WARNING THIS CHAPTER IS TRAGIC SAD AND CONTAINS A MASSIVE AMOUNT OF TEARS. IF YOU ARE SOMEONE WHO CAN'T HANDLE THIS AMOUNT OF TRAGEDY DON'T SAY I DIDN'T WARN YOU.

It had been 3 hours since the entire group had arrived at the hospital. The doctors had wheeled away Mathias and Berwald to the emergency ward and nobody had heard a thing since then.

The girls towed Annabelle to the nearest sofa and sat her down, flocking around her. There she curled up to the closest body she could find and sobbed into the persons shoulder. That person, which happened to be Mei, stroked her hair while whispering comforting words in her ear.

Soon the boys followed the girls and sat down around them, all huddled up together. Nothing could be heard except for the occasional rustling of clothes and the quick breathes of the teenagers. They sat there in silence for only god knows how long, waiting for the news.

After not too long they were joined by the rest of the Nordics and Arthur. Tino was sobbing quietly into Emil's shoulder and Lukas was clinging onto Arthur with a hard expression. The couples sat in the two armchairs across from the sofa, choosing to stay close.

After what felt like days but was probably just a few hours, a doctor dressed in white came into the room with a blank expression. Annabelle stood up slowly, taking one step towards the doctor. "Well?" she asked, a slight quiver in her raw voice.

"We have done everything that can be done for the moment." The doctor said "He is stable for now but we can't guarantee that he'll get through. We are allowing one person to go see him."

All faces looked to Annabelle. "You go" Tino said softly. "We'll be waiting for you here. Please look after him for me."

Annabelle nodded and gave a weak smile. "I'll do my best"

Annabelle had been sitting by her father's side for over four hours and not once had she let go of his hand. When she had been shown to his room she had immediately drawn the nearest chair to his bed and clasped his hands between her own.

The first half-an-hour she just cried silent tears. She said nothing nor did she move. After that she had started talking. She talked about her childhood and friends. She told him stories. She even sang a few songs for him. But after four steady hours of this she had gone silent, the only sound being the steady peeping of the heart monitor.

Now she sat there with a solemn expression and looked out the window that was located right across her. The wind seemed to be gently caressing the trees, blowing a couple of leaves around. She watched the birds sit down on one of the trees multiple branches right outside the window. The birds chirped happily, their songs blending in with the heart monitors loud noise.

She stiffened. Loud noise? That wasn't normal. Annabelle whipped around in her chair coming face to face with the machine that was connected to her Swedish dad. Dread washed over her and she released a loud shriek.

"No! Dad" She screamed as she rushed to his side, tears flowing down her cheeks like two steady waterfalls. She shook him fiercely. "Dad, don't leave us" she sobbed as he didn't answer her. "You can't leave."

Right then the nurses rushed into the room, pushing her out in the process. The last thing she saw before they closed the door was the flat line on the heart monitor. She clasped her hands over her face while falling to her knees, shaking uncontrollably by sobs. A few men clothed in white walked past her, giving the devastated girl no heeds.

"Annabelle? Is that you?"

"Emil" Annabelle scraped out with her sore voice as she jumped up and wrapped her arms around the lean male, sobbing into his shirt.

The silverette looked a little distraught but did his best to sooth the crying girl. He stroked her light hair lovingly as he whispered comforting words in her ear. This was not his specialty so he began leading the teen to the room where the rest of his family and friends were waiting.
He didn't have to ask her why she was crying. It was very obvious. He didn't look forward to see his boyfriend's reaction. Or his brother's. But the worst would be when Mathias found out. He sighed, everyone would grieve that man.

The duo stepped into the little waiting room where the rest had been spending their hours in worry. Mei and Nikolai rushed to their side when they saw who was accompanying the Icelander, taking Annabelle between them and dragged her gently to the nearest sofa where she curled up and sobbed even harder than before.

The men looked questioningly at Emil, who had moved to the fin's side. The Icelander gave a sad shake of his head. "Berwald is gone"

Tino trembled before collapsing into his boyfriend's arms, quiet sobs muffled by Emil's shoulder. Lukas was able to keep his emotions in check long enough to walk to the other end of the room to Arthur and bury his face into the crook of his neck. There it was obvious that he was crying.

Emil and Arthur gave each other sad looks as they went to work on soothing their loved ones.

The teens all went to Annabelle's side whispering words of comfort to her. But the poor girl couldn't stop crying agonising cries that broke everyone's hearts.

Everybody was looking grim and the only thing that could be heard were Annabelle's hiccuping sobs.

The silence was broken by Tino saying. "Mathias needs to know what is going on. I'll tell him." "N-NO. I have t-to tell h-him. I h-have to do this f-for my f-father. It can only b-be me." hiccuped Annabelle.

"Should somebody accompany you dear?" Arthur asked. Annabelle just shook her head and started making her way to Mathias. When she arrived at the door to his room she feebly knocked on the door and opened it quietly. What she saw made her want to cry again.

Mathias was in his bed, with the triplets laying next to him, and humming a Danish lullaby to them. Although the situation should have been a happy one Annabelle could tell that Mathias knew something. It made her heart shatter. She jumped when she realised Mathias talking to her "Annabelle. How is Berwald?"

A fresh wave of tears streamed down her face and she composed herself, putting her brothers and her sister in their bassinets, before collapsing on the bed next to Mathias. "H-h-he didn't...m-make it th-through." she cried.

Mathias could only stare at his stepdaughter in complete disbelief. Tears started streaming down his face to and he scooped up Annabelle, who he had started seeing as his own daughter, and together they cried themselves to sleep.

Tino had decided to check on Mathias and his daughter and smiled sadly when he saw the two of them, with tear tracks on their cheeks, cuddling together obviously completely tired as the triplets were wailing very loudly. Carefully Tino picked up the two boys and rocked them to sleep successfully before taking the little girl and doing the same to her.

It made Tino extremely upset to think that Berwald missed nearly the whole of their daughters life and would never be able to witness his and Mathias children's lives. Looking at Mathias an Annabelle he mumbled "Don't you worry about a thing. We've been through hell together an we'll brave the future together. You'll never be alone Mathias."

Later Annabelle woke up to find absolutely everybody in the room who had helped them. Nicholai was the first person she saw and she flung herself into his outstretched arms crying softly. "How did it go?" he asked nuzzling his head against Annabelle's. "Well. First of all he stared at me as if I were crazy. Then we both cried ourselves to sleep."

Suddenly she felt her head being lifted up and looked into Nicholai's ruby red eyes. Then she felt his lips connect with hers in a passionate but soft way.

Nicholai took out a velvet black box, which had been given to him by his father a few weeks back after he had fist met Annabelle , out of his pocket and knelt on the ground and said to an astounded Annabelle "Annabelle. This entire ordeal has made me realise how much one can love another. From the moment I looked into your beautiful bi-coloured eyes I knew you were the one I would want to spend eternity with. So will you so me the tremendous honour of becoming my wife?"

Annabelle was too surprised to speak. Her heart started to race and she was growing more and more confused as the seconds went by. She had just lost her father. Her and her stepmother just gave birth to the triplets who would never meet their father.

"I...I-I don't know." she confessed getting so stressed that she got hysterical. "I-I r-r-really don't kn-know. I'm so so-sorry." "Hey. Don't worry. I'll always be there for you. You don't have to say yes right away. You just take all the time you need. Just remember. I'll always be there."

With that the two embraced each other lovingly soon followed by the rest of their friends who said in unison "And we'll always be there for you too." The teens were interrupted by Mathias who said "I think think my babies need names. And I would like Annabelle to name them seeing as she helped them into the world."

"Uhmnn. Ok." Annabelle said nervously as this was the first time she saw her little siblings up close.

She looked at the youngest and only girl and said "She looks like a perfect mix between you and Papa. His hair and your beautiful diamond eyes. She looks to me like a little Annika. And her oldest brother looks like a miniature version of you so I think Sven would fit this little tyke perfectly." Then her eyes fell on the younger brother and she started crying for the third time that day. It seemed as though she was looking in a mirror. The little boy was the exact opposite of his brother. Where Sven looked exactly like his mother his brother looked exactly like his father. From the blonde fuzz on his hair to the turquoise eyes which held the same look as his father. "And this everybody is my little brother Søren."

That's when she hugged Mathias and said "Thank you for giving me the best possible gift ever. Papa would surely be proud of you wherever he may be now."

Then she turned to her new friends and said "Also I want to thank you for helping me save my family. I'm sure that these friendships will last a lifetime at least."

Lastly she turned to Nicholai and gave him a long passionate kiss that turned into a fight for dominance which Nicholai won. "I hope that answers your proposal. Now put that stunning ring on my finger." Nicholai was happy to oblige and put the with diamonds studded ring on his new fiancées finger.

Unbeknownst the the whole family Berwald was looking down at his family and finally felt at rest. He knew that now nothing could happen to his loved ones since Smith and his lackeys had been taken care of. He sent a small message with the winds hoping it would arrive at its assigned destination.

Meanwhile back on earth everybody was cooing at Sven, Søren and Annika when a sudden gush of wind blew through the windows bringing a message to them. "Well done everyone. I'm very proud of you."

This made Annabelle beam more than ever and together the entire group looked toward a bright future.

This is the longest chapter I have ever written. the worlds biggest thank you goes to Dalasport who has helped me make this story like it is.

I'llmake a little contest. The first person who is able to tell me which Disney movie I 'stole' an idea from gets to make requestfor a fanfic of their liking. Yaoi and Mpreg are absolutely fine with me. I have no problems with that. C :

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Bleach, Kuroshistuji, Okane ga nai, Kingdom Hearts, Fullmetal Alchemist and Hetalia.