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Heads up for this chapter: To develop the story and characters I must now write about other important characters and Viet and Lukas won't appear much in this chapter.
In England…
A man with emerald green eyes and ruffled, blonde hair paced back and forth in front of the conference table with agitation, waiting for his fellow comrades to enter the room and begin the meeting. He was an hour early but he was nervous knowing that the Nordics were probably fighting against the Asians. He was unsure about the result knowing that both armies were strong. He stopped suddenly as a fairy flew up to his face.
"Arthur, you shouldn't worry too much. You get migraines if you worry a lot," worried the little fairy that could only be seen by the English man, a Romanian, and Norwegian.
"For Pete's sake, I can't. This war has been going on for over two hundred years destroying cities and killing people. The battle that is being fought right now or soon will effect who will win this bloody war. You've seen this go on ever since it started. How can you not be worried?" The English man finally sat down in his chair to relieve the tension that he felt. As optimistic and annoying as Matthias was, he was open to hear other ideas and is a great leader, especially when it came to the Scandinavian countries. He sighed, just hoping that they could at least do some damage that might turn the tables to the Europeans' favor.
"Well, we can still exist since regular people can't seem to see us and the war has little effect of our existence even though it has destroyed a lot of land. We always find a place to live peacefully," replied the fairy. She hovered around his head and sang, calming the mind of Arthur from all the stress that has been going on. "You have about thirty more minutes before the meeting. Why not get some fresh air and see if anyone has come for the meeting yet?"
"I guess you're right. We can discuss all the problems later during the meeting." Arthur walked outside of the building to the garden nearby. A gazebo was in the center of the garden surrounded by rose bushes. Several tables and chairs were placed under the gazebo and several citizens of England were there eating and playing. If only our worlds could exist like that. Peaceful and happy, thought Arthur. His uniform caught the attention of the people under the gazebo who saluted to him as he walked by. The children stood there with silly smiles upon their faces as they looked at Arthur.
Arthur smiled back and waved. He kept on walking until he saw some of the representatives of other European countries walking in his direction. A tall blonde man with his hair combed back and noticeable sideburns marched next to a man, slightly shorter than him, with brown hair and glasses. They were discussing with each other about something but stopped their conversation when they saw Arthur.
"It has been a while has it not, Mr. Ludwig and Mr. Roderich?" asked the English man. His posture was more gentlemanly yet strict as he met two of his allies.
"Yes it has Arthur. Also, such formality is unneeded. You know that," the Austrian replied. Arthur and the German noticed that Roderich was tapping his foot for an unknown reason to them because usually, the Austrian would do such thing while listening to music but none was playing now. Roderich noticed the confused looks upon his comrades' faces. "I heard a song before arriving here and it has been stuck in my head for a while. Do not mind me," explained Roderich. The other two nodded in understanding.
They then walked back to the conference room to find a large amount of people in there. "Looks like everyone has arrived," said Arthur. The entrance of the host quieted the crowd and had made everyone sit down. He then arrived to the chalk board and the seat where he was meant to be. Arthur took in the sight in front of him and took in a deep breath. Once his confidence in talking arrived, he started to speak as he usually would in the meetings held between the representatives.
"As we know, the Nordics should arrive sometime this week or even today to invade the village of Seoul in Korea which contains one of the strongest divisions of the Asian army. Whether we win this battle or not, we must not let our guard down. I expect riots or an attack from the Asian after they heard about the battle. I would like to hear the suggestions on how to protect the borderline of Europe and Asia." The intent eyes looked at the English and their ears listened to every word coming out of his mouth.
"Vee~ We can go and give them pasta!" yelled one Italian. He ended up with getting hit in the head by the German, Ludwig.
"Be more serious Feliciano. This isn't realistic for us to use. We can create a land mind to take off the first wave saying that they have a large force coming then we can work it out with the newly developed weapons we have."
"You mean the new guns and cannons, right Ludwig?" asked Lars, the man from Netherland.
"That's correct Lars. Even if we lose the battle at Seoul, we still have the advantage in technology and weaponry."
"Then we have a choice. Does anyone else have a suggestion?" asked Arthur. His eyes searched the room for a hand but none came up. Instead, a female stood up and stared at Arthur for a minute before she said anything.
"We have to make sure that they don't hurt the occupants near the border. We can't risk the lives of the ones that live here in Europe." Her hair was curly and long that it past her bottom. Her bang went to one side of her head and was clipped by a flower clip. She wore a green dress with a white apron. Elizaveta showed concern in her eyes that England could understand.
"If that is the case then we can evacuate the citizens of the bordering cities when the time comes. In the mean time we can set up the area for attack. Does that please you, Ms. Elizaveta?"
"Oui, oui! There are no worries with the plan Arthur," said the French man that sat next to England named Francis.
"Does anyone else have any objections?" asked Arthur one last time. Everyone shook their heads. "Good. Then I think this meeting is concluded." With that, everyone in the room stood up to talk to each other or just walk outside from the conference room. Arthur turned to leave as well but a hand grabbed onto his shoulder before he could get anywhere. He turned his head around to see who grabbed his shoulder and to his surprise, he found Ludwig, Roderich, and Elizaveta behind him.
"We need to talk in private, Arthur," said Ludwig. Arthur led the three to his office and asked one of his servants to bring them tea and scones.
"Actually, we aren't in the mood to eat so you don't have to bring the scones Arthur," explained the Hungarian.
"Are you sure?" asked England with a confused look upon his face.
"We are definitely sure," replied the Austrian this time. "Anyway, what we wanted to talk to you about was the Nordics and their battle we are assuming that they are going through right now."
"What about it?"
The German spoke first to reply the English's question. "Aren't you suspicious why they volunteered to go down to a place where the climate is unusual? They might have acted all readily but they seemed to have another motive other than just wanting to win the war and getting 'revenge' as they call it, for Europe. Elizaveta overheard them discussing about something that is suspicious."
"That's right. I heard Matthias speaking to Berswald that the Asians might have some sort of treasure or power over there that could make the stronger. It was something about an orb or two that had the power to control the seas and skies. We didn't want this to be heard by everyone at the meeting because we were unsure and we did not want anyone to get ideas and betray the European nations."
"Orbs that control the seas and skies? Hmm…" wondered the English.
"We thought that maybe you could know something about this since we think that you really care about this war. Do you know anything?"
"I've heard something about it but I haven't actually looked into the legend. I believe that it has something to do with the phoenix that ruled the skies and brought warmth upon the earth while a dragon that controlled the seas kept the earth cool. They had the power to destroy and create. Well, that's the information I remember in a nutshell. The orbs part sounds familiar but I'm kind of unsure how it fits in. I can come up with ideas but it's better to know the actual purpose," explained the Brit.
"Wait, so you're saying that with the power of these creatures, than they could destroy us at this very minute?"
"Possibly but no knows for sure if it's true. I would believe in such stories but I haven't seen them to believe so it is more than likely it is a fable. I can look into it if you want. We are talking about Matthias and Berswald though. There is no way that they can be serious about that, can they?"
"Matthias sounded sure enough Arthur. Do you think that the orbs may lay in Asia?" asked the Hungarian with concern.
"It is a probability but I'm unsure. As I said, I can look it up. You guys seem serious as well, so I'll take your word. When Matthias and the rest come back, saying that they will, keep a close eye on them."
"Understood," replied the three visitors in the room. As their discussion ended, a servant had brought in tea cups and a pot of tea.
"Well, let's have some tea first since you are here." The two men and woman in the room looked at each other, and then nodded. The rest of the day went by as peacefully as it could be besides the news of small political events that occurred in both Asia and Europe. The only thing that these four representatives did not know, was the event of the flaming bird during the Battle of Seoul and the loss of two commanders from both sides of the war for the next few months that drastically turned the war upside down.
Confusion and chaos would draw the attention of many, separating many groups of people and putting more doubt in the minds of these people than giving them the hope that war would end soon. The true story of love and sadness began here.
Hope you guys like this as well. Just needed story development. As I said before, I'm not good with accents so I won't do them. I'm also lazy so I don't edit my work and I know that there will most likely be grammatical errors. Either way give me some constructive criticism if you do not mind, please. I need it.
Also R&R~ I would appreciate it.
