Greece tried to get up on his feet, but it was impossible because of how weak he was after France's stranglehold spell. But he had a last wish that he had to tell him, the problem was only that he must manage to say it before he became unconscious.

"I ... have a last wish ..." Greece began to explain but it was difficult to talk without being able to breathe, but still he knew that he must manage to say this few words, it was the only chance he and the others had, and the rest of the world too. "Before ... I die ... I would ... like to see you take that locket that you have on your coat off... and throw it into the wall over there..." Greece tried to point his finger at the wall but now he was really weak, he was almost about to faint.

France, looked at Greece in surprise, it was the strangest last wish he had ever heard, and certainly the last thing he had expected that any of them would come up with in this situation.

"Okay, if that's all you can ask for Greece so of course I can do it!" France responded and took his medallion off and held it in his hand. Greece held his breath, both because he was waiting to see what France would do… and because that he simply had no choice, the air was running out for him very quickly now.

France took the kit, and then he threw the locket away... and at the same moment everyone could breathe again, the stranglehold spell was broken. But most importantly, France was defeated. At least the France who had wanted to kill the other countries and take over the world for himself. The France how was left now fell to his knees, big tears rolled down his face and down onto the floor.

"What have I done?!" When France began to sob, Greece walked up to him.

"The stone in the medallion that you had around your neck is called the Pandora-stone" Greece began to explain "Pandora found this stone in the box that got her name after it. It was this stone that made you do everything you have done the last months."

Before France had time to respond to what Greece had told him they heard a scream from Liechtenstein.

"Seychelles?! 'France quickly got up on his feet to see what had happened. Seychelles lay lifeless on the floor among all the others, who were still examining their necks after the stranglehold spell to see if they were still alive, and to their great relief discovered that they were, and that it was all over.

At this sight France got a panic that he had never even thought existed. He ran through the room to Seychelles and Liechtenstein who had begun to give Seychelles the CPR and everything she could think of that could save her friend's life. France put his fingers on her neck to examine it and to his great relief he could feel a weak pulse inside her skin, and thanks to Liechtenstein she breathed as well, but it was barely anything.

France lifted Seychelles up in his arms and then he walked out of the room, still crying. Right now France didn't believe that he would ever stop crying. He carried Seychelles to a bedroom that was reasonably untouched by the war that was now finally over, and placed her in the bed so she could rest.

When France had done this there was a knock on the door, but France did not feel that he had strength to care about it. He was completely destroyed mentally because of what he had done, and because of what had happened to Seychelles. Both Ukraine and Spain had woken up, he had seen them on his way to the bedroom. Right now, he just wanted to think about why all this had happened, he had believed it all to be a dream until Greece had made him throw that stone away. And now he must sooner or later face the others.

When France didn't opened the door, then those who knocked on it decided to open it themselves. France looked up and saw two people, Greece and Belarus.

"Belarus wanted to give you something!" Greece explained when France looked up at them. Through her tears France could see the hairpin that Belarus had been wearing since she came here. The only thing she that she wore during her time with France that was actually her own.

"Why?" France could not bring himself to say more than this little tiny word. The thought of what he had done was too painful, and it made it impossible for him to talk, he couldn't stop thinking about the fact that he had thought that he had been sleeping all the time, and that he had thought it all to be a dream. But Belarus went up to him with the piece anyway.

"Because this red stone in it is the second Pandora stone. It is called the Pandora ruby. Greece told me about these two stones," France took several steps away from Greece and Belarus. If there was another Pandora-stone, he certainly did not want to have anything to do with it. But Greece just smiled at him.

"Francis. There were more than evil that was found inside Pandora's box! It is thanks to the fact that Belarus had the second stone that you couldn't touch any of us in the end" When France still didn't dare to take the hairpin, Greece took it out of Belarus's hand and drew it into Seychelles hair instead. Then he stretched out his hand against France "Come, Seychelles need to rest"

Belarus opened the door, and outside they could all hear a quite upset Britain yell at someone.

"DO YOU MEAN THAT I HAVE RECOGNIZED SEALAND AS A COUNTRY BECAUSE OF SOME STUPID STONE!"

France left the room along with Greece and Belarus, with one last tearful glance at Seychelles, who lay quite still on the bed with Belarus's gift in her hair. Greece turned to him again with an encouraging look.

"There were more than evil that was found in Pandora's box!" Greece said once again.

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