Brotherhood (New Zealand Countryhumans)

Grass nugget returns

Canada's POV:

We were all so excited. It had been hard on all of us to be away from each other. Especially America. I had my concerns and a part of me knew he would try it, but I was kind of expecting Spain to do something to stop him.

I felt better being able to keep an eye on him. I was only two years old when Mom and Dad officially split. Apparently when Mom took me, Ame would constantly cry, so Mom and Dad came to the decision that I would live with Dad and Ame, while Mom would visit everyday. But, then Dad adopted Aussie... and then India... and then New Zealand. If I were to count all of my adopted family, I would be here for ages.

"Okay, so I know Neth told me not to eat the cookies, but they look really good," Zea smiled brightly, holding up a tin.

"That looks like the grass nuggets tin," Aussie commented.

"Nuh uh, it has cookies in it, see," Zea opened the tin to reveal not cookies, but a sewing kit.

"Are you serious?! I'm sure this was the cookie tin," Zea complained.

"Tell me about it. Spain has these tins around everywhere. All sewing kits!" Ame said angrily.

"Shut the f#ck up!!" Neth shouted from the other room.

"What do you mean by 'grass nuggets'?" I asked.

"We put one inside Cloudy when Neth ripped his tummy open," Aussie explained.

"What?" I asked. Zea held up his toy sheep.

"Oh, can I see?" I asked.

"It's inside Cloudy," Zea muttered.

"Yeah, and we have a sewing kit," I said, grabbing the sheep off of him. I found the shoddy stitch line and broke one of the threads to open it.

"Hey!" Zea shouted.

"I can fix it for you later," Aussie sighed, calming him down.

I reached inside and pulled out the so-called 'grass nugget'. I could see what they meant. It looked familiar. I thought I had seen someone burn this stuff.

"Do we have a lighter?" I asked.

"What kind of question is that?" Ame pulled out a match he had in his pocket and strict it against Aussie. He burst into flames.

"Stop doing that! It hurts you know," Aussie muttered, standing up. He didn't seem very hurt.

Zea looked super concerned.

"I'm going to take a cold shower before my skin burns off again," Aussie said pointing to himself. Aussie turned around and left.

"What did we need the fire for?" Ame asked.

"Not for light Aussie on fire," I muttered.

"Is he-" Zea began to ask.

"He'll be fine. But he is more flammable than the rest of us," I muttered.

"And he has thicker skin, so it doesn't hurt him," Ame finished.

"Not true! What if I were to light you on fire!" Aussie shouted from the next room.

"Go have a shower before you burn down the house."

"Why the hell can I smell smoke!?!" Netherlands shouted. I quickly stuffed the 'grass nugget' in my pocket. You know, for later.

Tuvalu's POV:

I let out a small yawn. I had fallen asleep, I wasn't surprised, I hadn't gotten much sleep. I awoke to the feeling of being carried. I was a little cold, so when I opened my eyes, I could see big sister Palau carrying me. She looked angry and kind of scary.

"Palau, where are we?" I yawned. She didn't respond. She must have been really angry.

"Let me have her, Palau," Maori mumbled with a slight smile. Palau handed me over to Maori.

"You want to get on my back?" She asked. I nodded wildly, excited. Big sister Maori is so tall and I can see everything from up there.

I climbed around to her back and excitedly looked around. I didn't recognise the place, but Big brothers Tonga and Fiji were walking behind us. I waved at them happily, but they wouldn't wave back. They looked angry.

"Mao, where are we going?" I asked.

"A special safe place," She answered briefly.

"Why is everyone quiet? Did someone die?" I asked. Had heard Tonga and Palau talking about this thing called 'die'. It's something humans do often and it's supposed to be sad.

"What? No. No one has died,"

"Hmm, what is die?" I asked. All I knew was that it was sad, but nothing else.

"Well, it's when someone goes to sleep for a long time and they don't wake up," Maori explained.

"Not even for breakfast? They must be very hungry," I mumbled.

"Not even for breakfast." She laughed a little.

"Can I die? I don't want to sleep forever." I asked.

"Well... that's a question for another day." Maori seemed to stall a little.

"Hey, what's that?" I asked, noticing a strange building in the distance. It was too blurry to see properly though.

"Close your eyes. Can you guess what day it is?" Maori asked. I quickly closed my eyes, trying to remember the day.

"Hmm... Oh! It's my birthday!" I said excitedly.

"Yeah! And so we got you a really cool present. You know how all of us have our own homes, well you are finally of age to have your own! You don't have to keep moving homes every night," Maori explained.

"Really!? I thought you guys said it would be a few more years before I earnt my own house," I was still happy nonetheless.

"Oh, uh... yeah, we knew that, but you have grown up so much, we decided to give it to you early,"

"Cool! Can I open my eyes yet? I want to see!" I said excitedly.

"Wait until we get closer,"

All of this closing my eyes made me really tired and I couldn't keep myself awake. I fell asleep again.

...

My eyes opened suddenly. I had so many nightmares about not waking up. I was really hungry. But when I opened my eyes, I was alone and lying in a comfortable bed. I crawled out of bed.

"This must be my new home," I muttered to myself. I wanted to look at it from the outside. There was only one room, but it didn't bother me. I walked over to the door to look outside. I saw glimpses of flowers.

But when I tried to open the door, it wouldn't. It wouldn't open.

"Did they leave me here?" I whimpered.