The nations have gone about a mile down now. The thing that was chasing them before has long ago stopped. Germany looked up toward the cliff's edge as he inched his way along the narrow path, "Why isn't it following us anymore?"

France shrugged, "Perhaps it got tired?

Japan kicked a rock off the path, listening for the drop, "It was probably too big to gain footing on the path."

Prussia guffawed, "Footing? It didn't have any feet to begin with!"

England, who had been listening the entire time suddenly pointed, "I see a light." He leaned forward to get a better look, and almost fell over the side. Russia caught him by the edge of his collar and pulled him back. England scrambled back onto the path, "T-Thanks Russia."

Russia smiled genuinely and said, "Da. Just need to help my friends."

France looked out toward the abyss, "You said zat you see light? All I see is ze dark!"

England looked bewildered, "What? It was there just a second ago!"

"You might be seeing things." Germany stated plainly.

Prussia snorted, "Like you always do."

England glared daggers at the Prussian, "Nobody asked you!"

Several hours later, they reached the base of the cliff. There, they found out why this place was called 'The Canyon of Endless Noises.' Japan listened for a moment, "I hear something."

Germany tried to discern the looming shapes in the darkness, "So do I."

France looked around, "Who wouldn't?"

"It gets louder in this direction." Russia observed.

Prussia started to feel his way toward the noise, "Well let's go then!"

England tried to restrain him, but his hand missed Prussia completely in the darkness, "Don't be so careless!"

Prussia laughed over his shoulder, his voice getting fainter, "Kesekese! Says the guy who almost fell over the edge!"

Japan began to follow, "Wherever he is going, it will be better than standing here and doing nothing. Let's just follow the left wall."

The rest began to follow, trying to catch up to Japan and Prussia. They began to pick their way through the darkness, trying not to trip over themselves. This went on for about a mile, when everyone heard a loud "THUD!" and an annoyed voice, "How dare this wall get in my awesome way!"

England stopped, "Are you sure you're not pranking us? We can't see anything."

Japan's voice could be heard ahead of the group, "No he is not pranking us England-san. I have also run into a wall."

Germany tripped over a rock, "The last thing we need right now is a dead end!" he exclaimed as he got up and dusted himself off.

Russia made his way to the wall, "Kolkolkol. This wall will move now, Da?" Everyone could a loud clanging noise as Russia began to slam into the wall with his pipe.

France tried to stop him, "Non! You could make ze entire canyon fall on top of mon tres beau face!"

As if on cue, they heard a rumbling noise. It grew louder and louder, until it hurt the nations' ears. Of course, the hurt their ears felt was nothing compared to the pain they felt as the giant boulders plowed them over. The collapse got everyone except Germany, Japan and Prussia. The rest were buried under the rock, and the exit was blocked.

One could practically hear the scowl on England's face as he resurfaced, "And what about the rest of us frog?"

France's head popped out from underneath a pile of smaller rocks, "Well, it will not be as much of a tragedy if any of you had gotten pummeled to death by gigantic boulders. In fact, I think ze world would have thanked zis canyon if you had gotten completely squished Anglettere."

Chaos ensued at that comment. Russia untangled himself from the rock and approached France, "Kolkolkol..."

Japan and Germany stood to the side quite offended. Japan turned to Germany, "Should we..."

Germany cut him off, "Nein. He deserves it now."

Prussia leaned onto the wall that now stood forgotten, "Kesekese! You've done it now France!"

France started to back away, "I-I didn't mean anything by it!" He backed straight into England who had a creepy smile on his face. He was illuminated by the tip of his wand that was now held to France's face.

He whispered into France's ear, "Hehehe. That's nothing compared to what I plan to do to you now."

What happened next, only France, England and Russia know. The only things that could be seen were flashes of multicolored light. While the only thing that could be heard was a lot of screaming and maniacal laughter. This ended after five minutes. It was to dark to see how France was holding up. England acted like it never happened, while Russia went back to the wall and continued hitting it with his pipe. Prussia jumped away from the wall, for fear of facing his wrath. There was an uncomfortable silence.

Germany broke it, "Moving on. Russia, you don't need to hit the wall. Japan, please see if there is another passage leading past the wall to the right. Take England with you."

Japan stepped forward to comply while shaking his head, "Western cultures are so strange." he mumbled to himself.

England perked up, "Hm? Did you say something old chap?"

Japan shook his head, "No, I did not. Let's go England-san."

Main Group POV:

Prussia plopped down onto a boulder and looked over at where a despondent France was sitting, "Are you okay?"

France didn't look up from his lap, "I will be. Just let my wounds heal for a moment, s'il te plait."

Prussia winced, "Alright, whatever you say." Prussia got up again and made his way over to Germany, who was feeling around on the wall, "What are you doing?"

Germany replied, "This wall...it doesn't feel like it's made of stone. It feels more like a..." he rapped the barrier with his knuckles, "...like an energy field."

Russia was wandering about when he heard this, "Da. That is what I thought when I was hitting it with my pipe."

France, who has now completely healed, hesitantly joined into the conversation, "I-is it them? Is it the Anasazi?"

Prussia joyfully clapped him on the back, "Glad to see you've joined the land of the living France!"

Germany ignored Prussia, "If it is them...then Japan and England won't find a passage, and we will be trapped here."

Russia shook his head, "Nyet. I do not see them. They must have found one."

Prussia, forever a tactician, pondered this development, "Well, it could be a trap. England has been quite valuable with all this magic stuff so far, and Japan is a great fighter. Losing either of them would be quite a crippling blow."

Germany looked disturbed, "Bruder, I hate it when you make sense like that."

France looked equally disturbed, "Prussia, did you have to phrase it like that?"

Russia just smiled, "We should look for them before they get hurt, Da?"

AAAND...another chapter done, courtesy of moi.

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