Letter to Krampus Chapter. 5

Krampus then taking his bundle of switches started to harshly lay into Prussia whipping him with the switches. Since Krampus was not a parent, he had no feelings of guilt in doing so, this was his job. It was what he did, and he had no other care about the boy and whipped the birches hard over his pajama clad bottom and upper legs. Prussia screamed and he was held down in the bent over position, it was almost as if Krampus had a spell on him that froze him in position, because he could not feel he could run or kick or get away at all and simply stayed bent over taking it. He screamed as the switches stung and bit at him in the most painful way. Ludwig cried out, crying his eyes out upon hearing someone else spank his brother. He moved about in his Vati's arms, and the elder nation held him firmly, but the boy was moving so much, Germania whispered to him.

"Go to your room...right NOW!" He set the boy down, and crying, the child ran, and the door slammed. Germania turned back, and watched the whipping commence, and while he did, he realized this was the hardest thing he ever had to witness. Something suddenly snapped. "NEIN! Stop it! You must! Leave mein child alone beast, he has learned his lesson!" The nation's eyes suddenly welled up. How he hated to watch. Krampus smirked, he really did love his job too much and shook his head

"Oh nein, we are only half finished. I have to whip him until I smell no more naughtiness on him. Germania, do you really want him to be naughty? Don’t you want him to be a gut little boy? To be perfect?" Krampus said this with a small hiss in his teeth and continued whipping Prussia with the birches. Prussia felt his legs suddenly buckle and he fell to his knees, the switching still lashing down on him as he was now on his hands and knees crying loudly in heavy sobs almost choking to catch his breath. The blond nation bit back what he really wanted to say. Yes, it was true, the boy was deserving of this, but...but what was Prussia without a little bit of naughty. It frustrated him, irritated him, and sometimes drove him to near lunacy, still this was his child. His precious little Gilbert. Shaking his head, he tilted his head back.

"NEIN!" He walked over and before the switch could slash down again, the nation held it back in his grip. He stayed glaring, and his eyes fiery at the beast. "UNHAND MEIN KINDER YOU DEVIL FROM HOLLE!" The nation suddenly had lost it. He looked down as the child’s pajama bottoms had fallen down and Gilbert's backside was bruising. The Krampus paused for a moment looking right back at Germania for a moment, then a glinting smile on his face as if knowing and reading something in Germania’s mind then spoke

"As you wish." He then suddenly vanished leaving behind a puff of acrid smelling smoke. Prussia hardly knew what was going o, and he was still sobbing trying to breath from being whipped so harshly.  It was nothing like Vati had ever given him, even in Germania’s most sternest spankings, Prussia had always felt a measure of love behind it, but this, had been a cold unfeeling punishment and that in itself left Prussia feeling desolate in the pain.
Seeing the creature vanish, Germania gasped as he saw his little one in a small crumpled pile on the floor. He briskly walked over, grabbed the boy up into his arms, still raising the night shirt up. He hastily walked over to the couch, sat down, and held the boy tightly into his arms, rocking him ever so gently back and fourth.

"Oh mein Gilbert, mein little boy...never again. Never will anything hurt you like that. Nobody but nobody spanks my Gilbert..." He ran a loving hand over the boy's bottom, and he kissed the child's forehead. Prussia sobbed heavily still, it had been very traumatic and feeling his Vati promise this holding him, comforting him, made his heart warm from the cold place it had been

"V-Vati...w-was I really t-that b-bad of a k-kinder?" He said now doubting himself while tears streamed down his face and cheeks. The nation couldn't help but smirk at the child's cries, and he had no choice but to simply nod his head. He pulled the child back, and wiped away his tears with his hand. Shaking his head.

"Gilbert...you wouldn't be you if you didn't have a little bit of naughty in you once in a while...er...I mean, all the time...and..." He had to sigh again. "You are not bad...you are perfect, and mein." He held the boy close, and ran his hands through the child's hair. "Nothing will change that...now come on...dry your tears." Germania looked to the bedroom down the hall.

“Ludwig…come here please. Come mein boy.” He forgot he had yelled to the youngest to go to his room. The little one was laying on his bed, and heard his Vati calling him. The boy quickly got off his bed, and out of the room. He ran down the hall towards the elder nation who pulled him into his arms. “Ohhhh, mein two little boys.” Prussia sniffled more. And he knew Vati didn’t lie to him, and that if he said that then it was true, even through the pain of the birching he sniffled and try to dry his face.

"I...I don’t want to ever visit the Krampus again Vati....." He then snuggled down in Germania’s chest breathing easier now. It was cozy in the elder’s arms, alongside his brother. Getting up from the couch, and holding the children to him, the nation just nodded, and responded softly.

"I will find a way to make sure he never comes back, though I cannot promise. Your Vati is bigger and stronger than him, perhaps there is a way. Come, I will cook a good breakfast for you both, and then the rest of the day is free to do whatever you want my liebers." He kissed both boys, and then setting them down, he  looked into both boy’s eyes. He really did have wonderful kinder.