Munich, Germany.

That's where the next meeting was being held and, just like last time, I was late. I had just arrived that morning with bro, who left me asleep in his car.

Jerk...

When I had woke up, I remembered the meeting and rushed out of the car. I ran into the building where the meeting was being held and looked myself over in a hallway mirror: my hair was a mess, I was paler than usual, and it was obvious that I had just woke up. With a sigh I ran my fingers through my sandy blonde hair to brush it out, then got my sunglasses out of my jacket pocket and put them on.

I didn't wear that damn uniform like last time. This time my outfit consisted of a denim jacket, my white tanktop, a clean pair of skinny jeans, and cleaned up, polished black combat boots that I rarely wore. It was way more comfortable and actually fit me better, I wouldn't have it any other way.

After looking myself over one more time I headed to the meeting room and saw the door was opened slightly. I peeked in and saw everyone from last time, but there were two more that I hadn't seen at the last meeting. I slowly pushed the door open and immediately gained the attention of the now quiet room. Germany didn't look happy about it.

"You're late again!"

I put my hands up in self defense. "Blame my brother, he left me in the car while I was asleep. His fault, not mine."

Germany sighed. "Just take a seat..."

I did as told, sitting between me brother and someone who looked similar to him except this guy was holding a polar bear. He seemed shy and moved away from me a bit, but I just turned to him and smiled.

"You don't have to move away, I don't bite."

The guy nodded and sat in his original position as Germany cleared his throat to get everyone's attention again.

"Now that you're here, we need to know what to call you."

I was confused. "Call me?"

Italy nodded. "Yeah, like a nickname! You don't see us saying United States of America or Great Britain, do you?"

I crossed my arms. "Well, you have a point there...I guess just call me Ellie. It's my human name, after all."

Before Italy could respond, Germany cut back in. "Ellie it is, then. Now back to the meeting."

~End of the meeting~

I stretched and stood as the room started to clear out, leaving me with the Axis and Allies. Everyone was having their own little conversations, leaving me out of place. I saw one guy standing next to the window and decided to say hello.

"Hi. Russia, was it?"

He looked at me, having to look down slightly because of my height. Everyone was now staring in fear as a terrifying aura surrounded Russia. I just smiled and held my hand out for him to shake.

"I'm not afraid of you. I wanted to come properly introduce myself since you weren't at the last meeting. My name's Ellie Justice-Jones, the state of West Virginia. It's nice to meet you."

Russia stared for a moment, then smiled and patted my head as his scary aura disappeared. "Adorable little sunflower, it's hard to believe you're sister to America."

He just left the room after that, leaving the rest of the Allies and Axis confused.

Britain approached me then. "How did you manage to get him to be nice so quickly?"

I just smiled. "My state is known for our kindness and hospitality, as well as our strength in family. Treat others kind like family and everyone will get along just fine. Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to talk with Canada."

I walked away from the now silent Brit and walked through the building with Canada, who seemed happy that someone actually acknowledged his existence.

One thing was in my mind, though...

Bro had volunteered me to train with Germany for a month...