<Screams are heard in the distance. A sprinting figure draws ever closer to a large wall in the middle of a plaza. There are trimmed bushes and shrubs, as well as small trees and flowers. A fountain gurgles merrily, a marble statue of a book and quill shading it slightly from the sun. It is from the tip of the quill that the water rushes out. The rest of the plaza is paved with bricks, and small buildings surround the area. The screaming gets louder, and the figure rounds a corner wildly, blond hair with little flames whipping behind her. She brandishes a comically oversized hammer and takes a flying leap at the Fourth Wall.>

???: "HIIIIIIII-YAAAH!!!!!"

<The wall crumbles, shattering from the blow in a spiderweb shaped pattern. The girl huffs and blows the rubble. It defies gravity, and flies away as if hit by a monster sized baseball bat.>

???: "Hah, who needs the, hah, Fourth Wall anyways?"

<Several more figures round the corner. 8 or so older Countryhumans holding 10 little Countrykids. They look slightly confused. The girl snaps her fingers, and an arch of limestone rises out of the ground somewhere off to the side.>

???: "Great! I think we are ready to begin!!! Wait, I forgot something."

<The girl snaps her fingers again. Nothing visibly changed.>

An0n: "Testing, testing, one two! Can you see who I am? Good."

Japan: "An0n, did you just completely skip out the introductions?"

An0n: "Yea, nobody is going to read this without having at first read one of my other books. They know who we are." *waves hand dismissively* "Anywho, let's get this started!!!"

<Beyond the shattered remains of the Fourth Wall, the plaza suddenly cuts off, giving way to a misty field. Fog makes it almost impossible to see through it, but presently a soft glow slowly became discernible through the mists. Four Readers step into the plaza, key pendants glowing.>

Kay: "Oh, so THIS is what she meant as a 'twist'... Waitaminute!!!" *looks at her pendant in confusion* "How am I here? How do I have this back??? I thought I just got captured!!!"

An0n: "About that. You still are, but in that book. This is a whole different universe."

Reader: "..."

An0n: "...Just roll with it. Anyways, you are all here today to hang out with the book characters! You can Ask or Dare and...yeah...I've already said that quite a bit, haven't I?"

Readers: *nods*

An0n: "Welp."

<Kay, Vee, Golden, and Kookie chuckle and walk into the plaza. While the others start chatting with the characters, and snuggling the cute little Countrykids, Vee walked up to An0n>

An0n: "Wassup dude?" *they high-five*

Vee: "Well, I mean, I did just get sucked into a book so..." *they laugh* "How are you today, An0n?"

An0n: *grins* "Glad to see you guys, and doing great!" *she flashes a thumbs up*

Vee: "Great! I have a question for the Countrykids."

An0n: "Say no more, my friend! Kiiiids!!!" *she yells out, the little Countrykids bumbling over to her, beaming*

Vee: "You guys are so cute!!!"

Li'l Ukraine: *giggles*

Vee: "What is your favorite thing to do at home with your families?"

<They all raise their hands and jump, wanting to answer. An0n chuckles.>

An0n: "One at a time, guys. I'll point who goes first."

Li'l Germany: "I like to wread books outloud to my favver. He usually falls asweep though."

Li'l Poland: "I twy to fwy!!!" *Jumps up and laughs*

Li'l China: "I make playdough pots!!! I like to play wif clay a lot."

Li'l SK: "I play pretend I'm a ROCKSTAR!!!" *strums air guitar*

Li'l NK: "I don't play, that's for kids! I follow my daddy awound and do big kid stuff!"

Li'l SK: "What do you mean you don't play? What about your doll-"

<Li'l NK slaps a hand over his mouth and glares fiercely.>

Li'l America: "I play pretend I'm a superhero!!! Or a cowboy!!! Or an astronaut!!! Or something with guns!!!"

Li'l Canada: "I mostly just get pulled along with whatever he's doing, although I love to snuggle my mommy and daddy."

Li'l Ukraine: "I make flowerr crowns with my baby sister Belarrus!!!"

Li'l Russia: "I make magic waterrr with my papa, I love him." *Snuggles ushanka*

Li'l Japan: "I read the manga comics with my mom! Even the adult ones!" *looks proud*

An0n: "...Okaaay then..."

<They continue to chat. Meanwhile, Kookie is asking the School of Secrets kids something that has been on Kookie's mind for a while.>

Kookie: "Did you guys ever report what happened to the authorities?"

<The SOS kids share a look.>

Canada: "Yeah..."

Kookie: "What happened?"

Canada: "Welll..." *looks at his brother for help*

America: "Hold on, I got dis." *Morphs into a policeman and yanks Russia towards him*

Russia: "Wha-"

America: "Hears how the phone call went. Russ, you be you, and I'll be the guy on the other end of the line."

Russia: *sighs* "Is this rreally necessarry?"

America and Kookie: "YES."

Russia: "Fine." *is a little embarrassed, pantomimes a phone at his ear*

America: "Pangaea police department, how can we help you?"

Russia: "Help!!! My frriends werre kidnapped by a horrde of evil powerr-sucking aliens disguised as teacherrs!!! Please!! You've got to believe me!!!"

America: "Kid, are you high on somethin' or what?" 

Russia: "I'm not joking!!! Please believe me!!!"

America: "Listen here kid, I don't know why you are doing this, but we don't do pranks here. Get your sorry excuse of a hide back to your schoolwork before I take you out of that fancy Academy place and make you sleep in a cell for the night."

Russia: *Turns to Kookie.* "And then he basically hung up."

Kookie: "That was pretty good acting, guys!"

<Back over to An0n, Vee is snuggling the Countrykids. Golden walks up to the author.>

Golden: "Hey, An0n?"

An0n: "Hmm? Oh yeah, what?"

Golden: "Are we going to see the real PEACE and Ari again?"

An0n: *scowls at the names.* "The only TRUE PEACE has sacrificed his life for another. He is dead." *An0n whispers the next words softly.* "For now."

Golden: "What was that last part?" 

An0n: "Oh, nothing... Anyways, the other 'PEACE' has died a horrible cookie gore death, so I doubt we'll be seeing much from him again, unless someone has a question for him, in which I would activate that limestone portal over there." *she gestures at the arch.* "And as for Ari...I'm...not quite sure, really."

Golden: *looks confused* "How wouldn't you know? You are writing the book!"

An0n: "I'm not quite sure myself. It's like, I'm not really writing it. I have no idea what is going to happen when I start writing, it just...HAPPENS. It's...weird, to say the least."

<Meanwhile, Kay is busy yelling at a sky-rat.>

Kay: *has somehow managed to grab ahold of one of them and is shaking it vigorously* "THAT HURT, YOU MANGY EXCUSE FOR A SLUG WITH WINGS!!! HOW DARE YOU?!?!?"

Sky-rat: *Is one of the normal sky-rats from this book and has no clue what's going on.* "SqWaCk!!!" Translation: WhAt ThE cHeEsEbUrGeRs Is HaPpEnInG?!?!?

An0n: *holds out a glaring sky-rat surrounded by a purple aura.* "Here, this is one of the ones you want. That's just a normal sky-rat. Don't worry, this one can't do anything, the purple stops them from doing pretty much anything but talk."

<The sky-rat glances up at Kay. She shudders and drops the innocent bird she was holding, who promptly lost their lunch on the brick pavement. She looked nervously at the...THING in An0n's hands. She shuddered. Something about this 'bird' was much more unnerving than the previous one she had been yelling at. It surveyed her with a cold glare. Kay noticed the moving eyes and gulped. An0n was feeling it too, she could tell. Steeling herself, she drew in a shaky breath.>

Kay: *regaining confidence* "Oi!!! Sky-rat!!!" She spat out. "Don't you know that there are more Readers than your pesky hordes of scum?!? We will all fight for An0n and the book, you can't possibly win!!!"

<The Sky-rat slowly opened it's beak...>

< and LAUGHED >

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