So, here is chapter one! finally right! i was working on chapter 2 and decided that i wouldnt post this till that one was done...so...i just finished it. i like it alot and...hopefully you will too...finally...THIS IS YEEEAAARRSSSS later...like...over a hundred or so...havent decided yet...anywho...here ya go...


He had never been more excited in his life. Here he was, walking down the white stairs that would lead him to…a nation. An actual nation! He had been waiting his entire life to meet one. The rumors…apparently not entirely truthful, but still…there was truth there.

It had been centuries, but, as the books said, they were still around. Under the watchful eyes of their governments. Kept safe. Every leader before had taken the nations and used them as they pleased. Choosing to believe the 'myths' that they were deeply connected to the land or not.

The leader had to stop himself from squealing like a young girl out of pure excitement. He had to remember that he was surrounded by a handful of his strongest bodyguards going to meet one of the strongest…people?...ever to walk the lands. He still was in shock at being told that they did indeed exist.

One of the greatest mysteries of this world has been the personification of the nations. According to myth, at one point and time they actually walked among normal humans. Hiding in plain sight. What was even more unbelievable was that they even participated in the wars that their nations were involved in. They flew the planes, commanded the armies…and their bosses were ok with this. The first two Great Wars had belonged to them. They fought. They communicated with each other. They…were human.

Whatever happened to their land, happened to them and vice versa. Everything was, strangely, under control.

Then the Greatest War of them all had occurred and changed everything.

The people of the world had learned this terrible truth and became fretful that if something were to happen to their representative, then they would all perish. So, it was decided by all the governments of the world to lock up their nation person for their own safety and to calm the riots.

Whether this was entirely true or not was not specified in the myths and, myths being myths, there are the many that chose, over the years, to discredit them.

Things had begun to happen to some countries that were…unexplainable. It had been said that those countries under the 'curious circumstances' had been experimenting. People began to assume it was the 'nation people' that were under the experimental knife. Again, more years would pass and what occurred would, once again, become myth.

Up until a month ago, he himself had believed the idea of nation people to be a story. One that he had hoped would be true and still could not believe he had been right. It was true. They did exist. All the myths were, indeed, mostly true and like those before him, he was briefed on his own nation before meeting him.

Apparently the nation had been one of the unlucky ones. He's had a few bosses that didn't quite believe the 'myth' about the land connection and decided that, since he was 'immortal' and healed quickly-which apparently the nation people did-he would be a good guinea pig to test cures on. The poor boy had been used to find a cure for diseases like cancer, turrets, and dementia.

It was sad considering that he believed in the myth of the connection when so many before him didn't.

The guards around him seemed rather nervous and on edge. He himself was also, but for a more innocent reason. He had always wanted to meet a nation, always dreamed that their existence was real, and now here was his chance.

They finally reached the main landing. The plain, sterilized walls giving off a tense atmosphere that only feed to the human's nervousness. They walked down the secluded hallway until they came to a door. The captain of group stepped forward, removing a card from his pocket. He scanned it and typed in a quick code on a padlock before the door hissed and cracked open. They pressed on through the door and into another hallway. This time, the door only needed the card to be unlocked. The captain opened the door, refusing to move any further.

The leader, taking the hint, walked forward into the room. There was another man already in there, staring into a glass wall. He turned as the leader entered, immediately saluting. "Sir."

He nodded and the man went back to as he was.

"Glad to finally meet you, Sir. It's an honor."

The doctor, for that's what he had to be dressed in a white jacket with a badge, was an older man; late 50's, early 60's. He had a slight accent that the leader couldn't place. Then again, no one traveled the world anymore. Everyone had to stay in their own countries.

The leader approached him. "And you are?"

"I am the one that has dedicated his life to the study of Nation People. I have seen almost every nation in this world and I spend my time talking to them. Trying to figure them out."

Well this was new. "Why was I never told about you?"

The doctor chuckled. "Where did you think all the information you received over the past month came from? Son, I have learned things that would never be put in the history books; which, believe me, they were at one point. Good, solid history. Now they're just…stories. Myths. "

"I…I see…"

The older man sighed. "I'm boring you, aren't I? You came down here to meet your nation and here I am, being an old brick in the way." The leader went to object, but the doctor stopped him. "It's ok, sir. I've been doing this for a while now. I know." He moved back slightly and turned back to the glass. "He's in there."

The man turned and…stared. The glass was part of an observing wall and on the other side, there sat a young man, easily in his late teens, curled up in the corner. The nation had his hands wrapped around himself and was rocking back and forth.

"What…what's…"

"'Wrong with him'? A lot. He's lived for so long and yet things for him never change. He's been locked in that room, Sir, for a few hundred years and despite what some people say, he is indeed connected with his land. He feels everything, but really has no idea what it is anymore."

"He's insane?"

"Wouldn't you be? He was sent into there for his 'own safety' and now, centuries later, without any real connection to the outside world, to others like him…being treated like a pet or trophy…he doesn't quite remember who he is anymore."

"Haven't you…tried to help him?"

The older man stared at him. "I've never been allowed before. For as long as I've been alive, I have never met a leader who was interested in their nation functioning properly. They're just easier to control this way."

"O-Oh…" He swallowed, finally taking his eyes off the cracked nation. "Can I talk to him?"

"Sure…" the doctor walked over to an intercom and switched the button. "He can hear us now. Feel free to speak."

The leader cleared his throat. "U-Um…h-hello."

The nation didn't seem to have heard him. He just kept rocking himself back and forth. His left hand was shaking and twitching while the other gripping his pants tightly.

"It's…it's finally nice to meet you. I'm your new leader."

Nothing.

"Um…do you hear me?"

Nothing.

He looked at the doctor, who was watching the nation with sad eyes. "He does hear me right? Does he ever speak?"

"He's speaking right now…"

"What?" He ran over to the intercom and pressed his ear to it. That's when he finally heard the blond nation's voice. Over and over, repeating the same phrase. He'd head that some of the nations tended to declare certain things back in the day, but…hearing it like this sent chills up his spine.

Suddenly, he didn't want to be here anymore. He didn't want to see this. "I…I need to go."

The doctor just laughed. "And now you have officially been enumerated. Congratulation's, Mr. President."

The president practically ran out of the room, leaving the laughing mad doctor and the mad nation behind. The sound of Alfred Jones' voice following him down the hall.

"…I am the hero…I am the hero…"

…I am the hero…


Tell me now...how many of you were expecting it to be America at the end? really now?

LawL~

its suposed to be a surprise, but...*shrug* whatever...

R&R