Mysterious Mystical Auras
Kumajirou stared at the strange woman in front of him as she broke down into tears. "No one loves me! I will die alone, because they all hate me!" the woman trembled and looked at the bear with teary grey eyes. "Only I can't die, so I'll just be alone forever!" Kumajirou awkwardly petted the woman's head. "Don't cry…"
She sat up and stared at the bear with eyes full of hope. "Oh you'll be my friend won't you?" she asked, her eyes shifting to a bright blue. Kumajirou just sat there silently unsure of what he should say to this woman.
Blue eyes shifted to a dark violet, and she wrapped her hands around the bear tightly. "You'll be my friend right?" She asked slowly, an ominous tone taking over her voice. The bear squirmed in the woman's grip. 'I want Canada.' He thought as her grip grew tighter.
"We can be best friends forever and ever." She began to rock the bear in her arms. Pangaea began to hum softly, and clutched Kumajirou to her chest as if her life depended on the little bear. "You are my sunshine…My only sunshine; you make me happy…when skies are grey…"
The grey color was returning to her eyes, but the purple was still there; Kumajirou felt nervous. Something was obviously wrong with this strange woman, but now he felt like he might possibly be in danger.
He wasn't exactly sure of how he'd gotten here and he didn't know where he was. The bear's memory was hazy, and he only had a faint recollection of noticing something strange on the floor, after that all his memories kind of jumbled into one thing. He only saw glimpses of what happened. Falling with Canada, then being held in a stranger's arms were the only clues he had to explain why he was here.
"You'll never know dear how much I love you." Pangaea's voice echoed through the room, and Kumajirou shivered. "You'll stay with me forever, right?"
Kumajirou shook his head. "I can't." She frowned and held him tightly. "Why can't you stay?" He resisted the urge to pull away. "I have to get back to Canada." He whispered.
Pangaea growled. "No you don't." Kumajirou shivered and edged away. "Y-yes I do." She pulled the bear close to her chest. "You don't need him you have me! Why do you want him?" He whimpered. "Why? Tell me what's so special about Canada?!" The bear remained silent, and this angered Pangaea. She grabbed the bear by the scruff of his neck and flung him towards the wall.
Kumajirou cried out in pain when he made contact with the wall, and lay on the floor in silence as his leg throbbed with a dull pain.
Netherlands shivered and marched on through the snow, he had no idea where he was, no idea where Romano and Prussia were, and no idea where Canada was. He was angry and just wanted to get home too bad he didn't know where home was at the moment. He marched on through the snow wrapping his scarf tighter around his neck to fight against the cold, and hoped that the houses he saw in the distance were actually houses and not just some hallucination brought on by exhaustion.
Ten minutes later Netherlands found out that the houses were real, too bad no one was living in them, and the houses were abnormally small. So with a heavy heart he trudged on, at least he wasn't in the snow anymore, and this should have alarmed him, the fact that the weather had changed so suddenly. There was absolutely no snow once he got past the houses, but he was too preoccupied with hating his life.
"Can't leave! What do you mean you can't leave?" Ancient Britain threw her hands into the air and began to pace around. "Unbelievable, I thought that they would realize how serious this was. Obviously I put too much faith in their intelligence." She mumbled to herself, not considering that she may be offending the nations she was bad mouthing.
Several deep breaths and a few minutes later Ancient Britain had composed herself. "You have to leave; I already explained this to you Matthew. Staying is not an option." She stated firmly.
"But we can't just leave our friends here!" Prussia protested.
Ancient Britain inhaled sharply and her eyes widened. "…Friends? Someone else came with you?!"
Canada nodded. "Kumajirou."
"And Netherlands." Romano added.
Ancient Britain turned around and grabbed her hair mumbling things to herself that the others couldn't understand. "Hey what's the matter?" Rome asked. The ancient nation tensed up and whipped around to glare at Rome. "You should know what's the matter you idiot! Two other nations are here and we don't know where they are! What do you think seems wrong about that situation?"
"Actually it's one nation and a polar bear." Prussia cut in, but quickly closed his mouth when Ancient Britain directed her glare at him.
Rome tapped his chin and thought about the situation. "Hmm…I don't know…um don't tell me…it definitely has to be something about the polar bear right?"
Ancient Britain groaned. "No you idiot! The problem is that another nation is wandering around our world, yet neither of us has heard anything about him. Do you know what that means?"
Rome paused then made an 'O' shape with his mouth. "That nation is in the forbidden territory and if she finds him, she will abduct him, and probably take over his country in their world."
The three friends stared at him with wide eyes. "Are you serious?" They asked simultaneously. Ancient Britain nodded. "Unfortunately he is."
"Can't you just save him like you did for me?"
She sighed. "Unfortunately it's not that simple. Saving you wasn't exactly easy, but I could only do it because I knew exactly where you were. I have no idea where your friend is." She explained. "And she will most likely be able to find him before me."
Netherlands was walking through a dessert now, and if he was pissed earlier he was furious now. Some strange rabbit like creature lived in this dessert and every few minutes they would jump out of their little holes, and terrorize him.
His scarf had been stolen three different times, and they enjoyed running around his feet and causing him to trip. Which is what they were currently doing, there were about five of the little creatures scurrying around his feet, and they moved so fast that it all appeared to be one large black blob. He was sick of dealing with their little antics so he reached down to pick up one of the creatures, his intentions being to move them away from him. However, when his hand reached into the blackness he didn't make contact with anything. Instead a cold air surrounded his hand.
"What the hell?" He realized that the black blob was now a solid circle around his feet, and the creatures were moving even faster. He tried to step over the black circle, but as soon as his leg lifted into the air it was quickly sucked into the hole. He screamed and tried to pull his leg away, but it was as if some unseen being was pulling him into the blackness.
He yelped when his second leg was pulled in as well, it felt as if his legs were submerged in ice cold water. He clawed at the ground trying to pull himself out, but his efforts were in vain. Netherlands body was slowly pulled down until his head was the only thing that remained above ground, and he was afraid to see what lurked in the darkness below him, but at this point any type of escape was impossible. He screwed his eyes shut, as his body was given one last tug, and he was pulled under.
Once Netherlands head disappeared inside, the black hole vanished, as if it had never even been there absolutely no traces of it remaining in the desolate dessert landscape.
Kumajirou sat in the room and stared at the woman whom was now smiling at. The smile looked genuine to the polar bear, she seemed to be legitimately happy, and he wondered how her mood changed so quickly. Her eyes had shifted to a beautiful sky blue that shone brightly in the light. "Okay Mr. Snuggles, me and you are going to play a game now, okay?"
He was unsure of what to do, so he just nodded his head, and this seemed to please her, because she happily clapped her hands and bounced.
"Okay that's great, we're going to play hide and go seek. I'll hide and you have to find me." Kuma nodded his head again, and Pangaea hopped up, looking around the room with eager eyes. "Alright close your eyes, count to twenty and then come find me."
"Okay." He closed his eyes and began to count. "One." He heard her giggle, and the sound of her feet moving around. "Two, Three, Four." It sounded like she was hopping around and moving items out of her way. "Five, six, seven, eight." His stomach growled lightly, and he remembers how Canada would always feed him salmon. "Nine, ten, eleven, twelve." Memories of napping on Canada's soft bed flood his mind. "Thirteen, fourteen, fifteen, sixteen." He remembers all the pancakes and maple syrup he would eat when Canada was in a really good mood. "Seventeen, eighteen, nineteen." He wishes that Canada would show up and take him away, because he doesn't like this lady anymore. "Twenty."
Kumajirou opened his eyes, and began to limp around the room, his left back leg still sore from being thrown at the wall.
He sniffs the air, and it's hard to tell where Pangaea is, her smell is everywhere in the small dark space, and he feels disoriented. He's been in this room too long, and he wants to leave. Now.
He walks towards a corner, and when he looks up he sees the bright blue eyes looking down at him.
"Aw you found me." She said sadly, but quickly hopped out of the corner a large smile on her face. "Now it's your turn to hide.
"How do we get them back?" Canada asked frantically. Ancient Britain sighed. "Well that's the problem, we can't exactly send any of you to go get them, because you all have land that she would love to take over, but we can't just leave them there."
Prussia coughed awkwardly. "Um…I don't have any land…" He mumbled, and the others all looked at him; Romano and Canada expressing worry, and the ancient nations in shock at the statement. "What do you mean you don't have any land?"
He scratched the back of his head and looked at the ground. "Exactly what it sounds like, I have no land that I can call my own, I fell years ago…technically I'm East Germany now, but that's really only a title, that land belongs to West."
This time Rome was the one to look at Ancient Britain with a shocked expression, and they both shared a look as if sharing a secret. "What was that about?" Romano asked, having seen the whole exchange between them.
Rome looked away from his grandson. "Ah it was nothing." Romano glared at his grandfather. "You're lying." Rome shook his head. "No I'm not, come on we need to work out a plan to save your friend."
He stepped away from his grandfather. "Tell me." Rome laughed nervously. "I don't know what you're talking about."
The others remained quiet as they watched the exchange between the two. "Yes you do, you're lying to me! Why are you lying?"
"I'm not lying, Romano please calm down." He smiled and took a step towards the Italian. "Don't you want to find your friend?"
Romano glared. "I want you to stop lying to me; you would tell me if I was Feliciano!" He yelled. Rome's smile fell. "If you were Feliciano you would stop asking all these questions, and just listen to me."
He balled his hands into fist. "Well I guess it's just too bad that I'm not him isn't it. You would be happier if I was him wouldn't you?"
"Romano we already talked about this earlier."
"Oh yeah I remember that, when we talked about it then you lied to me just like you're doing right now!"
Prussia stepped forward and placed a hand on Romano's shoulder. "Roma…" The Italian shook his head and shook the albino's hand off. "No I'm sick of being lied to; I want him to tell me the truth." Prussia let his hand fall, back down to his side.
Ancient Britain sighed. "We have to tell them they'll find out eventually."
Canada stood to the side completely quite. "Matthew has probably almost got it figured out…I explained to him how our world works."
Romano and Prussia looked at Canada, and the Canadian's violet eyes widened and he shook his head. "N-no it has to be something else…it can't be that…it can't be." Small tears welled up in the corner of his eyes and he looked up at Ancient Britain. "Please tell me what I'm thinking is wrong."
She sighed and shook her head. "I wish I could but I can't…"
"B…but we just became friends; he's one of the only people that can actually see me!" Canada's voice rose and shocked the other nations.
"Matthew calm down, I can't change the way things are, and if what he says is true he's no longer needed in your world, and he will not be able to leave this one."
Canada frantically shook his head from side to side. "That's not true! He is needed; the world still needs him…" He yelled frantically.
Prussia stepped forward and wrapped his arms around Canada. "Calm down birdie, I'm sure that whatever it is can't be that bad."
Canada wiped away tears that were threatening to fall and looked up at Prussia. "It is that bad Gil…you might not be able to leave this place…" He whispered.
Romano widened his eyes. "Why can't he leave?"
Prussia's eyes widened and he remained silent, Ancient Britain explained how this world worked, but he still didn't say anything he just stared off into the distance.
Romano frowned and looked up at the albino. "Gilbert…are you okay?" He blinked, and tried to talk, but his voice caught in his throat. "I…I'm fine…" He whispered. His arm was still wrapped around Canada and the Canadian trembled. "This is my fault, if I hadn't of fell through that stupid hole you wouldn't be here." He mumbled.
Prussia forced a smile, and hugged Canada. "Don't worry birdie, it's not your fault…" Canada shook his head. "Y-yes it is."
The albino grabbed Canada's face and forced him to look up at him. "No it's not, and it doesn't matter because I'm not staying here."
Romano gasped. "What are you talking about? Didn't you hear her?"
Prussia smirked. "Yep I sure did, and she said that this is a place for nations who aren't needed in our world any more. I can't stay here, because I am needed in our world." He said proudly.
Ancient Britain stared at him. "What are you talking about?"
"Well you see, Roma, birdie and I made a pact to always look out for each other, and I can't do that if I stay here. So I have to go back to my world and not stay in this un-awesome place…no offense." Ancient Britain raised her eyebrows, at the albino. "Um okay then."
Canada smiled, and Romano scowled a little less. "Thanks Gil."
"Yeah grazie bastard." Romano mumbled.
He grinned and threw his arms around both of their shoulders. "No problem guys, I'm just being the awesome me!"
"Five." Kumajirou and Pangaea had just started their game of hide seek, and he tried to find a place where the woman would never find him.
"Six." His head whipped back and forth across the room searching for a decent place to hide from the crazy woman.
"Seven." He was sure that she was crazy, and he didn't want to be in this room any longer.
"Eight." There was a table in the corner of the room, but he thought that it was too
obvious.
"Nine." He would make too much noise if he tried to move those boxes.
"Ten." He wished that Canada was here, the Canadian would know the perfect place to hide.
"Eleven." And then after they played finished playing Canada would have given him a big salmon.
"Twelve." He sniffed a rug lying on the floor and moved on.
"Thirteen." He reached up and felt along the wall for some kind of place to hide.
"Fourteen." He was running out of time.
"Fifteen." His paw brushed across a doorknob.
"Sixteen." He gripped the knob and did his best to turn it.
"Seventeen." A difficult task for an animal with no thumbs.
"Eighteen." The knob moved slightly and he looked over his shoulder and continued to try.
"Nineteen." The knob clicked, and he pulled it open, quickly sliding out the door.
"Twenty." He closed the door behind himself.
Pangaea opened her eyes, and the bright yellow color of her irises glowed in the darkness. "Ready or not here I come."
"So you're sure that this will work?" Prussia asked curiously.
Rome nodded happily. "Of course, you have nothing to worry about." He slapped Prussia on the back. "Besides he's basically your grandfather, he should feel obligated to help you out."
"But I don't understand why he would know while you guys don't know." The albino pointed out.
Rome waved his hand. "That's because he's Germania and he's got that mysterious mystical aura."
"That doesn't make any sense at all."
"Exactly my point…he's mysterious."
"Okay whatever, I don't think this will work, but I'll try." He sighed and walked into the little cabin.
Prussia slowly raised his hand up and knocked on the door, he could hear his friends and the two ancient nations shuffling in the bushes inside the house, and that did nothing to help him with his anxiety.
"What do you want?" A gruff voice asked, and he stared at an older version of his younger brother. He felt the need to bow down and praise this man, because at the moment he held so much authority in those little words, he didn't see how it was possible.
"Um Hello..." He forced a smile, why was this suddenly hard, hadn't he just talked to Germania earlier today. "I need to ask you something…and I was wondering if I could come inside."
Germania glared. "Speak up!"
Prussia's spine straightened and he felt the urge to salute. "I have something to ask, and I would like to come inside your house." His voice still sounded nervous, but it was much clearer this time.
Germania nodded his head and stepped back. "Come in them."
The albino gulped, and nervously crossed through the doorway into the neat house.
"Sit!" it sounded more like a command that an offer, so Prussia quickly sat on the edge of the couch, sitting with his spine erect.
Germania did not sit; he stood in front of Prussia and stared at him. "What is it you want to ask me?"
He scratched the back of his head. "I was wondering if you knew where my friends are." He looked up with hopeful eyes.
Germania crossed his arms. "I assume that you're not talking about the friends that are hiding in front of my house." Prussia's eyes widened. "H-how did you know that?"
He could faintly hear Rome saying. "Mysterious mystical aura." From outside in his hiding place, Germania rolled his eyes, and sighed. "Of course that idiot has something to do with it."
He sighed, and sat down. "Unfortunately I do know where your friends are."
Prussia's eyes widened. "Really, that's great?"
Germania shook his head. "No…it's horrible."
The albino furrowed his brow. "Why is it horrible?"
He closed his eyes and clasped his hands behind his back. "…No one goes to the place that your friend is if they can help it…because no one has ever made it back."
"What? There has to be some way to get him back!"
Germania sighed. "I wish there was…"
"Come on surly you can think of something? According to Ancient Britain we can't just leave him here."
"I already told you that there is nothing I can do. Unless someone wants to go and save him themselves, but that's insane because they'll never make it back."
Prussia stood up and looked at Germania. "You have to tell me where he is."
"What?"
"Tell me where he is?" He asked again.
Kumajirou made it out of the room, but now he was wandering around outside still clueless to his location. So the little bear focused on getting as far away from Pangaea as possible. He knew that he was in some kind of forest and it appeared to be night time, but all the trees looked exactly the same and he feared that he was running in a circle.
Kumajirou was a flash of white moving through the trees, as he ran as fast as he could. Relief washed over him when the trees began to thin, and it was almost like he could hear Canada's voice calling for him, but then he fell into a hole.
Blackness engulfed the white bear, and he couldn't see anything, all he could register was a sense of falling and suddenly he lost consciousness.
When Netherlands opened his eyes he was tied to a chair and something warm was sitting in his lap. He looked around, but he couldn't tell where he was, it was too dark in the room to make out anything. Whatever was in his lap moved, and he jumped. Which is a hard thing to do while you're tied to a chair, so instead of just jumping a little, he jumped and took the whole chair with him, causing it to tip over.
He groaned when his head made contact with the floor a loud sickening crack echoing through the room. "Ah god that hurt." He wished that his hands weren't tied so he could rub the sore spot on his head.
The warm thing that had been sitting on his lap moved closer to his face and sniffed him. "Who are you?" Netherlands eyes widened, that voice was very familiar. "Kumajirou is that really you?" The bear nodded.
"Where's Canada?" Kumajirou looked down. "I don't know."
Netherlands sighed and tried to right his chair. "Hey Kuma, do you think you could get these ropes off?"
Kumajirou looked at the ropes securing Netherlands to the chair. "I can try." Kumajirou started with the ropes that kept Netherland's hands tied to the chair. He used his claws on the rope and struggled to break them.
Prussia marched on ignoring the protest from the ancient nations and his friends. "Gil you shouldn't do this it's a bad idea."
"Stop being stupid bastard, there has to be another way!"
"Um Prussia even I know that this is a bad idea." Rome stated nervously.
Prussia turned around and looked at them. "Hey you're the one who suggested I go see my 'grandpa' and he gave me some information and I'm going to use that to get my friend back, so we can go back to our world."
Romano glared at him. "You're being an idiot, what if something happens to you?"
The albino grinned. "Don't worry Roma, I'm awesome I'll be fine!"
The Italian crossed his arm and pouted. "Stop being so stupid, you could…die or something! Don't you realize that!"
Prussia was going to say something else, but Canada stepped forward and cut him off. "I'm going with you." He whispered.
Everyone in the group stared at the quiet Canadian. "No Birdie, you should stay with Rome and Ancient Britain, this could be dangerous."
"That's why I'm going with you." Canada said a determined look in his eyes.
"Matthew! Are you serious don't you realize what will happen if you do that?" Ancient Britain yelled at him.
Romano stepped forward too. "I can't let you two go off on your own." He mumbled.
Canada smiled, and Prussia grinned. "I knew you loved me Roma."
"Shut up bastard."
Ancient Britain sighed. "I'm not going to be able to stop you three from going am I?"
Romano shook his head. "Nope we're going and that's that."
She sighed again. "Alright then, promise me you'll stay safe, and be careful."
Canada smiled. "We promise." She returned the smile. "Alright, good luck."
The three started walking away, Prussia leading there little group away from the village.
Canada looked at Prussia. "So where did Germania tell you to go?"
Romano looked up too. "Yeah what did you two talk about?"
Prussia grinned proudly. "He told me to follow my heart and go in the direction that feels right!"
The Italian stopped and stared at his albino friend. "Please tell me that you're joking right now. Because that is the most ridiculous thing I have ever heard.
The albino frowned. "What's wrong with my plan?"
"Do you really want to know what's wrong with your plan? How about the fact that it's not really a plan at all, or maybe I should point out the fact that we could be in even more danger by following your plan."
"My plan is awesome!"
"Not its not."
"You guys…"
They both stopped arguing and looked at Canada. "Yes." They said simultaneously.
"Could you stop arguing?"
"Okay Birdie!"
Romano sighed. "Okay Mateo."
"And also I think we should go with Gil's plan, I trust him, and we don't have any other options."
Prussia grinned. "Ha I knew my plan was awesome." Romano rolled his eyes. "Didn't you hear him, we're only doing your plan because we don't have any other options." Prussia pouted. "Stop trying to kill my mood Roma!"
"Please stop arguing you guys…" Canada whispered.
Romano looked at him and frowned. "Alright Mateo."
Prussia nodded. "Yeah we'll stop, sorry about that Birdie."
The Canadian looked at them that they had actually acknowledged him. "Um thanks…I'm just really worried about Kumajirou, and Netherlands. What if they're hurt?"
"Don't worry Birdie, we'll find them."
"Yeah the potato bastard is right; you have nothing to worry about."
Canada frowned. "Yeah I guess you guys are right…."
Netherlands stood up and rubbed his wrist. "Thanks Kuma." He picked the bear up. "Now let's get out of here before something weird happens."
Kumajirou nodded, and Netherlands started to walk around the room, blindly searching for an exit. The polar bear remained quiet in his arms so he focused solely on getting out. He thought nothing of it when the little bear tensed in his arms, but when Kumajirou began frantically scratching at his arms he was worried.
"What are you doing?"
Kumajirou looked up at Netherlands, and even though he couldn't see the bear he could sense the fear radiating from him. "Run."
Netherlands didn't know what he was supposed to be running from, but he took the bear's advice and quickened his pace. He ran into the wall and ran his hand along it, searching for any kind of exit.
"I'm going to get you."
Netherlands froze when he heard the voice echo through the room. "Who's there?" He heard Kumajirou whimper.
"Mr. Snuggles I know you're in here…" Netherlands was annoyed at the fact that he was being completely ignored, and unnerved by the unknown voice at the same time.
"Mr. Snuggles…" The voice got closer, and Netherlands backed away until he bumped into the wall.
Kumajirou trembled, and hoped that Pangaea wouldn't find him, he knew it was hopeless he could tell that she was right in front of him, but he still had to hope.
She reached out and grabbed Kumajirou by the scruff of the neck. "Found you!" She yelled. Netherlands was so shocked by her actions that he didn't put up any kind of struggle.
"Alright Mr. Awesome where do we go now?" Romano grumbled.
They were standing in the middle of the woods, there was no sign of anything around them. "Don't worry Lovi, I'm sure Gil knows what he's doing." Canada added softly.
Prussia chuckled awkwardly. "Well actually I don't really know where we're supposed to go now…but don't worry just give me a minute to come up with an awesome idea."
Romano glared at him. "I just knew this would happen. We're never gonna get out of this place are we?"
"D-don't say that Lovi, we'll get out, and we'll find Kumajirou and Netherlands…I'm sure of it." Canada still believed that Prussia would be able to find their friends and they would get back to their world perfectly safe.
Something moved in the bushes nearby. "Hey what's that!" Prussia exclaimed running over to examine it.
"Don't just run over there idiot! It could be dangerous." Romano yelled at the albino, and followed him.
Canada's eyes widened. "W-wait up you guys…"
A/N: I'm a terrible person I understand if you all hate me. I deserve it, I basically ditched this story for a month and I apologize I was being lazy and I procrastinated with my school work so I had to catch up on that, but I'm back and I hope you enjoy this chapter even though it kind of sucks…Much love to all my reviewers who still like me enough to give some feedback.