A/N: Nation 'death' is a possibility and brutal treatment will be a definite. I can not promise you will enjoy these following chapters after the second world war has started as I will not lighten up this historical events, and the ones I will add to history will be very dark as well.

Chapter 47: The Return Part 3

"I've seen war… I hate war." President Franklin Delano Roosevelt.

The year was 1938 and tension was building, The Germans and the Austrians had formed an alliance together, however through suave politics and cloak and daggers the Austrian government was shattered, fractured into Hungary, Austria, and Czech-Slovakia. Of which the Germans had annexed Austria and Czech-Slovakia. Hungary the only remaining ally to Germany now.

In the shadows a pact among three nations had also taken place dividing up the world in claim for each of them. The Axis had been born.

On the other side of the spectrum the members of the Entente had reformed their alliance bring them together again as the Allies except for America now under an isolationist policy as to consolidate their people and recover from the great depression.

The Soviet Union and the Comentiern waited watching for its chance, in secret they had formed a deal with the leader of Germany to particion Poland. Yet a stronger force was working here the Soviets knew what they would do, they just had to wait.

However a rouge element was in this equation that few of the alliances had thought of, The Impirium of the Byzantines, the newly reformed super nation owning the majority of the Middle east, Anatolia, and the Balkans along with parts of Northern Africa watched with envy and thrist for the other nations to make their move.

*Mid-Year*

The alliances had to take into account the ferocity that the empire would show if apossed… or even the strength it offered if befriended. The first of these factions to make its move was the Axis, much to the jargen of Italy.

Germany stood in front of the door to the Byzantines house. He thought to himself calmly, This should be easy enough seeing as how they were are allies last time. When the door opened he was taken aback at how different the formerly dead nation was.

He couldn't tell anything from the face that the empire wore.

The empire however spoke first, "Ah Ludwig long time no see, welcome back to my humble abode." He waved him in taking a seat by a desk in a very casual way.

Ludwig followed him in taking a seat across him, "You seem different…"

The empire smirked hollowly, "The same could be said for you Ludwig, why I can see the persecution in your eyes, the prejudice and pain you feel from the imprisionment of parts of your population, the hell you must be going through to follow the orders of your boss. Tsk."

Ludwig almost gapped at him, but instead caught himself regaining his composure thinking to himself, How… how could he read me like that.

The empire sighed leaning in taking a more business like posture, "Now tell me what you wish to discuss."

Ludwig nodded, "Straight to business, I would wish to formally propose an alliance between our nations."

Triestan closed his eyes, then lifted his head opening them stairing dead into the eyes of Ludwig.

He spoke in a supercilious tone of voice, "Really? You honestly think I would join your petty little alliance? Ha! You are barbaric scum, and your ally to the south is nothing more than a backstabbing little piece of cowardly shit that isn't worth the time to train or converse with. I'd sooner shoot myself in the head than join that little Axis you have." He spat on Ludwig's Iron cross.

Ludwig stood up extremely insulted, "How dare you! What place do you have to make accusations like that!"

Triestan stood up slowly lifting his arms up and putting them on Ludwig's shoulders pushing him down holding him in place, stairing him down, "You think I don't know boy, I know your bosses little plan, hahaha, its pathetic you honestly think that you can trick me, you would just use me, then once you have Europe in your hand stab me in the back and just turn my people into slaves or sub-humans that you think exsist."

Triestan tapped Ludwig's forehead with each word he said, "I. Will. Not. Be. Betrayed. Again." On the final word he brought a fist into Ludwig's forehead knocking him back.

He then spoke loudly, "Get out of my house Ludwig, and don't come back unless you've got a death wish." He said viciously and deadly.

The Axis failed.

The next contender was the Allies. However they didn't know who to send seeing as how the majority of their members were people the Empire didn't get along with. So they tried sending emissaries from each nation, all of which were treated the same, with failure.

The final contestant was the Comientern. Ivan actually sought to bring communism to his former religious brothers, to show them the way.

Ivan however did not meet Triestan at Triestan's house, but instead he set up an arrangement for a field someplace in Ukraine.

When both were there, Triestan spoke first, "Give me one reason I should join a traitor to the faith such as you?" his voice full of disappointment.

Ivan was somewhat shocked, but his face didn't betray it, "I've much to offer and to gain my fri-" Triestan held his hand to Ivan's lip, "Don't finish that sentence."

In the next moment Triestan was walking away leaving possibly the most terrifying nation ever born baffeled in a field.

For once in a long time Ivan did not get what he wanted.

*End of Year*

The Rouge element of Byzantium still stood on its own, not bending to either side, completely alone. It would fight by itself for itself, no allies required.

Yet a thought passed through each of the factions minds, What are they planning?

Triestan sat silently in his home alone nothing on his desk , and he was smiling, his hand was dealt to him and he like it, "Now all that must be done is wait."

With that the clock struck midnight and the new year was ushered in 1939.