Hi, Ana here again. This is my second chapter and I'm really sorry it took so long to post. A big thanks to Xx-Yaoi-Ninja-xX for all the PMs and prompting to get me to finally update. I'm very good at procrastinating, though I always feel really bad. Again, I'm sorry. I'll try to update faster next time.

Disclaimer: love .friends .books does not own any rights to or control anything from Harry Potter or Hetalia: Axis Powers. This is a purely fan-based work made for no profit or gain.

Human names in order of appearence:
Ludwig - Germany
Feliciano - N. Italy
Lovino - S. Italy / Romano
Arthur - England
Kiku - Japan
Antonio - Spain
Lukas - Norway (In canon, Norway has no human name; Lukas is purely fan-based)
Vladimir - Romania (In canon, Romania has no human name; Vladimir is purely fan-based)
Alfred - America
Matthew (Matt) - Canada

On to the story!

Recap: He wore a loving, grandfatherly smile, but his eyes held a sinister twinkle. Suddenly, Romano got the feeling this guy was powerful. And wasn't England going on about some magic villain?

Romano wished he could hide like his brother.

Chapter 2: Out of Sight, Always in Mind

Ludwig tossed and turned in his sleep. Visions of a frantic Italy clouded his mind, being tortured, poisoned, even killed. Echoing in his mind, a little cry of, "Ve~ I surrender!", and the heart-wrenching screams of murder. And suddenly, a green light flashed in his mind, a cry and a shout, and Ludwig woke up with a start.

He wasn't crying (for no soldier shows weakness on a battlefield) but his body shook, and he vowed to himself, he would rescue the two Italians as soon as he could. Resigning to get up (for who could sleep after seeing their friend tortured, even in a dream) Ludwig made his way to the kitchen for breakfast.

As he prepared the food he mulled over the dream. He understood most of it - his concern for the brothers made it impossible for him to not consider the possibilities - maybe they were being starved in a dungeon right now, as he was eating this meal - but he tried to focus on the positive. Arthur had said he was sure where they were now (after asking his annoying brother Scotland for help) and that they would contact the Minister of Magic Fudge for permission to enter school grounds. Of course, this was made much more difficult by the fact that the magical community had no idea about countries, so England could not mearley swoop in and demand entrance. Ludwig wished they could just ambush the castle, but Arthur had taken much time in carefully reviewing the wards. He explained that, since the magical community had no idea about nations they would attempt a war if the secret came out, and because the school wards explained who (or, more importantly, what) everyone that entered grounds without permission was, it would be safer to keep distance until asking the minister. Ambush would be a last resort.

Ludwig wondered just what type of damage these wizards could do if simple wards were scary. Well, he reasoned, they are magical. He hoped the best to Feliciano and Lovino - they would need all the luck they could get.

(Just to explain, Feliciano and Lovino are faking memory loss because they don't want anyone to know who they are.)

Lovino didn't trust this guy. For one thing, he seemed absolutely bonkers. He introduced himself as headmaster of this school (which Lovino could believe, as he seemed to be in charge, and what else would so many kids be doing here if not going to school?) but what kind of school had no roof over their dining room? What kind of password was chocolate frog? And Lovino was almost positive he had seen those pictures move. Even if this was that magic school Arthur had been going on about - and he was sure it was - moving pictures? Seriously? Even England himself wasn't that mad.

To top it all off, the man had practically forced them into attending this school, ("in an effort for you to regain your memory and return home" - Lovino was glad he had automatically assumed they were wizards) then insisted they try on a dirty, ragged hat to be 'sorted' - whatever that meant. So now his brother was sitting down with that monstrosity on his head and Lovino himself was trying his very best not to burst into rage and knock some sense into the bastard's head (how dare the old coot take advantage of his poor brother's innocence in an attempt for him to get lice!); only Feli being in the room stopped him. Still, how on earth was a hat going to do anything - assuming he was telling the truth, of course. The old man was senile, no doubt - so why did they put him in charge of a bunch of children? Whoever ran the place was more senile than the old man.

Lovino was cut off from his musings as the hat atop his brother's head suddenly shouted out "Hufflepuff!" He stared and stared, then turned towards the old man, about to start rambling about what the hell is going on, you bastardo? but the yelling was interrupted before it even started, with the words "Magic, Mr. Vargas. Magic."

And that seemed so absurd Lovino almost laughed. Of course he knew magic was real - what else had sent them here? - but this was so different from England's black magic it was as if they had been transported into a fairytale.

"Is everyone here?" Arthur called to the select group of countries present - the former Axis Powers Kiku and Ludwig of course, Antonio because he was close to Lovino, and Lukas, Vladimir, and himself, being the most familiar with magic. Alfred had tagged along, proclaiming, "I'm the Hero!" and forced Matthew to come as well (either that, or Matt wanted to make sure his brother didn't get into too much trouble).

"Alright…" Arthur trailed off nervously, looking around the room. "I'm not quite sure how this will all work out, but we can only hope for the best. Here it goes." He closed his eyes and began to chant, filling the room with eerie worlds of a language long forgotten.

I hope you like the chapter! Again, someone please angry PM me if I don't get the next chapter out by 7/30/14. (Another big thanks to Xx-Yaoi-Ninja-xX for all the PMs and prompting to get me to finally update.) I'll try to make a super-long chapter next because I'll be away for several weeks. Probably the next time I can update after that it 8/18/14, just as a heads up. I'll try my best, though! Until then, Ana.