"You are?" The chibi looked at him in disbelief. This man was much to big to be her brother... and yet, there were similar things about him.

"I'm Alfred, I represent America." He replied with a proud look on his face. He had worked hard to become who he was today, and he hoped, if this child really was the Confederacy, that she would respect him for it.

Noticing the pride that he had in his voice and expression, there was no longer any doubt in Annabel's mind that this was her twin brother. Strange though it was that he now looked much older then she, he had been and would always continue to be her twin. Though she still remembered all that had happened to her in the past, she had long forgiven him. Laughing and smiling, she ran to him. "Yey! It's been so long since I've seen you brother!"

Though he was a bit surprised by this, he couldn't help but smile as he picked her up and hugged her. It had been so long since they had last seen each other. Longer still since she had show any form of endearment towards him. It warmed his heart to see her so happen to be even near him again. There was no longer any doubt that, even if she remember what had happened all those years ago, she had forgiven him. But more important then that, he was happy to have his beloved twin sister back.

For those of you who may still be confused, Annabel and Alfred are twins (cause I always tend to think of Canada as being older then America). During the Civil War, Annabel became the confederacy (she never supported slavery but she had always represented the south ), and Alfred became the union. When Annabel lost the war everyone assumed she died because there was a huge explosion cause by her magic going out of control. Turns out she didn't die, though there are lasting effects from it. This story shows one of them.