Nations Meet Ancient Countries

Chapter 9: The Revelation

The nations looked at Sloiiania in shock. How can an amulet keep a nation alive? It was the only question that raced in their heads. Sloiiania sighed getting their attention.

"My people made this amulet using magic alone. It's able to keep me alive, but the only down side is that it saps my magic in order for it to work." He said putting the amulet back under his shirt. "I can take it off...but only for a good four minutes. And if I go longer than four minutes, not only will I die, but my country will seize to exist along with my people. So in a sense they did it to keep themselves from dying." He sighed.

"That seems a bit selfish if you ask me..." Taiwan said. Sloiiania shrugged. "It works in my benefit too. I can stay with my sister longer." He said.

"Wait...your sister, why are you looking for her?" Iceland asked

"She was taken away from me when I had my back turned...a group of people somehow found us both and they knew exactly who we were. They took her away to test on her and since I was the one living with my capital destroyed, they wanted to test on me as well. I got lucky enough to escape, but my sister didn't..." Sloiiania said standing up before dusting himself off.

"How did your capital get destroyed in the first place?" Denmark asked. Sloiiania clutched his shirt above his chest. "That's something I don't want to talk about right now." He said. "Oh come on please?" Denmark asked before Norway grabbed his tie, strangling him. "You need to shut your mouth." He said, voice clear of emotion as he let go of the tie. Denmark nodded and caught his breath as Sloiiania tilted his head. "I'm not going to ask..." He said

"It's something Norge does sometimes." Finland said as America walked over to the ancient country. "Can you tell us about your sister?" He asked

"I suppose, but what do you want to know?" Sloiiania asked. "Basic info, if that's okay?" England said as Sloiiania nodded. "Her country name is Strionia and her human name is Thalia Lazar. She's younger than I am." He replied. "That's all you're going to tell us?" Wales asked. "Why should I give you any more info than I already have to nations that I don't trust?" Sloiiania said coldly before walking away. "And he has a valid excuse; I mean we did practically force him to tell us, da?" Russia said.

Germany sighed and walked after Sloiiania as England placed a hand on his hip. "The only thing he didn't tell us is the group that took Thalia." He said. "He'll tell us, eventually, unless, Germany decides to get impatient and blow a fuse." America said following the two.

"And he's right about that." Denmark said.

"Well we should go back to the UN building and figure out a plan. Hopefully Cantaro will tell us more until then." England said. "And if he doesn't?" Wales asked. "Then we'll see what happens." Ireland said. The countries all agreed to return to the UN building for the time being. 

Meanwhile, a young woman sits curled up in a corner of a dark cell with cuts and bruises littering her body. Her sapphire blue eyes filled with fear and pain. "Please..." She whispered, tearing up. "Please hurry, big brother...I want to get out of here..." She said as tears fell down her cheeks.