One Hundred Years Later...

[awesomemich]

Who: Prussia and England (closed)
What: Prussia wakes up back on the island... it is now June 25, 1914
When: Saturday, November 5th, morning
Where: Bedroom in Navy Unit 5
Warnings: possible angst, possible boy-kisses



He had fallen asleep two days ago on the third, so similar to others. The sudden sleeping sickness that sent them back home for a few days in the island's time but could be days, weeks, months, or years for them. In Prussia's case, he woke up one hundred fifty-six years later. So much had happened, the war he had fought took seven years to complete. Napoleon and America's Independence. His little brother, his West.

He had been powerless to change the course of history, he hadn't even remembered the island at all. And now he was back. Sitting up in bed, confused.

"Britannia?" he called out for. When he left they were lovers, would they continue with all that had happened? Would the ghost of Bismark come between them? Would West? They had a lot to talk about.

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[unionjackoff]

The moment England heard Prussia's voice, he went to the other country's room. England had woken up himself from a deep sleep just the day before, and it was now 2012. He prayed that Prussia would be from the same time as he. Now he felt up-to-date with America, France, Spain. He realized why Germany hated him, and why America acted so strangely.

He knocked on the door and then poked his head in.

"Prussia?"

[awesomemich]

He looked up at England, so many conflicting emotions crossing his face. He remembered all they had before he fell asleep and all he did in the intervening years while he had been out.

"How long was I gone?" he asked with a soft voice. He thought he had really gone home and experienced all of that. He didn't know he had only been asleep.

[unionjackoff]

Actually, if you thought about it, they really had experienced all those events and years. England stayed in the doorway for the time being.

"You were just sleeping for a couple days," he replied gently. "How do you feel?" What year was it for him? He looked a little older.

[awesomemich]

He was only sleeping? He remembered Ange and helping her with her boyfriend when he was unconscious, so it affected him too?

"Weird, I swore it was over a hundred years," he said this and rubbed his face with his hand.

[unionjackoff]

England did not know how to explain what happened. Apparently he only slept for a few days, too. But, back at home, he'd aged over 250 years. Slowly, he made his way into the room, sat down on the edge of the bed. He didn't see Prussia a lot after the eighties, so seeing him now was a bit strange. Never mind the fact that Prussia wasn't even Prussia anymore where he came from.

Now England knew why Germany was so angry.

"Only a hundred years?" he asked. "So what year is it for you now?"

[awesomemich]

"1914," he said. His answer was quiet and so was his behavior now. He was having trouble integrating the things that happened before with the things that were happening "now". When he fell asleep, he and England had been allies, but now... England was jealous of the power he had and the little brother that loved him, or so he believed.

[unionjackoff]

"I see," replied the blonde. He leaned back, putting his hands behind him while he sat on the bed. "I'm way beyond you now." England sounded a bit depressed about that. So much had happened in between that time. He already felt separated from the other.

[awesomemich]

He didn't know how to answer that for a moment. "It's not a race." It came out a bit terser than intended. The memories of before were warring with the memories of what happened in the century and half that he was gone, or asleep. His emotions were conflicted.

[unionjackoff]

"I didn't mean it like that," replied England in a voice just as terse. He was only making an observation. Things might be a but strange now. So many people had been hiding America's revolution from the island so as not to hurt him, but mostly not to give any ideas about changing the future.

Should England treat Prussia the same way? He closed his eyes, still keeping his head tilted back. Prussia seemed so young now. He'd always been younger than England, but now the age gap was even worse. And all those years in between that Prussia hadn't experienced yet mattered to their relationship. What was England to do about that?

[awesomemich]

"Why did we do it?" he asks the question out loud, but he really doesn't elaborate on what "it" is. It could be any of the thousands of things that happened in the hundred and fifty-six years he experienced while asleep. But if England is smart, he'll realize that what Prussia means is 'why did we betray each other?'

[unionjackoff]

It's hard to pin-point one thing, so England doesn't catch on right away. "Do what?" he asked.

[awesomemich]

It takes him a moment to respond. He has to put the thoughts into order. "Everything, nothing," he says. Hurt each other, he doesn't say.

[unionjackoff]

Everything and nothing. That didn't help, either. "Because," he finally said as he scratched his cheek. "That's our job, yeah? We do what we're told."

[awesomemich]

"And what are we supposed to do here?" he sounds a little bit irritable. He loved many of his bosses, some more than others, but he also hated being told what to do. Sure it would be easy to say but we were told to act that way, but was it true?

[unionjackoff]

England sat up straight again, resting his hands on his knees. "Well, what were we doing here before?" They'd done what they felt like, right? Made new friends, did what they wanted.

But had they been close only because of their alliance? Right now, they seemed distant toward each other. That both bothered and was understandable to England. If they were to be their own people here on the island, how would they act? Right now, England was older and far more advanced than Prussia. He still had feelings for him, but in Prussia's time, they were enemies.

[awesomemich]

He thought about it. He did enjoy his friendships here and he remembered how much he wanted to change the future. Maybe it was just the hopelessness. "Does it really matter?"

[unionjackoff]

The island was silent for a moment. Several times, he opened his mouth to say something, but nothing would come out. At last.

"Only if you think it does."

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[awesomemich]

He wants to believe that if he's awesome that he could change the future, but he's already seen that it's not its not possible. Were they really doomed to their fates? Was it just another trick the island was playing on them?

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[awesomemich]

As soon as the realization hits his entire demeanor shifts. He's suddenly regained his energy and life.

"OI! What if it's all just a trick?"

[unionjackoff]

Ah! Suddenly Prussia became so loud and boisterous! England almost fell off the bed.

"W-what?"

[awesomemich]

"It's only been two days here, right?! So how could a hundred and fifty years get squeezed into two days?!" he smiled at England, just a little bit.

[unionjackoff]

England tightened his lips as he listened to the other country speak. Oh, Prussia, why were you in denial? "Have you forgotten what this island is capable of? Don't you remember how we were turned into puppets, or how some of us were killed but then brought back to life? What about how we were even brought here in the first place?" Being confident was one thing, but looking over facts couldn't hide the truth.

[awesomemich]

"That's exactly why it's a trick! Those rulers are trying to undermine us by making believe that these things happened! They're trying to take away our hope!"

He wasn't in denial, he was just not accepting that everything was lost. He always fought hardest when it looked like the end was near, and he always came back stronger than ever.

[unionjackoff]

It wasn't as though England felt like all hope was lost, because he didn't. Yet he refused to believe that none of this happened! He finally got to his feet.

"Fine," he snapped. "If you want to believe this is a trick, then you do that. But it's obvious we are from different times now and I refuse to argue about it!"

[awesomemich]

"If you want to believe those un-awesome Rulers over me, fine. I'll figure things out on my own!"

[unionjackoff]

What a brat! England was stunned for several seconds before his expression turned angry. Stupid Prussia! Never coming to visit him in the future, being a jerk now! He stomped away towards the door.

"FINE!"

[awesomemich]

He had no idea what had England so riled up, why he wanted to believe the "memories". But he wasn't going to. England would cool down and see he was right, he had to.

He didn't move to follow England, instead he moved to get the communicator and see what everyone else had been up to and his brother.