The Axis Powers in: Body Swap Madness!

Chapter 4: Darkness Falls

At last! It's the Summer holidays! \(QwQ)/
Thank you for being so patient,  all my exams and assignments are finally done!
And I've finally managed to write another chapter! (despite suffering from writer's block upon returning to it. =w=;) Well, enjoy! :D
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Meanwhile, back at England’s house, a dark, hooded figure crouched beside a magic circle, which glowed an emerald green, in a shadowy basement. Flipping through an old spell book, he was searching for the right curse that will lead to the Axis’ demise.

This death spell required a lot of magical energy, but he was willing to offer up his power in order to get what he wanted.
He placed the book down beside him, looking over at the three items that were removed from the basket and were now placed in a row on the cold stone floor.

“Now, the preparations.” England took the bottle of cold beer and removed the cap. He then proceeded to pour half of its contents onto a ragdoll resembling Italy.
The doll itself possessed brown button eyes and a stitched smile, even a little curl on the side of it’s head. When he was satisfied with the amount of alcohol that has soaked into the dirty fabric, he set it aside.

Next, he picked up the cherry blossom and dropped it in a small basin that was filled with a dissolving potion he prepared beforehand. Watching it bubble and foam,  it turned the magical liquid a faint pink colour.
England poured the contents onto another ragdoll, much like the one before, but this one resembled Germany, with its eyes of blue and stitched up frown. Setting aside the drenched doll, he moved on to the last one.

This one resembled Japan of course, with its black mop of hair and soulless expression. England carefully removed the white fabric from the flag pole and tied it around the waist of the ragdoll.

When all the dolls were lined up in the magic circle, England held his spell book in one hand and started to murmur ancient words of Latin and old English, which only he could understand and pronounce.

He raised his wand, the light coming from his spell book glinting off the edges of the star.
There was a blinding flash of light which consumed the whole basement and in moments the spell began to work its magic. The dolls began to float into the air, each glowing a brilliant variety of colours.
When the light faded away, the dolls dropped abruptly to the cold hard floor, as the magic circle deteriorated.

England fell to his knees, dropping his magic book and wand, heavily panting.
It has been done.
His mouth curled into a sinister grin. It soon turned into a burst of evil laughter. The laughter died down after a few moments, he calmed down a bit.

The hooded figure then stood up and crossed  over to the place where the dolls had fallen and snatched up the doll resembling Italy. England looked at it, his green eyes gleaming with victorious glory.
“It’s only a matter of time now.” He smirked to himself, squeezing the Italy doll in his hand.

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Meanwhile, the Axis were gathered at Japan’s house. Italy had told Germany and Japan that he wanted to have a sleepover tonight. They asked why, but Italy just replied with a tired smile.
After dinner, which Italy offered to cook pasta, they settled down in Japan’s bedroom and did their own before-bed routines.

Japan was lying on his front, under the covers of his futon, Italy laying beside him in a camper’s sleeping bag. Germany was the last to join them, having needed to make sure that all the lights were turned off in the house and that all the doors and windows were locked properly.

“So,” Germany began, lifting up the covers of his sleeping bag and sliding into it.
“Vhat is zhe true purpose of zhis sleepover?” He asked, looking intently at the Italian.
Italy froze, his expression unreadable. Japan looked at him, his expression questioning. Italy tried avoiding their eyes, but he didn’t know why. Was he too guilty to tell them?