Okay, so the next chapter has, like, nothing of it typed up due to school having just started up again this week and a sh*t load of other excuses, so the next chapter may be a lil' late, but I hope you enjoy this update~

Sorry if the end of the last chapter seemed pretty random…

Now, to edit my friends fic and do all my homework… -.-;

~Fear God and honour the Queen~

Wy was pretty sure that, if it were possible, she would be having a heart attack right now. Not only had she had the worse day ever -excluding the drawing, that was fun- and met the biggest bunch of idiots she had ever known, but now she was being held up by some sort of giant, moving tree and dangled God-knows-how-high off the ground, ready to be dropped at any given moment.

Needless to say, she was in the perfect mood to murder someone and get away with it under the excuse of 'insanity'.

"OH NO, THE TREE- WY- WHAT ARE WE SUPPOSED TO DO, DESU YO?" Peter appeared to be having some sort of panic attack on the ground, switching quickly from running around Elrico to standing on the spot and waving his arms around, looking kind of like a bird that wanted to take flight but couldn't, to rolling around on the ground and back again.

Elrico, on the other hand, appeared to be taking it all in stride. He was just standing there, staring at the tree as though it would tell him everything he needed to know, not even bothering to try and even think of a way to save Wy.

Wy didn't like either reaction at all.

"HEY! INSTEAD OF HAVING A PANIC ATTACK OR SOME SH*T, CAN YOU, oh, I dunno, GET ME DOWN FROM HERE?"

"She's right! We have to get her down, desu yo!" Peter screeched, rather unmanly sounding if you asked Wy, still panicking. "But how? I don't have my mecha outfit on me!"

His what now?

"Just-a calm-a down and give-a it a moment~" Elrico's voice was really calm for what was going on… too calm.

"WHAT THE F*CK? WHY ARE YOU SO CALM? I'VE JUST BEEN KIDNAPPED BY A TREE!" Wy screamed, seriously wishing that she had had a heart attack, if only to spare her some stupidity overdose.

"Well-a… you-a see-" Elrico's response was cut off by a waving figure appearing next to them.

"Hi, Rico-chan! Look, I made it quicker than last time; Doitsu would be proud!" Feliciano cheered, wearing absolutely nothing.

Wait.

What?

"I'm-a sure he-a would." Elrico smiled, seemingly uncaring about the fact that his brother was wearing nothing.

Probably because he was also wearing nothing.

Why hadn't she noticed this before? Clamping her hands over her eyes, Wy felt like sobbing. So she did as she was taught by her Australian older brother taught her and brought it to their attention.

"Nice choice in clothes, you two. Now if, you wouldn't mind putting something on, we can get me down from here?"

"Vee~ I never noticed… who would fear us wearing nothing?"

"I-a don't-a know…"

"ITALY!" The cry shook the surroundings -had the surroundings changed too? Wy wouldn't know since for the first half she had been panicking and she was now covering her eyes- and, based on a completely random guess, Wy had to say that Ludwig sure knew how to shout.

And it had absolutely nothing to do with him shouting at Feliciano more than a hundred times during their soccer match the other day.

"Vee~ Doitsu~ Look, Wy, Doitsu's not wearing anything either~!" Feliciano's chirp sounded out in the air over the splatters that came from the German nation, and Wy felt her cheeks warm up.

"Yeah; thanks but no thanks. I'm perfectly fine with not seeing anything, thanks."

"Well-a, if it-a makes you feel-a better, Peter is-a still-a wearing his clothes." Elrico's voice drifted through her ears, along with a cheer of 'desu yo' from Sealand.

Of course, because of all the nudity going around, Wy had completely forgotten that she was being held prisoner by a tree until its grip tightened and she felt her lungs tighten along with it. Beginning to cough, Wy felt her limbs weaken along with her breathing, causing her arms to drop. Closing her eyes quickly -seriously, she really didn't want to see- Wy began to flail weakly.

"VEE! OH NO, DOITSU, WY'S STUCK IN THE TREE! WE HAVE TO SAVE HER!"

"THAT'S WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO DO BEFORE, DESU YO!"

"YOU-A HAVE TO-A DO SOMETHING!" Oh, so now you panic. Wy scowled before having another coughing fit. Would this tree never give up?

Sighing in annoyance, Ludwig shook his head at the panicking Italian's and… Sealander? Some things never changed.

"Dummkopf." He muttered before pulling a giant mallet out of nowhere and thwacking the tree with it. Somehow hurt and screaming in pain, the tree dropped Wy -who was caught by Seborga- before dissolving into black ash.

No, no one here is joking and we are all dead serious.

"What… the…" Wy couldn't even finish her sentence, eyes wide open and staring at the spot where the evil, screaming tree had once stood in shock. Peter also appeared to be completely stunned, his mouth wide open as his brain tried to process everything that had just happened in the time span that he had arrived on the hillside.

"Vee~ Who do you think it is this time, Doitsu~?" Feliciano asked curiously, turning to face Ludwig as he kneaded his forehead, leaning on the magically appearing mullet.

"I don't know, but our lack of clothes narrows down the number of choices significantly."

"That's-a true…" Elrico agreed, nodding his head. "I mean-a, I can't-a really think of-a anyone who-a fears seeing us-a naked."

"OI! I don't understand what's going on here, desu yo!" Peter cried, once again using overdramatised movements to express his emotions. Maybe he was secretly Italian?

"Yeah, someone backtrack a bit, 'cause there is some serious explaining that needs to be done." Wy scowled, crossing her arms.

"We don't have time to explain now." Ludwig sounded really exasperated now. "Once we solve this problem then we can explain."

"…" Wy narrowed her eyes at him before nodding slightly. "Fine. But don't think you're getting out of this one."

Muttering something that sounded suspiciously like 'micronations', Ludwig gestured for the group of four to follow him as he went marching down the hill and towards the school. As they walked, Wy took a proper look at her surroundings -other than the naked people- and had to take a couple of deep breaths to stop herself from panicking.

It was dark.

No, seriously, it was dark. Wy couldn't see further than five feet outwards in any direction, and it was really beginning to creep her out. Making an effort not to whimper, she pulled herself closer into the middle of the group, only to stop short when the school came into view.

The school was, in a way, glowing. Well, not 'omg-it's-a-green-aura' glow, but everything within 10 feet of the building, along with the building itself, was lit up like it was under a street light. People could be seen walking around in and out of the light, but when Peter went to call out to them, Ludwig slapped his hand over his mouth and shook his head.

"Don't." Ludwig had dropped his voice to a whisper -something that Wy doubted that she'd be hearing more than once- and not even the cheerful Feli or carefree Elrico were saying anything. Sensing the mood, Peter also dropped his voice.

"Why not?"

"Take a closer look-a." Elrico whispered from next to Wy, pointing at the people that were stumbling in and out of the building and light, never stopping to talk to each other or exchange the latest gossip. If Wy looked hard enough and the light was at the right angle she could see-

"Oh, that's gross, desu yo." Muttered Peter as Wy clapped both hands over her mouth to stop herself from wrenching. Sure, Peter didn't always like his elder brother, and Arthur may not have been the best grandfather that Wy could've asked for, but neither really wanted to see half his face rotting off, with the other half just gone, as he walked toward the school.

"Zombies…" Feliciano mumbled, wrapping his arms around Ludwig's left one. "Who…"

"Who's been thinking of zombies lately?" Ludwig muttered to himself, scowling down at the school. Elrico grinned lazily and stepped forward.

"Why don't we go and find out."

~Fear God and honour the Queen~

Personally, Wy thought the inside of the building was no better than the outside. In fact, outside was even better because it didn't look so FREAKING CREEPY. Although, admittedly, there were more hiding spots inside then out.

Hiding. That had what they had been doing for 30 of the 45 minutes that they had been inside the building; hiding. Mainly from normal zombies -well, as normal as zombified nations could get-, but also from zombies with pets.

Why zombies with pets?

Simple.

Zombie-nations with pets had become jointed, increasing their senses and making them better at hunting. Really creepy, according to Elrico, who was somehow managing to walk about without any shame with the whole nakedness thing.

Same for Feliciano, really. At least Ludwig had the modesty to look ashamed at his lack of clothing.

"Ah! Look, the archery room!" Feliciano pointed out, rushing up and opening the door. "Maybe we could find something in here?" Glancing around, Wy had to agree with him. The walls in the room were filled with rows of weapons, mostly bows and arrows, but there were some axes and swords and-

"Is-a that a paintbrush?" Elrico asked, a confused look crossing his face as he pointed to the giant paintbrush leaning again the far corner. Wy felt her grin stretching and couldn't help but cheer a little as she ran over and hugged the object.

"I thought I left you at home!"

"You probably did." Commented Ludwig. Wy looked at him in confusion.

"Eh?"

"What I mean is… look, I'll explain later, okay? Just think of it as a weapon for now, okay?" Wy pulled a face before shrugging. Fine, but she wasn't going to do anything that could break it, that was for sure.

"Vee… that's weird…" Feliciano's voice drifted over to where the other four were standing.

"Eh? What's weird?" Peter asked, running over and glancing around. "I don't see anything weird…"

"Feliciano, this better not be because there's no pasta here. It's a weaponry room, it doesn't have pasta."

"Vee~ no, it's not that~ watch~" Grabbing one of the bows, Feliciano winced back, looking as though he'd been shocked, and the bow burst into blue flames. Once it had finished burning, the group started at the lack of ashes on the ground in silence.

"… We should-a try picking up-a weapon too." And, before Ludwig could stop him, Elrico picked up a bow as well and the group winced as the bow reacted the exact same way as the other one had for Feliciano. Facepalming and muttering to himself, Ludwig also picked up a bow and everyone winced.

…

But that was all.

"Vee, look, Ludwig can hold a bow~!" Cheered Feliciano, but Ludwig shook his head.

"No, it's more like I can hold a weapon from this realm but you two can't. However, none of us-" Here he gestured to the Italian's and himself. "-can put clothes on. This makes a significant difference in the original conclusion and I believe I have narrowed down the possibilities to one person."

"… I'm lost (desu yo)." Both Wy and Peter deadpanned while Feliciano bounced around excitedly and Alfonso grinned lazily.

"There is a source for-a each of these-a nightmares-"

"Oh, so that's what this is." Wy murmured, scowling at him. "Could o' explained it before."

"-and-a we have to find-a this-a source to cut-a off the nightmare."

"Then let's go, desu yo!"

"… seriously, though, if 't's all you needed to 'xplain, why'd you leave it 'til now?"

"That's not-a all, that's just to-a shut-a you all up-a."

"Thanks."

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