Canada gave a small sigh as he slid a heavy wooden chair back, the slow drawn out squeaking of wood scratching wood made him cringe as he took his seat. This wasn't a normal world meeting, in fact this wasn't a world meeting at all, it was just a simple meeting between country and leader that filled the Canadian with dread.

It amused him that he couldn't exactly place why? There hadn't been any economic problems, or conflicts with other nations, there weren't any problems with the humans either, even the weather had taken on a docile role lately..

So why did he suddenly feel so.. Off?

The snow outside was falling softly, making the air around it shine with a gorgeous heavenly glow, the glittery snowfall was beautiful and yet simple, and the Canadian couldn't help but stare at the window with longing.

Instead of being outside, he was stuck in a small room that was overcrowded by books and papers, which reeked of a stuffy old mildew smell that made him want to gag.

'It's just going to be a quick meeting, nothing important,' he muttered to himself trying to calm his, 'on edge,' nerves.

Canada jumped as the door suddenly opened and a short, but terribly disheveled man hurried in with a stack of obviously unorganised papers in his arms.

"Terribly sorry for the wait, but I had some things to take care of~" The man hummed and placed the papers on the desk. Canada gave a slightly awkward smile and waved his hand as if to say, 'it's fine.' He had dealt with this human many times before and was definitely used to his rushed and messy demeanour.

A sudden wave of anxiety overtook him as he realised he didn't remember the human's name.

For a brief second Canada's smile faltered and a look of worry flashed on his face. He never had any trouble with memory before. (After all nations had very strong memories and practically photographic memories when it came to names)

Living for as long as they do, memory was one of the most important aspects of their immortality. Without it.. Well, he wasn't entirely sure, but Canada always suspected they'd go insane.

Forgetting something so soon was.. Pretty frightening.

Canada shook his head and tuned back into what the man was rambling on about. Still, in the back of his mind the thought of forgetting the human's name bothered him.

'Now if this was my actual leader I wouldn't have this problem,' Canada thought with a twinge of bitterness.

Normally he should have been talking to his country's actual leader in this situation, but he was busy and Canada didn't want to cause problems, so he was okay with talking to someone else.

'As long as what's said is passed along, it doesn't matter who I talk with..' He thought once more, but once again a small piece of himself didn't actually believe it.

"S-So what is the reason for this meeting?" He asked, attempting to sound professional while simultaneously avoiding eye contact and shuffling his feet.

It wasn't that he didn't know how to talk or act properly, it was more that the foreboding feeling in the pit of his stomach caused him to get tongue tied, which embarrassed him, and when he got embarrassed he practically fell apart. Canada knew he became quieter and more clumsy when he was nervous or embarrassed, he knew, but had no idea how to prevent it.

"I mean.. I didn't do anything wrong.. Right?" Canada whispered, his voice shook slightly and he mentally cursed himself for how weak he must have looked.

"No," the man sighed as he ran his fingers through the rat nest he called hair, "You haven't done anything wrong, it's more like.. How should I explain it?" He questioned while looking at Canada with a piercing gaze.

"We just, don't need you anymore."

Canada's mouth went dry and he felt his face pale, "I-I don't.. Wha—"

"Let me explain, you represent us right? But who do you represent us for?"

"You represent us for other nations."

The man stood up and began pacing around the room, his voice had a calculated coldness to it that sent shivers down Canada's spine.

"If none of those nations remember you, then what's the point? What's YOUR point? I don't mean to sound rude Canada, honestly I don't, I'm just relaying what the higher ups told me to say, but seriously. You're a joke."

Canada couldn't believe what he was hearing, this couldn't.. Couldn't be happening? This had to be a dream, or one of America's cruel pranks.

He wasn't actually getting fired from a job he was born to do? Right?

That feeling of horror that he felt when he first walked into the room took hold of his entire body and he couldn't even speak. It felt like he was watching everything from some sickening movie screen..

"Anyways the paper work is already in order, you are officially not Canada anymore."

The man had no ounce of remorse in his voice, he just kept pacing around the room, maneuvering through the mountains of books and papers like a snake.

"How we assume it'll work is that you will be pretty much a human, but you'll never age or die of age. Of course you can still die in anyway a human can, so don't do something stupid." He added the last part abruptly, his strong voice quivered for only a second and Canada felt like he could detect a hint of worry, but he had no idea why..

'Does he think I'm going to become suicidal?' Canada wondered sadly, he was still very much in shock from what he was being told. It hurt.. Being told he wasn't needed by the only place he ever truly felt wanted.

"Think of that one nation that no longer officially exists, I don't care about his name so don't expect me to know it. His country is no longer here, and for that matter accepting of him, but he's still around," the man continued, not noticing that Canada was deep in thought.

"We have a house set up for you, it's in a spot far in the mountains on an animal reserve, you'll get weekly pay checks, just think of it as retirement. You can go wherever you want, do whatever you feel like, we don't care. You just can't attend meetings or interact politically with any other nation."

Now the man stopped right behind his desk, spinning around he faced Canada or well.. He faced 'Ex-Canada', so suddenly that the Canadian was startled out of his thinking, "We're sorry it has to end up this way, but it just had to be done, you don't represent us the way we are. If you did? You would have been remembered by now."

Canada flinched, but he didn't disagree.. After all the human was right.. If he represented Canada the way he should have, then maybe.. Just maybe he would've been remembered? Maybe he wouldn't have had to spend Holidays alone? Maybe he would have been able to have a birthday party where everyone knew whose birthday it actually was? Maybe.. Maybe he would have had friends?

It was all too much for Canada to process, he could feel tears welling up in his eyes and gave himself another mental curse.

He couldn't cry here of all places! That would only prove the point that he was unfit to be a nation! Bitting his lip to prevent from bursting into tears, Canada nodded his head, "I-I understand.." He whispered, his voice cracking with each syllable.

In a daze Canada stood from his chair, his knees buckled and he nearly fell down. Without a word he steadied himself and slowly turned towards the door.

"Oh and Canada, you can't use your name anymore so you might want to create a human name. You can come back later to fill out the forms and listen to all the regulations, and before I forget. Thank you for your many years of servicing our country."

Canada didn't even turn around, he didn't care. He was filled with so many emotions at once that it was almost as if he short circuited.

"I wasn't in the army, I was your country."

He never meant to say it out loud, but it didn't matter.. Without another word Canada walked out of the room, and slowly headed towards his home.

As he walked, Canada looked at the snow with disgust. It looked so beautiful and simple.. And yet it had an innocently demonic chill to it that laughed mockingly at the now former nation.

Thank you for checking out my fic! òwó

Hopefully I'll be able to keep up with this and the second chapter should be out soon!

I'm hoping to get better as this goes on and improve my writing for better stories and for this one to be better too :D

Anyways that's all for now!~

Ciao! ~('･ω･')~

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02/15/2019