Guess who's back in action? ;D Introducing Marque and Lilia, my friend, Hannah's original characters. Comment with your favorite character or who you want to see in the next-next chapter. (I'm already writing the next, but if you get to me in time, I might be able to smoosh them in this next chapter. ;) )

There wasn't much to say. Vee and Camile led the countries onward to Central, only to add to the mass confusion. However, they managed. The newcomers settled in the unoccupied military rooms, using blankets and pillows that a few subordinates of Vee and Camile's could spare.

After the bewilderments and whatnot, the countries that interacted with the two military dogs soon became close friends with them. Italy and Germany, in fact. Freya let Hungary and Austria stay over, having been granted permission from the government. Blaze and Prussia, though, often crashed their peace under the quiet melodies of the piano that Freya owned. Snake happened to wander about with Blaze and Prussia, going to bars and other "unknown" places with them just so he could enjoy himself with a little company while he had it.

These new, and slightly awkward friendships got them places. One of them being the North - to Camile's summer home. Field trip, anyone?

The drive was long and cold. Especially to those who donated their jackets to Camile, who needless to say, was a cold-blooded woman. Literally - she was part reptile. Not that anyone was supposed to know of her secret past.

The blonde's body was awkwardly laid in between Ludwig's muscular side and Blaze's warm skin. She didn't want to get as close to the blonde man since she could feel her heart beat faster - if he figured out that she liked him, Camile's heart would sink into her shoes. Their driver, the rambunctious girl with silver hair called 'Vee', reached Camile's second house used for lodging people that she needed to when she visited Briggs. As soon as they were parked, she jumped out with enthusiasm, her silver hair waving with the cold breeze, screaming to the air, hoping that her message would reach her former commander positioned up at Fort Briggs (even though, it was technically miles away), "Queenie! I'm back!"

Camile shuddered as the breeze reached her face, and Elizabeta, the female country with long wavy, brown hair, gazed out of the window, smiling at all of the snow. "So much snow… I wonder if Freya and Roderich would've liked to come if she didn't have to run the shop…"

The redhead looked at Camile, her eyes stubbornly irritated in a humorous way. "She isn't in the vacation home, is she?"

The blonde shook her head with an amused smirk, "No…"

Italy hopped out of his seat, running up next to Vee, his arms spread wide open, yelling with her. "We're backkkk!," he screamed up at the dense gray clouds, unaware of what he was doing or who they were talking to. In response, the silver-haired girl hugged his head, despite the fact that she was shorter than her Italian friend. "Yes, we are…"

Snake, their mysterious hero that decided to come along, rather than stay in Central, blinked at the two and gazed icily at the expanse of white in front of them. The trees were sparse and the snow was light for the while.

Vee looked back at Blaze and Camile who hovered next to each other, wary of what the others were doing. "We should take a break here… To play in the- I mean, stretch," her eyes wandered to the side mischievously, " Just for a half hour. Promise. And the vacation home is just over there, too! You can walk if you get cold. The bridge is too small to cross with the car…" She pointed over to the house across a small pond that a river flowed into. Luckily, there was a bridge over it so they didn't have to worry about falling through the frozen top.

Snake nodded with a shrug, "Fine with me…" The girls didn't seem to mind either, despite Camile in her recent tragic scene in the snow.

In the car, Germany looked out at the scene in his seat, the door open wide, curious as to what everyone was doing outside for the moment, as his brother began to wake from his sleep. Gilbert rubbed his eyes and tried to figure out what his older brother was looking at and was soon pushing him out of the way, and into the snow. Delighted to see such a white sea spread across in front of him, he ignored his brother, who lay in a pile of snow, and guffawed at the expanse of white, his obnoxious voice echoing. "SNOW. IS. ON. THE. GROUND. That's soooo awesome! Like me! If I were in the snow, it'd make it twice as awesome!"

Blaze snickered behind her hand as Camile gaped at him. "Where have you been…?" The blonde's soft murmur was heard by the rambunctious fellow and he supplied her an answer with a scowl, "I was sleeping, duhhh."

The younger German country rolled his eyes, sitting up in the snow as he brushed off the cold mush off his shoulder. "Really," he wondered with dry humor. Camile hobbled over and helped the fallen country up with a smile, ignoring his younger brother as Blaze tended to him in her place. Germany stuttered a 'thanks' and dusted himself off once more, avoiding her eyes, oddly bashful.

Camile smiled, "No problem." Burying her face in her collar, she snuggled in closer to her coat, watching the duo fight some more.

"Don't be mean to her!" Blaze growled at Prussia.

"I can if I want to," he said with a stubborn face, noticing that Camile hadn't taken his reply too deeply.

Snake watched the two, shaking his head, "You guys never give up, do you?"

Prussia screamed a, "NO and I will NEVER," as the fiery red-head threw a snowball at his face. Soon after, he tackled the lucario into the snow as Snake sighed his irritation.

Vee came over after a moment to place her jacket over Camile, keeping her gloves on. "Just need to keep my fingers warm. You, however, look like you will need this." The blonde smiled her thanks, as the girl returned to the goofy boy.

"OFF. NOW." Blaze was utterly stunned as the German country toppled her over, and decided that he'd rather not get off.

"Never!" His yell was loud, but their scramble was common; no one decided to watch them other than Snake who felt that he needed to take care of everyone.

"Why not, you idiot!" A blush had overcome her face and Prussia didn't seem to care at all. In simple words he stated his reason: "Because," he smirked, "I dominate - and I'm awesome."

Blaze gave a sigh of contempt, disgusted with him, and kneed him in his 'vital regions'. The color in his face was soon drained, and the redhead's pride grew as he looked as if he were to topple over. "Off," she stated once more, then threatened, "Or I'll kick you again. This time, my leg'll be on fire, asshole." As if to prove that she was being utterly serious, she enflamed her leg.

Very quickly, he squiggled off her. She growled at him once more, "Thank you!" After a moment, he rolled in the snow next to her, trying to think of anything else except the pain in his lower… parts.

Blaze stared at him, clenching her teeth, "Serves you right, obnoxious bastard…" Rolling her eyes, she watched him turn around mindlessly in the white, and sat down under a tree to survey him for the remaining time.

On the other side of the car, Vee was calling people over. "Snake! Hungary! Help Feli and me build a snowman!"

Hungary who had been watching everyone with a smile from the side, soon stuttered in place, realizing that she had been called. "Y-yes," she stuttered, shaking herself out of her gormless state, "Coming, Vee!" Italy was already starting to get fresh snow together into a pile with his friend, "Ve~."

It was only after that Snake took his eyes off of Gilbert and Blaze's fight, that he decided to come over, "Mm?.. Alright…" With that, he walked over and start to compile the snow together.

Camile huddled closer to Germany, observing Gilbert's contorted face in pain. "Is he going to be alright?.. She's a trained martial artist…"

Ludwig only shook his head, his eyes closed, sort of happy he wasn't the sibling with the big mouth, "He'll get over it…"

In the snow, Vee was interrupted with a thought. "Heyyyy, Gilbert. Where's your birdie?" Gilbert looked around him and opened his coat, looking inside a big pocket with a frown. "It's empty…" He murmured, his legs still closed to keep from any other catastrophes.

Blaze opened her coat and pointed at a pocket, "I got 'im." Closing her jacket, she continued to explain, "I took him while you were sleeping. Looked cold out in the open so I put him in my jacket to keep him warm.."

"You stole him!"

"Because I freaking saw him being cold while I tried to wake your sorry ass up!"

Packing some snow together, Blaze threw one at his head with irritation, "Shut up and let me keep him in here… Besides, he looks happy with me." Grinning devilishly, she pulled her jacket closer to her body, not squishing the pocket in which Gilbird was snoozing in comfortably.

Prussia, whom was obviously taken aback at her last comment scowled at her and hovered away to another pile of snow. The red-head soon rescued him from isolation, setting her body next to his with a sigh, a sign of exasperated surrender. "Fine," she muttered sullenly, putting the small yellow-feathered chick in Gilbert's hands, "You keep hold of him, but keep him out of the wind. His feathers aren't thick enough to support his body from the cold."

Greedily, Prussia semi-stuffed Gilbird into his jacket meticulously, making sure his companion was well covered from the stiff wind.

In the snow, Vee, Italy, Hungary, and Snake were soon accompanied by Lillia, Snake's ex, and Marque, not a friend, but more so, a beautiful, but stuffy man they knew. He was a demon and naturally beautiful in a devious way - his raven-feather hair was cut off just before they met his shoulders and was layered in an thick, attractive way, even for a male. Dark horns curled out of his head and accompanied his chocolate brown eyes, making them seem even more mysterious than he really was. Though, facts were facts, and this demon was extremely haughty and looked down upon those who acted in childish ways.

These strange people never stopped showing up. Alchemists.. Countries.. And Demons?

Leaning against the snow, Marque puffed a cigarette, letting the smoke warm his cheeks in the cold winter air as he watched the four before him finish off their large snowman. Somewhat annoyed by the fact that they were young adults by appearance and were playing in the snow, he rolled his eyes, "You people are…So weird…"

Snake looked up, irritated in his own way, "Ay, at least I'm not sitting on my ass and doing nothing."

Marque rolled his eyes once more, his eyes filled with drama, "Why would I get up and work if I don't have to? I can just do this…" Plucking the cigarette from his lips, the demon tossed it in the snow, absentmindedly covering it with a shuffle of his boots, and snapped his fingers.

A second Snake erupted from the snow, perfectly sculpted. His living twin looked at him, eyebrows raised, and walked over to stand next to him. "Looks like you got it out of proportion ta me.."

The demon rolled his eyes once more, a pleased grin over his lips as he snapped his fingers again, adjusting the proportions to Snake's snow twin. "There you go~" He cooed, leaning against their car lazily, "And how did you come to that conclusion, Snake?"

The man raised an eyebrow questioningly, "I'm standing next ta it. You don't see the height difference?"

He only shrugged. However, he was given another task when Prussia popped in.

"Make an awesome, sexy me," he demanded with a straight face.

With another sigh, Marque obeyed, and it popped up next to the German country. And for a moment, he was able to gaze at it in wonder, "When did I get so damned sexy?.. What's cooking, good lookin'?" He winked at his twin who remained silent in his icy form, but just as cocky-looking.

Then it was melting. Melting under the flames.

"WHAT THE-"

"I really don't like SnowGils," pondered Blaze, looking at her fingernails.

For the rest of the day, the group spent their time in the snow before all huddling inside Camile's cabin, only to be greeted by a raptor. Not just a raptor, but Camile's raptor. Though, not many knew, nor did they need to, but there was a specific relation between the two. For now, that will remain a secret. A secret that's answer only remains hidden in the past, known only to Camille who's been cursed with the wretched consequences of loosing someone dear to her.