"…And that concludes my presentation about why pasta creates more peace in the world!" Italy finished his speech, flashing a bright smile at his audience.

Scattered applause filled the meeting room as the young Italian stepped down from the podium and took his seat. Knowing he was the next speaker, Germany rose from his chair and made his way to the front of the room. He pulled out a flash drive and plugged it into his laptop, turning on the projector so that the various nations gathered in the meeting hall could see his presentation.

"Guten tag, everyone," he said once he had finished setting up. "As you can see, I have prepared a presentation expressing my concern about the availability of energy resources. I think we can all agree it is a worldwide fear that a global blackout will destroy the – "

The door to the meeting hall suddenly slammed open with a loud bang, effectively cutting off the German. The nations turned toward the source of the noise, none of them particularly surprised when they caught sight of the newcomer casually strolling into the room.

"Mein Gott, Bruder," Germany rubbed his temples, clearly annoyed. "When are you ever going to understand that you're not supposed to be here?"

"What are you talking about, West?" Prussia grinned. "Of course I'm supposed to be here. The party doesn't start until the Awesome Me is here!"

"Get out," Germany immediately said, voice devoid of emotion.

"Well, you see, I can't do that just yet," Prussia said, walking over to where the German nation stood. "I have an awesome presentation that I must present right away!"

With that, the Prussian yanked Germany's flash drive out of his laptop, carelessly throwing it to the side as he ignored his brother's cries of protest. He plugged in a flash drive of his own, pulling up a brightly-colored presentation.

"You ignorant fool! Can't you see I was in the middle of something?" Germany seethed as he glared at his brother.

"Ah, nonsense," Prussia waved his hand in dismissal. "It can wait. You know that boring old thing would have put everyone to sleep anyway. My presentation, on the other hand, is just too awesome to not be presented!"

Germany grit his teeth. "Well, get on with it then. The sooner you're out of here, the better..."

Effectively ignoring his brother once more, Prussia cleared his throat and gave the rest of the nations a wide grin.

"I have an awesome announcement to make today!" he said. "Today is a very special day. Anyone want to guess what day it is?"

"Can it be the day when you finally decide to leave us all alone?" Germany muttered under his breath.

"Ha-ha, very funny, West," Prussia rolled his eyes. "But you and I both know that will never happen. Does anyone else – that isn't mein bruder – want to guess what today is?"

"Ooh! Is it Pasta Day?"

"Is it the day when you all become one with me?"

"The day when everyone will finally notice m – "

"Annoy Iggy Day?"

"But, Cher Amérique, that's already every day…"

"No, no, no!" Prussia cried as he shook his head. "You're all wrong! I should have known today was just too awesome for you to guess what it was."

"You dummkopf, just tell us what it is already!"

"Fine, I'll tell you," Prussia said. "Today is the first ever International Albinism Awareness Day! And, since I'm obviously the most awesome albino there is, that means you all get to celebrate me!"

The room was still for a moment as everyone took in what had just been said.

"International… what?" China raised an eyebrow.

"Why, International Albinism Awareness Day, of course!"

"You have got to be kidding me," England laughed. "Are you really so self-conceited that you made up your own holiday?"

"Oh, England, how could you ever think such a thing?" Prussia exclaimed dramatically, putting a hand over his heart in mock hurt. "But, though I am very awesome, I didn't make this holiday up."

"Then who, might I ask, did?" England questioned.

"You did!" Prussia smirked. "Well, all of you, that is. Do you not remember that meeting we had last year? We all talked about making this a holiday. I remember Birdie, Italy, and America were all really excited about it!"

The nations in the room were stunned as hushed whispers made their way around the room.

"Wait, when the heck did that happen?" America said. "I don't remember that."

"Well, whether you remember it or not, all that matters is that you know about it now and never forget it again!" Prussia exclaimed. "Now, let's get down to the important part! After all, what's a holiday without celebration? Lucky for all of you, I have that covered! If you look at the screen, you can see that I made a list of all the things we can do today to celebrate the Awesome Me…"

As Prussia rattled on and on about his various celebration methods, a certain German nation found himself sitting in the corner with his head in his hands, counting down the seconds until the day was over.

Author's note:

So, today's event is a little bit different from all the other ones so far; while the other historical events have been published on the anniversaries of the events they describe, today, June 13, 2015, happens to actually be the first ever International Albinism Awareness Day. Pretty cool, huh?

Now for a little bit of background info: On November 18, 2014, the United Nations decided to establish June 13 as International Albinism Awareness Day. There was a meeting the next day to serve as a sort of "celebration", and representatives from the US, Canada, and Italy (along with Israel) did indeed give brief speeches showing their passion for the event.

Of course, when I heard about this, I just had to write about it. After all, what better way to celebrate this holiday than by celebrating our favorite (and awesome) little Prussian albino?

Thanks so much for reading, and I hope you all have a wonderful rest of your day (or night)!

XOXO,

Cora