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Chapter 13
"Matthew, are you standing with him instead of your Queen?" the Queen asked shocked when Canada stepped in to save England's life.
"I'm sorry if you feel that way, but England is a friend of mine. And I would like my friends to leave your land in one piece. Even if they insult you," Canada answered, sounding much more in control than he felt.
The Queen gave him a dirty look for this, only to dryly reply, "They are not you friends anymore. From now on the only friend you will have is me."
America made a long whistling sound at this only to then respond, "Jealous much? See bro, told you she was too crazy to be with you."
"Guards, get them out of my sight and into the dungeon, now!" the Queen snapped, causing the guards to roughly grab France, Germany, England, America, and Norway and lead them to the dungeon. Canada watched them leave with a blank look, only to then hear the Queen harrumph and leave for her chambers.
Seeing that he was completely forgotten, Prussia asked, "Hey, what about the awesome me?"
"The Queen has given permission for you to stay here as a permanent guest, so do whatever you wish. Personally, though, I would use your freedom to try getting the others out of the dungeon. I've never been in a fairy one before, but I can't imagine it being more pleasant than one in your world," Canada answered.
"Don't you mean 'our world'?" Prussia asked.
Canada shrugged at this and responded, "I'm a fae creature now, so I'm not sure if I can rightly call that my world anymore. Now if you'd excuse me, I think I have a very angry and powerful woman to deal with."
The dungeon was dark, and seemed like the kind of place one would only find now in a mid evil-based movie. Same bleak walls, same pile of straw to either sleep or urinate on, same hope-filled crack of a window just high enough to keep out of reach, and same chains keeping the prisoners from acting up.
"Well, isn't this nice. And here when I joined this adventure I thought it would be fun, not in this kind of setting," France complained as he carefully leaned against a wall.
"So how long are we supposed to stay in here?" America asked. If it was for too long a time, then he was bound to grow bored. And if what they kept saying about differences in time was true, then what would the world be like when they were freed?
"Who knows? Maybe if we're lucky she'll simply send someone to execute us and we can escape," Norway commented.
"And how is that supposed to make us feel better?" France asked as he rubbed the front of his neck as he subconscious wondered how they would be executed.
"I doubt she would out right kill us, or at least most of us. Odds are we will be later separated and sold into slavery," England answered dryly.
"Oh ya, because that just sounds so much nicer. What the hell are we supposed to do now, just wait for something to happen?" America asked angrily as he stormed to the old, wooden door and began kicking it with all of his strength. The door held, however, but the noise did call a guard over to yell at them to stay quiet.
The nations fell quiet for some time after this, only to eventually be broken when Germany muttered, "At least Prussia isn't in here. Maybe he can figure out a way to help us."
"And why would that selfish bastard help us. So far all he's done is help himself!" America snapped back. the other nations continued to talk, ending with England and France fighting due to a comment.
Little did they know that Prussia had sneaked down into the dungeon to save them. Being seen as a permanently honored guest in the castle gave Prussia some lei-way with the guards, and it was fairly easy for him to get down to the door quietly. He was thinking of how he should enter the room awesomely, only to pause when he heard America's opinion. He frowned at the idea that no one was arguing the idea over with America, making Prussia feel both annoyed and hurt.
Deciding to follow his upset feelings, Prussia postponed his idea and silently left the dungeon the way he came; leaving the nations none the wiser. If his fellow nations were not going to except his help, then he would see what he could do about Canada and his sudden relationship with the deal-twisting Queen.
As Prussia walked past the guard's hall, one guard became curious as to what the nation wanted with the prisoners. Following this curiosity, the guard walked down to the cell. The nations were being rather noisy, and when he looked through a window he noticed that England seemed to be trying to strangle France with his handcuffs. Not liking this, the guard called at them to stop, and when England ignored the request he unlocked the door.
In honesty, the nations were not minding the door, nor did they even hear the guard over the squabbling noises of France and England. But when the lock clicked open and light fell into the cell, they all looked at the guard.
Norway noticed this first, and upon seeing that the guard was alone shot a blast of magic at the creature. Surprised by the sudden attack, the guard tried to deflect it only to end up falling backwards. Germany, who noticed the visitor second, sprung on the creature and kept him pinned to the wall as the others realized that the cell was now wide open. He covered the guard's mouth in case he tried to yell for aid.
Upon realizing all of this, America told Germany to move out of the way, only for America to then knock the guard unconscious. Once unconscious, the group quickly and quietly freed themselves from the chains, left the cell with the guard still in it, locked the door, and made their way back to the grand hall before anyone else was the wiser.
The only question left for them to consider at that point was: now what?
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