Story Title: L'Union Fait la Force: Together We are Strong

Chapter Rating: T

Chapter Warnings: inaccurate portrayal of a historical figure, inconsistency

Historical Event: Christopher Columbus discovery

People to know

Christopher Columbus: Italian-born, Spain sponsored explorer usually credited with the discovery of the Americas. He was described as being not well liked to many of his peers. He was also quite greedy. Somewhat a douche in this story.

Spain-Antonio Fernandez Carriedo: The country of Spain. He come off being clueless and dimwitted but he is quite passionate with his beliefs. He was somewhat cruel to his colonies but did care for their well-being and fought many wars to keep them. He loves tomatoes. (Well he will once he meets Mexico)

Queen Anacaona (aka The Queen): A Taino Cacique of Jaragua (Southern Haiti) who was one of Taino's many bosses. Her husband, Caonabo, was accused of destroying the Spanish settlement of La Navidad.

'A discovery of the discovered'

Taino frowned at the cassava she was holding; something was off. She had woken up with an odd feeling in her stomach and back pain—a bad omen. Taino wasn't a very religious person (unlike her people) but she did believe in her intuition. Today, her intuition said, "prepare for the worst." She wasn't sure what the worst was but her gut convinced her it wasn't going to be pretty. Mahala seemed to sense the personification's distress.

"Are you well, Toa? Your skin looks awfully green." Mahala observed. Indeed, the woman's orange tan skin was dusted with a pale green. Toa gulped and nodded slowly.

"I-I believe so…my body feel s very weak. I wonder if I caught something from one of the sick." Mahala shook her head.

"I doubt it. Most of the sick have been quarantined in separate tents. It would be highly unlikely you caught their disease. Besides, you are personification anyway." Mahala explained. Taino sighed as she picked up another cassava and dropped it into the basket.

"I suppose…maybe it's just me," Taino sighed. Her eyes suddenly became alert, "Where are Ayiti and Kiskeya?" Mahala blinked.

"I'm not sure. I think I saw them playing by the beach but that was many hours ago." Taino furrowed her brows. Her stomach twisted into a painful knot. Something was about to happen. Very, very soon.

"I have to go…." Taino muttered, dropping the basket full of freshly picked cassava. She picked up her spear and before Mahala could even question her intentions, she was gone.

~oOoOoOo~

A delighted giggle rang throughout the otherwise still air, "You can't catch me Kiskeya!" The young girl chided playfully as she ran on the forest grass. Her short light brown hair tickled her shoulders with every step. She jumped each rock and log gracefully, careful to throw her pursuer a quick smile. Said pursuer sighed exasperatedly at his sister's antics.

"Ayiti, stop running! You know Toa doesn't want us to play in the forest!" Kiskeya yelled as he hopped a deep hole. His warnings came on deaf ears, however, and Ayiti continued to run. He couldn't help but chuckle to himself at his sister's carefree personality.

He squinted towards the bright sun spilling out of the forest's exit. Ayiti seemed to be slowed down by this and stopped momentarily to rub her eyes. Kiskeya grinned devilishly, this was his chance!

"Hyaa!"

"Uwahh!"

Kiskeya pounced on his sister and sent them both tumbling down the slight slope. They giggled despite the painful pebbles they rolled over. Their tumble stopped right outside the forest but they continued laughing.

"Buenos! ¿qué tenemos aquí?"

~oOoOoOo~

Christopher Columbus surveyed his newly discovered land greedily. Just think: this land will provide him with mountains of gold…along with the Spanish Crown. The young explorer couldn't help but feel peeved that he will have to give most of treasure to the Queen and King—he was doing the dirty work so he should get all of the spoils. But, without their support, he wouldn't even be here. And, they were royalty so automatically they received all of the riches. Despite his selfish thoughts, Columbus had to admit, with its greenery and white sand beaches, the island was beautiful.

"I claim this land, La Isla Espanola, for the Spanish Crown," He declared, sticking the flag into the soil, "May this land be very profitable for her." Behind him, a young man sighed.

"For the last time, I'm a male." Columbus narrowed his eyes at the young handsome Spaniard: Antonio Fernandez Carriedo—the national personification of Spain. Columbus didn't believe the Queen when he said there was such a thing as "nations" so imagine his surprise when he met Antonio. Instantly, Columbus disliked the nation. He was way too cheerful and trusting with a carefree outlook on life unfitting for a explorer. The Queen and King assured that Antonio was Spain so he was definitely not weak. Columbus still had his doubts.

"I think a settlement should be in order," Columbus declared suddenly, watching as sailors unloaded tools from the ship and began cutting down the trees. "La Navidad…that sounds right. Don't you agree, Tony?"

"Captain~ Look what I found~"

Columbus turned to find the country cradling two half naked, tan, humans, both looking extremely afraid and paralyzed in shock. They stared at him with frightened eyes.

"Aren't they adorable~?"

"W-Who are they?" Columbus questioned hesitantly. Something wasn't right about them.

"They're just like me, I can tell. They must represent this island," Spain answered, cuddling them closer, "I'll take them as my henchmen since you're settling the island anyway."

Columbus felt a slight shiver run up this spine. If there were personifications, there must be more people…

Savage people

"Antonio, let them go." Columbus ordered seriously.

"Why?" He questioned, tightening his grip on his new colonies. They whimpered and shivered in his grasp.

"Because I'm sure someone will come looking for them soon and I have no plans to fight," the captain explained, "So let them go and we'll come back for them at a later date." Spain sighed and set the two kids down, watching as they immediately ran away from the sight of the settlement.

"Come now Antonio, more treasures await," He said, walking back to the ship, "I expect a full and functioning settlement when I come back." The twelve colonists gave a resounding "Yessir!" and continued building their houses.

Spain gazed longingly at the direction the kids ran before sighing and following Columbus back onboard.

~OoOoOoOo~

"MAMA, MAMA!"

Taino stumbled over a large log at the sound of her hysterical children's voice. They ran to her in tears.

"My dears, what is wrong?" She asked as they jumped into her arms.

"Weird humans speaking in odd tongues…they almost took us away!" Kiskeya explained feverishly as Ayiti sobbed into her arms.

"Weird humans…?" Taino's eyes widened in realization…foreigners?

"If that's the case…then Boriken and Xaymaca are in danger." Taino muttered to herself as she gently rocked her upset kids, "I must notify the Queen at once!"

So…Long…O.O; Well I hope you guys enjoy anyway…sorry for inconsitoncey (like Mahala still being young).

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Historical Notes:

-The Queen and King are Isabella and Ferdinand of course

-La Navidad was the first settlement of La Isla Espanola

-Boriken is present day Puerto Rico and Xaymaca is present day Jamaica

-Spain said, "Well what do we have here?" ...I know it's wrong so please correct me.

And everything else is…pretty self explanatory even if you don't know Haitian history.

Well…that's it I guess…see you next week! (hopefully)!

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Next Week: Columbus extracts tribute, Taino falls ill, and Spain gains his colonies back!