Seeing as how I wrote this during the summer and it is my first published story, it may not be my best work, but I tried.

I do not own anything, except some of the characters that Emi mentions

I slowly opened my eyes from the peaceful sleep I was having. The room was so brightly lit that I had to squint my eyes so they wouldn't burn. Like a normal morning, I got up and went towards the bathroom to get ready; but instead, I rammed into something, hard.
"What the heck?" I cursed as struck the floor. Wasn't there supposed to be a dresser here? In an instant, my eyes flickered open- screw the light- to see that I was in an unfamiliar room. I was about to look around more when I heard a yell come from the other side of a door.
"Taiwan, get up or we're going to be late!" The voice had a Vietnamese accent to it.

Oh, crap.

Don't tell me this had something to do with last night?

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I was over at my friend Athena's house; doing homework, of course. We were also chatting about what goes on in school. She's part Filipino, so she has slightly tanned skin, brown hair, and brown eyes. Athena's my best friend and we're together a lot. Unlike most of the girls at our school, Athena's more of a practical person who doesn't care about famous clothing brands or whatever everybody else likes. However, she's also very quiet, while I can be more outspoken, only by a little. But she's also more blunt than I am. One thing that we love to do is read, and we also can't stand some of the airheads in our class.
"Do you know what was going on with Paige and Katy?" I whispered.
"Not a clue. Why?" Athena sighed. I do kind of like to talk about things like this, but I try to do it secretly and with people I can trust.
"I heard Paige swear at Katy in the hallway. Called her a slut or something?"
"And you heard this, how?"
"My locker is next to Katy's. She sounded really angry."
"I'll never understand that. I still can't believe Lucas likes Katy."
"It's weird, right?"
"Yeah."
"Another thing- Oh my gosh! Look at what I found!" I held up a picture of a turtle that was part of my presentation. My presentation was really on the Canary Islands, Spain, which has about five different species of turtle.
"Yes Emi. It's a turtle," Athena groaned. Oh yeah, my name's Emerson Tsai, but people call me Emi for short.
"But it's a loggerhead sea turtle! They can be found in the Canary Islands, Spain!" I protested like an idiot.
"Yes, it is Spain. The guy that has a bunch of turtles and loves tomatoes," Athena rolled her eyes. We're both fans of the show, Hetalia. She doesn't mind it, but I love it. Athena's more into something similar to Fullmetal Alechemist.
"Well, the country itself basically invaded many countries such as Philippines, Belgium, pretty much all of Latin America-"
"Yes, I know. I wish Philippines was a real character, though."
"She almost is. A lot of fans have made a character of her. She's was even thought to be a picture of Vietnam with her hair differently, and a maid."
"Yeah, but it isn't real. But really, Vietnam?"
"The picture was really messy. Besides, Vietnam's my favorite character," I announced.
"I know, it's her and Taiwan, right?"
"Taiwan's . . .ehh, okay," I admitted.
"Really? I thought you liked Taiwan."
"I don't hate her, but she's very . . . I don't know. I don't like that she worries a lot, and she's almost like Seychelles. In fact, I hate Seychelles!"
"Seychelles?"
"Yeah, she's all perfect and acts like like a goody-good. At least Vietnam's tough, but she's also quiet at the same time."
"Whatever you like. But I don't think she is that bad, Emi," Athena replied.
"It's not like I have anything against them, I just don't like them. What's going to happen? Bad luck for a chain mail?" I scoffed. "Like that stalker one?"
Athena was about to say something else, but a car pulled up outside, signaling that I had to leave.
"Thanks for having me over, Athena, but I need to go," I packed all my things, and left her house.

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I swear I spaced out for five minutes. Once I regained my thoughts, I scrambled up and ran over to the mirror to see if it were true. Instead of seeing myself, I saw a girl with dark hair, brown eyes, and a curl sticking up from her head, staring back at me. I panicked.
"Aaaaaahhhhhh!" I shrieked at the top of my lungs, though it didn't sound like me; especially her accent. The voice was much more high-pitched compared to mine, and her skin a just a tad paler. In truth, I can't say that I look that different from her. Since I am Chinese, I have somewhat similar features to her- even though I look more like China, literally-, her hair was lighter than mine. I looked down to see that I was slightly shorter, and a bit more slimmer. I guess I really was Taiwan.
"Taiwan!" Vietnam hollered as she thrust the door open and stepped into my room. "Hurry up! We don't need to be late."
It really was Vietnam; my favorite character! I just nodded and pulled out a similar thing to what she was wearing. She quickly left in a huff, as I slammed the door after her. Instead of pissing her off, I pulled on the sailor-style dress with gold accents, a pair black long socks, and Mary Jane shoes.