spoke?' Alfred asked in a shocked tone in his voice as he looked at Lilli. It was the first time he has ever heard Lilli speak.

'Yes, Alfred.' Lilli spoke up. She had a bit of accent in her.

'What is it that you're going to talk to me about?' Alfred asked them.

'First, you're going to have to come to our house.' Anne explained to him.

...

Alfred finds himself in the Zwingli household with Lilli.

'I know how you feel, Alfred.' Lilli said to him.

'No! You don't know how I feel!' Alfred said in a annoyed tone. 'Don't even know how it feels loosing a twin-'

'I actually do Alfred.' Lilli said as she took out a photo and hands it to Alfred. 'I've lost my twin brother, too.'

It was a family of four. Two adults and two young teenage kids.

A man with combed pale blond hair and dark forest green eyes. He was wearing a brown suit. He had peaceful look on his face.

A woman with long curly golden blonde hair that reached her shoulders and blue green eyes with glasses framing her face. She was wearing a light purple dress. She a warm motherly smile.

A young teen boy with short golden blond with bangs part the opposite direction and faded dark forest green eyes. He was wearing a white shirt and black pants with straps on his shoulders. He had a mischievous look on his face and a big grin proving it.

The one was a young girl around the young boy's age. She had golden blonde hair tied into twin braids framing her face and blue green eyes. She was wearing a light blue dress. She looked like that she was trying to keep a smile on her face, but also had a annoyed look on her face as well. It appears that the young boy was holding two figures behind her head. She looked familiar...

'Is that you and your twin?' Alfred asked in curiosity.

'Yes.' Lilli replied sadly.

'I feel like you're not telling the truth about your back story.' Alfred pointed out in now interested.

'I'll you the truth.' Lilli said. 'The truth is... I'm a ordinary 15 year old girl from Liechtenstein, a country that's between Austria and Switzerland. My real name is Erika Lillian Vogel. Like you, Alfred, I've lost my twin brother as well. Along with my parents.'

'So you're not from Germany?' Alfred asked as he raised a brow.

'We were in Germany when the whole thing happened.' Erika explained as she bit her lip.

'Go on...'

'... Have you ever heard any news on Europe about a serial killer?' She asked him.

'Amelia was rambling about a pretty damn dangerous killer in Europe, but I don't know much else... wait a second! Are you telling me?'

Erika removes her scarf, jacket and her pants under her skirt. Alfred looked away for that.

'Okay, look.'

Alfred looked and his eye's widen in horror at the sight.

Erika had a healing scar on her neck, multiple burns marks on her arms and a scar on her thigh. Even though they looked like that they've healed a while ago. It disturbed Alfred of seeing his friend like this, especially thinking of the day of her getting those wounds.

'Did... your family's killer did that to you?' Alfred asked in horror.

'Yes...' Erika said as she started to explain her story, as she bit her lip. 'We were expecting it to be a enjoyable family camp... but... he then showed up.'

'The killer?'

'Yes. We were peaceful enjoying our time in a cabin. I was going on a hike with my dad... we met him. He was a young man around your age, but he said that he was 25 years old. We didn't exactly judged him on that, because Johaan and I are 15 year olds that looks like twelve year olds. He said that his name Diego, a tourist from Spain. He wanted some company for his hike. So Dad and I invited him along. He enjoyed a conversation with dad. I just pay much attention to them, because I was enjoying the scenery. Dad soon invited him along with us for the night. Diego decided to make dinner for us. Which my parents for some reason accepted, but I felt that I didn't trust, neither did my twin brother, Johaan.'

'So your parents trusted him into making dinner for you guys?'

'Yeah, because my mother said that she knew him as a college student that she teaches and both of my parents liked, Diego. He was someone that charmed them both. We ate his food, including me, because I was admittedly hungry. The next thing that I've ever expected is that I've found myself falling asleep. When I woke up found myself tied up on the floor along with the rest of the family. My mom came to notice that this person wasn't Diego, because he took off a wig that we've thought that was his actual hair. He was a brown hoodie with a white smiling mask covering his face.'

'So he's like a masked killer?'

Erika nodded as she bit her lip fearfully, then continued. 'He had a bag that he'd like to call the 'bag of fun' which was bag of knifes and torture devices. He was whistling Zip a dee doo da, as he approached my father. He cutted his arms and tongue. Allowing him to bleed to death as he killed my family one by one. He brutally stabbed my mom in the face, while he focusing on mom. Johaan, managed to pull to snag one his small knives that the killer displayed on the floor and cutted my feet free. He mouthed me to run. I hesitated, but I've ran out of the cabinet as fast as I could into the woods. I had no idea where I was going, but I just wanted wake myself up from this awful nightmare.' Erika said as she looked more horrified and sad.

'Why didn't you go down the road where your car was parked?' Alfred asked her, calmly as he could.

'I'm not sure, but I was too afraid and guilty for leaving my family behind. I could hear my brother's screaming agony as I my hands were still tied behind my back.' Erika told as tears slipped out her eyes. 'I hid silently as I could. I thought he won't find me, but I was wrong. He popped up in of me and said 'Ciao, bella~'. His voice was more creepy, sinister and malicious, compare to 'Diego's' voice which was cheerfully and friendly.' Erika explained as she shivered at the memory of the voice.

'So you mean that he could change his voice?' Alfred asked in horror.

'Yes.' Erika said in the exact same horror and fear in voice. 'He then stabbed me in the thigh. I let out the loudest scream in my life. He then took me back to our cabin. My parents were both dead by now. While, Johaan was horrified to see me captured. My family's killer then tied me down to a bed , he then punished me by jabbing my arms with burned cigarettes and forced me to watch the most horrifying sight that hunted my dreams. Torture my twin brother to death. Once when my brother looked lifeless.'

Alfred was now completely speechless. This poor girl went through a huge hell, more then what he has went through. The next thing really shocked him.

Erika then shamefully admitted. 'He soon focused on me. It was something extra to my terrified mind. He crawled onto my bed on top of me. He muttered in a language something I didn't understand. He pulls his mask off slightly that I could show his mouth, then... forcefully kiss me. He played with one of my braids, then said my hair was beautiful and I was a beautiful girl. He felt upset that he keep alive for long. He took out a knife and cutted one of my braids off. Thinking that it would be a great memory of me for him. He then slit my throat open.' She soon started sob to herself.

Alfred quickly pulled her into a hug. 'Shh... It's okay. I'm... right here for you.' He had no clue how to care for the poor girl, because he wasn't a therapist or something like that.

'I - I t - thought that I w-was going t-to die.' Erika stuttered out as she buried her face into Alfred's chest. 'I thought of closing my eyes as my throat stung horribly. I heard my killer leave. I w-was all alone in the dark cabinet in the woods with my... dead family tied down to bed. It wasn't who knows how long when a man hiking in the woods found us. He was horrified, but when he saw me... he called the police and ambulance.'

'So that's how you survived?' Alfred asked her gently.

'Yes, but I wasn't happy about it either, because my family died and I did.' Erika said in anger and frustration. 'I was forced to restart my life when Aunt Marie, Uncle Karl and Anne took custody of me. That days from now and then Erika Lillian Vogel was dead along with her family. Lillian Zwingli was born.'

The door opened up. 'Wait, you're saying that you're survivor of a murder?'

'KIKU!?' Alfred asked in shock and a bit of anger. 'What are you doing here? Were you eavesdropping on us?'

Kiku looked flustered and ashamed as he said 'Yes, but I couldn't help myself when I saw you guys. I've thought that Anne was going to snap some senses into you. It turns out that something else... more sensitive then I've thought it would be.'

'... It's fine, Kiku.' Erika told as she tried to weakly smile at him. 'I believe that you also deserve to know.'

'I'm sorry, Lilli- I mean Erika.' Kiku said uncomfortably.

'Just be glad that I didn't call the police on you.' Anne said as she came in glaring Kiku. 'The second I heard your voice from my room. I knew that had to come down here.'

Kiku gulped slightly. He's really has done something that he would never do.

'Kiku, it's fine, really.' Erika said to him. 'Also, don't call me Erika. Erika's dead. I'm Lillian Zwingli now.'

'Why change your name?' Kiku asked her. He honestly like the name Erika better, because she really looks like a Erika to him.

'I'm trying restart my life and try to move in a different country.' Lilli told them. 'I refuse to live in past.'

'Can see why you lied about your back story, now.' Alfred said as he thought about it, then asked her. 'Though, why did you tell me all people?'

'I've felt that I could relate to you, Alfred.' Lilli told him. 'We both lost our twin sibling and blame ourselves. I only wanted to tell that you, because you're not alone.'

'That seems to be a very good reason.' Kiku pointed out.

'Hey, Kiku also related to me and Amelia, as well.' Alfred told him. 'Amelia and I became close to you, because we both lost our fathers.'

'Wait, you've both lost your fathers?' Lilli asked as she seem to manage to at least recover from grieving about her family's lost.

The three soon formed a strong bond together and talked about their interests in their lives. Despite Lilli being 3 or 4 years younger than her two male companions.

'Alfred, I wanted to ask you something.' Kiku said to him. 'Will you be joining the graduation ceremony?'

'... Are you going, too?' Alfred asked him.

'Yes.' Kiku said with a smile. 'Everyone is hoping you to be there, even Carlos and Michael.'

'Hang on.' Alfred said, then shouted. 'YO, ANNE!'

'What is it?' She asked as she came down.

'Can you please join us in graduation?' Alfred asked her.

'... I've already completed my late work, but I don't have even have a cap and gown.' Anne told them.

'That's okay!' Alfred said. 'Amelia and I went all the way to get one of your own, while you were still in Germany.'

'What?' Anne asked in a dumbfounded tone.

'Anne! I want to see you and my friends graduate.' Lilli told her excitedly.

'... Fine.'

...

About a week later.

Chein calmly watches the people around him. They whole crowd was almost covered in white. Including himself.

'Are you okay?'

Chein looked to see Lucas looking at him. 'I'm fine. Just a bit bored.'

'Don't worry. Within 30 minutes you'll be walking across that stage.' Lucas reassured him happily.

'I know.' Chein said calmly. 'I've felt hesitate on going here, because I'm honestly not a fan of being the center of attention.'

'You really are a shy young man.' Lucas said as he looked at him.

'I've been a closed person all my life, but when Amelia interacted with me. I've felt much more... confident in myself.' Chein explained to him. 'She also does support me on many things when I came here.'

'I'm pretty sure that you felt sad when she died...'

'Yeah, but when I back back my last day of school. I've felt a positive energy in me to keep moving forward.' Chein said with a smile. 'I've felt it again when I got the courage to put on the cap and gown, then arrive here.'

'Well don't let that positive attitude leave you.' Lucas said as he gave him familiar wink. 'You'll make a great future when you think that way.' Then left.

That was odd. Lucas never gives a encouraging wink like that. Amelia always gave him that...

Lucas walked over to Bat's side, but then suddenly stopped, held his head and groaned.

'Lucas! Are you okay?' Bat asked him concern.

'I'm not sure. All what I remember was watching of the students, but I don't remember ending up here.' Lucas said as he held his head.

'Would you like to head home?' Bat asked him.

'No, I think that I'm feeling better now.' Lucas said as he recovered.

'Strange.'

'Lin! You look lovely!' Sofia said to her.

'Thanks, Mrs. Chernerko.' Lin said as she wore a pale white gown with gold around the edges. Her hair was pulled up into a bun. 'I'm glad that I've made it.'

'I hope that you'll enjoy studying fashion in your picked university.' Sofia said with a smile. 'I'll miss you so much.'

'I'll miss you, too.' Lin said with a smile on her. 'I'll definitely come by to say hi in Dickinson High.'

'That's great!' Sofia said.

'Though, I do wish that Alfred was here.' Lin said sadly.

'I agree.' Carlos said as he joined in the conversation. 'I hate admit it, but I will be boring without Alfred hear.'

'Have you seen Matthew?' Lin asked him in concern.

'No.' He said sadly.

'Don't you guys worry. They'll turn up.' Sofia told them as she hoped.

Lin bit her lip nervously. She refused to tell anyone, because she believes that they'll think that she's crazy. But, she sworn that she keeps seeing a girl in a cowboy outfit with a man from the distance, but disappear. She's seen them since she arrived to the ceremony.

'Kiku you look good.' Bianca commented on him.

'Thanks, Bianca.' Kiku said as smiled at her. 'You look lovely. You too Monika.'

'Thanks.' Monika said as she blushed slightly.

'I've heard that Roderich is conducting the orchestra out there.' Bianca said.

'I'm not surprised at that fact.' Kiku said calmly. He really wasn't interested, because he was hoping that his friends will arrive.

'You seem really anxious.' Abel said as came up to them.

'Yeah, Kiku. Are you nervous about walking on stage?' Bianca asked him in curiosity.

'Yes...' Kiku said as he plays with his robe's sleeves uncomfortably.

'Don't worry. We're all anxious.' Monika reassures him calmly.

'Did I ever tell about my graduation ceremony when I was your age?' Abel asked them.

'No.'

'When I was about across the stage I was sweating bullets out, but I made myself walk across the stage, because I have my younger siblings watching me out there. So I gathered my courage to walk across the stage.' Abel explained to them. 'I was asked I had anything to say. Guess what I said?'

'What?' Kiku asked in curiosity.

'I said 'I'm glad that I'm wearing my lucky bunny printed pink boxers that my younger sister gave to me.'' Abel said as he putted on a super awkward tone in his quotes.

Bianca started laughing so hard, while Monika and Kiku looked uncomfortable.

'Really?' Sadik asked as he joined in. 'That's nothing compared to what I've said on my graduation.'

'What did you say, Mr. Adnan?' Kiku asked in interest.

'I was like, 'HEY, LOOK MOM! I've got my certificate, now I can leave this goddamn school!'' Sadik said happily.

This time both Monika snickered slightly, while Bianca laughed loudly .

'How are you even a teacher?' Kiku asked Sadik.

'That's a complicated story.'

Francis looked at the ceremony. The color scheme was purple, white and gold. There were banner, balloons and paper of those colors displayed around. Around the stage were bleachers that cover three of the walls. They were filled with parents, guardians, siblings, relatives and friends waiting for their children to walk across the stage.

In the center of the room were a huge row of chairs for the students to sit on.

'Okay, thanks for your information. Now to the bleachers.'

Francis turned to Arthur whom was talking to no one. 'Is this one of your 'imagery friends' that you're talking, too.' Francis asked him.

'... Yes... I need to talk to them, because... they help me get a rid of my nervousness.' Arthur explained calmly as he could. Normally, Arthur would snap at him for asking him that. Though he to keep calm, probably because they're a ear shot away from a crowd of people and draw attention. Arthur seemed to be saving himself from embarrassment, but this time Francis really can read Arthur's lie.

'Anyways, the ceremony will be starting soon.' Francis explained to him.

'Alight.'

'The ceremony will be starting soon.' Carlos said in a anxious tone.

'SORRY IF WE'RE LATE!'

Everyone turns to Alfred, Matthew and to everyone's surprise, Anne, running in.

'We were a little bit of a traffic jam.' Matthew explained.

'We arrived at the same time.' Anne simply said.

'It's great to see you here, Alfred!'

'Right on time, Matthew.'

'I'm surprised to see you here, Anne.'

'Okay, guys it's time to go out now.' Sadik said.

'Everyone, let's make this the best graduation ever!' Alfred said.

Everyone felt excited.

...

Lilli watched in excitement as she gets to see her cousin and friends graduate. She, her aunt and uncle were sitting on the lowest part of the bleachers in the far corner.

'Is this your first time, ever being in a graduation ceremony?'

Lilli turned to see a Asian with messy jet black hair and soft dark brown eyes. His eyes reminded her so much of Kiku. Instead of seating like everyone else. He standing at the edge.

'Yes, my cousin's graduating.' Erika told with a smile on her face.

'My son's graduating here as well.' He told her with a smile. 'It's amazing he grew up so well without me. Along with my younger son. I'm glad that my wife's doing so well taking care of them on her own.'

'Why aren't sitting here on the bleachers like the rest of us?' Erika asked him in a curious tone.

'Erika, who are you talking, too?' Marie asked her.

'Huh?' Erika turned her attention to her aunt and uncle. 'Oh, I was talking to the Asian man standing right by me...'

She froze when she turned back only to find the man gone!

'You've been taking to thin air for the last few minutes, sweetie.' Karl told her.

'Bu-' Erika was cutted off.

'Hello, Mr and Mrs. Zwingli. Miss. Lilli.' Yuki greeted them as he and Emi approached them.

'Hello.' Karl greeted them.

'May we please, sit here with you?' Emi asked then politely.

'Why, sure.' Marie said with a smile.

'Can't wait to see Kiku and everyone else walk on stage.'

...

Alfred took a seat on his assigned seat. The ceremony has started with Francis, Arthur and Sofia introducing the opening. He looked around, there were so many people around him.

'Now let's begin calling up our students... Oliver Albert.'

He's going alphabetical order.

'Monika Beilschmidt.'

Monika came across the stage took her certificate, then shook Sofia, Arthur, Sadik, Lucas and Bat's hands, then walked off the stage.

'Carlos Gomez Carro.'

Carlos took his certificate.

'Lin Yi Ling.'

Lin shook Arthur's hand.

'Kiku Honda.'

Kiku took his certificate, smiles at his teachers. Suddenly, his cap slipped off of his head. He quickly puts cap back on ran off stage in slight embarrassment.

'Alfred F Jones.'

Alfred made is way on stage.

'Well done.' Francis said to him.

'You're standing strong.' Sofia said.

'Good job, kid.' Sadik said happily.

'Congratulations.' Lucas said.

'You're doing great.' Bat said with a smile.

'I bet that you're father and sister are you watching you walk off the stage. They're definitely are proud of you.' Arthur told him.

'Thanks.' Alfred replied.

'Chein An Pham.'

Chein calmly walked off stage.

'Michael Roberson.'

Michael took his certificate quickly.

'Bianca Vargas.'

Bianca cheerfully skipped her way up.

'Matthew Williams.'

Matthew smiled as took his certificate.

'Anne Zwingli.'

Anne awkwardly took her seat after taking her certificate.

'Alright, everyone. Before we completely finish. Alfred here wants to do a little speech.' Francis announced.

Alfred made his onto the stage and the mic.

'I'm pretty sure that you all know that 3 weeks ago... my twin sister, Amelia Martha Jones has died... she was killed by a drunk driver when she was about to get the car for us... she was pronounced dead after the ambulance arrived. When I saw my sister dead... A part of me dead... it still is, actually, but my spirit didn't. At first, I found myself completely lost. Unlike, my dad's death, whom was killed in a restaurant shooting when I was. I cried when he died, everyone in our family, all except one, that was my sister Amelia. She stood strong. When our aunt and cousin moved after dad's death. Our lives were like a roller coaster, but we've supported each other no matter what.' Alfred said as he could some people crying.

He continued. 'Amelia was smart girl that always looked out on the news to be aware of the danger in this world. She made sure that we're aware of it. She told me 'This is a beautiful, yet cruel world.' She always told me endure the cruel side, then embrace the beauty. I surely endured the cruel side after loosing her. It took me a long time to endure it, until a new friend cane along and helped me endure it. I soon saw the beautiful side long after.' Alfred looked up some people looking sad.

'I realized that I shouldn't waste my after losing my twin sister. I should be moving on and enjoying it. That's what I'm going to do.' Alfred said in a strong tone. 'Thank you for listening to my speech.'

Everyone soon started clapping.

Alfred walked off stage noticed something. There's a familiar girl and man smiling at him.

'Amelia? Dad?' Alfred thought, but they quickly disappeared. He felt a positive impact, though.

...

'Hey, Alfred.'

Alfred turned to see Michael and Ronald standing there. 'What do you want?'

'I want to apologize for everything that I've done to you in your life.' He said with a sad look. 'Amelia didn't deserve that.'

'The poor girl didn't deserve that.' Ronald said, in a sorrow tone.

He sighed, then said. 'I'll forgive you.'

Flashback mode now off!

'So you forgiven them?' Chein asks him.

'Yes, they're still human.' Alfred tells him calmly.

'I've got to go now.' Chein says as he got up. 'I have a flight to catch up to.'

'Okay, right behind you.' Alfred said as he followed him out.

While they leave.

Good luck, bro.

Be sure to introduce my granddaughter, son.

'I will.' Alfred says out loud.

'Who are you talking, too?' Chein asks him.

'Nothing.'

A transparent Amelia and George watch them leave with smiles on their faces, then vanishes.

That's it for chapter 5!

What do you think?

This Chapter probably put you into tears.

We've got to meet George for the first few seconds.

Amelia's death impacted everyone, especially Alfred. I wouldn't be surprised, because I'd feel the same way if I've ever lost my twin (which I don't have a twin).

Most of Lilli/Erika's back story has revealed.

We get to see Lilli/Erika's relationship with Alfred and Kiku bloom, while trying to get Anne to join.

Lol! I've added some supernatural into this fic.

Guess who's the guy that Lilli spoke to on bleachers is? Hint he's NOT a Hetalia character.

Read and review!