Shining Waves

Chapter Twenty Two

Chapter Twenty Two

AN: Back to school tomorrow :(

Once Canada had finished putting the splint on Jean's leg the group had settled down for supper. As soon as they finished the older scouts started into the remaining of the history and answering any questions that came up.

Prussia explained the division of Berlin and the wall being built. The Canadian didn't have much to say. He tended to avoid Europe all together for a while, not wanting to get into any fights. The albino continued to explain all the way up until the wall fell in November of 1989. He also covered what else happened in Europe during that time.

Matthew started to explain the North American side of history. He told of the holocaust survivors coming over to make a new life for themselves. He also mentioned the Korean, Vietnam and cold wars, but didn't go to in depth with them. He focused on the civil rights movements and fight for rights. He explained how a lot of people didn't have the same rights because of their skin colour, gender or sexuality.

The scouts looked surprised at that; they had been raised to respect everyone and their life choices because no one knew when theirs would be cut short.

Canada moved on to the more 'light hearted' side of history telling about the development of music, TV and radio. He told some of the titles and plots of movies and TV shows as well as songs, but he didn't sing them. One title he said was in French and he got a bunch of confused looks from the scouts.

"What?" Jean asked raising an eyes row after hearing the French.

"It's a different language." Prussia said.

"Different language?" Armin asked curiously. "There's more than one?"

Matthew looked surprised. He hadn't noticed that people had slowly forgotten that there was languages other than the one they spoke. "Yes, there's a bunch of different ones. What you just heard was French, but there is also German, Russian, Mandarin and a lot more."

"That's amazing." Krista said with a smile.

"Do people still speak them?" Eren asked.

"Not too much anymore or at all that I know of actually." Canada said. "They seem to be almost completely phased out."

The conversation moved on to the turn of the twentieth century. Matthew explained all the new technology and how it worked as best he could. He also told of the unrest in the Middle East and terrorist attacks around the world. The Canadian also started to explain global warming. There were too many factors to get into, so Matthew just explained the basics.

"And that's pretty much it. There wasn't much that happened after." The nation said with a yawn. "There is a little bit, but nothing overly important."'

"The world is a lot older than I ever expected." Armin said. "We've read about some of the stuff you described, but hearing a firsthand account of them really put things into perspective."

"You should really write all of it down and make a book." Sasha suggested.

Both nations shrugged. "That vould be a huge book." Prussia said. "It vould take years to vrite."

"And probably a lot of money to get it published." Canada said. "Anyway, that's a conversation for another day. It's getting late and we need to leave early tomorrow."

The scouts nodded and moved to their sleeping bags. Krista helped Jean to his sleeping bag. He was still complaining about the pain in his leg every time he put weight on it.

Matthew and Gilbert settled down in their sleeping bag and sighed. The night was quiet and chilly. Canada yawned and snuggled closer to Prussia.

-❄"I'm a Grimm bloody fable with an unhappy bloody ending."❄-

The next morning the scouts were up and packed before the sun had risen. They found their way through the quiet streets of the district to the stables. Anna was already there waiting for them.

They were sitting on a hay bale eating an apple. "Good morning." They said yawning and hopping off the hay bale. "Thought you'd end up here."

"Ve're pretty predictable." Prussia said with a smile walking over to his Mondi. The scouts started to take care and tack up their horses, Anna took care of Jean's horse. Once they were ready Matthew helped Jean onto his horse. The scouts lead their horses though the streets to the southern gate.

"We'll keep in touch. I'll make sure that a supply route is set up as soon as possible." Matthew said climbing onto Spitfire.

Anna nodded. "We'd appreciate that." They said with a smirk. The garrison member looked up to the wall where another garrison member was giving them hand signals. "He says that there are no titans in sight right now. Have a good trip and stay safe."

The dark haired garrison member made their way up the wall as a small crowd gathered around the scouts. The sun was finally up, but it was still dark inside the wall. Canada sighed and ran a hand through his hair. He looked over his shoulder to make sure the younger scouts were ready. Everyone looked ready with the exception of Connie and Sasha were talking excitedly.

Prussia waved up to Anna giving them the signal to open the gate. The garrison member disappeared over the edge of the wall and the gate started to rise. The wind blew through the gate and ruffled Spitfire's hair. As soon as the gate was high enough for them to pass the scouts urged their horses forward.

The ground in front of them was muddy from the melted snow. There were still a few piles of the white stuff lying around. Matthew looked around for titans but there were none in sight.

For the first few hours the trip was uneventful, there were no titans around, the clouds in the sky and barely even a breeze. They could see wall rose now.

Canada sighed as they neared the old boarder. He looked over to Prussia; he had a blank expression on his face. He could tell that the Prussian was just as happy to be back as he was. The albino didn't have the same connection to the land has he did, but he also felt like he was leaving home.

AN: Second to last chapter! Almost done... Also, been thinking of maybe setting up an ask-blog for my versions of Canada. This would include, Dare Devil(Dawn of a New Age and Shining Waves), Forgotten Knight, Don't Fear the Reaper and other upcoming ones too! I don't know if there would be enough interest to bother tho.