Chances

Chances 10

"Rome?" I asked. "Why Rome?"

"Well there is only one way to find out." Feli said. I nodded and looked over to Toni and Lovi. They both nodded and I ran up the stairs to get my little orange suitcase. I dragged it down the stairs and it thumped with every step it dropped on.

Once at the bottom of the stairs I saw Alfred look at me. "Where you going little Hero?" He asked with a smile.

"Rome, with uncle Feli." I said with a big smile. He nodded and walked off after saying his goodbyes. I went to find Mattie and uncle Gilbert so I could give them Kuma and Gilbird.

I found them where they were sitting when I saw them earlier. "Here you go." I said and handed them their companions. They both smiled and said a thanks before asking where I was going.

"I'm going to Rome with uncle Feli. He had found out that that's where the map wants us to go." I said and smiled brightly. I gave them both hugs and a kiss on the cheek before heading to the front door. There I found Toni and Lovi standing with Feli.

"Ready to go?" Uncle Feli asked and I nodded. I gave Toni and Lovi both hugs and kissed both their cheeks as well. Then we were gone, on our way to Rome.

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We walked off the plane and I took my first look around from ground level. It was really cool and my favourite thing I saw was the coliseum. I looked at Feli and he said we would slowly make our way there. I nodded grabbed uncle Feli's hand as he led us to his home that he had here.

We quickly put our bags inside and headed out again. We saw Trevi Fountain, the Spanish steps and Pantheon, Roman Forum and finally the Coliseum. The Coliseum was closed when we got there but uncle Feli talked the guy into letting us in. It was probably special benefits or something like that.

Once we walked inside I was looking everywhere at once. Everything here looked amazing. And since it was night time the Coliseum was lit up and everything. I was looking up so much Pookie had to get off my head and and get me to carry him in my arms.

"That didn't take as long as I thought." A voice said from behind me. I turned and looked at him and smiled. It was the same guy from yesterday.

"Hello again." I said and walked up to him. He looked at me and nodded before looking over at uncle Feli. He had this far away look in his eyes and if you weren't close to him you wouldn't be able to see it because of the shadow his mask caused.

"You guys are here because we need to tell you something." The man said and I raised an eyebrow.

"What do you mean by we?" Feli asked and I smiled and jumped.

"He means them." I said pointing to all the people who had appeared around us. "Their... Their all dissolved countries."

The blond man nodded. "As am I." He said and took off his mask. "Rome is a special place little one. This is where all the dissolved counties go after they dissolve. Here we find peace and the only one who can see us is you, Rome itself."

Feli gasped when he saw the man's face. "Holy Rome." He said and if the streets outside weren't silent you wouldn't have been able to hear him. His voice was even quieter then Mattie's.

"Hello, Italy." Holy Rome said when he looked at him. "I promised I would come back and I did. Just not as you suspected."

Feli tried to say something but closed his mouth right away. I looked at Holy Rome and a question of my own surfaced. It was bit confusing but I switched the way I was going to ask it. Then I opened my mouth to speak.

"But what about Feli's Grandpa Rome. Wouldn't he be Rome?" I asked and that's when someone stepped forwards. I looked at him and saw it was Great Grandpa Rome.

"No I wouldn't. You see Sophie or should I say Rayna, I am the Roman Empire, not the capital Rome. If I were the capital Rome Feli would be able to see and hear me right now." He said with a sad smile.

"Then how come Uncle Feli can see Holy Rome but not you?" I asked and turned to see them both deep in conversation.

"That's because Italy has a strong tie to Holy Rome. And Holy Rome had a promise that he needed to carry out. I'm sad to say but this is the last time they'll ever see each other." Roman Empire said. I went to say something when a hand was placed on my shoulder from my left, someone new was beside me.

"Don't worry Rayna, he will understand. Plus his heart belongs to someone else now." Ancient Greece said. I nodded at her and looked over at the two. How sad, after so long of waiting uncle Feli only gets a few minutes with his first love.

"His heart belongs to Uncle Luddy now, doesn't it?" I asked and Ancient Greece nods.

"Now Sophie, you need to start going by Rayna again. You've gone too long with out knowing your true identity. You've been stuck going from family to family for fifty years now. If enough of the countries recognize you as Rayna then you'll get your memories back." She told me.

"Okay, I will start going by Rayna now. I want to know who I am." I said and they nodded before everyone disappeared. Leaving uncle Feli and I alone in the Coliseum.

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