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(There is a slight teaser at the bottom!)

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Alfred plopped himself on the ground and closed his eyes, imagining being back home with Tony, Whale-Dude and that totally fake-but-still-taken-care-of-unicorn Iggy gave him on his birthday…Iggy. Mattie. Where were they? Were they under the same weird mind control that Kiku and Francis were under?...Wait Kiku wasn't even supposed to be here was he!? Alfed looked over at Kiku and Francis that were also trying to sort out their own thoughts.

"Hey, Kiku, what are you doing here? As far as I knew it was just supposed to be me, Mattie, Francey-pants and Iggy."

"A-Ah I was…convinced by Feliciano-san to come."

Alfred frowned. "How in the world did he find out?"

"Ohoho….It may have slipped out when I was over at the Italys' house yester-the day before all this happened."

'He really can't keep his mouth shut can he?' Kiku and Alfred thought at the same time.

"Oooook then. Did anyone else come?"

"Germany-san, both Italies, China-san, England-san, Prussia-san, Russia-san and Spain-san."

"Mon dieu! All we wanted to do was spend some time together and instead Matthieu comes running out saying you were swallowed by a book!"

"Hai. Then we were swallowed by a book as well…I believe. I apologize. I can't remember anything between getting sucked in the book and fighting Alfred-san."

"Oui, me as well. Nothing between the library and…that magnifique performance on the ground, Al-"

"That was totally not a performance! You assaulted me! And Kiku you weren't any help!"

"My apologies Alfred-san."

Alfred hmmphed, knowing that he couldn't completely blame them, as a hero he should have been strong enough to pull through that on his own! He could still pout though.

"I apologize as well Alfred. But could you please take that creepy mask off? It's a horrendous sight!"

Alfred frowned as he reached up and felt cold hardness underneath his fingers instead of warm softness that skin was supposed to be. He couldn't even tell the difference between when he had the mask on and when he didn't. That was probably a bad sign but he could come back to it later.

Once Alfred's skull mask was off Francis and Kiku relaxed from their stiff positions, which Alfred didn't notice until he saw them relax.

"Dudes, if it bothered you that much than you should have told me sooner!"

"O-of course Alfred-san. Why exactly do you have the mask?"

"Dude!...I have no idea, creepy I though isn't it!? HAHAHAHA!" Both Francis and Kiku facepalmed, why they had expected an actual answer, they would never know.

"Let's start with the library then, Alfred-san."

"Ooooh, well Mattie was getting this really creepy look and so I ran away and got lost and then saw this weird light glowing from this book that was like just layin' there open and when I reached out to touch these like chains came at me…" trailing off Alfred started feeling his wrists for the chains. He remembered when he woke up and he touched that chain around the blade and that chain that dragged him into the book.

'Were they connected somehow?' Alfred started wrestling with the cloak to try and see if the chains were there, he couldn't feel them but he knew that you didn't have to feel something just to know that it was there. The mask was roof of that.

Alfred was starting to panic when two pairs of hands grabbed of his wrists, snapping him out of his paranoia. Francis and Kiku were looking at him slightly concerned. Kiku's head was slanted and his ears were down, while Francis was scanning him over like a concerned parent.

"S-sorry I just remembered something that happened when I first woke up. But it's nothing to worry about!"

They wearily let go of his wrists but didn't look like they believed him.

Force them to.

Huh?

Alfred froze when he heard the familiar voice but it didn't seem friendly. It had sounded eerily like his own but the voice had a…dead quality to it. It had been surprisingly persuasive it felt similar to-

"Alfred!"

"What!?" Alfred jumped at the sound of Francis's voice right next to his ear. The other nation huffed then stalked towards the lake.

'When did they make it towards the lake?'

"We were wondering if this lake has life in it-"

"No."

"What?" they looked at him. Alfred gave them a reassuring smile.

"I haven't seen any fish or frogs or anything so I assumed there isn't any. It's drinkable water though."

The two nations looked away from him to examine the lake. Alfred felt panic start to settle in again. He wasn't the one that answered their question. He was going to tell them that he didn't know when his mouth started moving on its own.

'What the hell is happening to me!?'

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Inside of a castle in a certain place a man sat on a large, red, velvet chair with gold trim. He wore a black cape over his head and clothes, hiding his identity. The man looked relaxed, but proper, his legs crossed, back straight and sipping from a porcelain teacup.

His eyes focused on the orb in front of him, its silver glow feeling like a blessing to the man. He watched as an incubus and fox demon spoke with…him. The strongest being The Orb had ever seen in a long time, the one who was chosen to fulfill the task that The Orb wishes him to accomplish.

The man would do anything The Orb wished him too.

Anything.

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I'll be honest guys I have no idea when I will update so I won't promise you guys anything, like I will be updating every three days. I think I will update every two weeks, and I will try to make the chapters longer, if the story stays on track than I don't think that will be a problem…

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