We're getting into week two of my stay here. It feels like longer though, I don't want to leave. I'm having so much fun here in Canada~! Oh! I'm glad that Mattie finally confessed to Gil, they look so cute together! They act all lovey-dovey when they think I'm not looking.

Iggy has called a few times to check up on me. Mattie didn't tell him aboot my 2p fiasco though. Or the time when I got drunk... I feel like we're going to have to tell him soon.

I haven't had anymore dreams since the one with Xero, I haven't heard anymore voices either... Doesn't this mean that something big is going to happen because of it? I sure hope not, I hope my friends won't be in danger either.

~ Olivine

I closed my AD and headed downstairs. Gil must have went out because he's not here right now. Mattie's upstairs doing some paper work for his country and Kumajirou is following me.

"Who are you?" Kuma asked as I reached the last step.

"I-I'm Olivine, who a-are you?" I teased.

"I-I'm Kumajirou! Do you have amnesia?"

You should be asking yourself that...

I decided to go into the den to see what kind of video games I could play. Gil taught me how to turn on the Xbox and how to play a few games. Although, when I took one step into the doorway, Kumajirou left. He didn't say where he was going, he just turned around and left. I didn't think much of it until an annoying voice came back around.

"The fun's over Olivine, it's time you see what these countries have done," my 2p self instructed.

"Nope!" I dashed off to find Mattie, but I didn't get far until she took control of my body.

"Ah, ah, ah! Not so fast~ how about we play another game, hm? You'll like this one, you won't get hurt... physically. You remember that door that you first saw? The one with the caution tape draped all over it? Ooh I rhymed~!"

First of all, that's my thing. Second of all, I do remember. Third of all, also remember telling you that I wasn't going to go anywhere with you!

"Feisty now are we? You have no choice, come with me! The time is right! Wait, you're too young to know about that... anyways! Game... start!"

Then my body acted on its own, moving me closer to the den. She brought my body down the stairs as the lights flickered on. Nothing was out of the ordinary, except for a familiar door. It was behind the couch and it seemed out of reach. Although, I don't recall seeing a door there before... what's going on?

"That's it, all you have to do is push the couch aside. You can do it, it's not that heavy," She pressed.

I didn't really have a choice, so I did it. To my surprise, it really wasn't heavy, it's actually super light... or I'm super strong.

"Good good! Now, since I'm short on time... Allons-y~!"

Then caution tape on the door ripped off and I was pulled into its abyss. I heard it shut behind me as I entered another dimension.

Galaxies, nebulas, distant plants, and stars of all kinds surrounded me. Comets, asteroids, and unknown particles flew close to me, as if to attack me.

"Where to start... hmmm... ah! I know~! 1914, World War I. It's not as bad as World War II in my opinion, but you'll see that another day."

Then I was thrown into a battlefield. Bullets whizzed past my ear as bombs exploded one after another. Men in uniforms dove for cover, large tanks roared over the scene. Officers were shouting orders and troops were marching in unision. My body was invisible, thank goodness.

But wait... Iggy? And Al... and Mattie. They're fighting against another group of countries. They had many troops and militia. But people were dying... many people were dying. Some people even got ran over by tanks... this is what I've been hearing... their cries... their screams. The air raids... the warships... all the anger. I don't... understand... why? What good does war do?

"Well well. Take a good look at what you've caused. Of course, you don't remember this. You were dormant during this because of-- oh! too soon for that too! Good thing I caught myself~!"

I... did this? No... take me away. I don't want to play anymore. Take me back! I can't take this! This wasn't my fault! You're lying!

A bomb exploded not too far away from my body. I ducked for cover and screamed. I knew I couldn't get hurt here, but I feel like I'm sharing their pain.

"This wasn't all your fault... but you do take a pretty big part in this. Just look at the blood, all the body parts flying, blowing up in a million pieces. Look at that nice piece of machinery! It's marvelous! Humans look so nice when they're splattered all over the place. Don't you agree?"

"........."

"Oh? Did I break her again? Ah well! I have next time. Let's see where I should place her... ah! Perfect!"

~~

~ Back at Matthew's house ~

*Matthew's POV*

I've been cooped up in my office for a while now, I guess I should take a break. Olivine is probably bored to death too.

I exit my office and call for Olivine. Although, she doesn't answer. Where could she be? And where's Gil? He was just... no, it's too soon. I can't think like that. I search downstairs and find a note that was in Gil's handwriting:

I'll be back soon, call me on my cell if you need me.

- Zhe AWESOME Prussia!

At least Gil told me... anyways, I searched the den for her. Constantly calling her name. Nothing seemed out of place, TV, couch, Xbox, video game cases lying around... No Olivine. She must be upstairs somewhere.

"Olivine~!" I called, hoping for an answer.

I checked her room, no Olivine. I checked my room, no Olivine. She couldn't have gone outside. Did her 2p talk to her again? I have a bad--

"... ... ..." I heard soft crying coming from the attic.

Running to the source, I found the spot in the hallway where the attic begins. I carefully pulled down the lever and placed the ladder on the ground.

The crying sounds louder now, she must be up here, but how would she get all the way up here?

When I finally climbed up, I saw a bunch of fallen and over turned boxes. Then I caught a glimpse of a girl with dark brown hair that was green at the ends, crying in the corner.

"Olivine!" I crawled over to her, but she didn't move.

"... ... ..." she kept crying as if I wasn't there.

"Olivine, can you hear me? I'm right here, don't cry," I scooped her up and held her close. She kept crying into my hoodie, shaking as if she was a lost puppy. "Hey, how did you get up here?"

"...Mattie..." she looked so scared. Her eyes were a dark gray, almost black.

I climbed down, brought her into the hallway, and pushed the ladder to the attic back up. Then I brought her downstairs and did everything I could to get her to stop crying. What's worse is that it started raining... I hope Gil comes home soon.

"...Mattie... I don't... understand..." Olivine's voice was low and shaky. She held onto me as I sat down on the couch.

"What do you not understand?" I asked, wiping the tears from her eyes.

"...Everything... who I am... what I've done... why I'm here... I don't--"

A loud wave of thunder crashed over the skies, making Olivine scream and cry louder.

"Hey, hey, It's alright, you don't need to be scared. I'm right here, the thunder's not going to hurt you." I spoke close to her ear.

Her tears stopped flowing for a split second before they came like a waterfall. She cried and cried and cried until I thought of the perfect solution. I brought her to her room to retrieve her stuffed animal, Fluttershy, before I brought her into my room. Then I climbed into my bed and rested against the headboard. Placing Fluttershy into her arms, I held her as if she were a baby.

"Olivine," I spoke, "Arthur taught me this song when I was little. It helped me calm down when I was afraid."

Little child, be not afraid
The rain pounds harsh against the glass
Like an unwanted stranger
There is no danger
I am here tonight

I wiped away her tears as she started to settle down. Her eyes turned a calm, light blue color.

Little child
Be not afraid
Though thunder explodes
And lightning flash
Illuminates your tearstained face
I am here tonight

The waterworks came to a stop as her eyes did their best to stay open.

~ Later ~

When I woke up, the rain had stopped. I must have fallen asleep because I'm laying down. Olivine is fast asleep clutching onto Fluttershy. We're covered with a large, soft blanket of my flag. Gil should be home now... he's probably the one who did this.

"Mmm..." Olivine mumbled.

"Êtes-tu réveillé?" I asked.

"Oui..." she softly replied.

I slowly sat up with her in my arms. She adjusted herself so she could still be comfortable. Wrapping the blanket around us, I stood up and headed downstairs. My work will have to wait.

~ Downstairs ~

*3rd person*

Gilbert and Gilbird had returned safely to Matthew's house about thirty minutes before they woke up. So it wasn't too long before Matthew noticed his return.

"Hey Gil," Matthew welcomed.

"Birdie! Did jou like mein present?" Gil asked.

"What present?" Matthew asked with a quizzical expression.

"Jou're vearing it!" Gil smiled.

Matthew took a closer look at the blanket and noticed that there was a red present bow on it. Matthew blushed at Gil's thoughtful action.

"Thanks Gil, I love it," Matthew went in for a kiss.

"I'm glad zhat jou do," Gil wrapped an arm around Matthew's lower back and kissed him passionately.

When they parted, Olivine's eyes returned to normal. Gilbird flew to her and nestled in the crook of her neck.

"I guess we're all talking naps, eh?"

~ That night ~

"Hey Olivine?" Matthew asked.

Olivine was sitting on the floor petting Kumajirou as Gilbird flew around her to get her attention.

"Y-Yes?" she replied as Matthew crouched down to her level.

"Can you go upstairs for a minute please? I have to talk to Gil in private. Kumamaku and Gilbird can go with you," Matthew asked.

"O-Oh okay... will i-it be long?"

"No, just for a little bit, okay?"

She nodded and headed upstairs. Kumajirou and Gilbird followed her as if she were their leader.

When the coast was clear, Matthew walked over to Gil to start the conversation. Although, the first thing that Gil did was bring him into a passionate kiss. Many passionate kisses to be specific.

"Gil... I thought... we were... going to talk... this time..." Matthew said between kisses.

"Und we vill... right after zhis..." Gilbert pulled him closer and licked Matthew's bottom lip, asking for an entrance.

Matthew granted that access and let Gil explore. Matthew lit up like a christmas tree and forced himself not to pull away. He wanted this, he really did, he's just not used to it. Plus, they did still have to talk.

"Gil..." Matthew pressed.

"Alright, alright... one more?" Gil gave in.

Matthew gave him one more kiss before they got down to business. They sat down at the kitchen table and Matthew's face saddened.

"Vhat's vrong Birdie?" Gil asked.

"Gil... I don't want a relationship to ruin our friendship a-and I want to take this slow," Matthew cut straight to the chase.

"It von't Birdie und we can go slow. Jou mean a lot to me Birdie, I don't vant to lose jou," Gil was careful not to say that he loved him. Matthew wanted to take this slow, so saying that now would ruin the moment.

"I'm glad that you understand. I also wanted to say that I'm proud of you," Matthew looked at him with a thoughtful smile.

"For vhat?" Gil really had no idea.

"For how you're treating Olivine. It doesn't look like it, but she's been through a lot. She really seems to like you."

"Vell I did raise Vest," Gil said proudly.

Matthew started to think that Gilbert would be a good father, but then he scolded himself for thinking like that. It's way to early to be thinking about something like that.

Suddenly, a resounding crash echoed through the house as a pained scream bounced off the walls, alerting the two lovers that something has gone wrong. Then Matthew remembered,

Olivine!

~~

~ Upstairs ~

*Olivine's POV*

I stood away from the fallen wardrobe, pieces of wood were shattered all over the place. Kuma sat curled up in front of my legs as I heard hurried footsteps storm up the stairs.

Mattie and Gil entered the room and Mattie immediately climbed over the bed to my aid.

"Olivine, are you okay?" He asked, cupping my face.

"Yeah, I'm fine..." I lied.

"Vhat happened?" Gil asked.

"K-Kuma got stuck u-under the wardrobe s-so we tried to p-pull him out. B-But once he was free, it st-started to fall. I p-pushed Kuma out of the way a-and I caught Gilbird b-before it crashed," I explained.

"You saved them..." Mattie wiped away my naive tears.

"Piyo! Piyo!" Gilbird muffled.

"Gilbird! Vhere's Gilbird?!" Gil was about to panic until I opened my hands. Gilbird flew to his master, unharmed.

"Little Birdie! Jour legs!" Gil noticed what Kuma was trying to hide.

"Olivine you're bleeding!" Mattie confirmed.

"O-Oh... I'm b-bleeding..." I repeated, looking at the blood trickling down my legs. I'm actually in a lot of pain too, but I have to be strong, I've cried too much today. I just have to stand on them for a little long--

Oh maple!

I tried to take one step towards Mattie, but my legs gave out before my foot touched the ground. I face planted into Mattie and luckily he caught me.

"You're in a lot of pain, aren't you?" Mattie didn't even need to whisper.

"No... it's not that bad..." I lied.

I kind of can't feel my legs... should I be concerned?

"Let me at least patch you up," Mattie requested.

He picked me up and I tried my best not to wince. The pain is a little unbearable and I really want to cry, but I have to be strong. All the other countries have been through worse, so this is nothing compared to what I'll have to go through. Right?

~ In the bathroom ~

"Good thing you're a country, other wise your legs would have been snapped in half," Mattie confirmed as he bent down to bandage up my legs.

"Birdie, do jou zhink zhat we should take her to zhe hospital?" Gil asked.

Hospital? No... never.

~ Little Flashback ~

People in white lab coats, running tests on "sick" people... they don't look human.

"Olivia, these people are here to help you. Well, help me help you," The weird scientist said.

Insults of all kinds bounced around in my head:

Freak!

Devil!

Witch!

She possessed!

Be gone you wretched dog!

I was injected with something, but then the syringe exploded. My body leapt at the source of the undiscovered fluid.

Sir! She's taking in too much! We have to go to code--

~ In reality ~

"Olivine? Olivine!" Mattie ripped me from my depressing state.

"No hospital... I'm not on good terms... with that place..." I held my head and took a deep breath.

"Well... can you feel your legs?" Mattie's tone was serious, I didn't want him to be mad at me.

I don't want to lie to him either... to be honest, I can feel them, but not as much as I want to. I should say that I can feel them first.

"Y-Yes, I can f-feel them... sort of..." I replied.

"Olivine..." Mattie's scaring me now.

"OkayIcan'tfeelmylegsbutIdidn'twantyoutobemadatmesoIdidn'tliebutpleasedon'ttakemetothehospitalplease!" I took a deep breath after I said that. "P-Please don't be m-mad at me..."

There was a pause as Mattie took all that in.

"I'm not mad at you Olivine. I just want to make sure that you're legs aren't broken. Can you move them for me?" Mattie's voice softened, almost making me cry.

I slowly swung my legs and discovered that the pain was actually subsiding. I guess this is a perk of being a country.

"At least jou're legs are healing" Gil commented.

"I'm no doctor but I suggest that you stay off your legs for a while," Mattie stood up and washed his hands.

"Look on zhe bright side, jou get to be carried around everyvhere, jou'll get to be like zhe awesome me!" Gil's happy-go-lucky grin perked me right up.

"But I don't carry you around," Mattie said.

"I know, I make Vest carry me!"

Isn't Gil supposed to be the older brother? Oh no, did he get dropped at birth?

~ After Dinner ~

So today has not been my day. My 2p paid me a visit and corrupted my mind, a scary thunderstorm happened, and a wardrobe fell on me... CAN THIS DAY GET ANY WORSE?!

I should calm down, madness solves nothing. Gil was right, I get to be carried around everywhere and It's so much fun~ Gil placed me on his shoulders and I was up so high! Then he did this thing called airplane where he holds my sides and swings me around. I felt like I was flying! Mattie thought that Gil was going to drop me, but I have faith in him.

Hopefully, tomorrow will be a better day. My legs well be better too, I'm glad that I'm a country (or micro-nation, provence, state, capital, city, town) because I feel like I wouldn't have survived the other times I've almost died.

~ Olivine

Closing my AD, I got ready for bed. I changed into my red hoodie with the white maple leaf of it. It covered below my knees and completely over my arms. My half of the necklace is safely tucked away in my hoodie's collar. I probably should tell them about it soon... later.

I grabbed Fluttershy and held her close. Then I got under the covers and felt sleep wash over me. I have a feeling that tomorrow is going to be an eventful day.

~~

Although, when I woke up, I wasn't in my room anymore. I don't even think that I was in Canada anymore...

I was on top of a man, a scrawny man with short auburn hair and a peculiar curl on the left side of his head. He was wearing a pink tank top with yellow shorts. Every time he breathed, he said:

"Veeeee~"

Where am I? How did I get here? Is this a dream? This better be a dream! What did I do this time?!

"Hmm? Awe~ It's-a little bambino! You're-a so cute~!" he seemed to be awake. He didn't open his eyes though... how can he see?!

"Wait... a little bambino is-a on my-a tummy... uh oh..." then he scooped me up and I had a feeling that I should hold on tight.

"GERMANY~!" he bellowed.

For a scrawny guy he sure can be loud...

He dashed out of the room and into the hallway.

"Oh herro Itary-san, are you--"

"Germany~!" He ran past a short, slim man with short, straight black hair.

"Germany~! I-a think I-a gave birth~!"

WHAT?!

*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~*

Êtes-tu réveillé - Are you awake?

Happy Birthday Japan! (February 11th)

The next chapter won't be finished tomorrow (obviously) so I'll say it now... Happy Birthday Spain! (February 12th)

Well that worked out nicely :) oh and... I regret nothing ψ(｀∇')ψ

If you've noticed, I don't put "ve" when Prussia says "we" and that's because I have this constant urge to type "veeeeeeeeeee~!" If I write it that way. So some of the accent changes are totally intentional.

Hope I didn't butcher Italy's accent... oh well~

You know the drill~ C&V please!

BAI~! ☆〜（ゝ。∂）