A/N: Hi all, sorry it's been a while. I've been busy and lazy and only just now found inspiration to continue. Please enjoy!

Chapter 3

Avery fell asleep quickly that night, as if sedated with sleeping syrup. Almost instantly, her mind pictured the calm scene of her island; waving branches, shallow waves, and the breeze tickling her skin.

As soon as the picture materialized though, Avery flew forward off the island, and in that moment of panic, Avery's body petrified.

Her body was whisked forward with startling speed, and though the world was silent around her, Avery heard herself scream. The body was slammed into the ocean without a splash, and after opening her eyes; Avery was able to see a faint green glow increasing in saturation around her.

Remembering that she didn't have to hold her breath, for this was all a dream, Avery's lungs began to work again. Her body was pulled toward the green light and after what seemed like a few minutes Avery was at the bottom of the ocean.

All around her dark fish swam with lethargic ease, completely ignoring her presence, though they gave a wide birth of the green glow.

Looking towards it, Avery felt as if she could just make out the silhouette of a round object, definitely not part of the crumbling landscape around her.

As she swam towards it with increasing curiosity, she felt herself slipping away, being suctioned back towards the surface.

Paddling as furiously as she could, Avery was still pulled away.

Her eyes opened.

She was back in her room. The looming presence of England appeared above her, a slightly irritated scowl apparent on his features.

"Rise and shine, Avery" England grumbled. Avery sat up, her mind jumbled with the strange dream she had just had.

"Ugh…" Avery said, whipping the sleep out of her eyes. "Am I doing anything today?"

"Well," England said, arms automatically crossing over his chest "You have to do your usual chores, not to mention the gardening that needs to be done, plus school-"

"-School!?" Avery panicked "Crap! I thought today was Sunday!" She flew out of the bed, the sheets spiraling over England's head in a mock Halloween costume.

"Hey – WAIT!" England shouted, barely grabbing the teenager by the arm as she sprinted by. "Today is Monday, but you're still on summer break, remember? You just got out a couple weeks ago!"

"Oh." Avery said, completely dumbfounded. "I forgot. What were you saying about school then?"

"I was GOING to say that we could go school shopping for you. Your clothes look a bit to tight on you." England said, gesturing suggestively at the teens shrinking top.

Avery crossed arms over her chest, annoyed where the conversation was going. "Still," she sniffed "you seriously want to go school shopping right now, right after I got out of school?"

"Well of course. Might as well get it done now."

"Naturally…" Avery huffed. You had to wake me up for that? Avery hissed in her mind. Seeing as her father was giving no indication of his leave, she shouted, "Get out of my room, creep! I need to change" And with that he was shoved out the door.

America's POV

America swiveled in her chair, idly playing with the edge of the seat belt with a mix of boredom and irritation at being confined to the seat.

"Are we there yet?" America asked, trying to keep the complaint out of her voice.

The Submarine pilot sitting directly in front of her spared but a glance back at her, far to use to her childish behavior.

"No." He said. "I'll let you know when we are."

"Okay." America huffed, slouching in her seat.

Five minutes later, the roar of the sub engines quieted to purr as they approached the area of interest.

Finally breaking free of her seat, America came forward to the control room of the vessel, where the view of the glowing object was superior. Her eyes narrowed at the sight of it. She couldn't explain it, but the glowing orb gave her the eibejeibies.

All the sudden, the hammering of her heart became very apparent to her, and her eyes widened in shock. Something was wrong, definitely wrong. But before her body could react to the distress, an overwhelming wave of calm consumed her. She leaned back against the wall of the submarine, her legs suddenly unsupportive of her weight. The rest of the crew was having similar reactions, though the pilot of the ship seemed fine steering intently towards the glowing orb.

America's eyes were growing heavier the closer the ship was going to the glow. Fighting to stay awake, America groggily sat up, attempting to stand. She fell back down though, and none to soon, because the ship hit a wall of force. It took America a moment to realize that the ship was being deflected from the orb. From her position on the floor, America did a quick check around the submarine to see if the other crewmembers were okay. All of them were motionless in their seats, swaying gently with the current.

America slapped herself in an attempt to stay awake, but found that her arm was already numb with sleep. Desperate for help, she looked to the pilot of the ship. The pilot seemed unaware of all that was going on, and with a moment of shock, America realized that she was the only one awake on the ship.

Now closer than ever to the orb, a splintering headache attacked America. Writhing on the ground, she curled up into a ball and ground her teeth, fighting a scream. Her head filled with the noise of a thousand years and she covered her ears, desperate to prevent going deaf. Finally spent and completely exhausted, America barely noticed her lack of consciousness with all the bickering voices still filling her mind.

A/N: Hehehehehe... Sorry I sort of left it on a cliffhanger. I haven't written in a while and therefore forgot how cruel author's can be.

Anyway, sorry for a fillerish chapter, I'm still jotting down notes on where the story is going from here (aka: suggestions are welcome at this time)

Hope you are enjoying this: and PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE review! Leave a comment and tell me if this story completely sucks, or (even better) leave a suggestion on how I can IMPROVE my writing so it is more enjoyable for you. To my knowledge humans will forever be my audience, and I need to know what you guys think my story needs!