A small white blob ran along the floor boards of the haunted mansion. He ran towards the door and tried to open it. Once. Twice. The white blob was a mochi. The mochi had no where to run. It screamed.
A deserted mansion was built in the mountains. It is about three hours away from the world summit place on foot. No knows how long it has been there or who built it or who used to live there. Rumours said that the mansion was… haunted.
A tall broad blonde nation, Germany, leads a group up to the mansion. His face has a straight expression as he looks the mansion over. He stops not far from it, crossing his arms, sighing. Japan, a silent thoughtful nation, comes up not too far behind. He pushes his black hair out of his face and stands poised. The now non-existent nation, Prussia, big brother to Germany, stands with his hands on his hips. He laughs to himself, flicking his silver grey hair, his pinky-red eyes glinting with excitement. The auburn-haired cowardly nation, Italy, stands a little bit away from the group. He holds himself tall, unusual for the normally fleeing nation, but still smiles happily.
Despite his unusual stance, he still has his cheerful voice in which he says, "Ve~~ It's really here." All the nations look upon the mansion. It looks abandoned. The windows on the first floor are all boarded up while the ones on the next three floors are smashed or boarded up too. The roof is falling apart and the brickwork is crumbling. It looks as if the house will fall apart at any moment.
"I thought" Japan begins, stepping forward, looking curiously at all the details. "It was just a rumour." Japan steps back, looking down for a moment. "I never thought we would actually find it…" Japan's words trail off.
"It has such a desolate feel…" Prussia says, smirking. The others look at him as he snorts and finishes with "Not bad."
Germany looks back to the mansion and frowns. "I don't think it's very interesting though," he huffs, appearing to be bored.
Japan nods briefly. "Me neither." Japan looks around to see the opinions of the others. "Can we just look at it from the outside and then go back?" Japan shivers for some unknown reason. Maybe he's just cold.
"Aww~~" Italy whines, walking closer to the group. "After all the trouble we had to find it?" Italy latches onto Germany's arm and tries to pull him towards the mansion. "C'mon, let's just go in for a little while!" Italy grins.
Germany tries to push Italy off his arm but Italy is reluctant to let go. Germany gives in, not wanting to upset Italy, and the nations follow Italy in.
Contrary to the outside, the inside is clean and pristine. The nations find themselves in a hallway, near the stairs. There are three corridors; right, left and straight. Japan stands near the right corridor, examining the creamy white walls and the floorboards. Prussia stands close the stairs, leaning on the banister which doesn't have a chip on it at all. Germany is standing about the middle of the room. He is looking around warily, thinking about what the rumour said. It said this place is haunted. Germany can't think straight for a change.
After a moment, Italy exclaims, "It's cleaner than I thought." Italy holds his hands at his sides in a relaxed position. Unlike Germany, Italy seems to not be afraid. He seems excited.
Germany seems less so. "H-hey," he says, making futile attempts to stop himself and his voice from shaking. "Can we go now?" He glances about timidly again.
Prussia snorts from his spot by the stairs and stops leaning on the banister to go and sling his arm round Germany's shoulders, grinning. "What's the matter, West?" Prussia teases, in an annoying tone. "You scared?"
Germany is about to retort when a loud smash sounds through the mansion. Japan looks behind him, down the right corridor, where the sound came from. Prussia steps back from his brother, his grin faltering for a moment. Germany jumps at the sound while Italy runs into his arms. Germany looks to the nation now hugging him, his arms lifted slightly.
"L-Look" Germany says, his voice betraying his face, which is trying to pull off an expressionless face. "We should really go now." Germany tries to separate himself from Italy.
"Oh, don't be silly," Japan says, walking over to Germany to help pry Italy off. "It's not like there are any ghosts or anything. Where is your common sense?"
Italy looks around warily after being separated from Germany as Japan heads down the right corridor. Prussia grins again and calls from behind Japan. "Be careful, Japan!"
"I know" Japan replies. "I'll just go see what happened. I'll be right back." Japan leaves the other three alone. He can hear Italy whining to Germany already and Prussia laughing and teasing. Japan sighs, ignoring them. The noise they are making could attract half the world.
The corridor is as clean as the hallway. On Japan's left, there is a door in almost new condition. It appears everything in the mansion is almost new. Japan tries the door but it appears to be locked. He continues down the corridor, the others' voices fading completely.
Japan finds himself in a kitchen. It is a big room, the counters only taking up a small part at the back with cabinets behind them. There is also a doorway in the corner, which won't open. Japan looks over the counters briefly, noting the newness again. Japan then finds the source of the smash on the floor next to the counter.
"The plate is… broken," Japan says, pointing out the obvious to no one but himself. "I have to be careful not to hurt myself." Japan carefully picks up the pieces although, for some unknown reason, he keeps a sharp ceramic shard for himself. Japan quickly checks the cabinets just in case although the food he finds in them… he probably shouldn't eat it.
Japan decides it was about time he returns to the rest of his group so he walks back to where he had left them to find they were gone! "Did they leave, after all?" Japan silently looks around just to make sure. "How regrettable."
Japan walks over to the front door to leave, only to find it won't open. "Strange…" Japan mutters, frowning. Japan decides to have a look around to see if they went to explore the mansion. He goes straight to the back of the mansion. He sees a door on his right but it won't open either. He goes along a bit further and enters some Japanese style rooms. The rooms are mostly empty apart from a few items of no interest, although Japan does find a note on top of a small box. It reads, "Fix the piano, repair the toilet, leave the first aid kit in the drawer on the second floor." Japan looks puzzled, unsure what to make of the note.
Japan leaves the Japanese rooms and returns to the hallway. He heads down the left corridor and tries a door on his right, which seems to be locked. A lot of doorways won't open it seems… Japan continues walking and went round the corner.
Standing there is a giant grey butt naked figure. Its body looks normal enough but its head is big in comparison. Japan is about to exclaim something but then he thinks to himself, "Stay calm, don't let it know I'm here…" The thing disappears through a door and Japan lets out the breath he was holding and risks speaking, "Wha… What was that, just now?" Japan takes a deep breath and heads to the door and places a hand on the handle. He takes a few breathes and twists it. Japan blinks a few times when the door doesn't open. "I… Maybe I'm getting tired…" Japan rubs his eyes and turns away from the door and goes into a room on his left.
Japan looks around. He sees he has entered the bathroom. It is dull compared to the rest of the mansion. The floor is all grey, although the area for the toilet is tiled white and grey. He peers into the mirror over the sink but it is covered in so much dust that Japan can barely see himself in it. He looks inside a small cupboard on the wall, only to succeed in finding more dust. He has a look at the toilet briefly and decides it is just an ordinary toilet.
Japan decides there is nothing worthwhile there and leaves the bathroom. He returns to the hallway and heads upstairs. There are six rooms on this floor. Japan turns left and goes straight coming to two doors opposite each other. Japan first tries the door on the left and sighs. "Of course it's locked," he says after turning the handle. "I have a feeling most of these doors will be locked." He turns to the door behind him and tries that handle. "Wouldn't be surprised if this one-" The door opens when Japan twists the handle causing him to go silent and blink for a moment.
Japan goes inside the room, a bit more curious than before. He looks around the room for a moment. His eyes fall upon a television to his left. "What's this doing here? This looks brand new." Japan sweeps the dust off the television and tries the power button. The television stays inactive. "Doesn't seem to work," Japan says, turning away to scan the room. Japan notices something else on the bed and walks over. Japan picks up the object, saying, "Is this not… Germany's whip? What is it doing in a place like this?" Japan shrugs, examining the whip; it is quite worn from use. He puts it in his back pocket to keep for Germany.
Japan leaves the room and goes to the front of the house. One of the rooms there opens, and Japan finds another new looking television. He goes to check the last door which is right of the stairs. It isn't very unusual except for the curtain in the corner. Japan doesn't like the look of it but curiosity gets the better of him. He approaches the curtain cautiously, hearing something from behind it. Japan takes the edge the curtain and breathes in deeply. He yanks the curtain away, pulling out the shaking figure. Japan turns, ready to attack, only to realize it is Germany.
"G… Germany!" Japan stands, shocked, looking at the painfully pale Germany.
"CLACLACLACLACLA" is all Germany can answer with. His arms grip around himself tightly.
"…" Japan frowns, not used to this trembling Germany. "Germany, where are the others?" Japan asks. Germany just continues shaking. Japan frowns and sighs. "You look… shaken. I'll go get you something to drink," he says. Germany nods and shuffles back behind the curtain. Japan sighs again and rubs his forehead in annoyance. He decides to try the kitchen first. Seems like the most suitable place to find water.
Japan makes his way back to the kitchen. He walks over to the tap and turns it. No water. He turns it again just to check. He frowns and examines the tap. He can't figure out why the tap isn't working. Japan sighs and remembers the bathroom he had been in earlier. He makes his way to the bathroom and looks around. His eyes rest upon the toilet. "Well… This IS water too," muss Japan. "… Let's not be so hasty." Japan turns away from the toilet and spots the bathroom tap. "Maybe I can get water here?" Japan turns the tap and out comes a fountain of water. "Ah, thank God. It doesn't seem to be broken." He collects the water in a bottle and puts the cap back on. Japan looks more closely at the water. It looks like water although it may not be called water. It might be dangerous. Fatally dangerous. And yet, it is the only water source in the mansion apart from the toilet. And somehow Japan thinks the nations won't be drinking from there anytime soon.
Japan returns upstairs to the shaking curtain without incident. "Germany, I brought you some water." Germany pushs the curtain open and looks out. He looks a little calmer. "Drink it, and try to calm down a little," Japan says, offering the bottled water to Germany. "Here. It's not filtered though."
Germany takes a swallow and makes a face. "Is that… really water?"
Japan frowns. "Judging by its colour… Probably." Although he isn't too sure about his answer and it shows through his voice.
"I see…" Germany replies. He continues drinking anyway; he is really thirsty. "Anyway, sorry for falling apart like that. I feel much better now thanks to you." Germany comes out from behind the curtain and wipes his sweaty forehead with the back of his hand.
"That's good to hear," Japan says, smiling now as Germany has some colour back in his cheeks. "So, where are the others?"
"I'm… not sure," Germany answers, with a falling heart. "At any rate, we ran for our lives… And those two went in different directions… I think." Germany is clearly upset. "Sorry, just… give me a moment to pull myself together."
"All right," Japan says, nodding slightly. "I'll go look for those two. Try to get some rest."
"Sorry… Oh, by the way, I found this when I was running," Germany says, reaching into his pocket. "Maybe it can be of some use to you?" Germany produces a key and drops it into Japan's open hand. Germany goes back behind the curtain and leaves Japan alone.
Japan leaves the room and decides to find where the key unlocks. Japan checks a few doors and finally finds the door it unlocks. It is on the first floor down the right hand hallway. It is the only door on the left. Japan unlocks the door and little does he realize he has to prepare for something unexpected.