Kongeriget Danmark

Chapter 2: Disappearance

When you're there, no one notices what you do for them…

But when you're not, they will finally know all the sacrifices you made for them…

When the Council meeting has finished, the rest of the Nordics went back to their own rooms, except for Lukas. He decided to go to the Dane's room again. He knocked once, no reply. The second, again, no reply.

"Is he still sleeping? He must have drowned himself in beer again…." Lukas thought.

"Matthias, you there?"

No reply.

"Open up!"

Seething with rage, the Norwegian left the doorway, and proceeded to his own room. He had no time to babysit such an adult. He went back to his own room and gathered his stuff, for Lukas, Emil and Tino had to go back to their respective countries. Lukas just decided to give Matthias a ring when he gets home, so that the Dane can go back to his.

Little did he know the Dane already left yesterday.

In Denmark

Upon settling in Dragsholm Slot, Matthias heard a knock on the door. Being the Dane that he is, he went to open the door. To his surprise, there was a mailman there, handing him a letter being leaving. When he got the letter, he saw that it was signed by none other than the Government of Denmark, so he immediately went to his room, locked the door, closed the windows and covered them using the curtains. He then sat by the bedside and opened the letter.

Dear Personification of Denmark:

Upon your arrival at Copenhagen, I was immediately informed of such. To my curiosity, why did you hasten your departure at the Nordic Council Meeting? Did something happen so soon that you had to come back? Please let me know, so that I may inform the others about your status. The only hunches I have are either the meeting was finished early or you did hasten your departure. If you have other things to say, please include them in your letter to send.

Signed,

The Prime Minster

When Matthias read this, he was somehow delighted. He may tell him of his plan, and may even use this as a stepping stone for his plan. He then made the letter and sent it back to the Government.

Little do the Nordics know that this decision of Denmark will send not only them into chaos, but also Eastern and Western Europe.

3 Months Later

Matthias was successful with his plan. He got the government to hide the information regarding him and to close all of its borders completely. Due to this, Nordic Europe was not prepared for Denmark's seclusion and "self-sufficiency". Norway, Sweden, Finland and Iceland suffered economic problems as well as social problems. They never predicted that Denmark would suddenly do such a risky move, and yet Denmark is not even affected by the economic recession. Not even the personifications of Scandinavia, except for Matthias, knew what had caused this. They had to get to the bottom of this.

Lukas immediately tried to get access to a plane going to Denmark, but even he was not allowed. In his inner self, he had this feeling that something went wrong after the Nordic Council Meeting, but he only noticed this when Denmark immediately closed its borders.

"What had happened? Did something go into Matthias again?" Lukas thought.

After trying again and again, he finally got one for every one of them, but to his dismay, they were placed under heavy government surveillance. They may not act upon their wills that will oppose the laws of Denmark or they will be imprisoned, country or not. After such notice, he contacted Berwald, Tino and Emil. He told them that they should try and visit Matthias, in which all agreed. They need Denmark to open up again, or who knows what will happen in a few months more. Every single one of them packed their bags, met in Oslo and flew to Copenhagen.

Upon arrival, they were greeted by the President of Denmark and was shown the way, only for Lukas to ask him where Matthias is. To their shock, he immediately ignored their question. This even made Lukas think more. What happened that not even this guy has an idea where Matthias is? Did he do something? But all these he kept silent to them. He just wanted to find the annoying Dane to sort things out so that everything can go back to what they were.

Little do they know Matthias was with them all the time.

When Matthias heard that the other Nordics were visiting, he was immediately requested by the President to come, under a condition that he'd wear a disguise. He did as told, and went to see them. He gave no happy reaction whatsoever. He just looked at them with a blank face, devoid of emotions and reactions. When Lukas looked at him and ignored him after, he was somehow glad that whatever he planned for was working. He then bade goodbye to the President and went his way to his home, his lonely home in which he happily resides.

When Lukas looked at a certain person, he wondered. Who was that guy and he was with such an entourage? He seemed familiar to him, but he couldn't place where. He just ignored the thought and went along with the President. His subconscious however, had a doubt that the person may be Matthias, just wearing some kind of a clever disguise. But as the subconscious, the doubt, again, was ignored.

Little did he know that he was right.

Little did they also know that they had been playing with Matthias in his cruel game.

When an enemy sees you through a multitude, regardless of time, he/she can never mistake your identity…

But when a relative sees you, they forget who you are and what you did, and they may not bother to know…

A/N: Hello everyone! Sorry for the late update. Well I tried my best here, I hope it's enough. I'm just a rookie, somehow... I'm not used to having my ideas expressed by stories, especially when I'm showing them at strangers, okay? So please no flaming. :) I'll just try to give cookies to those who R/R, so please do! Also, I have no Beta Tester here, so I'm just rechecking my errors after making the chapters, so please bear with me if there are any.

~ LoverofTragedies

P.S. : I'm new to the A/N thing :3