England started coming more often, with his spellbooks. He'd let Maliina look through them. She would spend hours just sitting on the couch, just flipping through them.
And she was mastering all sorts of nature magic now. She had made goals for when she, England, France, and America would play football (soccer) out of tough vines. She had made some bamboo appear for China's panda, but it died after the Asian left because of the cold. And she had made it snow lightly one day when Russia came and there was no snow.
"So what are you going to do with her next week when we have to go to the World Meeting?" England asked Canada, sitting on a bench and drinking from a water bottle, while France and America walked over. All three were tired from playing football (soccer) with Maliina, but Canada had been happy enough just to watch.
"I don't know." Canada answered. "There's no nations I can trust to watch her since it's the entire world going, and she's too young to be home alone, so I'll probably just have to take her with us."
"But mon ami! She is but a normal girl!" France exclaimed.
America nodded. "Totally, dude! What if she finds out that..." He glanced at Maliina, who was now making a snowman, far away from ear shot. But America lowered his voice anyways. "Dude, what if she finds out our secret- our secret that we're countries?"
"Maliina is a good girl, I'm sure she'd understand and keep it a secret." the Canadian answered quickly. "Besides, she knows magic, and she's young enough to think it's just a silly game."
"If you say so, dude..." America sighed, as France and England exchanged worried looks.
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Canada held Maliina's hand tightly. "Now remember, Maliina, it's going to be very crowded, so you need to keep close to me, okay?"
"Okay!" Maliina answered brightly. They walked into the World Meeting Building. The Finnish girl's eyes widened and her mouth fell open in a wide smile as she looked around.
The nations from around the globe were all there. She saw China and Hong Kong with a large group of boys, and two girls, that had mostly the same hair color and skin color. She saw England with a blond teen with red eyes and vampire teeth. She saw America with a Hispanic girl and a couple Hispanic boys. She saw Russia with his two sisters, three guys who seemed extremely nervous and a blond guy wearing a dress. She saw France trying to flirt with one of the girls in China's group, before China hit the Frenchman with his wok.
She laughed excitedly as Canada led her to England and the blond vampire.
"Oh, hey Can...- Matthew." England corrected himself quickly, giving a quick glance to the blond vampire, Romania, who quickly got the clue.
"Why, hello, little one!" Romania smiled at her. "My name's Vladimir. Who are you?"
"I'm Maliina Marie Rosing!" Maliina laughed, rocking back on her heels. She was wearing the sailor's outfit with the Finnish hat, silver bracelet, and cross hair clip from the day the Allies first met her.
Romania's smile grew bigger. "What a beautiful name! It sounds Finnish; are you from Finland?"
Maliina nodded enthusiastically. "Mhmm! I've been living with Matthew ever since the Nazis attacked my village, because I couldn't find my..." She noticed a group of five behind Romania and trailed off, eyes widening.