The Bloody Sword of Reality Ch 4 (Hetalia FanFic)

     Everyone stopped. There standing in front of Madeline was Amelia, holding the dagger to Arthur's chest. "You will not kill her, harm her, rape her or sell her. Do we have this clear Iggy?" She said staring at him. Arthur blushed slightly at the random nickname, but tried to hide his face. It was beginning to turn red.

    "F-fine. I will do none of those things that you mentioned. Francis, you must resist her as well, along with the entire crew! Punishment will be awaiting those who stray from these newly added rules" he said turning to face Francis.

    "Good. Now be a good little Brit and untie us." Amelia said, unsure if she should be bossing around the most notorious pirate. "No one bosses me around!" He said, smacking her across the face. Amelia stood there in shock, but then began to frown. She gritted her teeth "fine. Do whatever you want your highness" she said, letting a low growl escape. "Take them to my cabin" Arthur said firmly.

    Francis followed the captain's orders and took madeline and Amelia to Arthur's cabin. He threw them in and locked the door behind him. When they felt that they were alone and unheard, Amelia spoke. "What did they do? Did they hurt you? Are you ok? Are the chains loose enough?" She said worried. Amelia tried to undo Madeline's chains, but it was no use. "I'm fine Amelia don't worry. But what is with you acting like a boy?" Madeline asked. "They thought I was a boy, so I went along with it. You know very well what they do to captured girls." Amelia said straight faced.

    "Call me Alfred from now on alright? Just so that even if we are alone, it will still seem like I'm a guy." She finished, smiling. "Well they already know that I'm a girl, but thankfully you took care of my future. Thank you for saving me from death or slavery sister." Madeline smiled back at Amelia.

    They both started to giggle as Amelia started tickling Madeline. "Hey Amelia- I mean Alfred that's not funny!" Madeline said, laughing uncontrollably. "It sure is funny to watch though!" Amelia said, beginning to laugh along with Madeline. This was the first time all day that Amelia felt relaxed and content.

     As they continued to laugh there was a knock on the door. It slowly opened to reveal Arthur. He stared at the two siblings, who had now stopped laughing. "I thought you said no "moves" if you understand what I mean" He said smirking, taking his red tunic off. "If you are doing this to boost your sex appeal it's not going to work!" Amelia said, embarrassed.

    Immediately she slapped her hands over her mouth. She had acted like a girl for a moment. He can't find out she's a girl. Arthur's face turned red. He looked away, trying to stop the inappropriate images flashing in his mind. "Will you bloody quit it you wankers?!" He barked. Amelia and Madeline giggled quietly. This was supposed to be the scariest pirate ever?

    "All right, all right will you quit it already!" He said sternly. He walked over to Amelia. "Now, Alfred, in the morning you will teach me your tips and training techniques. Is that understood?" Arthur said, staring at Amelia. "Eye eye sir!" She replied. She had always wanted to say that. "Madeline love what can you do?" He said turning to face Madeline. "I can cook, clean and sort of fight." She replied, blushing. "Very good. You will help Francis. You start tomorrow." He said smiling a bit.

    Amelia butted in " I will help her as well if ya want me too Iggy!" She said, still using the nickname from before. "Stop calling me Iggy! Where did that even come from?! My name is Arthur Kirkland!" Said Arthur, blushing again. Amelia laughed and fell over. "Duh you're from England! Iggy=England. It's England but cuter!"

    Amelia was seriously lowering her guard. It almost was inevitable that Arthur would find out she was a girl at this rate. "Alright! Silence! " He said, pinching the bridge of his nose "What am I going to do with you two... Anyways we must sleep now. Since there are no other vacant hammocks for the night, I suppose you will have to room with me"

    Amelia and Madeline stared at him awkwardly. Arthur began to explain "Well I would sleep with Alfred since we are both males, and you may sleep on my love seat Madeline". Amelia started to sweat nervously and blush. She had just met him! She didn't want to be that close to him! But then she remembered yet again that the British pirate still believed that "Alfred" was a guy. She had to do it so her cover wouldn't be blown.

    "Alright then" Amelia said "that sounds fine to me. Thank you" she said, smiling uneasily. She shot Madeline a nervous stare. Madeline returned the stare and began to sweat. Arthur took off his undershirt and got into his hammock. Amelia took her tunic off, throwing it onto Arthur's desk. "well um... Arthur I can't really move if my legs are still bound..." She said smirking. "Right! Right! I will undo them for you." Arthur said.

    He got up, walked over to Amelia and untied her. He began to undo Madeline's chains as well. "There we go. Now I'm tired. I've had a long day. I was almost killed by an amazing swordsman" he smiled as he patted Amelia on the back. "Are you going to remove your shirt? It gets awfully hot at night, especially next to me." Arthur stated.

    Amelia blushed. "Take my shirt of?! What kind if guy does he think he is?! I'm not sleeping with him in that way! No way!" She thought, recalling once again that in his eyes she was a young 17 year old boy going through puberty. "N-no I'm fine thank you... I have no muscles so I feel kinda embarrassed with my shirt off" she said rubbing the back of her neck, chuckling nervously. "Alright then, suit yourself" Arthur said.

    Amelia walked over to Madeline, who was already falling asleep on the love seat. She kissed her good night and climbed in the hammock with Arthur. "This feels so wrong" Amelia thought " I hope he doesn't have wandering hands". As the two got comfortable, Arthur rested his head on top of Amelia's.

    He wrapped his arms around her. She blushed and let him, beginning to breath heavily. Arthur noticed and spoke "I-I'm sorry... I didn't mean to" he said retrieving his hands "you see old chap, I haven't had a woman in my rack for a while... So I just missed the feeling of being able to hug someone." He sighed heavily

    "No one has ever loved me... Even before I was a pirate. I actually became a pirate to get away from my older brothers Owen and Alastair. No one would love a killer like me." Arthur said. Amelia listened contently as he played with her hair. "I'm so alone" he continued. He had hit her soft spot. "Hey Iggy, don't worry. Even though you were a total jerk to me, burned my ship, stole my things and almost killed me, I think that we are going to make great pirate buds!" She said giggling quietly. At the statement England opened his eyes to find himself directly staring into Amelia's "Yes! We will be the most feared pirates of them all!" Arthur said chuckling.

    He didn't notice that Amelia had called him Iggy once again until afterwards. "Stop calling me Iggy or I will beat you silly!" He barked at her. Once again she burst into laughter. Arthur gave up and laughed too. After they had finished laughing Arthur spoke once again " you know what Alfred?" He asked. "What is it Kirkland?" replied Amelia. "I can tell we are going to get along quite wonderfully" he said, grinning. "Me too Artie, me too"

     Amelia smiled as she called him another nick name. "Not another nickname!" Arthur replied, alarmed. "Ok, ok calm down brit. Good night Arthur." With that Amelia shut her eyes and quickly fell asleep. "Good night Alfred." Arthur replied, relieved to hear his first name said correctly.

     He stared at the ceiling for a moment, thinking about all that had happened that day. "If only Alfred was a girl". With that, he shut his eyes and drifted off into a peaceful slumber.