Shades

Chapter 11

Ame put the last book he needed into his backpack and turned to his brother.

"Hey Nada, Tell Mom I'm meeting with a teacher after school and I'll just walk home." Ame said, thinking about them person that had asked to meet him by the ditch earlier that day. Canada furrowed his brows.

"Ame it's raining so you'll be cold, also it's a pretty long walk you sure?" He asked his brother, Ame nodded.

"If I need a ride I'll just call you or mom." He said. Nada nodded.

"Well, just be safe ok?" Canada said, a slightly concerned look on his face. Ame smiled and nodded.

"Don't worry bro." He said. Ame made his way over to the ditch, while Nada went to the busses. After about 10 minutes after school ended everything was pretty quiet, other than the rain of course. All of the hustle was gone. Ame turned his head as he heard footsteps approaching.

"Wow, I'm surprised he had the guts to show up." The voice said, chuckling. "You're even stupider than I thought." Ame could feel himself tense up as they got closer.

"W-Who are you!?" He yelled.

"I'm North Korea, but please, call me NK." He said before punching Ame in the face.

"W-wh—" Ame was cut off by a kick to the stomach, sending his falling backwards into the ditch. He heard another voice start to laugh with NK's. Ame felt his cane be pulled out of his hand.

"Wait I need that to-" Ame was cut off once again by a smack to his ribs from his cane. He screamed in pain, ignoring the mud that was sleeping into his clothes. NK jumped down into the ditch to kick Ame easier. He smiled as the country below him screamed in agony, though his smile quickly faded as he felt Ame grab his leg before it could hit his stomach again. In one swift movement Ame swung NK around and under him, but it wasn't Ame. He could feel himself losing control over his body as he saw NK under him. He watched as his body placed his hands over NK's throat and squeeze his windpipe closed.

No no! Stop! Make it stop!Ame screamed in his mind. Everything became quieter and quieter before the only thing he could hear was the ringing in his ears. He couldn't hear NK's screams of pain and cries to stop.Ame wanted to scream, to shout, to do anything. He felt so helpless. Then everything went black.

China whacked Ame in the back of the head with the cane, he reached in and pulled NK out. They both looked at each other and ran off without another word, just leaving the unconscious country and the white cane behind in the muddy ditch.

Russia walked towards the ditch, he could have sworn he heard screaming. Then again it was thunder storming so maybe he didn't hear anything, but better safe than sorry. Russia looked down into the ditch, he gasped as he saw a body at the bottom. Squinting he saw the familiar sunglasses stirring on the country's face.

"Ame!" He yelled, sliding to the bottom of the ditch and checking for a pulse. He sighed in relief as he felt the small pumping of blood through the body. He grabbed the white cane that was off to the side and picked up the unconscious Ame, holding him bridal style. He carried his friend back to his two siblings who were just standing there waiting for him.

"Woah! Russia you killed someone!" Belarus exclaimed as she saw her big brother carrying Ame. He normally would have smiled and made a joke but he was currently too panicked to do that.

"We need to get home, ASAP." Russia said forcefully as he just walked right past them.

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Ame blinked a few times as he looked around. He noticed that there was something different. It smelled slightly of vodka, and the bed he was in was much stiffer than him.

This wasn't his room. He felt the clothes he was wearing. These weren't his clothes! Ame sat there panicking, digging his fingers into the sheets of the bed he was in. He looked up as someone walked into the room with a tray.

"Oh your awake!" Russia said excitedly, setting the food-filled tray on the bedside table.

"Where? H-how?" Ame stumbled on his words. Russia smiled and sat down on the bed and set his hand on Ame's to calm him down.

"I found you in the ditch and took you home. I called your parents to let them know. They couldn't come to pick you up because of the thunderstorm, it's getting really severe and they didn't want to risk it." Russia explained. "So how on earth did you manage to end up in that ditch?" Ame sighed and started to explain. Russia listened intently, frowning as he heard Ame mention NK and China.

"And the last thing I remember was being unable to control myself and hurting NK." Ame said, fidgeting with his fingers. "The only time that happens is when I wake up from an episode." He said quietly. Russia sighed and hugged Ame.

"It's okay Ame." He said, Ame started to cry.

"No Russia no it's not. If China hadn't knocked me out I probably would have killed him. It happened to my dad once. He woke me up from an episode and I couldn't control myself. All I could do was watch as my own body tried to strangle him. The entire time all I hear is just a painfully loud ringing too." Ame explained, tears falling down his face. "Russia I would have choked him to death if my mother wasn't there to pry me off." Ame cried. Russia pulled Ame closer, burying the smaller into his chest. Russia started to get lost in his own thoughts.

Ame doesn't deserve this.Russia thought. Then he remembered when Uke stole Canada's phone. He thought if the country's lock screen.

"Hey Ame?"

"Yeah Rus?"

"...how did this all start?"

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Hmm, kinda random but what gender do I come off as? If any?

[EDIT: Hey, it's been a year since I made this book. A lot can happen in a year. If you could not respond to the question below that'd be great. At the time I was questioning my gender, but now I know my gender. And uh, let's say most of what people say makes me feel dysphoric. Sorry about that, I was experimenting at the time. I'm no longer experimenting. Thank you.]

I know that sometimes you can just tell if someone is a guy or a girl based on how they speak or it's just a gut feeling. It was kinda a random thought but just wondering. (I won't be offended by anything you say. Like I said, I'm just curious.)

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As always, stay safe out there &

Have a lovely day because you deserve it. :)