A/N: Hi, my name is Hiroko Kasato. Yeah... I couldn't help it. I decided to join the bandwagon. I understand there are other Ask Hawaii ones going around... but I decided to make my own anyways. If the person who already made one wants me to put it down, I will. Anyways, I felt like I desperately needed some writing practice so please help me keep my writing skills in check. Oh. Sorry the prologue is in 2nd Person point-of-view. This is meant only for the prologue and not for any other chapters.
You sighed as you watched the sun rise slowly over the horizon. You never did this before yet you knew it was worth it. Finding yourself unable to sleep last night you decided to pull your groggy bones out of bed and to drive to the nearest beach. Though it took a while to get there, you couldn't help but just watch in awe as the suns fiery light mixed with the reds, oranges, and purples of the early morning sky. The water reflected the pristine sky perfectly only adding to Mother Nature's surpassing beauty. So when you saw a brown beer bottle lying on shore, you couldn't help but feel rage build up in you.
Pulling yourself up, you walked to the beer bottle that laid washed up on the sad. You sighed. You never understood how people could be so cruel when it came to the Earth. Before you went to drop it in the nearest trash can, though, you could see there was something in it. Upon holding it up to the light, you could see a rolled up tube inside. Was it a note? Plucking out the cork off the top, you shook the note out. Upon opening it, you read:
To whoever may find this letter,
If you are reading this, that means that my message thankfully didn't land on some deserted island. Now before you go sending this to the police, I am not stuck on a deserted island nor am I in need of any help. My name is Aolani or perhaps better known as the State of Hawaii. The reason I'm sending this is because everybody assumes that in Hawaii, we don't have any electricity or internet. So when I send an email to anywhere in the world, nobody responds or I get some smart-ass comment that I'm not really Hawaii. So I'm here to clear any lies you have heard about me.
Just to clear up some common misconceptions about living in Hawaii, I'd just like to mention a few facts. We DO have electricity, internet, running water... basically any normal house will have. We do not live in grass shacks. We live in houses. We don't walk around in grass skirts and leis. Not all of us can speak Hawaiian or do the "hula-hula dance." By the way, it's called hula, not the "hula-hula dance." I am the 50th state of the USA, not a country and not a territory. We don't go to work by riding dolphins. We have a convenient thing called cars.
On a more personal note, like I said before, my name is Aolani. Contrary to what many think about me, I am not Alfred and Kiku's love child or anything of the sort. I was my own nation until Alfred illegally and rudely stole my vital regions. To this day, I still have a very strong dislike for him. I am not close to most of his states. I visit Nevada the most to gamble but that's it. Oh, and just because Alaska is the 49th state, it does not mean I'm friends with him. I barely know anything about him.
It's not like I have a strained relationship with most of the states. It's just I barely see any of them and I rarely talk to them. I really don't like talking to them too because they ask really stupid questions... and they treat me as if I'm this exotic endangered creature they've never seen before. It's a bit irritating at times. My feelings towards them might be biased because of the way I feel about Alfred. Alfred is so irritating. He never shuts up and he always has that stupid smile on his face. He barely even seems to notice that I really hate him.
Ugh. Off the topic of Alfred. I really don't have a relationship with many people... I used to be pretty close to England even though I killed Captain Cook... Well, in the last century, I don't talk to him much anymore. I see Korea and China from time to time... and the Philippines too. Come to think of it, the person I see the most is Kiku. Another misconception: I'm not angry or scared at Kiku because he bombed me. In fact, we're pretty good friends. He visits me a lot and I do the same.
Anyway, back to the main topic. Because I have a different type of the same disease Canada has, many people don't know who I truly am and tend to believe really weird things about me. After years of hearing the same stupid questions being asked, I finally came up with an idea that will stop it all. If you want to learn more about me or ask any questions, I'll gladly answer. I will try to answer as best as I can. Then hopefully, I will be cured of strange ideas following me. Just fill the bottle up with your own letter and throw it back into the ocean. It'll probably land in Hawaii and then I'll answer and send the bottle back as I can.
Mahalo,
Aolani
You stared at the letter contemplating your choices. You could either throw it away or reply...
So please send in a response. I'll make sure to keep the answers long and detailed so don't be surprised if you get a long reply. But if you ask something like, "How old are you?" then... it might not be as long. I know it is a lot to ask, but please put some personality into the letters back because it'll be fun to write back to a letter that has some spunk! Anyways, please send in questions or anything of the sort and I'll answer it as fast as I can!