Country and Planet Chapter 1

[I]
--THE BOOK--

'Just appearing' was a theory Arthur Kirkland was not going to settle with. He had looked through every book in his library, every single piece of paper that told him about the birth of a nation. None of them had reasonable answers.

"I don't understand this!" Arthur growled, slamming close a book he had gone through five times already. "There is nothing in any of the books in my library! This is outrageous!" Arthur stood up and started pacing around his library. The table he had sat on was covered by piles of books all shapes and sizes. There was one even shaped in a circle with patterns of craters. As Arthur ran a hand through his messy blond locks, Flying Mint Bunny, the very same bunny Earth entrusted Arthur unto, flew nervously around the books on the table. The other fairies and magical spirits gulped nervously. It was a good thing Arthur was too absorbed in his mindless ramblings that he didn't notice either action.

"Ah, Arthur, I'll be back, okay?" Mint Bunny asked. Arthur waved the bunny off.

"Yes, yes, go on while I attempt to find anything about my past." the Brit replied with mild sarcasm in his voice before strolling off towards one of his giant bookshelves. Mint Bunny squeaked before he disappeared in a shower of sparkles. He had to tell someone! Arthur was beginning to look into his past, his highly classified past that he was never able to find out! If there was anyone to tell, it was the mother of the countries himself!

The bunny transported himself to Earth's house, but the only thing he found was a distraught Luna and Sol sitting on the floor, an object enclosed in Luna's hands. Flying Mint Bunny landed next to Luna and squeaked worriedly. The two celestial personifications were crying and Mint Bunny suddenly had a sinking feeling.

"Ms. Luna? Mr. Sol?" he asked nervously.

Sol's usual shining blond hair and bright topaz eyes were dulled and dim, his eyes red and puffy. Luna's crescent moon clip fell out of her hair, making her blue hangs fall to her face. She slowly opened her palms and held it out to the magical bunny. Mint Bunny was horrified. The object was small. It was the color pink, dark hot pink starting from one tip and fading to white on the other tip. It was so small and so soft, but it was so fragile. It was a flower petal.

"Earth!" Luna choked out, tears coming out like waterfalls. "He was kidnapped!"

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Arthur threw the book he was reading on another table in anger. The fairies had been long gone and decided to let Arthur rage on his own. He groaned into his hand before slipping his hand down his face. He began to pace around his library again and muttered random theories under his breath. Arthur picked through his bookcase, ran a finger down one of a book's spines and sighed.

"Is there really no actual theory? Will I never know how I was born?" he said to himself, his voice echoing across the library. He pulled out a random book without any title on the spine, sat down at one of his tables and began reading. Only then did he realize that it was another book on the personifications' births.

'The theory of nations is said that they are made from rock and stone like their country.' Arthur read. The Brit rolled his eyes. Then how the hell do they have organs and blood? That's out.

'This theory will never be confirmed, but there is another that truly fascinates those of learning the true secrets to our world. What if, not only do the countries have personifications, the continents had too? Maybe they were the sources of countries.' Arthur shook his head. He's seen the continents, and even they say they don't have kids of any sort. After all, the continents were their older siblings.

'And if there are continents, what about planets?'

Arthur's mind hit a brick wall. Planets? He continued reading.

'This theory is not as widely supported as the nations theory, but there is a possibility that nations came from planets, specifically, the personification of Earth.' England's brain went from dead to overdrive in the matter of three seconds. He gingerly turned to the next page for more information.

Instead, he was met with blank. A white blank page stared at Arthur as Arthur stared at it.

"WHAT?!" he screeched, flipping through the book. All he saw was a multitude of white pages with not even a spot of black ink spotting them. Arthur freaked out before flipping to the page he had last seen. He expected a full page of ink and pictures.

That page and the first pages were devoid of ink too.

Arthur dropped the book on the floor and stared at it in shock. All the information, wiped out in an instant. He felt no magic coming out from the book and if that were magic, it was something only those powerful enough could manipulate. Sure, he could write in book without actually holding the quill or pen, but erasing information in an instant was something he couldn't do yet. He could erase gradually, but not instantly. After staring for a few more minutes, Arthur hesitantly picked up the book and opened up to the first page.

He saw sentences appearing out of air.

Arthur's eyes popped out of his eye sockets as he saw the sentences work itself out. 'It's nice to know you finally decided to read this, little Arthur. It's been so long since we've seen you. If you want to know the truth, open the door.' Arthur raised an eyebrow at the last sentence until he heard polite knocking from his library door. He stared at the door as the knocking continued. He slowly approached the door and with apprehension, opened it.

On the other side of the door was someone he didn't even know. It was a woman with silver ivory hair with a touch of lilac. Her grape colored eyes hid behind a pair of wired glasses. Her hair was tied in two long braids that fell past her shoulders and chest. She wore a purple dress with a few frills here and there. The woman had a small smile on her face.

Arthur stared at the woman silently and the woman looked up and down at the man. The smile remained on her face as she carefully strode in. Arthur didn't make a move to stop her and now she was looking over the numerous piles of books on the tables.

"You've been busy lately, little Arthur." The woman commented as she picked up the weird book from earlier. "So you've finally begun to look into your past. I must admit, it certainly has taken you a while." Arthur frowned and shook his head. Who was this woman?

"I'm sorry ma'am, but who are you?" he asked. The woman opened the weird magical book and Arthur now saw photos of different kinds of people. He couldn't see much from where he was standing but he could see that all these people had weird stars in their eyes. The woman closed the book after flipping a few pages and looked up at Arthur.

"Ah, I'm sorry, dear. It's been so long since we've seen you and your siblings. You were rather young back when Earth was forced to leave you." the woman replied. Arthur tilted his head to the left. A curious expression was clearly written on his face. The woman chuckled and she pushed her glasses up her nose.

"We've been separated too long, Arthur. It's about time you knew who your mother is." the woman said, "First, introductions." The woman held out her hand and her smile widened.

"I am the Milky Way, your grandmother."

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