Ludwig, or as he is known formally, Germany, was surprised, to put it mildly, when he came downstairs to see a random guy dressed in, of all things, the German flag sitting in the kitchen drinking some beer. As soon as he tried to confront him, the other man had panicked and began to apologize nonstop. Ludwig knew he was intimidating, tall, muscular, with slicked back blond hair and frozen blue eyes, but was he so terrifying he needed an apology every ten seconds? He quickly texted his older brother, Prussia, or Gilbert, who had left to go to Denmark's house according to the note he left. After a couple hours of finally managing to get the young man to calm down, help arrived.
"West! I'm here!" Gilbert burst in the front door in his typical style, "Where is our "guest"?"
"He is with me." Ludwig rolled his eyes. Gilbert was always so brash and unreserved; it was kind of annoying. And by kind of, he meant very.
Suddenly a twenty-something popped his head around the corner before grinning brightly, "I knew you would be here!" The man already there didn't even have time to say hello before he was glomped by the wild haired blond.
"Looks like Denmark found him!" Denmark smiled, pointing to…Denmark (?).
"Vhat do you mean? You are Denmark." Germany's gazed flitted between the two blonds.
"We both are!" The shorter, apparently, Denmark beamed, letting go of the stranger.
Gilbert popped into the room with a rather valid question, "Who are you?" He pointed to the German flag clad boy, who looked only about eighteen, with messy brown hair, a bad mustache, and pale blue eyes.
"I'm Germany." He took a gulp of beer, avoiding eye contact.
Ludwig turned to him, "You are Germany?" A nod. Ludwig's eyes narrowed, "I'm Germany." The brunette nodded again, shakily, and began to edge towards the man who was previously hugging him.
"About that." Gilbert tapped his brother's shoulder. After a brief explanation of what was going on that didn't actually clarify that much, the group of five sat around Ludwig's living room with some beer.
"So, can we get back?" Germany looked to the other four.
Matthias shrugged, "Depends. If Norwa, I mean Lukas' magic can fix the problem, you should be back home before next week."
"If it can't?"
"Let's not focus on that right now." Denmark mumbled an agreement, drinking the last of his beer.
The blond found the conversation pretty boring and decided to have some fun messing with Germany. "Hey, Matthias, I was wondering, what is your relationship Ludwig?"
Matthias blinked, "Uh, we're friends, I guess. Why do you care?"
"Oh, I just needed to know if you had the same thing as I did with Germany here." Germany choked on his beer, staring wide-eyed at the Nordic. Happy with the attention he was getting, Denmark continued, "Yeah, we really have a thing going. He comes over, we…have some fun, and he leaves." Everyone was staring at him, completely absorbed in his story. He added a few more poorly disguised innuendoes, thoroughly enjoying Germany's embarrassment, before finishing it up. "And that's what we do whenever he visits the beach in my country." Silence, then Gilbert and Matthias started laughing, congratulating Dane on a joke well played. Germany mumbled, face flushed red, and Ludwig merely sighed.
Excusing himself, Germany left the room, wandering upstairs until his flush faded. Peering into some random boring rooms, he heard the faint sound of dripping. Following it into a bedroom, he cautiously opened the door. Scanning over the furniture, his eyes caught on a tiny pool of black liquid on the floor. A small drop fell from the ceiling, plinking into the puddle. Slowly looking up, his eyes met another pair, and he screamed.
Hearing the shriek, the four other countries raced up the stairs, trying to find the unfortunate German. Gilbert ran into the room first, gasping. Hanging from the ceiling by slimy tentacles was black blob-like… thing. Staring back at him with hazy red eyes, it hissed, part of its face (?) sliding down, dripping onto the floor.
The rest came up behind him, all staring in a mixture of fear and shock. Finally, Denmark stammered, "I-it's one of I-Iceland's demons!"
At the name Iceland, the demon growled, sliding off the ceiling onto the floor. Oozing its way over to the countries, it reached out a tentacle, trying to snag Matthias' foot. Yelping, the blond stomped on it. The creature squealed, slipping out from under the enormous boot. It tried to slither away, but Ludwig kicked it back, its body slamming into the wall with a squelch. Denmark quickly grabbed a lamp and proceeded to franticly beat the thing with it, screaming. Suddenly, Germany shoved him away and scraped the slime into a bag, sealing it.
"Why didn't I think of that?" Taking the bag of demon, Denmark sighed, "Well, I guess we're going to have to find Iceland then."
Gilbert set the half destroyed lamp back into place, "Actually, I vas planning on being an ass to Austria today, so have fun on your quest!" Another brilliant idea suddenly hit him, "Hey, West, while you're gone trying to find volcano boy, I vill run the county for you! I promise not to destroy everything." He smiled, putting his hand over his heart.
"If you do, I'm not letting you leave the house for a month."
"I von't!"
"Gut. Alright, De-Matthias, Denmark, uh, Germany, let's go."
"To Iceland!" Denmark shouted, throwing his fist in the air. He quickly handed the demon back to Germany and charged downstairs. Matthias laughed and ran after him, with Germany following dutifully behind. Ludwig sighed, shaking his head, and followed.
Gilbert laughed to himself, calling for his best friend. Gilbird appeared promptly, the little yellow chick cheeping and snuggling down on the albino's shoulder. Gilbert chuckled to the bird, "I know West won't dare try to ground me. He can't stand how awesome I am! So let's have some fun!" He studied his bird more closely, smiling, "My awesomeness must have rub off on you! You have red eyes like me now!"
Hello world! Sorry for being so late, I had a project due in three weeks and didn't even start reading the reading the book until then. But I hope you liked the chapter, and the ending is important, so remember it. Thanks for reviewing! The main plot is about to pick up, so be prepared for chaos! Scc out!