Title: Puella Magi Hetalia Magica
Story Summary: Italy lives his life as a weakling, and he's happy with that. At least, he is until a mysterious creature appears to offer him a contract. Soon, Italy is plunged into a world of magic and witches, and suddenly nothing is as simple or as easy as it ever was before.
Rating: T
Story Warnings: Genderbending, yaoi, violence
Disclaimer: Hetalia belongs to Himaruya Hidekaz, Madoka Magica to Magica Quartet
Enjoy!
It was a peaceful day. Birds chirped in the trees, leaves rustling with the slight breeze which was in the air.
"PASTAAAAAAAA!"
The sudden cry punctuated the calm atmosphere, ringing out from a large house tucked away from the nearest village. An auburn haired man dashed through the house, precariously holding a bowl of pasta in his hands as he ran into the study. A serious looking man was sat inside, busy signing papers. He glanced up as the other man came into the room.
"Ludwig, Ludwig, look! I made you pasta!" Feliciano smiled happily, his Italian accent loud and clear as he spoke, holding out the large bowl towards Ludwig. Ludwig sighed, running a hand over his slicked back hair in frustration.
"That's great but can't you see I'm working?" He asked, frustration evident in his voice. "I need to get this done."
Feliciano pouted, retracting the bowl of food, "But Ludwig, you've been working for ages! You need to take a break! We could eat pasta, and go out for a walk, and do loads of other things more interesting than work!" he started to hop from foot to foot, clearly impatient to get out of the office. Ludwig sighed again, frustration even more evident in his voice.
"Seriously Feliciano, I have to finish this! why don't you go eat pasta with Kiku or someone?" he snapped, German accent making the words seem even harsher. Feliciano's face dropped, and even the wayward curl on the side of his head seemed to droop. He was still shuffling from foot to foot, but rather than excitement, now he just looked awkward.
"...ok...if you're that busy..." he mumbled, eyes downcast. Hesitantly, he moved forward to deposit the bowl of pasta on Ludwig's desk, before leaving the room without argument. Shuffling down the stairs, he made his way out into Ludwig's garden, wandering around it in circles.
"Vee...I wonder if I just annoy Ludwig...he always seems to be working, and never wants to spend any time with me, even though I..." his rambling was suddenly interrupted by a flash of white just out of the corner of his eye, and he spun around to see a strange white creature, hovering at the edge of the garden. Feliciano perked up, wondering if it was another cat he would be able to play with.
"Veee, a cute kitty!" he exclaimed happily, running towards it. "What are you doing there kitty?" he crouched down a few feet away, stretching out his hand towards it. As the cat approached, he noticed it looked a little... different... to most cats. "Y-You're a kinda strange looking kitty, vee..." He jumped in surprise and even fell over when it started to talk.
"That's because I'm not a kitty. I'm Kubey!"
Feliciano sat there on the grass, not quite able to believe his ears. "Veee?" The creature continued, clearly unsurprised at Feliciano's reaction.
"And I want you to make a contract with me, and become a Puella Magi!"
Confused by the whole situation, Feliciano started babbling, not even noticing the last couple of words which should have been quite familiar to him. "Y-you can speak! a-and...a contract? Vee...Ludwig says I shouldn't talk to strangers...do strange kitties count as strangers?"
Kyubey just ignored him and carried on. "Will you make a contract with me? I can grant a wish for you in exchange, and then you can fight against witches for me as a Puella Magi!"
"F-fight? Ve..I'm no good at fighting, you don't want to make a contract with me!" Feliciano looked relieved, thinking his excuse was perfect. The creature would have no choice but to leave him alone if he couldn't fight like it obviously wanted him to.
Kyubey's smile remained fixed in place as he countered Feliciano's excuses easily. "That's fine!" he said happily, mouth not moving. "You automatically gain new knowledge on how to fight when you make the contract! And magical abilities that enhance your fighting even further!"
Feliciano was searching desperately for further excuses, when something suddenly occurred to him about the wording of Kyubey's request.
"Puella Magi...isn't that Latin? Grandpa Rome taught me some...wait, doesn't that mean Magic Girl? But I'm a boy!" True, he had crossdressed for a large portion of his life, but biologically...
But once again, Kyubey effortlessly countered his arguments.
"That doesn't matter. You would simply transform to fight witches, and then transform back when you finished fighting." Feliciano deflated at the creature's words. He had never been very good at saying no, and at this point his verbal fighting was even worse than his physical fighting.
"O-oh I see..." he mumbled, leaning back on his heels.
'Well, it's not like I didn't used to get mistaken for a girl...or wear girl's clothing...maybe Ludwig would even prefer me as a girl? Not only that, but a girl who could fight!'
"Maybe...I should..." he started out loud, starting to stand, when suddenly a strong voice rang out across the garden.
"Feliciano! Feliciano, where are you?" he called out, before spotting him crouched down beside Kyubey. "Oh, there you are." He rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, face apologetic. "I... uh... I've finished my work and I thought, maybe... you might want to go for a walk or something...?" he finished awkwardly, taking a step towards Feliciano.
Feliciano perked up at the sound of Ludwig's voice, jolted from the daze his conversation with Kyubey had left him in. As Ludwig's words registered, a sunny smile spread across his face.
"L-Ludwig? You want to go out? Vee~ I'll be right there!" He rose to his feet, turning back only to flash Kyubey an almost triumphant expression on his face. "I don't need a wish. Ludwig will always be there to protect me, so there's no need for me to wish to get stronger!"
With that he ran back into the house, not even sparing Kyubey a glance over his shoulder. Dashing through the kitchen to find a coat, Feliciano paused as he noticed the empty pasta bowl beside the sink, remnants of sauce still inside it. Feliciano smiled softly at the sight, before darting out with his coat.
Soon he and Ludwig were strolling down the street. Well, Ludwig was strolling, Feliciano was clinging to his arm and finding it necessary to skip in order to keep up with the German's long strides. They were attracting plenty of attention, considering the odd sight they made together.
Feliciano was practically humming with happiness. "Vee, this is way more fun than training!" he exclaimed, clinging a little closer to Ludwig, who let out what was by now a well practised sigh.
"But training is vitally important if you're going to get stronger and not be depending on me and Kiku all the time..." Ludwig trailed off, suddenly glancing to the side. Feliciano blinked in confusion, following his gaze to a building just to the side of them. Something was wrong with it, a strange pulsing coming from the wall and at the centre, a blackened object. "Hey, Feliciano, look at this," Ludwig muttered, slowly approaching it, expression suspicious. "What do you think it is?"
Feliciano couldn't take his eyes off of it. The strange, rippling effect was doing something strange to his mind and he broke away from Ludwig, letting go of his arm to dash forward, hand outstretched towards the black object. Somewhere behind him Ludwig was yelling out in worry,
"Feliciano, wait! Don't do that if you don't know what it is, it could-"
Too late, Feliciano's fingers pressed against the thing's cold surface, and suddenly there was an eruption of colour and shapes around them, swirling and distorting the street until it was no longer recognisable. Feliciano suddenly broke from his trance and he darted back to Ludwig, clinging to his arm again, this time in fear rather than affection. "W-What is this?" he cried, watching swirly vine line things creep upwards, reaching out into the space around them. One brushed close to his arm and he whimpered, clinging even closer to Ludwig.
"What the..." Ludwig breathed out, staring in shock at their unreal surroundings, before snapping back to Feliciano. "Hey, what did I tell you? Don't just go poking at things unless you know what they are!"
His lecture was interrupted however, as new shapes suddenly zoomed towards them, looking like strange collections of crystals, all lumped together to form little bodies. Weirdly enough, they seemed to be wearing scarves. The strange creatures were heading straight for them and Ludwig instinctively pulled out a gun from the inside pocket of his coat, shooting swiftly and relentlessly at the creatures.
"What the heck are these things?" he yelled, watching as several bullets managed to hit, and the creatures seemed to erupt into piles of snow on the ground. But more swiftly followed and Feliciano grabbed Ludwig's hand, pulling him along until they were both running from the creatures, and deep into the maze. A familiar suddenly shot out of nowhere, the crystals making up its arms extending to razor-sharp blades, smacking across the back of Ludwig's head. He let out a surprised cry, falling to the ground and pulling Feliciano down with him.
"What? Ludwig, Ludwig!" he cried, pulling at the larger man, whimpering at the sight of blood on his temple. Panicking, Feliciano hoisted the unconscious German over his shoulders, trying to drag him away from the familiars. As he moved, the temperature seemed to drop further and further, until giant snowflakes, like the paper cut-outs children make, were floating past him and sudden there was a towering creature before him.
It was humanoid, almost female but more like a sculpture than a real person. Ice crystals made up the lower part of its body, sharp jutting shapes making up the torso and long arms. The face was cruel with wild snow-like hair whipping around its face. A crown of icicles was atop its head. Feliciano tried to back up, but found the place he had just run from had been sealed off, a sheet of ice covering his way. He dropped Ludwig to the ground, pounding at the ice with his fists.
They were going to die. He was sure of it. Ludwig was unconscious and bleeding and he...he was useless. Feliciano was just about ready to give up, when suddenly a familiar tail flicked out of the corner of his eye. They widened, his mouth falling open, as he realised it was the same white creature as before, padding calmly towards him.
"Hey," he cried, not believing his eyes. "You-you're the kitty from before!"
"I can still grant your wish," Kyubey replied, ignoring Feliciano's cry. Feliciano stilled, the creature's words ringing in his ears along with the frigid wind.
"My...My wish?" he mumbled, glancing down at Ludwig's body, already starting to freeze where the icy wind and snow was hitting them.
Kyubey ran over to the boy, until he was sitting right beside Feliciano, looking up at him expectantly. "You should know, this is what you must do for me in exchange for your wish." His head turned towards the ice-like woman before them, "These are the beings you would fight, I can give you the power to do it with ease."
Feliciano's eyes widened and he stared up at the woman fearfully. "I...would...have to fight these?" he whimpered, before looking back down to Ludwig. 'I...I want to be stronger...I'm no use to Ludwig like this, and if I can't do something right now, we'll both die!' His eyes suddenly hardened in determination, and his mouth set in a firm line. He stood shakily, clenching his fists at his side.
"V-Ve...ok! I-I'll make a contract! I...I want to be able to protect the person most precious to me! Give me the power to be able to defend him myself!" he exclaimed. The protrusions on Kyubey's head were suddenly reaching towards him, and Feliciano let out a gasp as he felt something rip from his chest, and a gleaming light appeared before him. It shone a brilliant blue, and Feliciano's eyes were wide as he reached out to grab it, a warm feeling rushing through his body, surrounding him.
The light surrounded him completely and when it finally faded away there was a girl stood where Feliciano had been seconds before. She was dressed in white robes similar to what Feliciano had first worn as a child, before becoming a maid at Roderich's house. Feliciano looked down at herself, eyes wide. She opened her mouth to say something, when a roar from the witch reminded her of what she had to do. Moving instinctively, Feliciano ran towards the witch, and was not surprised when she felt a weapon materialising in her hand. Glancing over, she saw she was holding a long silver spear, with an intricately designed spearhead. At the other end, a white flag flew out from the end of the spear and Feliciano smiled.
The witch struck out with its own sceptre and Feliciano retaliated, swinging up the spear and slicing cleanly through the creature's arm. It let out a scream, but Feliciano didn't pause, swinging the spear around, the flag fluttering behind it as she slashed through the chest of the witch, silver-blue liquid spurting out from the wound. The witch screamed again, crumpling backwards before suddenly disappearing in a flash of light, the black object from before being all that was left in its place.
Unbeknownst to her Ludwig's eyes flickered open just as the witch let out its first scream, and he watched in shock the white clad girl spinning gracefully, a lone curl bouncing at the side of her head.
'What the...my head... he winced in pain, before looking back up at the girl who now stood triumphant, short cloak and skirt fluttering around her body. 'Who...who is that? She...reminds me...of...' Ludwig's eyelids were suddenly far too heavy, and his head far too painful and he drifted back into unconsciousness.
Feliciano stared at the black object again, wary of touching it this time, even as the barrier began to disappear. Now that the adrenaline was wearing off, the shock of what she'd done was settling in, and she clutched her spear to her body, the white flag resting around her almost protectively. Then suddenly, she remembered the unconscious German, and spun around to run to his side, falling to her knees.
"Ve, Ludwig! Ludwig, please be ok!" The barrier was almost completely gone from around them, and Feliciano glanced up at the re-appearing street. "What the...what's happening, vee?"
"The witch has been defeated, and so the barrier has disappeared," Kyubey told her, climbing up to sit on her shoulder. "Congratulations! You are now a successful Puella Magi!"
Feliciano managed a wobbly smile at the creature, the spear disappearing from her hands. "Vee...I, I really did it...but now I have to help Ludwig! He's hurt!" she cried, her attention once again focused on Ludwig.
"You can use your soul gem to heal him. Just hold it over him and will him to be healed." Kyubey informed the panicky brunette, who all but ripped the cross shaped soul gem from her cloak to hold it over Ludwig, squeezing her eyes shut and willing him healed. A soft glow started to emit from Ludwig's body, and Feliciano watched with relief as the wound on his head slowly shrank and eventually disappear, leaving behind only the dried blood that has previously leaked from it. "Vee..." she sighed, "thank goodness..."
She paused for a second, before clutching her soul gem to her chest, closing her eyes and releasing the transformation. Once the light had completely faded, Feliciano blinked down at himself, and at the blue egg-shaped gem in his hand. "Oh wow, I did it!" he let out a relieved giggle. "That was easier than I thought it would be, ve!"
Suddenly however, a new voice sounded behind him, making his freeze in fear.
"I-Italy? Germany? What happened here?"
Feliciano's head snapped towards the voice, and his eyes widened at the sight of a tall, blonde nation walking towards him, glasses covering worried blue eyes.
"America?" Feliciano squeaked, looking at the other, who let out a sigh.
"It's Canada," the boy sighed. "Well, Matthew since we're in public, but that's not important right now. What on earth was it that you just did?" he asked Feliciano urgently, and Feliciano felt horror set in, his face going pale.
"Vee?" he tried weakly.
Matthew sighed again, before pinning Feliciano with a worried but firm gaze. "I saw you Italy. You and Germany appearing out of that weird glowing thing...you t-transforming, or something, from a girl! What just happened?"
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