Hello readers, here's the first chapter of my newest little fanfiction endeavor, it's my first time writing for this fandom so that's exciting. Not really sure where I'm going with this, but basically each character is some sort of mythical creature and they all go to a university especially for people who aren't human. I tried to make it so that they were creatures from their countries own mythology, so like Finland is a creature from Norse/Finnish mythology. Finding creatures turned out to be a lot harder than I thought though, for basically every country except Greece, plus wikipedia isn't exactly reliable so I seriously doubt that its accurate, but I tried. I'm gonna start out mainly working with the Nordics, France, Spain, Prussia, Germany, Greece, the Italy's, Poland, Japan, China, Canada, US and UK. But I'm more than happy to work the other countries in later, if you have a request for someone who isn't listed let me know.

The ships I'll be working with so far are:

Sweden/Finland

Prussia/Canada

Germany/Italy

Spain/Romano

US/UK

Denmark/Norway

Greece/Japan

Russia/China

Poland/Lithuania

But again, if you have a request let me know and I'll see what I can do. I'd love to hear your feedback, enjoy.

(Also, does anyone know what the hell Denmarks human name is? Most fanfiction writers call him Mathias, but I couldn't find anything concrete.)

Tino leaned heavily on the bathroom sink, drips of water falling from his damp hair. Cupping his hands, he splashed his face again, enjoying the sensation of the cool liquid. There's no way I'm going to survive a full day without soaking in water. He thought miserably as he stared at the running tap water. Tino was a Nakki, A species of water spirit. Sort of like a mermaid, without the tail, and kind of like a siren without the pretty voice. His ancestors had made a hobby out of luring passerby's down into their streams to play, and later drown. Nowadays though, Tino found himself dealing with the unfortunate side affects of living on land. Being out of water for a full day was brutal, his skin felt itchy and uncomfortable, and splashing his face with water didn't really do much to alleviate the discomfort. Plus he had to drink a ridiculous amount of water. He groaned deeply as his phone vibrated, letting him know he had to get his butt to class soon. Grabbing a face towel from his backpack he dried his face as well as he could. Despite the fact that every student on the massive University Campus was inhuman, the exact species was often considered a private matter, generally only known by the faculty and any close friends you chose to open up to. It was the first day of classes, so Tino hadn't really met anyone yet, and he was living with his parents so he didn't have a roommate to befriend. For someone as dependent on water as Tino, it was really impossible for him to live anywhere where he couldn't spend the night lounging in a bathtub.

Tino walked out into the now busy halls, students were wondering to their classes, some in groups others by themselves. Tino glanced at the piece of paper he'd pulled out of his pocket; his first class was an introductory course to Human/Mythic Beast relations. It was a required course for all first years. Apparently keeping the humans from hating the variety of less than human creatures on the planet was kind of important. So important in fact people committed their whole career to the issue. Tino glanced around the hallway nervously as he walked. Outside of every classroom several students would lounge against the walls, waiting to be let into the room, others dashed around obnoxiously talking to their friends. While he was looking around him, Tino failed to look foreword as he rounded a corner.

"Oof!" He huffed as he ran into something hard. Turning his head to look foreword again, he stared up to the ridiculously tall and terrifying student he'd just run into.

"Oh my gosh, I'm so sorry, I wasn't looking where I was going and ran into you. I'm sorry, please don't be mad at me, I really didn't mean too. I guess I should really pay attention to where I'm going hey-" He continued rambling like this for a few moments before the student in front of him finally decided to interrupt him.

"S'okay." He said through his thick accent. Tino stopped talking and glanced up, he could feel his cheeks heating up. The student was kind of terrifying, tall, his face unmoving, glasses framed his blue eyes, his hair was a short blonde mess.

"Oh." Tino said after a moment of silence. "I'm Tino." He said nervously, he wasn't sure what else to say as he stared up at those blue eyes.

"I'm Berwald." Came the reply.

"OH! I have to get to class, it was nice to meet you Berwald. So sorry for running into you like that, see you around." Tino said as he ran off, jolted out of the awkward conversation as he realized he really did have somewhere else to be.

"Okay." Came the soft reply, which Tino didn't really catch since he was already all but flying down the hallway.

When Tino found his classroom he walked in hesitantly, his mind still spinning after his encounter with the tall and terrifying Swede. I don't even remember what I said to him, he though miserably. Tino had a habit of rambling when he got nervous and uncomfortable, and was also simultaneously under the intense gaze of someone who was equal parts handsome and intimidating. He still had about two minutes before being late. Tino glanced around for an open seat, there were several, but most of them looked like they were a little too close to large groups of already acquainted friends. One person caught his eye though, so Tino walked over to the seat beside the other boy.

"Do you mind if I sit here?" Tino asked. The boy had violet eyes and silvery hair.

"Go ahead." The boy responded quietly. Tino smiled slightly and sat down, attempting to situate himself comfortably, which was virtually impossible with his skin feeling so dry and tight.

"I'm Tino." He said with a smile, trying to hide his physical discomfort.

"I'm Emil." The other boy replied quietly, glancing suspiciously at Tino.

"Do you live on campus?" Tino asked, realizing just how desperate he was to get at least one friend, and the tall Swede did not count.

"Yeah, moved in over the weekend." Emil replied.

"That's cool. Are the dorms nice?" He asked.

"Not really. My roommate is annoying and creepy. He's one of those Mages, you know. Likes to play with black magic." Emil said grumpily.

"Oh, I've never met a mage before." Tino said thoughtfully, he hadn't met many creatures before to be honest; he had been homeschooled.

"No? Well there are a few on campus, it's usually better to avoid them. They're obnoxious showoffs. My brother practices dark magic too, so do my parents. They were so happy when they found out he had the gift for it." Emil grumbled spitefully.

"Oh, that's… um. Nice." Tino said uncertainly, not really sure what he could say. The conversation was cut off as the Prof dimmed the lights and began the lecture. Tino finished two bottles of water over the hour and a half in class. His parents were going to be spending a small fortune to keep him hydrated.

After class finished Tino and Emil left the room side by side.

"So…Do you have another class now?" Tino asked. Emil glanced at him.

"No, I'm gonna go to the library. I told a couple of friends of mine I would meet them there. We're friends from highschool." He explained calmly as he walked.

"Oh, that's nice." Tino said with a soft smile.

"You could come if you want. You seem nice enough." He said gruffly.

"I wouldn't want to intrude, but that's very nice of you to offer." Tino said quickly.

"You wouldn't be intruding. Do you have somewhere else you have to be?" He asked. Tino thought for a moment, he really didn't. His next class wasn't for a couple of hours.

"No." Tino answered.

"Well then come on." Emil said as he led the way out of the building and over to the library. It was a massive building, but Emil brought them over to a small study room in the back corner. When they walked into the room there were three young men lounging around a study table. The closest boy to the door had shoulder length brown hair, pulled back into a short ponytail. His eyes were green. His legs were crossed, and he was reading a book, though he glanced up when they walked in. Sitting a few seats away from him was an olive skinned boy with dark brown hair, one curled strand of hair standing out rebelliously, his hazel eyes seemed to be in a permanent glare. He was sprawled out, leaning back into his chair with both feet up on the table. Beside him the last boy had violet eyes and wore glasses, blonde hair hung loosely down onto his shoulders, although he too had a single rebellious curl sticking out. He smiled as they walked in.

"Hi guys," Emil greeted as he set his backpack on the table. "This is Tino, he's in my class."

"Hello, I'm Toris." The green-eyed boy said with a smile. "This is Lovino and Matthew." He said pointing to the other two.

"Hello. Pleasure to meet you, eh." The blonde whispered with a smile.

"Speak up bastard no one can hear you." The other boy, Lovino, growled at Matthew.

"Sorry." Matthew replied even more quietly. Lovino shoved his forehead into his hands and muttered what sounded like some Italian choice words.

"It's a pleasure to meet you all." Tino said with a little wave.

"Do you guys have any homework yet?" Toris asked curiously.

"Not much." Emil replied as he sat down. Tino sat beside him. The group held polite conversation for a while, well polite except for Lovino, whose language was so colorful it could put a rainbow to shame. Tino didn't really mind though, the others were nice enough to compensate, soon Tino found himself comfortably enjoying the company of the other boys. His discomfort from being out of water was pushed to the back of his mind for an hour, as he and the other boys talked. After a while they were interrupted by some loud shouts from outside the building and something that sounded suspiciously like thunder.

"What was that?" Tino asked worriedly.

"Sounded like my brother." Matthew said with a sigh. "I'd better go check." Together the group got up and left the library, it didn't take long to find the action, since a group of people had gathered around two boys who appeared to be having a silent face off. Matthew walked over to one of the boys on the sidelines, a guy who looked very similar to Matthew, just with slightly shorter hair, blue eyes and a cowlick.

"Hey, Alfred, what's going on?" Matthew asked as he walked over beside his brother.

"OH HEY MATTIE!" Alfred's voice literally boomed like thunder, making Tino's ears hurt. Alfred seemed completely oblivious.

"CAPTAIN EYEBROWS AND THAT OTHER GUYS ARE TOTALLY GOING TO HAVE A MAGIC SHOWOFF! ITS GONNA BE SO FRICKEN RAD DUDE!" Alfred boomed as he turned away from Mattie to watch the two wizards circling around each other.

"Hey, Emil, isn't that your brother?" Toris asked. Emil sighed angrily.

"Yep, that's him." Emil grumbled. Tino could see the resemblance, although the older brother was a bit taller, and his long bangs had to be held back by a hair clip shaped like a cross, he had the same violet eyes as his brother. Except Tino found himself infinitely more frightened by the older brother.

"It's good to see you again, Lukas, it's been far too long." The blond brit said with a smirk.

"Indeed, Arthur, I'd wondered if I would see you here." Lukas replied. The crowd fell silent, watching eagerly to see if the confrontation would in fact escalate to a fight.

"What do you say, Lukas, how about a little spar for old times sake?" Arthur asked. Lukas grinned, which made him easily ten times more terrifying.

"You're on Kirkland." He said as his lips began to whisper a spell, blue fire lighting at the tips of his fingers. Arthur smirked while he whispered his own spell, the air around him humming with electricity. And with that the two young wizards started tossing magic at one another, taking turns attacking and deflecting like a well-timed and perfectly choreographed fencing match. Each spell well practiced and controlled. The air hummed with magic, both of the mages sweeping their arms through the air as they manipulated the forces around them. Occasionally it would seem like Lukas's attacks would hit their mark, only for the smoke to clear revealing Arthur holding his arms up defensively, a shield of blue glass-like magic protecting him only to shatter away as he swung his arms to cast his own spell, sometimes knocking Lukas temporarily off his feet, sometimes missing and vanishing into the soil. This went on for a while, the spectators rooting enthusiastically for whoever they most desired to see win. Tino glanced at Emil, who looked extremely irritated. Suddenly everything fell silent, Tino quickly looked away from his new friend towards the battling mages, who were no longer battling, but instead in the midst of a handshake turned bro hug. Arthur smiled.

"Sorry, boys, fights over, some of us have bloody classes to get to." He called out irritably in response to the 'boos' being shouted out as he lifted his backpack onto his shoulder.

"WHAT! OH COME ON!" Alfred groaned.

"Come on Alfred, you have class too." Matthew said as he poked his brother in the back of his head.

"How do you know?" Alfred said, a little bit more quietly. "We're not even in the same year."

"I checked your schedule to make sure I could get you to class on time." Matthew said with a small smile. "You're not really so good with schedules." He said softly.

"Oh, I guess. SEE YOU LATER MATTIE!" He shouted as he took off, presumably towards his class.

"Well…That was something." Tino mumbled softly. He groaned softly and held his head, which had started to pound.

"Yeah, stupid black magic enthusiasts." Emil grumbled as he turned to head back into the library. "Making a big show just for the attention. The two have been best friends since they were kids. Arthur was just over at our house last week for dinner."

"I'm glad they didn't actually hurt anyone though." Toris said as he turned to follow Emil. Tino was about to follow them when he stumbled, almost falling. He was getting light headed, and his skin was burning. Shifting his bag off his shoulder, he started searching through it.

"Hey, are you ok?" Matthew asked.

"My water, I'm out of water." Tino whispered hoarsely, his throat was starting to get dry, he felt his heart pound in his chest his breathing becoming labored. He searched through his bag more forcefully, but he already knew he wouldn't find any water, he'd forgotten to drink while in the library, and he hadn't refilled his bottles after class.

"Oh, well there's a water fountain inside, you could have some of that." Matthew said, trying to be helpful.

"Hey, bastard. What's wrong with you?" Lovino asked grumpily, forcefully grabbing Tino's shoulder. Tino wasn't listening; he gripped his head, which was now pounding so painfully he couldn't even hear the other boy's voices. Tino was drying out. He tried to move towards the library, but only made it a few steps before his vision went black.

Yay, cliffhanger, aren't I a bitch. Anyway, let me know what you guys think, constructive criticism is always welcome. I'll try and update frequently, but it's not prewritten so no guarantees.