Chapter 5: The Gloomy Graveyard
After the song, the two micronations are now finally free. They ran as they laughed along.
"Alright! It's worked" Peter laughed. He looked at Lily who nodded
"We lost him"
"You have to admit that I am a genius," Peter said proudly
"Hey, genius, It was my idea, first."
"Yeah," Peter admitted "But I pulled it off very well"
"With me!" Lily noted
"Oh yeah?" Peter challenged. He lunged toward Lily and the two of them playfully wrestled each other. It ended with Lily winning the wrestling match. Doing a suplex move that even Peter can't move.
"Ha, Pinned ya" the Australian micronation gloated
"Hey, let me go!" Lily let him go and walked away. But Peter tackled her. Hey laughed when they tackled, as they roll down the hill onto a gloomy city like-graveyard. Then, Peter pinned her just like Lily did to him
"Pinned ya, again," Peter said triumphantly. The geyser went off, and the two micronations gasped. Then, the two micronations noticed the flag sticking into one of the buildings. Peter smiles widely on his face. "This is it! we made it!" The two micronations climb up the ladder to get a better view. Then the fog cleared up to see a broken-down city with many colorful flags. Some were big, small, shapes and sizes. Their reactions are surprisingly shocking.
"Wow," they both breathed in unison
"It's really creepy," Lily worriedly said
"I know right? Isn't it great?" Peter climbs down the ladder to enter the broken-down city. And Lily follows him. She whispered in his ear.
"We could get in big trouble" Lily worried
"Yeah, I know," Peter chuckled
"I wonder if there's any citizen or political education in this town?" Lily pondered, especially arts since it is her favorite activity (and the micronation is known for). Peter and Lily then start to investigate
"There's only one way to find out," Peter took a few steps. "Let's go check it out." Then Roderich suddenly appeared once Peter took the last step while holding one hand out.
"HALT!" the micronations jumped in shock when Roderich show up, sick and tired of being the butt of the joke. He got morals and he's pretty fancy for an Austrian man who makes some beautiful music, even though he isn't good at directions.
"The only checking out that you will do will be to check out of here," Peter and Lily reluctantly walk away from the gloomy city
"Awww man." Peter groaned
"We're way beyond the boundaries of Country Town and Kingdom Mountain-" Roderich began, looking over the city with a worried look on his face.
"Hey look, chocolate-hair is scared" Peter mocked him. Roderich doesn't take his mockery seriously. He has a rivalry with Gilbert during the war, so yeah, I guess there is a reason why he hates Gilbert.
"That's MR. Chocolate-Hair to you, metalhead," Roderich cried, jabbing at the little sailor's chest to prove the point. "And right now, we are all in very real danger." He looked around frantically. Lily is now worried as well, because of what might happen to her. But Peter on the other head doesn't take it seriously. He walked to the brown and jet-black, broken-down building with three flags.
"Danger HA! I walk on the wild side," Peter put his hands on his hip, posing like an American superhero. "I laugh in the face of danger, HAHAHAHA!" he said, then it was interrupted by some strange laughter synchronizing from the aforementioned building. Peter then got spooked by the laughter and hides behind Lily and Roderich who look petrified.
The first one is a French man with beautiful blond hair and facial hair who wear a blue outfit. He now looks like a creepy pervert with bruises all over, Because of his bruises and marks all over his face. His laugh is like your typical French laugh 'Honhonhon~'. He swish his hair so elegantly. This is Francis, who refers to himself as an "egotistical jerk" according to Arthur. His walking style looks like something straight out of a romance movie.
The second one is a Prussian man with white (or sliver) hair who looks like an albino but only has red-violet eyes. He has a dark blue outfit that emerges from the right. He seems to look like an antagonistic man with only a single sharp tooth. Probably because of his hatred of Austria. His smile can vary from pretty decent to super creepy depending on his anger or stress emotions. His laugh is his typical 'Kesesesese-'. This is Gilbert; Roderich's rival and a lovable jerk who is also Ludwig's brother.
The last one is a Spanish man with brown hair with olive green eyes (but he has a crazy look in his eyes). He emerges from the left and he looks like a crazy lunatic with a tomato on his head. He carrying a basket full of tomatoes on his back, probably because he hasn't eaten for a while, which explains the sharp teeth. His laugh isn't normal at all. His laugh is a mixture between a psychotic clown and a creepy, but lovable man who just wanna have fun (but in a scary way). This is Antonio, a former powerful nation before being defeated by Arthur and Romano's adopted caretaker.
"Well, well, well, Gilbert. What have we have here?" said Francis with a french accent.
"I don't know, Francis," said the Germanic white-haired boy. He turned to Antonio. "Uh, what do you think, Antonio?" the aforementioned Spanish man only like a lunatic clown. Yeah, it's pretty creepy and unnerving that can make people's spines chill.
"Just what I thought," the trio who live in the broken-down city circled around the normal trio (Roderich, Peter, and Lily) like vultures who are circling for their meal. "A trio of trespassers!" said Gilbert with a mix of anger and madness in his eyes, even his certain brown-haired rival that he fought.
"And quite by accident, let me assure you," Roderich eyes wide, he still protecting the children, even in this threat like this. "A simple navigational error." Roderich and the micronations try to escape, but the three criminals halt them in their tracks.
"Wait, wait, wait. I know you. You're Berwald little helper" said the French man. Roderich isn't having this.
"First of all, I'm not small. Second of all, I'm not a little helper. I am the leader's majordomo." Roderich added.
"Then that would make you…" said Gilbert with his arm crossed, looking at Peter as though he was scolding Peter
"The future leader!" Peter said with his arm crossed. Francis grinned
"Do you have any ideas what we do to nation leaders who step out of their kingdom?" said Francis while still circling them
"Puh! You can't do anything to me"
"Technically, they can." Roderich nervously interrupted. He then tries to lead the kids away from this city "We are on their land." Roderich quickly said. Peter and Lily only stop in their tracks.
"But, Roderich," the sailor micronation said, confused. "You told me they were nothing but a bunch of dumb, mangy, scrawny, stupid hooligans." Roderich quickly use his index finger to the sailor micronation's mouth and whispered.
"Ix-nay, on the upid-stay" Gilbert then butt heads to his former rival with an angry expression. While Roderich steps back a few steps.
"Who are you calling 'upid-stay'?" The Bad Touch trio is getting closer to the other trio, Peter, Lily, and Roderich try to run away
"Oh, my, umm, look at the sun, it's time to go home!." He hurried himself and try to get back to civilization, only to be stopped by the criminal trio.
Attendre, what's the hurry? We would like for you to stay for the night~," Francis said while making some beautiful poses.
"Yeah, and you kids can have fun with the awesome me," said Gilbert while doing some muscle poses, which kinda creep the kids out (I say "kinda"), Francis on the other hand interrupted him.
"Honhonhon, I see you exercise a bit more. I also have doing some-" Francis and Gilbert continue talking, while Roderich, Peter, and Lily race away. Antonio noticed the disappearance and only jabbers crazily while pointing to the runaways, also gesturing to tell Francis and Gilbert the bad news. France noticed Antonio crazy babbling.
"What is it, Toni?" Then Gilbert looked at the runaway trio
"Umm, Francis? Do we have fast food on the go? He turned to Francis
"I don't know, why?" Francis answered. He then turned his head in the same direction as Gilbert and Antonio.
"Because our guest is gone!" He screamed, and the prey are escaping for their lives.
Peter and Lily dodge some falling debris. They ran faster to have their life protected. Their hands had glued together to make sure not to get lost, trying to get out of the Gloomy Graveyard. As for Roderich, he wasn't lucky. He ran as well, but was captured by the BTT. Then Peter and Lily stop running to make sure that they lost them.
"Do we lose them?" Lily asked while panting
"I think so," Peter answered. He looks around to make sure everyone is there. But someone is missing. "Wait! Where's Roderich" He asked hesitantly
"And the little musical helper hippety-hopped all the way to the Human Cannon.," Gilbert said to Antonio, who is liting the cannon. Francis laughed while holding the cannon, while Gilbert shoved Roderich right into a cannon.
"Oh, Scheiße, not the human cannon!" The cannon fired, sending Roderich shooting into the air really fast like a combination between a firework and a shooting star, while screaming in Germanic language. The BTT laugh their asses off, only Peter and Lily showed up.
"HEY! The sailor micronation shouted. "You leave Roderich alone, or I'll make sure you won't see the light of day!" He insisted.
"Oh really, like you?" The Frenchman asked back, and the trio is ready to attack. Peter gave a small 'oops' before he and Lily began to run. They ran through some broken-down buildings and some debris. Then the trio spooked them and laughed before threatening to attack the micronations, but they miss. Then Peter and Lily look up at the tall building. He turned to Lily to ask her to hop on his back. Yeah, it's kinda difficult for a micronation to hold another micronation. But Peter managed to do it, and surprisingly, he has some good parkour and jumping skills, even for a 10-year-old. They jumped from building to building. They landed somewhere on the roof of the building with flags, before Lily accidentally fell down, calling for Peter's help. He managed to save her, but the BTT still chasing them. So, Peter delivers a powerful punch to one of the BTT's leader, Francis with blood running down his nose, his beautiful face is now ruined, his blond hair is no longer smooth, and now messy. This was the last straw. Peter and Lily were still running for their lives, but they were now trapped by a giant wall. The BTT cornered them.
"Come here, little kids," He grinned. Peter decided to use the only word that he didn't say in English
"Jag befaller dig att sluta!" Peter tries to say this word, only his voice is cracked and wavers because he isn't used to saying some Swedish words. The BTT laughed
"That was it?" Francis chuckled, because he thought that was a good joke, Gilbert also snickered. But Antonio only just stands there crazily. "I like you see you try. Do it again." Peter then try again one more time, but this time, it wasn't his voice.
"JAG BEFALLER DIG ATT SLUTA!" all five gasped. The BTT then get slashed by the suddenly-appeared Berwald who is attacking them mercilessly, like it was WW1 all over again. Peter saw some amazing battle, while Lily just hid behind him. Then Roderich came behind them, protecting them from the outbreaks of violence and their youth's sake. The trio gave up by calling "Oh, please", "Ow, ow, ow…", and "Uncle! Uncle!"
"TYSTNAD!"
"Alright, alright, we're gonna shut up right now-" Gilbert
"Calm down, copain. We're really sorry…" Francis said, while Antonio is hiding behind the shoulder.
"If you ever come near my son again…" Berwald warned, his voice now lower and angry, showing them that he's a big threat when it's come to protecting Peter.
"Oh…." Francis said shivering "Is this…This is your son?"
"Oh, your!" Gilbert jumped in, faking confusion but looking scared
"Did you know that?" Francis lied as he look at Gilbert
"No! Me?" Gilbert said also fibbed as well, and looked up in surprise. "I didn't know, No! Did you?
"No, of course not…" Francis said. Then Gilbert and Francis both looked at Antonio
"Antonio?" The crazy Spanish man nodded. Berwald let out a very angry bellow. The BTT were now huddling together in fear.
"Toodles," Gilbert said wiggling his fingers. The BTT were now gone as they run off. Roderich and the micronation are now safe. But Berwald only glares at Roderich, which causes him to flinch back and back away slowly, and Berwald is still mad at Peter because he broke the rule. Peter and Lily nervously walked up to him.
"Dad, I-"
"Ya, d'lib'r'tely d'sobey'd me!" Berwald stormed. Peter and Lily now knew that they mess up big time.
'Dad, I….I'm sorry," Peter said.
"Let's go home" Berwald harshly ignored Peter. Roderich, Peter, and Lily reluctantly followed him to safety.
"I thought you were very brave," Lily said. Peter looks down sadly.
The sun is now setting. The four nations slowly walked home. Peter was still sad because of his troublesome personality and disobeyed the rule that his father told him. He has no words to say and just wallowed in his own self-pity. Roderich noticed his sorrow and try to comfort him, including Lily.
"Roderich," The Swedish man summoned. Roderich nervously approached him
"Yes?"
"Take L'ly home. I must t'ach m'son a l'ss'n," Peter, hearing this, sank his head low. He is in big trouble now. Lily watched him with concern. Meanwhile, Peter looks away in dismissal. Roderich walks to them.
"Come, Lily. Your family is waiting," Then Roderich turned to Peter, holding one hand on his shoulder, while kneeling down. "Peter…good luck." He patted his shoulder. Then Roderich took Lily home, while Peter sadly watched them. He was biding until he heard the sudden voice-
"Peter," The sailor's micronation cringed, and started walking dejectedly toward Berwald. As he walks, he accidentally stepped on his father's footprint. His father's footprint is so big, but his foot is small. He looks up sadly, as he continues walking. It is now night with many twinkling stars and it's bloomed like fireflies. Peter made it up the hill where his father is sitting, as he sat. Berwald then glares at his son
"Peter, 'm very d'sappo'nted at y'u" Berwald began
"I know…"
"Y' could've b'en k'lled. Y'u d'lib'r'tely d'sobey'd me. And wh't's w'rse, y' put L'ly in d'nger!"
Peter then broke down with tears. Ouch, this is sad, to be honest. He wiped his tears
"I just want to be a brave, strong, and powerful nation, just like you" He defended and cried. Berwald noticed this and softened
"The r'as'n why I h've to be br've 's b'ca'se I've h'd to," Berwald explained as he turn to Peter. "Peter, b'ing br've do'sn't m'an y'u go look'ng f'r cr'm'nals.
"But you're not afraid of anything" Peter argued. Berwald took a deep breath and look at the stars wistfully
"I was t'day" he admitted
"You were?" Peter asked with his caterpillar eyebrow raised
"Ja. I th't I might lose y'u" He said, looking down
"Oh," Peter, a small smile crept onto his face. "I guess even powerful nations can be scared." Berwald nodded
"But you know what?" Peter whispered. "I think those nations are even more scared."
Berwald chuckled. "Cause n'body messes w'th y'ur far'sa!" They proceed to wrestle and play fight. After their playtime, they were both exhausted and lay on their backs.
"Dad? We're pals, right?" Peter asked with a grin on his face. Berwald nodded his head and an affirmative grunt. "And we'll always be together, right?" Then Berwald eyes wide at his son's naivety. So he sits up with his leg-crossed looking at the stars.
"Peter, let me t'll y'u som'thing th't m' fath'r told m'," Peter looked at his father and do the same pose that his father does. "Look at the stars. The Great Nations of the Past look down on us from those stars." Peter began to feel nostalgic about the word that his father gave it to him. He then begins to see all the people of the world who honored died.
Peter began to think very carefully about the whole 'The Great Nations of the Past' message that he stuck in his head. He probably know that this was an important message to learn. So he turned to ask his father.
"You really think, I can be a leader. Just like you?" His father smiles
"Ja. So whenever you feel alone, just remember that those kings will be there to guide you," He hugged his son tightly. "And so will I,"
A/N: I have alot of fun writing this long chapter. I've been working on this for a day and I love how it turns out. Also, I try my best to fit their personalities, so please don't flame me.
Translation Word:
- Oh, Scheiße means Oh Shit in German
- Jag Befaller Dig Att Sluta means "I command you to stop" in Swedish
- Tystnad means "Slience" in Swedish
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