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hetalia2010-11-21 11:23 pm
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Fanfic (Toris/Natalia)
Title: A country that never was
Author: Tastymints
Rating: G,PG
Characters: Lithuania, Belarus, mentions of Russia
Warning: none (Mind you, English isn't my native language and I apologize for any grammatical mistakes.)
Summary: Natalia's tragic youth and how, after losing everything, she fell under Lithuania's influence.
Previous chapter: http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/9462299.html
As Belarus entered the tent she felt even more tense. She really hoped that Lithuania will leave soon. No, he will probably stay to lecture her, to say something scary to prevent her attempting to escape again. Maybe he'll try to strike some sort of bargain that he may or may not keep later. In any case, he's probably pretty angry right now.
Natalia stood facing her bed, with her back to Toris. She crossed her hands on her chest, feeling her shoulders getting more stiff. Even though she felt Toris' stare burning her back she still couldn't turn around to face him.
"Miss Belarus, perhaps we got off on the wrong foot. Please, do not feel threatened. I promise you that I will do all in my power to make your stay with us comfortable. My boss is a truly great and clever man. If you only got to know him... I'm sure he will be a good boss to you as well", he said in a worried but confident voice.
"Oh, yes, smart he is for sure, capturing my lands at our weakest point, very smart indeed..." Natalia replied in a hurried voice but was interrupted.
"And saving you at the same time! Mongols aren't very kind to those who defy them, they are known for their cruelty. You would have been enslaved or even worse! I... I met your brother several months earlier and.."
"My brother is alive? How about my sister? Please, tell me I need to kno..."
"Uh.. I haven't seen your sister only your brother. He didn't look that good, I wasn't even sure whether he was a nation at first at all, he was all dressed in rugs... Uhh I mean I wasn't even sure whether it was him or not, I was probably wrong and he is indeed dead." said Lithuania in one breath. He couldn't believe what a silly thing he had said just now. It's better not to inform her of what happened to her brother, who knows what she can do after hearing that. What if she decided to escape to try to go see him, that could mean all sorts of trouble. She could get enslaved or perish, either way he could lose her and all the newly gained territory of hers. No, he could not allow this. It's better to lie to her for now saying that he did not see him.
"W-what? You aren't sure whether it was my brother or not? I don't trust you! I don't think you have seen him at all. You are just trying to talk me out of escaping." Natalia said in irritated voice, still refusing to turn to face Lithuania.
"Think what you want but, please, do not try to escape again. There's dangerous things out there in the forest, hungry wolves, bears and robbers. Also where can you go? I can offer you a home and I will protect you."
Toris made a step closer. Realizing that he is getting closer Natalia quickly turned around to face him. At that very moment Ocean blue eyes met Emerald green. Toris couldn't help telling himself how beautiful she is, with the prettiest blue eyes. She looked only slightly younger than himself and Toris sincerely hoped that they could get along well. He couldn't wait to take her to his castle and to get to know her better. However, he had to take some precautions to make sure this happens...
"I will bring you water and food, we don't have maids here, only soldiers" he said, smiling lightly and warmly. "I apologize that I haven't done this sooner, I had quite a few matters to take care of" he added.
"Yes, thank you" Natalia said averting her gaze. He was only a step away from her and looking straight into her eyes. That made her feel a little uneasy. She wished she wasn't so shy.
"Well then, I'm going to get you something, I will be back very soon" he said and walked to the door, he gave her one more glance before exiting the tent.
Belarus sat on her bed. She felt somewhat relieved now that her future didn't look totally misty. She felt gratefull to Lithuania for his kind words and for... saving her yesterday. And however you look at things he was right. Her brother disappeared and there was no way for her to find out whether he's still alive, and alone she couldn't do anything, where could she go? Lithuania didn't seem bad now at all, in fact the opposite he seemed kind in a way. She reminded herself one more time that it could be worse.
Toris didn't take any maids on his military campaign, however he did take a good cook. He had asked him to cook some traditional foods to please his "guest". He wasn't even sure why he was so excited about introducing his homeland meals to Miss Natalia. It was out of courtesy and good intent first, but now he really, really waned her to enjoy them. He took the prettiest tray available and put all the meals on it, he placed a large cup of warm honey-water drink on it. He reminded himself that she must be extremely thirsty right now and he placed another cup of just water on a tray, just in case. He lifted the tray carefully and ignoring curious looks from his soldiers carried it to Natalia's tent.
"Miss Natalia, may I come in?"
"Yes, come in please." Natalia said, as if she could refuse him even if she wanted.
Toris came in and placed the tray on a small table. Natalia looked at the dishes. They looked great and they smelled even better. All of the dishes had mushroom in them, which was good she liked mushrooms. She could probably eat a horse right now. And then she saw... water! She quickly sat on the chair, reached for the cup of water and emptied it all in one go.
"We really like mushrooms here in Lithuania, almost all of our dishes have mushrooms in them, I hope you don't mind the mushrooms" he said smiling.
"No, I... I like mushrooms" Natalia said, smiling back at him. This information has made him look happier and his smile widened slightly. It was a pleasant meal, Toris seemed to know quite a lot about food and he would tell her a little bit about every meal that was on the tray. Natalia had really enjoyed his company, he seemed easy to talk to.
After she finished eating Toris took the tray and said that he has to take care of some things but he would come again in the evening to see how she is doing and wish her good night. He apologized for leaving her with no company until evening.
He came in the late evening when she went to bed. "Good night, miss Natalia" he said quietly.
"Toris, could you tell me a fairytale from your country?" Natalia asked shyly.
"Oh" he said surprised. It was a strange request. He has never told anything like that to anyone. Well, he wasn't asked to by anyone before. A fairy tale... but which one? He forgot almost all of them, except one, his favorite one, that he remembered clearly.
"Very well, miss Natalia" he said, smiling warmly and seating on her bed beside her. " I will tell you my favorite fairytale, it's called: Egle the Queen of Serpents". He started slowly and was surprised at how interested Belarus looked when he was telling it to her. Was he a good storyteller? His story seemed to have captured her attention fully. After he finished with the tale, they wished each other good night and he left for his tent.
NOTE: "Egle the Queen of Serpents" is a very popular fairytale in Lithuania. I suggest to read it, it's really quite good.
From WIKI: " At the beginning a young girl Eglė after bathing with her two sisters discovers a serpent in her clothes. Speaking in a human voice, the serpent agrees to go away only after Eglė pledges herself to him in exchange for his leaving the clothes, not realising the possible consequences. Three days passed, thousands of serpents come for the bride, but are tricked by her relatives three times in a row. A goose, a sheep and a cow are given instead but the cuckoo warns about the deceit every time. Enraged serpents return the final time and take Eglė with them to the bottom of the sea to their master.
Instead of seeing a serpent, Eglė meets her bridegroom Žilvinas, a handsome human, the Serpent Prince. They live together happily and bear four children, until Eglė decides to visit home and her husband denies it. In order to be allowed to visit home, Eglė is required to fulfill three impossible tasks: to spin a never-ending tuft of silk, wear down a pair of iron shoes and to bake a pie with no utensils. After she gets advice from the sorceress and succeeds, Eglė and the children are reluctantly let go by Žilvinas.
After meeting the long lost family members, Eglė's relatives do not wish to let them back to the sea and decide to kill Žilvinas. His sons are forced by Eglė's brothers to tell the secret calling of their father. The boys are threatened and beaten by their uncles, however they remain silent and do not betray their father. Finally, a frightened daughter discloses it.
The twelve brothers call Žilvinas the Serpent from the sea and kill him using scythes.
Worried Eglė calls her husband, but unfortunately only foams of blood return from the sea. When Eglė discovers that her beloved is dead, as a punishment for betrayal she turns her children and herself into trees. The sons were turned into strong trees, an oak, ash and birch, whereas the daughter was turned into a common aspen. Finally, Eglė transformed herself into a spruce."
Author: Tastymints
Rating: G,PG
Characters: Lithuania, Belarus, mentions of Russia
Warning: none (Mind you, English isn't my native language and I apologize for any grammatical mistakes.)
Summary: Natalia's tragic youth and how, after losing everything, she fell under Lithuania's influence.
Previous chapter: http://community.livejournal.com/hetalia/9462299.html
As Belarus entered the tent she felt even more tense. She really hoped that Lithuania will leave soon. No, he will probably stay to lecture her, to say something scary to prevent her attempting to escape again. Maybe he'll try to strike some sort of bargain that he may or may not keep later. In any case, he's probably pretty angry right now.
Natalia stood facing her bed, with her back to Toris. She crossed her hands on her chest, feeling her shoulders getting more stiff. Even though she felt Toris' stare burning her back she still couldn't turn around to face him.
"Miss Belarus, perhaps we got off on the wrong foot. Please, do not feel threatened. I promise you that I will do all in my power to make your stay with us comfortable. My boss is a truly great and clever man. If you only got to know him... I'm sure he will be a good boss to you as well", he said in a worried but confident voice.
"Oh, yes, smart he is for sure, capturing my lands at our weakest point, very smart indeed..." Natalia replied in a hurried voice but was interrupted.
"And saving you at the same time! Mongols aren't very kind to those who defy them, they are known for their cruelty. You would have been enslaved or even worse! I... I met your brother several months earlier and.."
"My brother is alive? How about my sister? Please, tell me I need to kno..."
"Uh.. I haven't seen your sister only your brother. He didn't look that good, I wasn't even sure whether he was a nation at first at all, he was all dressed in rugs... Uhh I mean I wasn't even sure whether it was him or not, I was probably wrong and he is indeed dead." said Lithuania in one breath. He couldn't believe what a silly thing he had said just now. It's better not to inform her of what happened to her brother, who knows what she can do after hearing that. What if she decided to escape to try to go see him, that could mean all sorts of trouble. She could get enslaved or perish, either way he could lose her and all the newly gained territory of hers. No, he could not allow this. It's better to lie to her for now saying that he did not see him.
"W-what? You aren't sure whether it was my brother or not? I don't trust you! I don't think you have seen him at all. You are just trying to talk me out of escaping." Natalia said in irritated voice, still refusing to turn to face Lithuania.
"Think what you want but, please, do not try to escape again. There's dangerous things out there in the forest, hungry wolves, bears and robbers. Also where can you go? I can offer you a home and I will protect you."
Toris made a step closer. Realizing that he is getting closer Natalia quickly turned around to face him. At that very moment Ocean blue eyes met Emerald green. Toris couldn't help telling himself how beautiful she is, with the prettiest blue eyes. She looked only slightly younger than himself and Toris sincerely hoped that they could get along well. He couldn't wait to take her to his castle and to get to know her better. However, he had to take some precautions to make sure this happens...
"I will bring you water and food, we don't have maids here, only soldiers" he said, smiling lightly and warmly. "I apologize that I haven't done this sooner, I had quite a few matters to take care of" he added.
"Yes, thank you" Natalia said averting her gaze. He was only a step away from her and looking straight into her eyes. That made her feel a little uneasy. She wished she wasn't so shy.
"Well then, I'm going to get you something, I will be back very soon" he said and walked to the door, he gave her one more glance before exiting the tent.
Belarus sat on her bed. She felt somewhat relieved now that her future didn't look totally misty. She felt gratefull to Lithuania for his kind words and for... saving her yesterday. And however you look at things he was right. Her brother disappeared and there was no way for her to find out whether he's still alive, and alone she couldn't do anything, where could she go? Lithuania didn't seem bad now at all, in fact the opposite he seemed kind in a way. She reminded herself one more time that it could be worse.
Toris didn't take any maids on his military campaign, however he did take a good cook. He had asked him to cook some traditional foods to please his "guest". He wasn't even sure why he was so excited about introducing his homeland meals to Miss Natalia. It was out of courtesy and good intent first, but now he really, really waned her to enjoy them. He took the prettiest tray available and put all the meals on it, he placed a large cup of warm honey-water drink on it. He reminded himself that she must be extremely thirsty right now and he placed another cup of just water on a tray, just in case. He lifted the tray carefully and ignoring curious looks from his soldiers carried it to Natalia's tent.
"Miss Natalia, may I come in?"
"Yes, come in please." Natalia said, as if she could refuse him even if she wanted.
Toris came in and placed the tray on a small table. Natalia looked at the dishes. They looked great and they smelled even better. All of the dishes had mushroom in them, which was good she liked mushrooms. She could probably eat a horse right now. And then she saw... water! She quickly sat on the chair, reached for the cup of water and emptied it all in one go.
"We really like mushrooms here in Lithuania, almost all of our dishes have mushrooms in them, I hope you don't mind the mushrooms" he said smiling.
"No, I... I like mushrooms" Natalia said, smiling back at him. This information has made him look happier and his smile widened slightly. It was a pleasant meal, Toris seemed to know quite a lot about food and he would tell her a little bit about every meal that was on the tray. Natalia had really enjoyed his company, he seemed easy to talk to.
After she finished eating Toris took the tray and said that he has to take care of some things but he would come again in the evening to see how she is doing and wish her good night. He apologized for leaving her with no company until evening.
He came in the late evening when she went to bed. "Good night, miss Natalia" he said quietly.
"Toris, could you tell me a fairytale from your country?" Natalia asked shyly.
"Oh" he said surprised. It was a strange request. He has never told anything like that to anyone. Well, he wasn't asked to by anyone before. A fairy tale... but which one? He forgot almost all of them, except one, his favorite one, that he remembered clearly.
"Very well, miss Natalia" he said, smiling warmly and seating on her bed beside her. " I will tell you my favorite fairytale, it's called: Egle the Queen of Serpents". He started slowly and was surprised at how interested Belarus looked when he was telling it to her. Was he a good storyteller? His story seemed to have captured her attention fully. After he finished with the tale, they wished each other good night and he left for his tent.
NOTE: "Egle the Queen of Serpents" is a very popular fairytale in Lithuania. I suggest to read it, it's really quite good.
From WIKI: " At the beginning a young girl Eglė after bathing with her two sisters discovers a serpent in her clothes. Speaking in a human voice, the serpent agrees to go away only after Eglė pledges herself to him in exchange for his leaving the clothes, not realising the possible consequences. Three days passed, thousands of serpents come for the bride, but are tricked by her relatives three times in a row. A goose, a sheep and a cow are given instead but the cuckoo warns about the deceit every time. Enraged serpents return the final time and take Eglė with them to the bottom of the sea to their master.
Instead of seeing a serpent, Eglė meets her bridegroom Žilvinas, a handsome human, the Serpent Prince. They live together happily and bear four children, until Eglė decides to visit home and her husband denies it. In order to be allowed to visit home, Eglė is required to fulfill three impossible tasks: to spin a never-ending tuft of silk, wear down a pair of iron shoes and to bake a pie with no utensils. After she gets advice from the sorceress and succeeds, Eglė and the children are reluctantly let go by Žilvinas.
After meeting the long lost family members, Eglė's relatives do not wish to let them back to the sea and decide to kill Žilvinas. His sons are forced by Eglė's brothers to tell the secret calling of their father. The boys are threatened and beaten by their uncles, however they remain silent and do not betray their father. Finally, a frightened daughter discloses it.
The twelve brothers call Žilvinas the Serpent from the sea and kill him using scythes.
Worried Eglė calls her husband, but unfortunately only foams of blood return from the sea. When Eglė discovers that her beloved is dead, as a punishment for betrayal she turns her children and herself into trees. The sons were turned into strong trees, an oak, ash and birch, whereas the daughter was turned into a common aspen. Finally, Eglė transformed herself into a spruce."