"Just tell me when you recognise something."
"Uh... China, in case you've forgotten, I can't see anything. I'm blind, remember?" England asked. China shrugged in response, not that England could see this.

"Sorry, I forgot aru." China replied.
"So, what exactly are we going to do?"

"I thought maybe we could visit your house..." China explained, thinking. "I'm not quite sure what your government did with your stuff though, so I don't know if it will still be there aru."

"Ah... My old home, huh?" England asked, frowning. The idea of having a home overseas and not having known it existed was weird.

It was like moving house when you were merely a baby, then being told that that house, which you didn't even know existed, since you don't remember it, still belonged to you several decades later.

The two walked in silence, China leading the way, talking about different things in order to make sure England was able to follow him.

Sadly, the tactic stopped working, as England's mind drifted in its thoughts, wandering from the still missing Lilli that everyone had forgotten to vivid dreams that still made no sense (not that he ever expected them too).

"... China?" England asked, coming out of his thoughts when he realised something. "China?" He called out louder, although hesitantly, since there were a lot of people around.

"Damn... I've gotten lost..." England muttered, tapping around, unsure on what to do.

You're blind in a city you don't know and your only guide has disappeared. Way to go England.

"According to these coordinates, the base should be right here..." Japan muttered, pointing downwards onto the ground. Not far away was the plane they had borrowed; the antartic wind blew strongly on their faces.

"I don't see it!" America commented, looking at the cold, solid water beneath his feet. "And why's the antartic so freaking cold?" He whispered, barely audible. What he did for others sometimes, really!

"I doubt those spies were lying when they gave us the coordinates." Germany commented, remembering how terrified they had looked when America suggested Germany torture information out of them.

They had sung like canaries, a real bunch of spies you could be ashamed of. It made all three nations present wonder how they hadn't been able to find the missing countries with people like these running the HCS...

Maybe it was just a horrible bit of rotten luck that caused the HCS to keep themselves secret for so long.

"It's sure strange that nothing's here..." Japan continued after a pause, in which each nation shivered from the cold.

"It's not that weird. This is antartica. The only thing you'll find here are penguins..." Germany muttered. Japan nodded, agreeing with him.
"They must have lied then..." America muttered, looking at the icy wasteland.

America blinked. Did... Did he just see something flashing out from the snow?

"What's that?" He thought out loud, getting his two fellow nations to listen to him.

He was pretty sure he had seen something shining at him. He walked in the vague direction he'd seen it come from. The glinting speck became an object, which became a piece of burnt rubble.

It looked like a piece of wall and from what he could tell, it couldn't have been lying here for too long.

"What have you found?" Japan asked, catching up with the younger nation. Not answering, America got down on one knee to examine the piece of rubbel more closely. Was that burnt writing on it? He pushed the layer of snow off of it to get a better look.

"HCS!" America exclaimed, picking up the large piece of metal and waving it around as if it were a flag.

"They blew their base up!" He concluded.

"What?" Both Germany and Japan asked, finally reaching him.
"But why would they do that?" Japan asked nervously.

"Dunno, they probably didn't want us to find them."
"... What will we do now?"

America placed the piece on the floor and thought for a bit, Germany and Japan looking at him expectantly.

"Maybe everything's just underground!" America suddenly said brightly. "We could dig until we find something!" He suggested, the idea of an underground being very likely to him.

Japan and Germany both sighed.
"I guess it wouldn't harm..." Japan muttered, knowing that it'd be a while before the other countries realised that they weren't looking up nations that hadn't gone missing.

"Ja, I mean, we did come all this way... It'd take a while though..." Germany commented. America grinned and ran to the plane, hurriedly rushing back with a bunch of shovels.

"Well, we better start digging then!" He said happily, ignoring the freezing cold around him.

China still hadn't realised he had lost England. To be frank, he had forgotten everything around him. His mouth was slightly unhung, as he watched three missing nations standing in front of him, not really noticing him.

It had taken a while for him to realise who it was, but it finally clicked. In front of him stood Prussia, Hungary and Austria.* The reason why he had probably not recognised the three, was that they stood together, without there being a hostile atmosphere around them.

Hungary did look about ready to hit Prussia, but not ready to hit him with a large frying pan. Austria didn't seem to mind Prussia teasing him either or that Prussia seemed to characteristically go on about himself being awesome.

He stood there, staring at the three in utter disbelief.

He had never thought that the three could stand together for once without one of them ending up fighting the other using either banter or fists.

Well, then again, he hadn't expected the nations to reappear or for some to be disabled (for reasons more or less explained now).

"..." China opened his mouth to call out to the three as they slowly left the market place, but found no words came out. He attempted to speak several times, but finally gave up, rushing to the three and placing a hand on Prussia's shoulder.

Prussia looked behind himself surprised with the tiniest of frowns on his face.

"What is it dude?" Prussia asked puzzled. Now that China was standing next to them, he realised he had no idea what to do or say once contact was made.

How had America done it with England again?

"Er..." China started, unsure. Hungary looked curiously at China, walking over.
"Did you want something?" She asked softly.

"Er... H-have you seen my friend? H-he was right behind me when he disappeared aru!" China thought up.

"Well, what does your friend look like?" Austria asked impatiently, obviously wanting to be somewhere else.

"Er... H-he's blonde and has large green eyes and he's blind, so he has a white cane aru..." China gabbled, unsure. He then realised that England really was missing.

Where had the Brit disappeared?

"Please tell me you've seen him! He's a tourist here and blind and without me, he's completely lost aru!" China asked after a while, having had the realisation dawn on him.

"That's terrible! Roderich, do you think we could just help him quickly?" Hungary asked Austria, looking over to him.

Austria frowned, about to say no, but seeing her pleading face, he decided to shrug.

"Fine."
"So what's his name?"

"It's... Arthur Kirkland. He reacts to England more though, it's his nickname, you see aru..." China made up.
"England, eh? Weird nickname."

"Yeah, it's a long story on how he got it aru." China said, smiling. "Thank you for helping me look for him aru."
"Say nothing of it, it's just what awesome people do!" Prussia exclaimed. "Well, people not quite as awesome as me, but still awesome!"

Completely lost England somehow ended up in a secluded area of London, alone by himself. From what he heard, he probably entered a park by mistake. Not far away he could hear children playing with each other.

Sighing, England tapped along the pavement, until he found a bench, falling into it. What was he to do now? He didn't even remember the name of the hotel he was staying at! How was he supposed to get back to China?

Feeling lost, England tried remembering which route he and China had taken until he'd gotten lost, but soon realised he no longer remembered. He decided to calm down, his panicked mind unable to focus.

He listened to those children playing nearby.
"Nuh uh, I have the fairy queen in my hands!" One of the young girls squabbled with another.

"No, I have!" The other one insisted.
"Nuh uh!"

"Well why don't you ask my fairy if she's the queen or not?" The other argued.

England smiled, thinking the fight between the two girls a bit amusing. It was a really silly thing to squabble about, but for reasons beyond him, this calmed him down.

"OK, I will ask her. Hey, are you the fairy queen?" The girl asked.
"No and neither is she, but we feel very honoured to be claimed as such." A finer voice commented. England's head shot up. Did he just hear another voice? Nah, probably just an adult playing with them... But no adlut fits in a childs hand!

Then it must have been his imagination.
"You mean you're not? But you're so colourful, just like a rainbow!" The girls both complained.

There was a high pitched giggle. England's eyes widened. No, he had to be imagining that!

"Heather! Susanna! Come on dears, we've got to go now!"
"Do we have to?" Both girls asked.

"Yes! Come on now."
"Yes mummy." Both said, as they pattered off.

One of them stopped running briefly and whispered "We'll come back to play again soon! Bye!" and then ran off. He then heard some excited chattering coming from where the children had once stood, before their mother had called for them.

Were... Were those fairies? No, absolutely not. Just because he was (apparently) a nation, didn't mean he had to believe in such nonsense! He was, or at least, he liked to believe he was, a rational man.

The chatter continued. England sighed. He must have lost his mind or something. He considered getting up and walking away, pretending that this whole thing hadn't happened, but that would have left him doubting his sanity.

Well, he already was, but that was besides the point.

Suddenly he felt something prodding his nose curiously. Annoyed, he tried swatting it away, but failed.
"Ah, will you stop it!" He snapped at it after a while, although he was pretty sure he was talking to himself.

"You felt that?" The thing that had been bothering him asked.
"Yes I bloody well felt that!" He said, noting the voice being female, and high-pitched, much like those... Fairies...

"Oh cra... You're a fairy..." He stated bluntly, letting his head rest in his hands. The fairy touched his hands gently, holding one of his fingers comfortingly.
"And you are?" She asked hesitantly, not saying yes to England's question.

"... England..." He said quietly. The fairy suddenly hugged the finger she'd been holding and gasped "Really? Is it you England?" England sat up, puzzled at the fairies reaction. I've bloody lost it... I'm not seriously believing in fairies now, am I?

"I... Yes... Do you know me?" Yes, I've lost it.

"What do you mean do I know you?"
"Elma, who's this?" A new fairy asked. England sighed, feeling a headache coming on. He so wished he hadn't found America's phone in Blind Sense right now. Or at least, remembered to put it in the lost and found box.

"It's England!" 'Elma' claimed with a happy voice.
"Nuh uh, looks nuthin' like 'im!" Another voice spoke up. "E's missing his signature eyebrows..."

"You know, I'm right here."
"He can see us!"

"Of course he can, he's England!"
"Prove it."

"Oh come on, all you have to do is take his sunglasses off! Plus, he can see us! How many adult humans can see us at his age?"

"Uh..."
"Do I get to say anything?" The fairies silenced.

"I... I have no idea why I'm talking to you (since you shouldn't exist), neither do I know you, but I am England." He hesitantly took his sunglasses off. "See?" He asked, not sure what was so special about his eyebrows.

Maria had told him they looked perfectly normal.
"England!" All mythical beings screamed out at once, diving in to hug him as best they could.

"Where were you?" One asked.
"Why cann't you recognise us any more?"

"We were so worried about you!" They all broke out into questions similar to these.
"Uh..." England responded. This was... Weird...

"I... I don't remember anything and, you do realise I'm blind, right?" The fairies got off him and looked at him closely.
"Why can't you remember anything?" Another curious fairy asked.

"I can't remember." England responded. ".. This is so weird..."
"Wait, why can't you see anything?" The fairy that had annoyed him first asked, trying to hold his face up so she could inspect it.

"I can't remember." England said again, some irritation in his voice.

"Hey, do you think we could heal this?" The fairy asked the others. They crowded around England, he knew this because he sort of felt them closing in on him. Don't ask how.

"Well it looks simple enough..."

"How are you this morning miss Liechtenstein?" Lukas asked, having finally found her in a restaurant downstairs, a bowl of Müsli in front of her.
"I am much better, thank you." She replied, smiling.

"That's good to hear." He sat down opposite of her, sighing deeply. "There are a lot of things we need to do, but I think we should start at the beginning of this whole mess. Nearly a century ago, nearly all of you went missing causing the world to panic." He started, putting a file on the table, with "The Nation-Nap Mystery" written on it in German.

Liechtenstein nodded affirmatively.

"Right, now this is important. This file is actually something owned privately. My granddad made it and kept it at home, although this is strictly forbidden. Luckily he managed to keep this, because your secret and official files... Well, Herr Zweigli checked last night and found absolutely nothing there. Absolutely nothing." Lukas explained.**

"The HCS..." Liechtenstein said quietly. They must have stolen any information on her.
"Anyway, we basically had... Well we still have no idea what happened. The place you were last seen in was in a small trainstation in Calancatal*** and you were accompanied by Switzerland.

"Yes..." Liechtenstein replied.
"Care to fill us in on what happened?" And so she started explaining. Lukas taped everything she said and listened carefully, when suddenly they were inturrupted.

"What is it?" Lukas asked the young man that had inturrupted the hearing.

"Ah, we found some people those agents were after as well. We were wondering if they're nations too." The man replied. Lukas looked over to Liechtenstein, who nodded.

"OK, bring them in." The man nodded and went out, three people soon entering the room.

"OK, listen here, I deny having anything to do with taking over the Aquariam and declaring it my property!" The youngest of the three announced.

Liechtenstein immediately shot out of her chair, recognising the three almost instantly.
"Sealand! Latvia! Er... Korea?" Liechtenstein said aloud, smiling happily at finally meeting some other nations. This was great! The three stared at her blankly.

"Who are you?" Sealand asked, giving her a suspicious glare.

Liechtenstein's happy demeanor fell.
"Oh right..." She said quietly, sitting down on her chair. "Of course they don't remember..." Lukas looked between the three nations to the only female one present, confused.

"OK, England, we're done! We've discovered that several of your abilities, such as fast healing or nation-hopping have been blocked, so we unblocked them. You should start feeling like England soon." A fairy said to England.*

"OK..." England muttered. "Can I open my eyes again now?"
"No, we'd advise against it. Maybe in a couple minutes."

"OK..." England repeated. "Well, thanks for helping me (although I doubt you really have...)." He got up, touching his hair, to find a fairy happily perched on it. She must have decided his head was a good resting place.

"Do you need help with anything else?" The fairy asked, lying down on his messy blonde mop.

"Well, now that you mention it... The only reason I ended up here is because I got lost. Could you get me back to China?"

"What the landmass, people or...?"
"The personification, the personification!" Wow... That's hard to say correctly twice in a row...

"Yes England, we would gladly help you." A chorus of tiny fairy voices announced. One grabbed his hand, tugging it slightly. "Just follow us!" The fairy announced. England frowned. Following again, huh? Well, it didn't work so well the first time round, but still... Maybe this time it'll work...

*I was actually planning on Prussia being one of the dead nations, but he decided he was too awesome to be dead and ended up being one of the non-dead nations. Yay.
** You know, originally, Lukas Friedli was just going to be an unimportant OC, like Maria and Jack (the two Americans that took care of England and Liechtenstein, remember?), but some how he ended up having a bigger role.
*** Tha-at's somewhere in Switzerland.
*However, for those who dislike fairies, like moi, then this would be England's imagination taking the better of him. The reason he's healing, is because he's in his country, which helps him a lot in getting over the blockade. The reason he's able to find China, is because his ability to sense other nations has kicked back in.

Anyway, I know this chapter isn't as smooth as other chapters (and now that I think about it, also short), but I hope it was enjoyable! And sorry for the long wait...