A/N: "I dunno why I decided to go all first-person in the last update, but meh."

It is simple.

I am alone.

All I want is to recreate what I have lost.

Just like you did so long ago.

Fauchereve had zipped passed all the mirrors at least three times, thoroughly. There was no sight of life anywhere in the manor. Just the eerie, hollow silence that only made the dream creature more afraid and nervous. That imposter! It was World. World had gotten out and now he's kidnapped the daughter of his two most trusted friends.

A thought popped into his head.

Was that girl really their daughter? Was he just being delusional? Besides, how would World even get out, to begin with? How could he disregard him? Closing his eyes, he drifted off to his mind world were all the Arcanas had manifested in. They can only stand with him in solid form when they're in other's dreams.

Stepping foot into Magician and Judgement's treehouse, he sees that Magician is the only one there. He wonders if he knew anything about World being gone for this long or if he had been gone, to begin with.

Fauchereve: "Um...Magician?"

Magician: "Ah! Reve, we didn't get to see you in the last scape of your dreams, was something troubling you?"

Fauchereve: "T-Technically, yes...um...I wanted to ask about the rest of the Arcanas."

Magician: "Oh, we're doing fine. Again, really happy that you're treating us like actual friends instead of being a possessive, little thing."

Fauchereve kind of frowned to himself, remembering what he was like beforehand. He guesses that he doesn't mind that they poke fun at it. But man, wasn't he just unstable and unhinged...

Fauchereve: "Y-Yeah...um, actually I was just going to ask on a specific Arcana. Uh...where is World?"

Magician: "-!!!"

Fauchereve: "Something's up. What are you not telling me, Magi?"

The Arcana shifts slightly uncomfortable, trying to word his sentence carefully. Fauchereve recognized this face. It was the face Magician would make when he was going to say some bad news and was afraid that he was going to snap at him. 

Magician: "W-Well...personally, I thought you forgot him."

Fauchereve: "Well, that's why I want to know where he is!"

Fauchereve: (Now's not the time...now's not the time to feel guilty. This might as well be my fault if everything that I think he'll say falls out of his mouth...)

Magician: "Um...well, he's...gone."

Fauchereve: "...GONE...???"

Magician: "Now, calm down, Reve-"

Fauchereve: "GONE?! How can he be gone?! How could he have gotten out!?"

Magician: "...Reve. Calm down and take a seat. Perhaps it is time that I told you."

Forlorn and suddenly serious, Magician gestures to 2 chairs to the fireplace, sitting down in one. Fauchereve roughly sits down on the other, crossing his arms and legs as he does, glaring fiercely at Magician.

Magician: "..."

Fauchereve: "..."

Magician: "..."

Fauchereve: "...Well? What is it? What have you been hiding from me? What have ALL of you been hiding from me?!"

Magician: "...You weren't supposed to remember."

Fauchereve: "...What?"

Magician: "I was for sure that you weren't going to remember. I had made sure of it. No one talked about it. We all promised. We were going to protect you from then and on."

Fauchereve: "Then?"

Magician: "March 12th, 2018, Reve. But we never told you what happened while you were...you know...within the inner sanctum? Um...what was his name...Italy? Italy's subconsciousness?"

Fauchereve: "B-But...you were all stripped down to your cards!"

Magician: "Not all of us were. All of Judgment's Wheel of Fortune were still in action. They were able to get their hands on the souls of the cards and brought him out. He brought me out and I took care of the rest on a bigger scale."

Fauchereve: "So you were all out, no wonder. So what happened? What did you do afterward?"

Magician: "...Well, at first, we were going to get ready to prepare for leaving elsewhere when or if you were defeated."

Fauchereve: "...then what were you doing...?"

Magician: "...World said he had a better idea. He said he'd...basically he wanted to be what you were like, using...Vanya's...name...saying he would be our 'Vanya' and we'd be his...lambs. He wanted to be..."

Fauchereve: "...no...No...h-he...he wouldn't..."

Magician: "Ssh, ssh, friend. We all heavily declined to the idea. We had no idea what entered his mind! Sure, yes, he's wanted to give us something better, but he always talked about it like family matters! Like...wanting to help you, for instance."

Fauchereve: "He...wanted to help me? After what I've done to him then?"

Magician: "Yes! But never has he EVER spoken such words. Dearest me, when we tried to explain to him, eased it to him kindly, he...just got very scared, for some reason, and fled. We never knew where he went or what exactly happened to him."

 Fauchereve: "You...don't know what happened to him. He just...started acting like that all on his own?"

Magician: "Yes, that's what we believe."

Fauchereve: "...I see..."

Magician: "By the way, how DID you ever manage to remember him, anyway?"

Fauchereve: "How did I-WAIT!!! I completely forgot! He's out! He's out, World possessed America! You know, one of the ones that came to rescue Italy? One of his other friends!? He's OUTSIDE! And he kidnapped the little pup!!!"

Magician: "Whoa, there, my dear. Calm down and sit down! Start from the top."

After rambling and having to repeat a couple sections due to being illegible with his words, Fauchereve flops back down to his chair, exhausted but still pumped with a little adrenaline.

Magician: "...so he got out."

Fauchereve: "Hah...hah...YES!!!"

Magician: "Now, calm down, Reve, no need to shout."

Fauchereve: "But the pupper is in dan-!!"

Magician: "Yes, I know, but what can we do? We're trapped in the mirrors and in your dreamscape, so we virtually have no power."

Fauchereve: "...But...but we have to do something we need to...we need to...THAT'S IT!!!"

Magician: "Please, cease your shouting...! What is your idea?"

Fauchereve: "You know how you're magical and you look like England!?"

Magician: "I can't use my magic outside the mirrors and dream realms, Reve."

Fauchereve: "YOU can't! But someone OUTSIDE can! That other you! That England guy!"

Magician: "And how pray tell, will you be able to do that? Reminder, we're in the dream realms, and you can't leave the mirrors."

Fauchereve: "...urgh..."

~~~~~

Feeling defeated, Fauchereve wakes up and slumps back to the mirrors, shimmering and reflecting whatever was on the other side. A stream of light flickered then flooded from one of the mirrors. Sneaking over to see what was making that light, he watched two darkened figures, due to the light, hurry in.

???: "Itamuney! America!"

???: "America, we're home! Where's our daughter?"

They called out, closing the door. Fauchereve's eyes widened and started dripping when he saw who the pupper's parents were.

Italy: "...could Ita be taking a nap...?"

Germany: "She always would be able to sense when we'd be coming. And there's no sign of America, yet."

Italy: "D-Did something bad happened?!"

Germany: "...I doubt it...but..."

Fauchereve: "F-FRIEND!!!"

Italy/Germany: "WHA-!!!"

He couldn't take it anymore. At full blast, he sprinted to the mirror, clawing and pressing his hands to it like how Itamuney was doing earlier, silently damning the mirror that separated them.

Germany: "Get back-WHO'S THERE?!"

Fauchereve: "It's me! It's me, your friend! Reve! I'm Reve!"

The couple's heads turn toward the mirror he was in and nearly started crying themselves. Fauchereve gave them a happy smile and then THEY ran up to him crying and having a mini-reunion.

Italy: "You...you finally found this place!"

Fauchereve: "You mean...you've been waiting for me...?"

Germany: "Well, yes! Why do you think we had all these mirrors around here? Hah, all this time, we've been afraid that we've been telling Itamuney empty promises..."

Fauchereve: "What?"

Italy: "Oh! Haha, we have a daughter, her name is Itamuney! She's really cute!"

Fauchereve: "That...that...THAT PUPPER WAS REALLY YOUR DAUGHTER?!"

Germany: "You've met her already?"

Fauchereve: "Y-Yes! She walked down one of the corridors in the middle of the night to get her teddy bear and-WAIT I FORGOT AGAIN!!! THERE'S SOMETHING I NEED TO TELL YOU IT'S URGENT!!!"

Italy: "H-Huh...!? What is it!?'

Fauchereve: "Do you remember World?!"

Germany/Italy: "...Yes...?"

Fauchereve: "HE POSSESSED YOUR AMERICAN FRIEND AND KIDNAPPED ITAMUNEY I'M SORRY I COULDN'T DO ANYTHING BUT I COULDN'T LEAVE THE MIRRORS!!!"

Italy/Germany: "..."

Fauchereve: "...Y-You...YOU HAVE TO BELIEVE ME!!! SHE'S NOT IN THE HOUSE ANYMORE!!! I HEARD HER SCREAM!!! AMERICA ISN'T HERE ANYMORE, BUT IT WASN'T HIS FAULT, I SWEAR!!!"

Italy: "...G-Germany..."

Germany: "Urgh, Italy, phone DC and the rest. I'll specifically inform England and London."

Italy: "Yes!"

Fauchereve: "...W-What are you going to do...?"

Germany: "What are we going to-!? We're going to save our daughter!"

Fauchereve: "...well, good luck, I guess..."

Italy: "W-Wait! Friend, wait!"

Fauchereve: "...W-What...? There's not really anything I can do..."

Germany/Italy: "..."

Italy: "Wait...you can do SOMETHING..."

Fauchereve/Germany: "...???"

~~~~~

HAPPY BIRTHDAY ITAMUNEY!!!

IT'S MARCH 12th SUCKAS AND DREAMTALIA THE FULL GAME IS OUT!!!!

OFF TO GO PLAY THE THING!!!

...WHICH...WOULD ALSO MAKE MY UPDATES SLOWER, BUT WORTH IT!!!

BYE-BYE~!!!!!