Personality Exchange

The Wake

Alfred's POV

I was surprised when someone suddenly attacked Artie with kisses. I was amused, especially at his reaction, but something inside me want to rip the girl off of him. I'm sure quite irritated since I'm possessive over things I really like, but the heaviness I'm feeling on my chest seems to be different, something deeper...

Something aggressive.

I could feel some sparks on my skin, not the goosebumps thing, but instead of feeling scared about it, I relinquish it like some thirsty animal.

I came back to earth from my trance when someone familiar pulled the lady away from Arthur and they started arguing.

Emma, the girl who kissed Artie all of the sudden, is currently trying to explain to Natalia. She's the beauty whom I met not too long ago.

Arthur tried to excuse us from their quarrel when Natalia turned towards him and cut him off. Surprisingly, Arthur stepped a few steps backward,  and then the next we know, he's down on the ground, unconscious.

My mind stopped for a second, thought it was a prank, but something weird happened.

Black marks like barb wires appeared on his neck slowly, he got paler, and his hair turned black as the marks starts to appeared on his wrist.

I went down on my knees and gathered Arthur in my arms, checking his temperature which is as cold as ice. He's breathing raggedly, and his pulse almost undetected.

I turned and give an accusing glared at the two ladies who's standing there stunned and terrified.

"What did you two did to him?" I growled at them, surprising them and myself at that, but my anger got the better of me and let it slide.

"N-Nothing..." Emma said, looking as unsure as Natalia, who gave a short nod to agree.

"As if! He's been clearly fine and healthy minutes ago! When you two showed up out of nowhere, shit happened!" I stood up, carrying Arthur on my arms, as I glare at them. "And what are you two talking about earlier? I'm pretty we don't now the two of you, so what's with this missing thing?"

"About that..." Emma started, eyes widening as if she's seeing a ghost, then Natalia took a step forward and stared at me straight into my eyes.

"Let's fix this somewhere." She ordered coldly. "We don't really know what happened and you're getting unwanted attention. Let's make sure Arthur's fine first."

"How-?!"

"We have a lot of explaining to do, but not here. Do you know anyone nearby who knows about magic? And you should calm down."

"I knew someon- Wait, why?" I asked with a raised eyebrow.

"Just do so. You're showing your true self." I didn't get what she said, so instead of asking more, I lead them towards my car, letting Arthur lay at the back with Emma, and Natasha beside me.

I'm about to reverse and get the car out when I noticed my hair color. It turned RED!!!

"What the heck?!" I shrieked, touching my hair as I check it out in the mirror. Actually, that's not the only thing. I've also got the same black marks on my skin like those Arthur have, and fangs!

I turn around a looked at Natalia.

"Seriously?! What's happening?!" I exclaimed, letting go of my hair.

"Drive." She ordered.

"But-"

"Are you really going to get concerned over a new hairstyle like a girl first, over your friend dying at the backseat?" She raised a brow on her creepy calm look.

"What?! No! It's not-! Ughhh! Fine! Whatever!" I stepped at it and drove us back at Alistor's house.

When we've reached the place, Alistor greeted us with a killing glare, obviously debating wether to punch me who's currently his brother physically.

He decided against it, and lead us inside, taking Arthur from my arms. The action made me bristle, and the sparks I'm feeling getting heavier.

"Stop that!" Alistor sneered at me, which I surprisingly answered with a scowl.

He stood up from the bed after checking Arthur, snapping his fingers as he said something I didn't caught.

I was pulled down by an invisible force, forcing me to sit at the floor. This alarmed me, so I tried to instinctually fight against it but it just took me down. Now he faced Natalia and Emma who's standing not too far from us.

"I somehow knew you two have something to do with this when a disturbing memory just hit me like a tide after meeting both of you. Mind explaining why my wee brother's lying there unconscious, him and this eejit have a curse written all over them?" He posed authoritatively, giving them a "I've got no time with shits so better start talking". Natalia just stared at him though as Emma fidgets beside her.

I felt the weird pressure that's pulling me down weakens as I felt less spark on my skin till its gone with the sparks. I slowly stood up, noticing red marks with the black ones on my wrist. It's as if someone pinned me down! And well, it hurts like someone really did so!

"I remember you..." Natalia said all of the sudden, clearance on her face showing before it goes back to her poker face. "You're his half fae guardian."

"Oh! Yeah! Now that you said it, I finally remembered it! I knew I saw him somewhere!" Emma said happily as she walked towards a seat in the room.

"You're the bitch." Alistor scoffed as he walk toward the end of Arthur's bed and sat there. He gestured for us to take a seat somewhere near.

Yes, including me who's somehow at lost and being ignored.

Really! It was not like I wasn't forced down by some magical force earlier! And it's really weird and confusing since I'm not really getting any answer here!!!

"Witch." She corrected with a glare, but she turned the glare at Emma when she giggled.

She rolled her when Emma didn't took her glare seriously.

"We're one of the reincarnated, and me and my brother have a big part with this thing." She started.

"Ohhh, straightforward. I like that. I may reconsider from feeding you to my pet." Alistor leaned forwards with a hand on his chin.

"My brother's the one who cursed them, and I'm the reason why he did it."

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Update ALERT!!!!
Yeah, I was able to do an update. I'm not aware that the classes for today was canceled, so while I was waiting, I wrote this, and two hours later, I went home.

I'm finishing the first arch after the twentieth chapter, where we'll enter their past lives, finally.

Don't you think Alfred's getting ignored in his own POV? I don't know why but that's how it ended up.
Sorry Alfred!

So that's it for now!

"I don't own Hetalia, only the same bushy brows with Iggy. This is fanfictional writing, so the events are clearly not true, so if ever a same event took place, I am certain that it's just a coincidence. If a same plot is found, it is another coincidence to enjoy, but if it has the same lines and words with the exactly same plot, please let me know the details. Though I doubt such a thing would happen. My grammar is too crappy in the first place, so who would bother. Right?

Andd, I'm apologizing for typos and wrong grammar. I'll do my best to improve."

Stay with me bear cubs! Things will start getting complicated!

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