Quick Note: Forgive my poor Spanish, I'm relying on something I heard on Family Guy to translate… phail? Also, the title is actually translated to The Land of Gold, and has nothing to do with El Dorado.

When you finally gathered the courage to look at the smiling nation, that had been so kind as to clap for your performance, your cheeks flooded with head. His hair was dark and unruly, and his emerald hues had a light of their own. He had a smile that made you trust that he was a king person. At the thought he smiled deeper and leaned down on one knee, extracting his hand for you to shake. "Hola chica, miamo es Spain~" You blushed harder and Spain mentally squealed. You were so shy, and small, and cute~ He decided right then that you were an angel of a nation, and he would make it his duty to protect you and raise you right.

You took his hand. It was much larger, and it seemed to completely engulf yours. It was warm, too. "H-Hola Spain, miamo e-s (Name)," Nothing in the world could have prepared you for what happened next. Spain all but glomped you, taking you into his tight hold where he nearly squeezed you to death. "Aw, you're so cute~ Austria didn't tell me you could speak Spanish ~" In his hold you felt safe; despite the fact that he was squeezing you so hard.

From the corner of the room where the grand piano sat you could here Austria huff. "That's because I didn't know. I just found her a week ago, do you really expect me to know everything about her?" You couldn't see, but you were pretty sure he had a look of annoyance plastered onto his handsome face. "A-actually," you began as he sat you down onto the tiled floor. "I just learned that phrase when I found out I was coming to live with you," your face burned as you looked anywhere else but Spain. "so I would know how to greet you properly."

The silence that greeted your ears after saying this made you feel terribly uncomfortable, and you desperately wished for someone to shatter it. You fretted for the worst when five seconds began to feel like five minutes that you had done something wrong, or made a social faux pas. Though lucky for you the silence that felt eternal only really lasted for a few seconds before you were in Spain's arms again, having the life squeezed out of you as he told you how cute you were.

000

After Austria had scolded Spain for nearly making you pass out from the lack of oxygen in your lungs it was time that you headed off to Mr. Spain's house. Before you left though you bid your farewells to Miss Hungary with a big hug and a kiss, and one for Mr. Austria too. Hungary waved you goodbye and told you to be a good girl when you stepped out of the music room with Mr. Spain, and although Mr. Austria kept quiet and didn't utter a word, the blush on his face from when you had kissed him told you that he would miss you too.

Then it was time to say goodbye to your big brother Italy. He cried because, apparently, no one had told him that you were leaving. You felt like crying too when he wrapped his small arms around your neck and begged for you not to go; you could see Spain frowning too when he told Italy that you had to. It was about five minutes before he stopped crying, finally letting you leave. So you kissed him on the cheek, told him you loved him, then set off.

Holy Rome wasn't there, which made you sad, because you wanted to tell him bye and he was really nice and let you talk to him whenever you needed to, even though he seemed so gruff on the outside, but Italy assured you that he would give him a big hug in your stead. That gave you peace at mind as you trotted next to Spain down the cobblestone. You were nearly out of Holy Rome's yard when Italy came running after you, his broom scraping the ground as he tried to keep hold of it. You frowned at him, sure he was going to cry for you not to leave again, and then you would get delayed, then you would probably start crying too, and it would make the separation even harder for you.

But he didn't whine or cry for you to stay, or anything you thought he would do. He just stopped about half a yard from you and Spain and yelled, "Tell Big Brother Romano I said 'hi'~!" then smiled and ran off. You smiled when Spain chuckled. You had heard a lot of good things about Romano from Italy. Maybe, the two of you could be friends too?

000

Along the path that lead to Spain's House you ran into a little trouble. If not for the fact that Spain scooped you up in his arms protectively and held you close to his chest you would have thought everything was fine and went on with your merry day. Except he did, and the fact that every little noise or rustle of the bushes made him flinch and draw you closer didn't give you any peace of mind. It made you feel like you were little red riding hood and you were being hunted down by the big bad wolf, with the new edition of a Spanish Conquistador to protect you.

When Spain stepped onto the part of the path that was covered in forest and out of the safety of the open you heard a sound slip past the wind and reverberate off the trees.

'Honhonhonhon~'

You then began to wonder if you would ever make it to your new home.

(/dies laughing) Anyone know who that laugh belongs to?

So, I wanna know, do you want this series to go in chronological order with long chapters, (I.e. like any normal book that you read.) or do you want the chapters to be like drabbles, with no particular order (I.e. a collection of random short stories.) It's all up to you, I could go either way~ You should request what you would prefer in your reviews, otherwise I'm leaning more towards the drabbles. (Hence why this chapter is so short)

And, if any of you like yuri, could you drop by my profile and take my poll~? No one's been taking it, and I need to know the community's preference so my new yuri story wont be a complete waste of time an un-read because no one really likes who I've chosen to write for.

Anywho~

Reviewer Countdown

All three of you are awesome~ thank you so much for being the firsts to review, and so fast, too~

InTheAsylum: Right? I actually went and watched The Grinch right after making the first chapter xD Thank you for the review, friend~

DeathBeforeDarkness: lol, well, here you are~ Thank you for the review, and the PM asking me to make this story, I truly feel I can make this story go places.

JH014: Haha.. I'll take it you like the story then? :3