The next time we called the nations together, we weren't any closer to finding out how to help our friends. All of us were solemn and barely muttered a word as Germany tried to rationally think of a way to organize a plan. As he wrote down meaningless charts on the whiteboard, I sat in my seat, content with the book I had. I knew everyone was looking at me, I knew they all thought it was me. I knew my own brothers, my own family, did not trust me. It hurt. It hurt knowing how fast they jumped to blame it on me.
I sighed, looking up from my book, locking eye contact with America. "I'll do it."
Everyone jumped in surprise, not knowing what I meant. "Ve~ Do what?" Even Italy asked with cautiousness, eyeing me suspiciously.
"I will travel into Canada's subconsciousness to defeat this beast." I said, determined to succeed. The rest of the Nation's shook their head or grunted.
"l'Angleterre, 'ow do we trust you?" France sadly looked at his hands as I sat there, gawking at their lack of trust.
"I could die in there, matter of fact. That's why you should trust me." I was now standing, hands on the table.
"Lads got a point" Scotland lazily gestured with his rum filled hand. The nations all discussed among themselves before Germany concluded the argument.
"This is the only option we have." He stated bluntly. "We can argue the entire time, or we can save Canada. We will have a vote." He paused. "All in favor of letting England do this?" About half of the nation's rose their hand, including all of my brothers. "In favor of not?" The smaller half rose their hands.
"Looks like we have an obvious choice" Japan mumbled.
"Indeed" Said Austria, who was distressed by the choice.
I stood and nodded. "Thank you for being reasonable" I let out a relieved sigh and began to speak. "We need to create a potion that both me and the victim needs to drink. I can only be in one mind at a time, so someone needs to volunteer to go inside of Switzerland's mind." I paused to wait for an answer.
"I'll do it." Austria spoke up for his old friend.
"Alright then" I nodded. "I need you to gather up the ingredients in the book as I get preparations ready for the spell. After we get the potion done, which I need Scotland and Ireland to help me with, Austria and I need a place to lie. We will both be in a comatose. We can not be distressed by any outside force by any means. Understood?"
I looked around and saw many of the nation's standing up, getting to do their tasks. I was very relieved, for they actually listened under my leadership. Austria came and stood by my side to wait for any orders. As I looked around the room, I saw that two nations remained where they were. Italy, who was napping at his place and I did not blame him, and Russia.
Russia was sitting there, smiling at me in a cold why that made me shiver. I quickly looked away and put my hands in my pockets. I thought of an excuse to leave the room, which was consulting with Scotland, and swiftly made my way. I waved. "Hello Caledonia" I used his old nickname.
He turned around lazily. "Eh, brother?" He ruffled my hair. "Wha' is it?"
I scoffed crossing my arms "I thought we could try to help Canada."
"Tha' what I'm doin" He rolled his eyes and walked to the kitchen. "We sent Francis out tae get the ingredients." I nodded and followed him in.
"So, are you going to get the preparations for the potion ready? I would like to talk with Austria." Scotland nodded, and starting pulling out objects from the cabinets. I saw this as a yes and headed to the room where the two resided.
I came in and was pleased to see that their were no longer any hamburgers. I sighed as I saw the poor Swiss in the most horrendous position. I lifted him to another room and placed him on a bed. I then walked back to Canada's room and sat down next to him. I looked at his pained face, feeling agony myself. It hurt to see someone so close in so much pain. I recollected myself and gently placed my hand in his, squeezing it reassuringly.
"It's going to be alright" I promised in a whisper. "I know I was not really kind to you, but from now on I promise not to hurt you, or let you get hurt. I swear I will get you out of this. If it's the last bloody thing I do, I will get you out of this." I felt a sob swell up in my throat. I had raised Canada, too, when I obtained the territory from France. I was sorry to say our bond wasn't as strong as America's with me, but I was still his older brother and needed to protect him. I felt a tear run down my cheek, and it dropped onto the mattress as more came. I looked away, wiping my eyes. Even though Canada couldn't see, I hated to be weak. Pride, it was always my flaw. I looked back down at the lifeless body, my beautiful brother. "I am so sorry this happened"
I sighed as I noticed Austria looking at me from the doorway. I swiftly looked up and nodded, moving my hand then standing up. He looked at me with sympathy, for he knew what I was going through. He, too, had lost a little brother once upon a time. He was also now losing Switzerland. It was hard for all of us, the situation. We all tried to manage, but Lichtenstein was a wreck. Her older brother, the one who protected her and raised her when she was in need, was gone. She wouldn't stop crying, and when she did she would rush in to help, anything to bring her brother back. She was a good girl with a pure heart. It was sad to see her in pain.
"I suppose you want me to explain this all to you." Austria nodded. "You will be going into their minds, you know that, right?"
"Ja, you explained that."
"Well, their mind will be like a dream to them, it will be almost real. The only thing is that it isn't, it is half of what they come up with."
Austria tilted his head at this "What is the other half?"
I sighed. "Glad you asked. It is what the creature comes up with. It will try to manipulate them and at the same time get us out. It sees us as a parasite or a threat to their mission."
"The how do we help them?" Austria had the slightest sliver of fear in his eyes.
"We, A, convince the person to get the creature out which will have some complications. or, B, we kill it. For plan A, it would take a lot of convincing because the creature has more power than we do. It also would take a lot of mental strength to push it out, which the creature would be eating away at. Plan A will be our last resort. let's switch it, plan A kill the thing, B have the person push it out."
Austria nodded and we both sat in silence, not knowing what to say. We were both scared and worried. We didn't know what was to come us and our friends, so we sat there. All we wanted was to be alone with our thoughts. It was the most reassuring thing at the moment.
