A/N: Another re-edited version, there's no change. I just added one more paragraph at the end and a little on where Philippines was during this meeting.

TREATY OF PARIS of 1898

The Treaty of Paris of 1898 was signed on December 10, 1898, at the end of the Spanish-American War, and came into effect on April 11, 1899, when the ratifications were exchanged. It signaled the end of the Spanish Empire in America and the Pacific Ocean and marked the beginning of an age of United States colonial power. Philippines wanted to partake in the negotiations too but she was refused. America comforted her by making sure that her intentions are brought to the table during the meeting.

The room was small and in the middle there was a long table. At each side seated a number of men. On the right was America with his American negotiators and on the left was Spain with his negotiators. They just finished negotiating on Cuba and were now about to negotiate on the last piece of land that Spain legally owns—Philippines.

"I'm not giving up on my niña(t/n "little girl"). You can take the lower islands but I'm never going to give up on the upper island." Spain slammed his hand on the table. He already had to give up Cuba and Puerto Rico, no way is he going to lose his only daughter colony, his precious niña.

"What? We can't split Philippines. You have to either take it all or none at all." America, oddly, was just as serious. He's not willing on giving up Philippines either, especially when he already made a promise to the girl that she'll get her freedom.

"Then I'm taking it all." Spain was being stubborn now.

Before America could talk again one of his negotiators whispered near his ear he nodded as he listened and opened his mouth to convey the message. "Alright, alright Spain, how about I give you 10 million for Philippines? Ok… then, Maybe 20? My boss is willing to pay. He'll wait for a reply in 2 days."

Spain was shocked. He didn't expect that America would actually be willing to buy off Philippines. This made it even angrier. He thinks he could just buy her off like that like some item from a shop? NO WAY but before he could vent his anger on the American they already left the room. He got out of his chair and headed straight to his house.

It wasn't long until one of his negotiators went to his house to inform him of the Queen's opinion regarding Philippines.

"Mr. Spain, I have already consulted with the Queen. She said that we should agree with the offer."

"What? I'm not going to let my niña be bought off buy some kid of that bastardo England."

"But think about it Mr. Spain, how are you going to raise your daughter when you hardly have enough to take care of yourself. And remember she's rebelling against you. I don't think she'll be happy to know that after all that fighting she's still under you." It was hard for Spain to accept the truth. Just a year ago he was one of the greatest nations in the world but now he's hit rock bottom. True he can't even take care of himself properly anymore. He wasn't even able to help Romano when he was captured by England. His face was dark. He knew that his daughter practically hates him for hiding the truth from her and, what's more, from refusing to give the only thing she ever wanted to get—her freedom.

"…I know. It's just that I don't trust that, America. I'm sure he knows about niña's resources and I bet he's figured out about her strategic location. I even doubt that he'll give niña what she was fighting for. He's buying her off, Carajo! (t/n "damn it")" his expression was angry again at the thought of what America might do.

"I know but at least when she's with him you know that he'll treat her right. He's a new super power after all and with what he's advocating I don't think he'd want to dirty his name. So I doubt that he'll do anything bad to her."

He didn't want to admit it but he was telling the truth. He had no money, she hated him for taking away her freedom and whether he likes it or not he had any choice but to trust that she'll be fine.

The treaty continued the next day.

"So, what do you say Spain?" asked a confident America

"We'll accept the offer." As much as it pained him to say those words Spain had to say it.

"Great! And that ends the war!" America jumped up his seat and ran to Spain's side offering him a hand shake.

Spain reluctantly accepted and while shaking hand he moved closer to America whispering in his ear. "If you ever hurt my niña, I promise I will *****************" I'm not sure what he was saying at the end but it sure made America paler than pale. Spain ended the hand shake and left the now statue like America in the room.

After the treaty, America told Philippines that she's now free but, if she doesn't mind, he'll be staying there for a while to teach her a thing or to about running a country. Saying that it'll be dangerous for her to be independent when she doesn't know enough things to know about running a country. Philippines gladly accepted the help.

Disclaimers:

This Philippines is mine. Everybody else(America, Australia, Spain, Japan, France, England and others) aren't.It's loosely based on historical events but it's not all that accurate either.I don't speak Spanish and French nor have I ever stayed in Australia enough to understand the way they speak English.I don't mean to offend anybody. If I did then it was never intentional.