Thank you all for the alerts and the favorites and reviews! A few more reviews would be nice too! Thank you! Now, let me explain some things. First of all, to Yanelle if you search up Hetalia Cardverse images on google, you'll find out that the maker of Hetalia seems to have decided which country will represent which card. Well, at least most of them. And I love Pirate England too! ^^ Moreover, the way Arthur was chosen/made Queen will be discussed in this chapter. I will also talk about the other Suits. Francis, Lili, and Vash are DIAMONDS. Ludwig, Kiku, and Feliciano are HEARTS. Ivan, Elizaveta, and Roderich are CLUBS. Gilbert and Peter (Sealand) are JOKERS. But anyways, on with the story! Please review!
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When Alfred opened his eyes, the first thing he noticed was that he was on grass. He could feel the gentle blade pricking his ears and brushing his neck. Taking a second to check his facilities, the man moved his fingers. They were okay. The King pushed himself up, blinking and looking around, trying to remember why he was on the ground. Oh, yeah. Arthur Kirkland is the Queen of Spades, he remembered, wincing at the thought. That's when he realized someone was watching him. The blond turned his head, letting out a rather unmanly squeal when he found Arthur staring at him from where he was sitting. The pirate snorted at the noise, running a hand through his hair. Yao was sitting next to the young King with a worried look on his face.
"Why is he still here?" stammered out the blue eyed man, pointing a shaking finger at the other blond. Said blond just smirked, not moving from his relaxed position.
"Just wanted to see your expression when you woke up and realized I was your Queen," he replied simply, stretching and getting to his feet.
"Well, it was a pleasure to meet you both. Now if you don't mind, I have a ship to return to." With a flurry of a dark blue coat, the pirate was striding away, his hat still perched precariously on his head and golden hair glinting in the sun. Alfred watched him leave with wide eyes.
"B-but he's supposed to stay," he told Yao. The Jack didn't look very pleased either.
"Well, we'll send out some warriors to capture him."
There was a short silence before Alfred broke it with a groan.
"Are you going to tell me how you knew of him being the Queen before me?"
Yao sighed, shifting a bit and averted his gaze.
"He was chosen." The Jack sighed again, closing his eyes and started recounting the tale.
.:|FLASHBACK|:.
A young, about four years old, child stood in front of a baby basket, peering inside it curiously. Wide blue eyes stared up at him as the small child gurgled and waved his hands. Yao studied both the children, the older one was watching the baby with fascination, and let a small smile flit across his face. A hand landed on his shoulder, making him turn his head. A blond man was standing there, a saddened yet proud look on his face.
"He's the one?"
Yao looked back at the green eyed child who was playing with the baby king.
"Yes."
He was the one. Arthur Kirkland was going to be the Queen on Spades. The child was made to be the Queen. The child was strong, smart and was the epitome of a perfect Queen. He could handle the stress easily and thought calmly under stress. Perfect really. He would save the kingdom from its worse times. And he was also from Spades. Not to mention he could see fairies and apparently… no. That probably wasn't true. Yes, a truly prefect child. but marriage didn't have to be told to him now. They couldn't rob him of his childhood.
.:|Time lapse of ten years. Arthur was fifteen, Alfred was ten…|:.
Yao stood in front of the angry looking teen. Arthur had punched a hole through the wall at the news of his betrothal. He didn't look happy.
"What do you mean, Queen! I'm not going to become a pansy in a palace! And why me as a Queen? Why not Alfred?" growled the young man. The Jack sighed, glaring at the teen.
"You've been chosen already Arthur. You've been marked as the Queen since you were born. Haven't you wondered why you were being taught things different from others?" The blond stared at him, hands clenched and staring unbelievingly at Yao.
"Y-you r-raised me to be a-a Queen?" asked the boy with disbelief. And slight anger. The older man shuffled his feet a bit before looking up to stare at the boy opposite him in the eyes.
"Yes. We knew you would be perfect for it. We were waiting for you to be of age before we decided to tell you about the decision. And…we heard that you have a power…"
"I should've known. You wanted me for my power," sneered the younger man. Before Yao could explain anything, the blond whirled around and stalked away.
"I don't care if I'm chosen to be-"
"You're not chosen. You are the Queen. You've been the Queen since we saw you. We just waned to talk to you about the betrothal when you were older."
"I'm going. Don't bother searching for me." And he had left in a flurry of blue and gold, not returning to the kingdom.
After that, it had been easy to track the Queen, but it was a whole differently matter trying to convince him to return to the kingdom. Arthur never came back to his duties. He become a pirate and terrorized other Suits. Apparently, he even managed to defeat the pirate from Hearts, Antonio Carriedo. All the Suits were afraid of him, no one wanted to try and capture him because apparently, Arthur Kirkland had Tamesis (a spirit of the ocean) on his side. And so, Arthur was unbeatable and didn't set foot into Spades ever again. Until recently…
.:|FLASHBACK OVER|:.
Alfred chewed his lip and frowned slightly, worried that his Queen was a bloodthirsty pirate who had a spirit on his side and who was also enemies with most of the Suits. Things couldn't get any worse could they?
"And why did he come back here?" he finally asked Yao. The dark haired man paused before shrugging.
"He came to see his little brother, Peter Kirkland, the Joker."
The young King shuddered a bit, making a quick hand gesture to ward off evil. Jokers were considered to be evil, what with their horns and tails. But on the other hand, if you had them in your court, you were rather lucky. They were believed to be able to curse anyone and had a strange power. They usually stuck together and went anywhere they wanted. They were allowed into every Suit. Currently, there were only two Jokers. One was Gilbert Beilschmidt, a friend of King Francis of Hearts. He was staying at the Diamond Palace for some time. And the other was his apprentice, Peter Kirkland. Alfred had never thought about their relationship. Hell, he had never even met the young Joker and nor did he want to.
The blue eyed king was broken out of his thoughts as his Jack stretched.
"Well, Your Majesty, I have told you everything. Now, I want you to get ready to live with His Majesty the Queen. We are going to keep him here even if we have to chain him to the throne." As soon as he had finished the last word, there were yells. Bloodcurdling yells. Alfred twitched nervously, jumping to his feet while his Jack took a step in front of him, pulling out a beautiful and deadly sword. They paused and then spotted a man. A certain man with blond hair and a precariously perched blue hat. Alfred's eyebrows furrowed as he stared at the pirate. Said pirate was looking in their direction with a sneer before he turned and walked away. The king was even more worried as he saw the other blond make his way into the palace. Damn it! Is he going to stay in the palace? he wondered. His unasked question was answered as Yao sheathed his sword and adopted a grim look.
"It seems like the Queen is going to be staying at the palace."
"Damn. He's going to murder me in my sleep."
"No he won't… okay, maybe he might. But don't worry Your Highness, I doubt His Majesty the Queen would murder a king. Except for that one time when he almost succeeded in killing the King of Hearts…"
Alfred shot him a withering look.
"Gee, that makes me feel so secure."
"I apologize, Your Majesty. But we really must get going and see how many people he already terrorized."
They practically ran all the way back to the palace and found a trail of ruffled maids, each blushing furiously and averting their gazes when they saw Alfred. Not that they looked him in the eyes anyways.
"Your Majesty, you didn't inform us that we would be having a guest," say a firm voice. Alfred turned to beam at the woman. She was in her late forties and was quite possibly, one of the most motherly woman he had ever met.
"Hey Victoria! And I didn't know we'd be having a guest either."
The woman tutted and rolled her eyes, breezing past them and to the stairs.
"He's in your room, Sire. I have no idea why, but he had a…frightening aura around him. Please do make sure all the young girls are okay."
The blue eyed man groaned, nodding at the Jack and rushing up the stairs with him to his room.
Arthur was sprawled out on his blue sheets, his eyes slitted and glaring at the other two men and a gun in hand which he had cocked at Alfred's head.
"What are you doing in my room?" questioned the King, a bit angry but mostly afraid of the gun. He didn't use weapons that much, and he had never seen a gun in Spades. Apparently it was a rare weapon and mostly pirates had one. The muzzle was gleaming coldly at him and the man on his bed smirked.
"Sorry to tell you, love, but this is my room too. My room, my rules. You touch the bed and I shoot you."
Yao sighed, shaking his head and giving Arthur a look before edging away and leaving the royal couple there. Alfred gaped at the pirate, completely surprised that he had the nerve to say something like that when he was a guest. He's not a guest Alfred. He might not have been around the palace, but he is the Queen. So all this is also rightfully his. The young blond gritted his teeth. Sometimes his subconscious was way too smart for it's own good. The King sighed and moved into the room, more specifically to the couch. Well, it seemed like he would sleeping on a couch tonight.
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