The two blushed and looked at each other. Then, lili closed her eyes and leaned forward. Sealand followed suit. Their faces were inches from each other, when there was a loud bang.
The two turned there heads to see America, dressed as Captain America, standing in the doorway and yelling,"COME ON DUDES THE SUPER SCARY MAZE OF DEATH IS ABOUT TO START!".
The American ran out of the room, and Seborga said,"Come on Moley, it sounds fun!".
"If you call me that one more time I swear to god I will-" Molossia yelled as he was dragged out of the room by the Italian.
The micronations left the room one by one.
"This was a dumb game anyway" Landoia muttered as the left the room.
"Agreed" Kuglemugle said, following.
Wy glared at Liechtenstein as she left the room, growling quietly under her breath.
Lili and Peter were the last ones left in the room, still sitting next to the bottle.
"That was awkward" Lili said timidly.
"Y-yeah, thank god America interrupted us or I would have had to kiss you" Sealand laughed nervously, before realizing what he said and correcting,"Not that kissing you would have been bad, I just mean... um...".
Liechtenstein giggled gingerly,"I understand. Do you want to see America's maze?". She gently took Peter's hand in hers, and smiled at him.
Sealand turned as red as one of Spain's tomatoes as he mumbled,"Um, sure..."
The two stood up, and made there way to the main room where the party was going on. It was extremely crowded, every nation and micronation was there, looking at America who was on a stage, getting ready to give a speech.
"In Ancient Greece, there was a Labyrinth, a giant maze built to imprison the minotaur" he explained,"only super awesome bad ass hero's like myself were brave enough to enter the maze, and few ever left it alive! Today, I offer you the Labyrinth II, designed by Greece himself after the original maze from ancient times! To those of you who think your brave enough to face the horrors within the maze, line up in front of that door on the other side of the room, and prepare yourselves for the scariest experience of your lives! Also, at the center of the maze in a jackolanter with a prize inside of it for the hero who is brave enough to claim it! GOOD LUCK!".
Waves of countries flocked to the door, including Peter and Lili, who were the first in line.
Alfred reached the entrance to the maze, and asked the two,"You kids sure you wanna do this? Its pretty freaking scary!".
The two nodded timidly, and America opened the door, telling them to step right in.
Sealand and Liechtenstein entered the pitch black maze, and the door was slammed behind them. Lili was squeezing Peter's hand much tighter now, and was shaking a little.
"Are you alright?" Peter asked his companion.
"Its pretty scary in here" Lili replied, staying close to her friend.
"Psh, I've seen scarier, its just a dark maze" Sealand laughed.
There was a loud roar in the distance, causing Sealand to jump.
"What was that!?" he asked skittishly.
"I don't know" the girl next to him replied, shaking even more,"Maybe the minotaur".
Sealand remembered that they were just in a haunted house and that none of this was real, and laughed,"Probably just America trying to scare us". Unless it wasn't, he thought.
The two began wandering through the maze, left turns, right turns, down long hallways, turning around, every direction they went, no progress seemed to be made. As the two walked, they heard what sounded like the trotting of hooves behind them. They got closer, and closer, and closer, until Sealand turned to see the source of the noise. Nothing. The sound was gone, and there was no hooved monster in sight.
"Is something wrong?" Liechtenstein asked.
"Oh, nothing... I just thought I heard something" Sealand laughed.
There was a loud roar and then screams in the distance.
"What was that!?" Lili panicked.
"J-Just America trying to scare us, I'm sure" Sealand laughed, though he was obviously frightened
"I wonder if whoever was screaming is hurt" Lili pondered, continuing forward.
"They're probably just scared" Peter answered.
They continued forward. The clopping of hooves behind them began again. Frightened, the two started running, holding each others hands as the clopping got louder and nearer.
Both tripped and fell over something at an intersection, the trotting stopped as they hit the ground. Sealand turned to see what they tripped over, and in front of them was the prize jackolantern, candy pouring out of it.
"We must be at the center of the maze" Lili said, standing up and wiping some dust off her night gown,"Mr. America said the prize was at the center of the maze"
Sealand wasn't listening, he was too busy marveling at all sweets they stumbled upon.
"Look at all this candy! Chocolates, caramels, gummies, licorice, rock candy, everything!" he exclaimed, picking up the heavy pumpkin.
Lili giggled,"You like candy?"
"Of course! Don't you?" Peter asked.
"I like big bruder's chocolate" Lili replied. She didn't eat much candy, big bruder said it was bad for her.
"Oh, well you can have all the chocolate if you'd like" Sealand said, offering the candy.
"Thank you" Lili smiled, taking a small piece from the pumpkin.
There moment of peace was interrupted by another, very close, loud roar.
Liechtenstein wrapped her arm around Sealand's in a panic, his hand was occupied with the pumpkin.
"Its getting closer!" she whimpered.
"We have the candy, we can go back now" the boy replied.
They began to run, turning corners when they reached them and never looking back, afraid of what they might see.
Eventually they ran into a wall, a dead end. They turned their heads, and in the darkness, saw a silhouette approaching, trotting hooves accompanying it.
"Peter, I'm scared!" Liechtenstein yelled, hiding her face in his shoulder.
"I am too" Sealand replied, holding the girl close.
The monster was feet away from them, its figure revealed. A gladiator with a bulls head and hooves for feet. Its eyes were glowing red, and it held a battle axe in its right hand.
"L-Lili, in case we die I just want you to know that I really like you" Sealand bleated.
"I really like you too, Peter" Liechtenstein's whimpered, squeezing the boy as tightly as she could, preparing for death.
The minotaur raised his axe hand behind his head, as if he were getting ready to strike.
Sealand winced, preparing for pain.
"Awe, you two are so cute! You remind me of Romano when he was just a little tomato" a Spanish accent squealed.
The two looked up at the minotaur, to see its head replaced with Spain's.
"And you got the pumpkin! Congratulations!" he said, pulling out a walkie talkie from his costume and saying into it,"America, we have two niƱos who won!".
"Awesome dude, I'll let em out right now!" America replied.
The wall that the two countries ran into swung open, and they fell backwards into America.
"Congrats dudes, you guys found the pumpkins and stayed in the maze longest without being captured by the minotaur, you win!" America said, helping the two up.
A few hours later, the party was winding down and almost everyone had gone home. Sealand and Liechtenstein were sitting on the stage, eating their candy.
"I had a good time" Lili said, nibbling on a piece of chocolate.
"Me too" Sealand replied, sucking on a lollipop.
The two hadn't talked much since they left the maze, both embarrassed by their experience.
"So... you like me?" Lili asks nervously.
Sealand took a moment to reply, his heart was pounding out of his chest."Yes" he said shyly.
"I like you too" the girl next to him replied, cheeks flaming red.
Their awkward silence last awhile, as they munch on their sweets.
"You know..." Liechtenstein said,"...you never got to finish your turn at that game we were playing earlier".
"I guess not" Peter murmured.
"Would you like to?"Lili asked timidly.
Peters heart skipped a beat, he wasn't sure how to reply."Would you" he asked, not able to think of a proper way to say yes.
"...sure"
The two tried to make eye contact, but every time their eyes met, they blushed and looked away. Finally, they were able to hold their gazes. Their heads inched forward, and their eyes closed. The tips of their noses touched, when...
"Liechtenstein! Were leaving!" Switzerland's voice called from another room.
"Coming big bruder!" Lili yelled before they could kiss, spinning around and jumping off stage.
She began to walk to her brother, when she turned and saw the disappointed face of Sealand sorrowfully watching her leave.
She ran back to him, kissed him on the cheek, then said,"Guten Nacht Peter", before running off to find her brother.
Sealand watched her in a daze, rubbing his cheek and grinning blissfully.
He couldn't wait for next years Halloween party.
Sorry it took so long for this chapter to come out, I had it finished on Tuesday but something happened on my computer and this chapter as well as a new chapter of Seashells and Lilies were erased, so I had to retype them. I hope everyone enjoyed the SeaLiech Halloween special, I'll be getting to work on the Christmas Special soon! Thanks for reading!
