America was tired, his hair and eyes were duller and he seemed somewhat thinner, but he looked a bit mature. He didn't like it, he didn't feel heroically at all, but considering the circumstances he tolerated it.

He carried a small, pink bundle in his arms and walked the halls to the conference room. He stood outside the closed doors to the conference room and could hear the others fighting inside.

He shook his head and adjusted the bundle onto one arm so he knocked with his free hand. Immediately the noise went down and there was a muffled "come in" that came from Germany. He took a deep breath and stepped inside.

Everyone was sitting in their proper seats quietly as if nothing had happened, but there was a gasp from the room as soon as they saw the bundle.

"Look! It's a baby!"

"What's America doing with a baby?"

"He better not believe it's a football."

England raised an eyebrow,"America?"

Alfred chuckled nervously,"Meet my little sister, Manteloy. I found her on my lawn crawling around 'bout a month ago. I call her Maddy."

"May I carry her, Mr. America?" Lichtenstein asked, walking towards the blonde. He smiled in reply and carefully handed the baby to her,"Mind her head."

She held her carefully with Switzerland supporting the baby's weight from underneath. England left his seat to look at the baby. He was surprised, she didn't look much like Alfred.

Dark, midnight hair, choclatey eyes, and toned skin. But she had his pointed nose and his chubbish body.

In other words, she was beautiful.

He turned to look at his former colony who was smiling proudly at the baby the way a father would,"America, are you sure you know what you're doing?"

"What do you mean?" he looked up at him.

"It's just, do you even know how to take care of a child? You can barely take care of yourself."

"Excuse me? I believe I can take care of her. I'm America! Why wouldn't I?"

Arthur snarled at his comment,"That's exactly what I'm talking about! You're arrogant and you'll forget to feed her, change he-"

"If you haven't noticed, those are new clothes, and I do feed her. She weighs a little bit more than she should!"

"Oh yeah. You probably feed her pizza and hamburgers and malt shakes and all that JUNK you call FOOD!"

"At least that's actually edible unlike the GUNK you used to give me!"

There were two loud metal clangs that left Alfred seeing stars and dropped Iggy to the floor. They turned to see Hungary who had her skillet in hand. She put a finger to get lips and hushed them and then pointed to a squirming Maddy.

Alfred rushed over to Lichtenstein and took the baby from her, rocking her back and forth cradling Maddy back to sleep,"She's one of us, a country. But she's so young to deal with the world's problems. I'll help grow until she's old enough, and then, and then..."

He grew quiet. England realized what happened. He grew attached to the little girl already, and it made him jealous. Those memories from when England raised America, did they mean nothing to the man cradling the baby in front of him now?

He shook his head,"I believe the meeting is over."

The others turned to look at him as he walked out the door, he turned his to look at Alfred when he reached the door,"If you ever need help, feel free to call." He slammed the door.

It was quiet for a moment until Italy spoke up to ask,"Do you think she'll pasta when she's older?"