Okay, promise some actual adventuring-ish this chapter, so without further ado let us begin!
America put his hands up in a sort of surrender position. "Let me get this straight. Your dimension is magical but it's falling apart, so you need our help."
Kaia nodded enthusiastically. "Yup! That's about it."
Russia hefted his pipe from hand to hand. "Then let us start, da?" Canada only trembled and nodded along with him.
England was...
"England?" America looked around. "Huh. Woulda sworn he was right here just a minute ago..." England reappeared holding his spellbook and wand.
Glynnis only raised an eyebrow. "Are we all ready?" Four rapid nods followed her words. Kaia sighed. "Going back home, eh? Who would have thought..." Her sister muttered something under her breath and watched as a large crevice opened in the floor. It sucked everything towards it, throwing up a whirlwind of papers and casting things about the room, creating an enormous racket.
"Now! Before it starts swallowing anything more-" She stepped towards it and seemed to be wading into a small multicolored pool. As she raised her hand a bit, ribbons of it clung to her skin. Finally submerged in the pit, she was gone.
Kaia shoved them towards it, finally pushing England so he tripped and landed face first in the chasm.
It felt a bit like wading in gelatin. He raised a hand, feeling an invisible wind whip his hair up and the liquid surrounding him coloring everything rainbow. Something floated off in the distance, little shadows shifting around him, and as they descended he felt it grow darker and colder. Inky midnight skies swirled around them, and he felt something flutter against his face. Looking around, he saw a pair of glittering hazel eyes watching him intently. Winking, they disappeared.
They crashed quite painfully into the ground, looking around to see a deserted theater and several glowing points in the sky and bits of darkness floating about. Large mountains rose and fell in the distance like rolling waves.
"Where...are we?" Canada asked timidly.
Glynnis nodded absentmindedly, "Doesn't really have a name, but it's a common place to appear when you get catapulted from one end of the dimension to the other. Or between, I suppose." She thought for a moment and walked up to the curtained stage, beginning to wind up a large winch that hung on the side of the wooden frame holding the old red velvet curtains.
A cheerful tune began to play, much like a tinny music box recording of a piano, and the curtains swung open noisily with a swoosh. A comical puppet danced across the stage, through the set of colorful trees, skipping gaily and humming something. Behind him lurked a ferocious looking bear. As it approached, the piano swept down into low scales racing up and down. It approached, and the set slid by, turning into dark forest. The puppet raced faster and faster, looking back every now and then.
Four low chords were struck and they disappeared into the foliage. At least three people held their breaths.
Four beats of silence.
The puppet emerged once more, and the forest cleared. Glittereing lights hung from the trees, casting artificial sunlight across the stage. He continued to skip along, until the song ended.
Kaia smiled as the man stepped off the stage. He spoke in a high pitched voice. "I'm glad you played the song slowly, because otherwise I wouldn't have as much time, because I only have as much as I performed before I go back. I assume you'd like to know where?"
"Yes," she said impatiently. "Should we go back...there?"
He nodded. "That's the weakest spot, I guess." Face suddenly contorted, he opened his mouth to say something else but disappeared.
They turned to face each other. "Guess we're going home," Kaia said.
Glynnis scowled. "Though not in a good way."
My brain, like, died in the middle of writing this and my muse went on vacation -_-;; so yeah, this chapter is really shitty.