"Live fast die young, bad girls do it well"

Cali sang to herself as she walked down from her giant beach house to the pier where she keeps her speedboat where America was waiting. It was April Fools day. Okay, maybe it was still March, but they were two hours away from midnight and Cali had an excellent prank in mind for her boss.
The states usually avoid pranking each other because they really don't need or want another civil war. So, America got the majority of the pranks.

Cali was planning on pranking Nevada by switching all his liquor with apple juice, but that could wait until later.

Getting in her speedboat with America and revving the engine, she told America

"Dude, I bet you're wondering why I called you out here so late"

America nodded excitedly. He really wanted to see his whale friend again, and what better place than out on the ocean. Cali sped up the boat to as fast as it could go, laughing crazily while America held on for dear life.

"WELL,"

She had to shout over the sound of the ocean roaring past them

"I THOUGHT WE COULD TAKE A FIELD TRIP TO ALCATRAZ!"

America's eyes got wide at the thought of visiting the old, abandoned, jail. It was built to be inescapable, but on December 16, 1937, two men named Theodore Cole and Ralph Roe made it out. They filed down the bars on their cell window, climbed out, and was swept away by the strong currents of the surrounding ocean. They are officially listed as missing, but are presumed dead. Many others attempted to escape and got pretty far, but Cole and Roe were the only two that were never recaptured.

Pulling up to the side of the island were the prison stood, Cali suppressed a giggle. There were over 20 cameras stationed all around the island to document the prank. She had used her Hollywood affects training to make the prison seem extra spooky. Virginia, Kentucky, and New Mexico were all in on it. Hopefully they were ready because she and America hopped the fence to get in and sent the plan into action.

They were walking down the main corridor, surrounded on either side by metal bars that creaked and groaned whenever Cali pushed on them. Which was a lot because she got a kick out of how America's eyes got really wide and he yelped in fear. He was easily the most gullible person she knew. He always fell for her acting, it's not that her acting is bad it's just really over the top, whenever she needed to sucker him into something. Like to let her get that Disneyland tattoo.

Kentucky laughed evilly as he slipped his costume on. New Mexico elbowed him in the side, silently telling him to shut up as he pulled on his own outfit. Virginia scoffed at their childish antics while brushing off her uniform. They all had practiced with Cali earlier on how to act, scream, and walk. Virginia, though she would never admit it, was really excited to prank America. She was usually very dignified and did not settle for such low immaturity, but Cali was a smooth talker and got her involved anyway.

"America, I think I need to tell you something."

Everything was going perfectly. He was totes falling for the performance. While looking in the direction of where the most recent creak came from, he responded shakily

"Yeah, what's up dudette?"

He tried to smile as wide as he could, but he faltered when he stepped in a pool of murky water and jumped a few feet. It was all Cali could do to not fall over in laughter.

"Well, America, there is a superstition about your fallen enemies appearing to you in Alcatraz. The reason so many people tried to escape was because of how scared they were"

Complete and udder lie. They tried to escape cause they didn't want to be in jail, duh. Of course, America bought every word. He was now looking around rapidly, like he was expecting something to happen. Boy, did something happen. All thanks to the little pranksters.

There was a loud cry. A sharp one filled with pain and hurt. Wow, Virginia was really good at that. Cali must be a great teacher. America ran to where the scream was coming from as the clock struck 12 and the eery "bong" echoed through the empty halls.

There laying on the floor, was Virginia. Her chest was bound to fool him into thinking she was a man, and she was dressed in a British soldier uniform. She was covered in red dye and corn syrup and was wailing as loud as she could and still sound like a man. America froze and then slowly tried to back up, but bumped into Kentucky, who was decked out in a Confederate soldier uniform. He grabbed America's shoulders and shook them while yelling

"WHAT DID WE DO THAT WAS SO WRONG? YOU KILLED MY FAMILY!"

He then sank to the ground at America's feet who was yelling back

"IM SORRY DUDE IM SORRY SLAVERY IS BAD"

Kentucky clung to his legs as he tried to get away. Virginia said in her best British accent

"We only wanted the best for you. It it all your fault. Why could not have you just listened to your superiors?"

She then went limp as the "blood" pooled up around her body. America went pale as she said one last thing

"You were my favorite colony"

Her British accent really was impeccable. Probably a result of her upbringing around the Brits. Her likeness to England himself probably contributed to America's pure terror at her words.

Stepping over Kentucky gently, he sprinted out of the room, into a long corridor. At the end of said corridor, was a door covered in words in Spanish. As he got closer, he realized that the words translated to "Why me?" and "It was my land". Shakily opening the door revealed New Mexico, dressed in his soldier's uniform from the Mexican-American war. He was curled into a ball on the floor, his eyes wide while murmuring to himself

"¿Por qué yo?*"

Okay, now America was thoroughly scared. He screamed as high and as loud as one can, then turned to run but was confronted by Cali, who had worked some of her movie magic by quickly using her prosthetic to create a fake bullet wound in her head.

"But America, you lost the war. Hawaii and California are now Japan's"

She said it softly, and then crumpled to the floor. That was all America could take. He bolted out of the prison, and began swimming back to shore as fast as he could.

Cali got up from the floor and began to call out to the others

"Good job guys! He's gone! Did you see his face?"

Kentucky was laying on the floor, laughing his head off with Virginia who was still trying to wipe off the fake blood from her face. New Mexico, however, was worried.

"Are you sure he's okay? We brought back some pretty dark memories."

Cali rolled her eyes and told him

"That was the whole idea, idiot"

She didn't really understand the trauma she had caused. America spent the rest of the day holed up in his room, trying to forget what he saw. DC, poor guy, got the text from Cali about how it was a prank and had to break the news to him. He went ballistic, but overall was really impressed.

He never saw the YouTube video of the prank in action, though the other countries sure did. It is ultimately known as the best and most thorough prank ever pulled in America.

* Why me? in Spanish.