Well here it is a new story. I just couldn't get this idea out of my head so this happened...

"...And that is how Russia first got started- CAMERON! WAKE UP!" Shouted our teacher Mr. Z to the kid next to me. I rubbed my temples as a headache started to form. Mr. Z yelling was not something anyone looked forward to, he was after all one of the soccer coaches who was used to yelling across the field. Fortunately for both Cameron and I the bell rang and everyone started packing up.

I raced out of the building with my coat already on. The winter air bit at my face as I headed to my bus. Soon I had boarded the loud, old bus and was headed home. I watched out the window as the scenery flew past the window. I've got to do laundry, homework, and finish that book, I thought to try and keep myself occupied. I knew the bus would take at least another forty-five minutes climbing the steep mountain, so I put my earbuds in to listen to my music. Soon the pounding of the bass was all I could hear. I slowly closed my eyes, as a car slammed into the front of the bus.

My eyes flew open as the bus jerked to the side from the collision. A horrible screeching started that sounded like metal on metal. This sound was soon joined by the screams of my classmates. As I looked out the window I saw our bus roll over the safety guard and down the mountain side that lined all of the roads. As we rolled down the mountain the darkness of the fall below us seemed to get blacker. Soon a single bright light appeared in the center of the black. All around me the screaming kids and rolling bus all seemed to fade into either the bright light or the inky darkness. The light soon formed a doorway and I walked towards it.

Finally after what seemed like either an eternity or half of a second I was in front of the door. I reached for the handle that glowed like a star and pulled. Nothing happened. I tried to pull the door open again, but it stayed cemented in place. Was this really it, I wondered. Would I not be allowed into the afterlife? Was I really and truly barred from heaven? NOT IF I CAN HELP IT! I thought defiantly and pulled at the now mocking door.

I kicked, punched, and begged the door but still nothing happened. Finally I sat in defeat. "Please," I said pathetically. A little piece of the door fell off. I grabbed the little star as fast as I could and looked it over.

"Hello there!" suddenly a voice says behind me. A voice with a distinctly British accent. I scramble to my feet to see a man with extremely bushy eyebrows standing behind me.

"Who are you? Why can't I open the door? Can you help me?" I ask all in one big rush. I start to blush. Why do I have to be like this in the afterlife also? I think to myself.

"My human name is Arthur Kirkland, but you can call me Britain, or England," he says as he walks towards me. "As to why you can't open the door is a mystery to all of us. I can't open it yet either. What's your name?" he continues as he stops right in front of me. He stands taller than me so I have to look up.

"My name is Blaze Adeline Miridom," I say to him as I look him straight in the eyes. "Why am I here?"

Arthur looked at me for a second before continuing. "It looks like you are going to be a new country. Usually that's the only reason I come here," Arthur said from where he stood.

"I don't understand! A new," I stop to cough, "country? I thought," more coughing, "I was dead?" I start hacking as he quickly walks towards me.

"Quickly, dear, tell me how did you die and where?" He asks me urgently as I gasp for breath. Soon my head starts to pound as I try to answer.

"Bus," I stop as the coughing overtakes me again, "accident!" As I look down at my hand and see I've started to cough up blood. "Virginia, U-*cough*-SA!" I manage to choke out as I collapse back into the inky darkness. Instead of finding a bright light at the end of the tunnel, though, instead it seems to be happening in reverse. Things begin to get clearer and I see I'm lying down in the middle of a forest.

I slowly stand up and look around. There is nothing but trees in every direction and the sun is high in the sky. I have no idea where I am and I start walking. As soon as I take a step, I start to feel something wet roll down my back. I stop and look down at myself. I'm covered in blood. Quickly I scan myself but there are no wounds. The blood is everywhere but there is still nobody around and I seem to be fine.

Pondering what to do I decide to just keep walking. Not much can change about the clothes and there is no point in standing around trying to solve the mystery. I walk down the steep slope and stumble a few times. I eventually make it down to a little stream and manage to wash off. I had forgotten that it was the middle of winter and jumped right in.

Soon I'm shivering as I take off the coat to wash it. There are a few holes in the coat but it's too cold not to put it on. After washing out all of my clothes, I look around for a place to stay the night.

The trees all look the same from where I stand. The birds are quiet and by the river the grass is especially soft. Soon I'm lying down with the sun setting to the west. The stars come out slowly and it reminds me of when my family would go camping. I begin to think about what they must be going through right now. I quickly divert my thoughts before I start thinking too much. As soon as I close my eyes I fall asleep.

"Hello? Blaze? Where are you?" a familiar voice shouts in the distance. A distinctly British voice…

Realizing who it is I quickly start running in the direction of the voice. "Arthur? Arthur, I'm over here!" The dense forestry makes me trip as I race towards the only person I've come across in these woods. Soon a clearing appears where Arthur and another man stand. "Is it really you Arthur? Does this mean I really died?" I ask as I approach them. I had been secretly hoping that I had miraculously survived the crash and was just lost.

"Dude, you weren't kidding were you? One of them actually survived?!" the strange man asks. He stands taller than Arthur and has a curl that goes out to one side.

"Well of course I wasn't kidding, you wanker! Why, do you think I enjoy being out in the woods looking for a made up person? Of course she's real!" Arthur shouts to the other man. I don't quite understand the situation. Why was Arthur, a man I met when I was trying to go to heaven, trying to find me all night? Who was this man that Arthur was practically strangling at this point? WHAT IS HAPPENING?!

The man and Arthur stop fighting and look at me. Oops, I must have said that last part out loud. "Er, I mean, why are you here? Either of you? And who are you?" I ask the last part to the man with the curl.

"Well my name is America! The awesomest country around!" says America. He then begins eating a hamburger that seemed to appear out of nowhere. I turn to Arthur with a questioning look.

Arthur sighs and starts walking back the way they must have come. "Come on Blaze, I'll explain on the way." I quickly start behind him with America racing after me.

As we begin picking our way through the undergrowth Arthur begins to talk. "Well both America, or Alfred, and I are the personification of countries. I'm guessing a new country is forming and you will be the new personification. A little while ago a bus flipped over the mountain side. It was your bus, Blaze, there were no other survivors. I'm so sorry…" Arthur pauses to look at me. He didn't notice that I had stopped several seconds ago. I sat down hard on the ground.

"Everyone? Are you sure?" I manage to whisper.

"I'm sorry Blaze," America says. "Yeah, I'm sure."

I start to sob when he says that. Several of my friends had been on the bus. I can't bear to think about them dead. Suddenly, there's a hand on my shoulder and I look up quickly. Arthur pulls back his hand immediately and blushes brightly. I stand up and hug him. "Thank you," I say as I try to stop crying. Soon I let go and we continue walking.

As we all keep walking together I think back to a few months ago.

I sat in the library alone again. The lunch period was almost over, so I quickly finished my sandwich. It was then someone walked in. I looked up to see if it was Bethany, who had promised to sit with me today, but it wasn't. It was Max, one of the girls in my math class. She'd never talked to me before, but she was the first one to come up to the library in a while. "Hello," I said as she began to return her books.

"Hello, what's your name again?" she asked as she walks towards me.

"My name is Blaze, we're in Math class together," I say as she sits down at the table in the seat next to me. We start talking more until the lunch bell rings.

"So, will you come up for lunch with me tomorrow?" I ask as we walk to our different classes. Its then I see Bethany across from me. She flashes me an apologetic smile and mouths, "tomorrow?" I quickly glance at Max and then I turn away from Bethany. I was so tired of her doing this.

"Of course! I never sit with anyone during lunch, so I'd love to!" Max says back to me. As we both go to our separate classes Max doesn't see my huge grin.

"Hey! Are you even listening to me!" says Arthur shortly. I'm snapped back to reality and realize we've reached a car.

"I'm sorry, I was distracted," I apologize as we get into the car.

"Its alright Iggy is used to it from me!" laughs America.

"DON'T CALL ME IGGY!" Shouts Arthur. They begin to fight in the front seats of the car and I start to laugh. I start laughing harder as I reasses the situation. I just got into a car with a man I met while I supposedly met when I died and his friend. Both are most likely crazy since they claim they are the personifications of countries. They are trying to convince me I am too! I woke up in the middle of the woods covered in blood, and the last thing I remember is the bus flipping over the guardrail. This isn't real! I think to myself.

"Blaze are you alright?" Arthur asks me. I had begun to cry while laughing and I hadn't even realized it. I quickly wiped my tears on my sleeve.

"Can you just drive me home?" I ask as I try and keep my voice steady. Arthur and America look at each other and I can tell something passes between them. Then Arthur turns to me with an uneasy look on his face.

"I'm really sorry Blaze, but you can't go home. Your family thinks you're dead."

Time seems to freeze when he says this. He could be lying but I see in his expression that he's not. "But it's only been two days," I manage to choke out. "They didn't find a body because I'm here!"

Arthur closes his eyes before continuing. "It's been three weeks. Time passes slower at the doorway. I came to find you as soon as I could. I'm so sorry-"

"Let me see your phone," I say loudly. When he cringes but doesn't do anything, America gives me his. On the screen it says March 1st. I drop the phone and all the thoughts I had before suddenly overwhelm my mind. One shines through though. My family thinks I'm dead. I then remember all of the classmates that must have died in the accident.

I get out of the car and start running even before I realize getting up. Soon I'm running down a path in the forest. I can't believe what Arthur and America were trying to tell me. As I think back to our conversations I start running faster. Suddenly I'm falling down a hill again as I trip over a large, jagged rock. Then everything goes black.

I wake up and groan inwardly. If Mama isn't yelling at me from downstairs to get up then it isn't time to get up yet. I rub my eyes and find I have a slight headache. Great! I think, Maybe I can use this as an excuse not to go to school today! I'll need to turn off that light though… I open my eyes to turn off whatever light dare to disturb my sleep only to find myself in a room I don't recognize. I jump out of the comfortable bed and look around.

Soft light shines through several tall windows. The bed I was lying in previously is huge and could probably fit several fully grown men. All over the room there are American flags hanging. I head over to the door to try and find out where I am.

When I walk out the door I enter a larger hall way. As I start to walk I hear voices coming from far away, so I start to follow the noise. This house is huge… and when will this hallway ever end? I wonder- HEY! My train of thought is abruptly interrupted when a young boy pushes into me. "Hey! Who are you?!"

The boy turns around when he hears my voice. He looks at me quickly and then proceeds to take off in the following direction. Seeing as my only source of answers is now running away I begin to chase after the boy. I'm finally gaining on him when he turns a corner. When I reach the corner though a leg shoots out and I go flying. He tripped me! I think angrily to myself. Before he can go running off again though I grab his foot. When he opens his mouth to scream I quickly cut him off with, "I'm sorry are you alright- I mean, um, where am I?!" I had tried to be commanding but I kind of started off with my usual habit of apologizing.

"I'll only tell you if you let me go!" says the boy with an accent like Arthur's. And being the dumb trusting person I am I promptly let go of his foot.

"ENGLAND, ENGLAND! A STRANGE GIRL JUST ATTACKED ME!" the boy screams as he sprints into a room two doors down. I groan as I realize my stupid mistake.

Soon enough I'm looking up at a bunch of people. Mostly men. Which instantly makes me uncomfortable. Luckily I'm able to pick out to familiar faces. "Arthur, America, where am I?" I ask as Arthur pulls me to my feet.

"We're in the awesome America! Where else would it be this awesome?!" America asks me. He genuinely looks confused as to why I had to ask that.

"Oh, shut it America! Can't you see she's confused?" Arthur snaps at America.

"Honhonhonhon! You didn't tell us the new personification was a girl! And what is your name mademoiselle?" says a man with a very french accent and long blonde hair. Who is also making me very uncomfortable so I slowly back up. Right into another person.

"Careful, da?" Says the tall man I just bumped into. I jump backwards into Arthur's arms. At this point I am a nervous wreck. Why do I have to act this way around new people? I ask myself frustrated.

"Why don't we just introduce ourselves to her?" A man with black hair and big brown eyes asks. When met with no objections he begins, "Hello, my name is Japan."

"Nice to meet you, Aru! I am China!" Says a man with a ponytail. He also appears to be holding a panda. My eyes instantly widen at the panda and I get the intense urge to go over and pet it.

My sudden urge to pet the panda is interrupted by a person with a curl that seemed to defy gravity. "Ciao! My name is Italy! And this is my big brother Romano! He is the southern half!"

The previously mentioned Romano, one of the few people with a normal name, pushes Italy away. "Shut up stupido! I can introduce myself!" He shouts.

"Calm down Romano! Anyway, this is Germany, he's my best friend!" Italy continued. The man that was Germany nodded to me. He was very tall with slicked back blonde hair. As Italy introduced Germany a faint mumbling came from Romano that sounded like, Potato Bastard…

Suddenly a man with red eyes and white hair pushed past several people. "I'm the awesome Prussia!" said the unusually loud man. He kind of reminded me of America…

"And I am Russia," said the man I had originally bumped into. He leaned in close and looked me straight in the eyes. His eyes where a beautiful violet and his voice was quiet when he whispered, "Become one with Russia, da?" Now one thing to know about me. I do not usually talk to guys in general. So I act impulsively.

I slap Russia.

"Oh my god I am so- not sorry! I am not sorry!" I say immediately. Unfortunately my face probably said the opposite thing as I look at Russia with a very guilty expression. Russia mostly looks surprised that someone slapped him.

"Ohonhonhon, I see the girl has spirit!" says the weirdo from earlier. Well I should probably clarify which weirdo. The one that has long blonde hair. "My name is France, the country of love, mon cher."

"How dare you touch big brother Russia! I will kill you!" says one of the few girls in the group. As she quickly approaches me with a knife outstretched I stumble backwards over a random person asleep on the floor.

"Hm? Is it time to get up?" the man who I tripped over slowly wakes up. He has light brown hair, green eyes, and, strangely, a cat sitting on his head.

"Dude, Greece, can ya not stay awake for five minutes! Jeez we've got a new country here!" America shouted at Greece. With all the knocking into strangers, backing away from psychopaths, and stumbling over sleeping men, my back is pressed against the wall. Soon all the people claiming to be countries are surrounding me. I glance around looking for an exit but there is none.

"Like, what is her name anyways?" says a small young man from the back. At least I think he's a guy, despite him wearing a skirt and blouse.

I take a deep breath before saying, "My name is Blaze, and who are you people?"

"We're countries of course!" America says loudly. "So are you based on the fact that you're not dead! But which country are you going to represent?"

I glare at America in frustration. "I don't know! How would I? All I know is that one day I was on the bus and then suddenly the bus was falling. Next thing I see is a bright white door that won't let me through! All that happened was a bit of the door fell off, I talked to Arthur-"

"Wait a bit of the door fell off?" Arthur asks as he makes his way through the crowd.

"Yes, here it is…" I say as I pull it from my pocket. Immediately everyone surges forwards to get a glimpse of the star. It seems to have grown even brighter in the light of day. In the center of the star there is an almost cartoonish looking picture of the Earth. Unfortunately since everyone wants to see the star I'm forced back into the wall I had previously stepped away from. Everyone is crushing me looking for the star.

"Hey! Why don't you guys leave her alone?" says a new voice that seems a long way off. Luckily the effect is instantaneous as everybody freezes. Everyone is shooting nervous glances to each other.

"Was that a ghost?" America says in a panicked voice. Apparently deciding it was he runs down the hall yelling, "GHOST!"

"But really who was that, aru?"

"The awesome me has no idea!"

"Mon ami do you not recognize the voice of my old colony, Canada?"

"Stop spouting out nonsense Frog!"

"Da, who is this Canada?"

Well I'll need to thank Canada for distracting everyone from trampling me! I think. "Ok now that you weirdos *cough* I mean people have stopped trampling me can someone explain the star?" On second thought I quickly add, "And then I'll let you see it!"

Japan steps forward and says slowly, "Maybe someone made a wish? Can I see the star?"

Since he answered the question as best he could I hand him the star. As he inspects it many of the countries inch forward till they are breathing down his neck for a look.

"Hey, Japan, what are you looking at?" Italy pauses before excitedly exclaiming, "Is it pasta?!"

"No Italy, there appears to be an Earth drawn on here…" Japan mutters as he continues to examine it.

"So does that made someone made a wish for the personification of the Earth?" asks the bouncy italian airily. Everyone freezes and turns to look at me.

Germany looks uncomfortable as he says, "Well I did wish that night for someone other than me that could help lead the meetings…"

America then joined in with, "I wished for someone to survive that car accident…" Several other nations seem to shift nervously as they tried to remember if they had wished for anything recently.

"Ok honestly I don't care about how I became a 'personification'," I say after a moment of silence. "All I care about is where I'll be staying! Apparently everyone thinks I'm dead back home, so I can't go there. I don't really know you guys very well. And the only kind of normal person here seems to be Arthur!"

"Why do you say that? The Black Sheep of Europe is just as annoying as the rest of us!" interupts France.

"Shut it Frog! I am completely normal unlike the rest of you! I'm just glad someone finally realizes it!" England responds to the insult. Soon enough the group descends into chaos again. Italy starts to bother Germany by asking Germany when they could have pasta. England and France are fighting while America seems content in just poking them. The girl who threatened me earlier is now chasing Russia around the room, and judging by the things Russia is yelling ("No! I do not want to marry you Belarus! Stop chasing me!") her name is Belarus. And yet somehow, Greece has managed to go back to sleep.

As I start backing away down the hall I bump into someone. It seems like Canada had the same idea I did, and he is also trying to get away from the pandemonium. "Hello, I see you are not going to join in with whatever is going on here?" I question him as we turn down a separate hallway.

"Honestly I'm just glad Russia didn't sit on me this time! I understand what you mean with where you need to stay… I know we don't know each other, but it would be really nice to talk to someone who doesn't forget my name." Canada seems to deflate a little at the last sentence.

Right now his offer seems like the best solution so I say, "I'll go with you, but just so you know I did earn a badge in self defense for girl scouts."

Canada laughs at this, but nods anyway. "Ok, I'll be careful not to get on your bad side then," he says lightly. By this time we've reached the front door of this mansion and Canada is calling a taxi. I wonder how long it will take them to stop fighting long enough to realize I'm gone… I think to myself as Canada and I sit down in the taxi. As the Taxi pulls away I hear the booming voice of Germany.

"HEY! WHERE DID SHE GO?!" Shouts Germany from inside the house. I giggle to myself as the car starts to speed down the road.

So guys what do you think?! LEAVE REVIEWS PLEASE! Anyways just a few things I wanted to point out. First, I'm not sure if Girl Scouts has a self defense badge, but I do know that almost every Girl Scout camp I've gone to teaches it. Also, If I accidentally said a nation's name before they were actually said, I'M SORRY! It was hard keeping track of everyone! Lastly, Spelling Errors. Everyone makes them, but I do like to try to correct them. I probably even made some in this message. Anyways, thanks for reading and if you have any ideas for future chapters tell me!