May 5, 1862

The rain had finally stopped and the ground around Puebla was practically a quagmire. But that didn't matter to Maria. She sloshed through the mud and survey the battleground. Many men lay dead, but she grinned wolfishly as she noted that most of them were French troops. She'd won. She'd actually won! She turned as an officer walked toward her. He pointed towards the fort.

"Señorita, el Comandante General le gustaría hablar con usted. (Miss, the Commander General would like to speak with you.)"

Mexico nodded and began walking with him back to the fort. She couldn't suppress the smile on her face. She was giddy with relief and drunk on victory. She looked over at the officer and asked, "Cuáles son las víctimas? (What are the casualties?)"

"83 muertos de nuestro lado. Los perros franceses perdieron 462 hombres y capturaron 8 presos. (83 killed on our side. The French dogs lost 462 men and we captured 8 prisoners.)"

Mexico whooped with joy and leaped into the air like she had done when she was a child. The officer gave a small grin and shook his head at his nation's antics. Mexico didn't care how undignified it looked, SHE'D WON! Her 4,500 ill armed, ill supplied men had beaten the most powerful army in the world! That would teach France to try and take over! She could just imagine the look on his face now, in fact, she could imagine the looks on everyone's faces! No one would doubt her people's strength now! This battle may not have ended the war but it had, for her at least, given them hope. This day would be remembered.

May 5, 2013

A loud knocking on her door convinced Mexico to get out of bed and stumble through her house. She opened it and was greeted by a very unusual sight. At first she thought she was dreaming but after a while she was forced to believe that America was standing there and he was wearing a giant sombrero, a garishly colored poncho and sporting what looked to be one of Romano's mustaches. He threw up his arms and yelled, "HAPPY BIRTHDAY MEXICO!" at the top of his lungs.

Mexico raised an eyebrow, "Today's not my birthday."

He looked at her blankly. "But dude, Cinco de Mayo's your birthday right?" he asked. Mexico resisted the urge to facepalm. Her independence day was on September 16, America had been at the party!

"No." She slammed the door and stomped back to bed.

Ugh, Americans.

AMERICA Y U SO STEREOTYPICAL? XD Cinco de Mayo is NOT Mexico's birthday, today it's mostly a celebration of Mexican culture. The Battle of Puebla didn't actually have that much effect on the Franco-Mexican War other than giving people hope. France did manage to take over Mexico for three years or so before America finally put his foot down and basically said "GET OUT AND LEAVE MY SISTER ALONE!" XD I'll try and post another chapter soon!

I used Google Translate so if any of you Spanish speakers see anything wrong, PLEASE TELL ME AND TELL ME HOW TO FIX IT! DX

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