This is an idea I've been thinking abut for a while,so hope you enjoy! And Sorry if this first chapter is kinda slow, i promise it'll be better once they get there!
I Do Not Own Hetalia
It was a day like any other and Maddie was doing the chores around her house. She didn't wear anything fancy: a baggy, red hoodie with a white maple leaf printed on the front and slim grey sweatpants. Her hair was up in pigtails and her glasses slid down the brim of her nose as she vacuumed the nearly spotless living room floor. A Hockey game was playing on the black flat screen television behind her, and a lazy white bear sat on the black leather couch gazing at the images flickering across the screen with tired eyes. Clicking the vacuum off, she sighed, glancing at the T.V. with a slightly disappointed expression. "They're scoring way less than they usually do..." She reached for the remote on the end table, switching the channel to "Animal Planet", which was apparently playing something about Polar Bears. This seemed to perk the interest of the sleepy bear, who sat up in her seat. The young Canadian smiled, gathering the vacuum cords and wheeling the device to the closet. Closing the door, she examined the room, nodding in satisfaction to herself. "Guess that's all the cleaning for today," she said, sitting down next to her Polar bear.
Just then, the door bell rang. "I wonder who that could be?" She stood up again, walking cautiously towards the door. Weren't most of the other countries busy on the weekend? Opening the door slowly, she peeked out of the little gap the door allowed with the lock still in place. Whoever had rung the bell was facing away from the door. They were a bit shorter than Maddie with short, dark grey hair, and the only thing they wore was bathing suit shorts and flip-flops. Maddie had never seen this person. "Um...Hello?"
The visitor turned around, obviously unprepared for the voice, and when they saw each other's faces, they were both filled with shock. "I-Ivan?!" His face was still confused and shocked, but he shook it away and reached out a trembling hand. "Oh, um...H-hello Madeline. You're p-probably confused right now, aren't you?" She nodded. There was no way that this was the Russian she knew. Unlatching the lock, Maddie stepped back and allowed the smaller person to enter her home, closing the door gently behind them. She sat back down on the couch while her visitor still stood, looking around the home. "It's so...clean..." he mumbled, then shook himself out of whatever space he had been in. He sat down carefully on the couch a decent length away from Madeline and tried to calm himself down. Definitely not Ivan.
The two sat there with out saying anything for a while, the television still on "Animal Planet" and Maddie's Polar bear now in front of it, watching intently as the bears she was related to paced across the ice. "So...," Maddie finally said, "..mind...explaining what's going on?" The small man's eyes widened and he nodded his head. "Right, yes, of course! I'm so sorry for wasting your time." he paused for a moment to regain his composure, sitting up straight and looking Maddie in the eyes. He trembled a bit as he spoke. "I am here to invite you to my home." Now Maddie was really confused. "I've been to your- er, Ivan's house before. What would be so different? Why are you so different?" She stopped herself there, feeling a bit too pushy towards the newcomer, who already looked horribly terrified to be there. "Oh, right," he exclaimed to himself, looking back at Maddie. "I am from a different world; a parallel universe of your own...,' he trailed off. "..The Science Club of our world wanted to know what everyone over here was like, and I'm the messenger...So, would you consider bringing your friends there with me?"
Maddie's eyes were wide. Did she really just hear that? "Y-you're serious?" he asked. The boy nodded. "Well, I don't see why not...," she finally concluded. "Just let me call up some of the others. It may be difficult to contact them on a weekend." She stood up from the couch, Ivan jumping up as well, and they walked into the kitchen where Maddie picked up the phone. The first person she thought to call was Alfred, though it was very unlikely that he wasn't busy. She dialed her brother's number and waited nervously for an answer as it buzzed. After a few seconds, to the Canadian's surprise, he picked up. "Elyo?" It was obvious he had his mouth full of food. Maddie smiled. Typical Alfred. "Hey Al," she said," are you busy today?..." There was a pause, and the the sound of a big gulp. "BUSY!? ARE YOU KIDDING ME?!" Maddie pulled the phone away from her ear, then put it back carefully to the speaker when she thought it was safe. "Ow, Al, quiet down," she mumbled. He just laughed. "Sorry, Mad! I'm just soooooooooo bored! I would KILL to do anything right now, even with you!...Er, no offense," he added. She sighed. "It's alright, I know you didn't mean it like that. But before you come over, mind calling a few more people to come over too?" She heard his loud, obnoxious laugh again and smiled slightly. "Sure, no problem! See you in an hour, Mad!" Then the call went dead.
Hanging up the phone, Maddie turned around to face little Ivan. "Al said he'll be here in an hour. Guess we'll wait for anyone else 'till then." The two went back out to the living room and watched T.V. until they heard a knock at the door. Maddie jumped up and opened the door, stepping back so that Alfred wouldn't run into her as he darted inside. Instead, the American ran straight into 'little Ivan' who had stood up with Maddie, and the two tumbled to the ground. "Haha, sorry Ma-," Alfred started to apologize, then looked to see who he's fallen on and jumped up. " Maddie, what the fuck is this commie-bastard doing here?" Maddie ran over and helped up her guest. "So sorry about him," she whispered to him, since he was trembling in fear from the name he had never heard of. The Canadian looked at her brother with fierce eyes. "Don't call him that, you don't know what you're saying." Alfred's jaw dropped." What?! Yes I do! That's Ivan, right? Though he is shorter...and he's wearing a swim suit...who the heck is this, Mad?" Madeline sighed. "Al, you really need to think before you act. This is Ivan...but from a parallel universe." His face seemed to reflect the shock that she's felt when hearing the same thing. "OMG, ARE YOU SERIOUS?!" He squealed enthusiastically. Realizing how girly he'd sounded, he paused his excitement to clear his throat. "So, is this what we're going to do? Are we taking him home or something?" Maddie smiled. "Yea, kind of. The countries of that universe wanted to know what we're like, so we are kind of going over there." Her brother's excitement exploded again. He yanked his phone out and started calling every country he knew that could come, and within the next hour, several of them showed up: Francis, Arthur, Vlad, the real Ivan, Antonio, Lovino, Feliciano, and Ludwig.
With so many people in her house, Maddie was overwhelmed. Not only was everyone talking at the top of their lungs, but several of her guests had tracker mud into her beautifully spotless living room. "Guess it's pointless to complain," she mumbled to herself. Little Ivan stood up unsteadily on the couch, trying desperately to call order to the group with his quiet voice. The real Ivan saw this and lumbered through the small crowd in the living room to his parallel. "I will help you, da?" The shorter man smiled slightly in appreciation, but something about his parallel self gave him an uncomfortable feeling. Ivan pulled his heavy coat around him and pulled out his pipe, then slammed it to the ground, creating the echoing sound of splintering wood in the room. Everyone went deathly silent.
"I-Ivan!" Madeline whined, her voice shaking in fear. The tall Russian turned towards the small girl. "Da? I was just trying to help little me gain the attention of your guests." Maddie stumbled to try and find words to not sound angry or upsetting the the stronger man, but instead she sat down and looked at Little Ivan, nodding for him to talk. Glancing cautiously up at his alter-ego, he began to speak. "Wow, um...thank you all for coming to visit my home. I greatly appreciate you helping us learn something new...um, in a f-few moments, I will use the machinery I was sent with to allow us to travel back to my universe. Hold your breath while you are in there, and do not fear if you black out, it is normal. Once we all arrive, i will direct the group to the meeting place we have set up..." Seeming to have finished, the Russian slid off the couch, and a few others began to whisper. "Are we going to die if we breath in the thingie?" Feliciano asked loudly, a bit of exasperation lingering in the question. Little Ivan shrugged in response. "I-I'm not sure, but I wouldn't risk trying."
After that, the small man turned around, pulling a small pyramid-shaped item from his pocket and setting it on an end table. On one side of the object was a large black button that covered nearly the entire face. On the face parallel to the button, there were five light placed in the shape of a pentagon, but none of them were on. This side was facing a blank wall. "Ok, ready everyone," he announced, then pressed the button. The lights glowed unnaturally bright, and they were multiple colors. The pentagon shape started so spin around on the pyramid face, the light beams focusing in a circle on the wall and moving at an unbelievably fast pace. Then suddenly, there was a flash of green and a vortex opened up. A powerful force started to pull all the people into it. Everyone held their breath. Maddie saw a brilliant flash of colors as she was sucked in, and within a few seconds she passed out.
