Hello wonderful people!
I'm sorry for the long wait :( I just started KS4 and it's horrible and stressful and I've been depressed lately...but I'm a lot better now!
This chapter is the longest so far so I hope you enjoy :D
Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia or its characters
"I can't believe it's only Wednesday..." Lukas sighed and rubbed his eyes. He sat up in his bed and glared at his alarm clock for not ringing. His eyes suddenly widen and the time the clock had revealed. "...EMIL!"
"W-What is it, your highness?" The sleepy Icelandic boy stumbled into his brother's room with half opened eyes.
"Do you have any idea of what time it is?!"
"I don't know..."
"IT'S MIDDAY!"
"So?"
"School started three and a half hours ago!"
"But-"It will ruin my perfect record!"
"But-"I will never get a job!"
"BUT-"I'LL BE A FAILURE!"
"BUT WE DON'T HAVE SCHOOL TODAY, YOU HÁLFVITI!"
"What?"
"Weren't you listening in registration yesterday? Today's a teacher training day or something or something about the security system needs fixing."
"So…we don't have school today?"
"Já..." Emil sighed deeply. "I was going to go back to sleep but now you've given me a headache."
"Sorry."
"It's fine. I'll just invite Kaoru over." The younger boy walked out of the room slowly. "Shouldn't you get dressed? Are you going to do anything today?" He stopped at the door and looked at a slightly confused Lukas.
"I'll probably go to Berwald and Tino's-"They're having a picnic with Peter."
"Then I'll see if Arthur's free-"He's going to watch a film with Francis, I think."
"What about Elizabeta and Roderich?"
"They're probably on a date."
"Then I guess I'll just stay in today." Lukas yawned and lay back down in his bed, pulling his duvet over his cold body.
"What about Mathias? I'm pretty sure he's not doing anything." Emil shrugged.
"Why would I want to see that idiot?!" The Norwegian subconsciously touched his lips gently.
"I don't know, I just thought...never mind." Emil frowned slightly at his brother's reaction. He walked back into his room and stroked Mr Puffin's head. "I wonder what's up with Lukas." He thought aloud before picking up his phone and ringing his beloved.
Xxx
"What time is Vladimir supposed to be here?" Mathias asked anyone in general. The three boys were in his house and they were waiting for the fourth vampire to show up.
"In ten minutes." Basch looked at the clock then back at the TV screen.
"Can't we just start without him? I really want to start Super Mario Bros!" Alfred grinned in excitement.
"Super Mario Bros?! You said to me we would play Call of Duty or Halo!" Vash pouted, only since it involved guns.
"Just relax; he said he would be here soon. He's probably getting something to eat. And it was the only way to get you over here, Basch." Mathias sighed.
"You don't think anything's happened to him, do you?" Alfred asked, slightly concerned. They still had no idea who the hunters were and that was just plain dangerous.
"I doubt it. He probably got distracted by something." The green eyed boy shrugged. The other blonds nodded in agreement and decided to wait for the final blond to show up.
Xxx
"This is such a beautiful day to go to the funfair!" Elizabeta exhaled as the sunlight gently hit her face.
"Yeah…" Roderich said halfheartedly.
"Sweetheart, is something wrong?" She looked at her boyfriend, who had been kicking the same stone along the pavement for 15 minutes straight.
"I'm fine."
"Are you sure? You don't seem to be yourself?"
"Hey look, there's the funfair!" He quickly changed the subject by pointing to the tents and balloons in the park.
"Yeah, let's go." Elizabeta forced a smile even though she knew something was up.
"So what do you want to go on first?" Roderich asked as he got out his money.
"How about the Ferris wheel?" She giggled and pointed to the largest amusement in the area.
"Anything you want, sweetheart." They walked together hand in hand to the queue and Roderich paid for the two of them. They took their seats in their own little carriage and stared at awe at the view…well Elizabeta did. Roderich wasn't that good with heights.
"Isn't it beautiful?" Elizabeta grinned at the pretty sight.
"Yeah…just wonderful." Roderich held onto himself for comfort.
"Is something wrong?"
"It's nothing; I'm just not good with heights…"
"I wasn't really talking about that." She took a deep breath. "Roderich, I know you have something to say. You may think it will hurt my feelings but maybe it will only make things better. So stop bottling it up and just tell me." She rubbed his back and stared deep into his amethyst orbs.
"Alright…" Roderich swallowed the lump in his throat. "You seem like you have something to say, as well."
"True. I do."
"Let's say it together."
"Yeah. Ok, 3…2…1…"
"I think we should break up." They said in unison. The Ferris wheel awkwardly stopped at the top as soon as their harsh words were spoken. It was so quite you could hear a pin drop.
Xxx
"So, did you tell thim?" Lili asked Matthew impatiently. They were making brownies at Lili's and Basch's house, with Kumajirou's help of course.
"Tell who what?" The Canadian boy looked up from the recipe book and looked at his friend.
"Tell your brother who the hunters are."
"Oh, he forgot about that." Kumajirou blurted out.
"Yeah…I did…" Matthew hung his head in shame.
"Don't worry, I forgot too. At least we remember who the hunters are…our friends."
"It does explain why Arthur, Elizabeta, Lukas and Roderich hang out together." They smiled at each other until they heard the goats outside.
"I wonder what's wrong." Lili walked towards the back door to check on her brother's little pets. She opened the door and scanned the garden, but there didn't seem to be a problem.
"Is everything OK?" Matthew asked.
"I guess so…" Lili did one last check and then went back to join her friend.
"Phew!" Gupta exhaled as he had only jumped the fence just in time, or Lili would have seen him. He dusted himself off and then walked away from the property and acted as though he had no idea it existed. Gupta cautiously walked down streets, roads and avenues until he reached a block of abandoned flats. He looked around him and then proceeded into the building. He climbed 8 flights of stairs and knocked on number 13. His masked friend slowly opened the door and then smiled.
"Gupta! Glad you're back!" Sadık grinned and patted Gupta on the shoulder.
"How did it go?" Heracles asked from within the flat. He was lying on the sofa and petting a stray cat.
"It went well. I found out the names of the hunters." Gupta walked into the flat and Sadık closed the door behind him.
"I think it was a great idea that we should do the whole framing thing today." Sadık walked into the living room and sat down on the arm of the sofa while Heracles sat up, making space for Gupta to sit down.
"Anyway, the hunters are Arthur, Elizabeta, Lukas and Roderich. Do any of you know who they are in school?"
"No, but can't you use some magic to find out who they are?" Heracles suggested.
"Yes. Sadık, do you know any of them?" Gupta looked at the older boy on his right.
"I know who Lukas is because he's Emil's brother." The masked boy gulped. Lukas really didn't like him…but it's not like Sadık was scared of him.
"I guess I'll have to use magic." Gupta summoned three snakes from a vase sitting on a shelf. They slivered their way to their master and bowed. "Go find Arthur, Elizabeta and Roderich." He pointed to a different snake for a different name. "Once you find them, go into the school and hack into the system. Find their pictures and then send it to my laptop." They hissed and departed in different directions.
"But your laptop's at your house…" Heracles frowned. "I don't want to move!"
"Well we're going to have to if you want to get this done quickly." Sadık chuckled as he and Gupta were already heading for the door. "Besides, what if the police come in here or some building constructors? They might arrest you or blow you up. That's why this is our den and not our home." He turned around and walked up to Heracles who had crossed his arms and laid back down in protest. Sadık held out his hand and waited for his friend to grab on. The Greek boy sighed and accepted Sadık's offer to be helped up.
"Thanks…" Heracles smiled. "…will you carry me there?"
"Don't push your luck, son."
Xxx
Elizabeta was pretty much blinded with hatred, confusion and tears. She was stomping through the crowd of happy people in her own desperate attempt to go home. She then realised that is where Roderich was probably going. There was a high chance that she'll see him if she went back to her house. Elizabeta exhaled in frustration and decided to walk faster. However, she unexpectedly bumped into someone.
She sniffled up her tears, "Can't you see I'm in a hurry here? Jó ég!" Elizabeta didn't even look at the person in front off her. She tried to move away from but they grabbed her on the shoulders.
"Hungary, what's wrong? Are you OK?" Vladimir looked at the girl with concern. She looked at him but she couldn't say anything. Vladimir had a feeling she was going to burst into tears at any minute soon. "Hungary, look at me." Their eyes locked. "Everything's going to fine. Now why don't you tell me what happened over a toffee apple?" He smiled sweetly at her.
"Why are you doing this?" She swallowed the lump in her throat. "Why…why are you being nice?"
"I may be a jerk most of the time, but I can be a gentleman." He grinned at her then lead her back into the fairground.
Xxx
"Mathias, you're out of any kind of drink!" Alfred called from the kitchen.
"What? You mean there's no water left?" Mathias got up from his seat and walked into the kitchen.
"Well of course there's water but who wants to drink that!" Alfred laughed.
"I'll go to the shops and get some more drinks." Basch offered as he was really bored.
"You would? Thanks." Mathias patted him on the shoulder. "You should be nicer more often; you're a lot cuter when you are."
"Don't touch me."
"Sorry."
"Hey, I never got to see that video of Basch having a make out session with-"OK! I'M GOING NOW!" the Swiss boy rushed out of the house before Alfred and Mathias noticed blush on his face. "Those bastards." He quickly walked down the road to where the shops were. Basch had swiftly gone into the shop but then realised he had to spend his money for someone else. He casually turned around and walked around the streets for a bit, trying to spot someone he knew. The trigger-happy boy then noticed a familiar figure, sitting on a bench while drinking tea. Basch noticed something shiny on the boy's face and then realised what had happened.
"You got dumped, didn't you…Roderich?" He sat down next to him and without looking at him.
"How could you tell?" The Austrian said quickly before sipping more of his tea from the take-away cup.
"You have tear stains on your face. So what happened?"
For some odd reason, Roderich decided to unload his problems to Basch in German, since they both spoke it and no one would be able to understand what was going on. "Wir gedumpten einander..."
"What do you mean 'We dumped each other'? Is that even possible?"
Roderich nodded, "Wir nicht lieben einander..."
Basch sighed. He wanted to complain at Roderich for speaking German but he had to admit, it was nice to have a conversation in his home language. "You don't love each other anymore. Is that the only reason?"
"Hast du vergessen was gestern passiert ist?" Roderich smiled.
"No, I have not forgotten what happened yesterday! And I don't think I ever will!" Basch blushed with anger and embarrassment. Roderich started to laugh at Basch's face but he suddenly stopped and dropped his tea in shock. Vash caught it before it hit the ground. He looked in the same direction as Roderich and noticed a huge dark green snake slivering towards people then backing away from them, it looked like it was trying to look at people's faces then realising it wasn't the right person. The snake looked straight at Roderich and slivered even faster towards him. Basch handed Roderich his tea and stood in front of him. He drew a gun out from his pocket and pointed it towards the snake. The snake moved round them so it could see Roderich's face once again. Basch fired a bullet next to the snake's body, "Get lost!" The Swiss boy threatened. The snake slivered away even faster than before.
"Danke." Roderich gulped.
"Gern geschehen!" Basch laughed. (Translation: You're welcome) He was so happy he actually got to shoot something. "Hey, I was wondering if you would like to buy me some things from the shop. I forgot my money."
"How can you forget money?" Roderich smirked.
"Just shut up and buy me the drinks, OK?"
Xxx
Arthur sighed and laid back into his longue chair. He was sitting in his beautiful garden that was filled with flowers, fruits and vegetables. Peter was spending the day with Tino and Berwald so it was just Arthur and his tea.
"Bonjour, mon cher..." Francis poked his head from over the fence. "What a lovely day, is it not?" Sarcasm was dripping from every word.
"I'm not your 'mon cher', Francis. I'm your friend." Arthur sighed before sipping some tea. "Are you really still pissed about the cinema?"
"Oh course I am! I've wanted to see that film for weeks but no! Just because they ran out of tea we couldn't see the film!"
"Well what else was I supposed to drink?!"
"Water! A fizzy drink!" Francis sighed. "I'm just going to sulk and eat Matthew's brownies when he comes over."
"I could have made you brownies."
"Yes but I'll eat your brownies when I'm going to commit suicide." Francis laughed. "Mon Dieu! What the heck is that?!" He pointed to the red snake entering Arthur's garden.
"Bloody hell!" Arthur was now crouching in his chair so the snake couldn't get him. "Go away, you vile creature!" The snake hissed then slivered quickly away from Arthur's house.
"That thing was huge!" Francis fanned himself.
"You clearly haven't seen a Basilisk…" Arthur shuddered.
Xxx
"So you dumped each other?" Vladimir looked at Elizabeta. They were in the line to get some ice cream.
"Yep."
"Why?"
"We don't love each other anymore."
"Oh…" Vladimir nodded slowly. "…by the way, what's your name? You know…your normal name."
"Elizabeta."
"What a pretty name. It suits your pretty face." Vladimir smiled sweetly at her.
"Flattery won't win you my heart."
"True." He giggled. "After this, will you be OK? I really need to get to Mathias' house."
"I'll be fine. You made me feel better, thank you."
"Don't worry about it." He looked around the funfair and then saw a sandy snake hanging up with some toys. "Look at the snake toy, it's so cute!"
"Yeah, I guess so." Elizabeta didn't even look; her attention was on the queue. Vladimir looked back at the snake and it blinked.
"Elizabeta…" He tugged her sleeve.
"What?"
"The snake toy blinked…" He pointed to the toy.
"What snake toy?" Elizabeta looked at the direction he was pointing in but there wasn't a snake toy.
"But…" He gulped.
Xxx
The three snakes crept into the school building and into the headmaster's office. Using their photographic memory, they searched through the student ID pictures until they found the faces they needed. They also found Norway, just in case. They copied and pasted the data onto an email and sent it to their master.
"Here it is." Gupta announced as he clicked on the link. They were sitting in Gupta's room. The three boys stared at the faces on the screen. "Lukas is Norway, Arthur is England, Elizabeta is Hungary and Roderich is Austria."
"We have to find someone close to them." Heracles spoke.
"Emil, Iceland, is a target since he is related to a hunter." Sadık nodded.
"You sure you're OK with this?" Gupta asked.
"Yeah."
"Good." Heracles patted his friend on the back. "Look at who's related to that Arthur dude."
"Some kid called Peter aka Sealand." The Egyptian boy clicked his fingers and all of his snakes were in his hands.
"Is that even a country?" Sadık looked at the British boy on screen.
"I think it's a micronation." Heracles lay down on Gupta's bed.
"Now that I think about it, this girl in my glass always hangs out with Hungary. Ukraine and Hungary are good friends. She can be a target." Sadık suggested.
"For Austria, we could use Prussia as a target. He's this obnoxious loud boy in my glass. He always brags about how he beats up Austria but still claims to be friends with him." The Greek boy sighed.
"Now we have are targets, I can easily make a potion. It was make the following victims suffer from the same symptoms as if they were bitten." Gupta nodded, stood up and walked over to his bookshelf and pulled out a huge book. He flipped through the pages and stopped about halfway through the book. "This is it."
"Let the fun begin." Heracles lay back down with a smirk on his face.