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Temasek's POV

"Oi Lien! Strange ships are arriving at the harbor!" Greg, my fishing pal, shouted as if it were his last day to live. It was very uncommon to have foreigners arrive. I turned round and what Greg had said was true, ships were arriving. The ship was like those of a pirate's except it was much more "modern". The ship had docked and down came two neatly dressed men. Everyone in the kampong was staring in awe, while I was staring in suspicion.

"Who are they and would they want?" Those were the words that would be said in my head whenever strangers would step into my village. The two men walked towards me, I grasped my spear and with that action alone, several villagers stood back cautiously, snapping out of their "trance".

The two men halt in their steps, bowed and said, "Good afternoon, Sir. I am Arthur Kirkland and this is Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Might I ask who are you?" I blinked several times, turned to my villagers and announced "Berehat, asing ini tidak berbahaya, anda boleh meneruskan aktiviti!"

After that, I turned back to the two men and said, "I'm Lien Loh" I paused for a minute, stared at Arthur, grabbed him by the hand and ran toward a faraway bush. "What is the meaning of-" I cut him off saying , "You're a nation, aren't you?" I glared at him while he gaped at me in surprise, "h-how did you know?" Arthur said, his lip trembling, "Because I am a nation…the nation of Temasek!" Arthur muttered something; I crossed my arms and asked sternly "What are you muttering?"

Engalnd's POV.

"Oh dear lord, why must I go on this voyage . Boss clearly knows it's my week off but noooo, he just had to send me to discover new lands, wanker…" I grumbled under my breath.

"Mr. Kirkland, we are about to reach land, however we are approaching an island we cannot identify on the map". I was surprised at the crewman's report. "An island not listed on the map? How peculiar, perhaps this voyage was not worthless at all" I had thought. "Lost in deep thoughts, aren't you? Or are you seeing one of your imaginary friends?" Thomas chuckled, I then snapped back to reality, "S-shut up! And flying mint bunny is not imaginary! In fact, he's flying above you right now!" I said proudly, placing my fist on my hips. "Sure, sure," Thomas knew that this mini-fight was irrational.

When they finally landed, we caught a possible 1000 eyes on us, I walked down the board with Thomas walking behind. I caught sight of one particular man, with red hair, a fine, strong build, slightly tanned skin but somewhat fair, and hazel eyes. I had never seen this type of people before, but what really put me off is the fact that he is staring daggers at me like I'm some kind of criminal, what a scary fellow. However, I was not raised to judge a book by its cover, so I told Thomas to follow me and walk to the man.

When we did, the man held his spear even tighter, I dismissed that action and said to him, "Good afternoon, Sir. I am Arthur Kirkland and this is Sir Thomas Stamford Raffles. Might I ask who are you?" I was careful as to not use my nation name. The man blinked several times, shouted something to the villagers in a language that was possibly malay, turned back and said "I'm Lien Loh" , "Lien Loh…That's quite a nice name" however, the next thing I knew, I was dragged off to some bush by Lien.

"What is the meaning of-" I was then cut off by him saying something that really shocked my underclothes off.

"You're a nation, aren't you?" I gaped at him while he glared at me, "h-how did you know?" my lips were already trembling.

"Because I am a nation…the nation of Temasek!" Temasek…No way, it can't be true, they said it was a myth, there's no way it's real.

"What are you muttering?" Temasek said, crossing his arms in frustration to hear what I had said. I sprinted towards Thomas telling him the news. Thomas laughed and replied "Of course we are on Temasek! Did you really believe what people were saying about this island?" I was shocked, how could my friend actually know about this island?

"W-what?! You knew and you did not tell me?!" I flayed my arms up and down as if I was about to explode. Thomas put his palms up, ushering me to calm down, "Well, I just wanted to see your reaction! Haha! You know, I think it's best to tell you our exact location," Thomas then laid a world map on the white sand, pointing near the end of Malaysia, "This is where we are right now," I squinted my eyes only to figure out that Temasek was just one dot on the map, I started laughing on the inside.

However, I noticed that the location of Temasek was ideal to build a trading port, and that was when it had begun…

First F.F, I noe it sucks a little, can't blame me right, aha-ha-ha….-sulks- rate and review please.

Translation:

Berehat, asing ini tidak berbahaya, anda boleh meneruskan aktiviti: Relax, they are not dangerous, you may resume activities.(malay)