Norway woke up on the fifth day, feeling hopeful after his call with America. Anna and Alexander had woken up, and all three of them were ready to hit the road. Norway was still a little upset that he couldn't reach Germany before he left his country, but he shook the thought out of his head. It was a ten hour ride to Stockholm, and they were ready to roll.

Norway could barely contain his excitement as he entered the car with the couple. "I forgot to ask- what country are you guys from?" Norway questioned, interested to find out who his kidnapper was.

"Belarus." Anna responded happily.

Norway's mouth nearly dropped in shock. He knew he recognized that voice in the woods the day he had been kidnapped. The venomous, vicious, disgusting voice of the country that Norway had always hated. The only reason why he hated Belarus was because at every world meeting she stared at Denmark the whole time, and constantly asked Norway if Denmark was single. Norway had always thought it was just a stupid crush, but he then realized it was much more. Apparently Belarus had seen Norway as a threat, and decided to wipe him out. Norway finally realized. It made so much sense now.

"I love your country." Norway lied, smiling as he tried to look polite in front of the couple.

"Thank you!" Anna replied. The people of Belarus were incredibly kind and generous, but- Belarus herself was a demon. Norway couldn't shake how simple the mystery of his kidnapper was the whole time. He felt like an idiot for not realizing it sooner.

As she turned the car on and they began driving again, Norway's mind raced with thoughts about Belarus. He knew she was a little unstable, but not enough to try to kill him. All the countries were immortal of course, but if one was killed they lose their memory, for example, the whole Germany-HRE debacle.

For a moment he pictured the plan perfectly. Belarus would let him starve down in the bunker, take his body somewhere else, let him regenerate, and then let him roam free. He wouldn't remember Denmark, Iceland, or any of the other countries he loved. He'd just be lost. It made him shiver, how perfectly evil the plan was. Alexander must've noticed, because he turned around and gave Norway a pat on the knee.

"It is okay. Home soon." the man reassured with a smile before turning back around and staring out the windshield. Norway gave him a polite nod before zoning out again, not being able to concentrate on anything except the genius of Belarus's plan. He didn't know where she was, but when he got back to the house, he was going to tell the Nordics, and he was sure they could find her.

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After driving for two hours, the car finally reached a welcome sign that said, "Velkommen til Denmark ! // Welcome to Denmark!" Norway excitedly looked out the car window as if Denmark would appear right then and there to hug him and hold him as if everything was all okay. Norway must've made an excited noise as they entered the country, as the two Belarusian's looked back at him with concern.

"My crush. He's from Denmark." Norway answered bashfully, covering the embarrassing blush that was creeping up his face. The couple laughed and looked at each other, holding hands in the area between their two seats. Norway couldn't deny it... they were a really cute couple. He wanted something like that.

"8 hours!" Anna exclaimed happily, looking in the rearview mirror at Norway's smiling face. He took a deep breath, deciding that if he took a nap, the car ride would seem less long, but as he rested his head on the seat, his heart was pounding too hard to be able to sleep. He was so excited. It was like his heart had thawed. Though he knew he was probably wrong, he felt like this experience helped him more than it hurt him. It helped him realize his real feelings and allow him to finally be vulnerable, but also almost killed him. It made him stronger in the end, which is all that matters.

Coming to the conclusion that he was going to have a boring car ride without sleep, he decided to try once more to nap a little. As he rested his head back onto the seat, he faded away, with thoughts of Denmark racing in his head.

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Norway woke up to Anna's voice in the passenger seat yelling "TWO HOURS!!!"

Norway noticed they were in Linköping, Sweden, and nearly squealed. Two hours until he saw his house. Two hours until he saw his family. Two hours until he saw his love. Norway knew the next two hours were going to feel longer than any of the five days he had been missing.

"Rihanna?" Anna questioned, looking back at Norway with a smile.

"Rihanna." Norway responded, smirking as Anna turned the volume up on the radio to "Unfaithful". He loved the two Belarusian's. They were incredibly nice. They dropped absolutely everything to drive an absolute stranger 26 hours to his home without being able to speak to him in full sentences and managed to stay happy the entire time. He had never met anyone so kind and generous. He was going to miss them. He had to repay them somehow.

They spent the next hour dancing to Rihanna to release excitement. About halfway into the second hour, everyone was hungry, and even though they were only thirty minutes away, Norway agreed to stop for some food. He wasn't going to deprive the nicest couple in history of nourishment. They stopped at a gas station in Bålsta, which he had been to before when he ran out of gas on a drive through the country on his way back to Norway. He smiled at the familiarity and the trio quickly hopped in, bought some peanuts, and ran back out into the car.

As they continued to drive, Norway teared up a little. Everything was so familiar. He missed it so much. Though driving through his own country may have been a bit more close to him, he was still incredibly happy to be driving through Sweden's country.

Once they were 10 minutes away, Norway could practically hear his heart pounding in his chest. Anna had decided to switch driving with Alexander again, and she started to speed, wanting the kind Norwegian man to get his fairytale ending.

Norway saw the street name and nearly hopped out of the car. "STOP!" Norway screeched excitedly as they reached the house. "YOU CAN COME INSIDE PLEASE FOLLOW ME." Norway quickly screamed before bolting down the front lawn and into the front door.

As he entered the warm house, he heard screams coming from the living room and Finland falling to the ground in shock.

"NORWAY!" he heard Iceland scream, paralyzed on the couch in surprise. Norway wanted to run to him, wanted to hug him, but knew he had to do something else first. He scanned the couch, and not finding Denmark, he sprinted up the stairs to his room.

When he opened the door, his mouth dropped to the floor, he did not expect to see this.