Capital Girls: Game On!

Dreamtalia Pt. 16

Just as Rose pondered the thought, she noticed Britain and Germany talking to Canada. While they talked, Rose saw what looked to be a dog house not too far away. She walked up to it and peaked her head inside a bit to see if she could find a dog. "Puppy?" she called out as she looked inside.

"What are you doing?" Amelia asked.

"I bet a puppy lives here~," Rose replied with a smile.

Amelia couldn't help but chuckle a bit. Even in dire situations like this Rose found a way to smile.

"What are you girls doing over there?" Britain asked, walking over with Germany to the dog house. When Germany stopped at the dog house, he just stared at it. "You all right?"

"...Doggie." Germany replied, making Rose and Amelia giggle.

"Oh for goodness sake," Britain sighed, rolling his eyes. "You can't seriously want to feed the dog."

"I vant to feed them. They might be hungry," Germany said.

Britain groaned. "It's a dream but whatever. Girls, you stay here. We'll be back." The girls nodded and waited for Britain and Germany to come back with food for the pup. It took a few minutes but they came back with some food and placed it into the dog's food bowl. Then it popped out from inside the dog house.

"Oooh, there you are," Germany said with a smile. "Did you enjoy that food? Oooh such a good boy."

Amelia couldn't help but laugh. She never thought she would see the great and fearsome Germany oodle over a dog. This is too rich, She thought as she watched Germany pet the creature.

Rose joined in on petting the dog on the head. "Good puppy, good boy," Rose told the dog and the dog returned the kindness by licking her in the face, making her giggle with delight. "Such a good puppy."

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After a lot of exploring- and Britain upsetting Japan- Britain, Germany, Amelia, and Rose waited in the center for the others to show up. "I wonder if the others had better luck than us," Britain wondered as they waited.

Meanwhile, Japan and Naomi were walking about to the East. Japan hadn't said much after the whole chat with Britain. He didn't want to feel like he was losing his connection to the real world. He had just slipped up is all. Naomi stayed by her Dad's side as she walked by him. Then, as they walked by a building, Japan pulled Naomi to the side and hid her behind the tree with him. They watched how the arcana of Korea walked into the building.

"Wasn't that the other Korea?" Naomi asked as they came out from behind the trees.

"Yes, I am sure of it," Japan said as he and his daughter went out. He and Naomi peaked inside. As soon as they looked through the window, Naomi had to turn her head away and silently cough because of the horrible smell inside. After catching some air, Naomi peaked again inside to see what looked to be another China, the other Korea, and some of her Uncles and her Aunt inside.

The other China laughed with a face that looked to be puffy and red, like he had just downed a huge glass of German beer. (Naomi had seen Prussia drunk after a party at Germany's place).

"I love you all~. You're such a wonderful family, aru!" the other China squealed, definitely sounding high. "Ah, I don't need any friends, just my family and that giant panda of a nation!"

"Huh?" Naomi wondered.

"I'm glad everyone deserted me in the caves and left me for dead! More family for us all, aru!"

"Yay!" the other Korea cheered.

Naomi gasped and looked to her Father to confirm that she heard the other China correctly. She had been made aware of what had happened to China so what did this mean?

"And more opium courtesy of the panda, aru!!" the other China shouted with joy.

"Double yay!!" the other Korea added.

Japan then began to back away from the window, shaking like a leaf. "Otosan?" Naomi asked, seeing her Father shake.

"That...isn't a fake China," he squeaked out. "That's the rear (real) one! I-I have to warn everyone! I--"

Suddenly, Japan placed a hand to his chest, as if he couldn't catch his breath. "Otosan, what's wrong?!" Naomi frantically asked.

"I-I...can't breathe...no..no!..Not again!!.." Before Naomi could try to do anything, Japan yelled and engulfed himself and Naomi into a light, blinding the young, Japanese girl.

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Meanwhile, Amanda was waking up to find herself in what looked like an amusement park. There were rides, food stands, games, and many other amusement park necessities. The American girl's eyes grew wide with excitement upon seeing the amusement park. "Wow~," She said, standing to her feet. "An amusement park? Awesome! I must be...dreaming...Oh, I get it; this is all a dream."

"A dream, aru?" A voice from behind spoke.

Amanda turned to look behind her and saw that a girl that looked like Chen was behind her. However, the Chen looked different; her hair was up in little buns and she wore a black cloak over what looked to be a completely white outfit.

"This is no dream," The Chen look-alike stated.

"C-Chen? Is that you?"

"Chen?" The doppelgänger said. "What kind of name is that? My name is Shadow, aru. And you are Candle."

Amanda just stared at the look-alike of one of her friends for a few moments before she busted out laughing. "That's ridiculous!" she chuckled. "My name isn't Candle, it's Amanda!"

"No, I'm pretty sure you're Candle." Shadow stated.

"And I'm pretty sure I know my own name! It's Amanda!"

Shadow rolled her eyes, finding that this conversation was getting annoying. "You're name is Candle, aru."

"It's Amanda, Amanda Liberty Jones!"

Shadow sighed and then hit Amanda on top of her head with a staff she had. "Your name is Candle."

"Oww! What'd you do that for?!" Amanda winced, rubbing her head. "My name is Amanda, not Candle!"

"Wrong answer Candle." Again, Amanda received another whack to the head. "Try again. What's your name?

"Amanda! And stop hitting my head! You're just like the real Chen!"

This went on for several minutes. Neither gave up on their stance and Shadow remained calm while Amanda was losing her cool. She was so red in the face that it was the darkest shade she could go. After saying her name for the umpteenth time, Amanda stopped to catch her breath. She glared at Shadow and then straightened herself back up after she was able to finally breath normally. "Okay, listen, I know my own name, okay?" Amanda said. "My name is...is..." For some reason, Amanda was drawing up a blank on her name. But why? Hadn't she just said it moments ago? So why was she drawing up a blank now? "...Why...Why can't I-"

"Like I was saying aru," Shadow began. "Your name is Candle."

"...Candle?...No, no that's not right it's...it's uh....has it, always been Candle?" Amanda questioned.

"Of course it has," Shadow sighed. "Candle, you can be really slow at times."

The girl in question laughed nervously. "Sorry about that Shadow. I don't know what came over me. So, do you wanna go on a ride or something?"

"I don't do rides, remember?" Shadow reminded "Candle". "Why don't you go find that one British girl and ask her, aru?"

Candle scratched her head, trying to think of who Shadow was referring to. Then she finally realized it; "Oh, you mean Amelia."

"Yeah...her."

"I haven't seen her in a while though."

"Well she's probably waiting up for you at the funhouse. I can escort you back there if you want."

"Okay~. Lead the way Shadow~!"