Due to an excessive amount of Halloween candy, and the fun and joys of Halloween, I did not get around to posting this chapter on Halloween! Please don't kill me! ^^ Have a good one, peeps! (Yeah... I went Prussia... o.O)
~Whitney (with Cassi supervising and typing-ish)
It is Halloween, also known as the one day of the year where you can wear anything and not look like an idiot. Err, well, at least the people will know why you are dressed like that anyways.
I had my hair dyed orange and loads of face makeup (I can't stand makeup, but this day will have exceptions.) just to feel more in-character with my Mad Hatter costume. I even dyed my eye brows and got a teacup from England to carry around with me. Now, all I had to do was act insane and whenever I get mad sound Irish! It's perfect!
NORMAL POV
Spain the werewolf was the first to emerge in his costume. He walked into the living room, hearing a knock at the door, and opening it to reveal America and France on the other side. "I am here to harvest your blood." France the vampire said, entering the house with a creepy-ness added to his accent.
He had a huge black cape, white face paint and fake blood dripping down the sides of his mouth. America burst in the door then. "And I'm Indiana Alfred Jones!" he yelled, enthousiastically, in an Indiana Jones costume. He had a whip also.
"Welcome, mi amigos, the chicas are getting ready as we speak!" Spain said happily. Just as he said that, Whitney came walking out of her bedroom wearing a cheshire cat costume, only it had a skirt on it which made it look kind of like an outfit instead of a costume. Her hair was also dyed silver with blue streaks and she had a tail and ears along with face paint. She was smiling really wide, in order to be in character.
"Ah! Mon chaton, so you decided to make use of my nickname, non?" he said, smiling as he inspected her. Her grinning lessened noticibly, but she tried to look happy still. "Dude, you're the Cheshire cat? Pretty awsome!" Alfred said, giving her a thumbs up.
"Ah~! Amor, you look lovely!" Spain said, hugging her. "Thank you, Spain!" she chimed in happilly. They then heard insane laughter soming from the hallway behind them and turned around to see Cassi in her costume.
{Whitney's Point of View}
I tried to keep smiling, but my cheeks started to hurt. I turned when I heard Cassi's laughter, along with the others, and was slightly startled when she approached decked out in her Mad Hatter costume. To be honest, I thought she attempted to fit into the part a little too well... "Watch out America, it's your insane girlfriend." I teased, laughing in a way that I hoped was Cheshire Cat-like.
"What? Girlfriend?" shouted an extremley confused vampire. We all turned to him, just now remembering that the only ones who knew were China, Spain and I. (I had told Spain later that same night.)
"When did this happen?" France said, looking at the two. Cassi, erm, the Hatter just started insanley laughing again. She really was kind of creeping me out a bit. America then explained, "Well, this was the result of our date!" and walked over to her.
France stood there for a moment, processing the information, then smirked. "Well, you two, looks like you are finally becoming more experienced in l'amour. Why, pretty soon you'll be talking about marriage plans and then-" "DUDE!" Alfred, Spain and I yelled simaltaniously. He only smiled. "Just saying."
Alfred looked really red in the face but I couldn't tell about Cassi because of all that makeup. She reached into one of the many pockets in her costume and pulled out a tea cup. "Anyone know where there is any tea?" she said. "There's always time for tea." she said, grinning creepilly.
"Angleterre would most likely have some, papillon." France said, slightly bored. Then, he smiled. This was even creepier than Cassi the Hatter... "But speaking of l'amour... How's my favorite couple doing?" He strode over towards me and Spain. "How is your experience with l'amour?"
"N-none of your beeswax!" I stammered, breaking my Cheshire Cat facade. France really knew how to push my buttons.
"Hm, mon chaton, at least now we know you're not afraid of big bad wolves~!" He teased, petting Spain's head and letting out a wolf whistle.
I blushed, and looked to Cassi for help.
She smiled again and walked over to us, putting a hand on France's shoulder. "Did you guys know, that if someone were to be murdered on Halloween and their blood covered body dumped in someone's yard, it would be thought of as a decoration?" she said and laughed insanely again.
France looked scared for a bit. "B-but, papillon, the owners of the yard would certainly figure out it is not fake." The Hatter looked at him, grinning evily, and said "That is, if it wasn't thought of as an elaborite prank. And, even so, it would cause for plenty of time to make a run and clear up the murder sight and weapon."
Alfred started laughing nervously and put his hand on her shoulder. "Dude, you are seriously starting to remind me of Russia right now." he siad.
She only kept on smiling. "Only on Halloween...as far as you all know." she added with more insane laughter. I was thankfull for her distracting a certain vampire, but this was...creepy.
"Cassi..." I replied, blinking at her blankly. "Where and when do you want to go Trick or Treating?"
"It doesn't matter where to me, but I say let's go now!" She exclaimed, raising her teacup in the air.
"Let's go visit China, then!" I shouted happily, my Cheshire Cat grin taking over again.
"Muy bien, vamos!" Spain said, ushering us all towards the door while releasing a howl.
"Aiyah! So many of you, ~aru!" China exclaimed from his Power Ranger costume. He was the red ranger, of course. "Here, ~aru!" He yelled, tossing something into our outstretched bags.
"Why thank you good sir!" Cassi said, laughing lightly. China blinked. "Cassi, is that you~aru?" he asked, probably confused.
"Ahahahaha! Of course not, silly, I am the Hatter!" she said, smiling. China looked at the rest of us. "It's her." I said, grinning again. "Oh~aru. Well, you all have fun~aru!" he said, waving to us. "Thanks, dude!" Alfred shouted before we left and went to the next house.
We walked over to the next house, and we probably shouldn't have, because it was Russias. We weren't paying attention, so we didn't know it untill we knocked on the door and it creaked open just a little. From there we could all see half of his face, grinning and laughing evilly at us, which made even Cassi scream as we all ran away.
When we felt we were a safe distance away, we stopped running to catch our breath. It was then that I heard a rustling in the bushes... But that was my only warning before-
"HALLOWEEN'S AWESOME!" The voice screamed from the bushes as someone grabbed me around the waist. It was then that I noticed that Cassi was with me too, shrieking but also laughing maniacally...
"Let go of us!" I hissed, beating my kidnapper's arm. "Spain won't be happy when-"
"Calm down and listen to my awesome!" Prussia yelled, still holding the two of us. "There's a party at England's house and it's pretty awesome if I do say so myself." he said.
"...So?" Alfred asked.
"SO! You all ah comin'!" he shouted back, excitedly. He finally let go of us and we turned around to see what he was wearing. He had baggy pants and a lot of blingy jewelry, a backwards hat and a purple graphic shirt with black sleeves. "Follow the awesome gangster to yo destination... Son!"
We all started walking ahead, following him. Spain and France started a conversation with Prussia, best friends as they were. I smiled, watching my werewolf husband talk with a vampire and a gangster, then looked to my side and watched my friend the Hatter and her boyfriend Indiana Jones. Halloween could make things ridiculous!
"So what's Iggy dressed up as?" Alfred called to Prussia.
"Something fashionable, I hope." France replied mockingly.
"You'll just have to wait and see... Dawg." Prussia said, thoroughly enjoying his new dialect.
"Oy! Is Romano at this party?" Spain asked as he hit his friend on the back.
"Watch the awesome threads, yo!" Prussia responded, pretending to be miffed. "He there, yeah, he there a'ight."
Spain howled in contentment and then threw his arm around me. "Wonder what our little boy is tonight.." He remarked, casting me a sideways glance.
"Yeah, same." I replied, shooting my Chesire Cat smile and leaning into him.
"Yo, ya'll two need a room..." Prussia sneered and looked back at Cassi and America, who copied us. "Y'all all need a room!"
"I'd gladly be in either of those rooms." France said, a mischievous smile lighting his face.
"Shut it, dude!" Alfred said, embarrassed. France just laughed.
"Kesesesese~! Well, we be here, homes!" Prussia laughed, and with that, we arrived at Englands' house.
When we walked inside, the first thing we all saw was a gun being pointed to France's head. "Thought you could sneak up on me today, huh? Well, tough luck &#^$%*! This is not the day!"
I'd know that voice anywhere. "Romano~! My little tomato, why do you have that gun?" Spain said. He removed the gun from in front of his face and looked down. "Well...it may or may not be fake..." he said dissapointedly.
He had on a black fedora hat and an outfit that made him look like- "Romano, you're in the Mafia!" I shrieked. He looked at me. "Mom! Not in public!" he said, face blushing. "Ah, my little tomato, that suit makes you look so handsome! When are you going to get yourself a girlfriend?" Spain asked.
"Sh-shut up! Tomato ^$%*#!" he said.
"Now, now..." I said, moving up to fix his shirt collar. "That type of language doesn't attract nice young ladies."
"Mom, seriously? It's Halloween!" He said, attempting to be upset as I continued to fuss over him.
"Alright, alright!" I said happily, backing off. "You know we love you!"
"Y-yeah..." He replied awkwardly. "Well, England and Haley are around here somewhere... I'm gonna hang out with Italy and Germany."
"Aww! They're here too?" I said excitedly, then noticed Romano's face... "Ah, well... Go have fun then."
Cassi then chimed in. "You know, you really do act just like a mom. It's wierd how you act so differently normally." and grinned. I thought about what she said for a moment, before she said "I believe I'll go find a way to creep the heck out of someone now!" and walked away.
Alfred just stood there for a second, then said "I'm gonna follow her. I need to make sure she doesn't give anyone a heart attack..." he trailed off and walked away, leaving Spain, France and I alone.
"I don't act like a mom usually?" I asked, frowning and breaking my Cheshire Cat mode.
"That's because you're usually carefree and exuberant, mi amor~!" Spain said happily, barking out a laugh afterwards.
"Although you were quite enticing like that, mon chaton." France replied, petting me as he smirked.
"I think we should go find England..." I said, my voice trailing off as I looked around the expanse of the room. I'd failed to notice how huge England's house was before...
"Oui! Angleterre!" France exclaimed, already on the move. "And, of course, his delicate flower..."
When we reached England and Haley, they were dressed up as spies. Arthur even had a fake gun. They were talking to one another untill France grabbed both of them by the waste and pulled them into a hug.
"Angleterre! Haley! So wonderfull to see you both!" he sang, England looking like he was about to kill. "Get your bloody hands off me and my girlfriend!" he screamed. "Hi Francis." Haley said, struggling.
Once they broke free, Spain made our precences known. "Hey, England, this is a pretty cool party amigo~!"
England turned to look at the two of us. He nodded and smiled, looking sort of confused, and said "Hm, a werewolf married to a cheshire cat? Not something you'd see everyday. How are your Halloweens going?"
"Pretty good!" I answered smiling. "We haven't gotten that much candy, but we're still having a good time! What about you, England?"
He smiled and put on some sunglasses and said "England? I see no England here. I'm Kirkland. Arthur Kirkland." then propped up his gun on his shoulder.
We all laughed at his act and were about to continue the conversation before we heard loud laughter. We all looked over to see a crowd that had gathered around the snack table. Cassi was there, holding a cup of tea, and having a conversation with Poland, Denmark, and Belarus. From what we could see, Poland was dressed up like the march hare, Denmark was the knave of hearts, and Belarus was dressed like Alice from the movie.
It appeared that they had started re-inacting some of the movie, which was drawing out alot of laughter from other people watching.
I heard Denmark say "You're all mad." and walk away, then Belarus, who was hiding behind Cassi, came out. Cassi then said some things and something about "The absolute best way to travle is by hat!" then walked off with Belarus. But not before Poland started insanley laughig and threw a teacup at Cassi, which somehow she knew would happen and crouched down, dodging it.
I grinned and debated on whether or not I wanted to make my way over to the others,Spain nudged me to the center of the group.
Maintaining my grin, although a little shaken up, I turned to Cassi. "You know, I've always admired your hat..."
She caught on and took her hat off, hugging it protectively. "I need to look presentable for my execution."
"Oh, but I'd wear it to all of the most formal occasions~." I prattled on.
As she was about to get into character, something swung down from the ceiling. I shrieked, then chuckled as the Cheshire Cat would when I realized who it was.
"Oops... Wrong movie... Sorry guys!" Indiana Alfred Jones apologized as he landed in the middle of our scene.
"Ah~! What lovely actors you two are!" France then said from behind us. The crowd now figured the scene was over, so they dispersed. Cassi started laughing insanely again, but this time she wouldn't show any indication of stopping.
I tried talking over her. "Eh, well, you know. You should be in character when you're in a costume, right?" I said, smiling nervously. Cassi was still laughing. Spain looked to me. "You are forgetting that if I were in character, I'd be trying to eat you amor!" he said and hugged me.
"Honhonhon~! And since I am a vampire, I should be sucking all of your blood from your neck but instead," France started and grabbed me, pulling me into a hug with my head bent back slightly, "I will settle with just kissing it." he smirked, but I pushed him away and got behind Spain.
Cassi was still laughing, and we all looked over to see America had started shaking her arm. "Dudes, I think she's broken!" he said, looking confused. "Cover up her mouth!" Haley suggested. He did so but it didn't stop her insane laughing. "Shove some chocolate into her mouth!" England said. "That'll surely get her to keep quiet."
"ONLY FOR THE TIME BEING, MAN!" I said, knowing what would happen afterwards would be much worse. "Which reminds me to go through all her candy when we get back to the house tonight."
Then I got a brilliant idea... Almost too brilliant. My Cheshire Cat grin went into overdrive. "Hey Arthur... Have a stereo with surround sound?"
"Why... Yes... Why do you ask?" He questioned a little hesitantly, uncertain of my intentions.
"Cuz even the Hatter loves Michael Jackson..." I said, laughing slightly as I pulled out a burned CD. "It's Thriller time!"
"THRILLER?" Cassi exclaimed in between her fits of laughter. "I love Thriller!"
I hurriedly gave England the CD and ushered him off. "It's number five." After a few minutes, the music slowly wafted through the speakers, and then filled the entire room.
"Is this a song to dance to, mi amor?" Spain asked, drawing me closer.
"Oui, papillon? Is it?" France hovered over by Cassi, awaiting her next move.
She looked at him excitedly and grabbed his shoulders. "DUDE, I'VE MEMORIZED THE WHOLE FLIPPING DANCE!" She then looked at Spain and I. "You two are gonna do it too!" she shouted.
She then pushed us into a line and stood in front of us. "Just do exactly what I do! Like I'm a mirror!"
She started doing moves, and at first we could all copy her easilly. But once it got to that really complicated part, she was doing EVERYTHING from the music video, never missing a beat. We tried copying still, but were all really out of sync with her. Once the song was over, she struck the final pose as the evil laughter at the end came on.
She turned to face us. "Well, that was nice!" I decided to use something from the movie. "Yes, Hatter, why not do the futterwacken now?" I said, smiling widely.
She looked embarassed and said a simple "Shut it!" while tipping her hat over her face. France started laughing. "Ohohohon~! Papillon, this is the first time all night you have shown any emotion other than insanity!"
"Yes well..." I began, my smile fading slightly. "Next song, Hatter?"
"Let the music PLAY!" She shouted, even though the CD was still playing regularly... "GHOSTS!"
The music started and she stood with her hands behind her back and her head down. Her hands slowly rose up and pretty soon she was doing all this complicated stuff I remembered seeing from her video game. We just stood there and stared in shock as the music played.
There's a ghost down in the hall
There's a ghoul upon the bed
There's something in the walls
There's blood up on the stairs
And it's floating through the room
And there's nothing I can see
And I know that that's the truth
Because now it's hauntin' me
She started singing while she was dancing and I couldn't help but think of how Michael Jackson has quite a few songs fitting for Halloween.
Once the song and dance were over, she stood back up and turned around. "So, what we gonna do now, guys?"
I smiled my Cheshire Cat smile. "We could always go Trick or Treating again... Or play pranks."
"With blood, da?" Cassi asked innocently, returning to her Russia state.
"Maybe not blood." I said, laughing slightly. "Dude! We should go see Austria and Hungary! I hear she bakes cookies for the holidays..." My voice trailed off as I thought about them.
"DUDE! Cookies! Let's go!" Cassi and America yelled in unison, then high-fived and ran off.
"H-Hey! Wait!" I exclaimed, starting to chase after them, but found Spain first and made him come with me.
"Oh, Angleterre, I fear I must follow them..." I heard France say as he caught us leaving.
"We may be back!" I hollered, picking up speed in order to catch up to Cassi and America... Or, rather, the Hatter and Mr. Jones.
Cassi just knocked on the door when we approached, with France following behind.
"Trick or treat, smell my feet!" She started when the door opened, and I chimed in with her as I remembered the rhyme from my elementary school days. "Give me something good to eat! If you don't, I don't care! I'll pull down my underwear!"
"That's great dear~!" Hungary sang back at us, pushing us inside. The house was warm and smelled like sugar and spices. Piano music drifted through the room... "Just a minute!"
"Honhonhon..." France laughed, eyeing us. "I don't think I'd give you any treats then..."
I shot him a glare, piecing together what he told us, as did America. Spain and Cassi had wandered around, following the music until they reached Austria's piano room.
"Austria-san!" Cassi called happilly when we all found him. He stopped playing and turned around to look at us and smiled. "Ah, hello everyone. I trust you are all having a wonderfull Halloween so far?" he asked. He wasn't dressed up, but I didn't figure he would be.
"Yes~!" Spain, Cassi, America and I chimed happilly. "Well, precious dears, why not have some treats?" Hungary said, coming in with a tray of warm looking cupcakes. "Thanks Hungary-san!" Cassi said excitedly, the rest of us not far behind her. We had all started eating a cupcake when Austria walked over to us.
"Would you all like to see something?" he asked. Cassi and I jumped up and down excitedly. "What is it, what is it?" we asked eagerly. Austria chuckled. "Follow me." he said. I looked back to notice the only ones listening were Cassi, France and I. America and Spain were talking to Hungary.
He took us out to a field in his back yard where there was a huge corn field maze. "WOAH!" Cassi yelled. I was too stunned to say anything. Cassi and I started giggling and we ran into the maze excitedly. We ran around everywhere, making sure not to loose each other, and stopped when we come to our first dead end.
Cassi started laughing again. I looked around, smiling. "I wonder how he managed all of this?" I said, looking to Cassi. She stopped laughing and was making a face that was a mixture of 'oh snap', 'this is bad' and 'this is hillarious'.
"What is it?" I asked, and she simply pointed behind me. I turned around to come face to face with France, who had apparently followed us in here. And now we were alone...in the dark...in a huge maze...with France.
I gasped and got behind Cassi. She looked a little uncomfortable, but not petrified like I was. This was a scarry Halloween. "H-h-h-how did you find us? We were running like a hundred miles an hour!" I shrieked, confused.
"Honhonhon, chaton, you were both giggling like mad. It wasn't that hard to follow." he said, approaching us. I stepped back but Cassi stayed put. It wierded me out how I was scared of him but she wasn't and she was the younger one.
"Do you want to explore the maze with us, France?" she asked. "Well, that's not all I'd like to explore, papillon. Honhonhon~." he said, putting a hand on her face. "Back off her, she has a boyfriend now!" I said, gaining a sudden burst of courage and slapping his hand away from her.
"Haz that ever stopped me before, chaton?" he said, smirking.
"N-now that I think about it... No..." I stammered, positioning myself slightly in front of Cassi.
"And now I have ze two of you all to myself~! We'll have a lot of fun together, now won't we, mon chaton, mon papillon?" His face was really starting to creep me out... But what scared me even more was the fact that he was edging closer to us.
"Francis, back off!" I said louder. "If you want me, leave Cassi out of it!" I was getting extremely defensive...
"Oh, mon chaton, but I want both of you..." France said as he reached me and grabbed my waist.
I shot a pleading look at Cassi, but she seemed as shocked by his actions as I was. "France..." His hands went lower, and just as I raised my hand to slap him, we all jumped when we heard a gun fire.
"Normally I stay neutral, but this I can't condone." I leaned over to look around France and saw... Switzerland!
"Thank you!" I could have practically started crying as I attempted to pry France's hands off of my hips.
"Why must someone always interrupt our fun, mon chaton?" France asked in frustration, pulling me a little closer.
"Vash!" Cassi exclaimed. "Yes, now, France, let them go." he said sternly, pointing the gun at his face. He reluctantly released the two of us, knowing Switzerland was trigger-happy and didn't ever joke.
I imeditley ran over and hugged him, ignoring his loaded gun. "Uh, yes well." he grunted, not expecting that. "How did you find us?" I asked. He shrugged. "I had a hunch. And I wasn't about to pass up a possible chance to shoot anyone." he said, shooting a glare at France, who flinched. I then looked around, noticing something. Cassi was missing.
"Cassi? Where'd you go?" I yelled, and in return I heard that insane giggling again. "She ran off!" I yelled. "She must've walked through the corn stalks." Vash said.
"Well, we gotta go find her!" I said, starting to worry.
"Don't worry. We'll find her." Vash assured me, then led the way through the corn stalks, pausing every so often in order to make sure I was behind him and France was keeping his distance. "Or, I suppose, she could find us..."
I frowned. I needed Spain's magical charm, but he wasn't here... I was deep in thought as I searched through the rows, so much so that I bumped into Vash by accident.
"Ah! Gomen, gomen!" I exclaimed, backing away from him hastily.
"S'alright." He replied brusquely, looking around. "Her laughter's stopped."
I turned to look behind me. "And France is gone..."
Cassi's POV
I was being Mad Hatter Halloween Sneaky Corn Field Ninja when I realized I only heard Whitney and Vash calling out for me. This confused me for a bit, but I kept sneaking around silently. I then heard rustling from the corn behind me.
Before I could turn around, France had his arms around me and pulled me up to him. I didn't want to give away my position, so I stayed quiet but looked up at him with irritation. "Dude, why you gotta ruin my sneakiness?" I asked.
He laughed. "I couldn't just let mon papillon get lost in the dark all by herself~!" he exclaimed. I then got an idea, and turned around to face him.
"Do you want to help me scare the living daylights out of them? Or, at least Whitney?" I asked, excitedly. He looked at me confused for a moment, but then smiled.
"Well well, naughty tonight are we?"
I stepped back with my hands on my hips, smiling and getting back into my creepy Hatter mode. "Just mad. We're all mad here." I said and prepaired to explain my plan to him.
Whitney's POV
I was really starting to worry, and Vash was too I think. Just then, I heard something that scared me to death. It was France's scream. It echoed through the maze and made me jump onto Vash again, but I think it freaked him out too, judging by his startled face.
"...What do you think that was?" I whispered cautiously to him. He looked like he was about to answer but just then, I heard evil scream-laughter and was promptly tackled to the ground along with him. I screamed like a maniac untill I noticed the two bodies on top of us were a maniacally laughing Hatter and vampire.
"Y-YOU GUYS!" I stammered in anger, pushing them off of me. "Not freaking funny! I was so worried about you! You made me and Vash waste all that time looking for you, me thinking you could be getting kidnapped by France or something, and you were watching us the whole time?" I was on a rant now, and they knew it. Even though France looked slightly hurt, I continued. "And furthermore, you," I pointed to France. "Should not be allowed anywhere NEAR her, because now that I know your intentions, I WILL tell Spain about it!"
"Oh, mon chaton, what will my good friend Antonio do?" He smiled down at me as I glared up at him.
"What he doesn't do, I will." Vash said, standing with his arms crossed. "And I'm sure England will take over, afterwards... If there is an 'afterwards'..."
"Besides the point! Apologize!" I exclaimed, pointing at them both. When I received blank stares as a response, I broke down. "Or I'll start crying..."
Cassi started freaking out immediatley. "I'm sorry! I'm sorry! I'll never do that again in my entire life, I promise!" she shrieked, shaking my shoulders. "Don't cry! Don't be mad! Please, I'm sorry! Gomen nasai! Gomen, gomen, gomen!"
"I apologize, mon chaton..." France began apologetically, pulling a rose from behind his cape. "I'll try to make it up to you, somehow." He finished, winking.
I shot a scared glance at France, then looked to Cassi who was still freaking out. "It's ok~." I replied, hugging her. "Daijobou! You just scared me and worried me... I'm glad you're alright." I smiled.
"Well, now that that's settled..." Vash said, coughing slightly to gain our attention. "Time to get you back to Austria's."
I shuddered. "As long as I get out of here in once piece, that's alright with me..."
"Follow me!" Cassi yelled, sticking her pointer finger in the air. "You know how to get out of here?" I asked. "Nope!" she said, smiling. Then she pointed towards a lighted area in the sky. "But Austria's house is that way, and we can walk through the corn!" she said, happily.
"Uh, isn't that a little..." Vash started, but Cassi had already started running towards the light through the corn.
"RUN TOWARDS DA LIGHT!" She exclaimed.
He sighed. "How is she so energetic?" he questioned to no one as we all followed.
Austria's House
"Dudes? Where did my girlfriend go?" Alfred asked, worriedly. "And mi amor? She is gone as well!" Spain noticed. Austria walked in as Hungary was about to speak. "Do not worry, the girls and France went into the maze outside." he said calmly. "They should be back whenever-"
"HEY YOU GUYS!" Austria was interrupted by the Hatter's screaming. She ran to America and jumped into his arms, causing him to stumble back and almost fall. "There you are!" he said. She only laughed.
"Spain!" Whintey yelped and ran into a hug. "Ahaha~ Did you have fun, amor?" he asked, smiling. She only cast an uneasy glance in Frances direction and nodded. She smiled again though as she cuddled him and said "It was amazing out there!"
Austria and Hungary smiled. "Well, dears, I just finnished baking some cookies! Who all would like some?" she asked. "YAY! Thank you Hungary-san!" Cassi yelled as she jumped from America's arms and into the kitchen. The others followed as well. Pretty soon, everyone was seated at their dining room table eating cookies.
"So, mi amor, was the maze spooky?" My werewolf asked as he nuzzled me.
"More than you'll know." I replied, risking a glance at Cassi.
"Yeah mans!" She shouted, then nibbled her cookie.
"Besides some questionable actions..." Vash supplied, looking down at the floor.
The awkwardness hung in the air until we heard a knock on the door, which was followed by the door being burst down.
"WHERE THE HECK DID YOU GO, DAWGS? YA LEFT ME HANGIN'! NOT AWESOME!" Prussia exclaimed as Vash reached for his gun. "Oh, cookies!"
"You break down my door and you expect hospitality?" Austria yelled, standing up and placing his hands on the table in front of us.
Hungary gained an ominous aura around her.
He looked at Austria, chewing the cookie he picked up, and said "Well, I didn't know where they went and I don't gots no time for waitin'. Home boy." then swallowed his cookie.
Hungary looked like she was about to smack his face in when Cassi laughed nervously and said "Hahahaha, okay, um, Prussia! You, Spain, France and Whitney, why don't you all go outside and take a walk! America, Vash and I will stay here with Austria and Hungary."
Everyone looked at her for a moment, but apparently decided to just go with it and did as she said before a fight was started.
OUTSIDE
We started walking outside when Prussia decided to start the conversation with a complaint. "Jeez, he is trippin' yall. All I did wuz bustin' down his door."
Spain looked at him, a bit confused, and said "Amigo, his door is pretty important."
Prussia just glared. "The door will bow down to my awsome!"
I laughed nervously and continued walking with them. It was then that I noticed that I was alone with the bad touch trio...
"And if not..." I hesitated and stopped walking. Someone's voice was extremely muffled, traveling on the wind. It didn't belong to any of my group, because of its feminine nature. I paused and watched the others, who continued to walk ahead of me. "There may be more than one way to skin a cat!" I shrieked as the owner of the voice attached herself to me.
"WHO ARE YOU?" I shouted, turning around. "That's a terrible expression..." I said, laughing halfheartedly despite my fear. "SPAIN!" There was simply too much excitement going on tonight... I turned to look at my captor, who seemed oddly familiar looking, although she was dressed in a gory Alice costume.
"You don't remember me, Chessie?" She replied with a smile. "We had to save Wonderland again! Although I'm surprised you got over your mange..."
"Selena?" I questioned uncertainly. "And I've never had mange!" I responded angrily.
"Mi amor...?" Spain asked, approaching us. "Quien es... Ella?"
"Ella es mi amiga Selena..." I replied hesitantly. France and Prussia approached cautiously, wearing masks of suspicion. "She's my friend Selena." I translated.
"I'M NOT EDIBLE!" She exclaimed, running away from us and into the darkness again.
AUSTRIA'S HOUSE
Cassi's Point of View
I suggested to Austria, in order to calm his nerves, to play some on the piano. He started playing something really beautifull, and no one in the room made a sound. We were all enjoying the wonderfull music, as Austria's mood slowly lightened.
I was watching, mouth agape in a smile, and with wide eyes. It amazed me how his fingers just danced across the keys in the correct order and...well I could go on and on about this. After a while, he must've noticed my staring because he stopped and spoke.
"I could teach you, if you'd like." he said. I looked shocked, but nervously said "But...I'm learning the violin too, and it may be too hard or...I don't want you to get flustrated with me if I get something wrong!"
He smiled. "Just come sit down." he said and scooted to the end of the bench. I sat down as he instructed, looking back at the others. Alfred gave me a thumbs up, Hungary smiled, and Vash nodded. I looked to Austria as he showed me the first note.
{Whitney's Point of View}
I continued to stare blankly, then turned to Spain. "Do you... Think Austria's cooled off?" I finally stated.
"I'll bet, homes! It's been long enough!" Prussia exclaimed, taking off in the direction of Austria's house.
"H-hey! Wait!" I shouted, following him.
"Honhonhon, and so the chase begins!" France said happily, trailing us.
Austria's House
As Prussia reached the door, we looked to see that someone had managed to prop the door against the door frame.
"Yo dudes!" Prussia yelled, knocking on the loose door.
Hungary opened the broken door and motioned them in after putting her finger to her mouth. We heard soft piano sounds and peered into the piano room where Prussia had stolen his cookie and started this whole disagreement in the first place...
Cassi was seated beside Austria on the piano seat, and he was slowly showing her how to play by repetition. I smiled, and then frowned as I realized something...
"I wish I could play..."
Spain, who apparently heard my mumbling, put an arm around my shoulder. "I'm sure Austria-san could teach you as well! And if not, I could teach you the guitar!" he said to my ear, as to not interrupt the lesson. I looked at him and smiled, hugging him. "Thanks, Spain."
"Ah, l'amour, even on Halloween, non?" I turned to see a smirking Francis looking at the two of us. "Dawgs, this is boring!" Prussia then said, referring to the lessons and lack of conversation that was going on. He apparently distracted Cassi and made her mess up, causing Austria and Cassi to send death glares his way.
Before anything else could happen, Hungary walked over to Prussia and started pushing him back out of the house. "I'm afraid I'm goint to have to ask you to leave now, Prussia." she said, an irritated look on her face. All the while, Prussia was protesting back but Hungary was apparently stronger than him and sucessfully got him out.
She dusted her hands off and turned around, only to be met with France putting his arms around her. "Ah, Elizibetha, you are such a refined woman! So many hidden charms you have-OWW!" She had gotten her pan out. Need I say more?
France then turned into over-dramatic mode and ran out of the room into the kitchen, 'crying'. I looked over and saw Cassi. She looked like she was trying quite hard to restrain herself from something, but soon lost controll anyways. She started "Awww, no!" -ing like China does when he sees something pitifull and ran after him, America soon following.
Spain sighed. "Nothing but chaos tonight, eh amor?"
"Well, it is Halloween after all." I replied, smiling slightly. "Things go crazy on holidays..." I paused, taking in another moment before I continued. "Was France really crying?"
"It appeared that way." Austria said, huffing. "He should learn how to tell which women he can attempt to sweet talk and which he should just leave be."
Spain nudged me, and I looked up at him uncertainly.
"Oye, Austria..." He began cautiously. "Mi amor wanted to ask you something."
"Very well then." He cast his gaze on me, and suddenly my confidence faded into nothingness.
"Well... I... I mean, that is to say..." I swallowed, my attempt at sounding educated failing horribly. "I've always loved the piano, and when I walked in and you were teaching Cassi, I realized that I really wanted to play too! But I know nothing about music, except for that one little acronym in music class, you know, and then there was the FACE one, and I'm afraid that it'd be too much to try and teach me now and-" I took a breath, finally, and he seized this moment to give me his final verdict.
"I will teach you as a beginner then." He then smiled. "It makes me happy that so many younger people are so interested in the musical arts."
I practically fainted. "Th-thank you!" I exclaimed, fighting the urge to run up and hug him. "I've always loved classical music, but I've never really had an instrument to play... But I've always loved the piano!" I looked down at the floor, wishing I could curtsy him, or something to that effect... "I-I wish I could play Beethoven's Moonlight!"
"Very well." He said. "A fine piece it is... Come sit down. I must teach you the basics first."
"O-okay!" I stammered, nodding slightly. I then turned to Spain. "Do you want to go find out about France, or do you want to watch me play?"
"Whatever you would prefer, mi amor." Spain replied, smiling.
"Well, if you're going to stay, make no noise, and bring up a chair." Austria nodded, closing his eyes and walking back to the piano. I hugged Spain and pointed to a chair by the window in the room, then joined Austria at the piano.
"I... Don't even know the key names." I stated shyly as I sat beside him. I didn't realize how intimidated I could feel.
"Well, first off..."
IN THE KITCHEN
Cassi's Point of View
"Now, what was the lesson you learned?" I asked, mother ninja like. France sighed. "Don't hit on Hungary..." I smiled. "Good!" I said as I finished putting the bandage on his head.
My current personality did not match my costume. Alfred was just sitting at the table, eating the rest of the cookies and staring into space. "Alfred." I said. He looked up at me. "How many cookies have you eaten so far?" I asked. He looked down. "I dunno...like thirty seven? Mabey?" I scowled at him. "No more. Put it down."
He sighed and did as I said. "But I'm your boyfriend, not your son!" he whined. "Too bad. I'm in charge right now!" I said, holding my finger up with authority.
"Honhonhon... Mon papillon, there iz that side coming out in you again!" France replied teasingly. "Now I see who wears the pants in this relationship... Honhonhon..."
"Oh, and you have room to talk? I can basically make you do anything I want too." I retorted, fixing him with a glare.
"Oh, mon papillon, I would enjoy that..." France said, messing with his hair. America looked at him with what I can only describe as a challenging look in his eyes, like France was in dangerous territory...
"I said what I WANT! Oops... Gotta be mature sounding here... Right." I stated, fixing my errors as I talked.
"And, America, don't give unauthorized death glares." I walked over to him and hugged him, causing him to turn his attention to me. He sighed. "Fine, fine." I smiled, pleased. I really can make them people do whatever I want...hehehe.
Don't worry, I'm not gonna go power crazy! Well...not too much.
"Oh, France, did you get the feeling back into your head again yet?" I asked, looking at him. He sighed and rubbed it. "Somewhat, though it now hurts horribly. And...I think it's throbbing..."
I walked over to him, pulled his head down and touched it lightly causing him to gasp. "She hit it pretty hard..." I said with concern, but then failed at suppressing a giggle. He gets what he deserves.
"Oui, she may have fractured my skull with how hard that pan is." he said, an odd tone in his voice that told me he was smiling. "Oh no, what if she bruised your brain! You'll die!" I started freaking out.
He looked up at me confused, and Alfred chimed in. "Yeah, you'd need serious surgery to repair your skull. They'll have to put some screws up in your head man!" His face turned to horror.
"Oh, and let's not forget the chanse of him getting a disorder. Meaning he'll never get to do sertain things in life." I said casually, smiling at Alfred who got up and came next to me. "Non! Non, I feel fine! Je suis tres bien, actually!" he said frantically.
{Whitney's Point of View}
"And that is the end of your first lesson." Austria said happily. "That wasn't so hard. Just keep practicing and keep your love for music!"
"When can I come over again?" I asked, rubbing my fingers. They had started to ache since I was carefully watching where to put them.
"Anytime, preferably within the week." He said professionally. "Now, be off, and practice at least an hour a day."
"Okay! Thank you!" I replied happily and Spain wrapped me up in a hug. I paused, reveling in my happy moment, and then turned to the door and faced the inevitable. "...I guess we should check on France..."
{Cassi's Point of View}
I just couldn't help but tease him! I mean, come on, when does a time like this come around? Not exactly every day, you know! I laughed, but then stopped as the door creaked open to reveal Whitney and Spain. They both looked at us in confusion, Whitney tilting her head and Spain smiling halfheartedly.
"So..." She started, looking around. "How's his injury?"
"Oh, mon chaton! You're starting to care! How marvelous you are!" He exclaimed, getting out of his chair and running towards her.
"Niisan..." Spain laughed slightly. "Are you sure you're alright?"
"Oui, I feel fine!" He reinstated, striking a pose and pulling a flower from out of nowhere.
"Yeah, he's back to normal." Whitney said glumly, looking at him with suspicion.
We decided to leave Austria's house and walk around outside again. Alfred and I were having a nice conversation about cheese when someone burst thought the bushes and started screaming like a maniac. The person was masked, holding a bloody knife, and had caused everyone except Vash and I to start screaming. Alfred had grabbed me and hid behind me.
I started laughing not a second later because I recognized the person as our friend Selena. "Dude, that was genious!" I said, laughing. She started laughing too. Once the others finally recovered and Alfred let go of me, he asked. "Dude, who is that?" "It's Selena, man! She's epic!" I replied.
"Ah, si, we...met...you earlier, right?" Spain asked. She nodded energetically.
"Did I scare you?" She asked enthusiastically, looking at everyone in the group. I saw Whitney's eyes dart from Selena to the knife in her hand and then back again.
"Ah, yeah, to put it simply..." Whitney said, her voice quivering. "My nerves are shot now."
"Ah, mi amor, I'll protect youuu~!" Spain stated the last word as a howl and smiled at Whitney as she hugged him.
"Dude! I'm so glad you're not a gh-..." Alfred stopped, his eyes wide.
"America...? Dude? What's wrong...?" I looked behind me, curious as to what he was looking at.
I saw Canada there, looking shy and nervous as always. "MATTHEW!" I shouted, running to him and giving him a hug. "H-hi Cassi." he said quietly, hugging me back.
"DUDES, NO! THE GHOST HAS MY GIRLFRIEND!" Alfred screamed and started running around in circles, freaking out. I started laughing. "It's only your brother, dummy!" I said, and he stopped immediatley, realizing it.
"Oh! Hey Mattie!" he said, waving. He sighed. "Hello Alfred..."
"Matthieu! Comment allez-vous?" France said, running up to him and petting his head. "P-pas mal, merci." he replied.
I grabbed Alfred's arm with one of mine and Matt's with the other and grinned.
{Time Skip}
{Whitney's Perspective}
"Ugh... I'm so siiiick..." I said, holding my stomach. "Too much candy..."
"Mi amor, you should never have too much of a good thing." Spain replied, smiling softly as he rubbed my back.
"DUDE! SCORE!" Cassi exclaimed, shoving something in America's face. "I GOT CHOCOLATE!"
"No..." I managed to get out, reaching towards her. "We'll... All... Die... If she eats it!"
"I GOT CHOCOLATE TOO!" He yelled back at her.
"ANOTHER VICTORY!" They shouted in unison, and then I realized it was too late...