Chapter One
Japan didn't like the noise in the city. There were too many people yelling and cars honking. But what was even worse was the smell. The air in New York City smelled of gas. In some parts it was faint, but in others it was much too heavy. He didn't get why America loved this place so much.
"She should be around here somewhere." The America said to Japan. All morning he had been telling Japan about this mystery girl. He seemed quite fond of her. Still, America hadn't told Japan her name.
Finally, they came to an emptier street and saw a girl with brown curly hair standing by a hot dog stand. She was wearing a denim jacket over a black hoodie that said 'I 3 NY'.
"New York!" America yelled. The girl turned sharply, then when she saw America, smiled. "America, how are you?" they hugged and America introduced her to Japan.
"Herro, pleased to meet you." Japan shook her hand. "So Japan, do you guys want a private tour of the city? I know every nook and cranny, it will be great!" America cheered and Japan just nodded his head.
They spent the rest of the day going around the city and they were first in line for everything. Apparently, New York knew a lot of people. Japan learned that, every state in the United States had its own personification, like the countries. New York told him that they were having a states meeting tomorrow, the day before the country meeting.
"Hey, crazy idea," America said when they were on the ferry going to the Statue of Liberty, "why don't you come to the meeting Japan? It will be a lot of fun, and the States have been dying to meet a country!" NY agreed.
"I do not want to cause any trouble." Japan said. But really, he didn't want to go. He had a bad feeling about it.
NY waved off the thought, "No, you are coming. The States will love you!" Eventually, America and NY had gotten Japan to agree.
Nothing good can come from this… he thought.
July 4, 1863
America sat on a stump in the woods. He was feeling very contradicted. The Union was so close to winning the war. General Grant had just taken Vicksburg, which gave them total control over the Mississippi River. The northern States were happy, but not America. He had been shocked when South Carolina succeeded after President Lincoln was elected. America didn't get why at first.
"Lincoln's a really cool dude." He said to Virginia that night. She just shook her head "You don't get it America, you care too much about your little northern states to think about us. How do think we feel?" then she stomped out of the room.
Not to long after South Carolina, came Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Texas. It hurt when Texas left. They had been really good friends. Those States formed their own little country, The Confederate States of America. When the Confederates open fired on Fort Sumter, America got really pissed. Then Virginia, North Carolina, Arkansas, and Tennessee left. The only southern States left were Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, and Delaware.
The war had been the cause of so many deaths, and everyday, America fought alongside his fellow Union States, not knowing how many men would come out alive. Thinking about all this made him want to cry. He buried his head in his arms.
America felt a hand on his shoulder. He looked up to see a boy about his age with short black hair, Connecticut. "Come join us," he said, "we're celebrating." America shook his head, "I'd rather not."
"Come on birthday boy, you know you want to party." A smiling Kentucky nudged him. His longish blond hair was in a ponytail. "Just leave me alone guys." America got up and leaned against a nearby tree. The two looked at each other, then left, mumbling.
This was America's first birthday without NY. She was stationed down in Vicksburg with Vermont and Ohio. That wasn't so reassuring considering those two weren't fighters. But those had been the General's command. Lincoln wanted the States and America to stay in D.C. and not cause trouble, but they wanted to fight. He let them. But whenever he came to visit, Lincoln pulled America to the side. It was the same message all the time. "Take care of the States. If anything happens to them, it's on your head."
After an hour of thinking in the woods, America went back to camp. Every one was excited to see him. They didn't have cake or anything, but that was okay, America was just glad they were winning the war…
April 9, 1865
That day, General Lee surrendered to General Grant. The war was officially over. During signing of some official documents, America thought he saw a blond boy, a few years younger then him, duck out of the court house. He assumed it was The Confederacy.
Later that night, all the Union States went to celebrate at the White House. They all had a little too much to drink… Except for Vermont and New Hampshire, they were the designated wagon drivers.
During the party, Missouri and (surprisingly) Ohio were signing the "Star Spangled Banner" really loud and off key. Iowa and Massachusetts kept handing out more drinks to people… but they kept on spilling them.
New York was staring out the window despite New Jersey and Connecticut's call from the dance floor (they had gotten a private band to play 'Yankee Doddle Went to Town' over, and over again). She kept waving them off.
"Are you okay?" America asked, sitting next to her. NY's bonnet was on the table next to her. "Yes… no. My state had the most deaths of the north. It-it's just so hard." She cried into America's shoulder. He hugged her and NY continued to cry.
"I just feel so bad for North Carolina though. Her brother practically dragged her into all this and she lost the most souls, Virginia too. I feel so… so bad." She sniffled and America wiped her eyes.
"It was for a good cause. Plus, it's not like you forced them to fight. Those men fought because they wanted to."
NY nodded her head, "Thanks Alfie, you know how to make a girl feel better…" America smiled, "No problem Lena."
Present Day
Japan was nervous. He was afraid he might say something wrong. What do you say to a state? Can you say the same to a state as a country? America saw how nervous he looked.
"Hey dude, cool down! They Stats will love you!" America seemed happy.
When they got to the Capitol building in Washington D.C., immediately a bunch of dudes in black suits came up to them and escorted them to a large conference room.
"Thanks guys! Oh, and tell the big guy I said hi."
"Will do Alfred!" one of the men replied.
The doors opened and inside were about fifty men and women, all a little older or younger then America. On each side were tables with different kinds of refreshments. In the middle was a conference table with a binder in front of each chair and a water bottle.
A young man with the number one taped to his back walked over. He was wearing a gray suit and blue tie. He had the same glasses as America and his hair was a little neater too.
"What's up Delaware?" America held his hand up but the man disregarded it. "Hello America, glad you've finally came. Even New York got here before you. But of course, not up to the dress code." NY walked over. Unlike everyone else in the room-who were wearing suits or formal clothing- she was wearing the same black hoodie as the day before, but this time with matching black jeans and combat boots.
"Well at least I'm wearing black, unlike little Miss Georgia with her lime green skirt suit. Every time, it is some type of hideous color like that…" she shook her head.
"Oh, and I guess I'll do Hawaii's job, since she's not here. Hawaii's late to the meeting." NY told them. She put her elbow on Delaware's shoulder but he shoved her off.
America shrugged, "Well, we're already off schedule, let's get this meeting started!" He rounded up all the states and they sat down. Once everyone was settled, America stood up and motioned for Japan to stand too.
"Everyone, this is Japan!"
"Hi Japan!"
"Konnichiwa, and thank you for having me."
A/N: Hello everybody! I though of this fanfic when I was searching up pictures of America and was like, hey, are there states in Hetalia? Of course then, I hadn't finished Hetalia, so I didn't know there weren't. But after a quick search on Google Images, I realized their weren't…
I found this awesome picture of some artists interpretation of the states and was like, hey, I'm gunna change there appearance a little (or a lot, depending on the character) in my mind and make a totally awesome FanFic out of it. So here it is… My awesome fanfic…
See ya next time!