The Hetalia Club Chapter 15:

'Now, I want everyone to follow Lukas', Arthur was saying, 'and… are you even listening?'

He directed this last to Elizaveta who was staring at the walls.

'Yes, I'm listening. I was just wondering why there aren't any pictures on the wall here?'

'None of the portraits like being here.', he explained after a heavy silence. 'So, by their own request, they were moved elsewhere.'

'Why didn't they like it here?', Liliane asked.

'We can talk about that when we get where we're going.', Lukas said curtly without any emotions on his face or in his voice, before Arthur could answer. 'Follow me, we haven't got all day!'

And on they went. They went up several staircases where they'd to wait until they moved to the platform they were going, down several corridors, before finally stopping before a blank wall. Here Irina turned towards them.

'Normally, a special ritual would be performed here by the most clear-headed of us and that Hufflepuff whom got the best rhythm. However, we don't know if either of you have a better rhythm than Raj Kamakar, the Hufflepuff helping with the ritual, so therefore one of our other members are inside waiting to open it up for us.' Without explaining what was going to be opened, there was no door or even a window in sight, she knocked on the wall five times in a pentagram. To almost everyone's astonishment, but not really to anyone's great surprise, the part of the wall she'd knocked on faded away glowingly and left behind a hole in the wall.

First Arthur went in, then Lukas, and lastly Irina.

No one else followed them before Irina popped her head out of the hole and said,

'It's completely harmless, just so you know.'

Once Artus, as the last person, had walked in, the hole vanished, leaving a smooth wall with no indication of there ever have been an entrance in the first place.

Any claustrophobia he had didn't come to light, since the room they entered was so big. It even seemed to grow as they watched.

But that was just an illusion, wasn't it? So, it seemed impossible for Artus that more people could fit.

His attention was derived, however, when Arthur spoke,

'This room is known throughout Hogwarts, for those who believe in it, as the Come-and-Go-Room, or the Room of Requirement. And this is where we have our clubroom.' He stretched out his hands as to embrace the whole room. 'Hetalia was created six years ago at the realization that some of the students had more explosive magic than others, regardless of temper or wand.'

This was where he got interrupted by Francis,

'What do you mean regardless of wand?

'Surely, Bonnefoy, even you know that wands choose their wizard, not the other way around, if you want to fully exploit your powers.', Arthur said scathingly.

'Of course, he knows that, everyone knows that.', Antonio said, playing the dumb peacemaker. 'But it's not as if your powers grow just because you got someone else's wand, is it?'

'It depends on how you win the wand.', Lukas calmly shot in. 'Simply possessing a wand is not enough; the wand has to acknowledge you as its owner. This is something we'll get back at you with, but for now, let Arthur proceed.'

'Thank you, Lukas. In here, should you choose to join us, you'll learn among other things how to control this magic. We don't have any set times for when we meet, and you're welcome to join any other club in addition to this one. You don't have to join if you don't want to, but you will be hard pressed to find anywhere else you can learn to control your powers the way you can here. And there are perks in joining. But before we proceed, I want to know if everyone wants to join us, or not.'

No one spoke at first, but then Elizaveta raised her hand.

'Just one little thing before I make up my mind; does it matter if one happens to be a werewolf? Because I am.'

Author's notes:

The formal introduction of the Hetalia Club, and with this I got some bad news. I'll sadly be taken a hiatus in this story for the time being.

I kkow, terrible of me. But try to see it from my point of view. With exams coming up in May (which I really need to study for), my job (where I work from 8-16 Mondsy to Friday), the 2020-Story (which I've promised myself to write and publish THIS year) and the care of my pet, can you really blame me for wanting to take a break?

In the next chapter:

'It doesn't matter.', said Lukas quietly. Elizaveta turned to look at him. 'It doesn't matter if you're a werewolf. You're still human, still a person.' And when Elizaveta had just started to relax, he continued, 'It doesn't matter to us. But it may matter to ignorant people.'

'Is there anything else that may matter to ignorant people?', Elizaveta was beginning to suspect that the Wizarding World was more like the Muggle World than she would like.

'Do you really want to know?'

'I'll find out sooner or later, won't I? So, I might as well know now. Because I'm positive that ignorant people won't be so nice when telling me what they mind about me.'