Hello all! Okay so this is my first multi-chapter fic, and when I say multi-chapter I really mean: This fic is going to have a crap load of chapters. There's probably going to be 40-50 or more, so I hope that some of you will stick with this to the end!

This fic is really long mainly because it contains a lot of pairings. It starts of as a High-school AU, then continues on as the characters get older and go through different events, etc.

Nyotalia and possible 2P characters will come up in this fic.

Main pairing will be Nyo!France and England. These guys really do not get enough love.

PLEASE READ- IT WILL HELP YOU UNDERSTAND THE STORY BETTER:

My best friend and I started this rp over a year ago. Its still going and we continue to repeat and edit parts about it to make it better. The fic is based off a theory that countries start off in a special high school, especially for them, so they are more easily educated. As their countries get more powerful, they grow up faster (like in the episode where England comes home and America's already taller than him). Once they get to a certain 'age' where the country seems at the height of its power, it stops growing (so for example if Prussia was fully grown when Germany was a child, he would stop growing, leaving Germany to catch up.) This means that, even if two countries looked years apart for a while, they would eventually end up looking the same age. I'm not sticking to historical accuracy.

WARNING:

This fic in its entirety will contain Swearing, Possible sex references, mentions of drug and alcohol use (but not very heavy, I think it's only mentioned 1 or 2 times), mentions of rape and abuse (once again, it's not very often), and gender-bending for some characters. More warnings possibly to come.

On the subject of updating, I'm not sure how often I'll be able to get these up. I'm in the middle of my exam term and so there's a chance they will be very sporadic.

Anyway, I hope you enjoy!

Prologue

Light.

That's all we need in our life, Light.

Whether it's the Sun, the moon, the night-light, the torch on your iPhone that you need when you go to the bathroom at night and don't want to wake your parents up, we all need light in our lives.

Even if it's tiny.

Even if it seems insignificant to everyone else.

Even if only you feel it.

Light is special, it gives us a warmth that sometimes, even if we feel cold on the outside, can make us feel like nothing is stopping us and nothing can get in our way.

Light can make us do amazing things. It gives us strength to fight in the darkest of situations. Everyone deserves light, even if they themselves feel they don't.

Light cannot be harvested. It is given at the right time to a true heart.

Shakespeare once said: "All the world's a stage, And all the men and women merely players, They have their exits and their entrances, And one man in his time plays many parts."

I see this as sign. A sign that we should show the world what we can do with one single light, and maybe let the world show us a thing or two.

I see it like the beginning of a story, explaining that yes, we are all merely human, but we are able to break out of this shell and be the people we want to be.

I see it like the beginning of a book.

A book that someone is writing about us all, about our entrances and exits, about our loves and hates, about the souls and hearts that we provide to this world.

Yes.

I understand now.

We ARE all merely players, characters in this book.

This Book of Hearts.

Argh don't hate me! Its not all going to be like this, I promise! I just wanted to set the scene and kind-of set a basis for what I want this story to be like. I don't want it to be all hard-core romance, or perfect relationships, I want it to show reality.

This wasn't anyone in particular's point of view, but I think in terms of the story it's kind of being said from Arthur's (England's) perspective.

Anyways, I hope you enjoyed! I may even be able to get up another chapter today, so *fingers crossed*.

Bye, Lovelies! R&R!

Suzie Loux xx