*WARNING*

I DO NOT OWN HETALIA

It was a lovely sunny day in the forests of Sweden where 5 people were hiking. You would think that a hike in the forest would be quiet and peaceful, but not with these 5.

Matthias, who insisted on being the leader, was trying to lead them but he had absolutely no idea where he was going. They all knew that Lukas was actually leading them, (even Matthias) but they still let the Dane have his title anyway.

Tino and Berwald were quietly holding hands and taking in the scenery, except for when Berwald felt a massive urge to punch Matthias for being stupid and Tino had to stop them. Other than that, they were acting like rational human beings.

Emil wasn't paying attention to any of them, actually. He wasn't even looking at the beautiful nature that was around them. He was busy texting his boyfriend, Leon, on his phone since he'd really rather not be here. The only reason he came was because Lukas said he'd take away all of Emil's liquorice if he didn't, actually. Occasionally, he'd let out a sarcastic comment, but other than that he didn't care about this at all.

"HEY! Guys, look at that!" Matthias blurted out randomly, pointing to the horizon. Everyone looked to where he was pointing (except Emil).

"What are you pointing at? There's nothing there." Lukas said, crossing his arms and squinting.

"Maybe you thought you saw something?" Tino suggested. Matthias shook his head.

"No! I saw something, come on!" He said excitedly, grabbing Lukas and Tino's hands and running off in the direction of where he was pointing. Tino, who was still holding onto Berwald, ended up dragging the Swede along while Lukas subconsciously held onto Emil and hauled him along as well.

After a while of running, Matthias stopped abruptly. They all almost fell into the giant hole in front of them if it wasn't for Matthias holding onto them.

"Look! I told ya I saw something!" Matthias exclaimed cheerfully. Berwald leaned closer to get a better look, even though it was literally just a black pit.

"Woah.. How did you even see this from all the way over there?" Tino asked. Matthias shrugged.

"Dunno. Plot conveniences?"

Lukas read the sign right next to the hole, and raised an eyebrow. "According to this sign, it's a bottomless pit. That's physically impossible."

"Why don't we test it out, then?" Tino said. "Like, let's throw something in and wait to see how long it takes for it to hit the bottom!"

"Good idea," Berwald said with an approving nod. "But what should we throw?"

Matthias was about to grab a rock off the ground or something, but Lukas beat him to it. He grabbed Emil's phone and threw it into the pit without a second thought.

"What the- Lukas! What was that for?!" Emil asked angrily, but was shushed by Lukas putting his finger over Emil's lips.

"Be quiet."

They all waited for at least a minute, but they never heard the phone hit the ground.

"Weird.." Tino mumbled. Emil was still sulking in the background.

"Huh. It must be bottomless, then! Time to throw away a bunch of embarrassing and old stuff that I carry around for this very reason!" Matthias chirped, getting some old letters and papers out of his coat. Lukas rolled his eyes.

"I highly doubt it's bottomless. But still, I need to get rid of some stuff, too." He said, looking through his coat as well.

"Yeah, like my phone!" Emil said angrily. Lukas ignored him.

"Hmm.. I think I have some things, too. What about you, Ber?" Tino asked curiously. Berwald nodded and looked through his bag, Tino doing the same.

"Why the heck do you guys have so much embarrassing things? Just like, don't be embarrassing." Emil said, leaning on a tree and crossing his arms.

"When you get as old as us, you do a lot of things you'd rather the world not see," Lukas said, throwing a bunch of photos into the pit.

"You're six years older than me!"

"Exactly."

"This pit is actually really useful!" Tino exclaimed happily, throwing some letters away.

"Yep! I've been looking for a place to get rid of this!~" Matthias said, throwing an axe into the pit. Everyone stared at him.

"..What?"

Suddenly, Berwald was about to throw something in, but he slipped on some mud and fell in the pit. Tino tried to grab his hand, but he fell in too. Emil, who was the closet to Tino, tried to grab him but he slipped and fell in too. Lukas' big brother instincts kicked in and he tried to save Emil, but he fell in too. Matthias, not wanting to be alone and also wanting to save his friends, dived in after them like an idiot.

"What's going on?!" Tino asked frantically, flailing his arms around. He eventually found Berwald, and they both pulled themselves closer to each other.

"We fell in. We're dead, hooray. So wonderfully dead," Emil said sarcastically, bracing himself for impact. They went silent for a second, waiting for the ground, but it never came.

"Wait, what? Shouldn't we be pancakes now?" Matthias asked.

"Just wait. We'll hit the ground soon, just watch," Lukas said. They all went silent again, bracing for impact, but it never happened.

"..I guess we live here now," Berwald said with a shrug.

"So.. what do we do? You know, now that we're stuck," Tino asked. Matthias shrugged and rummaged through his bag until he found a flashlight.

"I guess this'll work for light," He said, turning it on.

They kinda just fell in silence, since they didn't know what to do. After a while, Emil brust into a grin and spoke.

"Look! My phone!" He said, reaching out to grab it and going right back to texting. After taking a quick look around, everyone could see everything they threw in the pit.

"Oh, great! My axe! I was kinda regretting throwing you in here!" Matthias said, reaching out towards his axe and hugging it. Everyone stared at him again.

"Really, what am I doing wrong here?" Lukas rolled his eyes.

"Nevermind. What do we do now?"

"We could tell stories," Berwald suggested, quickly stashing some embarrassing photos back in his bag. Tino clapped his hands together happily.

"That works! Who wants to go first?" Nobody said anything. Tino cleared his throat.

"..Okay, then.. I'll go," He said, and grabbed the flashlight from Matthias to begin.

So this was originally supposed to be a one-shot, but I realized it was gonna be pretty long so I'm splitting it up into 7 different chapters, 2 for the beginning and end and 5 for the 5 stories.

The whole bottomless pit and telling stories thing was borrowed from that episode of Gravity Falls, so if this sounds similar that's why!

Because I'm totally original, I'm gonna use fairytales from each country! They're actually really fun to read, I'll leave a link to the one I referenced in the author's note at the end.

The next chapter's coming out tomorrow because I already wrote it uwu