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Chapter nine

"Do you know how far away this Queen is?" Germany asked after several minutes of silent walking and observing. Night had come suddenly in the fairy realm, and the area was even more astounding at that time. Dark shades thickly hung over the surrounding area, with thousands of shimmering stars above. On occasion, it would appear that a star would fall or fly down to them, only for the group to realize that it was simply a little, curious fae in a shimmering outfit and wings. It was a very peaceful area, but the quietness continued at such a presence that the group could not help but feel concerned.

Looking back towards Germany, England was about to answer only for Canada to call out, "Get off the road, now!"

Surprised by the command, the group rushed to the side of the road behind several bushes. There they looked to the direction they were walking to see a light coming towards them followed by hoof beats. Within a minute, four creatures well armed and riding unicorns stopped in front of their bushes. On the strangers outfits was the Queen's emblem; marking them as her guards.

"I thought I saw someone here," the first and smallest called out to the others.

"Then obviously your eyes are deceiving you. Come, let us hurry to the village where they must still be waiting," the second and tallest replied.

"Wait," the third and eldest-looking commanded before he got off his steed. Once off, he walked up to the bushes and peered into them intensely. After a moment of this, he walked to the other side of the road, turned back to the bushes, and summoned a strong wind to blow the bushes away; revealing the nations.

Upon seeing the nations, the guards drew their weapons and the fourth commanded, "Outsiders, you are to give us the lost one now and return to the above world. By order of the Queen!"

"And if we refuse?" America asked as the nations got up and readied themselves to fight. In answer the guards pointed their weapons at them and began to attack. The nations held nothing back as they fought the guards, but even so neither side would back down.

Soon the guards forced a wedge into the group of nations, cutting Prussia and Canada away from the others. Until that point, Prussia had fought as valiantly with the guards as anyone would expect from the old knight, but once they were cut off and the third guard gave Prussia a look this stopped. Feigning an attack to his foot, Prussia fell to the floor , rolled to his side, and squeezed his eyes shut.

"No! Prussia!" Canada called out as he rushed over to Prussia's side. As he reached Prussia, however, two of the guards grabbed hold of Canada while the other two kept back the other nations. Not wanting to go with the guards, Canada struggled desperately for freedom only to end with one of the guards knocking him out. Seeing that they could not hold the nations off anymore, the four guards got back onto their steeds with Canada and rode back to the castle as fast as they could.

"Well, I must admit I was not expecting a blunt attack like that," Norway commented as he sat down to rest and inspect a wound on his arm.

"And now they have Canada…what do we do now?" France asked dismayed. He knew that they were headed to a castle most likely filled with guards. And if they could just hold their own again four than how would they fair against countless?

"Bruder, are you alright?" Germany asked as he helped Prussia off the ground.

"Ya…ya, they just caught me by surprise," Prussia answered. Several of the others gave him unsure looks, only for England to ask, "What happened over there?"

"Nothing. Look, even my awesome can have a bad day and that's not the thing we should be focusing on right now," Prussia answered defensively.

"Prussia's right, we need to go to that castle and save Canada!" America answered filled with determination.

"And how do we do that?" Germany asked.

Silence was his answer for several moments as the nations thought. At last England answered, "Well, I suppose if we can't think of anything here than perhaps we'll have better luck once we see what we're up against."

Thinking this was as good an idea as any, the group began to set out again, but Prussia stayed far in the back. After noticing this, France turned back and asked if he was alright.

"Ya, just thinking. How do we know that it's good for us to take him back? I mean, what if we go through all of the effort to get him back and find that he's happy here? We don't even know what she wants from him, do we?" Prussia asked.

"We have to save him cause he's one of us," America answered with a smile.

"And we do have an idea why she would want him, but it would seem so outrageous to you guys that England and I simply decided not to talk about it," Norway continued.

"And if we do get done with all of this only to find out he wishes to stay, then I'll drag him out by the ear and think of something else. Besides, we still have silver, so if things do get more difficult we can always use that," England ended.

"Question, why didn't you use your silver stuff against those guards then?" Germany asked.

"Because I only have one chance with the chain, and if I used it against those guards then what would I use to bind the Queen?" England answered dryly. Buying this, the group continued on with Prussia still deep in thought in the back.

Seeing this, Germany slowed down a bit to walk with him and commented, "I know you and Canada are friends, but if you want to you can always go back to the other world."

Prussia stared at Germany shocked, only to sigh as Germany continued, "After all, if that guard injured you than more fighting might be bad for you."

Prussia laughed slightly at that and answered, "And if I ran off because of a little injury while the rest of you guys-also with injuries- stayed, how would I be able to face you guys later. That just sounds way too unawesome for me. No, I'm either leaving with all of you or staying with all of you. Now let's catch up before they leave us in the dust."

With this said, Prussia sped up and began talking with France; pretending that nothing was on his mind.

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