Rose Kirkland was sitting in her armchair, in front of her fireplace. She was happily reading some of her classics- Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen. Rose elegantly picked up one of her teacups and sipped quietly. She released a quiet sigh of content and stared at the fireplace.

"It is rather nice today," she thought to herself. But something felt off. She adjusted her glasses and turned in her chair, looking out the window. Snow gently fell from the sky, and Rose sighed in content. However, her peaceful thoughts were disrupted when she saw a shadow move across her windowsill. Frowning, she stood up, putting her beloved book on the side table and started moving towards the window.

She didn't want to open it of course, after all- it was winter. Who knows what mess all those lovely snowflakes would make, and it did look quite cold outside. Rose shivered slightly as she approached the window. Looking outside,and Rose was quite sure somebody would slip if they tried running across her window sill. She shook her head, it may have just been a bird flitting across her window, she looked down at the windowsill to prove her logical point.

There was a footprint on her windowsill.

Rose felt alarmed; was there a burglar trying to rob her? She dashed inside and reached for her telephone to call the police, but was stopped when she felt something on her shoulder. Rose gave a yelp of alarm, turning around to see somebody clad in black. Using her instincts, she lifted her foot and tried kicking the person, but the person successfully dodged her attack.

"Rose! Calm the hell down!" the person cried out, lifting their hands in a 'please don't hurt me' form. Rose paid no attention to the statement and quickly picked up the closest thing to her- which was a very heavy dictionary.

"Put your hands in the air, or I hit you," Rose threatened, huffing. The person clad in black removed the black hood and some fluffy blonde hair popped out, causing Rose to widen her eyes in bewilderment.

"Amelia?" Rose asked in disbelief, still holding the dictionary.
"Yeah, it's me!" the fluffy blonde-haired girl replied, pouting. "I can't believe you didn't recognize me!"

Rose sighed in relief as she dropped the book back on the table, realizing that it was just Amelia Jones, the personification of the U.S.A. Rose then creased her eyebrows, wondering now why Amelia was in a burglar get up.

"Why are you dressed like that?" Rose demanded, putting her hands on her hips. After all, Amelia did give her quite a fright.
"Oh? I visited Sakura's and I got to learn martial arts! I'm now a ninja!" Amelia said, her eyes sparkling. She struck a pose, while Rose narrowed her eyes.
"That doesn't give an excuse for acting like a burglar and breaking in my house!" Rose scolded.

Amelia rolled her eyes, and was about to make a remark when there was a small knocking on Rose's door. Rose frowned, made a 'stay there' look, and approached the door. She opened it to see Sakura, carrying quite a heavy book.

"Ah, Konichiwa Rose-chan," Sakura said with a small smile. "I hope we are not bothering you." Rose smiled in return, happy at her friend's presence. Ah Sakura Honda… one of her sensible friends. Providing she a lot of nations to call 'friends'.
"Oh, you're not bothering me at all," Rose replied cheerfully, but then widened her eyes. "Wait, 'WE?' " she exclaimed, scaring Sakura a little bit.

"Sakura and I wanted to pay a visit!" Amelia stated, popping up behind Rose and grinning behind her. Rose looked at Sakura, then to Amelia. She then looked back to Sakura, then back to Amelia with an incredibly annoyed face.
"Then why the bloody hell did you break in when you could've come with Sakura?!" Rose asked crossly.
"Hey, I just wanted to show you my new ninja skills," Amelia replied pouting.

Rose sighed as she gestured for Sakura to come in.

"Just come in, I don't want to leave you in the cold."

-

"So…you found a book?" Rose questioned, picking up the book from Sakura's hand.
"But it's just not any other book, Rose-chan!" Sakura stated with sparkles in her eyes. "This book came from the time I had long hair, and I only found it today."

By Sakura's description of 'long hair', it meant that it was the time period before she opened up to the world of westerners. She cut her hair into a bob to symbolize she was welcoming the new world into her shores.

"Wait, so you only found this book now? Why?" Amelia inquired.
"I somehow…lost it." Sakura replied, shaking her head. "I don't know how, but it disappeared before I could even discover what was inside."
"…And you brought it to me because?" Rose asked boredly. She didn't know for the life of her why Sakura had come to visit her. Couldn't she just be using the internet or ask an elder for the answer?
"Well you see Rose-chan," Sakura said, making little hand gestures, "Remember when you visited my place you claim you chatted with a 'friend'?

Rose tilted her head. Yes, she remembered the sad story on how the strange creature could not be seen anymore, not even by Sakura. Did this mean-

"I received the book from the creature you described."

Rose widened her eyes. "You mean you remember seeing him?" Sakura nodded her head in return, explaining what happened at that time.

-

Sakura walked quietly along the stream banks, humming quietly to herself. She carried a small basket with some food; she was planning to have a small picnic to herself. A small breeze pushed her hair around and made it messy, causing Sakura to sigh and stop to fix it. While putting the basket to the ground, she took out one of the small flowers in her hair, meaning to put it back in once she had fixed her hair.

However, a strong gust of wind came and knocked the flower out of Sakura's hand, causing Sakura to give a cry. She then started to run as best as she could after her beloved accessories, but she stopped as somebody caught it. She looked to see one of the most bizarre creatures she had ever seen.

The creature was quite strange- a green duck like creature with a man's body. He had a flat, hairless region on top of his head and looked like he just took a swim, as small droplets fell off him. He carried a sack on his back, and a small onion-like creature sat on his shoulder. He smiled and approached Sakura.

"I believe this is yours?" he asked kindly, holding out the little accessory. Sakura stayed in shock. This wasn't the creature she thought it was…? She trembled slightly a little bit, but the smile on the creature's face seemed to allow Sakura to trust her a little bit.
"Ah, yes! Arigato," Sakura replied grateful, gently taking the little accessory and putting it in her hair. She then gave a respectful bow.

Sakura then smiled at the creature- it did look quite familiar to descriptions she had heard of, but she couldn't be quite too be sure.

"Ah, are you a kappa?" Sakura asked. The creature smiled in return.
"Why yes I am!" the kappa replied happily, a smile on his face. Sakura suddenly didn't feel alarmed at the creature's presence, because she felt a happy aura. She sighed in relief, as she realized the kappa wasn't going to hurt her.
The kappa's stomach gave a grumble though, and a small silence hung between the two. After a few seconds, they burst into laughter.
"I have some food, would you like some?" Sakura offered, a smile on her face. The kappa smiled gratefully and took up the offer.

The trio sat near the banks of a small stream, munching happily on the snacks Sakura had brought with her. They discussed many things, and Sakura felt like she had made a new friend. The kappa then told Sakura of some travels he had gone through.

"Ah, Miss Japan," The kappa began with happy sparkles in his eyes, "Have you ever heard of a 'fairy'?"
Sakura shook her head. "No, I have not. What is it?"
"To say it simply- it's a magical creature. I managed to run across one. It was washed up on a shore, looking quite pitiful. I felt sorry for the foreigner, so I helped it."
"What did it look like?" Sakura inquired.
"They sparkle, with a small glow. They are tiny creatures with wings and they flutter about like butterflies," The kappa stated eagerly, making excited hand gestures.
"They sound quite beautiful," Sakura commented, imagining the creature.
"But that's not all," The kappa said, suddenly making the atmosphere mysterious. "The creature, thanked me and pulled out something that was ten times bigger than herself."

Sakura widened her eyes at this statement. "What was it?"

The kappa opened and reached into his sack, pulling out some brown object. "A book."

Silence hung between the trio as Sakura tried processing the words. "A..a book?" she asked, not quite sure what that was. The small onion companion piped up.

"Yes, a book! That's what the fairy called it anyway," The small companion commented, pulling a face. The kappa offered for Sakura to take this 'book' from him. Sakura touched it, wondering what it was. "It's like a scroll, but far more handier!" The kappa told Sakura, smiling.

Sakura then started examining it from different angles, not quite sure what to do with it. The kappa chuckled and then opened it, revealing a papery substance with a bunch of symbols inside. The kappa was right, it was like a scroll but far more shorter.

"What-what is this?" Sakura asked, frowning and touching the item cautiously.
"Beats me," The kappa replied, but Sakura felt like he wasn't being completely honest. Before Sakura could inquire more, the kappa stood up.
"Well, I should get going now!" the kappa stated cheerfully, dusting himself and giving Sakura a warm smile. "Thank you very much for the meal. Make sure you hold onto that flower!"
Sakura giggled and turned her attention to her flower accessory, fondling it a little bit.
"No problem. And about that 'bo-" Sakura then looked back to the kappa, to find her friend was gone. Sakura blinked a few times, looking at the book.

-

"Couldn't you have asked him about it?" Rose asked, frowning. "After all, he stayed with you for quite a long time." Sakura shook her head dolefully.
"When I lost the book, and completely forgot about it. When I found it, only then I remembered."
"Whoa! That's creepy!" Amelia exclaimed, talking with her mouth full of the biscuits Rose offered. Rose gave a small hit to Amelia's head.
"Don't talk with your mouth full!" she scolded crossly, muttering afterwards, "I didn't raise you to be like that."

Sakura gave a small cough, wanting to continue.

"I only realized now, that the book is English." Sakura said gravely. "It is quite strange that an English book turned up to me in a time when the English weren't exploring for new lands," Rose grimaced at this statement. If it was that far back, they wouldn't really be having books either. Confused, Rose sighed, sipping some tea to try and calm the confusion in her head.

"To be honest, I don't know how it winded up to your place, never the less on a fairy," Rose commented, taking the book from Sakura.

However, as she opened the book, she gasped in shock.

"What? What is it?" Amelia asked frantically, wondering what happened.

-

Sakura shivered slightly at her friend's….basement. At least she was better at looking around than Amelia, whose eyes seemed to pop out in amazement and horror at all the weird things.

"Whoa, what the hell Rosie!" Amelia commented, shuddering a little bit at all the magical items.
"It's Rose," Rose muttered back annoyed, but focusing more on the book.
"Uh, Rose-chan…" Sakura asked slowly.
"Yes, Sakura?" Rose replied, without turning to face her friend, fixing everything on a desk of some sort.
"What exactly are we doing?" Sakura asked nervously.

Rose turned to face her friend a serious expression on her face. "We're going to start reading it."

"B-but isn't it in English already?" Sakura asked confused, while Amelia gasped at more items appearing.
"I don't know how you think it's in English, because it's in the fairy language." Rose replied sighing. "From what I made out, it's addressed to us."
"Whoa, no way!" Amelia exclaimed. Rose turned to Amelia, who had a dumbstruck expression on her face.
"What it is?" Rose asked huffily.
"Well, from what I know, Sakura got this book from a creature who met some creature of yours, Rose." Amelia babbled. "And then by chance, 'Kura loses it only to find it today. Then it's actually addressed to us. I think God is messing with us."
"That's actually a good point, Amelia-chan." Sakura commented softly.

The Brit nodded with Sakura's statement, even though Amelia gave a long-winded explanation.

"Can you figure out what it says, Rose-chan?" Sakura asked, peering over her friend's shoulder. Rose merely picked up a vial she had been stuffing things into. Sakura gave a small gasp and Rose swallowed some of the liquid.

Rose blinked several times before handing the vial to Sakura. "Drink some, then give it to Amelia." Sakura gulped a little bit at the vial, unsure. She wasn't used to dealing with magic nowadays, even though she enjoyed reading about it and watching it. However, Amelia being the daredevil she was, made a huff of irritation and grabbed it from Sakura, drinking her share.

"Come on Sakura, it's not that bad," Amelia stated giving a smile of encouragement, blinking furiously and rubbing her eyes; handing the vial to Sakura. Sakura cautiously drank the remaining contents.

She gasped slightly as her vision blurred, the only colours she could see ranging from pink to blue, then finally becoming normal. She rubbed her eyes furiously, seeing sparkles everywhere.

"You done Sakura?" Amelia called out, now next to Rose. Sakura nodded hastily walking over to stand next to Amelia. She frowned as the words were Japanese. She was about to ask, but Rose read her thoughts.

"After drinking the vial, you'll be able to read the fairy language in your own language," Rose stated, placing one of her fingers on the page, trying to read one of the words. Sakura leaned in, squinting as the characters seemed to be quite small.

From what it seemed to say, it seemed to talk about another place that the representations were not allowed to enter. Sakura frowned. They must be talking about them, the nation representations. Amelia simply widened her eyes at what the words said.

"Whoa, that's freaky man. That's freaky," she said shakily. Sakura continued reading. It seemed to say that if the balance was broken, good fortune may come…or the world for the representations would end.

"Is this some fucking witchcraft or something?" Amelia demanded, scared. Rose slapped the younger nation on the head. "Just shut up! That is only the first page, more details should be on the next."
"Did you just tell me to shut up?" Amelia asked, quite annoyed at the older nation's reply. "I have a reason to be freaked out! I can't believe you do this scary shit in your freetime!" Rose scowled and then turned fully to Amelia, engaging in an argument.

Sakura sighed, wondering what to do. She decided to continue reading, as it Sakura would be able to give the information she read to Rose and Amelia after they finished arguing. She was about to turn the page when a breeze fluttered over her movements and moved more pages. Sakura widened her eyes. They were in a basement, it was impossible for a breeze to come in. She was about to turn and look around, when she slightly gasped, seeing herself in the book.

A small drawing of her with a transfixed smile and her usual attire was there, with an equals sign next to it. Sakura scanned her eyes over to see another small drawing of an Asian man wearing a white Japanese military uniform that looked like it came from WW2. She furrowed her eyebrows and leaned in closer. Did this mean she was the same as this man? He did look very Japanese. Confused, she touched the equals sign, wondering if it was real. Suddenly a white flash appeared, and a pure, glowing white hand grasped onto Sakura's.

Sakura gave a shrill scream, wondering what was going on. She felt herself being lifted by the strength of the hand. She gave cries for help and tried tugging away. The arguing nations looked up to see their friend getting dragged into a book.

"WHAT THE FRICK?!" Amelia screamed, running over to try help Sakura break free. Sakura gave more desperate cries in Japanese.
"BEGONE, MONSTER!" Rose commanded, trying to scare off whatever was grasping onto Sakura. It didn't work, and what seemed to be happening was that the hand got stronger by the threats.

Rose tried slapping the hand away with some objects nearby which was ineffective whilst Amelia was desperately holding to the back of Sakura, trying to pull her back. She gasped as Sakura were sucked in, with only her right foot sticking out. The Asian nation could hear Amelia gave screams of fright and yelling of swear words incoherently, holding desperately onto her foot as she too was sucked in. Rose yelled and dove in to try and grab Amelia, only to be drawn in as well.

All Sakura could see was that she and the others seemed to be travelling in a colourful tunnel, as she saw many scenes pass by- she could see herself with Monica and Alice and other nations, planning their attacks as the Axis. She could see Carmen crying with a young, worried Chiara in a war-like situation with crumbling buildings. Sakura saw Amelia pointing a gun at Rose in a revolutionary uniform, tears falling from Rose's face. She saw Chun-Yan fighting Rose on some sort of ship, and Sakura guessed it was the Opium Wars. These historical events seemed to sweep by the millisecond, and the Asian nation blacked out.

Nyotalia Names and Equivalents used in this Chapter

Amelia: USA
Sakura: Japan
Rose: England
Monica: Doitsu- I MEAN Germany
Alice: (pronounced Ah-LEE-che) North Italy
Carmen: Spain
Chiara: (pronounced Key-ARE-ah) South Italy/Romano
Chun-Yan: China

The 'kappa' is the creature from Episode 30, (3rd episode of the Second Season) I purposely made the kappa male, because that's the gender they keep in the myths. I apologize if the kappa's personality is a bit off, but I based most of it off the episode. And no, the kappa did not meet Alice in the hot springs, as he probably would have raped her. O.o wiki/Kappa_(folklore)

Disclaimer: I do not own Hetalia. I only own this fanfiction. Thank you very much for reading ^^