I know I have, like, three ongoing fics that I should focus on right now, but none of them are about Hetalia, so…

HI! *looks around at terrified faces* For squeamish people who dislike gore, this is not the story for you. Yeah, there's a bit of humor and romance sprinkled here and there, but that's not the point. This is tragedy. Some characters are going to die. If that ain't yo cup o tea, then bugger off.

You do not have to know the anime/manga Another to be able to read this story. Just enjoy.

The Other One

Prologue

Do you know someone called Folkvar Williams?

You see, 40 years ago, when Hetalia High School was still new in World City, there was a student with that name in year 3 class 3. That year, something unbelievable happened in his class. Ever since that incident happened, bad things had started occurring and went on all the way until the present. It all started with Williams and the untimely event that involved him greatly.

Williams was famous since first grade in elementary. He looked decent with soft, golden hair and sparkling blue-violet eyes. He was good in studies and sports, and although his personality was introverted and humble, he was kind and good-hearted. Everyone liked him and he was popular and well-liked among all students and teachers.

However, he died during the school year.

His sudden death wasn't taken lightly by his classmates. They all cried after it happened. The form teacher stopped speaking and the whole class felt haunted. They were never the same again.

Then, one day, a student had cried out, "Folkvar didn't die! Look, he's right there!" He pointed at Williams' old desk and they all started believing in it. No one dared to admit that the bright student had ended up dead and they simply acted as if he was still alive. They spoke to his table and chair or pretended to go home together with him every day during dismissal. It was only their class that took part in this act.

The strangest thing about it all, though, was the class picture taken during the graduation ceremony. On the class photo was Folkvar Williams, sitting there with a serene smile, as if he truly belonged in the photo.

Starting from Williams' death, a strange curse had taken hold of Hetalia High's year 3 class 3.

Forty years later, on this very day, Folkvar's brother's grandson is a student in year 3 class 3, just like he was. His name is Matthew Williams, and he's currently my classmate. My whole class pretends he doesn't exist, though.

My name is Alfred F. Jones. It's creepy how Kiku and Ludwig keep their eyes on me all the time like I'm about to commit some sort of mortal sin, and it's weird how the Bad Touch Trio looks at me like I'm batshit crazy. All I know is that Mattie does exist, and that Arthur's totally wrong about the so-called "curse of death".

But then our classmates are starting to die, one by one, and even though I'm the hero, I don't know what to do.

Folkvar Williams is based on Vinland (11th century Canada). Vinland was discovered by Norway's Vikings about 1000 CE. Yay for historical accuracy! Folkvar is Old Norse for "guard of the people", by the way.

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