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[fanfic] Zombie Apocalypse AU Starring Fem!USA- Chapter 22 & 23
Title: Zombie Apocalypse AU Starring Fem!USA- Chapter 22 & 23
Genre: Humor
Characters/Pairings: No pairings. Amelia(fem!USA), Francis(France), Chun-Yan(fem!China), Arthur(U.K.), Feliks(Poland), Toris(Lithuania), Eduard(Estonia), Anya(fem!Russia), Feliciano(N. Italy), Monika(fem!Germany), Kiku(Japan), Maddie(fem!Canada)
Rating: K+
Warnings: Zombie Apocalypse AU
Summary: Maddie gets to know her new travel buddies.
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 & 4, Chapter 5 & 6, Chapter 7 & 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10 & 11, Chapter 12 & 13, Chapter 14 & 15, Chapter 16, 17, & 18, Chapter 19, 20, & 21
Also on tumblr.
Chapter 22
“We’re back!” Amelia exclaimed, “Hey, Maddie! See the animals? Isn’t that cool? And over there is my truck!”
Maddie nodded. “Yes. That’s a pretty nice truck.”
“We’re traveling with an artist who said he’ll make my truck look heroic and professional! We decided our logo is going to be this awesome pony with…”
“Amelia,” Maddie said abruptly, “Sorry… but that guy’s running towards us.”
“Huh? Oh that’s just the artist I was talking about. He does that for some reason.”
Feliciano excitedly rushed up to them and took Maddie’s hand and kissed it. Not even a big, scary polar bear could keep him from immediately introducing himself to a lady. “Hello, bella! I’m Feliciano! I heard about you! Your sister said she couldn’t find you and we were so worried but you’re OK! I’m glad because your sister is so pretty that I knew you would be pretty too!”
Maddie was completely bewildered. “Th… Thank you. I’m Maddie. Eh… Would you like a bottle of my maple syrup?”
“Your maple syrup? You made it yourself? Oh thank you, bella! It smells so good! I can’t wait to try it! I bet it’s so wonderful that it’ll make the bland pancake mix we have to eat taste heavenly for once!”
“Pancake mix?”
Feliciano let out an overdramatic moan. “It’s terrible! All the good food in town spoiled already so the only thing we have is imperishable bland food.” He quickly smiled and pointed to Chun-Yan. “But the good news is that she has a farm so soon we can eat real food! We can all work on the farm and eat fresh food for the rest of our lives! Isn’t that great? The more company the better… especially when the company is more beautiful ladies and I love the beautiful ladies…”
“Feliciano!” Monika growled as he grabbed him by the shirt. “Come with me! Do you always have to act like a buffoon? She just arrived, give her some space!”
“But Monika! I’m just trying to be friendly…”
“There’s a difference between being friendly and being obnoxious, idiot!”
As Monika dragged him off, Amelia leaned over to her overwhelmed sister and whispered, “I like him. He’s funny. He thinks every girl is named Bella.”
“Oh, I see… I think.”
“Follow me!” Amelia grabbed Maddie’s arm. “Let’s rejoin the others!”
“OK… Introduce me to everyone because I have to make sure everyone gets a bottle.”
“Why?”
“The thought of someone going for weeks without real maple syrup… frightens me. I don’t think I would last a day. And don’t get me started on those cheap store-brand fakes…”
“Whatever, Maddie. Let’s go.”
When Maddie finished meeting everyone while talking about the wonders of her pure maple syrup, Amelia pulled her around to show off her truck.
Arthur noticed that Chun-Yan looked a bit disappointed. “What’s the matter with you?”
“Nothing,” Chun-Yan replied as she glanced down at the bottle in her hand, “I would have preferred that she be another easily-persuadable powerhouse just like her sister. I guess the bear will be very useful moving equipment. Then again… Considering how crazy everyone is, it might be nice chance of pace to finally travel with someone who acts normal like me.”
Arthur and Francis quickly backed away and when they were far enough not to be heard, they laughed their asses off. Normal… right.
Chapter 23
“Hello,” Maddie greeted as she pulled up a lawn chair next to Francis and Arthur, who were bickering about something or other.
“Hello there,” Arthur greeted back.
“I hope it’s all right to sit here with you guys. Amelia’s busy doing stuff with her hero group.”
“Of course you can!” Francis assured her. “We were just talking about what to make for dinner. Since you just arrived I think that you should decide what we’ll eat tonight. I’ll make you anything you want! It’ll be my pleasure!”
Maddie blushed. “Thank you! By the way, did you all know each other before the apocalypse?”
“No,” Arthur replied, “We all ended up meeting somehow.”
Francis chuckled. “Amelia is like a magnet for finding people. Before running into her, I thought I was the last person on Earth.”
“Really? How did you meet my sister?” Maddie inquired.
Francis laughed nervously. “I was trapped by zombies in a donut shop and your sister… burned it down.”
Maddie nodded. “That sounds like something she’d do.”
“Did you think of what you wanted to eat?” Arthur asked.
“Hmm… There are so many good maple syrup recipes I can think of.”
“I thought you would be sick of that stuff by now.”
“Oh no!” Maddie shook her head. “I will never get sick of maple syrup. It’s my life! Making the perfect maple syrup is a complicated process.”
“Really?” Eduard hurried over with his laptop. “I am sorry to interrupt but I would love record the process for future reference… if you do not mind.”
Arthur stared at the laptop. “Um… I thought Anya broke your laptop the other day.”
“She did but I have quite a few spares. I collect any I can find to be on the safe side in case of incidents such as that one. I just have to be careful in how I use them in Miss Anya’s presence.”
Maddie smiled. “I’m glad you guys are so interested. Amelia finds it boring. So I guess the first thing you have to do is choose what maple tree you want to get your syrup from. You can choose the sugar maple, the black maple, or the red maple. Now the red maple has a shorter season than the other two so…”
Forty-five minutes later, Francis and Arthur struggled not to fall asleep. To keep himself up, Arthur would sporadically punch Francis in the arm. They looked over to Eduard who still typed away on his laptop, completely enthralled by everything she said.
“Boiling the syrup is like a fine science,” Maddie continued, “The sugar has to be just right. If you boil it too long, then everything crystalizes. If you don’t boil it long enough, it’s too watery. The density should be 66 degrees Brix. The Brix scale means…”
“Maddie!” Amelia excitably shouted as she ran over. “Come look at what Feli drew so far for my truck plans! It’s awesome!”
“I’m in the middle of talking about the maple syrup process.”
“Maddie, Francis has to start cooking before it gets too late. Chun-Yan gets all cranky if she doesn’t get her beauty sleep.”
“Oh OK.” Maddie stood up. “I guess I can continue this later. Bye for now!”
Arthur yawned as he watched Amelia drag her sister off. “I don’t think it’s too late yet. You usually start around this time. I wonder what that was all about.”
Francis answered, “I… I think she just intentionally cockblocked us.”
Genre: Humor
Characters/Pairings: No pairings. Amelia(fem!USA), Francis(France), Chun-Yan(fem!China), Arthur(U.K.), Feliks(Poland), Toris(Lithuania), Eduard(Estonia), Anya(fem!Russia), Feliciano(N. Italy), Monika(fem!Germany), Kiku(Japan), Maddie(fem!Canada)
Rating: K+
Warnings: Zombie Apocalypse AU
Summary: Maddie gets to know her new travel buddies.
Chapter 1, Chapter 2, Chapter 3 & 4, Chapter 5 & 6, Chapter 7 & 8, Chapter 9, Chapter 10 & 11, Chapter 12 & 13, Chapter 14 & 15, Chapter 16, 17, & 18, Chapter 19, 20, & 21
Also on tumblr.
Chapter 22
“We’re back!” Amelia exclaimed, “Hey, Maddie! See the animals? Isn’t that cool? And over there is my truck!”
Maddie nodded. “Yes. That’s a pretty nice truck.”
“We’re traveling with an artist who said he’ll make my truck look heroic and professional! We decided our logo is going to be this awesome pony with…”
“Amelia,” Maddie said abruptly, “Sorry… but that guy’s running towards us.”
“Huh? Oh that’s just the artist I was talking about. He does that for some reason.”
Feliciano excitedly rushed up to them and took Maddie’s hand and kissed it. Not even a big, scary polar bear could keep him from immediately introducing himself to a lady. “Hello, bella! I’m Feliciano! I heard about you! Your sister said she couldn’t find you and we were so worried but you’re OK! I’m glad because your sister is so pretty that I knew you would be pretty too!”
Maddie was completely bewildered. “Th… Thank you. I’m Maddie. Eh… Would you like a bottle of my maple syrup?”
“Your maple syrup? You made it yourself? Oh thank you, bella! It smells so good! I can’t wait to try it! I bet it’s so wonderful that it’ll make the bland pancake mix we have to eat taste heavenly for once!”
“Pancake mix?”
Feliciano let out an overdramatic moan. “It’s terrible! All the good food in town spoiled already so the only thing we have is imperishable bland food.” He quickly smiled and pointed to Chun-Yan. “But the good news is that she has a farm so soon we can eat real food! We can all work on the farm and eat fresh food for the rest of our lives! Isn’t that great? The more company the better… especially when the company is more beautiful ladies and I love the beautiful ladies…”
“Feliciano!” Monika growled as he grabbed him by the shirt. “Come with me! Do you always have to act like a buffoon? She just arrived, give her some space!”
“But Monika! I’m just trying to be friendly…”
“There’s a difference between being friendly and being obnoxious, idiot!”
As Monika dragged him off, Amelia leaned over to her overwhelmed sister and whispered, “I like him. He’s funny. He thinks every girl is named Bella.”
“Oh, I see… I think.”
“Follow me!” Amelia grabbed Maddie’s arm. “Let’s rejoin the others!”
“OK… Introduce me to everyone because I have to make sure everyone gets a bottle.”
“Why?”
“The thought of someone going for weeks without real maple syrup… frightens me. I don’t think I would last a day. And don’t get me started on those cheap store-brand fakes…”
“Whatever, Maddie. Let’s go.”
When Maddie finished meeting everyone while talking about the wonders of her pure maple syrup, Amelia pulled her around to show off her truck.
Arthur noticed that Chun-Yan looked a bit disappointed. “What’s the matter with you?”
“Nothing,” Chun-Yan replied as she glanced down at the bottle in her hand, “I would have preferred that she be another easily-persuadable powerhouse just like her sister. I guess the bear will be very useful moving equipment. Then again… Considering how crazy everyone is, it might be nice chance of pace to finally travel with someone who acts normal like me.”
Arthur and Francis quickly backed away and when they were far enough not to be heard, they laughed their asses off. Normal… right.
Chapter 23
“Hello,” Maddie greeted as she pulled up a lawn chair next to Francis and Arthur, who were bickering about something or other.
“Hello there,” Arthur greeted back.
“I hope it’s all right to sit here with you guys. Amelia’s busy doing stuff with her hero group.”
“Of course you can!” Francis assured her. “We were just talking about what to make for dinner. Since you just arrived I think that you should decide what we’ll eat tonight. I’ll make you anything you want! It’ll be my pleasure!”
Maddie blushed. “Thank you! By the way, did you all know each other before the apocalypse?”
“No,” Arthur replied, “We all ended up meeting somehow.”
Francis chuckled. “Amelia is like a magnet for finding people. Before running into her, I thought I was the last person on Earth.”
“Really? How did you meet my sister?” Maddie inquired.
Francis laughed nervously. “I was trapped by zombies in a donut shop and your sister… burned it down.”
Maddie nodded. “That sounds like something she’d do.”
“Did you think of what you wanted to eat?” Arthur asked.
“Hmm… There are so many good maple syrup recipes I can think of.”
“I thought you would be sick of that stuff by now.”
“Oh no!” Maddie shook her head. “I will never get sick of maple syrup. It’s my life! Making the perfect maple syrup is a complicated process.”
“Really?” Eduard hurried over with his laptop. “I am sorry to interrupt but I would love record the process for future reference… if you do not mind.”
Arthur stared at the laptop. “Um… I thought Anya broke your laptop the other day.”
“She did but I have quite a few spares. I collect any I can find to be on the safe side in case of incidents such as that one. I just have to be careful in how I use them in Miss Anya’s presence.”
Maddie smiled. “I’m glad you guys are so interested. Amelia finds it boring. So I guess the first thing you have to do is choose what maple tree you want to get your syrup from. You can choose the sugar maple, the black maple, or the red maple. Now the red maple has a shorter season than the other two so…”
Forty-five minutes later, Francis and Arthur struggled not to fall asleep. To keep himself up, Arthur would sporadically punch Francis in the arm. They looked over to Eduard who still typed away on his laptop, completely enthralled by everything she said.
“Boiling the syrup is like a fine science,” Maddie continued, “The sugar has to be just right. If you boil it too long, then everything crystalizes. If you don’t boil it long enough, it’s too watery. The density should be 66 degrees Brix. The Brix scale means…”
“Maddie!” Amelia excitably shouted as she ran over. “Come look at what Feli drew so far for my truck plans! It’s awesome!”
“I’m in the middle of talking about the maple syrup process.”
“Maddie, Francis has to start cooking before it gets too late. Chun-Yan gets all cranky if she doesn’t get her beauty sleep.”
“Oh OK.” Maddie stood up. “I guess I can continue this later. Bye for now!”
Arthur yawned as he watched Amelia drag her sister off. “I don’t think it’s too late yet. You usually start around this time. I wonder what that was all about.”
Francis answered, “I… I think she just intentionally cockblocked us.”