Hetalia Gakuen:
Darkened Past an Uncertain FutureChapter 1: What the hell is this!
It was August 28 to be exact, early in the morning I arrived to England from my home country the Philippines. Waiting patiently next to the exit, I await for my uncle Yao who's supposed to be here 10 minutes ago. Then again I'm not quite surprised at all if he somehow got lost in this busy, over crowded (yes, even in the mornings) area of an airport.
To tired to give a damn, I glance at my watch for the twentieth time and just by looking at it I got completely exhausted. It was 3:15 in the fucking morning damnit who wouldn't be exhausted after many attempts of trying to sleep but failing as an old woman keeps on talking over and over about her troubles. I mean not to be rude or anything but when you're having mixed emotions about moving to a foreign place alone you'd want to at least try to calm your nerves before they got the better of you, but sadly I failed. So here I am, Maria de la Cruz, from the Philippines, age 17, female, and will be attending Hetalia Academy in England, the place where the few yet gifted students reside in… yup… that's where I'm going. And hoping I can start my life all over, a second chance if everything goes well.
I noticed after relaxing that my vision started getting blurry, sleepiness slowly invading, and quickly sat up desperately trying to find absolutely anything to distract myself from sleeping in a foreign area. People walk by me as I sat on a seat near the exit, chatting away with their devices, each with an accent from around the globe. Some were business men/ women, others where tourists or relatives visiting their families. Pft! Families huh? I thought to myself amusingly, such a different world compared to back then, so different…
Stifling a yawn I ruffle my deep dark brown hair (which most mistaken as black) and focus my dark brown eyes at my cell phone, going through the contact list: uncle Yao.
Approximately after two rings I hear a distant third ring and a familiar voice answering it, and at the same time approaching me from behind.
With a tired yawn the voice on the other line answers, "hello~! Maria don't worry I'm here at the exit now aru~!"
I hold back a giggle as I got up and crept behind my favorite uncle in the world, but before I could pounce on him he swiftly turns to me and tackles me, hugging my tightly.
"Darn it!" I pulled back and pouted, "why can't I ever scare you or at least sneak up on you… it 's like you have eyes at the back of your head~!" seriously even after all those years working in the dark, I can't fucking sneak up on him at all!
In reply to my complaint Tito Yao smiled softly and moved a strand of hair away from my face, "it's not my fault that your footsteps are so loud… but you've gotten better you know that aru?" I couldn't help but smile up at him, seriously even though I was mad at him for being late and all that, I completely forgot about. It didn't matter anymore anyways.
"I missed you Tito Yao~!" I showed my way of respect before I continued, "how come you were so late hm~?" to be honest I couldn't help but ask him. What I didn't expect was my own uncle blushing as I asked him… hohoho~! Something's going on~! I thought to myself as I smirked mischievously. To be honest, tito Yao is pretty young especially by the way he looks, heck some people mistaken his gender as a girl sometimes but because of that you also find out that he's stronger than he looks.
"So~! Tito Yao~ could you please answer the question please po~?" Damnit screw my sleepiness, I have to know because curiosity's a bitch and it just won't leave me alone until I find out. The only response was a stuttering Chinese uncle and us rushing to pick up my luggage, thus heading out of the airport into the slightly chilly weather.
As we went into the car I sighed in (slight) defeat since I knew that he wasn't going to tell me anything anytime soon. "But then again, I do have the patience of a saint so it's just a matter of time~" I said aloud in a singsong tone. Tito Yao remained silent for a while and to be honest, at one point I felt like I was crossing the border between the dream world and reality over and over again. Well, that was out of the window when I heard Tito Yao say something.
I straightened my sitting position on the seat, urging my drowsiness away, "sorry what were you saying Tito Yao? I didn't quite catch that~! Sorry po~" I turned to him smiling sheepishly.
Tito Yao made a left turn into a district surrounded by mid –class houses before repeating what he said, "I was asking you what your aim is when you enter Hetalia Academy aru~" I made and oh sound before responding. "Well to be honest, the reason is pretty simple really, I just want to learn more and more languages and their roots is all… I enjoy talking to people in their native tongue, and by doing so there won't be any problems talking to them… you know the language barrier and all that."
For fifteen minutes we chatted away talking about our relatives around the globe, sadly I won't be able to see any of them at the moment since their still away from England. "So what languages do you already know so far aru?" it took me awhile to answer that, I mean geeze I learned so much from my travels, and from my friends back at home, that I didn't even know where to begin. So after we arrived at Tito Yao's house, unpacked, and got settled in (drinking tea) I decided to start off with the ones I was confident with, "let's see, I'm good at speaking Russian, Ukrainian, French, Spanish, English… err" I stopped to notice that when I said Russian as my first one Tito Yao's face blushed crimson red. "Hohoho~! So this person's Russian I see~" I thought to myself, a sly smirk appeared on my face, "I'm going to have to talk to this person then~!" I took a sip of tea and continued down the list so that Tito wouldn't notice anything strange with my attitude. It worked.
"I'm also good at speaking Italian, most of the Asian country's languages, Czech, Romanian… hmm," I thought way back unconsciously putting my pointing finger to my chin. "Well that's some of the languages I can think of…" I smiled tiredly at the shocked Chinese man as I continued, "I'm rather sleepy…" I yawned and rubbed my right eye, "…mn … at the moment, can I go to bed Tito? I feel like I'm gonna pass out or something~" With that said Tito Yao, I'll just say Yao, snapped out of his shock and showed me the way going upstairs and into the long hallway. "That's an impressive amount of languages you already know aru~! In fact, did you sign up for any classes concerning foreign languages?" we approached the door to my room and entered, "… well to be honest, only a few since I already know most of the languages they have." Seriously, no joke, when I was signing up for my classes I looked down at every language class they had and most of them I already knew like at the back of my hand type of way… I know… I'm a nerd.
With a heavy sigh I laid on my bed, and Yao still tucked me in, even though I'm not a child anymore but that doesn't mean I don't enjoy it, "have a good sleep aru~ your going to need it since later I'm going to show you around England okay aru?" he smiled tenderly at me, "magandang gabi tiyuhin (good night uncle)" he kissed my forehead softly and turned off the light, and before closing the door he said, "good night to you too aru~"
As the door shut I laid there in complete silence for 20 minutes before taking out my cell phone hidden underneath my pillow. I squinted from the sudden blast of light emitting from my phone and saw that it was 4:45 in the morning, and that I had a text message from my Russian friend back at home. I was a bit surprised that the message was really long; then again he was a bit of a chatterbox.
It read:
эй как дела ? Вы делали это там благополучно? как походит на это пока, я услышал, что идет дождь много, Вы знаете? хотя я знаю, что Вы любите этот, если Вы ловите мое отклонение lol! текст меня назад, как только Вы улажены в хорошо! Я буду ждать ~!
ваша водка, любя друга Nikolaevich ^-^
After I read the whole thing I felt like going back home immediately and hugging my friends to death… yeah I missed home already, I missed (secretly) drinking with my friends (yes drinking vodka), getting drunk while dancing in the rain, and later passing out on the beach at sunset. Heck! I even missed playing my guitar with my Hispanic friend, singing songs aloud till our throats were dry, competing against my American friend on an all out hamburger eating contest (I don't get fat easily since I have a fast metabolism), and even going out at a party/ festival at night seeing the stars dance with us in the sky. Yup, I had one hell of a life back at home… just the things I just said probably ruined you image of me didn't it… well good now you know how free spirited I am.
I looked at the time again it was now 4:55 in the morning, "oh well" I whispered to myself, "I'm just gonna send him back my reply and go straight to sleep." I yawned and pressed reply on the options bar.
I wrote:
Мой бог я - так сонный человек! Как никакая шутка! но не волнуйте помимо того все хорошо ... об и предполагайте то, что мой дядя, Вы помните его право? То, когда он приехал, я спросил Яо, что взяло его так долго и все, что он сделал, было румянцем ~! И затем я позже выяснил, что он вероятно имеет кого - то теперь и что он является русским языком! МОЖЕТЕ ВЫ ВЕРИТЬ ЭТОМУ ~! О МОЙ БОГ! Anyways да, я являюсь целым и невредимым и так же, как Вы сказали место, здесь красив, и о я не могу ждать этого, чтобы идти дождь ~! LOL! Я буду говорить с Вами более поздний пижон, я нуждаюсь в моем сне! Об и... Я тоскую без Вас парни ~! Как - каждый пока теперь, когда я ухожу? Я уже домашний больной! но не волнуйте, что я буду прекрасной хорошо любовью Вы ~! ^-^
Ваш навсегда пьющий приятель Мария!
As I sent it to the other side of the globe I set my phone on vibrate, put it back underneath my pillow, and fell into a deep sleep in a matter of seconds.
September 6
A few hours and a week or so later, of touring around England, I became used to the strange surroundings of what this place was known for, Pubs and the many statues and stores, but mainly the Pubs. But what I couldn't wait for was the tour Yao's going to bring me to, the countryside of England! Or in my definition, the home of mythical/ fairytale creatures! Now I know what you're going to say, that I'm childish right? WRONG! I am most certainly not childish! Ever since I was little I had the ability to see the unseen mythical creatures and the Faye especially, most I became friends with and some I learned were dangerous and should be avoided at all cost (don't want to talk about it! So don't ask). I loved the fact that England was known for their (pure) forests that stretch for miles and beautiful green hills that stretch endless into the horizon. So when I heard that we were going to the countryside I was literally jumping up and down in my seat the whole way admiring the surroundings as it slowly changed from city to the outdoors.
After six hours of anticipation we finally arrived at a small wooden house in the center of the open field. I was the first one the got out and as I shut the car door behind me I immediately heard distant voices from the trees. "Maria, I'm going into the house and prepare tea alright aru? You could play outside if you want and I'll call you back when it's ready aru~!" I tore my gaze from the forest and saw Yao already heading towards the small house, "alright Tito I won't go far promise~!" I yelled as he opened the door, he nodded in return and went inside.
Without a moment of hesitation I dashed into the forest and as I did so the little voices among the trees and bushes immediately stopped and I stood there in complete silence. There was another language I learned back at home, from the many friends that have lived in the islands for as long as I could imagine. The sacred language of the Faye, only taught to those who have earned their trust and who're able to see them.
I sat on a dead log, sat straight up and looked around, I knew for a fact that they were there watching me but just used magic to conceal their presence. I took a deep breath and closed my eyes letting my third eye do the work as I started to think of what to say to them first. After all, first impressions are always important, especially to the Faye since they live longer than humans. I cleared my throat and decided to begin with a simple question.
(Speaking in Faye language)
"Hello? Is anyone there? I know you're there but I just want you to know that I mean no harm to you… my name is Maria, Maria de la Cruz, and I'm from the Philippines."
My hopes were fulfilled as I heard seconds later little by little voices coming from the trees and as I concentrated I opened my eyes and saw what I was hoping for, the Faye of England. There were so many, some on top of the trees, some near a small pond, some in the bushes, and all of them were looking at me with surprised expressions clearly written all over their faces and some with pure fascination. As if reading there minds, I smiled tenderly at them (almost motherly) and waved at them, "hello~."
An elderly fairy, with wings that glowed aqua blue, from atop the tree across from where I was sitting, flew over to me and gently touched my forehead, immediately I felt warmth and happiness replace all the feelings of nervousness and anxiety away.
"Hello my dear Maria" she bowed politely to me in a princess -like fashion, "welcome to England, it is nice to meet one such as yourself who's not only able to see us but speak to us in our native language as well."
I blushed as I was praised by such a beautiful fairy and nodded, "I learned from the Faye that inhabit the islands of the Philippines, and thank you for the compliment really." I smiled at her and to myself nostalgia and pride shown bright in my eyes. "After I met them, and became friends with them, I asked them to teach me how to speak their language, so that if I encounter more of your kind along the way I could talk to them without the worry of the language barrier between the Faye and modern English."
She smiled back at me and patted my head, "It has been many centuries since our last contact with our bothers and sisters of the Faye…I'm glad that they are well thanks to you, and my name is Tatiana queen of the Faye." I sat there in complete silence, shock written on my face, she was the queen… THE QUEEN OF THE FAYE! I mean I heard from the Faye back at home that the queen resides in England but damn! On my first week, let alone first time in the forests of England, and already I have met and became friends with her… Hell, I didn't even expect to even see let alone meet her at all!
15 minutes in the forest and I have become close friends with the Faye and the other mythical creatures, we played hide and seek (I wasn't really good at it) and sang songs to pass the time. It was by the end of our Irish song that the queen suddenly asked me a strange question.
"Are you by any chance here because you're going to enroll into Hetalia Academy?"
I looked at her with a confused expression saying what? "Umm…well yes I am, why do you ask Tatiana?
All I got was she and all the other mystical creatures giggling with knowing expressions, which without a doubt confused me even more.
"As you already know, there are only a handful of humans who can see us… there are two people who know of our existence but I'm sure that you'll meet the one who lives here," she lifted her hand and a leaf from a nearby branch grew towards her and sat down with elegance and grace. "The one that I'm positively sure you'll meet goes by the name Arthur Kirkland, he's a challenge when you want to get close to him, because he keeps many things to himself and tries to act tough." All the nearby beings nodded to each other in unison. "But trust me, he has a kind heart and is only being the way he is because he's afraid of getting hurt if he trusts someone…"
I leaned back and shifted in my seat, "so basically they're asking me to be friends with him huh?" I thought to myself, "alright, I'll see if I can be friends with him but to be honest I have a feeling that I'm going to have a lot of trouble with this guy." The queen nodded and the others giggled saying that they completely agree with me. Deep down I felt that this was going to be a time I'll never forget but concerning the one named Arthur? To be honest I wasn't sure at first, "but hey I love a good challenge, makes life more interesting" I mused aloud. For five more minutes, I started talking about my life and how sometimes (most of the time) I wanted to be able to get a little more freedom, since I'm a girl I don't have as much freedom, and a lot more adventure in my life, like a guy does. A LOT MORE FREEDOM AND ADVENTURE~!
"I just sometimes wish that I was a guy instead of a girl you know?" I said and the Faye looked at me sympathetically and nodded.
Suddenly I heard Yao calling me to come into the house now and as I said my goodbyes Tatiana stopped me to give me something. She dropped golden sand onto my cupped hands, I looked at her then at my hand and before I could ask she whispered something and suddenly the wind picked up and gathered around my hand. At one point I became mesmerized by the glow emitting from the soft silky sand and just like that, with a bright flash I saw the sand turn into a tea pack.
A tea pack… seriously?
I looked at her and gave her my thanks she told me in a direct tone that said I'm dead serious, "put that in your tea, and only your tea… it will dissolve completely making the tea bright gold. Then drink the tea until it's empty, make sure you drink ALL OF IT okay? And I hope you enjoy your first day at Hetalia Academy my dear~!"
I nodded and before I left the Faye I thought I saw a strange glint in her eyes but decided that it was just nothing. They yelled goodbye and said that they'll visit me sometime in the first week of school to see if I was okay. I nodded and then headed towards the house, before I closed the door behind me I saw a fairy tap me on my shoulder and whispered to me, "Lady Tatiana forgot to tell you something else, the tea you're holding must be drunk now so replace the tea your uncle gives you with ours and make sure after you drink the whole thing, you only drink water this whole day and nothing else okay?" I felt a strange feeling deep inside me: suspicion? But decided to just nod, with that the fairy waved goodbye to me and left. I closed the door behind me.
After I told Yao about my adventure into the woods (I didn't tell him anything about the Faye though) we sat down and drank tea. I excused myself from the table and said that I was going to the kitchen to add sugar to my tea (which was a lie). As I went into the kitchen, I poured out the tea into the sink, washed it and poured hot water into my cup and laid my golden fairy tea pack into it. The water turned into the many shades of the rainbow and settled at a startling glow of gold… "So pretty~" was all I could say.
I came back and sat down, we talked a bit more and after five minutes of cooling down I started to drink the golden tea. My eyes widened, "DAMN THIS IS SOME GOOD TEA!" I shouted startling my uncle who almost chocked. "… Um thank you very much aru! But next time don't do that it's rude and you almost made me spill tea on my attire aru~." I glanced at his attire; it was his favorite traditional Chinese robe, silky red with golden designs of dragons on it dancing gracefully.
"…Sorry Tito Yao" I said apologetically, but damnit I couldn't help it, when I drank the whole thing it tasted of sweet honey and smelled like the fresh sweet breeze of the grass-covered hills. And as it went down my throat it felt so smooth so silky yet despite all that I felt a ting of something else, with only one word to describe it: manliness.
I literally finished the whole thing (slightly disappointed) not a drop of it left and that whole day I did as the queen ordered, I only drank water and only water (even though I wanted to drink soda). And as the day when to night we arrived back at home with a package near the front door that was sent for me from the Hetalia Academy. It was their uniform, female uniform of course.
It had wonderful designs on it, that made it cute, and on the back it had the symbol of the school embed on it stitched with gold and the uniform had the school colors on it. As I tried it on and showed Yao who took pictures to send it to cousin Kiku, who I later learned was coming to Hetalia Academy as well, and the others. I checked the time with my cell and saw that it was 7:30, and decided it was time to sleep, after all tomorrow school started. I arrived into my room, after drinking water and saying good night to Yao, and checked myself in the mirror only finding myself smiling.
Nice.
My dark brown hair reach to my elbows made my face stand out, lively dark brown eyes shined with excitement, the color of my skin a tan (not to dark, not to light just perfect), and the uniform I wore showed my body to be perfectly slim but all at the same time showed how firm and not – so girly I appear to be. But hey what could I say, don't judge a book by its cover.
As I put on my pajamas, I suddenly felt a tingly sensation in my stomach that made me giggle and at the same time want to puke. I decided to once again ignore it as I thought about the tea, and just turned off the light and hit the hay. The sensation didn't stop and only spread around my body, I couldn't help but worry… was I this nervous? God I have the relax or I wont be able to sleep at all! After five long minutes of waiting the tingling feeling became soothing like a blanket of silk embracing me like a cocoon. And just like that I fell asleep.
Next day at 6:30 in the morning… something I will NEVER EVER forget…
The feeling from last night was gone but the tingly sensation was from the light coming in through the window. Birds chirped happily, a person walking around to their jobs, and cars buzzing around making annoying beeping noises at each other… oh wait that's my alarm clock oops. I mumble to myself as if asking the clock would shut up by itself, "damnit five more minutes urgh!" I freeze. Was that a man's voice just now? Can't be Tito Yao's voice… oh my god!
I shift to a sit up straight position on alert mode looking around the room… no man in sight. I close my eyes and sigh in relief, "good thing no-!" I stop mid sentence and jump around moving my blanket, no man, and no one was here. Then who's voice was that? I keep hearing it every time I start talking and right when I stop the voice disappears. "Haaaah~! So frustrating damnit-!" I freeze again my body frozen in a position where I'm messing with my hair and my chest is supposed to stick out… nothing's there. I look down and my eyes grow the size of watermelons.
My hand touches my chest only to reveal not breast but… a man's chest? "Kung ano ang boogie ito? Kung saan ang aking mga boobs (What the fuck is this? Where are my boobs)!" I yelled at the top of my lungs only to stop and choke on any further words I was about to say. "Sh –shit… oh shit…" my free hand trembles as it reaches my lips, "oh –oh my god… m –my voice's a guy?… oh my god" I look at my trembling hand, which was once elegant, girly, and yet fragile looking now looked tough, somewhat elegant (in a manly way), and just down right big (like a guys). Both of my hands reach my head and yelp in surprise as I tugged on it, it was no longer long and feminine; it was short, messy, and pointed in different directions, (a typical bed head) and simply masculine.
I slowly got out of bed, body trembling, heart pounding against my chest, sweat dripping… "There's only one way to confirm this," I said to myself wincing as I heard my deep, sexy, voice. I slowly walked to the mirror and what seemed like forever, I finally moved in front of it only to have my heart sink into a bottomless pit called the abyss of sorrow. I sank to my knees still staring at my new form, in desperation in still hoping it was just a dream I lean forward, same action, and my left hand lifting up and touching the mirror, my reflection did the same as well. My breathing quickens as the realization slaps my in the face like a truck hits a cat.
… I'm a guy… why oh why did this happen to me~~~! What the fuck did I ever do to deserve this~!
"And if I'm a guy, that means that," I look down between my legs and blush deep crimson red. I close them shut and looked at myself in the mirror scowling, "god I know it's there so why even bother… pervert." Damn so many emotions spin in my head that I cannot even comprehend at least one without getting dizzy and/ or faint in the process. I shake my head and exhale a shaky breath, getting up I blush once again as I look at my stomach. I unbuttoned my pajama shirt revealing a manly chest with abs slightly showing (and no chest hair thank goodness~!).
"Hmm… not to much muscle is revealing" I remove my shirt completely and shift to the side view, "and not too slender either." I look at my arms, heck my whole upper body and see how well sculpted it is. And without taking off my pants I can already tell that my legs are muscular as well. Ruffling my hair where it separates on the left side of my face, letting some strands of hair stick up, in a fashionable way, it looked… hot… I study my face next it's not chubby at all (well just a bit), my face was narrow, and my eyes. OH MY GOD MY EYES ARE SEXY~! Not too narrow, and not too child like and to my relief they still held the lively glint in those deep brown eyes. The color of my skin is the same, so 's the color of my hair, thank god at least some of me remained. I took two steps back taking in the full view of myself and letting reality give me a bitch slap in the face. I also noticed that I got taller too.
Now that I have (sort of) accepted my body, what in the hell am I going to do about school!
Even though my body was the so called main concern little did I know that soon, during my stay in Hetalia Academy, my past that I've left behind will come back to me and change my normal high school life forever…
End of Chapter 1!
Translation:
эй как дела ? Вы делали это там благополучно? как походит на это пока, я услышал, что идет дождь много, Вы знаете? хотя я знаю, что Вы любите этот, если Вы ловите мое отклонение lol! текст меня назад, как только Вы улажены в хорошо! Я буду ждать ~!
ваша водка, любя друга Nikolaevich ^-^
Means:
Hey how are you? Did you make it there safely? How is it like so far, I heard that it rains a lot you know? Though I know that you like that, if you catch my drift lol! Text me back as soon as you get settled in okay! I'll be waiting~!
Your vodka loving friend Nikolaevich ^-^
And…
Мой бог я - так сонный человек! Как никакая шутка! но не волнуйте помимо того все хорошо ... об и предполагайте то, что мой дядя, Вы помните его право? То, когда он приехал, я спросил Яо, что взяло его так долго и все, что он сделал, было румянцем ~! И затем я позже выяснил, что он вероятно имеет кого - то теперь и что он является русским языком! МОЖЕТЕ ВЫ ВЕРИТЬ ЭТОМУ ~! О МОЙ БОГ! Anyways да, я являюсь целым и невредимым и так же, как Вы сказали место, здесь красив, и о я не могу ждать этого, чтобы идти дождь ~! LOL! Я буду говорить с Вами более поздний пижон, я нуждаюсь в моем сне! Об и... Я тоскую без Вас парни ~! Как - каждый пока теперь, когда я ухожу? Я уже домашний больной! но не волнуйте, что я буду прекрасной хорошо любовью Вы ~! ^-^
Ваш навсегда пьющий приятель Мария!
Means:
My god I'm so sleepy man! Like no joke! But don't worry besides that I'm fine... oh and guess what my uncle, you remember him right? When he came I asked Yao what took him so long and all he did was blush~! And then I later found out that he probably has someone now and that he's Russian! CAN YOU BELIEVE THAT~! OH MY GOD! Anyways yes I'm safe and sound and just as you said the place here is beautiful and oh I can't wait for it to rain~! LOL! I'll talk to you later dude I need my sleep! Oh and... I miss you guys~! How's everyone so far now that I'm gone? I'm already home sick! But don't worry I'll be fine okay love you~! ^-^
Your forever drinking buddy Maria!
My comment: Yeah so… I write A LOT and I can't help it okay, this is my first fanfic ever and I hope you enjoy it. Oh and please keep unpleasant comments to yourself thank you~!
Warning: This chapter is literally the SHORTEST chapter you'll ever see in your entire life (when reading this story)!