Pairings: USxUK. veeery minor implied FrUK, PrUK, RussAmer, and SpainBelgium. Summary: Alfred F. Jones was a lucky survivor of the deadly Cold War led by Lord Ivan, aka "he who must not be named". Etched on his forehead is a sickle-shaped scar, along with many other marks left on his back from the dark wizard's brutality. He is sent overseas from America to Britain, invited to Hogwarts school of witchcraft and wizardry in order to better his magical capabilities. Deemed "the chosen one" due to withstanding Lord Ivan's attack, much is expected of Alfred...and he attains both friends and foe along the way. Arthur Kirkland, one of Hogwart's top students, sees the newcomer as a rival and conspires to surpass him at all costs. Though after being assigned to Alfred as a mentor, his plans take a turn for the worst as the two begin to develop unexpected feelings for each other...

This was a literate RP I did with oresamanoawesome that I edited to make into a collab fic :) I do not own Hetalia or any of it's characters~

Over an ocean, the Atlantic to be precise. Over a locomotion that came from a dream and some how out of nowhere. Over some more bodies of water on a small boat this time, toward some mountains and a new home, and here we have it; the distinguished halls of "Hogwarts." They were far from hollowed as kids clad in black ran a muck, five minutes later they vanished.

Alfred F. Jones, an American young man gave the musky place a whiff before continuing down the hall with the one they call Sadiq. A large, burly man with a slight beard and a mask for whatever reason. The boy shoved his hands in his jean pockets and trudged onwards, head held high and proud, as they entered the 'dining hall' as Sadiq liked to call it. A hall with children as walls passed him by after he strolled by a large … Was it a Phoenix? To Alfred, it looked like an eagle at first glance. He might need to get his glasses checked, that, or he missed home. The next few moments felt like a blur.

Meeting the Head Master happened before someone sat him in a chair and shoved a dusty, old hat on his head. "What is..—?"

"Quiet. I'm sorting." Was what Alfred heard. A gruff voice coming from above, but who in the right mind would sort someone with a hat? "A powerful, cocky soul. Light-hearted, a little rebellious—"

"Hey!"

"I'm still sorting. You remind me of a lion. Strong willed, adventurous… No other place is more perfect for you than Gryffindor!" The voice exclaimed and the hat was removed. That was that, clothes were handed to Alfred, a key to his new dorm – it looked rather rusted and old – and some explanations were shoved at him before he was shoved off the stage. Back with his favorite guy, Sadiq.

"It's dinner time. Are you hungry, Alfred?" Asked the tanned man in a gruff sort of 'I'm the manliest one here' kind of voice.

"Heh, starving." As one would think, a flight from the states to England would ware someone down but not Alfred. He was the type to not complain about jet-lag or lack of sleep. "… That food is… for the students?" Alfred asked bewildered, wondering if it was some… British National holiday to deserve such a meal; but Sadiq already left.

Cheek in palm, emerald eyes peered around the room. Arthur sighed, wondering how long this entire sorting hat ceremony would take. He took a bite out of a nearby crumpet, expression mixed with boredom and impatience. His eyes followed students who just entered the room, professors taking their seats, the Headmaster at the center of attention handling the sorting hat...

Though he was rather intrigued by the sandy blond who had recently stepped down from the mess hall's center. 'Gryffindor, eh? Hmph.' That sickle-shaped scar slightly concealed by his bangs gave it away; he was the 'newcomer'. The so-called rumored "chosen one", who had supposedly survived the cold war against...He-who-must-not-be-named. Those who dared utter the name 'Ivan' were looked upon with shock. Some say the very murmur of it would summon a ghastly 'kolkolkol' to echo in the shadows...

"Tch. This year should be quite fascinating." A smirk crossed his lips.

"Yeah, it's just for us!~" Chimed a brunette next to him. He had a Spaniard's accent, a friendly smile and lively green eyes. "My name's Antonio. And you are...?"

"Well damn!" Alfred exclaimed before taking the seat open next to the green-eyed boy. "The name's Alfred. Alfred F. Jones!" He introduced with his chin raised high and a thumb jab to his chest. The American then noticed the girl in front of them, giggling and gave her a flirtatious grin, resting his chin in his palm. "Is something funny, hun?"

"Huhu~" She gave another giggle before introducing herself as, "I'm Belle. I'm pleased to meet you. I'm with Antonio." She had the most soothing Belgian accent, by the sound of it.

"Ooh, y'all are –?"

"No, no, no. We're not together!" She seemed flustered, "We are just good friends!" Her cheeked flushed cutely as she looked at her plate of food.

"S'alright, Belle. I'm only teasin'." Alfred grinned. The decadent dishes and mass proportion of succulent meat and cheeses made him drool. The plate in front of him was empty but not for long as he took a bit of everything that was in front of him. "Ha! It's like Thanksgiving all over again!" Which reminded him further of the States.

Antonio chuckled, not quite understanding what he meant by this 'thanksgiving', but helped himself to some tasty morsels anyhow. "By the way, we're in the Gryffindor house too, so we'll probably be seeing each other around. Heh, there's a chance we could even be roommates." He sunk his teeth into a juicy, ripe, scarlet-red tomato; treating it as if it were an apple. The Spaniard was cautious not to spill it'd contents. "Mnn, delicioso!"

Arthur sneered as he saw the socializing with the chosen one unfold. Judging by the way the young man carried himself, with his chin held high, making that girl blush, he seemed a bit too cocky for his liking. Though truthfully, he should have been accustomed to that by now, after hanging around Gilbert long enough.

Gilbert sat across from the powerful wizard that was Arthur and heard his commentaries as his eyes were elsewhere. The Slytherin house's table was filled with chattering but he could still hear the snarl in his voice. But soon thereafter he heard a smirk and saw it play at his lips. "Yo, Arthur. What's that look for?"

"Just look at him. The bastard... flaunting like he owns the place." Well, he'd show him who's the alpha wizard around here...soon enough.

"That would be utterly awesome!" Alfred pumped his fist up with a wide grin. "What does Gryffindor mean? And why is everyone color coded?" He had noticed the gold and red colors belonged to his 'team' as green and silver sat across from his table. But before he knew it, his cerulean eyes had caught a pair of emerald eyes that reminded him greatly of a serpent. He flashed him a cheeky, almost smirk-like, grin.

"He's looking straight at me..." Arthur shot back a spiteful scowl, eyes narrowed as he tore his gaze from the others. "Hmph. Git." Gathering his belongings, he got up, Gilbert following not too far behind.

"Oh, that's just how each house is represented." The Belgian replied. "Not only are we color coded, but we have mascots too. Ours is the lion, Slytherin is the snake, Hufflepuff is a badger, and Ravenclaw's is...well, a raven."

Their conversation was interrupted when Roderich spoke up once again. "Everyone had been sorted. Please locate your dorms accordingly and accommodate yourselves. Your schedules, class requirements and such are written on parchment neatly folded within your robes. Get some rest." With that said, he was gone in a puff of smoke, leaving a violet mist in his absence.

"So the green ones are the snakes, huh?" Alfred planted that within his memory. "Thanks!" He replied with an excitable grin. The American took the robes that belonged to him, key in pocket and descended the halls with his group, not exactly knowing where to go but thankfully Antonio and Belle traveled with him.

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"These stairs are whack, yo…" Alfred whispered in surprise and he cast his eyes up ward to plenty of shifting staircases. It almost reminded him of that painter M. C. Usher as his party stepped onto a platform and waited a couple of seconds. The step beneath his feet rumbled and he felt it jerk slightly before the stairs raised higher and shifted to the left at a painting of a rather portly woman in a pink silk dress, right next to … a transparent person.

"Good evening, Gryffindors! It's nice to see you all today and some new faces as well!" Alfred blinked, the person spoke as well.

A student at the front of the group bowed his head respectfully and offered a "Good evening to you as well, Nearly-Headless Nick!" Nearly headless. Why did that kid call him nearly headless? Before Alfred knew it, the person attempted to tip his hat but took most of his head with him. At that, the sandy blonde boy nearly fainted while the other students chuckled as if it were an ongoing joke they hold.

Belle couldn't help but notice the new Gryffindor next to her had paled a good amount at the sight of Nearly-Headless Nick and took his hand in a motherly style with both of her hands. "Alfred, are you alright? You're white as a ghost and kind of clammy."

At the mention of ghost the boy trembled, eyes wide. "G-g-ghost?" He stuttered.

Belle felt slight sympathy for the American but let his hand go as soon as the fat-woman opened the doors to the Gryffindor common room. She place a hand on his back and guided him forward, past Nearly-Headless Nick who smiled at both of them – while Alfred stumbled – and into the warm room with a fireplace that was connected to the Floor Network, couches, a couple of torches making the area glow with comfort.

Alfred and Antonio parted with Belle who descended her own staircase as they went up to the boys' dormitory.

Antonio remembered, "By the way, Alfred. The pass word you whisper to the large lady is 'Lexicon'. Occasionally the password changes if someone of a different house finds out so keep it to yourself."

Alfred nodded. "Hm. What room does your paper say?" The Spaniard replied with 4525 and he smiled wide as that was the room number he had gotten. "Haha! Awesome, we're rooming together!"

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"Tch, why are you thinking about the new kid anyway? I bet he's nothing special. He walks like an American which is always annoying but it's nothing to lose your head over. Forget about him." Gilbert offered to his friend, Arthur.

"Oui, Arthur, you're quite tense. Anything I can do to relieve your tension?" Francis smirked as his hand found the British boy's bottom and gave it a firm but sensual stroke.

"Nothing special? Are you blind?" Arthur gave him a small smack upside the head. "He's the 'chosen one'; who survived the cold war with he-who-must-not-be-named! Someone who's able to surpass something so powerful...hmph. No matter. He better not be expecting higher treatment from anyone, that's certain." Though a yelp and another smack, this time much more abrasive, was delivered toward the perverted Frenchman. "Keep your hands to yourself, wanker!" Arthur huffed irritably, shoving his way past the two. He spoke the password to enter their dorms, the other two following not so far behind.

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The first day of class and Alfred couldn't keep his breakfast in. It was the fact that magic was strange and he had a greater love for superpowers and zombies, things that could happen with science, but not unicorns or potions. This made Alfred crave America all the more. Classes were boring and filled with nonsense, the teachers seemed lively enough but now it was time for a mixed potions class with those that called themselves "Slytherin" and a teacher named Professor Ludwig.

Upon entering the dusty, dim lit classroom, he noticed the split in seats. Once side graced with the tinge of green and the other side of red and gold. A very angry seeming teacher stood in the middle front of the room; he was slightly bent forward with a hand resting on the table as he eyed each and every student. Until his eyes became locked with Alfred's. Now, he wasn't the type to 'read atmospheres' or anything but he did notice a slight twitch in his eye. Alfred wondered what that was about but his thoughts were cut short as his shoulder had collided with someone else's. "Agh, damn. You alright?"

Stumbling back a bit, Arthur shot him a distasteful glance. "Watch it, Jones." He spat, brushing past him to take his seat. He met up with Gilbert and Francis, who were already seated in the second row on their side of the room.

"… Well fuck you too, Brit." Alfred shot back under his breath but loud enough before the Slytherin student could slip way.

The albino Slytherin student was randomly flipping through pages in his textbook, as if looking for something to catch his interest. The blonde next to him leaned over and whispered. "Hey, do you think they have love potions in there?~ Perhaps we can use one to soften up a certain someone, non?"

"fff. I don't think he'd like that. Dontcha remember what happened last time? Besides, I know I don't need some potion to get a chick to like me. Who wouldn't love the awesome me? Kesese~"

Arthur rolled his eyes. "Shut up, you two. And in case you didn't notice, Fancis, I'm within earshot. I can hear you!" He opened his own textbook, awaiting their professor's instructions.

Alfred kept walking to his seat with a now sour look on his face. Said look changed within seconds upon arriving where Belle and Antonio sat into a spectacular beaming grin. "What's up guys?"

Antonio simply grinned in return. "Hey! You disappeared at breakfast, so I lost sight of ya. I'm surprised you weren't late."

"Eeeeh, I wasn't feeling up to breakfast this morning. I was trying to find most of my classes. This place is pretty big." Alfred replied, taking a seat next to Antonio.

"Yes, you should be careful about tardies. Professor Ludwig is rather strict with attendance...and pretty much everything in his classroom. He can be kinda scary sometimes.." Belle chuckled nervously.

"Tch, how scary can this guy be?" Alfred replied cockily, placing his chin in his hand.

"Listen, children. This is your potions class and I am your professor for the remainder of the year. You shall address me as Professor Ludwig and nothing less. In this classroom, I am not one to even think about tolerating ill-behaved brats. You all will be respectful of your professor /and/ to each other. Do I make myself clear?" Ludwig went on in a gruffer tone than Sadiq had, claiming instant silence and respect and the class gave a mere nod to try and not speak out of bounds. "… Good." The large German gave a brisk glance over all the students, intimidating but effective.

Alfred raised a brow. This is what his teacher was like? Great.

"Alright. We are going to get straight into lesson. In the textbooks in front of you, you must turn to page 24. That is where our class starts. No talking unless spoken to." Ludwig's eyes traveled to Francis, "You, Francis. Read the section about medicinal herbs used in witchery of the 1400s."

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A month or two passed and Alfred found himself struggling every day with every one of his teachers. He was born into wizardry with both his mother and father but he didn't feel fervent for it. Sporadically he'd play it off as a joke, which got some of his teachers angry, but other times he would completely bomb a test or, rather literally, a potion. As the days went, that incredulous kid with the snake-green eyes gave him warning looks, sneers, and hostile bumps when they passed one another in the hall. To put it frankly, "Hogwarts sucks," Alfred reminded himself every night before going to bed.

One day, he had accidentally turned his seemingly broken wand into a goldfish, in some mystical way, and it took the rest of the class period for Ludwig to turn it back. That was of course the day he was called by said professor into his office. Professor Yao, his defense against the dark arts teacher, and Professor Roderich, from his 'chanting' class, were there as well.

"Listen, Alfred, you're struggling in most, if not all, of your classes… It's worrying all of us. Is there anything we should know about?" Professor Roderich was the first to speak.

"No, sir… I guess I'm just not used to all of this yet." Alfred replied, looking down at his hands. He did not want to be here but what else could be done?

"Mr. Jones. None of our students before have ever been as slow as you have," That was reassuring, "But it seems as if you need more studying in your day, weekends too, to pick up your slack." Thanks, Professor Ludwig, "So. We are assigning you a tutor. Someone who has been at the top of his class since he began here. Arthur, step out and introduce yourself." Ludwig ordered.

"It's a pleasure to make your acquaintance, Alfred Jones." A smug smirk crossed his features, eyes gleaming with mischief. In truth, he wasn't too fond of the idea of having to spend 'quality time' with this cocky student he considered a rival; not in the academic sense, but status-wise. Though at least there was something he was better at than Alfred, and having to show him that was a good way to rub it in his face.

"From now on, you will study with , a minimum of three hours after class. No excuses. Until your grades improve, this is a must." Ludwig confirmed sternly. "You will begin tomorrow, so start getting to know each other. You've got alot of work ahead of you, ."

With that said, he dismissed them both.

Out in the hall, Arthur walked alongside Alfred, though kept a certain distance. He kept his nose in the air as much as Alfred confidently walked with his chin up, though there was more of a snooty vibe to him, down to his sardonic tone of voice. An amused chuckle escaped him. "How ironic. I would expect someone as legendary as you to harbor some talent. It's quite disappointing."

"Aww but I'm kinda bummed. We get to spend only three hours? How about we make it fun? Sleep over study nights while our hips are sewn together with a needle and thick black thread." Alfred walked slightly ahead of Arthur, showing him he wasn't affected by his carriage of dominance at all. "And hey, maybe in the end we can be the best of friends. Whaddya say, Artie?"

"Tch." The Brit scoffed, a little irritated at his fellow classmate's newfound 'enthusiasm'. "Not on your life, Jones. And don't call me that. I'm not amused by ridiculous pet names." As cocky as this kid was, Arthur was bent on putting him in his place.