Chapter Thirteen

AN: This fic will now be updated every Saturday!

"Wow, he actually noticed." Matthew grumbled seeing the contact. Aerrow looked at him confused and put his swords away. He was mostly surprised that his phone wasn't dead; it wasn't even at half battery yet. "Hello?" He asked answering.

"Matthew Williams where the hell are you?!" Alfred yelled in his ear. Canada sighed. "You said that you wouldn't be late!"

"Wait, what?" The Canadian asked confused. It had been at least a couple of week since he'd been in the Atmos.

"I'm getting my ear bitten off by your boss and mine because you didn't show." Alfred said. He seemed like he had calmed down a little now. "Where are you?"

"Um, well that's a little hard to explain." The Canadian said turning to look out the hanger door.

"How hard can it be?" America said sarcastically. Matthew could hear the eye roll in his tone. "Are you at an airport?"

"No."

"Forest or a hiking trail?"

"No."

"The soup store?"

"What?"

"Never mind." Alfred laughed. "Are you at a strip club or something? Or Prussia's house."

"What time is it where you are right now?" Matthew asked ignoring the question.

"It is eight o'clock. You were supposed to be here an hour ago!" Alfred said with a sigh. "You're normally not this late let alone completely forgetting about a meeting."

"I got a little bit busy." Matthew said pinching the bridge of his nose.

"Yeah, sure." Alfred said. "Where are you?" He asked sternly.

The Canadian bit his lip. He was trying to figure out a good way to word where he was. "I'm in another dimension."

"What?" The American said dumbfounded. "Photos now."

"You paying my data bill?"

"Sure, whatever. Photos!" Alfred demanded. Matthew took the phone away from his ear and moved to go over to the hanger door.

"Who are you talking to?" Aerrow asked following him.

"My brother." Canada said taking a photo of a passing Terra.

"Your brother is a glowing box?" The red head asked confused.

"No, I'll explain in a minute." Canada said turning to take a photo or Radarr. The lemur like thing ran over and struck a pose. "Thanks Radarr." The Canadian said. He also took a few pictures of the hanger before sending them. He put the phone back to his ear. "Just sent them."

"Okay, one minute." America said. Matthew heard a bit of rustling then his brother was back. "How? And what is that blue lemur thing? How long have you been there?"

Canada was surprised that his brother believed him so quickly. "I don't really know. I fell asleep in the woods and woke up here. It's been a little less than half a month. The blue lemur is Radarr." He explained.

"Almost a month?! It's the same day here!" America murmured. "Time must move differently there. Have you figured out a way back?"

"Sorta. We've learned about a crystal that might be able to help, but we can't find any info on where it might be." Canada answered.

"Okay. You and who?" Alfred asked. The nation could hear the protectiveness in his voice.

"It's fine. They're friends." Matthew said with a smile.

"Be safe Mattie." America said with a warning tone. "I'm going to call England or Uncle Scotland. See it they know anything, I'll call or text you if we find something."

"What about the time difference?" The nation asked.

"How long have you been there?" Alfred asked. Matthew could hear some papers rustling and knew that his brother would be writing things down.

"About a half month, maybe a little less." Canada said.

"It's been about twelve hours here. So let's say it been twelve to fifteen days for you." Alfred muttered thoughtfully. "So one hour here is about one day there."

"Right." The blond said. "Twenty-four days for me is only one for you." Matthew was still trying to wrap his head around it

"Yeah." Alfred sighed. "I better get on this then. Now I have to explain this to our bosses."

"Have fun with that." Canada said with a small laugh.

"Oh I'm sure I will!" The American said. "Talk to you as soon as I can."

"Bye." Matthew said hanging up and putting his phone back into his pocket.

"What just happened?" Aerrow asked as Radarr climbed onto his shoulder. "Why were you talking to a glowing box?"

"The glowing box is called a phone. They're pretty common in my dimension. It's essentially a communicator, but with extra features." Matthew explained. "My brother called me because I was supposed to be at a meeting for my job an hour ago, their time."

"Their time?" The Sky Knight asked raising an eye brow.

"It seems that the time flow between our dimensions is different. It is the same day there, but a few hours have passed. It's been days here." Matthew said with a sigh sitting down cross-legged on the floor. The red head sat down next to him. "A year here will only be 365 hours or about half a month there. That's crazy."

The nation was suddenly worried that he wouldn't be able to get back. He was scared that he would out live the storm Hawks and still be stuck. Days back home would be months here. Matthew already missed his land and it had only been a few hours at home.

"Well at least you won't be missing much back home." Aerrow said his patting back. "And you have a way to contact your brother too. What's his name?"

"His name is Alfred." Canada said trying to keep his mind off it.

"Is he older or younger than you?" The red head asked lying on his back.

"Younger by a few days." Matthew said. "He tends to forget that. What about you? Any siblings?"

"No. Most of us don't have any family left. I didn't even know my parents." Aerrow sighed. "We are each other's family."

"My family is alive and well, but they forget about me most of the time. Even Alfred does." Canada said. He knew that it didn't even compare to not having known their parents. "Most people do."

"How could someone just forget that a person exists?" The Sky Knight asked.

"When you're one if billions it's very easy." Matthew said with a sigh.

"There are billions of people in your dimension?" Aerrow asked sitting up, a surprised look on his face. Matthew nodded. "That's a lot of people. I think we might have tenish million? Probably not even."

"You seem to have a lot less land and resources as well." Matthew said and Aerrow nodded.

"The Cyclonians control most of our resources. We either have to buy them second hand for a lot of money or steal them. We generally steal them." Aerrow said. "Speaking of that, we're getting a little low on loop fruits. Remind me to ask Piper to find a convoy that has them."

"Loop fruits?" Matthew asked picturing apples that were missing a core in his head.

"Yeah, it's a cereal. You have cereal where you come from right?" The red head asked raising an eyebrow.

Canada nodded. "Are they circles missing their inside, coloured and covered in sugar?"

"How did you know?" Aerrow demanded.

"We have a cereal called 'Froot Loops' in my dimension." The Canadian explained with a smile.

"Out of all the things our dimensions have in common, it's a cereal and cucumbers." Aerrow said pinching the bridge of his nose.

AN: Just posted the first chapter of my new fic 'Blackout.' It is a Hetalia/Tokyo Ghoul crossover!

'Canada is believed to have one of the lowest ghoul populations in the world, but that couldn't be further from the truth. The ghouls across the country know the truth and the nation behind it.'

Also really needing ideas on what to write next! Got an idea for a fic? Let me know! Mostly looking for Aph Canada stuff.