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Warning: I use both country and human names. Human names are mostly used as a show of familiarity between the nations.

W Academy

Chapter One: W Academy

BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

Matthew grunted at the familiar sound of the alarm clock. How annoying. As his hand hovered over the snooze button, wanting desperately to make the loud beeping go away, a single thought popped into his mind. Today's the day.

With that, he immediately jumped out of bed and ran towards the bathroom. On the way, he nearly tripped over his pet polar bear Kuma... what was it again? Oh never mind that. He couldn't believe he almost forgot what today was!

He glanced at his phone. It was 8:15. Perfect timing. With one last thoughtful look around his room, he grabbed his suitcase, polar bear, and headed out the door. Today, he was traveling to America. Today was the day he was attending W Academy.

It was a few days ago when he had gotten the message from one of his superiors. It seems that the world leaders had all simultaneously decided the nations needed to "interact more positively" towards each other. This opinion had led them to deciding on putting them all together in a school-like facility, complete with dorms and everything. It was to last for a few months, and their goal was to hopefully encourage friendlier relations towards one another. The whole idea was quite bizarre, really. All the nations living together in one place? Unheard of! And frankly, homicidal. Nevertheless, Matthew was more than excited about the ordeal. Truth be told, outside of the world meetings, he barely got to talk to any of the other countries, besides his brother Alfred. Then again, almost none of the other countries even knew he existed. The whole idea of them being put together excited him. Mainly, he was hoping to befriend more countries and perhaps do something to stand out; get noticed! He had gotten tired of always being ignored, overshadowed, or mistaken for America. He had enough of this nonsense. It was his turn to shine, and there was nothing that could distract him from his goal... or at least, that's what he thought.

Matthew was pulled back to the present, when a familiar ping sounded off in his pocket. It was his phone. He got a text from Alfred. He read the content and frowned.

sup bro! ok so about that thing with the dorms ya dude im sooo sry i 4got so ur gonna hav 2 do it when u get there

Matthew sighed. Typical Alfred. All he did was ask Al to book themselves a dorm together. They both agreed that they didn't want to share a room with some strange country, which is why he specifically told Al to book it in advance. Now he wasn't sure if they could do it anymore. It might be too late, but he figured that the worst situation was that he'd be put in a room with Romano. No offense to him, but Matthew really wouldn't want to be within 50 feet of him during his early morning wake up. I guess it'd be better than rooming alone, he thought.

Matthew was now sitting in a taxi. He looked up as a 'WELCOME TO NEW YORK' sign in front of him flashed by. He was almost there. That was definitely one of the best benefits of being a nation. You could travel anywhere around the world in much less time than a normal human. It also helped that he lived right near the border. He didn't have to go through the pesky airport security and whatnot. He could simply drive to his brother's place and get to New York City in less than half an hour. Speaking of which, it seems he had arrived at his destination.

Matthew scanned the building in front of him. It was very large, as expected, and had a very modern feel to it. In fact, it looked more like a recreation centre than a school. He looked over at the various floors above the building. I guess that's where we'll be staying.

He walked towards the door, dragging his suitcase behind him, and from there, he could already see the many countries through the glass. He hoped they were just early and not that he was late. With a deep breath, he pulled the door handle and walked in. Well, that's what he would have done if he'd read the letters spelling PULL on the door. Instead, without a second thought, he decided to push and walk into the door, managing to smack his forehead right on the glass. The impact actually made his glasses fall off and slam into the ground with an unholy crack. And of course, the situation wasn't bad enough, because someone just had to be standing near enough to see what had happened. That someone had started laughing. Matthew felt his face heat up. Great. It hasn't even been the first day and I've already made a fool of myself. He continued to hear the loud laugh, along with the sound of his glasses clinking. Well, he thought to himself, at least I'm being noticed.

He decided to turn around and face whomever was making that sound, because as much as he'd have liked to run inside and forget what had happened, he really needed to get his glasses back, and plus, running away would be rude. He opened his mouth to ask, but the voice spoke first.

"I think you'll be needing these," he offered the glasses out to Matthew with a smirk. The man had a low, husky voice. You could almost hear the amusement floating around in it.

Matthew graciously accepted the broken glasses. He barely so much as glanced at the man, before he whispered a small "thank you" and darted off inside the building, making careful note to PULL the doors, not PUSH. He did, however, notice the unusual colour of the other man's eyes. They were a bright red colour, almost like rubies. Quite different from what he'd ever seen. Then again, he remembered Alfred always going on about his violet eyes, so he figured he couldn't talk about unusual eye colours.

A/N: This story is inspired by Gakuen Hetalia. Honestly, not much canon info is known about W Academy so bear with me on the accuracy of things. On a side note, is Gakuen another AU like Nekotalia or does it coincide with the original story? I'm quite confused on that, so if anyone knows...

Also please review! They give me so much inspiration and I absolutely adore them!