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Really sorry for the delay…

Chapter 15

"Did you discover anything interesting?" Norway asked as he noticed Germany enter their hiding place.

"I ran into Prussia," Germany answered as he watched the other nations look at him. Germany was sent out to look around; deciding that he was not impulsive enough to cause too much trouble by himself, like America and France, nor was he as easily identifiable, like England and Norway. He was supposed to either see about a way to save Canada, or worse case scenario find a way to get them out.

America simply frowned at this and commented, "And let me guess, you just let him go? Man, if I was in your place I would have given that traitor a good pounding."

"And would have gotten caught in the process. And then we would need to save both you and Canada," England answered dryly.

"And Prussia is not a traitor. He wants to help, he's just being stubborn in trying to get as much out of it as he can," Germany retorted in a frustrated manner.

"Did he still have the chain?" Norway asked, only for Germany to nod in response.

"I still don't see how that chain is supposed to help us now. I mean, even if we do get the Queen wrapped in it, how is it supposed to stop all of the guards and servants from attacking us?" France asked.

"It was the best plan we had at the time. I never said it was a good plan," England replied with a grimace.

"Did you take the chain from him?" Norway asked Germany. In response Germany shook his head and answered, "He seemed to have a plan of his own so he kept it before I could take it."

"Now what's that idiot planning?" America asked.

"I don't know, but how I see things he's our best chance right now. After all, he has the best chance of actually getting near Canada and the Queen," England admitted. After saying this, the conversation changed to learning what the others had done with their time.

"Okay…so what was all that stuff that kept magical stuff at bay? I'm kind of starting to wish I paid attention to all of that stuff more, maybe then I'd remember it better," Prussia bemoaned his misfortune as he stared at the silver chain. For a palace crawling with servants and the constant coming and going of other creatures, there were still plenty of places for him to sit in thought quietly. Sadly, however, thinking quietly was not getting him very far.

"Let's see, the plan was for us to come here, learn the queen's name, and then use it to bind her to our will. I have the chain, and I heard her name last night. But I agree with Germany, this chain doesn't seem very strong. I mean, silver isn't exactly known for being a strong metal, not like iron or steel or something. But maybe…," Prussia thought more about this as he looked around the quiet bedroom he used the night before. As he thought his eyes randomly scanned the room, the walls, the furniture, and then the small fireplace.

Before returning to this room, he had looked in other rooms to find that they too had similar fireplaces, but none were lit. Not even in the kitchen were there fires. 'Perhaps it is an attempt for them to seem more human,' Prussia thought, 'But what is the point at having human-like items if they are never used?'

He allowed his mind to think on this for a moment, only to then shrug his shoulders and say aloud, "Well, for decoration or not, it should work for a job. And I doubt the Queen would realize if some furniture went missing. It'll have to be a lot to melt metals, but maybe all the magic stuff will work better than normal wood."

With this in mind, Prussia quickly went to work breaking the bits of wooden furniture he could and throwing it in the fireplace. Once done, he pulled out a knife he found and started the fire. Soon it began to burn well, and when it at last grew hot enough he begrudgingly covered the silver chain with his iron chain and cross before throwing it too in the fire.

"What do you think you are doing?!" cried a servant as she rushed into the room. Being not a true chimney, the smoke had not left the room through a vent but engulfed the room and outer hallway. Immediately noticing the smoke, the servant entered the room concerned and frightened as they saw the smoke and Prussia standing so relaxed near it.

"It's just a little fire," Prussia began to reply, only to pause when he noticed the servant whither in pain from the smoke, followed by hearing of the silver and iron melt in the fire. Pieces suddenly began to click together in Prussia's mind as he thought of all this, ending with him rushing the servant, grabbing her by the color of her shirt, and thrusting her head towards the fire and smoke. The servant coughed a few times, only to then vanish with the smoke.

Prussia stared puzzled at his hands as he contemplated what happened, believing that perhaps he finally found a concrete way for the others and him to fight off the fairies in the castle. He was taken from these thoughts as the sound of more frantic servants were heard. Wishing for more time to let this new plan reach a peak, Prussia slammed the door shut and locked it. He then went forward in adding more wood and perishables to the fire; especially anything which he knew would give off a lot of smoke.

Short and after a long pause…well, at least it is something

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