Teleported Into the Looking Glass(3)
Title: Teleported Into the Looking Glass
Author: mistressssnakey
Character(s): America, Japan, Italy and Russia(for now).
Pairing(s): Pairings will be announced as the show up.
Rating: PG13(this chapter is pretty PG, but rating will go up).
Warnings: Some OOC.
Summary: America, Italy and Japan find themselves in an alternate reality after a failed experiment. There things are quickly put at stake.
This story can be found at FF.net
Chapters: [1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8] [9] [10] [11] [12] [13] [14] [15] [16] [17] [18] [19] [20] [21]
AN: This chapter starts to introduce the other reality and the characters. Also I know the way America is divided may seem confusing. but there is a reason behind it.
AN 2: Today is my last day for finals which means I'll be bale to work on this story much more, I'm hoping to have ta leats 4 chapters up before I have to leave for my vacation.
AN 3: English is not my first language, so feel free to tell me if I have any grammar errors.
Germany looked at the clock for the tenth time in the past hour and continued the pace around the hotel room. He'd planned a quick dinner with Italy and Japan for today. Something they tended to do every few years. Italy had gone to Japan's house as he revealed one of his newest experiments. Germany had stayed behind to finish some work for his government, and then he would meet the other two countries in the hotel.
While it would be completely natural for Italy to be late for any type of meeting, he was sure that Japan would make sure that they were there on time. But after an hour of waiting for them, Germany was growing worried. He had tried to contact both nations and even America to find out if something had happened. But he had received no response from them. Their cellphones appeared offline and Japan's home telephone wasn't answered.
Finally giving up to his impulses he called for a cab. He would go to Japan's house himself to find out what was wrong. Maybe it was nothing and he hoped it was nothing. Maybe their phones had run out of battery. More than once Japan's experiments had failed, forcing people to move out of the house at things cleared.
That would explain why Japan hadn't answered his phone. It could have been a minor failure. Germany continued to repeat that to himself during the endless drive to Japan's home. He did his best to ignore the nagging voice in the back of his head. The one that told him that something big could have happened. His friends were fine.
He stared out the window, the city passed by quickly. The buildings grew smaller and more tress appeared as they drew nearer. Japan had never been fond of too many people. While many of the nations enjoyed living near the larger cities, nearer a large number of their people. Others like Japan preferred to live in quite neighborhoods. Of course they tended to have homes in different locations of their countries, some larger and more live din than others.
Germany almost jumped out of the car before it stopped, running into his friend's home. He could make out America's rented car in the backyard. He was sure that even if he couldn't see it, Italy's was there too. Germany didn't bother much with rented cars, a simple cab tended to get him where he wanted to go. Plus it wasn't like he traveled to far when visiting other nations for meeting. He saved that luxury for vacations better.
"Japan?" The house was empty. He couldn't even hear steps, soft whispers from the floor above. It was impossible to miss America or Italy's loud voices. But right now he couldn't hear a thing. He continued to search the house and yard anyway. Italy's car was still there. But the nations were not. He walked outside once more.
Went and asked Japan's neighbors if they had seen any of the trio go out. Or anyone else enter the house after them. All of the replies had been the same. They had seen the brunette and tall blonde come in. But after that no one had gone out or entered. Finally his search led him to the room where Japan kept his experiments.
"Amerika? Italy? Japan?" Nothing. No one was on sight. He was alone in the house and he had no idea where the others countries had gone. He could wait and see what happened. But if something had happened the longer he waited then the more dangerous it could be for the others. They could be hurt for all he knew.
Waiting could even put their lives at risk. Countries couldn't be killed easily, but they could be hurt. They felt pain like any normal human. He knew what he had to do. He glanced at the room one more time before leaving. As he walked out the silver disk glowed blue.
Germany would contact the other members of the G8 first. Maybe find out if they had heard anything from them. He didn't want to get too many people involved if something had indeed gone wrong. But he couldn't lie to himself. If things got out of hand then he would need some extra help. He would stay in the house for any signs. With all of the other nations gone it would take some time for them to return.
America, Japan and Italy sat together in the large table. Side by side, Italy in the middle with America to his left and Japan to his right. Right across from the large Russia that had seemed so familiar but now a stranger studied them. The table had been set beforehand for, they could tell, a large group of people. The only thing missing was the food, which they guessed had been kept in the kitchen warm. Ready to be served when the visitors came.
Russia had admitted that some people would be arriving there during the night, which was not far away. Japan wanted to ask who there were, but the look that Russia had told him the other nation would not say. A surprise that he wasn't sure they needed at the moment. Russia had brought in some of the food. He did not join them as they ate. Instead he continued to study their every movement. Like a doctor studies one of his patients. America found the whole thing creepy. But his mind was somewhere else to pay it much attention.
"Look I haven't died, I never died. Especially not in 1772, he was sure of that. Him been there was proof enough. 1772 things were already heating up between the colonies and England. But nothing huge had happened during that year for them. Italy and Japan nodded at that. But they still couldn't understand why Russia would lie about that. True that he didn't have the best history with truths and kindness. But to say something like that didn't make any sense. The Russia simply nodded and stood up. He motioned for them to follow him once more.
They ended up in a large library. Still standing they watched the other man walk around the room. He picked a large book and brought it to them. The cover was faded but they guessed it had been beautiful once, Russia's name had been added in golden letters under the books' title. Japan was the first one to take it after Russia had flipped through it finally finding what he was looking for. Japan read through it quickly, America knew some Russia form the Cold War years and was able to understand some as he read over Japan's shoulder.
Japan quickly closed the book looking at Russia dumbfounded. It made no sense, the books was well over a century over. It told about the American Colonies failed attempt to break away from the British Empire. But their untrained soldiers had been outnumbered. They never stood a chance at victory. The book didn't mention the personification of the nation, but they never really did. He eyed America who had a worried expression on his face. They were all thinking the same thing.
"How can it be?" Italy's voice brought them out of the trance. They had almost forgotten he was there, he was never that quite. Russia simply looked at a large map they hadn't even noticed. It took one of the walls, it wasn't as old as the book but some of the colors had faded.
"Is not up to date, but it represents the world before.." He stopped his mind drifting for a moment. Those days were like a dream to so many of them now. "the war. The world we want to have against once it is over."
The others didn't understand what he meant by the war, there had been so many but it was a question for later. Instead they moved closer to the map. What America knew to be his land was divided. Alaska was up with Russia. Bellow was Canada, Canada that now extended into his own land. Canada took all of his Northern states. Bellow Canada was the United Mexican states. The Southern States, all but Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, those were part of the Republic of Cuba. Things were looking far too real to be a simple joke. The book, the map, Russia story even sounded believable.
Frankly if America wasn't himself he would believe it. Japan was once more deep in thought, Italy was even looking serious and America continued to look at the map. Russia wouldn't go into such troubles just for a prank. Would he?
They jumped, thoughts interrupted by the sound of a bell. A quick glance at the window confirmed their suspicions that night had fallen. Russia's visitors were arriving. How long had they stood there? It had felt like minutes but more than an hour had gone by. Japan quickly placed the book down, not sure what to do. Russia had at some point gone out, leaving them to their thoughts. Now they weren't sure if it was best to wait there or go and find out who the mysterious visitors were.
America was the first to take action, he moved quickly before Japan could stop him. Italy took his lead and followed, finally sighting Japan decided to follow too. If anything happened it would be better for someone reasonable to be there to stop his friends. They knew they would end up lost had it not been for the loud voices spilling from the hallway. They quickly followed after them, trying to make out what they were saying. America could make out Spain's voice and two other lower murmurs of what he believed to be French and something else, probably English.
Finally they came across a group of four talking with Russia. Russia quickly turned to them, his smile turned into an expression of pure horror at their appearance. Japan couldn't understand why until he looked at the group. Spain was the one talking, he looked thinner but healthy. France who stood beside him looked horribly pale and sick. Spain had an arm wrapped around him and so did the third person in the group. Said person at the sound of steps had turned to stare at his dead brother's face. There before them stood Canada.
AN 4: After this chapter we won't hear from the canon world for some time.
Hint: This chapter not only introduces important characters, but also gives away something important for the story.