New Zealand's POV:
I didn't like seeing him cry but, the death of his snake shattered him. I could see it in his eyes as I lay Stevie in the grave. I supported Aussie as much as I could but he didn't eat anything for dinner and I got worried.
"Time for bed" UK called. I was sitting in my bedroom looking at all two of my personal belongings. UK came into my room when he saw me not getting ready for bed. He picked me and sat me on the bed.
"You need to get ready for bed," he said calmly. I was still thinking about Aussie. UK crouched down to my level and looked me in the eye.
"Don't worry about Australia. He is a strong young man, and so are you. But you need to get some sleep, understand?" I nodded my head and looked at the set of pyjamas laid out on my bed.
"Good boy," UK said patting my head. He got up and walked to my door but, just before he closed it he said: "Get some sleep now, little Kiwi".
I was confused. Why would he call me 'little Kiwi'. Only one person ever called me that. As I was thinking I heard the downstairs door open and close. I looked out my window to see who it was.
Who was it? They didn't look like Canada. Was it Aussie? Likely. He was probably going out to visit Stevie. I decided to follow him. But before I left I grabbed the blanket from off my bed.
Downstairs the door was still partially open and I could feel the cold wind blowing through the gaps. It was a good idea to bring the blanket. As I stepped outside I could feel the air getting colder around me, and not just literally. Something seemed...off. I went to see Stevies grave but I couldn't see anyone else around but, I could feel someone watching me.
"He-hello? Is anyone there?" I said feeling frightened. I wrapped the blanket around me to find some sort of comfort.
"Brother?" I could hear someone's voice coming from the bushes.
"Aussie? America?" I asked nervously.
"Guess again, big bro". Big bro? Who would call me-
"WAIT!!" I walked towards the bushes in realisation and peaked over the bush. "Fiji! What are you doing here?" I saw my little brother stand up from the bushes.
"It's good to see you again, Aoteroa!" Aoteroa. That was my name. I hadn't been called Aoteroa in years.
"You too, Fiji. But, how did you find me?"
"I saw you at the park earlier, so I followed you here," Fiji explained. "Wait till Malay and Maori here about this! Come on!" My little brother grabbed my bruised wrist.
"Ow," I winced in pain pulling my arm out of his grasp.
"I'm sorry! Are you okay?" he said looking at my wrist.
"It's fine bro. But you said something about Maori and Malay?" I asked while Fiji looked at my wrist.
"Oh yeah! Maori has been worried sick ever since Netherlands abducted you" I got horrible flashbacks as I remembered when Netherlands took me away. I never saw my siblings since then. Fiji must have noticed my nervous expression because he quickly changed the subject.
"Anyway, Malay and I have gotten bored without you around, but you seem to know your English very well. You haven't forgotten your home language have you" He said cheekily.
"Of course not I have just been-" I heard a branch snap in the distance and I froze. Fiji had the same idea.
"You didn't happen to bring Malay or Maori with you?" I whispered hopefully to Fiji. He just shook his head. I could hear footsteps coming closer now. I couldn't move, I was too scared to. Fiji managed to hide back in his bush and pull me in.
"Let's go. If we leave now we can make it home by sunrise" Fiji ungently whispered while pulling my arm.
The footsteps came to a stop in front of the bush and I could see who was there.
America's POV:
I went to bed that night feeling awful. I had just teased Zea a little and then Aussie got involved. We had a big fight just before we left the picnic. When we got home I saw Aussie race inside and straight out the back. Zea followed him and when they came inside, two hours later, Australia was in tears and didn't eat anything for dinner.
I lay in bed wondering what my two younger brothers were doing. Curiosity soon took over and I decided to go outside and see. I put on my favorite jacket and left the warmth of my house.
I ran to the end of the backyard where there was a small forest bordering the yard. I walked around the forest for a bit when I heard something in the distance. I brushed it off as just an animal. I came across a large tree with some writing engraved in the bark I didn't get time to read it because I heard something. No. Someone. Someone was here.
I ran to hide behind a nearby bush and waited. I could see everything. They came and looked around the engraved tree.
A twig snapped in the distance but not from the person. They seemed scared and wrapped themselves in a blanket they had.
"He-hello? Is anyone there?" It was New Zealand. Someone else spoke so I stayed quiet. I watched the whole thing.
I leaned in closer to get a better view of the conversation but I accidentally snapped a branch is was holding onto. The two stopped talking and hid in a bush. I could no longer see them or hear them so I came out of my hiding spot and over to the bush they hid in.
I could see the two of them and they could see me.
"Don't hurt us-America?" New Zealand realized. "Please don't tell UK! I wasn't in bed!" He began pleading.
"Woah woah! Slow down Zea, I'm not gonna tell anyone anything. Unless you introduce me to your friend" I said. New Zealand and the other kid just sat there and looked at eachother as if they were reading eachothers minds. The other kid nodded and introduced himself:
"My names Fiji. I am Aoteroa's younger brother and I have come to take him home," I was shocked. I looked at New Zealand ad he looked as if I was going to kill him.
"Nice to meet you Fiji. I am America, New Zealand's Older brother," I said calmly. New Zealand's face went red as he buried it in his blanket.
"Wait! Your name is New Zealand!" Fiji started laughing at his older brother. New Zealand put his head up looking completely embarrassed. "Maori is going to love this!"
"My name is Aoteroa and you will address me as such!" New Zealand snapped at him.
"You sound like Dad" I couldn't help but say.
"Shut up!" New Zealand shouted. I saw Fiji pulling Zea's arm.
"Hey! where do you think you are taking my brother" I grabbed New Zealand's other arm.
"I'm taking my brother home!" Fiji said pulling New Zealand's arm harder. I pulled back and before you know it New Zealand was in the middle of a game of tug-of-war.
"PUT KIWI DOWN!!"