Hi again! So this chapter is a little short because it's a little different. Hopefully, it didn't turn out too bad.

Disclaimer: Hetalia doesn't belong to me.

7. Magical Cupcakes

America and England stared at the two floating, cloaked men in front of them with contradicting feelings. They weren't sure if they should feel scared by their sudden appearance, or if they should be happy that the man had returned, perhaps with more detailed information for them.

They immediately recognized the cloaked man they had seen before for it was a sight that was hard to forget, though the cloaked man beside him, also a good a few inches taller than him, did not look familiar to America and England.

England debated with himself if he should say something, but the taller of the cloaked pair did it for him. He didn't exactly address the two nations, but turned to the smaller cloaked man beside him.

"I thought you said they would work?! They brought us to the wrong time!"

America and England kept their mouths shut, as they had no idea what the unfamiliar man was referring to. Instead, they just watched the conversation with confusion. It only got weirder when the smaller cloaked man gave his reply.

"They worked last time. I don't know what happened this time. Maybe I used the wrong flavor of frosting?"

The taller man just groaned and shook his head.

"Don't worry, we'll just send them back into the future again." The smaller cloaked man insisted. "It's no big deal."

The taller of the two didn't reply, so England took it as an opportunity to get a word in.

"Who exactly are you two and what are you talking about?"

The two men in black simultaneously turned their hooded heads towards America and England as if they had forgotten that they were there.

"Oh, I forgot they could hear us." The smaller one spoke up. He then addressed the two nations before him. "We weren't exactly supposed to be here."

"Oliver accidentally brought us to the wrong time. He caused you two to travel forward in time instead of backwards." The taller one added with discontent.

America turned to the smaller man. "So, you're Oliver?"

He nodded.

"And you are?" England asked the taller one.

"Allen, but it doesn't matter who we are. We just came to check if everything was going according to plan."

"What plan?" America and England both asked in unision.

Allen and Oliver didn't answer right away.

"Should we tell them?" Oliver asked his companion.

Allen immediately shook his head. "No. Why should we? If it were up to me, we wouldn't even be helping them in the first place."

"Wait, you're helping us?" England asked with confusion. "How is throwing us back in time helpful?"

America nodded his head in aggrement, as he was just as confused as England.

Oliver laughed. "Ah, well, if it weren't for us then you and all your friends would be gone because my friends and I would take over your whole world!"

Take over their whole world? The statement seemed very unrealistic to them, but then again, this whole time thing seemed unrealistic, so in reality, it was kind of realistic.

"What do you mean by taking over our world? And you still didn't tell us who you are." England asked.

He had no idea where these people came from, he didn't even know if they were people.

"Maybe they're aliens." America whispered to England.

"They're not aliens. There's no such thing." England replied, crossing his arms over his chest.

The alien discussion got a laugh out of Oliver. "Aliens? That's the funniest thing I've ever heard!"

America raised an eyebrow. "So, does that mean you're not aliens?"

"No." Allen said bluntly.

America pouted, a little disappointed that they weren't aliens.

England's patience was running out. "Then what are you and what do you want with us?"

Oliver stopped his laughing. "We're giving you a chance to save your world."

England looked over at America before turning back to Oliver and Allen. "Why? And how is doing this going to save the world from you?"

"We're helping you because we pity you." Oliver said, his comment causing America and England to gawk in surprise. "To be honest, Allen and I, as well as a few others, don't really want your world, but when Luciano gets an idea in his head, he doesn't back down until he goes through with it."

"Luciano is the one who planned all this." Allen explained.

As interesting the new information was, the question of how time travel was helping still pondered in England's mind.

"But how is doing this supposed to help us?"

Oliver sighed, tired of explaining all this. "Luciano threw you all back in time, so that you all will be gone when we take over the world."

"And why do we only have a limited amount of time?" America inquired.

"Because the potion I created that sends you back to the future won't last forever. By year zero, it will disappear."

England took out the bottle from his pocket. "You created this? With what?"

"Magic."

"You practice black magic?" England asked with a hint of excitement in his voice.

Oliver scoffed. "Black magic? No way, I only practice pink magic."

England looked puzzled. "Pink magic? That's a thing?"

But Allen interrupted before the conversation could last any longer. "We've got to go. You've got your explanation, now eat these and finish saving your world."

He threw two pink frosted cupcakes at them. America and England stared at them as if they were some foreign object that they'd never seen before.

"Yeah, eat those and you'll be going backwards in time again." Oliver said.

"But these are just cupcakes." America said, eyeing the pink dessert. "What are they gonna do?"

Oliver sighed. "They're not just any cupcakes, I put a potion in them. That's how we came here."

America gave England a look of uncertainty. Then, without much thought, he bit into his cupcake.

"Do you like it? I have tons more where that came from if you do." Oliver asked, but just as America was about to answer, he suddenly disappeared.

England looked up in shock. "Where'd he go?!" He demanded.

"Don't worry," Oliver reassured him. "He was sent backwards in time again to find the next friend of yours. And that's we're you'll go if you would just eat yours already."

England still wasn't convinced, but decided he really didn't have any other choice. He reluctantly bit into his cupcake, and in a matter of seconds, he had disappeared too.

Would you look at that, some of the mystery has been solved!

Okay, so in case you didn't realize, Oliver and Allen are England and America's 2p counterparts. Sorry if you're not a fan of 2p's, I would've warned you, but I didn't want to spoil the story. But even if you don't like them, they won't be in much of the story anyway, so I think it's okay.

Also, sorry if I didn't get their personalities right, are they personalities even canon? I tried finding information on them, but there wasn't a lot, so this will have to do.

Anyway, sorry it wasn't too exciting, but next chapter will be back to the normal flow of the story. Reviews are appreciated, and thanks for reading!