Brotherhood (New Zealand Countryhumans)

Good day

New Zealand's POV:

I had a good day! It was the first good day in a while. I spent the whole day playing with Germany and Denmark. I still felt a little concerned for Canada. He had been acting strange the whole day.

When Mum finished work, she came to collect us from the little room we were playing in. I waved goodbye to Denmark and Germany. Mum held our hands until we were out of the building. I wasn't sure why she did that, but I guess was really big and easy to get lost in.

We drove back to Mum's house, and we went inside. She told us to wait in the lounge. We sat on the couch, and I was hoping Canada would start a conversation. He stayed quiet. His dream must have really bothered him. My dream was pretty scary, but at least I could make sure Aussie was alright.

Mum came out dressed in casual wear and told us that we would be leaving soon. I was really excited to see Aussie again. 

"Hey, Zea... what did you see in your dream?" Canada asked. My mind flicked to the dream I had last night. The horrifying images filled my mind.

"I-I saw Aussie and America. And I saw you and UK. What did you see in your dream?" I mumbled remembering all of the details. 

"Oh, I saw you, it felt like someone held a knife to my throat," He said. I froze. I didn't know how to respond. I remembered seeing UK holding a knife to his throat.

"What's wrong? You look pale," Canada asked.

"I uh-" I was searching for words to say. Canada looked nervous.

"Maybe we could talk about something else," Canada sighed understanding how was not willing to share my thoughts. Mum walked out and told us to get in the car. We did. I sat in the back seat of the car while Nada sat next to me. We didn't talk to each other.

Mum turned on the car and we were off to UK's house. The car ride was awkward. No one tried to start a conversation. I looked out the window and watched the landscape roll by. It passed the time well. 

We finally pulled into the driveway of UK's house. I started to feel a little bit happier. I was the first waiting at the door. I knocked and waited for someone to open it. When I finally heard the door opening, Mum and Canada were standing behind me.

The door opened and UK was standing there. He was leaning against the doorway strangely. He looked really tired. He let us in and I ran around the house looking for Aussie. I found him in his bedroom. For some reason, he was a hat. I gave him a big hug. He gave me an awkward smile.

"Aussie! Are you okay?" I asked, still thinking about my dream.

"I'm fine," He said as he pushed me off him.

"Why are you wearing that hat then?" I asked.

"I uhh, I thought it was cool," He said awkwardly. I didn't quite believe him, but I had so many other things to talk about instead.

"I made a new friend today!" I said excitedly.

"Oh, who was it?" Aussie asked.

"His name was Denmark, and we played with the lego together! Germany was also there and made me a lego car!" I started talking about every little thing that happened that day. Aussie didn't interrupt, he just listened to me talk for ages. When I noticed how quiet he was being I asked him how his day was.

I saw him tense up a little bit.

Australia's POV:

My head was hurting terribly. When Kiwi came he was talking about how good his day was. I felt a little bit jealous, but at least he didn't go through what I did. Then he asked me how my day had been. I didn't know how to respond.

UK told us not to tell anyone what happened. He said that if he did he would harm our brothers tonight. He held a knife while he told us. He was drunk as well, which didn't help with anything. It only made him scarier.

"My day was alright, I guess," I said vaguely. Kiwi didn't seem convinced.

"What did you do today?" He continued asking questions that I wasn't allowed to answer.

"How about we go outside and kick the footy around?" I suggested trying to change the topic. It worked.

We went outside and I grabbed the ball from the shed. We played around with the ball for a while. Kiwi accidentally kicked the ball into the bushes and ran over to grab it. I noticed movement in the bushes and told Kiwi that I would grab the footy. Kiwi nodded and waited for me as I wandered into the bushes.

I looked around, carefully making sure I was safe. I found the ball stuck in a tree. I climbed the tree and knocked it out. Annoyingly it bounced into a bush. I jumped down from the tree and walked over to where it bounced.

As I picked up the footy I felt some come down over my head. It was a material bag and someone was dragging me somewhere. I struggled and fought back. I was too far away from Kiwi for him to notice. I still had the ball in my hand and tried to use it as a weapon.

I dropped the ball, but know my hands were free to fight back properly. Whoever was pulling me away must have tripped over something. I took this chance to pull the bag off my head. I turned around to see who tried to take me. I picked up a branch and prepared to beat whoever it was.

"Woah, Woah!! It's me! It's me!" Fiji shouted. He looked terrified.

"What the hell!!" I shouted at him as I bet him twice with the branch.

"I wasn't meant to take you, it was supposed to be Kiwi," He muttered.

"You tried to kidnap my brother!?!" I held the branch above him threateningly.

"How else I am supposed to get my brother back?!" He said. He then noticed something. I could see it in his face.

"What happened to your head?" He asked. I then realised I wasn't wearing the hat that initially covered it. I panicked a little bit but then I noticed Fiji holding my hat. He had a smug on his face and was standing up now.

"Give it back!" I demanded.

"Give me back my brother!" He demanded back.

"If you give me back my hat, I'll let you keep your arms," I said darkly. I had heard UK say that to me so many times, so I wasn't surprised when Fiji put the hat on the ground and started backing away.

"Aussie! Mum says dinner is ready!" I heard Kiwi call.