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You stared at the object in your hand in disbelief.

It was a bracelet, it was coated with gold and it had shiny heart shaped rubies on the sides.

Not to mention the weight. It must have weight a quarter of a kilo, give or take.

“What’s this?” You asked and looked at your brothers.

They all looked down at their empty plates with an expression of guilt glued on their faces.

They remained quiet.

“Hello, earth to brothers, do you hear me?” You used the same phrase as Peter.
Arthur looked the most guilty of the lot so you turned your gaze to your eldest brother and stared at him with a cold stare.

“Arthur…?” You asked annoyed.

“Y-yes love?”

“You’re hiding something.”

Alfred suddenly stood up and smashed his palm at the table. “Like hell we are, why’d we do that, dudette?” He yelled with a fake grin on his face.

You just stared at him and sighed.

“Just forget it, I thought that I could trust my older brothers but it turns out I was wrong.” You used the words which you knew would make them feel guilty.

“I’m in my room, thinking about life and death, if you need me.” You continued and saw that the words hit them hard. They still saw you as a child and didn’t like when you thought about things like that.

Francis sighed. “Alright, alright… we gave you zat.”

Matthew nodded. “Yes.”

You looked at them. “Why’d you give me something this precious?”

“Because,” Arthur said. “You asked for the key to the coffin in your room.”

“So?”

“That’s what’s in it.” He continued.

You looked at the bracelet. “This? Is this all?”

They all nodded.

“And why is it, well was it, there?”

“It’s complicated.” Arthur said.

“I’m smart, I’ll understand.”

“And it’s a very long story.” Matthew argued.

“I’m a bloody country, for god’s sake, I’ve got time.”

“But-“

“Just shut up and tell me the story.” You hissed.

Alfred sighed. “Well it started several hundred years ago in a-“

He was cut off by the doorbell. “RING RIIING RIIIIIIIING RIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIING”

Francis quickly stood up and answered at the door.

There stood Yao and Ivan.

You smiled, but you were a little disappointed that Alfred was cut off.

“Ivan, Yao! Why’re you here?” You said with a childish smile.

“Privet, sunflower, we came to celebrate your birthday, da?”

“Yes, aru.” Yao nodded, slightly uncomfortable with having the giant Russian right next to him.

You smiled, but you did not forget that your brothers had some explaining to do.

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They wouldn’t tell you. Years went by and they still hadn’t told you. You were really starting to get impatient.

Realising that they’d never tell you, you decided to go find out yourself.

One night you went in to the eldest of your brothers bedroom whilst he was sleeping.

You had guessed that he wouldn’t want anybody else to have it since they might give after to your adorableness.

The past years you had tried to persuade them telling you the story by being ridiculously adorable. But they still hadn’t told you it.

The door opened with a creek.

You noticed that Arthur hadn’t heard you yet, he was still snoring loudly.

You would never had guessed that Arthur snored since he seemed so much like a gentleman usually.

But, being his younger sister, you already knew that he snored. Loudly, too.

You walked on tip-toes towards his closet and carefully opened the door.

It opened loudly and you flinched, fearing the worst, as Arthur’s snoring stopped.

You turned around, and he started snoring loudly again.

You began to go through his stuff.

There were books, plenty of books. Spell books, cook books, just books. Then there was clothes, teabags, recipes and then there also was a small, black box.

You picked the box up and opened it. Inside there was a key. And not just any key, it was the key to your coffin.

You went back to your room and unlocked the coffin. It worked!

It was pitch dark and you found it hard to see anything inside, so you leant in a bit.

Suddenly, you felt something, or somebody, push you inside the coffin.

You didn’t stop falling, you just continued and continued to fall.

‘This doesn’t make sense.’ You thought. ‘This can’t be happening.’

You couldn’t see anything but darkness when you started to slow down in the air and then, slowly, hit the ground. It was nothing but darkness around you.

You slowly stood up, realizing that you weren’t hurt, and peered out in the darkness.

‘Where am I?’