This is my first time ever actually posting any fanfiction, so comments and reviews are most appreciated! ^^ Please let me know if I screw anything up! And so it's known, there might be some OOC-ness with the countries :3

It started with a dream. A strange dream that left many countries at loss for what to say about it afterward. Mother Earth had visited them all, and this left them uneasy. It had been a long, long time since she had visited. The younger nations hadn't even known who she was when she had first appeared. It was a strange dream indeed.

~o0o~

The meeting was uncomfortably silent as each nation stared at one another. There was no arguments, not fights. No words. Just silence. Uneasy stares across the table. A heaviness to the room that seemed to weigh them all down. Even the usually spastic Italy was sitting silent, which would have been a shock had the dream last night not happened.

Germany shifted his eyes from America, who was currently tracing absent circles on the tabletop, to China, who was frowning at his lap, arms tucked neatly into his sleeves. Finally he slammed his hand on the table and stood.

"Are ve going to sit here und mope or talk about vhat happened last night?" Germany said angrily, startling the others from their thoughts.

"There isn't much to talk about-aru." China turned his frown in the direction of the German. "We all know that Mother came to us, but what can we do? We don't even know who we're looking for."

"I agree with China." England also frowned at the German. "We can't bloody well go looking for someone who we don't even know."

"...I can't help feeling we've forgotten something important, dudes." America rubbed the back of his head, casting his gaze around the table. "Like, really, really important."

They all stared at him a moment and then exchanged glances with each other. Germany slowly sank back into his seat as they all shuffled through their brain, trying to remember what they could have forgotten. Italy slowly raised his hand.

"Veh~wasn't the person a country….?"

They all stared at him a moment.

"Country? Aren't we all here?" England looked around the table, mentally checking all the countries that were there. "...There's an empty seat….." He murmured to himself. "But…..there's no one missing, is there?"

Everyone looked around the table at this, all mentally tallying their allies and enemies. No one was missing…..so why would there be an empty chair? The countries started to quietly talk among each other, trying to fit the pieces of the puzzle together.

"It can't be a country, Angleterre." France corrected the Britt. "All of us are here, non? So zat means zat zere is no one missing."

England scowled at him. "I know there's no one missing, Frog! I can bloody count."

Germany sighed as France and England started arguing. At least a little normalcy was returning. Unfortunatly. His gaze landed on America again, who had fallen completely silent, back to tracing circles with a frown on his face. He lifted his gaze to meet Germany's, having felt his eyes on him. They stared a little longer before America turned his eyes to the window, staring out at the steady snowfall that had started without previous notice. Germany blinked as America paled. "Oh god." Germany heard him whispered. "Mattie….."

~o0o~

General Winter sat beside his prize, almost tenderly stroking the blonds soft hair.

"Soon." He whispered to the country that had long been asleep. "Soon I will have what I want."

Alright all, I know it was short, but I'll hopefully actually keep on this ^^; Yes, General Winter is picking on someone who isn't Ivan. For now. XD