Chapter 1: The Next Morning

Kuma let out a loud roar, silencing the chaotic room. Everyone in the meeting room froze and directed their attention to that large bear and it's owner.

Matt Williams held his head, "Alright," he said, fixing the collar of his shirt. "Obviously we can't continue with the world meeting until we get this problem figured out, and we can't figure anything out of all you guys do is fight." He walked over to the whiteboard and uncapped a marker. "Everyone needs to sit down. We're going to figure this out like adults."

The nations all looked at each other and after a long pause they decided that the Canadian was right. There had to be order if anything got done, and if anyone was going to keep order, it was Matt. They took their seats and kept their attention on the whiteboard.

"Great," Matt said, sighing in relief. He wasn't expecting everyone to comply so easily, especially since Luciano had had Lutz throat in his hands moments ago. Even Allen sat silently and listened. "So let's figure out everything that we already know. " He turned to the board and wrote as he spoke. "Last night there was a robber that broke into several of our rooms and stole something valuable. The only people in the building last night were all of the staff and us. The security cameras didn't show anyone entering the building and all of the employees were searched."

"That means that one of us did it," Flavio concluded.

"Right," Matt agreed and turned around to face the other nations. "Raise your hand if one of your possessions were stolen."

Several hands shot up. Matt counted and wrote down the names of those who were robbed.

Allen, Lutz, Andres, Kuro, Wang, Viktor, Gilen, and himself had all fallen victims to the robbery.

He then turned back again. "Luciano? Lutz? Didn't you two say you saw the robber?"

They both nodded. Luciano glanced at Lutz with obvious distain.

"At what times?"

Lutz spoke first. "It was at about three in the morning."

Matt nodded. "You didn't get a good look at the guy?"

He sighed, shaking his head. "Unfortunately, nein. I went for my gun but…" But that was the object the robber stole from him.

Matt turned to Luciano. "So you saw the robber before anything was taken?"

Luciano nodded stiffly. "I heard a crash and walked out to see what it was. It was only fifteen minutes before he must have gotten to Lutz's room." He said the last part as if he didn't believe it. It was no secret that he was pointing the blame at the German, but no one seemed to understand exactly why.

Matt nodded again. "Did you see anything notable? Height? Build? Anything?"

Luciano frowned. "He was hanging out of the window when I caught him."

"So it was a he?"

"It's just a guess," Luciano snapped.

Matt ignored the Italian's temper. "So obviously this person started getting clumsy in the end, having been spotted twice in a row. Lutz and Luci started getting the news out about the break ins." He went back to the board and wrote: '12- 3'. "The last one to arrive got here at about ten last night. We all started going to our rooms at around eleven. I'm willing to bet that whomever did this did it between twelve and three."

Everyone else seemed to agree. Matt turned around and sighed. "We need to get everyone's stories. You're all going to give me your alibies and we can go from there. " He started with the Nordic Five. "Do you guys mind sharing?"

"From what I know," Markell, the Danish man, said. "We were all in bed."

Bernard, the Swedish man, spoke. "It was a long trip," he said. "We all went straight to bed."

The Nordics weren't particularly under suspicion due to their lack of motive. They seemed to like minding their own business and only made their presence known in wars and meetings. Besides, no one would dare mess with any of them, anyhow.

Matt nodded and wrote, 'Sleep: Nordics' on the board and decided to continue that list. "Who else went straight to bed?"

Gilen, Kuro, and a few others raised their hands. Allen raised his as well, making Matt chuckle. "You were in bed before dawn? Really?"

Allen snapped. "I was really beat," he leaned back, crossing his arms. "Was up all of the night before last at the bar with Flav." He gestured to the blonde Italian.

Flavio nodded, agreeing. "He didn't go home until around six in the morning," he said, defending the American.

Matt nodded, believing Flavio's word. Of all of them, Flavio was the last one he suspected. Kuma groaned and curled up on the floor, huffing.

"Get your alibies together," Matt instructed as he dug out some paper. "Write everything down and pass them all back to me. Then you'll recite your excuse, and I'll look your statements over as you talk." He knew that if someone wrote a lie, it would be harder to recite it without the possibility of slipping up.

Lutz took his paper and started writing, jotting down everything that he could remember from the previous night. Viktor seemed to be having a less fortunate time remembering.

Matt handed a paper to Oliver, who jumped back into reality when he heard his name. "Huh?"

"You need to write your alibi," Matt said, frowning at Oliver. He had dark circles under his eyes and seemed rather nervous.

"Oh, yes." He took the paper and yawned.

Francois glanced at Oliver from the other side of the table and began writing as well. Matt looked between them and noticed that it was odd that they weren't sitting together.

Luciano was quick to take his paper, feeling confident in his alibi. Flavio sat next to Andres and started talking to him before Matt said, "If you were with someone last night, you have to write your alibi on your own." Flavio blinked, then nodded, moving away from Andres. He hoped that Matt would question them together since it would be boring to hear the same story twice.

"And if you were with someone," he continued. "I'll read both of your statements and decide if both of you should talk."

Flavio gave Andres a look that screamed 'You had better remember every last detail from last night'. The Spaniard shook his head and laughed to himself, writing.

Everyone started passing their papers to Matt. He took all of them and started reading through. After skimming the papers, he decided to start with Flavio and Andres.

A/N: Okay so this is my first Chapter by Chapter fan fiction and I'm honestly excited to write this out. The intro is kind of slow but honestly it's going to pick up significantly. I hope you enjoy!