Guys I'm sooo sorry it's so late, I've been fairly busy lately, but I finally got to it and I have an idea for a future fanfiction too: the movie The Producers with Hetalia characters. So anyway enjoy this next installment of The Secret Door!

Disclaimer: I own neither Hetalia or Anastasia, those belong to their own respective creators, blah blah blabidy blah…

Ps sorry for any OOCness…

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~#~ Ten years later~#~

The city of St. Petersburg has turned bleak since the revolution and the only entertainment the people could find was gossip and rumors. One of the most popular rumors of the time was the one that said that Prince Matthew was still alive and in hiding! No one knew this for sure but it gave the people hope, especially since Matthew's beloved papa was offering a very big reward for anyone who could find his son and bring him back. This was great for Ivan Braginski and his partner in crime Ludwig Beilschmitt. They set out to find a convincing look-a-like for Matthew, just like many other's, but they had something the others didn't: Matthew's precious music box.

The two were putting their plan into action. They were going to audition "Matthews" to find a perfect match. All they needed now was a theater.

Ludwig marched in and ran up to Ivan, with a slightly proud look on his face. "Ivan I did it! I got us a theater!"

Oh looks like this narrator spoke too soon.

"Perfect. Good job Ludwig, now all we need is the perfect Matvey and we'll have all the money we could ever want."

Ludwig chuckled slightly. "You say his name in a weird way… must be accent, ja?"

"What? No I don't" Ivan countered.

"Ja, you do. Say it with me Mathew. " He sounded the syllables out one by one.

"Matvey." Ivan tried again.

"Uh, well, you'll get it over time I'm sure…"

Ivan huffed and folded his arm like a child, the way he often did. "Who cares? When we get that reward we'll be rich enough it won't even matter, and then St. Petersburg will be talking about us!"

"Ja, now we just need to find a girl to play the part… that won't be too easy Ivan, are you sure we can do it?"

"Ludwig, we are the only two who could ever pull this off. Now let's go find our Matvey!"

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Little did they know the REAL Matthew was just a town away in an orphanage, wearing rags and hand-me-downs, things that a royal like him should never wear. Why does he wear then you ask? It's quite simple really; he doesn't know he's the lost royal! Here he is known as Mattie and all he knows is that he has a necklace that says 'Together in Paris.' He's had a dream since he came to the orphanage to go to there to find whoever gave him the necklace. Sadly, he was instead being sent to a job as a lowly a fish monger.

"Now I got you that job, take a left at the fork in the road, do you unders-" Roderich, head of the orphanage, was trying to explain the directions to get to Mattie's new job.

"B-bye!" Mattie waved goodbye to all the kids in the orphanage, they rarely noticed him before because of his shy nature, but he was leaving the orphanage that was always a big deal. "I'll miss you all!"

"ARE YOU LISTENING!"

Matthew shrunk back when he was yelled at. "I-I'm sorry…"

"For the last ten years, I fed you, I clothed you," While Roderich was talking Mattie mocked him behind his back, Mattie was a good kid but he's heard this so many times he knew it by heart. "I put a roof over your head."

They spoke the last few words in unison and Roderich turned around to glare at Mattie.

"How come you remember all that but you don't have a clue as to who you are?"

"B-but I do have a clu-"

"Oh ja," he said in a snarky voice. He grabbed the necklace and continued in a mocking tone, "Together in Paris, and you want to there so you can find your family, ja?" His tone suddenly turned serious. "Mattie I'm trying to help you, now it's time to get your head out of the clouds and join society here in the real world, and be grateful." Roderich pushed him out of the orphanage gates and closed them behind him. "Good luck Mattie, be safe out there." And with that the gate lock slid into place, locking Mattie from the only world he's ever known, and thrusting him into a new mysterious one.

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Sorry it was so short, I'm on vacation as I'm writing this…

-Lizardgirl135