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Ninna nanna, ninna oh,
questo bimbo a chi lo do?

That phrase kept repeating in his head. M!Name tossed and turned he gripped on to the solid bar beside his bed.  The tired blue eyes speckled with gold starred wearily at the gray scene to his left. It was raining in London, finally as the young man tried to recognize his surroundings that were unfamiliar to him. He could guess by the white curtain around him and the blandness or the room he was in a hospital.  He tried to recall what happened the day before it came to him. He was stabbed trying to fight off a kidnapper who happened to be Arthur's brother. There were some foreign voices speaking next to him and they looked like brother and sister.

"I'm glad I'll be out of here. That guy over there is trying to understand what we're saying" the young man said. He had short brown hair but his bangs were longer in the front. His eyes matched hair but they looked bored.

The girl looked at M!Name in surprise and blushed "Oh, don't him brother he's probably just curious" she smiled "My name is Mei Xiao and this is my brother Leon. What is yours?"

M!Name still felt a bit embarrassed by Leon's remark "My name is M!Name, M!Name (last name)."

"So what I heard from the nurses is that you Jackie Chan on some guy's butt. Is that true?" Leon asked.

"Not really, I was just mad at the guy because he took my friend" M!Name told him.

"You're right. Jackie Chan wouldn't have ended up in a hospital" Leon crossed his arms.

M!Name gave an awkward laugh "Eh eh true, but I'm not a martial arts master like him. I'm more of a nerd than anything."

"Really? I wouldn't have guessed by  your muscular body" Mei giggled at M!Name's embarrassed face.

After chatting for awhile the three became familiar with each other. Turns out that Mei and Leon were also going to the Hetalia Academy. The two siblings had found each other through the Academy's genetic background history when they were seniors had been close ever since. Leon was raised in England by his Father (sort of because he was put into a boarding school) while his sister grew up in Taiwan with their mother. It made M!Name wonder if he had any unknown siblings. He had told them about his situation and wished him the best of luck. They were able to leave the hospital that day. They parted ways when they left the building. Leon and Mei headed back to the flat they were staying in while M!Name went to a cafe to order coffee. Just a small break before finding out where he was. He checked his phone and saw many missed calls and texts from his friends.

"Hey Peter are you alright?" M!Name decided to call him first.

"Holy- M!Name is that you?" Peter asked.

"No its the Flying Mint Bunny, who else?" M!Name answered sarcastically, to get a laugh out of Peter and it worked.

"You bloody wanker what have you been telling him!"
the color left M!Name's face when he heard Arthur's voice in the back ground. "I'm on speaker right now aren't I?"

"Yeah, sorry about that. I should have told you" Peter replied.

"What the heck M!Name why didn't you tell me that Peter was helping? I could have helped you look for him you hoser!" Maddie shouted as loud as her quiet voice could. "You had me worried sick and then when father told me you got stabbed because of that man who took Peter I-I"

"Madeline, sweetheart, breathe."

"I- It was very courageous of you but very selfish of you! You shouldn't be so brash with things!" Maddie finished her huffing "Anyways, I'm glad you're okay eh?"

"Yes I'm fine. I'm sorry that I made your worry so much" I apologized and took a drink of my coffee.

"Hey there mate, I'm glad you saved Peter but like the Shela said you have to be more careful"

M!Name spitted out his coffee at the voice he heard "P-Paulina is that you?"

"Yea mate. I came in yesterday because Peter told me what happened I guess it was while you were out..." Paulina's voice trailed off as her and the others began to mumble about something.

"Wait how long have I been out?" M!Name asked.

"About a day. Hold on M!Name where are you?" Maddie asked.

"Some coffee shop near the hospital I was staying at. Cr-Cracker jacks, we're supposed to be going on the Euro Star today. My ticket is still in the hotel. Why didn't you guys warn me?" M!Name grabbed his bangs, he knew the answer wasn't going to be good.

"I'm sorry M!Name, according to the nurses you weren't supposed to be out until another day or two. I would have gone back to get you in that case but I have to drop Maddie and the others with Marianne. If you're luck you can make it back to the hotel and here at the station in less than two hours" Arthur explained.

"I don't even know where I am? How am I going to get back to the hotel and to the station in less than two hours?" M!Name asked and then whispered "The people here speak funny."

Arthur, Maddie and Peter exchanged looks "Cockney." Paulina just raised a strong eyebrow "I don't get it, I can actually understand them." Of course Paulina was Australian, Peter could understand her and the cockney speakers, Arthur being a native of England could understand them at some level and Maddie was a little lost with them.

"Great now what am I going to do? Even I manage to make it to France by myself I don't understand or speak French" M!Name sighed.

"Ahahaha! Don't worry my friend the hero is here to save you!" a loud, obnoxious voice shouted.

"Who is that?" the others asked on the other end.

M!Name looked at the stranger. He was about six feet tall,wore glasses,blue eyes, sandy blonde hair parted to the side with a cowlick sticking out, and obviously American.

"Who are you?" M!Name suddenly felt more foreign than this foreigner.

"The name's Alfred F. Jones at your service!" He announced from the table he was standing on causing everyone to stare at him. He jumped down from the table which made a load thump sound that made M!Name jump a bit. "So what's you name my good man?" Alfred shook M!Name's hand but had pulled him up from the chair.

"M!Name who's that?" "Alfred?!" "What the-" "Hey its him!" "Bloody hell Alfred what are you doing here?" and many other thing came from the phone.

Unsure of what to do M!Name pulled the phone close to his ear, with averting Alfred's gaze "I'm going to have to call you guys back."

He was desperate so he opted for the choice to go with the stranger and catch the Euro Star in time.

(For those who don't know, the Euro Star is a train that goes from England to Belgium, France and etc. Its pretty damn awesome but of course I myself haven't been on it but from what i hear its really convinced-Narrator out because she used this as a time skip that i know you guys love so much that you abuse it *shot*)

M!Name made it to the station by the grace of an American hero that he learned a lot about because  he wouldn't stop talking. He already knew much about Alfred from the media who depicted him to be more serious for some reason. Of course Alfred didn't know M!Name's relationship with Arthur or Maddie to be exact. Which was still vague for M!Name as well...Now the two young men were at the station with their luggage in hand.

"Dude how funny is it that we're both going to France on the Euro Star. I'm going to there to meet my baby sister Maddie. She's kinda dull but really nice. Anyways why are you going to France? You there to meet the ladies or are you on some trip?" Alfred asked.

"Um well, yes and no. I'm actually going with a couple of friends and some of us are going to the same college and stuff' M!Name hesitated to give Alfred anymore information.

"That's great bro! Nothing is better than going on a trip with a couple of your buddies!" Alfred laughed until he saw a pair of angry eyebrows."Aw dude, not cool."

"Hey Arthur!" M!Name yelled and Alfred gave a shocked look.

"You know this stuffy old man?"Alfred pointed Arthur out from the rest of the group "Is there some kind of caterpillar brows club or what?" he was talking about Paulina and Peter who were standing next to Arthur.

"Yea, he's kinda my adviser person actually" M!Name said as Paulina and Peter began to shout at Alfred. Something about their eyebrows not being as thick as Arthur's.

"M!Name you're here!" Maddie yelled and overjoyed as she jumped into M!Name's occupied hands. "Sorry we couldn't visit you at the hospital but they said close family only. Even when we explained to them why we...were...here.." He voice trailed off as a seemingly ticked off Alfred pouted.

"Hey Maddie" Alfred's voice carried the last syllable.

"Yes Alfred?" Maddie asked nervously and tried to hide herself behind M!Name.

"How do you know M!Name?" Alfred's voice rose to a questionable tone.

"Um, well i uh met him through father..."Maddie said quietly that it M!Name had to stain his ear to hear what she was saying.

"Everyone we have to get on the train now!" Arthur ordered, needless to say things got awkward.

After they were settled Arthur and Alfred took the two spots next to Maddie and after much arguing M!Name got the window seat while Peter sat in between him and Paulina. The arguing was pointless because Peter didn't want to be near Arthur but Paulina wanted to be near a girl. Of course the tension between Arthur and Alfred could only solved by putting Madeline in the middle. Since Arthur already disliked about half of the people in the car he took the seat closest to the door and was able to get a nice chat with Paulina. Peter talked to Madeline because Alfred didn't mind him and Arthur as well didn't care. It left M!Name alone with no one to talk to except for Alfred who already seemed to dislike him. Yes, the atmosphere in this section was very uncomfortable, not that Alfred seemed to notice.

"So M!Name did you get a scar from that guy who shanked you?" Peter asked suddenly. The attention turned of the area turned to M!Name.

"What the, why would you ask?" M!Name felt embarrassed.

"Because if you do I want to take a picture of it and put it on my blog! I told my friend Ravis what you did and said he's really impressed and wishes you a speedy recovery" Peter suddenly flipped his phone out.

"Woah wait you got shanked? By who?" Alfred was all of a sudden excited and then angry"Are some ex-con?"

"N-n-no! I got stabbed because some guy tried to kidnapped Peter!" M!Name waved his arms in defense.

"What? Dude that's awesome! You're like a hero!" Alfred dropped whatever he had against M!Name then turned to face Maddie "So that's why you didn't call me for two days! It because you were worried about your boyfriend! Ahahahaha!" Alfred laughed. Arthur then rolled up a magazine, Maddie ducked , and he hit Alfred's mouth. It was his way telling him to shut up.

"Git" Arthur muttered "He is NOT  Madeline's boyfriend."

"Father!" Madeline yelled, her face red from Alfred's earlier comment.
"I'm sorry Madeline but this boy is blank slate to us. If you ever dated anyone I would rather he come from good family than some adopted family from suburbia" Arthur frowned "I only want what's best for you." Maddie opened her mouth as if she was going to say something "No offense M!Name but I hope you understand my view point as a father. For all we know you could be related to her mother."

M!Name was speechless. He clenched his fist, conflicted on fighting back Arthur for he said or respect him because he was an authority figure. Maddie gave him a pleading look, she seemed to be as concerned as he was. He felt unwelcome,foreign almost alien like to these people because they didn't know who his real parents were. As if it matter from where he came from, but its because of that he felt outcasted. Now he was left with a choice: to fight back or not to fight.

"Look, I know you want to protect Madeline and I accept that as well your, opinion of me" M!Name struggled to say. He had read the situation an knew he had to be the mature on in this bag of firecrackers. He knew he could not be the match "But I hope you gain some respect for me and not just decide my character on my family." with that M!Name left the compartment.

The others looked in wonder at what M!Name had just said and how he acted. The sudden mature move by M!Name was out of the ordinary. His decision had been not to fight and stop the others to fight as well. It left the group with something to talk about.

"I don't get it what did he just say?" Alfred said breaking the silence and Peter shrugged his shoulders as well.

Paulina sighed "M!Name said that he's okay with Mr. Kirkland being jerk to him because he likes Madeline. However, he doesn't want him" she pointed a thumb at Arthur "To not like him because he's adopted."

"You shouldn't judge M!Name because you don't know where he came from" Maddie said quietly.

"W-wait he thinks I hate him because he's adopted?" Arthur asked the group who all nodded. "That is absolutely ridiculous! I just don't like him around you" he said to Maddie.

"W-well I thinks its the way you said it that made him feel insecure" Maddie said to her dad.

"Ha! Way to go Artie you totally blew it for them! If I were him I wouldn't go around Maddie anymore, no offense" Alfred laughed.

"None taken big bro" Maddie pouted.

"Would you shut your that giant hole on your face! Stuff it with your own foot why don't you?" Arthur slammed the table as he stood up..

"Whatever man you were unjust to him because you don't know where he came from" Alfred stood up  as well "If anyone is to get judged its you. You totally got around-"

Arthur blushed and covered Alfred's mouth with both of his hands "Oh shut it!"

Maddie's face turned red from embarrassment and slid under the table to got Paulina and Peter's side of the table. "I'm sorry about this, they usually fight like this."
Paulina put a comforting hand on Maddie's back "Its okay I get it. I've seen guys fight like this before, I'm surrounded by them."

The girls began to chat and Peter looked out on the aisles to find M!Name. With no sign of him around he snoock out of the compartment and went to look for him.

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"Ah damn it, I can't believe I decided to take the long way. Oh well it beats riding the car with West. That buzz kill, won't even let me change me let me take the fucking car to Paris. I mean after what happened last time I don't blame him but still" The albino complained to no one. He was alone in his compartment which was awesome in his opinion. Alone except for the small yellow bird he was able to sneak on board.

"So what you think Gilbird? Pretty awesome for your first time on a train right?" he laughed and the bird chirped happily. The bird quickly stopped chirping and faced the compartment door. Some one was coming. "Shiesse, hide" he ordered the bird. and waited for the doors to open.

A tall young man stepped in and stared at the albino before shaking his head "Sorry, I didn't know anyone was in here. I'll go leave now."

Something stroke some familiarity in German's mind about this young man. He didn't have the train's uniform on him so he knew he could trust him.

"Halt!" he ordered and the young man stopped almost instantly. He then turned around to face the scary (more like freaky) looking German. The white haired man stood up and took a closer inspection at the young man. Something about him was familiar to him but he couldn't figure out what.

"Mein Name ist Gilbert Beilschmidt.Was dir gehört?" his red eyes glared into the frightened blue ones.

"Uh," M!Name's mind began to process of all the German he knew and understood that the scary man wanted his name. He also remembered a most fact about Germans:do as they say "Uh, hallo Herr Beilschmidt mein Name ist M!Name (last name)" he didn't why but he saluted with his left then realized his mistake and switched it with his right "Pardon?" he said sounding unsure.

The albino raised an eyebrow "Sprechen Sie Deutsch?" he leaned his face closer to M!Name's.

'Crap he probably thinks I was insulting him. Why the hell did I salute?' M!Name thought to himself and went for the next German would he knew by heart "Nein."

"Wall then why didn't you didn't you say so? Kesesesese" Gilbert laughed.

M!Name suddenly felt embarrassed "You heard me talk in English!" Annoyed with German man he turned around to leave the room but Gilbert caught his arm before he could.

"No way man, I want to talk to you" Gilbert laughed "Why don;t you hang around a bit? I've got beer."

"The hell? Nein- I mean no! Let me go of me!" M!Name struggled but Gilbert somehow managed grab his arm being his back and push him on to the table.
"Don't underestimate me mann. Haven't your parents ever taught you to respect your elders?" Gilbert smirked.

At the word 'parents' M!Name stopped struggling and Gilbert noticed.

"They haven't event tried to contact me once" M!Name mumbled to himself. Gilbert let go of M!Name and saw the sorry look on his face."Why don't you go get a beer with someone else?" he said harshly and shoved past the German.

"Oh hey wait" Gilbert grabbed M!Name's shoulder "Sorry about earlier. If you've got any problems let me know okay? Why don't you hang around here for a bit, beer or no beer."

That same stroke of familiarity struck M!Name "Sure why not?" he sat across Gilbert in the compartment finding it difficult to talk. "So, you're from Germany?"

"Ja, I was born in East Germany. Be cool alright? Und no I'm not a communist or a Nazi" Gilbert's pet bird flew out and pulled a bottle of Pilsner bear. "I can tell you're Amerikan, so why are you here?"

"You're right I am. I'm here looking for my parents" M!Name said as Gilbert slightly chocked on his beer.

"Woah really? That's why you got upset then. Were you an orphan or something?" Gilbert asked.

"No, well maybe" M!Name said taking in another possibility that his parents could be dead "I found out  I was adopted  a two weeks ago  I think and because a college rep. So now here I am in Europe" he shrugged.

"Not awesome" Gilbert drank his beer

"Tell me about it. So why are you here?" M!Name asked as he saw the little yellow bird perch on his owner's head.

"Some old friends und I are getting together in France. Its been awhile since we've gotten together we always have awesome times together. you want o join?" Gilbert grinned evilly as he waved his beer in front of M!Name.

"No thanks" M!Name pushed cup away from him and smiled "I'm trying to stay out of trouble."

"Really? Is it because you have a heart tattoo on your stomach?Kesesese how manly" Gilbert grinned.

"N-no!" M!Name blushed "It's not a tattoo, it's a scar!" he pulled his shirt down where his stomach was.

"How did you get it that scar then?" Gilbert liked teasing the boy and peered over the table "Did your psycho girlfriend wanted to claim your vital regions?"

"No!" M!Name suddenly had a frightening though of Maddie going after him with a knife "I got stabbed by this guy who tried to kidnap my friend. Which is why I want to stay out of trouble. It gave me an embarrassing scar that will last me forever."

"Kesesese!" Gilbert laughed "I like you, even if you are kind of a pussy, you still got balls!"

"What, doesn't that make me a transvestite then?"M!Names asked with a smirk.

"Kesesesese! Oh shit you're funny Mann!" Gilbert slammed the table

"M!Name are you in here?" Peter popped his head and saw M!Name sitting down with Gilbert. "Oh there you are! You had me worried for a-"

Gilbert suddenly bursted into rage and went up to Peter and shouted in a drill leader's voice "Was zum Teufel machst du hier Dummkopf!!The Awesome Stärke Preußens WIRD euch besiegen!!"

Peter screamed and left the compartment and Gilbert remained standing at the door for a moment. He turned around to face, they were both silent before bursting into laughter.

"Are you going to do that to everyone who comes in here?" M!Name said between giggles.

"Ja, until some hot Frau comes in" Gilbert was grinning from ear to ear.

M!Name stood up "I think I have to go comfort my friend now. Danke, for making me feel better Herr Beilschmidt."

"Kein Problem, mein Freund!" Gilbert raised his glass to M!Name who waved good bye. Gilbert was alone again for the remainder of the trip. Even though he made a new friend something about that guy bothered him. He began to think 'That kid he kinda looks like..Nein, like that would ever happen'.

"Do you think his parents could be German?"

Gilbird chirped his response.

"Ja I bet they are. It'd be nice to have a hang with German guy who isn't a tight-ass for once. And who knows maybe we could go for a beer sometime. I bet West wouldn't mind, kesesesese"

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Ninna nanna, ninna oh,
questo bimbo a chi lo do?

That phrase kept repeating in his head. M!Name tossed and turned he gripped on to the solid bar beside his bed.  The tired blue eyes speckled with gold starred wearily at the gray scene to his left. It was raining in London, finally as the young man tried to recognize his surroundings that were unfamiliar to him. He could guess by the white curtain around him and the blandness or the room he was in a hospital.  He tried to recall what happened the day before it came to him. He was stabbed trying to fight off a kidnapper who happened to be Arthur's brother. There were some foreign voices speaking next to him and they looked like brother and sister.

"I'm glad I'll be out of here. That guy over there is trying to understand what we're saying" the young man said. He had short brown hair but his bangs were longer in the front. His eyes matched hair but they looked bored.

The girl looked at M!Name in surprise and blushed "Oh, don't him brother he's probably just curious" she smiled "My name is Mei Xiao and this is my brother Leon. What is yours?"

M!Name still felt a bit embarrassed by Leon's remark "My name is M!Name, M!Name (last name)."

"So what I heard from the nurses is that you Jackie Chan on some guy's butt. Is that true?" Leon asked.

"Not really, I was just mad at the guy because he took my friend" M!Name told him.

"You're right. Jackie Chan wouldn't have ended up in a hospital" Leon crossed his arms.

M!Name gave an awkward laugh "Eh eh true, but I'm not a martial arts master like him. I'm more of a nerd than anything."

"Really? I wouldn't have guessed by  your muscular body" Mei giggled at M!Name's embarrassed face.

After chatting for awhile the three became familiar with each other. Turns out that Mei and Leon were also going to the Hetalia Academy. The two siblings had found each other through the Academy's genetic background history when they were seniors had been close ever since. Leon was raised in England by his Father (sort of because he was put into a boarding school) while his sister grew up in Taiwan with their mother. It made M!Name wonder if he had any unknown siblings. He had told them about his situation and wished him the best of luck. They were able to leave the hospital that day. They parted ways when they left the building. Leon and Mei headed back to the flat they were staying in while M!Name went to a cafe to order coffee. Just a small break before finding out where he was. He checked his phone and saw many missed calls and texts from his friends.

"Hey Peter are you alright?" M!Name decided to call him first.

"Holy- M!Name is that you?" Peter asked.

"No its the Flying Mint Bunny, who else?" M!Name answered sarcastically, to get a laugh out of Peter and it worked.

"You bloody wanker what have you been telling him!"
the color left M!Name's face when he heard Arthur's voice in the back ground. "I'm on speaker right now aren't I?"

"Yeah, sorry about that. I should have told you" Peter replied.

"What the heck M!Name why didn't you tell me that Peter was helping? I could have helped you look for him you hoser!" Maddie shouted as loud as her quiet voice could. "You had me worried sick and then when father told me you got stabbed because of that man who took Peter I-I"

"Madeline, sweetheart, breathe."

"I- It was very courageous of you but very selfish of you! You shouldn't be so brash with things!" Maddie finished her huffing "Anyways, I'm glad you're okay eh?"

"Yes I'm fine. I'm sorry that I made your worry so much" I apologized and took a drink of my coffee.

"Hey there mate, I'm glad you saved Peter but like the Shela said you have to be more careful"

M!Name spitted out his coffee at the voice he heard "P-Paulina is that you?"

"Yea mate. I came in yesterday because Peter told me what happened I guess it was while you were out..." Paulina's voice trailed off as her and the others began to mumble about something.

"Wait how long have I been out?" M!Name asked.

"About a day. Hold on M!Name where are you?" Maddie asked.

"Some coffee shop near the hospital I was staying at. Cr-Cracker jacks, we're supposed to be going on the Euro Star today. My ticket is still in the hotel. Why didn't you guys warn me?" M!Name grabbed his bangs, he knew the answer wasn't going to be good.

"I'm sorry M!Name, according to the nurses you weren't supposed to be out until another day or two. I would have gone back to get you in that case but I have to drop Maddie and the others with Marianne. If you're luck you can make it back to the hotel and here at the station in less than two hours" Arthur explained.

"I don't even know where I am? How am I going to get back to the hotel and to the station in less than two hours?" M!Name asked and then whispered "The people here speak funny."

Arthur, Maddie and Peter exchanged looks "Cockney." Paulina just raised a strong eyebrow "I don't get it, I can actually understand them." Of course Paulina was Australian, Peter could understand her and the cockney speakers, Arthur being a native of England could understand them at some level and Maddie was a little lost with them.

"Great now what am I going to do? Even I manage to make it to France by myself I don't understand or speak French" M!Name sighed.

"Ahahaha! Don't worry my friend the hero is here to save you!" a loud, obnoxious voice shouted.

"Who is that?" the others asked on the other end.

M!Name looked at the stranger. He was about six feet tall,wore glasses,blue eyes, sandy blonde hair parted to the side with a cowlick sticking out, and obviously American.

"Who are you?" M!Name suddenly felt more foreign than this foreigner.

"The name's Alfred F. Jones at your service!" He announced from the table he was standing on causing everyone to stare at him. He jumped down from the table which made a load thump sound that made M!Name jump a bit. "So what's you name my good man?" Alfred shook M!Name's hand but had pulled him up from the chair.

"M!Name who's that?" "Alfred?!" "What the-" "Hey its him!" "Bloody hell Alfred what are you doing here?" and many other thing came from the phone.

Unsure of what to do M!Name pulled the phone close to his ear, with averting Alfred's gaze "I'm going to have to call you guys back."

He was desperate so he opted for the choice to go with the stranger and catch the Euro Star in time.

(For those who don't know, the Euro Star is a train that goes from England to Belgium, France and etc. Its pretty damn awesome but of course I myself haven't been on it but from what i hear its really convinced-Narrator out because she used this as a time skip that i know you guys love so much that you abuse it *shot*)

M!Name made it to the station by the grace of an American hero that he learned a lot about because  he wouldn't stop talking. He already knew much about Alfred from the media who depicted him to be more serious for some reason. Of course Alfred didn't know M!Name's relationship with Arthur or Maddie to be exact. Which was still vague for M!Name as well...Now the two young men were at the station with their luggage in hand.

"Dude how funny is it that we're both going to France on the Euro Star. I'm going to there to meet my baby sister Maddie. She's kinda dull but really nice. Anyways why are you going to France? You there to meet the ladies or are you on some trip?" Alfred asked.

"Um well, yes and no. I'm actually going with a couple of friends and some of us are going to the same college and stuff' M!Name hesitated to give Alfred anymore information.

"That's great bro! Nothing is better than going on a trip with a couple of your buddies!" Alfred laughed until he saw a pair of angry eyebrows."Aw dude, not cool."

"Hey Arthur!" M!Name yelled and Alfred gave a shocked look.

"You know this stuffy old man?"Alfred pointed Arthur out from the rest of the group "Is there some kind of caterpillar brows club or what?" he was talking about Paulina and Peter who were standing next to Arthur.

"Yea, he's kinda my adviser person actually" M!Name said as Paulina and Peter began to shout at Alfred. Something about their eyebrows not being as thick as Arthur's.

"M!Name you're here!" Maddie yelled and overjoyed as she jumped into M!Name's occupied hands. "Sorry we couldn't visit you at the hospital but they said close family only. Even when we explained to them why we...were...here.." He voice trailed off as a seemingly ticked off Alfred pouted.

"Hey Maddie" Alfred's voice carried the last syllable.

"Yes Alfred?" Maddie asked nervously and tried to hide herself behind M!Name.

"How do you know M!Name?" Alfred's voice rose to a questionable tone.

"Um, well i uh met him through father..."Maddie said quietly that it M!Name had to stain his ear to hear what she was saying.

"Everyone we have to get on the train now!" Arthur ordered, needless to say things got awkward.

After they were settled Arthur and Alfred took the two spots next to Maddie and after much arguing M!Name got the window seat while Peter sat in between him and Paulina. The arguing was pointless because Peter didn't want to be near Arthur but Paulina wanted to be near a girl. Of course the tension between Arthur and Alfred could only solved by putting Madeline in the middle. Since Arthur already disliked about half of the people in the car he took the seat closest to the door and was able to get a nice chat with Paulina. Peter talked to Madeline because Alfred didn't mind him and Arthur as well didn't care. It left M!Name alone with no one to talk to except for Alfred who already seemed to dislike him. Yes, the atmosphere in this section was very uncomfortable, not that Alfred seemed to notice.

"So M!Name did you get a scar from that guy who shanked you?" Peter asked suddenly. The attention turned of the area turned to M!Name.

"What the, why would you ask?" M!Name felt embarrassed.

"Because if you do I want to take a picture of it and put it on my blog! I told my friend Ravis what you did and said he's really impressed and wishes you a speedy recovery" Peter suddenly flipped his phone out.

"Woah wait you got shanked? By who?" Alfred was all of a sudden excited and then angry"Are some ex-con?"

"N-n-no! I got stabbed because some guy tried to kidnapped Peter!" M!Name waved his arms in defense.

"What? Dude that's awesome! You're like a hero!" Alfred dropped whatever he had against M!Name then turned to face Maddie "So that's why you didn't call me for two days! It because you were worried about your boyfriend! Ahahahaha!" Alfred laughed. Arthur then rolled up a magazine, Maddie ducked , and he hit Alfred's mouth. It was his way telling him to shut up.

"Git" Arthur muttered "He is NOT  Madeline's boyfriend."

"Father!" Madeline yelled, her face red from Alfred's earlier comment.
"I'm sorry Madeline but this boy is blank slate to us. If you ever dated anyone I would rather he come from good family than some adopted family from suburbia" Arthur frowned "I only want what's best for you." Maddie opened her mouth as if she was going to say something "No offense M!Name but I hope you understand my view point as a father. For all we know you could be related to her mother."

M!Name was speechless. He clenched his fist, conflicted on fighting back Arthur for he said or respect him because he was an authority figure. Maddie gave him a pleading look, she seemed to be as concerned as he was. He felt unwelcome,foreign almost alien like to these people because they didn't know who his real parents were. As if it matter from where he came from, but its because of that he felt outcasted. Now he was left with a choice: to fight back or not to fight.

"Look, I know you want to protect Madeline and I accept that as well your, opinion of me" M!Name struggled to say. He had read the situation an knew he had to be the mature on in this bag of firecrackers. He knew he could not be the match "But I hope you gain some respect for me and not just decide my character on my family." with that M!Name left the compartment.

The others looked in wonder at what M!Name had just said and how he acted. The sudden mature move by M!Name was out of the ordinary. His decision had been not to fight and stop the others to fight as well. It left the group with something to talk about.

"I don't get it what did he just say?" Alfred said breaking the silence and Peter shrugged his shoulders as well.

Paulina sighed "M!Name said that he's okay with Mr. Kirkland being jerk to him because he likes Madeline. However, he doesn't want him" she pointed a thumb at Arthur "To not like him because he's adopted."

"You shouldn't judge M!Name because you don't know where he came from" Maddie said quietly.

"W-wait he thinks I hate him because he's adopted?" Arthur asked the group who all nodded. "That is absolutely ridiculous! I just don't like him around you" he said to Maddie.

"W-well I thinks its the way you said it that made him feel insecure" Maddie said to her dad.

"Ha! Way to go Artie you totally blew it for them! If I were him I wouldn't go around Maddie anymore, no offense" Alfred laughed.

"None taken big bro" Maddie pouted.

"Would you shut your that giant hole on your face! Stuff it with your own foot why don't you?" Arthur slammed the table as he stood up..

"Whatever man you were unjust to him because you don't know where he came from" Alfred stood up  as well "If anyone is to get judged its you. You totally got around-"

Arthur blushed and covered Alfred's mouth with both of his hands "Oh shut it!"

Maddie's face turned red from embarrassment and slid under the table to got Paulina and Peter's side of the table. "I'm sorry about this, they usually fight like this."
Paulina put a comforting hand on Maddie's back "Its okay I get it. I've seen guys fight like this before, I'm surrounded by them."

The girls began to chat and Peter looked out on the aisles to find M!Name. With no sign of him around he snoock out of the compartment and went to look for him.

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"Ah damn it, I can't believe I decided to take the long way. Oh well it beats riding the car with West. That buzz kill, won't even let me change me let me take the fucking car to Paris. I mean after what happened last time I don't blame him but still" The albino complained to no one. He was alone in his compartment which was awesome in his opinion. Alone except for the small yellow bird he was able to sneak on board.

"So what you think Gilbird? Pretty awesome for your first time on a train right?" he laughed and the bird chirped happily. The bird quickly stopped chirping and faced the compartment door. Some one was coming. "Shiesse, hide" he ordered the bird. and waited for the doors to open.

A tall young man stepped in and stared at the albino before shaking his head "Sorry, I didn't know anyone was in here. I'll go leave now."

Something stroke some familiarity in German's mind about this young man. He didn't have the train's uniform on him so he knew he could trust him.

"Halt!" he ordered and the young man stopped almost instantly. He then turned around to face the scary (more like freaky) looking German. The white haired man stood up and took a closer inspection at the young man. Something about him was familiar to him but he couldn't figure out what.

"Mein Name ist Gilbert Beilschmidt.Was dir gehört?" his red eyes glared into the frightened blue ones.

"Uh," M!Name's mind began to process of all the German he knew and understood that the scary man wanted his name. He also remembered a most fact about Germans:do as they say "Uh, hallo Herr Beilschmidt mein Name ist M!Name (last name)" he didn't why but he saluted with his left then realized his mistake and switched it with his right "Pardon?" he said sounding unsure.

The albino raised an eyebrow "Sprechen Sie Deutsch?" he leaned his face closer to M!Name's.

'Crap he probably thinks I was insulting him. Why the hell did I salute?' M!Name thought to himself and went for the next German would he knew by heart "Nein."

"Wall then why didn't you didn't you say so? Kesesesese" Gilbert laughed.

M!Name suddenly felt embarrassed "You heard me talk in English!" Annoyed with German man he turned around to leave the room but Gilbert caught his arm before he could.

"No way man, I want to talk to you" Gilbert laughed "Why don;t you hang around a bit? I've got beer."

"The hell? Nein- I mean no! Let me go of me!" M!Name struggled but Gilbert somehow managed grab his arm being his back and push him on to the table.
"Don't underestimate me mann. Haven't your parents ever taught you to respect your elders?" Gilbert smirked.

At the word 'parents' M!Name stopped struggling and Gilbert noticed.

"They haven't event tried to contact me once" M!Name mumbled to himself. Gilbert let go of M!Name and saw the sorry look on his face."Why don't you go get a beer with someone else?" he said harshly and shoved past the German.

"Oh hey wait" Gilbert grabbed M!Name's shoulder "Sorry about earlier. If you've got any problems let me know okay? Why don't you hang around here for a bit, beer or no beer."

That same stroke of familiarity struck M!Name "Sure why not?" he sat across Gilbert in the compartment finding it difficult to talk. "So, you're from Germany?"

"Ja, I was born in East Germany. Be cool alright? Und no I'm not a communist or a Nazi" Gilbert's pet bird flew out and pulled a bottle of Pilsner bear. "I can tell you're Amerikan, so why are you here?"

"You're right I am. I'm here looking for my parents" M!Name said as Gilbert slightly chocked on his beer.

"Woah really? That's why you got upset then. Were you an orphan or something?" Gilbert asked.

"No, well maybe" M!Name said taking in another possibility that his parents could be dead "I found out  I was adopted  a two weeks ago  I think and because a college rep. So now here I am in Europe" he shrugged.

"Not awesome" Gilbert drank his beer

"Tell me about it. So why are you here?" M!Name asked as he saw the little yellow bird perch on his owner's head.

"Some old friends und I are getting together in France. Its been awhile since we've gotten together we always have awesome times together. you want o join?" Gilbert grinned evilly as he waved his beer in front of M!Name.

"No thanks" M!Name pushed cup away from him and smiled "I'm trying to stay out of trouble."

"Really? Is it because you have a heart tattoo on your stomach?Kesesese how manly" Gilbert grinned.

"N-no!" M!Name blushed "It's not a tattoo, it's a scar!" he pulled his shirt down where his stomach was.

"How did you get it that scar then?" Gilbert liked teasing the boy and peered over the table "Did your psycho girlfriend wanted to claim your vital regions?"

"No!" M!Name suddenly had a frightening though of Maddie going after him with a knife "I got stabbed by this guy who tried to kidnap my friend. Which is why I want to stay out of trouble. It gave me an embarrassing scar that will last me forever."

"Kesesese!" Gilbert laughed "I like you, even if you are kind of a pussy, you still got balls!"

"What, doesn't that make me a transvestite then?"M!Names asked with a smirk.

"Kesesesese! Oh shit you're funny Mann!" Gilbert slammed the table

"M!Name are you in here?" Peter popped his head and saw M!Name sitting down with Gilbert. "Oh there you are! You had me worried for a-"

Gilbert suddenly bursted into rage and went up to Peter and shouted in a drill leader's voice "Was zum Teufel machst du hier Dummkopf!!The Awesome Stärke Preußens WIRD euch besiegen!!"

Peter screamed and left the compartment and Gilbert remained standing at the door for a moment. He turned around to face, they were both silent before bursting into laughter.

"Are you going to do that to everyone who comes in here?" M!Name said between giggles.

"Ja, until some hot Frau comes in" Gilbert was grinning from ear to ear.

M!Name stood up "I think I have to go comfort my friend now. Danke, for making me feel better Herr Beilschmidt."

"Kein Problem, mein Freund!" Gilbert raised his glass to M!Name who waved good bye. Gilbert was alone again for the remainder of the trip. Even though he made a new friend something about that guy bothered him. He began to think 'That kid he kinda looks like..Nein, like that would ever happen'.

"Do you think his parents could be German?"

Gilbird chirped his response.

"Ja I bet they are. It'd be nice to have a hang with German guy who isn't a tight-ass for once. And who knows maybe we could go for a beer sometime. I bet West wouldn't mind, kesesesese"