~Yes I know there are plenty of these going around but I wanted to do my own so MEH! This is my fourth fanfiction and it is with Hetalia this time! Yay! Hope you all like, and the main character right now is Mathew (Canada) but that might change later on, I'm not sure. Oh and I am using the character's human names, so if you don't know who they are LOOK IT UP! I did make up some for a few because they don't have any official names, so if you can't find it ask me and I will tell you, although you might be able to guess from the descriptions I give. Enjoy!~
Chapter 1
"Come on, Matt, stop being such a wimp!"
"But I've never been to high school before, I'm sure it's completely different from middle school!"
"Of course it is moron! But that doesn't mean that you won't be fine."
"But what if I'm ignored like always? What if, even worse, people do see me and pick on me? What if-"
"What if, what if, what if! Stop sounding like a broken record Mattie! You worry too much. You'll love high school, and don't worry about people picking on you if they do notice you. I will stop them from being mean to you because . . . I'M THE HERO!"
Mathew sighed. It was nice of his brother to say that but he would probably be too busy to help anyway. Mathew's life in middle school had been lonely, because everyone (including the teachers) ignored him. It had been that way most of his life, even his brother Alfred had sometimes ignored him or didn't see him. He did not suppose that high school would be much different.
The bus that Matt and Alfred had been waiting for had finally arrived and as the doors opened they climbed the stairs. Alfred immediately went to sit near the front with a boy who had light blonde hair and green eyes with thick eyebrows. Matt remembered his name was Arthur. Matt looked around, not knowing where to sit. Half of the seats were taken, and no one who had an open seat looked like they wanted to share. Sighing again, Matt went to the very back of the bus and sat down. The bus's doors closed and the bus began to move off down the street. A few stops later, Matt heard someone sit down on the seat across the aisle form him. Startled he looked up and saw a boy with soft grey hair and ice blue eyes. Confused, Matt kept staring at him. He wanted to talk to the strange boy, ask about his name, did he look like that from birth or did he dye it? However, Matt held his tongue. Not only did Matt feel that this would intrude on the other's privacy, but the kid would probably not hear him anyway. He would be invisible again.
A few more people got on the bus, including a very tall, very scary looking guy with silver-blonde hair and purple eyes. The scary tall guy looked around for a few seconds, and then hastily sat down next to a Chinese boy who was sitting in the seat in front of Matt.
"Ivan, what took you so long aru? I didn't see you when we got to the bus stop." said the Chinese boy who had his long black hair tied up in a ponytail.
The boy named Ivan turned his head to face the other, and Matt could see his small smile. It did not make him that less scary.
"Sorry Yao Yao, but I nearly forgot my cell phone and I had to run back quickly and get it." Ivan had a very thick Russian accent.
"Just be careful Ivan, it would suck if you were late on the first day of school. We need to set examples for younger children aru. We are Juniors now."
Ivan's smile widened, but it made him look a lot kinder this time.
"Aww, Yao Yao is so cute when he's worried."
Yao blushed and muttered something about not calling him that nickname. Ivan chuckled.
Matt sighed. He seemed to be doing that a lot lately. Here was an example of a good relationship. These guys were the best of friends and even if they didn't have any others they at least had each other. Matt would never have anyone. His self pity party was cut short when the bus doors opened again. They had arrived at school. As Matt got off the bus he saw Alfred waiting for him.
"So Mattie, you know where your locker is right?"
"Yeah." mumbled Matt
"Awesome, 'cas even if you didn't I would just have had to leave you to figure it out on your own dude!"
Matt grumbled in annoyance.
"So have a great day Mattie, and don't worry you'll be fine!" Alfred paused, then leaned in closer to Matt and said in a more serious voice "Don't be afraid to ask me for anything, 'kay little bro? I'll always help you."
Mattie's eyes widened. His brother was actually being serious for once.
"You can count on me to help Mattie because . . . I'M THE HERO!" Alfred's voice had risen to a triumphant shout. Many people who were not used to the loud and exuberant teen stared at him as they were walking by. Matt blushed at the stares, even though they were not directed at him.
"Er, okay, thanks Al. I'll let you know if I need anything."
Alfred grinned, then ruffled Matt's curly dark blonde hair, and then walked away into the school. Matt took a deep breath, adjusted his backpack, and opened the doors.
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Matt sat at the front of the class room, his books for his first class out and on the table. Most of the class was standing around, talking loudly. The teacher entered the class room and everyone immediately sat down at their desks.
"Don't get too comfortable students, because we are moving you around. You will have assigned seats alphabetically. Those whose first names begin with A, you will start here in this corner of the front row. Go!"
Chairs scraped as everyone stood up and began arranging themselves. Matt moved to the middle of the room where the M's would most likely be.
"What is your name?" asked a soft voice behind him.
Matt turned around, shocked that someone had noticed him. A girl with dark tanned skin and dark brown hair tied into two long pigtails was smiling at him.
"Uh, M-mathew." Matt stammered
The girl's smile widened.
"Then you sit right here on my left Matthew. I'm Michelle."
Matt quickly slid into his seat and arranged his stuff. Michelle was politely staring at him when he finished.
"I'm so excited for high school, aren't you? My big brother goes here, and he's told me so many funny stories. Maybe you'll get to meet my brother later."
"Uh, who is your brother?" Matt asked shyly. He could not believe he was actually having a real conversation with someone!
"His name's Francis Bonnefoy, he's a senior."
"Oh, uh, cool. I have a brother as well, his name's Alfred Jones."
"I've heard my brother talk about him. He's one wild and crazy dude isn't he?"
Matt glared angrily and said in his angry voice (which was only a little louder than his normal quiet one) "My brother is not wild or crazy! He just has a lot of energy and likes to be loud!"
Michelle's eyes widened.
"I'm sorry Matt. I didn't mean to be mean. I was just repeating what my brother said. But you would know Alfred best, he is your brother after all."
Matt felt better after Michelle said this. This was the first person who was acknowledging he was there and he had nearly driven them away! He needed to more careful, but he also did not like anyone talking about his brother that way, even if he could be a jerk sometimes.
The rest of his Algebra class (which was his first class of the day) went by quickly. When they had been asked to work on one of the problems with the person next to them Matt and Michelle had instantly turned to each other. All in all this was turning into a good day, especially when it turned out that the people in his first class would be in all of his classes, which meant he had all of his classes with her. At lunch they sat together, and Michelle did not mind that they were alone. She even politely refused to sit next to some other girls who had offered her to come sit with them rather than alone (Matt was unseen as usual). Things started to go downhill after lunch.
Matt's class was world history, and unfortunately the teacher assigned them seats. Matt did not get to sit next to Michelle. Instead he was in between two boys, the strange looking one from the bus sat on his left, and a small boy with light brown hair and dark blue eyes who trembled a lot on his right.
The teacher looked up at their class and smiled. He had short curly dark brown hair, and amber eyes. When he spoke cheerfully to them, it was in an Italian accent.
"Alright, let's see what you know about prehistoric times, discuss with the people sitting in your row. You can talk about anything, like maybe the types of plants and animals. Then after five minutes your group will tell the whole class what your collective knowledge is. Start now."
Mathew turned nervously back and forth between the two boys in his row. The smaller brown haired boy was the first to speak.
"It is so unfair that we only have the two of us in our row. I guess we will have to make do though. My name is Raivis, what's yours?" he extended his hand to the grey haired boy.
I knew this would happen. I always get annoyed! Thought Matt in annoyance.
"I am Valtýr. And excuse me, but we are not the only two in the row. There is someone in between us. What is your name?" Valtýr turned towards Matt.
Raivis turned too, and looked startled when he finally noticed him.
"Oh my goodness! Oh I am so sorry! I did not see you there! Please forgive me!" he cried
"That's quite alright. I'm used to being overlooked. My name is Mathew."
"It is very nice to meet you Mathew." said Valtýr in his quiet voice.
"So, what do you know about the prehistoric age?" asked Raivis
Matt smiled and jumped right in, history was his thing. They came up with many different examples, Valtýr apparently knew a lot about history too, and Raivis knew one or two things (mostly about dinosaurs). With two new friends, the evening passed by quickly for Matt. After the last class of thee day he met up with his brother Alfred. Al was pleasantly surprised when he heard that Matt had made three new friends. He said 'I told you so!' to Matt several times. They both got on the bus when it came and took the same seats. Except for this time someone sat next to Matt. Valtýr sat next to him instead of across from him. They didn't talk much on the bus ride, but both enjoyed the quiet company. As Matt got off the bus at his house with Al, he couldn't but get excited for the next day. Who knew that high school wouldn't be this bad?
~I hope you liked it! And that little bit of Rochu in the beginning was for my good friend SunshineGirl2500 (you should check out her stories too, they're really good)! Don't worry my friend there will be more of that to come! Anyways hoped you liked it, and if you have any character questions name wise research before asking me! Thanks,
Misto~
