Hogwarts International

Chapter 1

"WHERE ARE MY SONS?!?!?" Arthur screamed at Ludwig.

It was an emergency world meeting in London, after the revelation that a particular set of twins had gone missing. Naturally, England was upset.

"Calm down, Arthur," Ludwig tried to reason with the Brit.

"Calm down? CalM DOWN!? YOU'RE TELLING ME TO CALM DOWN!?"

Francis put his hands on the Brit's shoulders. "Yelling isn't going to help us find them faster. Let Germany continue," he said softly in a calming voice.

"Shut up, frog," Arthur grumbled, too upset to punch France for touching him. "You don't understand."

"Yes, I do," Francis argued. "How do you think I feel? They are just as much my sons as your sons. And you know we all care about them."

Arthur didn't respond. Francis gently pushed England down into his chair and motioned for Germany to continue.

"Right. As I was saying. It's been reported that America and Canada have gone missing." Germany motioned to the projector. "This is where they were last seen."

The picture on the projector showed a grainy image of the twins getting in a taxi at the Montreal airport. They had no luggage with them.

"The taxi was heading north. We tracked it down as far as we could," Germany switched to a video montage of traffic cameras, each clip having the yellow taxi in it. "But we lost it just south of Mont-Tremblant in Québec."

There was a silence. No one knew where to go.

"What should we do then?" Cuba asked

"How about we send a search team?" Denmark suggested. "Send a few people over to Québec and search around Mont-Tremblant."

"Mont-Tremblant?" Arthur muttered with sudden realization. "Mont-Tremblant.... Mont-Tremblant...." He kept repeating the name, frowning in thought.

Francis chuckled slightly. "You're French pronunciation is terrible." But England ignored him.

"Do you know it?" Spain asked. Everyone decided to ignore the Frenchman's comment.

"They said something about that area," England said. "A long time ago." He frowned deeper, eyes set in concentration. "What was it...?"

"Here," Germany said, exiting out of the video. He pulled up a map and found Mont-Tremblant. "Does this help?"

Arthur stood up and walked over to the projector. "Where were they last seen?"

Ludwig pointed to a block within the city. "They stopped here, but we couldn't get video of where they went from there. We think they may have gone in here," he pointed to the bookstore. "But they never came out. And that was two weeks ago."

"Has anyone tried contacting them?" Ivan asked.

"Both of their phones are out of service," Italy sighed.

"Their bosses don't know where they are either," China said.

"Wait!" Arthur cried suddenly, shaking the German's shoulders. "A bookstore? You said it was a bookstore?"

"Ja," Germany said, pretending to be unfazed, but his face betrayed confusion. "Do you know it?"

"A bookstore in Mont-Tremblant!" Arthur stopped and looked confused. "They didn't tell anyone? Usually they would tell me..."

"What?" Francis asked. "You know where they are?"

"I think so, but it doesn't make sense."

"Why? Where are they?"