Her dirty blonde hair fell down upon her shoulders. Her bright blue eyes looked around trying to take in everything she could see. Her name was The Raesic Territories. She was protected by America, and she was fine with that.

That day she was out exploring. She wanted America to come with her, but he was busy that day. She was a bit upset, but she knew that America was busy. Raesic tried to distract herself to keep her mind off America. A squirrel jumped from tree to tree above her. Raesic looked up to see where the rustling sound came from, then tried to follow it.

"Come here, squirrely, squirrely. I heard you," Raesic mumbled to herself. When the squirrel was spotted, Raesic picked up her pace to chase after it. Bad idea. A branch, half covered by leaves, caught onto Raesic's foot. She tripped.

"Oh god…" Raesic's voice trembled. The branch caught her off-guard. Her eyes started to fill with tears. Tears of being hurt, and being afraid. She was remembering what America said to her.

"If you go out exploring without me, be careful. I don't want you hurt, I can't protect you if you're not near me," America's voice echoed in her head. Raesic, wiped the tears from her eyes, but she started to tear up again. She wanted America to be there with her.

Raesic swallowed the spit that built up in her mouth, and wiped her eyes again. Slowly she stood up, trying to keep her balance. As soon as she was up straight, she attempted to take a step. Raesic fell forward again.

A man's hand reached out and grabbed the back of Raesic's jacket. She jumped not expecting anyone to be there with her. Then her heart skipped a beat. Maybe America decided to come out exploring with her after all. Raesic turned around excitedly and looked into the face she thought was America's face. It wasn't.

The man had blonde hair and blue eyes like America, but he was older, more burly, more buff. He took his free hand and ran it over his neatly combed hair. He started to speak in a thick German accent.

"What do we have here?," Germany asked, "Aren't you America's little territory?" Raesic didn't know what to think. America never told her about Germany before. Raesic swallowed nervously and started to speak.

"Ye-ye-yes sir. I am. My name is The Raesic Territories. Call me Raesic. Nice to meet you Mr-" She was interrupted.

"Germany. My name is Germany," he spoke in a strong voice. Raesic smiled. He didn't seem to be like a bad man at all. She started to grin.

"Come on Raesic. Let's go back to my place. I'll get you cleaned up and fed. Then you can go home to America's house, okay?" Germany asked cheerfully. Raesic got a huge grin on her face. Germany was nice.

"Of course Mr. Germany!" She said with a huge grin. Germany smiled back, took Raesic's hand, then started to walk back to his home with her.