So, it took me a while to try to figure out how I wanted International to exist. Yeah, I was planning on making them a cover band of sorts. But I also wanted them to be able to interact with our reality in a sense. So, for the sake of the fanfic, just pretend BTS didn't perform.

Also, I don't own any of the music! Links for the songs will always be in the footnote!

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All the nations were present for the annual News Years Party. They enjoyed this one day where literally all they did was drink, party, and socialize without any form of guilt or work to do. Many nations gathered in the kitchen to drink: England, France, Scotland, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, Portugal, Mexico, and Hungary all hung out on the island counter of Canada's house. The group was being rather chatty and loud, not as loud as the drunken Prussia and Denmark karaoke going on behind them though. The two were singing a song by the nations' overall favorite band: International. Austria got annoyed as Prussia messed up Alfred's solo and chucked a sofa pillow at him.

"Prussia, jou don't have un high enough range for America's part!" he slurred slightly. Most of the kitchen group stopped chatting except for Mexico, who found a conversation in his brother Canada. Most of the family stopped upon hearing Austria shout 'America'. They all remembered when Austria was a happy uncle and playing piano with Alfred, who would end up being America, on his lap.

"Von day jou vill play like zis, Alfred" the baby giggled as Austria continued to play.

At remembering such a thing, the family all turned to the TV. There was the crystal ball in NYC, glittering up the night sky. It would be the new year in one hour, another year would pass that they mourned their Alfred. Spain felt tears well up upon looking at the TV, Alfred was supposed to be beside her right now. Hell, he should have at least been in New York City to watch the ball drop! That's when they saw the screen change and 'America' was on stage with 'Britain', 'France', 'China', and 'Russia'. Nobody knew their real names, just the countries they go by.

"Now, live from Times Square! International!!!" Ryan Seacrest announced happily as the crowd cheered. 

Many nations flocked to the 120" plasma screen TV to watch their favorite band perform in HD.

"How you all doing tonight?!" America yelped into the microphone. The crowd cheered at him, "hm, that didn't sound too reassuring! I said HOW YOU ALL DOING TONIGHT?!" the crowd cheered louder, "there we go! Tonight is New Year's Eve folks! So, let's get this party rocking!" America stepped aside and Ro stepped forward. Alicia and Rin were singing backup and Odette took her place on the turntables. Enzo, Conrad, Hiroto, Alfred, and Dimitri all stepped to dance backup.

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Finishing the song, they all stayed in their finishing poses. Alfred, of course, was in the center, so he stood up.

"How was that?! You ready for one more!" Alfred asked. The crowd both in NYC and the nations cheered. So they got into their positions, Alfred in front. As soon as he breathed out the first word, everybody cheered. 

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Conrad and he harmonized with Hiroto the first chorus. But when Odette sang with the second chorus, the crowds went ballistic! Finishing their performances they all bowed as Ryan Seacrest came on stage.

"Give one last round of applause for International!" Ryan gestured to them, clapping.

The nations all clapped as they all went back to their previous activities. However, this time the group in the kitchen was smaller. It was only Spain, Portugal, England, France, and Scotland.

"Zey perform like angels! Truly vonderful!" France exclaimed, "I especially loved 'ow France jumped in ze second chorus! My citizens adore 'er!"

"She didn't do as well as Britain! Did you hear her belt out those lyrics!" Britain jabbed France's arms. Spain rolled her eyes, as did Scotland. Portugal just shrugged.

"I liked America's voice the best if you want my opinion. He has quite a talent for enthralling a crowd! Did you see how he controlled them! He only sang one word before they went crazy!" Portugal laughed, but then noticed Spain had a saddened look on her face. The four men easily noticed that face, she had another dream.

"Amor, jou 'ad another one, didn't jou?" France asked. As soon as she nodded the two blonde nations hugged her.

"We miss him too, love. But,  remember that all of our parents are looking after him. He is safe up there more than he is down here," England tried to comfort. Spain's green eyes started spilling tears.

"It's just when I look at America's face, I see Alfred. His eyes are so familiar and his smile makes me want to protect him. I guess I just refuse to believe my baby is dead," Spain sniffled and wiped her tears. Portugal saw how some of the other nations who didn't understand what was happening were glaring at the three former empires, making him glare back. Scotland also noticed and snarled at them, causing all the nosy nations to run away.

"I know you're sad, lass. Maybe we should talk somewhere else," Scotland gestured them up the stairs as Portugal ran off to find Hungary, Belgium, Northern Ireland, and Monaco. Once the group was upstairs, Allistor led them into a bedroom and shut the door. A few minutes passed by when Monaco knocked at the door.

"Mama, may we enter?" she asked timidly.

"Come in, Lucille," France whispered. Monaco, Belgium, Hungary, Liechtenstein, Colombia, and the Philippines came in. The moment Colombia saw her mother crying, she dove into her lap. Many other family members began to come in: Cuba, Canada, Mexico, Brazil, Prussia, Austria, Switzerland, Wales, Venezuela,  Peru, Romano, and Australia all crammed into the small room and tried to get their mama to stop crying. But nothing worked, Spain continued to cry her eyes out.

A knock came at the door again and everybody watched as Germany came in with Italy on his arm.

"Ve are almost ready for za ball-drop. Ut's un ten minutes just so jou know," Germany slurred. He and Italy were a bit tipsy, but both straightened up when they say Spain crying.

"Ja, ja ve're coming," Prussia kissed Spain's head, "come down vhen jou're comfortable," Prussia walked out. Most of the others followed his example, kissing Spain's forehead or cheek and going downstairs. The only ones who stayed in the room were the three empires, Romano being the last to leave. The three empires cuddled together and heard the nations begin to countdown downstairs.

"Five! Four! Three! Two! ONE!!!" they all cheered as the three countries began to drift asleep.

They found themselves in a field with a clear blue sky above them. The three empires looked at each other with curiosity until they heard a giggle. They all looked and saw America, from International, standing by a large rock.

"Yo! Over here! I gotta show you something!" he quickly waved them over. The three quirked their eyebrows but went over anyway. As soon as they stood close enough America ran behind a rock, disappearing from sight.

"Hey!" England yelled with annoyance as he chased him. But when he rounded the corner, his breath stopped. He saw a chibi boy who looked a lot like America. He was garbed in deerskin clothing and had face paint. The other two nations finally turned the corner and saw the same thing. Their breaths hitched as well as they gazed down at the chibi America. He looked up at them and frowned. His lips trembled harshly as tears glomped in the corners of his beautiful eyes.

"Mama! Papa! Daddy! Why did you abandon me? Did you not love me?" tears began to roll down his chubby cheeks. The three empires began to run to him but he ran away from them and into a figure's arms. He was one of the men who stole Alfred away.

"Maska, what troubles you my brother?" the man asked.

"Maska?" all three empires asked themselves.

"Big brother Cherokee, why did they leave me?!" Maska screamed. They saw the one named Cherokee hug him close and smirk at the empires.

"I told you, Maska, the pale faces did not love you. They despised you because of the burden you brought to them," he explained, sounding sympathetic but looking sly. The empires' eyes widened and Spain clutched her fists, "come Maska. Your real mama will make us yummy food," Cherokee turned and began to walk away.

"No!" Spain ran after him and was about to grab the Native American's shoulder when they disappeared. The scenery changed around them and it showed a battlefield with soldiers in bright red and many in dark blue. They saw Maska, but he looked older. England gulped down tears when he saw George Washington messing with Maska's hair. Just then, a younger Francis, Britain, and Prussia walked up to Washington. George waved him away and Alfred happily walked off, passing right between the two nations. The three nations looked at him in awe.

"Vho vas zat, Washington?" Prussia asked.

"My son," he simply answered. The nations deflated a bit at the answer as they began to discuss surrender plans for Yorktown.

"NO YOU IDIOT! DON'T LISTEN TO WASHINGTON! THAT'S OUR BOY!" Arthur ran, yelling to his past self. But they all dissolved and the scenery changed again. The three watched as the same boy knelt and puked up a lot of blood. Flames surrounded them as the White Hour burned to ashes. The empires were mortified as they watched him gasp for air as more and more blood flew from his mouth.

"Alfred!" they all shouted again as they dove to him. But once again, he disappeared. Their heads began to spin as the world went black. The only thing they heard was America's singing echo around them. The world spun faster and faster until it just stopped. There was America, there was Alfred. He was right in front of them.

"I will see you again, I promise I will,"

The three jolted awake at those words.

"Did we just?" Arthur began to ask.

"Oui!"

"Si! Our boy is alive! I knew he was alive!" Carmen was happily jumping in the bed. Just then, Ireland came into the room.

"Breakfast is ready! Only the family stayed, everybody else went home. The only family who left was Hong Kong, but it was mostly because China and his East Asain family were to hungover to drive," the three empires laughed and got up. Cuba was making cafe con leche while Colombia put another arepa on a plate. Hungary and Switzerland were brewing coffee while Germany worked on thinly slicing meat to put on top of the arepa. Monaco was making crepes as Seychelles and India were grilling different fish.

"Morning, Mami!" Chile and Bolivia kissed Carmen's cheeks as they carried plates of rice to the table.

"Morning dears," Carmen kissed them back and walked up to Seychelles, "do you guys need help?"

"I could use Seychelles on crepe duty with me!" Monaco called. Seychelles chuckled and kissed Carmen's cheek as she ran to Monaco's side. Carmen then proceeded to help India fry different fish. Once everything was done, everybody sat at Canada's large table. England looked to the other two, them nodding to him. Arthur took a deep breath and stood from his seat.

"So children, everybody, we have something we have to tell you," England began.

"I svear if jour pregnant again," Prussia groaned, earning a smack from Austria. This got laughs from everyone, even Carmen.

"Non, Carmen iz not pregnant. But, it does 'ave somezing to do with children," France followed. Carmen stood up and smiled.

"Alfred is alive," she declared with a smile. The other two nodded in unison. Everybody was shocked silent. Canada and Mexico were confused by this.

"Papa, who's Alfred?" he asked.

"Si, mama. I am confused," Mexico added. Everybody jumped when the two youngest talked. They didn't ever talk about Alfred, so it makes sense that they were confused.

"He's the youngest of you three," India explained. The two looked at each other in shock.

"I thought Juan and I were twins?" Canada asked his three parents. Wales quickly stood up.

"Not exactly," he said, "you guys were originally part of a set of triplets,"

"I've got this Dylan," Carmen retorted to the bunch, "you three were, indeed, triplets. But one night, three men snuck into your nursery and tried to steal all three of you from your cradle. It wasn't until Neeraja busted into our room, yelling,"

Carmen was asleep on her bed while Francis and Arthur were on separate beds to her sides. They were sleeping peacefully until India slammed open the door and jumped on Carmen's bed.

"Mami! Some weird men are in the nursery! They're trying to take Alfred, Matthew, and Juan!" he screamed. The three nations shot up and ran out into the hall.

"I did slam on other doors too, waking basically everybody I could," India explained.

"Wake up! Wake up!" India slammed into Prussia's door. Once the door opened and Prussia saw India, he ran across the hall and did the same, "Wake up Uncle Ted! Auntie Bella! Weird men are trying to take the New World triplets!" The Netherlands opened the door in a second and ran down the hall, "EVERYBODY WAKE UP, PLEASE!!!"

"You two vere safely in my arms. But no matter 'ow many of us got onto ze last man, 'e 'eld onto your other brother," Monaco explained.

"He ended up escaping the house, him and the others. We chased them all the way to the cliff by the shore," The Netherlands added.

"I vas about to grab him vhen zey all jumped off ze cliff, taking jour youngest bruder vith zem," Prussia clutched his fists tightly. The two other New World nations were in shock.

"Mami was in such shock, she cried at the mention of him," Madagascar finished.

"So, wait! Does that mean I'm no longer the youngest?" Juan asked. Matthew slapped the back of head.

"We find out aboot our long lost brother and that's what you ask? What the maple hockey is wrong with you, eh? We have another brother!" Canada smiled and jumped around happily.

"Hermano! No puedo respirar!" Mexico exclaimed as he playfully shoved his brother away.

"That's not all niños, there is more!" Carmen exclaimed with a smile, "our shared dream told us that he would see us again! Which means we're going to meet him soon!"

The crowd of nations all smiled brightly at the news. They knew to trust Carmen about the news, especially since the dream that told her was shared between all five empires. It had to mean something! After they all freaked out they began to get ready. The group all hurriedly got showers and dressed for the first meeting of the year. But they all were asking them the same thing. When would they see him? When would they get to hold him? Love him? Give their years of pent up affection?

When? 

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Frozen II- "Into the Unknown" [Dark Elsa Ver] (AmaLee)

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EVERYTIME WE TOUCH - Cascada [Lyrics] - Cover by Caleb Hyle

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