Hetalia Fairy Tales

East of the Sun and West of the Moon Part 2

"This is where your father and mother live now," said the white bear. "Now don't forget what I told you, else you'll make us both unhappy."
No, heaven forbid, she'd not forget. When they reached the house, the white bear turned around and left her.
She went in to see her father and mother, and there was such joy, that there was no end to it. None of them could thank her enough for all she had done for them. They now had everything they could wish for, as good as good could be. Then they wanted to know how she was.
Well, she said, it was very good to live where she did; she had all she wished. I don't know what else she said, but I don't think she told any of them the whole story. That afternoon, after they had eaten dinner, everything happened as the white bear had said it would. Her mother wanted to talk with her alone in her bedroom; but she remembered what the white bear had said, and wouldn't go with her.

Prussia: Good work Canada!

Norway: it's not going to last.

Prussia: god damn it.

"What we have to talk about we can talk about any time," she said, and put her mother off. But somehow or other, her mother got to her at last, and she had to tell her the whole story. Madeline told her, how every night, after she had gone to bed, a man came and lay down beside her as soon as she had put out the light, and how she never saw him, because he was always up and away before the morning dawned; and how she was terribly sad, for she wanted so much to see him, and how she was by herself all day long, and how dreary, and lonesome it was.

America: great job Canada

Nyo Canada: shut up!

"Oh dear," said Alice; "it may well be a troll you are sleeping with! But now I'll give you some good advice how to see him. I'll give you a candle stub, which you can carry home in your bosom; just light it while he is asleep, but be careful not to drop any tallow on him."

France: *pervertedly smirks*

Nyo England: *hits him upside the head.*

Yes, she took the candle, and hid it in her bosom, and that evening the white bear came and took her away.
But when they had gone a piece, the white bear asked if all hadn't happened as he had said.

America: well that was fast.

She couldn't deny that it had.
"Take care," said he, "if you have listened to your mother's advice, you will bring bad luck on us both, and it will be finished with the two of us."
No, by no means!
So when Madeline reached home, and had gone to bed, it was the same as before. A man came and lay down beside her; but in the middle of the night, when she heard that he was fast asleep, she got up and lit the candle. She let the light shine on him, and saw that he was the most handsome prince one ever set eyes on. She fell so deeply in love with him, that she thought she couldn't live if she didn't give him a kiss at once. And so she did, but as she kissed him she let three drops of hot tallow drip onto his shirt, and he woke up.

Prussia: Thanks! The awesome me is handsome! But why didn't you listen to me!

Nyo England: or me!

Nyo Canada: I-I.... I'm sorry.

"What have you done?" he cried; "now you have made us both unlucky, for had you held out only this one year, I, Gilbert, would have been free! I have a stepmother...

Me: whoops! I forgot! *turns Russia into a girl*

Nyo Russia: Must I be the villain again!?

Me: Don't worry you won't be alone. *turns Austria into a girl*

Nyo Austria: Don't you dare...

Me: watch me

, Anya, who has bewitched me, so that I am a white bear by day, and a man by night. But now all ties are broken between us. Now I must leave you for her. She lives in a castle east of the sun and west of the moon, and there, too, is a princess Anneliese, one with a nose three yards long, and now I will have to marry her."

Prussia: *laughing at Nyo Austria* a nose three yards long!

Nyo Austria: you're forgetting we are stuck together!

Prussia: please, this story has a happy ending and that won't happen. *looks to Norway* right?

Norway: *shrug*

Prussia: nein! *runs over and shakes Norway* You have to tell me!

She cried and grieved, but there was no help for it; he had to go.
Then she asked if she could go with him.
No, she could not.
"Tell me the way, then" she said, "so I can look for you; surely I may do that."
Yes, she could do that, but there was no way leading to the place. It lay east of the sun and west of the moon, and she'd never find her way there.

Everyone: oh! That's were the title comes from.

The next morning, when Madeline woke up, both Prince Gilbert and the castle were gone, and she was lying on a little green patch, in the midst of the thick, dark forest, and by her side lay the same bundle of rags she had brought with her from her old home.

France: Sacre bleu!

Nyo Canada: of course this happens to me!

America: *pats his brother's back* there there. You'll win in the end. *looks over at Norway* I hope.

When she had rubbed the sleep out of her eyes, and cried until she was tired, she set out on her way, and walked many, many days, until she came to a high cliff. An old woman, named Katyusha, sat under it, and played with a golden apple which she tossed about. Madeline asked her if she knew the way to Prince Gilbert, who lived with his stepmother Anya in the castle east of the sun and west of the moon, and who was to marry princess Anneliese with a nose three yards long.