The bright rays of the morning sun stung my eyes as I forced them open. I groaned sleepily as I tried to get out of bed. Then I realized Russia was in bed with me— again. Not that I minded. He was sound asleep, holding me from behind, his head gently resting upon my shoulder. I could feel his warm breath against my neck. 'I think I'll stay like this a little while longer.' I thought.

*An hour & a half later*

"Mariah…..Mariah…" a voice whispered. I slowly opened my eyes, it was Tobago. "What is it, Momo?" I groaned. Russia turned and looked at her as well, "There's a girl at the door and she's looking for Russia." she whispered. Russia's eyes widened. "Who is she?" I whispered back, "I don't know, she didn't say. But she's ,like, super pretty. She has long blonde hair with a white bow in it and she's wearing a blue, maid-like dress." Tobago replied.

Russia suddenly gasped and pulled the covers over his head. "Russia, what's wrong?" I asked, "That's Belarus! My sister!" he said in terror. Tobago and I looked at each other in shock, "That's the crazy girl you told us about?" Tobago exclaimed, "You guys stay in here." I said, "I'll go talk to h—" I stopped and we all looked out of my door. We saw Belarus inside, looking around. Then her eyes met with all of ours. She had the most demonic look in her face! We all jumped in the fear, Russia hid back under the covers and I quickly ran and locked the door.

It got quiet. We all looked at each other wondering if she'd left. But then we heard a sudden pounding at my door. We jumped again, "Nii-san! Let me in, Nii-san!" she shouted, "Go home!" Russia cried. The pounding ceased. We looked at each other again, "Did she listen?" Tobago whispered, I shrugged. Then there was an eerie clawing at the door, "Nii-san!….open the door so we can become one…Nii-san…remove this door that's keeping us separated….Nii-san!" she commanded.

"Go home!" Russia cried.

"Mariah, what are you gonna do?" Tobago panicked.

I looked around the room frantically, till my eyes landed on the window. "Out there!" I pointed. Russia and Tobago hurried to the window as I opened it. As we climbed onto the balcony, we heard the door knob shaking rapidly, becoming looser. "Hurry!" I shouted as we slid down the side ladder. When we finally reached the ground we saw the entire door knob fly over our heads.

"NII-SANNN!"

"Run!" I shouted. We ran behind the house and into the back woods, jumping fallen trees and dodging obstacles. There was a tall tree with thick branches coming close, "Up there!" I pointed. We reached tree and climbed as high as the branches could support. Gasping and panting heavily we laid on the branches. "I think we lost her." I panted. 'Well this is one hell of a way to start off your morning!' I thought sarcastically. Then I looked at Russia and saw him trembling in a fetal position and Tobago trying to comfort him. It sadden me to see him like that. I inched my way over to them.

"Don't worry Russia, we wont let that whack-job get you!" Tobago promised. His trembling lessened and I put my hand on top of his. He immediately grabbed it and held it tightly. 'Oh, Russia….'. Russia pulled me and Tobago into a close embrace, "You girls are just wonderful." he said in happiness. I smiled to myself in satisfaction and hugged him back and Tobago did the same. "How long do you think we're gonna be in this tree?" Tobago asked, peering at the ground. "I don't know…." I looked down too. "I'm not ready to come back down." Russia said, "She could still be waiting.". Tobago and I groaned,

'How does such a sweet and adorable guy end up with a border-line psychopath for a sister?' I thought. I was so irritated at Belarus. "We'll stay up here with you as long as you want us to, Russia." I said. He seemed very pleased at that. I leaned against the trunk of the tree, looking at the sky through the gaps of the branches, 'If she thinks that she can take Russia away from us, she's wrong.' I thought. "I don't wanna be stuck in the same spot all day." Tobago said, "These trees are close enough together, we could use the branches to get out of here.". I checked the surrounding branches to confirm her statement, "Hm. You're right." I agreed. "Then lets go, na?" she urged. I looked at Russia, "Are you ok with that, Russia?" I asked. He nodded, "Da.". "Ok." I said as I carefully stood to my feet. I reached my hand out to Russia, "Lets go." I smiled.

Russia smiled back, grabbing my hand.

*End of chapter 4*