Congratulations readers! For those who are unaware, this fanfic is the winner of the poll I posted (about a miilion years ago!) Here's the entire summary:
Hetalia, Pairing: USUK, Arthur Kirkland is very important to the government, he's created an invention that's teleports an individual to another location. Unfortunately, you can only go through it three times, and no one has yet to test it out. Arthur's unwilling intern wish him luck and sent him to an alternate universe instead. It seems that magic is real, the locals have an odd meaning for the word 'marking', and oh yeah, he looks EXACTLY like the missing princess of this world's kingdom. Not to mention he met a very hyper-active blond who has taken quite a liking to him. So many adventures...but Arthur just wants to go home!
Just a heads up, this "Tsunderella" story won't have much in common with the Cinderella story! Enjoy the fanfic: Forget Fairytales...This is the Story of Tsunderella!
I'm kinda nervous... but I'll do my absolute best!
May 9th
The trial runs of the teleportation device is going well. We have a one-sixth scale model of it. We tested inanimate, manmade objects: a number 2 wooden pencil, a watch, and a thumb-tack.
Procedures: Push the objects through the opening of the model teleporter
Results: All objects disappeared, no affirmation that they were in a different location nor is there any affirmation that they are still in their original form.
-Dr. Arthur Kirkland
July 13th
Variables have been changed, I am now testing to see if I'm able to control the destination. The teleporter will be on one side of the room and the objects will reappear on the opposite side. The scale model is now double the size of the previous one. Same materials were used.
Procedures: See May 9 notes.
Results: Successful, will now move on to living creatures.
-Dr. Arthur Kirkland
August 21st
Small animals such as lizards, caterpillars, and rodents are being used. Scale model is approximately 2 ft. tall. This time the destination will now be in a forest 50 miles away. I have a co-worker on stand-by in said destination. Specimens have red tags on them.
Procedures: Let the animals enter the teleporter on their own.
Results: Animal were found in the forest. No abnormalities or mutations to record. Tags were removed. The real teleporter can now be created, will use humans for the next one.
-Dr. Arthur Kirkland
Arthur put down his notepad, any other scientist would be happy with such exceptional developments and positive results. Though this one, was not. Truth be told, Arthur had no intention whatsoever to become a scientist, he wanted to be a writer, he liked to read books and wanted to make one of his own. During his time in college, his major was Creative Writing. His minor, Science Technologies. The main reason that he was where he was now is because he won a science fair. Apparently it revolutionized the way scientist believed space and time functioned.
Arthur graduated college at the young age of 18, now, at the age of 23, he was the most well-known scientist in the English science society. He sighed and left the titanium room with no windows, light (unless the light was turned on,) or atmosphere. Arthur went into the one of the bathrooms in the research labs he worked in, he turned on the sink, splashed some water on his face and looked into the mirror.
Same short, choppy, blonde hair, unmanageable eyebrows, green eyes, and a new addition, a sleep deprived expression. It was late, and he needed to get home. Honestly, what was he doing here? The sheer absurdity of this invention that's being developed so you can go from one place to another. Didn't the human civilization have something for that already? Like cars, planes, trains…isn't that their job?
Personally, he believed that someone could die of a heart attack if some stranger appeared in front of them without a hint of warning. Arthur grumbled profanities to himself as he opened the door to his red Camry, slammed the door shut, and pulled off. When Arthur arrived to his house, he was greeted by his cat, a small furry thing, who shared his owner's trademark eyebrows. The beige cat hat a brown patch of fur around his eye. Arthur gave him the simple name of Tom, since he was a male cat.
Arthur dragged himself upstairs, set his alarm for 3:30 am, and fell onto his bed without worrying about changing into pajamas. He fell asleep almost immediately, snoring the whole time. Only when Arthur was extremely tired he would snore in his sleep, which was often. It wasn't loud, just… distinctive. Tom took this time to jump onto Arthur's bed and fall asleep along with him, he decided that it would be fine if he was fed in the morning.
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Arthur's alarm sounded, notifying the entire house that it was 3 in the morning. With his eyes still closed, the blonde flailed one hand around the air looking for the nightstand, once he found that, Arthur smacked his hand on the surface of the piece of furniture, finally, he turned off the alarm. He bolted upright, accidentally knocking his cat off the bed. Tom mewed reproachfully and retreated to the kitchen, the tiled floor seemed like a better choice to sleep at the moment.
Arthur quickly made himself some breakfast that consisted of toast and tea or to explain it more realistically, charcoal and tea. The blonde checked his watch, it was already 4:08 am. Suddenly, a chill went up his spine when he opened the front door, it wasn't cold outside. Quiet the opposite actually, though it was still dark outside, given the time, there was only enough cold air to maybe have on a very light jacket. He climbed into his car and sped off.
"Red is the color you stop at, bloody wanker!" Arthur yelled viciously as a car ran a light and nearly caused Arthur to crash into him.
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"Maybe I should get someone else to test this for me…" Arthur stood in front of the teleporter. It towered above him at around ten feet tall. It was large and a metallic type silver, that would be smooth to the touch, if not for all the bolts and circuits protruding from it. Basically, it looked like the symbol for, Omega, with lots of cords all around it. In the middle of the circular contraption, there was a green and blue like plasma (well that's what it looked like anyway.)
"This is no time to be reluctant about things, old boy," he told himself. "The coordinates are set. The other experiments went without a hitch. Why shouldn't this one do the same?"" Arthur was trying to clam his nerves. There could be so many things that could go wrong. The teleporter could possibly malfunction, like it wouldn't balance the speed at which he was traveling and his mass together, then he'd be stuck in that void forever. Or he would appear at another place with a deformity.
"Dr. Kirkland!" Arthur's assistant stumbled through the door, dropping documents he held as he did so.
"Aaron! You're dropping things again!" Arthur scolded. "What is it?"
"Um…" Aaron thought, he picked up the fallen papers, "Is it today? Are you going to a parallel universe?"
"Yes and no." Arthur answered. He pulled down a lever and turned to Aaron. "Yes, I'm going through the teleporter. No, I'm not going to another universe. That's not what this thing was made for."
"I know sir, but it would it would cool if we had some evidence to back up the parallel universe theory. We'll revolutionize science itself!" Aaron beamed then began babbling about the parallel universe theory and how it tied with the string theory.
"Honestly Aaron, I have no idea why you aren't heading this project," Arthur praised, "you have much more gusto than I do."
Aaron blushed a little at the complement, "Thank you, sir. Um, I have to tell you something that I found out about the portal."
"Yes?" Arthur said passively, he turned a couple knobs.
"You can only go through it three times." Aaron informed him. "Overall, no exceptions. It's very dangerous, I'm kind of worried about you."
Arthur tousled Aaron's brown hair, "Listen lad, I'll be fine. It wasn't made for traveling to different universes, just places here on Earth," the blonde stepped up to the teleporter, "If I'm not back within 24 hours… try and figure out where on the Earth I am, then bring me back." With that being said he went through.
"Wait! Dr. Kirkland!" was the last thing Arthur heard from his assistant.
To use an old cliché, Arthur wasn't in London, England anymore. Currently he was in some dark void, there was no light, and yet there was also no dark. Or at least that's what he thought he perceived. The color that surrounded him was not on any color wheel, nor has he ever seen it on a paint canvas. Was it even a color? He tried to call Tom, but not one sound would escape his lips. Suddenly, cold air blew all over his body. It was evident that he was moving forward, at a very high speed. Arthur shut his eyes, it was starting to sting.
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"Hello?" Arthur called uncertainly. The only type of response he received was the echo of his own voice. He stood up and cupped his hands around his mouth, "Anyone here?"
Just then, a girl with an extremely intricate, frilly, and bright crimson dress ran at a super high speed right past Arthur. She almost knocked him over trying to get by.
"Outta my way, bloody peasant!" she called, turning her head back for a quick second, then continuing on her trek.
Arthur only got a quick look of her facial features, and he noted in his mind, that she looked exactly like himself, if he was female of course. He decided that he would go in the opposite direction of the way that the girl was going. If she had such expensive looking clothes, then surely there was something that lied beyond the forest.
Arthur came upon a large kingdom that was completely red. He found the entrance, it was closed, and guarded by two people, who were clad in red armor and spears. The blonde gulped audibly, and approached the guards who immediately became suspicious.
"State yer business and maybe we won't decide to kill ya!" The guard on the left ordered, his voice was raspy, like he smoked hundreds of packs of cigarettes a day.
In Arthur's opinion, he was anything but intimidating. The guard on the right elbowed the raspy-voiced guard. It made a loud clanging sound.
"Don't you recognize the princess when you see her?" The guard on the right asked impatiently. He sounded younger, maybe in his late twenties, but truthfully, his age was a mystery.
"Princess? She looks... different." The first guard replied. "Jus' this mornin' she 'ad longer hair, was wearin' a dress, and was inside the kingdom gates."
The second guard whispered lowly, "She probably just used a transformation spell, she's been experimenting with that kind of magic lately."
The young guard apologized and opened the kingdom doors. Arthur gave them an awkward thanks and went in. The entire kingdom was seriously, completely red. But not just one shade of red, there were different hues that made up different buildings, some where borderline pink, and others a borderline purple.
The street was red, covered in scarlet stones, and maroon pavement. The people who walked these streets had simple red outfits. Arthur received a lot of stares, since he was wearing a white dress shirt and black pants. Not an inkling of red to be seen anywhere. Well, except his cheeks, that were beginning to tinge a type of red from the unwanted attention.
He was spotted by a guard who quickly approached him, he was out of breath. His hands were on his knees. "Princess Anne, you need... to come back to the kingdom... at once! His Royal Majesty requests your presence!"
Arthur was starting to get more than a little annoyed at being mistaken for the opposite gender, "I am not Princess Anne, or whomever you bloody believe I am! My name is Arthur Kirkland! If you cared to notice, I am male, not female! What's more, my physical features are more masculine than feminine! Now if you would excuse me, I would like to leave this blasted kingdom!"
The guard sighed, and tossed Arthur onto his shoulder, "Princess, you've been messing with transformation magic again, haven't you?" Another sigh. "Elizabeta'll have to change you back after you see your father…again."
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"Anne Marie Kirkland!" Arthur's so-called father (and king of whatever the name of the kingdom was...) bellowed loudly. "Where have you been? The entire army has been searching for you!"
"I'm not from here! My homeland is England! My name is not Anne Marie! I'm Arthur Kirkland, a Londoner who appeared here on some kind of accident! I don't know where I am! This certainly isn't planet Earth from what I've observed!" Arthur defended.
The king sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose, "Anne, you've really been rebelling a lot lately. It's taking a toll on your poor father. Draining your clothes of their reddish color, I can handle. Trying to escape the kingdom, I can handle. But what I absolutely cannot tolerate is letting you change your appearance and then have you deny your lineage as a member of the Royal family of the Kingdom of Hearts. Or do you forget about your birthmark on your neck that shows that you are part of this kingdom?"
Arthur flinched at his words, he didn't know anything about this guy, but he learned something at that moment, the King was a person to be feared. Wait, what was that about a birthmark?
"Ve~ I've brought tea, Your Highness! It's Earl Grey, your favorite!" A dainty looking maid entered the throne room. She had long brown hair that reached to the middle of her back, with a flyaway curl and chocolate brown eyes. She had a small red choker around her neck. Everything about her just radiated happiness, and yet there was something peculiar about the maid. Something was just a little bit off. "Princess! Ve~ I see you were using magic again!"
"Feliciano, please take Anne to her room." The King said softly, taking a sip of the tea.
"Yes sir, Your Highness!" Feliciano curtsied oddly. "But first, do you think that I should take her to Miss Elizabeta to change her?"
"Yes, Feliciano, please do so." The King waved his hand.
Feliciano asked Arthur to follow him to Elizabeta's room.
"Feliciano, was it?" Arthur asked as said girl led the way. "I was wondering if you believe that I'm the pri-"
"You're not the princess." Feliciano said cheerily, "I can tell, easy."
"How?" Arthur asked, astounded that someone finally believed him.
"Annie has a very odd habit, she often walks around with her hand covering the left side of her neck! It's because that she's marked with a heart" Feliciano explained.
"Annie?" Arthur questioned.
"Yeah, you'll come to find that she has many nicknames. She really hates this place, the Kingdom of Hearts. I completely understand… behind the cheery façade this kingdom is a harsh, brutal, and horrible place…" Feliciano trailed off when he realized he was starting to expose his true thoughts. "Ah! I forgot to ask, what is your name?"
"Arthur, Arthur Kirkland. I would like to ask you a question, and please don't get offended when I say this but, are you... a boy?"
Feliciano stopped walking altogether, he turned around, and grabbed both of Arthur's hands and squeezed them tightly. The blonde looked at the Feliciano with wide eyes.
"That's so cool! Even though you're not the Annie, you might as well be! When she first met me she figured out that I was a boy instantly, too! Though this has to be a secret! You can't tell anyone, or I'll get kicked out the castle, and that wouldn't be a good thing!" The brunette was seriously smiling. "Ve~ this is Miss Elizabeta's door!"
To Arthur's surprise, the door was black and not red. It looked so out of place, but in a good way, it gave the hallway some individuality.
"Ciao, Miss Elizabeta!"Feliciano greeted when he swung open the door.
Elizabeta nearly dropped the beaker she was currently holding. Arthur took in his surroundings, it was a room akin to a dungeon, like the door, the walls of the room were completely black as well. There was a small ceiling fan, it was brick red, and the only source of light. He noticed that the room was a science lab, not a room that you'd live in.
"Feliciano!" Elizabeta squealed, she put the beaker down safely, removed her goggles, and proceeded to embrace the boy. She let go of him after a short while and greeted Arthur as well.
"Welcome, stranger! My name is Elizabeta Héderváry, the lone scientist in the Kingdom of Hearts," she removed her gloves and gave Arthur a firm handshake. "It's nice to meet you."
Elizabeta had long brown hair, like Feliciano, but her hair was a sandy brown. She wore a pink flower as an accessory. Currently, she had on a red lab coat and goggles.
"Likewise madam, my name is Arthur Kirkland. I am also a scientist, but I'm from London. Tell me, Elizabeta, do I look like someone that's familiar to you in any way?"
Elizabeta put her hands on her hips, "Don't take offense to this Arthur, but you look exactly like Annie if she were a guy, but I haven't lent her any spell books, potions, or chalk for summoning things so you can't be her… come to think of it, I haven't seen her at all today," Elizabeta folded her arms. "it's odd."
"She's run away." Arthur answered, "When I first arrived, which was outside the kingdom by the way, she nearly knocked me down and said, 'Outta my way, bloody peasant!"
"That's Annie." Feliciano and Elizabeta said in unison.
"But everyone other than you two are convinced that I'm Princess Anne, and used magic to turn myself male, which I find completely absurd considering the fact magic isn't real." Arthur sat down at a nearby table and rested his head in his hands. He sighed softly. "I just want to go home. This experiment was a bust."
"Hmm…" Elizabeta hummed curiously, she strode to the table and lifted up Arthur's chin and turned it to the left. "You have a single, heart birthmark on your neck. It's the sign that you are purebred," Elizabeta concluded. "and can pass as Princess Anne Marie Kirkland. I'll just tell the King that the 'spell' won't wear off for a while. Until I tell you differently, your name is Princess Anne." Elizabeta winked. She then mumbled something unintelligible and blew some type of dust into his face.
Arthur blinked in total surprise then collapsed after a moment or two. Elizabeta picked Arthur up, and shoved him into the hands of Feliciano.
"Relax, Feli. It's just some sleeping dust, a certain someone will be there to wake him up in the morning. Arthur's confused enough about our kingdom, so do me a favor, try to get him on the right page tomorrow, 'kay?" Elizabeta said returning to her table full of chemicals.
"S-sure… Miss Elizabeta."
Life is good for me! I won 2nd prize in the C-SPAN StudentCam documentary contest and got $1500. It was awesome! People have been congratulating me for weeks now! I got a shoutout on the radio, I was in the newspaper, and on the news! I'm like WOW! I didn't think winning 2nd prize would be such a big thing!
I wonder what happens to the Grand Prize Winner...
I'll have the next chapter up soon! Promise... maybe... I dunno.
The next chapter will be uploaded soon! Thanks for reading!