Arthur lay hopeless on the cold floor, completely immobile. His friend had been taken away a couple of hours earlier, and just a little while ago he had an outburst that had gotten him nowhere. It had merely made his wrists and ankles even sorer as the metal grinded against his skin while he attempted to break the chains or slip out of them. However, he had failed and his groans only got the new guards outside his door angry.

His elbow hurt even more, and he lamented the fact that he could do absolutely nothing to save America. What a perfect damsel in distress he was. Now the hero was captured, and unless he thought of something, the world would be in turmoil very soon.

England knew that tears weren't going to help, but the situation was just so discouraging, especially since the others couldn't even escape Wren's grasp. Just as the water was starting to leave the corners of his eyes, the country heard something. It was the flapping of individual pairs of frail wings, and voices that didn't belong to the guards. He craned his neck to see if he could find whatever was making those noises. They seemed so familiar, but he didn't think he'd ever hear their sounds again since he had been kidnapped.

His first suspicions were correct, as two fairies poked their heads out from between the bars of the door.

"Arthur! We were looking for you!" one of them squeaked. She was pink, and the other one was yellow. "We looked all over the countryside for days." She gasped as she saw the condition her friend was in. "Oh, no! Are you alright?"

England's eyes finally had a glimmer of hope in them as he watched his fairy friends fly closer to him. "Can you help me out of these? Or at least help me do something! This is really serious."

"Maybe we should heal him first," the yellow one cut in. "And get the other creatures to help too! I think if we can get the wizard to come over, he could make these chains disappear right away with a magic spell! And then maybe the unicorn could carry you…"

"That'd be lovely," Arthur heaved a deep, relaxed breath. "After this, I hope Alfred never makes fun of you guys again."

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America woke up slowly to Wren's face hovering right above his body. He yelled in shock as soon as he was able and tried to get away, but realized that he was in chains, and so he couldn't get far. He went up against the wall he was chained to, which was the farthest he could get away from the leader, and, looking around, he noticed that he was in a room identical to Arthur's. It was probably the one with the U.S. flag outside of it.

"You're so rambunctious, Alfred!" Wren exclaimed, in his seemingly always mocking voice. He reached out with his arms and attempted to cup America's chin in his hands. The nation swatted his hands away viciously, the metal smacking against his wrists and also hurting Wren's fingers.

The human shrank back, almost hissing as he did so. He rubbed the little joints that were hurt and glared at Alfred.

"I was wrong; you're much weaker than you look," America commented venomously.

"You won't be gloating for long." Wren went through another monologue explaining his plan to the country. He really seemed to like doing this, especially since his silvery eyes lit up and glinted whenever he did.

Once he had finished, Alfred was silent for a few moments. Finally, he burst out laughing. "What an idiotic plan. It'll never work. Besides, what's your beef with me? Russia has the most nuclear weapons, doesn't he?"

"It will work!" Wren huffed. "And he may have the most weapons, but he'd probably be one of the hardest countries to force to do my bidding. Besides, I have a score to settle with you."

"What did I ever do to you?" America knew that he had made plenty of rash decisions in the past, but this person wasn't a country, so what was his personal problem with him?

"You don't even remember me!?" Wren shouted angrily. "I can't believe you!!"

"You're just a human!" America yelled back.

"No, I'm not. Well, now I am, thanks to you," the Black Rose Leader sighed.

"Wait. So are you the Confederacy or something? I thought we joined together again –" Alfred was completely clueless.

"I'm not the fucking Confederacy!!" Wren cried out. "You know what? I'm going to let you sit here and think about who I am. I'm going to come back after a while and see if you've remembered. Think real hard, Alfred. I'm sure that's a challenge for you." He stormed out.

America tried to think back throughout his history, but no event stuck out. What was he talking about, and what was he supposed to be? How could he be grown up if he wasn't a flourishing country? No, that's right, Alfred remembered, he wasn't a country. Not anymore, according to him. The strangest question of the bunch soon made his way to the front of his mind: how had he become completely human?

-

Canada slowly walked about the dungeon where the others countries were kept. He had heard Wren muttering something about how he was missing a country but couldn't place which one it was a little while ago when he left a room and went back upstairs. Matthew went over to that room and saw the U.S. flag beside it. Smiling, he looked through the bars and saw Alfred, deep in thought, but stuck in chains.

Since the guards couldn't see him, he was able to get into the cell without anyone noticing, unfortunately not even America.

"Alfred! I'm so glad that you're okay!"

"W…Who the hell are you?"

"I'm Canada!! If you can't remember me, then I won't help you get out," the forgettable nation huffed.

"Oh, Mattie! I'm so happy you came," Alfred replied, smiling in a way that made Canada forgive him immediately (no one could resist it). "How did you get here?"

"I was really suspicious of Wren, so I stayed behind everyone. It's not like they even knew I was there, but…I saw the others get locked up in a cage when they entered a room!"

"That's terrible," America commented. After thinking for a bit longer, he said, grinning, "We've got to save them! You're very helpful with your invisibility, you know, Mattie."

Canada beamed back at his brother. "Yeah, I guess. Now, let's get you free."

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A/N: I've had such a happy day today since it's my birthday! ^_^ Yay! I also decided to finish this chapter but I think it's really bad, haha. Sorry. :( I couldn't wait to put it up.

I was thinking about what to make Wren (since he knows all their secrets and stuff) and I had an idea. I won't spill it here but I hope it ends up making sense. I don't have much creativity left for this story but I really want to finish it so I don't disappoint those who are following it. :)