"What exactly are we doing here?" Estonia asked as they approached the border of Switzerland.
"Following Russia's orders," Lithuania responded flatly.
"How much longer do we wait?" Latvia whined. "Maybe Russia was wrong. Maybe America isn't coming here today. Maybe he doesn't care what the future holds!" It was obvious that Latvia was weirdly restless and very nervous.
Estonia shrugged. "I suppose we'll wait as long as we have to."
"That seems a little dumb," Lithuania commented. "We aren't under his rule anymore! We don't have to follow his orders! We could've just ignored what he said yesterday and stayed home!"
"And have him come looking for us?" Latvia was trembling violently. "No way! I'd like to be able to sleep with both of my eyes closed, thank-you very much!"
"You can't stay frightened of him forever!" Lithuania argued as Russia walked over to them.
"I admire your efforts," Russia laughed, "but Latvia will remain my little friend for a long time. Now come here, all of you, you need to listen to the plan. Take close notes, because we don't have time for me to repeat myself."
They huddled together and Russia filled them in on everything he had come up with as quickly as he could. Estonia and Latvia seemed to accept the plan without question but Lithuania jumped back from the huddle, obviously repulsed by whatever it was that Russia came up with.
"We can't do that to America!" he yelled at him. "He's terrified of ghosts! We'll only end up scarring him. He wouldn't even be able to pay attention to what those apparitions were doing or saying! He'd be too busy running for his life."
Russia laughed. "That's exactly why we are doing it, Lithuania. I hear that America is becoming quite comfortable with ghosts these days. It won't be a problem for him."
"How is that even possible?" Estonia asked.
"I have my ways, don't you worry. It'll work perfectly." Russia left, leaving the Baltics to their own personal worries. It wasn't much longer until America showed up.
"Yo! Psychotic dudes! What are you doing here?"
"Trust me," Estonia sneered. "I asked myself that same question."
"Cool, look, I don't know how you guys do what you do, but I'm here for more fortunes. I need know what's going to happen next. I need to know if someone is planning against me and how I'm going to die. I have to know if I need to be prepared for a war. All sorts of junk like that. So what do you say? Can you tell me?"
"Are you sure, America?" Lithuania asked. "Wouldn't you rather know something more fun like the winner of the World Series? The FA Cup, maybe? How about the winning lottery numbers?"
Latvia stomped on Lithuania's foot. "No, no, no! We'll tell you what you want to know! That's exactly that we have orders to do."
"He didn't necessarily order us," Estonia responded, thinking that Latvia meant America.
"I'm with the short guy. I just need to know the stuff I said about fifteen seconds ago. Thanks bunches, 'kay?"
Lithuania hung his head. "Fine. Close your eyes."
America did as he was told, not opening his eyes until he heard, "America! America!" He was staring into the face of a young girl dressed in full body armor.
He jumped back, shaking slightly. "No fair," his voice trembled. "You didn't say anything about ghosts!"
"America!" the girl insisted. "Beware of Hungary. You have to be careful around her! Beware!"
"Okay!" America yelled, backing away and waving his arms widely in front of him. "Okay! Just go! Please!"
The girl disappeared, and Estonia took a step forward, a shocked look on his face as he waved his arms around the place where the girl had stood. There didn't seem to be any wires. "The next one will be stronger," he muttered to America.
Lithuania bit his lip; he felt bad for America and didn't really want to see him go through that again.
"Close your eyes," Latvia ordered America. When he did, the same thing occurred.
"America! America!" Two children were tugging at his pants. One was a boy and the other a girl. America jumped back, swatting his hands at the children in fear. "You're so brave and heroic, America!" they continued. "No one will ever beat you!" The two children grabbed each other's hands and danced together in a small circle. "Except for the one who was confused when it came to knowing the difference between boys and girls." The two continued dancing and the girl's giggles rang through the air as the slowly disappeared.
America laughed loudly, feeling a little relieved now that they were gone. "That's so stupid! Who doesn't know the difference between boys and girls? Safe to say that I'm going to live forever!" His smile was so big as he stood there with his hands on his hips. He kind of looked like a blond Superman. "Thanks guys, bye!"
"There's one more!" Latvia said quickly, not wanting America to leave prematurely.
"Dude, how can this possibly get any better? And I really don't need to see another ghost."
"Just close your eyes!" Estonia yelled.
"Dude! Fine, okay!" America closed his eyes, only to open them a few minutes later to find a young girl, dressed as the Statue of Liberty, frowning just a few inches from his face. He screamed loudly and fell backwards.
"Be brave! Be proud! You'll never be defeated! Don't worry about the people who are jealous of you or the people who hate and resent you! No one will defeat you until Lady Liberty begins to laugh!" The girl vanished, leaving America in another fit of laughter.
"Dude! That will never happen! The Statue of Liberty is a statue and as cool as it would be for her to come alive, the chances are like zero. I'm going to be King forever! But what about the thing you said about Sealand ruling?"
The Baltics looked at each other in confusion. When did they say that Sealand was going to become ruler?
"Nope!" Latvia said, laughing nervously. "Story time over! We can't tell you any more! We're like genies! You only get three wishes!"
"What? Dude! That's so lame! I must..."
Suddenly the air was full of ghosts. Ghosts were flying past America, laughing at him and mocking him. Every now and again one that looked like England would circle him and glare. America stood as long as he could, but eventually his bravado failed him and he ran way screaming.