Chapter 21

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When the bookshelf moved it revealed a door.

~Destiny's P.O.V~

I walked next to Italy, my arm brushed his and I slipped a key into his hand.

By the time we reached the door, he looked at me in shock.

I glanced at (Y/n) as she stood next to Germany and Japan, the group of us walked into the room.

~(Y/n)'s P.O.V~

I turned to watch as Italy locked the door, sighing in relief softly.

I shifted and studied the room before me.

It wasn't all that important, the only thing that was remotely cool, was the jail cell.

I shifted over to it and open the cage door.

The axis walked into the cell with Destiny and myself following close behind.

We walked up to the key on the other side.

Japan grabbed the key off the ground and showed it to us.

"Another key," I whispered as my sister reached out to grab it.

Obtained: Basement Key

I flinched as this "game" told me that I- we have the Basement Key.

"We should go, now," Destiny walked out of the cell, putting her hands behind her head.

I darted over to the door, Steve is out there with the other nations.

We left the room to face the evil Steve... ha, I should say that out loud next time we see him.

I went behind Germany and Japan, and pushed them toward the door, "Let's go! We can stay in here!"

Destiny shifted to stand a little closer to Steve as if protecting the nations.

We ran out of the room, I darted forward to ran next to Italy and leaned into him to get to go left down the hall and exit the room.

We ran down the hall turn right to go up the stairs.

Italy came to an abrupt stop, "I shouldn't go upstairs!"

I sighed and grabbed his hand, to run down the right hall.

I gasped for air as we entered the kitchen.

We circled around the chairs in the left corner and then left the kitchen.

I felt an intense wave of relief when we finally lost the Oni.

I stopped running and started to walk, "Destiny. I'm out of breath."

Destiny nodded, she didn't even look winded, "I see that."

We left down the hall and went to meet up with the group.

China looked up as we entered, "Oh, you're back. Are you okay? Sorry, you had to go through that."

Japan shook his head,  "No, on the contrary, I'm the one who should apologize for asking you to deal with this. We actually managed to escape easily."

Italy whispered to himself, "I wish it had been me instead, though... But you're really fast, too, Japan~"

I elbowed him, "Dude you were with us."

Italy flinched, "Oh... yeah..."

Canada smiled, "You did very well. And we found the clock!"

Tick

Tock

Tick

Tock

"The key we found leads to the basement right? Before we go, though, we have to settle this memory confusion," Russia put in.

Germany frowned, "Each one of you has three minutes. If you have something to say, raise your hand."

"Er, can I go first, then?" England raised his hand slightly, "I don't think it's just me, but... didn't you notice anything when you broke the clocks?"

China gasped, "...You noticed it, too? Then it wasn't just my imagination."

"You mean we all get false memories whenever we break a clock?" Russia asked tilting his head.

Germany looked around as the group nodded- save for Destiny and myself, "R-really?"

Italy looked to the side, shifting uncomfortably, "..."

"When we broke the clock in the piano room, I got memories of coming here with Japan and others. But..." China trailed off.

Russia nodded, "Yeah. Our memories are all tangled, but first, let's try to remember how we started."

England pointed out, "It all started at the world meeting. We were all gathered in a single place, including those who are missing now."

"Right. There is no doubt that this was where we started. So, America had heard rumors about this mansion and said he wanted to come to see what it was like," Japan built on to the story.

Canada closed his eyes in thought, "The meeting had ended, and we had nothing better to do, so I came with America, China, Russia, France, and England..."

"We also invited Japan, but he didn't come," China added, "That's why I sent him a message right before I came into the mansion."

Germany pointed at Italy, "When he saw that message, Italy began to say that he wanted to come, too, and the three of us headed here, along with my brother."

Italy nodded sadly,"...Yeah."

England held his head, "But I also have different memories. I remember coming with America and Japan, and it was China who got separated from us, not France."

Italy flinched and jumped in, "Maybe we're getting confused because there are several mixed memories? We don't know which one is right...and it makes us draw the wrong conclusions."

Russia smiled childishly, "Ah, that's also an idea...When false memories get mixed in to hide the truth, we get confused and don't know what is what. And once you suspect something, everything else becomes suspicious."

I smiled nervously when he glanced at Destiny and I after his last statement.

Italy looked around, "Well, then, that means that from now on, whenever we break a clock, we'll get a lot of false memories, but we shouldn't believe any of them!"

"If we invite confusion...Right, I think we must discard those fake memories without believing them," Japan agreed.

China frowned crossing his arms, "What a bother. Also, we have to be ready to get strange memories while we break the clocks."

"Right," Germany nodded, "If you can discard them without worrying about them, you should definitely do so. Anyway, I'm going to break this clock. If you get any strange memories, just forget about them right away. Don't forget whom you came with or how you came to be here now."

I looked at the clock and felt a pang of nervousness enter my body, will... will I see something weird again...?

Omg, I was almost, late with this chapter.

Gah! I'm getting so bad at keeping up, I blame 9th grade!

Wait... I updated when I was dealing with more stressful things... darn what do I have to blame...

Welp, I guess I'm still gonna pin blame onto 9th grade.

Anyway, pretty uneventful sorry... but I want to get to drawing fan art of Mysterion... because there is not a lot and Mysterion.

Welp,

ALL HAIL THE ALMIGHTY BURRITO!!!

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