A Delayed Present!

"Ugh…not this bloody bother again…" England moaned as he laid down in his bed. It was July 3rd approximately an hour before midnight, the day before America's Independence Day and the nations' birthday… and once again he had gotten sick.

"Oh and lovely, America sent me another damn invitation." He groaned as the fairies carried over yet another red, white, and blue invitation. "When will that wanker get it- *cough* I will never come to his *cough*!"

CRASH!

England practically fell off his bed and looked towards his bedroom door in fear.

'Was that…the front door?'

"WHERE IS HE?" yelled out a voice with a New Yorker accent.

"Oh bugger…" he gasped.

"Tinkerbelle and Firedust say he's upstairs." A female voice with a hint of a southern drawl.

"Did you have to kick down the door." Another female voice asked with a hint of a Spanish accent.

"Arizona is right,

"Can it Massy!"

"DON'T CALL ME MASSY!"

"Oh look, we're here."

CRASH!

England fell off his bed. Before he could push himself up he was grabbed by two sets of hands and dragged out of his room.

"GET OFF OF ME!" he yelled, but found himself stunned by unfamiliar magic.

"Oh calm down England, ya had this coming." Muttered the New Yorker as he was dragged out of his house and thrown into a van parked outside. Blinking from the passing street lights England was able to see his kidnappers were the States of New York (who was driving), Massachusetts, Arizona, and Virginia.

"THIS IS KIDNAPPING!" he snapped as he tried to break the spell that trapped him .

"We're not kidnapping you."

"Just escorting you to the States for July 4th."

"But-"

"The Queen knows."

"And she suggested this."

"WHAT?"

"Well actually its the combined idea of Queen Elizabeth, Prince Harry, Duchess Kate, and Prince William, but it was still the royal family."

"Eh?" England screamed as New York tore through the streets of London and towards an airfield.

"Call Ohio, and tell him we're here."

"Roger." Arizona said turning on her blue tooth. "Hey Lenz, we got the cargo. Make head way."

"Roger."

New York sped onto the run way were a plane was starting to move with it's cargo hatch door still down. He sped up and then to England's shock/horror, drove up the hatch and into the plane.

"Taking off." Ohio's voice echoed in the plane.

"Did your father put you up to this?" England asked as he was carried to a seat and strapped in before the paralysis spell was undone.

"Of course not."

"Just be glad it's not Vermont who came to get ya, she's thinking that yer a 'good fit' for Pa as a boyfriend."

England blinked. "Obviously the French is strong with that one."

"Yup."

"It just had be the bloody Fourth of July that you kidnap me for." England said with a rough cough.

Suddenly Virginia and Massachusetts were on either side of him and began chanting. Their magic shone around him, and he felt as good as new.

"You're depression turned your magic inward, making you sick." Virginia explained.

"If you had faced your emotions sooner if wouldn't get as bad." Her brother added.

"Thank you…although I wish you didn't kidnap me for this treatment."

"We are escorting you. And if you just accepted the invite we wouldn't have to."

After what seemed like an eternal plane ride England was randomly handed a small cake and shoved into a box. In the dark felt it suddenly move with a pop. He opened his mouth to yell, but found his voice useless.

'What are those brats-?'

"Huh what's this?"

'America?'

"Dear Dad, Happy Birthday. Love the 50 States."

The box shook a bit as it sounded like wrapping paper was torn off then the front carefully opened revealing the Briton to the pajama cladded American.

"England?" he gasped.

"He-Hello America." England gasped as he passed him the cake.

The nation took the cake and placed it aside before turning around.

'Are those tears?'

"IGGY!" America cried out as he tackled the smaller nation in a hug. "You finally came to celebrate my birthday!"

'Best present ever!' his inner voice echoed in England's mind.

England relaxed a bit then mumbled out. "Happy Birthday."

Outside the room States high fived each other for a job well done.

Vermont just pouted. "I still think we should have stripped him, tie him up with a bow then stick him in the huge box."

Georgia just smacked her.

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Happy Independence Day!