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As the figure dragged itself onto the shore, the 4 were each individually trying to make up their minds on what they should do. So as each fought a mental battle the group stood in silence, watching the far shore.
Arctic was the first to make up their mind, grabbing the 2 people closest to him, Canada and Norway, he ran around the lake. Looking behind him was Greenland, running after them all. Norway had let go and ran ahead while Canada was still half daydreaming, stumbling along in his skates. Norway quickly made her way to the other figure, and she ran to the duffel bag, grabbing a hockey stick.
She went up behind the figure, who was on their knees, coughing up water.
She couldn't see their face, but the back of their head had a Nordic cross. It was black, on a white background.
She placed her leg onto the persons neck, knocking them over. She was firm but gentle, so as to hold them down without causing too much damage.
The person in front of her, lying on the ground was a male. He had 2 devilish horns protruding from the side of his head and he was dressed in old-timey clothes. Norway didn't take long to recognise the flag, however she had only seen it in history books. At this moment the others had caught up to her and the country. Canada recognised the flag but couldn't put a name to it, whereas Greenland and the Arctic weren't so sure about the flag or the person. Norway had now taken her foot off the person but held her hockey stick behind their head, ready to swing it if they did anything.
For an awkward minute everyone stood still, catching their breath and staring at what lay unmoving in front of them.
"So... can you recognise them?" Said Canada to the group.
"Mhm" was the response he received from Norway, so they all turned to her expectantly.
She didn't say anything, instead leaning down close to the person.
"And who are you?" She asked.
"Mein Gott. Why don't you guys kill me already es ist freezing!" Was the angered response.
"You are not one to order us around here, now answer me, wie heißt du?" Norway hissed.
"Ich heiße Teutonic." Was the gruff response.
Canada almost jumped at the realisation,
"He's not lying, that is the Teutonic order. The flag matches up."
Norway nodded, "so how did a 13th century nation make its way to 2022?"
"ES IST 2022?!"
Was a shout from the snow, At this point Norway decided to let the country up.
"Yes. It is, how did you get into that lake?"
"I don't know?"
At this point the Teutonic order was on his feet, throwing dirty looks at the group, who didn't appear much friendlier.
"What do we do?"
"We should go to the UN"
"We need to have a look at this lake ourselves"
"Should we tell the Arctic council first?"
All these ideas were cut off by a small yelp and a sudden "sorry!". Norway, Arctic and Greenland turned to see a Canadian with the Teutonic order over their shoulder. Canada quickly turned around to the group.
"They just came out of a lake, it's the middle of winter."
It took a while but soon enough the other 3 all realised the sheer cold and the fact this country was soaking could kill him. So Arctic led back the 3, with Canada carrying Teutonic over their shoulder, much to the old nations discomfort.
They all rushed to the cabin, which wasn't far off to begin with, so they got there within 10 minutes. The first thing everyone did was give a towel, a change of clothes and soap to the Teutonic order, as well as briefly explaining how a shower worked. They rushed the old country into the bathroom, and once they could hear the water running from the shower, they turned to put on the kettle. Arctic grabbed some Milo from the cupboard, and some marshmallows along with it. She then went to the fridge and pulled out some milk. The others stood in the living room talking about the nation while the Arctic prepared Hot Milo for each of them.
The 5 nations were all in the living room. 4 were drinking their Milo, while the 5th, Teutonic, looked at the drink with distrust. "My god, it's not poisoned!" Arctic said for what felt like the 300th time. The Teutonic Order shot back a frown, before abruptly picking up the mug and burning their tongue.
"You don't drink it so quickly! Dumbass!" Cried Norway as a glass of water was handed to the Nation. "I was right to think it was poison." Teutonic retorted.
"oh my god, drink it, but slowly. Is it the marshmallows?" said Arctic, concerned.
"Canada, tell Australia that this Milo is great." said Greenland turning to the tall nation. "Considering you will probably be the one to see her next." Canada smiled, "I'll ask her to give you some next time."
"Australia? Canada? Wait actually, who are you all?"
"Hm, well, you wouldn't know any of us, and these 2 are unknown to everyone's existence during your time" was Norway's response to Teutonic's question, gesturing to Canada and the Arctic.
"I'm Canada, I used to be a colony of the English. Australia is another old Colony, but we are both independent Commonwealth's now."
"I am Greenland, a Colony under the Kingdom of Denmark, you would know me when Norway ruled me."
"I am the Arctic, you wouldn't know me, I'm not really a landmass. But you could call me a country.. or continent."
"and you would know the Kingdom of Norway, who is not me exactly, I am their Successor."
"I know the Kingdom of Norway, and Greenland. So where on the globe are you two?" asked the Teutonic order.
"That would be unwise to say, considering these circumstances." Was Greenland's response. Teutonic responded with a nod.
So the group sat drinking the Milo, in silence for a while. The air seemed so relaxed but so tense. These people were sitting here like an old group of friends but, there was so much they didn't know about eachother. The Arctic was eager to learn more about Norway's rule over Greenland, and Canada wanted to know more about other events in the 13th century. Whereas the Teutonic order wanted to know about the modern world, and Norway and Greenland both wanted to put Teutonic back to the 1200's, then tell the others about their history, somewhat surprised they didn't know it already.
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OK I promise it's gonna feature northern nations, we aren't going to be messing around with German history. I just needed a more southern European country to appear for the sake of the plot. Anywho, I wanna make sure that you know Norway and Greenland aren't keeping any secrets, it just took me by surprise to find out Greenland used to be under the Kingdom of Norway, so I thought to make the other 2 surprised by it aswell, nothing dark!
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