Shinigami-cat: Okay, here's the next part, I hope you all enjoy it. It's super long… I OWN NOTHING!

Door of Truth

After running around in an attempt to find where the others had gotten too, Prussia eventually got to the bas relief. He didn't care about what it looked like. He just wanted to catch his breath a little. He had hoped to catch up to Ludwig and Matthew before they were forced into Natalia's death trap, but he knew he was probably too late.

'Damn it…' He though as he panted a little. 'That bitch has probably killed them… Fuck… This is bad, this is very bad…'

He looked up at the bas relief, running his fingers over the patterns. He could recite the stories off by heart if he wanted to; even name each demon the figures represented. He shuddered a little at the thought. It was off putting. Quickly getting over that, he looked over at the door, reading what was inscribed there and the words above the door.

Guilt Truth Regret

The words Guilt and Regret and lines through them, leaving only Truth free from any mark. It made Prussia feel a little uneasy. 'So… they did go through already? Shit I hope they are okay.' He quickly looked around to see if there was another way around the bass relief, but it just seemed to go on and on forever. Sighing, Prussia opened the door and stepped into the darkness.

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Prussia frowned as he looked around the room he was in. It was a strange maze made from mirrors. He wasn't sure what he was meant to expect in a place like this, but he wasn't going to turn tail and run. If he didn't do this now he would never be able to forgive himself.

'Gilbert is waiting for me… I can't leave him at a time like this… I can't leave an angel in hell… Unless they piss me the fuck off!' As he continued to walk through the maze he couldn't help but feel that he was being watched. There was something strange going on. He shivered a little.

There seemed to be eyes everywhere and nowhere. He knew he was just working himself up, but he didn't really care. Eventually sighed and gave up walking. He sat down and sighed. "This sucks balls… Where the fuck am I supposed to go?"

He looked up at the mirrors and frowned a little. The mirrors around him were decorated in tiny little snail shells. 'Snails? What the fuck? Don't snails represent sloth?'

He took a good look in the mirror, studying his face. He hadn't noticed it until now, but he looked rather tired. He had rather dark circles under his eyes, and his eyes were a little blood shot too. He looked so tired, so very, very tired. Just looking at himself in the mirror made him want to go to sleep.

Prussia yawned a little, thick slime slowly oozed out of his mouth in the mirrors reflection. It was creepy, and when he coughed small snails flew out of his mouth, hitting the glass. But only in the reflection. It was gross.

Shivering, Prussia continued to walk. He didn't understand the reasoning behind this place. After many twists and turns he came to a hallway with no mirrors. Frowning, He walked down the hall, doing his best to try and shake the feeling that eyes were constantly watching him, even when he wasn't surrounded by mirrors.

After a few minutes he made it to a new mirror maze, different to the snail maze. This time the mirror was lined with intricate snake patterns. It twisted in a beautiful pattern that wove around the frame. "The snake? So envy… It seems like I'm going to be going through the seven deadly sins… Makes sense I've committed all of them more than once… Then there was that one time I did all of them at once. That was one crazy party."

He sighed a little and looked at himself in the mirror. His skin shined like dazzling white scales and a small forked tongue flicked out from between his lips. 'So that means I also have to past the toad, greed, the lion, wrath, the pig, gluttony, the peacock, pride and the goat, lust… Fun times.'

He started to walk through the maze, not really caring if he was getting hopelessly lost in the process. He could always find his way out if he needed to. No one could cage him for long.

Sighing, Prussia wondered what else was going to try and jump out at him. It gave him time to think about everything and nothing. As he walked he could feel those eyes on him again. He knew it was ridiculous to think that someone was actually watching. He just couldn't shake that feeling.

It didn't take him long to find another long hallway with no mirrors in it. Sighing he walked down it, coming to another set of mirrors. This time they were decorated with silver toads. His appearance in the mirrors made his eyes more bulged and appear toad like.

More twists and turns later he came to another mirror less hallway, leading him into a maze where the mirror frames were decorated with pig snouts and hooves. Looking into the mirror, his reflection showed off what looked like some kind of disgusting pig hybrid; thick saliva and remnants of food fell from the reflections gaping mouth. The appearance made Prussia shudder a little. "I'm not a fat pig…"

He shook his head and continued his walk to the next mirror maze. The mirrors in this place were adorned with golden peacock feathers. His reflection giving off an air of arrogance as white feathers lined his silver hair, like a crown. Prussia just rolled his eyes in disgust. He didn't think of himself in such a way. He knew he was far from perfect.

The next maze consisted of mirrors decorated in animal claws and toughs of fur. His reflection looked like nothing more than a beast. Some kind of lion soaked in bloody gore. It made Prussia feel a little uneasy, but he walked past it to what he assumed would be the last maze.

This time they were decorated with goat horns and hooves. In this place his reflection looked more like a faun, like Pan from Roman mythology. Shaking his head, Prussia continued to walk. The air in this place seemed thicker and harder to breath. He felt like someone was looking at him, right over his shoulder. He couldn't brush it off as paranoia anymore. There had to be something there. He could feel it.

He shuddered a little and made his way through the maze, coming to a round room made of completely of mirrors. As soon as he stepped in there a mirrors quickly appeared behind him, blocking his escape. He was tired of this bullshit. "Whatever is out there, just fucking show yourself already!"

"What are you talking about?" Asked a voice, their voice reverberated off the mirrors, creating a strange echo. "Can't you see me? I'm right in front of you! I'm all around you!"

Prussia quickly looked around at the mirrors, they didn't reflect a thing anymore, but they did show how he looked in each maze. Prussia growled and took a fighting stance. "What the fuck do you bastards want?"

His reflection from the mirrors of pride chuckled a little. "My dear, stupid fool. We simply reflect who you are in truer forms. I am Pride, my associates as you have probably deduced are Sloth, Greed, Envy, Gluttony, Wrath and Lust."

"Still doesn't answer my question you fucker." Growled Prussia.

"A lie is deadly." Hissed Greed.

"But the truth can be twice as deadly." Purred Lust. "Can you face the truth? Face your sins?"

"Or will you scum to us?" Asked Sloth.

"Get devoured by us." Growled Gluttony.

"Ripped apart and smeared across the fucking floor, like the filth you are!" Bellowed Wrath as he hit the glass with his fist. The other sins started to laugh and taunt Prussia in their own ways.

Pride on the other hand sighed and clapped his hands. "Come now you lot, we will all get a turn to murder him. We have an order to keep."

"FUCK ORDER!" Screamed Wrath. "I WANT TO FUCKING KILL HIM ALREADY! LET ME KILL THAT BITCH!"

"PATIENCE!" Snapped Pride. "I say we let Sloth go first." With that Sloth literally fell out of the mirror and landed on the ground with a wet squelch. Slime was just oozing out of its pours and possibly every orifice on its body.

Prussia cringed at the sight. "Eeeeeeeew… Seriously, did you get hit with a truck then thrown into a swamp or something? You look like shit!"

Sloth payed no mind to Prussia's insults as it oozed its way towards him. "You're so lazy… neglecting your duties and never doing what you needed to do. Now you're going to suffer for them."

Prussia frowned a little and backed away from his lumbering opponent. "What the hell are you talking about? Okay, so I fucked up a few times but I was making up for them. Seriously, fucking get your facts right you slimy fuck!" Sloth suddenly stopped moving and melted into the floor, causing everyone to look at each other in confusion.

"What the fuck happened to Sloth?" Asked Gluttony.

Lust shrugged. "I guess he was weaker than we thought… His sloth was much less than many of his other sins so I guess it is possible for Sloth to be defeated with one simple truth."

Prussia blinked a little. "So I guess the only way get you to piss of is to say the truth?"

"Way to fucking go, Lust!" Snapped Envy. "Now he knows."

"Who gives a shit?" Asked Wrath. "So Sloth was a pussy. There's still six of us, and there's no way he can save himself from all of us. One of us has to be able to fucking kill him!"

"Wrath is right!" Said Pride. "Greed, it's your turn!"

Greed smirked and jumped out of his mirror. "Okay, let's dance, demon."

Prussia quickly drew his sword as he wracked his brain for any times he had been greedy and tried to think of a rational explanation for it. He was drawing a blank. "Shit."

He quickly jumped out of the way as Greed attempted to round house kick him in the face. "Come on! You know this one don't you?" Taunted Greed. "You know all about me too well you little shit! You know about how I feel and act! Acknowledge me!"

Prussia gulped and quickly deflected some more of Greed's more dangerous punches. He just started to spout out anything that might be linked to Greed. "I don't have that much! I've never had that much! I don't hoard things!"

Greed smirked. "So close but yet so far. You're thinking too narrow-mindedly. Looks like this fucker is going to get crushed by his own greed." Some of the other sins seemed agitated by this news. They all probably wanted to rip into Prussia and cause him misery.

Envy growled and punched the glass. "Are you kidding me? He's just a little sin! He isn't even that powerful within you, you bastard! What stems off from greed you idiot? Manipulation of authority!"

"SHUT UP ENVY!" Snapped Greed.

Prussia frowned a little as he thought about what Envy had said. "Do you mean like when I manipulated Ludwig? Guilt tripped him into taking me to Hell and coming here? I did that so I could save Gilbert. Not for money or other material gains."

Greed hissed as it doubled over in pain. "Damn it… Damn it, damn it, damn it, damn it… Fuck you Envy…" It melted into the floor.

Pride rolled his eyes as he looked over at Envy. "Why did you do that?"

"Greed doesn't deserve to kill him." Growled Envy. "We all should get a chance to dig our claws into him. Don't you agree Wrath?"

"LET ME KILL HIM ALREADY!" Screamed Wrath. He beat his fists against the glass, howling with anger. "I WANT TO KILL HIM!"

Pride rolled his eyes. "Soon, Wrath… Until then Gluttony can have his turn."

Gluttony lumbered out of his mirror, smirking at Prussia. "Filthy, disgusting demon. Stuffing your face with sweets and meats." It grunted and charged at Prussia, who quickly jumped out of the way. He felt a little like a matador, quickly side stepping the drooling demon.

'Okay… gluttony, gluttony… Crap, what truth do I know about this sin?' Wondered Prussia as he narrowly missed Gluttony once again. 'Shit. What the fuck do I know about this one?'

"Disgusting, wretched beast!" Snarled Gluttony. "Always stuffing your face with sugar!"

"That's because my angel half needed sugar." Said Prussia. "Angels need a high calorie diet to keep up with that they do. You have any idea how much energy it takes to fly? Besides, what does it matter to you? I haven't ever been a glutton." Gluttony let out a howl of pain, clutching at its arm. It seemed to be wounded, but not yet defeated.

"Bastard…" Growled Gluttony. "I'll fucking kill you…"

Prussia frowned a little. 'Shit. That should have killed him. Why didn't it work? Maybe it's like what Envy had said about Greed? Shit, what else comes from gluttony? It's all about eating way too much... So, being selfish? Ja, that seems about right…'

"RIP THAT FUCKER'S HEAD OFF!" Screamed Wrath. "FUCKING KILL HIM ALREADY!"

"Okay, I'm selfish!" Snapped Prussia. "I tricked both Ludwig and Matthew into coming to Hell with me, but they could back out at any time! I've been concerned with Matthew's safety from the beginning!"

Gluttony made a horrible whining noise as it fell to the ground, but before the creature could melt into the ground, Envy was slithering towards Prussia with a smirk on its lips. "My turn boy." It hissed.

Prussia gulped a little and slashed at the slithering behemoth. "PISS OFF!" He yelled. "WHO THE FUCK WOULD I ENVY?"

"Oh you know." Taunted Envy as it ducked and dodged Prussia's feeble swings. "You always know about these people. You envy them so much, don't you? I know you do! You're just too blind to see it!"

Prussia quickly wracked his brain for what Envy could have been talking about. He could only think of one thing. "Angels? You think I'm jealous of angels? I'm not. Angels are too perfect. They don't experience the pleasure and pain of the darkness… In the same way I don't envy demon. They don't understand pure, unconditional love. How could I envy creatures so pitiful?"

Envy whimpered a little and fell it its knees. "Bastard…" It whimpered. "I'll kill you… I'll fucking kill you… You can't beat me with your words… You still speak… speak in lies and false tongues… You… you don't know the truth…"

Prussia thought for a moment. "… I guess if I had to envy anyone, I would envy humans. They are able to do good and evil… But I pity them too. Who couldn't pity something so confused and scared? Something that cries like an infant, throwing random fits of rage for no reason and sleeping like a stone when subdued… Humanity is a mob. I do not envy them." Envy hissed and melted into the floor. Four down, three to go.

Wrath growled and continued to beat his fists against the glass that separated him from Prussia. "LET ME KILL HIM! LET ME KILL HIM ALREADY!"

"Poor baby." Cooed Lust. "He's knocking us all back like flies and Wrath thinks he can kill him just like that."

"I KNOW I CAN KILL HIM!"

"You two are so naive." Said Pride as he stepped out of his mirror. "If anyone is going to kill him, it will be me. His pride is too much for his own inflated ego."

The albino demon glared at Pride. He was too full of himself. 'Okay… What do I know about pride?' He thought to himself quickly. 'Pride is considered the original and most serious sin because Lucifer committed it first; therefore he fell from grace… Pride is love of self-perverted to hatred and contempt for one's neighbour… Fuck, fuck, fuck. What do I do? What truth do I have to say?'

Prussia quickly deflected the rapped punches and kicks that came from Pride. He had to think of something, anything to vanquish this sin from his sight. "Damn it, um… Fuck what do you want me to say damn it!"

Pride chuckled to himself. "You really are stuck aren't you? Why don't you just run your mouth like you have for everyone else and see what bullshit you can fish out of your mind?" That might work!"

That was a good an idea as any, so Prussia just started to spout out nonsense. "Okay, so ja, I am egotistical bastard. I push people around, but only so I can do what I need to do." It didn't seem to have any effect on the sin. "Um… I do acknowledge the accomplishments of others! Heck even when Matthew shot me I didn't make that much of a deal!"

Pride just giggled and swiped at Prussia, only just missing the demon's throat. "True, but it's not good enough."

Prussia quickly jumped back. "Shit… What the hell do you want? Do you want me to say that I'm just a bastard that just pushes people away? Because… It's true… I just act that way, becoming arrogant to keep people from trying to get close to me… I'm… I'm afraid of people finding out who I really am… Because I'm a monster…"

That truth had a dramatic effect on Pride. It screamed and clutched its sides in agony before bleeding into the floor. With this sin gone, only Wrath and Lust were left. Wrath was glaring down at Lust. "I'm fucking done waiting!"

Lust smiled and nodded. "But of course. I wouldn't think of depriving you for a moment longer… Pride was too arrogant. Not a surprise."

Wrath rolled his eyes and came crashing out of the mirror, finally free from his glass cage and free to commit violence. It smirked at Prussia, showing off his gnarly teeth. "I'm going to rip your fucking head off!"

Prussia gulped a little. He was genuinely worried about this one. He knew for a fact how dangerous and uncontrollable his rage could be. It could rip people to shreds without a second thought. Above all else, his wrath would definitely something that could kill him within an instant when provoked, which at the moment it was.

The sin rushed forwards towards Prussia at an unnatural speed, even for a demon. Before Prussia could deflect any physical attack, Wrath punched the demon in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. He fell to the ground, gasping and panting. "Shit… Fucking shit…"

Wrath chuckled darkly and kicked Prussia to the ground. "Weak. Fucking weak little shit. You'll never beat someone like me… You know why? The only truth behind your rage is that you like it, and that's not going to get rid of me!"

Prussia coughed and wheezed a little, a little blood trickling out of his mouth. "Not true… I hate you… I hate you so much because I can't control you…" He slowly sat up, looking up at Wrath. "I always felt regret after what I did to those who never deserved it… Wrath… I… I HATE YOU AND THAT'S THE FUCKING TRUTH!"

The albino demon jumped up, grabbing the sin by the throat and started to choke him. Wrath gasped in surprise and started to claw at Prussia's arms. "L-LET GO!"

"NEVER!" Screamed Prussia. "I HATE YOU! I HATE YOU I FUCKING HATE YOU! BECAUSE OF YOUR INFLUENCE I HAVE KILLED SO MANY PEOPLE! BECAUSE OF YOU I HAVE BECOME A MONSTER! A FUCKING MONSTER! I KILLED THEM! I FUCKING KILLED THEM ALL… Because of you… I killed them… I killed them all… I don't… I don't want to remember that… Not again…"

Wrath writhed and shook, before disappearing into the floor, leaving Prussia a shaking and slightly tearful mess. '… I can't… I can't remember… those I killed… Both directly and… and indirectly… All of them… Forgive me…'

"Poor baby." Cooed Lust. "Crying over some little itty-bitty deaths… So silly."

"You can shut the fuck up!" Snapped Prussia. "You can shut the fuck up and go to Hell… You know what I mean…"

Lust giggled and pressed its hands against the glass. "Yeah, I know what you mean… I know you all too well… Much better than the others… So I'm going to tell you what truth you need to figure out to stop me." The sin purred and gestured for Prussia to approach him. "Why you act like such a whore?"

Prussia scoffed and rolled his eyes. "You already know the answer to that. Why bother asking?"

Lust shook his head and wagged his finger at him. "Nope, not going to happen. You have to figure it out for yourself." It raised its fist and slammed it against the glass cracking it slightly. "Come on Prussia… Why do you act like a whore? WHY?! ANSWER ME!"

Prussia jumped back slightly and gulped. Lust seemed to be more agitated than the others now. Even Wrath didn't seem this worked up and he wanted to murder him in cold blood. "I do what I do because I have to!"

"LIES!" Screamed his reflection. He punched the glass again, knocking some of the glass out. "WHY?! WHY?! COME ON PRUSSIA! ARE YOU REALLY THAT STUPID?! ARE YOU REALLY THAT THICK?! YOU ARE PATHETIC! YOU HEAR ME?! PATHETIC!"

Prussia growled a little. He thought what he said was the truth. He had always done those things to survive. It was the only way he knew how. "Fuck you. I did tell the truth!"

"LIES!" Screamed his reflection. It punched the glass again and smashed through the glass. His reflection jumped out of the mirror and grinned. "It doesn't matter if you can't face the truth, it'll come out eventually… Unless you die first. More than likely too. I doubt you will find the truth…"

Prussia gulped but took a fighting stance. "Bring it bitch." He hissed.

His reflection smirked and lunged at him. His claws sank deep into his arm. Prussia growled and quickly threw off the reflection and quickly looked down at his arm. The cuts were deep and a strange purple liquid. His head started to spin a little and he felt heat starting to pool around his hips.

"What the fuck is this?"

Lust laughed and licked Prussia's blood off his fingers. "Idiot. We're all demons here… We all have specialized attacks, mine is venom produced in my fingers and teeth. The more I scratch and bite you the more you get dragged back to your sin."

"I see…" Growled Prussia. "So the more you attack me the more I'll succumb to my lust?"

"You got it." Said Lust with a grin. He chuckled a little. "And there's no one in here to help you out with your growing erection, except maybe me… What do you say? You're horny and I'm the personification of your lust. We can help each other out."

Prussia thought about this for a moment, he was tired of this. He didn't want to feel the depression that was starting to weigh in his heart anymore. "I guess I am a slave to my lust…" He approached Lust with a smile on his face. "Lust has always been the thing that I've given into every time it has arisen…"

Lust grinned and nodded in agreement. "Ja… you have. Come on, let's have sex right now."

Prussia grinned and pushed Lust to the floor and pinned its hands to the side. "Sex… you know what? The idea isn't entirely appealing to me at the moment." He dug his nails into the wrists of Lust and quickly twisted, breaking its wrists, causing it to scream in shock and pain. "I'd rather rip your fucking hands off and feed them to you, you miserable piece of shit!"

Lust screamed and writhed under Prussia, trying to desperately free itself or at least scratch the albino that had him pinned. Prussia just laughed as he twisted Lust's hands right off its writs. With Lust's hands tossed to the side, Prussia raised his fist and proceeded to repeatedly punch the sin in the face, specifically around the jaw until it was nothing more than a caved in, bloody pulp.

He smirked at the bleeding demon and chuckled a little. "I do it because I'm a selfish bastard that fucking hates his life and wants to feel something other than burning hate… Sure I'm a whore, some even call me a slut but it's better than being a hatful monster all the time! Besides… I've lived twice the life span of a normal demon. Sex is the only thing that makes me forget about all the horrible things I've done…"

Suddenly his reflection vanished from under him and the mirrors disintegrated. He was no longer in the mirror room, but a simple narrow hallway. He frowned and quickly exited the room.

Out of that room, he was met with the sight of his brother and Matthew. "Thank fuck, I thought you two got killed."

"Natalia's not as strong as she thinks she is." Said Ludwig.

"Are you okay?" Asked Matthew. "You look a little shaken up."

Prussia shrugged a little. "It's nothing… Hey, am I bleeding?"

Ludwig shook his head. "Nein."

"Why would you be bleeding?" Asked Matthew.

He could have worried them and told them about what had happened. What he had seen. What he had been through. He decided against it. It would have been unproductive. He just decided to swallow any unease he had felt before and just grin. "No reason, just though a guard clipped me back there. Shall we get going?"

Ludwig nodded. "Ja… Can you still locate Gilbert?"

Prussia sniffed the air a little, easily picking up the scent. "Ja… He's close." The trio started to walk down the hall, finally getting closer to saving Gilbert.

TBC

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