It's China's turn. :D

I don't own Hetalia and I never will. I only own Atlantis, Zale, and King Cyril. (And Genji Bo, somewhat, I guess.)

Atlantis is hugging her heavy coat closer to her in the freezing climate of Harbin, admiring her and her Atlantean teammates' work-in-progress ice hotel. The Atlanteans are using ice saws and lasers to carve the outside of the hotel dubbed "Poseidon's Paradise Hotel." The hotel is carved with dolphins, turtles, whales, sirens, and other sea creatures on the sides of it. Cranes were carefully placing ice bricks on the almost-complete roof. Some bored Atlanteans guard the front entrance, glaring at occasional passersby to dare attempt to enter. The ice hotel blends in well with the other ice made buildings surrounding it. She muses how all these crowded buildings lives up to the festival's name "Ice City."

" Ni hao….Atlantis, aru." Atlantis looks behinds her and sees China looking at her curiously. He seems to be thinking about something important. Atlantis puts on her friendly smile, adjusts the golden crown on her head, and walks towards him. "Greetings, China. How are you this fine day?"

"Fine, aru. I'm curious, what are you doing here," China cuts the small talk. "You're not just here to compete for the Genji's free Victoria's Secret backstage passes, are you?" China shakes his head slightly in shame and sends her an accusing look.

Atlantis keeps her composure at his accusation. "Of course not, I would never compete for such a ridicules prize." The Atlanteans in the front of the ice hotel grumble under their breath "liar" in Atlantean.

"I wanted to participate in the festival itself because it looked fun. There is no snow in Atlantis, so we never thought of such competition." She keeps her eyes focused on China's, looking to see if her small speech convinced him.

China, not looking thoroughly convinced, sighs. "If you say so, aru. I need to leave now. Genji chose me to be one of the 'judges.'" China leaves the slightly awkward atmosphere and walks deeper into the Ice City, sadly mumbling "This festival is not a competition, aru. This immature generation can't just marvel the sculptures anymore."

Atlantis lets out a sigh of relief when she sees China's figure disappearing in the huge crowds of people. She wouldn't need to be here competing for those backstage passes if her boss, King Cyril, had not 'confiscated' her pass. He had claimed that it looked 'suspicious' and it was booby-trapped with Anthrax by terrorists.

She thinks it's complete bullshit. Why would terrorists target her? It's not like they know she's a country. Also, she knows he just wants to go backstage and flirt with supermodels. Maybe score some lingerie after the show. But, she can't say that to her Boss' face. Fuck terrorists and her boss.

Atlantis tried to get another pass from the producer, but she was told it wasn't possible. The producer probably thought she was trying to score an extra pass. When she heard about Genji Bo's contest from her connections, she was elated. (Rumors say that Genji is trying to keep his contest a secret from his father for as long as possible.) She bribed the best sculptors and left immediately to Harbin, China. Since than, she had spent over a week and a half on Poseidon's Paradise Hotel.

The two-week deadline to complete the hotel is tomorrow. As well as Genji's judging day. Atlantis has worked so hard on making her hotel stand out from the rest. There are over a hundred ice sculptures here. He is only going to judge the best of the best.

At China's revelation, Atlantis is a little nervous about him discovering her true intentions here. She doesn't want him to discover it and disappoint him. He didn't look like he approves of Genji's competition. At all. She wants China to view her in a positive way.

Atlantis looks across the frozen street and frowns at the obnoxious team laughing. She clenches her teeth as she remembers first talking to those bastards. She glares at their Aphrodite ice palace. The looming symmetrical columns hold the carefully polished roof. The two giant Aphrodite statues at each side of the palace seem to teasingly mock her. Her glaring match with the statues catches their attention.

"Hey Copycat! Ready to have your ass whooped tomorrow?" One of the men eagerly yells.

A slightly chubby man with an ice saw waves. "Those tickets are ours!" The other men hoot in agreement.

"Ice princess, are you prettying yourself up for our victory tomorrow?"

Atlantis huffs and gracefully walks toward her ice hotel. When she nears the entrance the guards stand aside. She harshly whispers to them, "Let no one enter, especially non-Atlanteans. I'm going to finish the lobby myself." The guards stand aside. "Yes, Master Atlantis."

One of the workers walks over to her. "Here, you can borrow my laser Master Atlantis."

Atlantis eyes the foreign laser. "No thank you, I will do this the old-fashioned way." Once inside, the guards securely close the door.

The grand lobby looks incomplete with the crumbled ice furniture. A statue of Poseidon stands firmly with his trident in the middle of the room. The bellhop desk is placed toward the back of the room. The front of it is decorated with frames of Greek Gods greeting mortals. Two curved grand staircases leading to the next floor are at each side of the room.

Atlantis moves her arms in front of her and flicks her wrist and fingers outwards. A medium-sized hole appears in the ground. Atlantis moves her arms towards her left and the icy water follows her movement. The water elemental carefully makes the water into the form of a chair and freezes it. Gathering more water from the hole, she guides the water onto her hands. The ice instantly freezes into the shape of chisels. She quickly carves out the small decorative details in the luxurious chair.

The Atlantean stands tall as she admires her work. I wouldn't have had to rebuild the lobby furniture if those bastards didn't come and destroyed them. She rubs her face in irritation. Her hand suddenly stops and drops to her side. She lights up when she remembers the revenge she planned to do tonight.

Ever since the men from across the street sabotaged her hotel's lobby. She knew they were the ones that did it. Their jokes and grins confirm it. She made plans to sabotage their hopes of winning. The Atlantean took note that they have already completed their contest entry. The Aphrodite team is spending their time polishing the palace to perfection. She planned to carry out her revenge on the night before the judging began. She didn't want to give them time to fix and/or hide it before the judges came. She wants to ensure their loss.

A grin etches its way on her face. She gives an evil laugh before she looks at the lobby again. She grumbles and goes back to work rebuilding. Her hands poised as it moves the water from the hole.

It is now night-time in Ice City. The lights inserted inside the ice buildings glows with vibrant colors ranging from green to red. The tourists gaze in amazement at the lights and buildings. The buildings include the Empire State Building, the Eiffel Tower, the pyramids, skyscrapers, and the occasional random sculptures.

Atlantis is among the crowd on the street admiring the buildings. She slowly walks as she looks at her competition. As she walks past a temple, she sees a strange giant cat sculpture. "Is that a cat….thing in a dress?" She shakes her head and walks into the Hollywood Bar. Statues of celebrities line along the walls of the bar. People are on the dance floor dancing to the music from the boom box on a man's shoulder. A drunken teenager is trying to dance but keeps bumping into people. Film strips and scenes -she assumes are famous and well known- are carved into the wall.

Atlantis sees China sitting on the ice sofa watching the crowd. She goes over and takes a seat next to him. She gets comfortable in her seat and gives him a sly stare. He didn't seem to notice her yet. His face shows signs of tiredness and slight irritation. He yawns and hugs his stuffed animal closer to him.

Atlantis is a little worried about him. He looks exhausted. "Hello China. Are you okay?"

China is startled and then relaxes. He turns to face Atlantis and gives a tired smile. "I'm okay, Atlantis. You don't have to worry aru," China adjusts himself and straightens his back. "I'm only a little tired."

Atlantis frowns at this. "If you're tired, why are you in a bar instead of resting?"

"I'm babysitting Genji, aru. He's a very powerful chinese politician's son. He's very irresponsible too," China sighs. He looks toward the stage. "He's the one on stage now, aru." Atlantis follows his direction and sees a drunken teenager wearing an expensive suit with his arms wrapped around two girls' shoulders. Genji sways left and right while trying to sing. The girls giggle at his attempt.

"I didn't believe Italy when he said he discovered Atlantis with Germany and Japan." Atlantis snaps her attention back on China. Her fingers scraps against the sofa. She puts her undivided attention on him. She is wondering where he is going with this conversation.

"While Japan was telling me about their adventure in Atlantis, he told me they went straight to Italy's house after attending a funeral, aru." His voice lowers when he mentions the funeral. China's grip on his stuffed animal tightens. A slight look of fear appears on China's face as his face pales. Atlantis leans a little towards him. She is very anxious about what made China so fearful about.

"I thought a ghost followed Italy home: an evil and cursed one." China's eyes shifts away from her. Atlantis becomes confused. She doesn't understand why China cannot look her in the eyes. "You, aru."

Atlantis freezes in shock. She couldn't bring herself to speak. Her hand twitches a bit. The area of ice surrounding Atlantis' hand silently cracks a bit before creating a mini crater. China doesn't seem to notice. He still doesn't seem to be able to look her in the eyes. Loud shouts of the club goers shouting "go,go, go Genji!" repeatedly.

"I remember Greece mentioned once to Japan about Atlantis, aru. He lent Japan a scroll of his mother's. Japan used it as inspiration for one of his Mangas." China looks thoughtful for a moment. "It wasn't very popular, aru."

Atlantis flinches at the mention of Greece and his mother. Her memory is a little vague in the time before her country sunk into the ocean. She's not sure why, though. But, she remembers vaguely the horrible things her and her country has done before her country sunk. She shakes her head. The Atlantean doesn't want to recall those horrible memories right now. "China thinks I'm a ghost, but why?"

Atlantis gathers her courage from within herself and readies to finally speak up. "China, why did you think I was a ghost?" China's thoughtful look disappears. He shifts a little uncomfortably. "Greece said you died 900 years ago, aru."

Atlantis' hand makes the mini crater even deeper. Her mind went into overdrive. "That explains why China acts so cautious around me. I still don't fully understand why he believed I was a ghost who followed Italy home, though." Her fingers circle around the crater she made.

Her thoughts pause for a moment. She remembers that earlier in the conversation he mentioned a ghost: an evil one. She tries not to show the panic in her eyes. She fears that he might have read the scroll. Ancient Greece probably documented those events from hundreds of years ago: he might think she's a horrible person. Hopefully, he won't judge her based on past actions. China didn't say what was in the scroll. She tries to reassure herself of this thought. Her expression darkens at the thought of Japan publishing a manga based on her past. And, it wasn't even popular! China stands his ground against her dark expression.

The very awkward and tense atmosphere is broken by Genji's hollering.

Genji releases his hold on the girls and grabs a microphone from his intimidating bodyguard. He wobbles before he gains good enough balance to stand by himself. "I have a very important announcement to make!" Everyone in the bar immediately turns their attention to Genji. The music is abruptly turned off. The silence encourages him to continue. He pumps his fist into the air and shouts.

"Striper Par-taaaaay!"

The doors from each side of the stage burst open with strippers. The woman strippers are wearing pink bunny ears and a pervert's version of a woman's tuxedo. Complete with fish net stockings reaching up to their thighs and black high heels. The men, however, nearly makes Atlantis drool on sight. All the men were sexy, shirtless, and have amazing abs. The cuffs on their wrists wrinkle as they wave towards the adoring crowd. The black tights complement their legs. Did she mention their abs are sexy?

Genji throws the microphone over his head. He points his hand in hers and China's direction. Everyone, as if they know who he's referring to, turns their attention to the countries. "Now, my strippers show my babysitter China and his friend a good time!" The exclamation did not register in their brains for a few moments. But when some of the strippers start to surround them, it was too late for the two now-blushing countries to make a run for it, especially China.

Three female strippers arrange themselves around China. A blonde woman stands behind him massaging his shoulders. A red-head with freckles sits in between her and China. She giggles and plays with his ponytail. The last one was a woman with long, wavy black hair. She sits on his lap whispering things Atlantis refuses to repeat out loud. China tries to awkwardly shuffle off the sofa. "Please stop aru! This is very inappropriate!"

The black-haired women chuckles and whispers something…and licks his ear. China is knocked out cold after that. The water elemental doesn't even want to know what she said. She swears she sees blood tinkling down his nose.

"Hello beautiful, mind paying attention to us now?"

Atlantis turns around slowly to see three sexy men standing in front of her. She keeps her attention on the man see deems the leader of the group: the blond-haired guy with cerulean eyes in the middle. He leans forward and chuckles.

"So, I assume this is your first time at this kind of party?" At his comment, all the strippers in the area chuckle.

"Don't worry, it'll be fun. I'll show ya a good time." The handsome man winks.

Atlantis' face is becomes even redder. She doesn't know how long it'll be before she faints like China, too. She doesn't want to embarrass herself even more. Her ego has already taken enough blows for tonight.

She hastily stands up, causing the stripper to take a few steps back. She jabs her index finger in a random direction to her right.

"O-oh look, m-my sexy Italian lover is over there. B-bye!" Atlantis screeches as she runs in that direction. She trips occasionally and picks herself up each time. Her screams of "I'm faithful! I'm faithful!" is heard throughout the bar. The dancers stare and laugh hard at her words. She ditches China as she saves herself. She finds a door in a far corner and slams the door behind her. She stacks the boxes in front of the door and barricades herself in the room. She curls into a fetal position on the floor, mumbling "Too much sexiness" over and over. During her entire existence, she has never had a man treat her like that. The men Atlantis knew usually were grumpy; dislike her; or friendly acquaintances.

After 30 minutes, Atlantis was able to calm down. She fumbles with her crystal necklace as she reflects tonight's events. China's words sting a little. She believes China doesn't think she's a ghost anymore, since he talked to her about it. She wants to burn the scroll and shove the ashes down a kraken's throat.

Cursed.

For some reason, that word painfully resonates throughout her body. She knows that word means something important to her. But, she's not sure what.

Moonlight filters in through the tiny window above her head. As she gazes at the moon, she suddenly remembers her plan for tonight. Judging by the moon's position in the sky, it's a few hours after midnight. The morning of the competition. She stands from the floor and wipes the imaginary dust off her clothes.

Atlantis remembers the direction of the Aphrodite Palace from here. She gets into place and waves her hands over the ice. A large hole opens in the ice. Atlantis leans closer to dip her fingers into the water. The icy water drips as she removes her hand. She knew the water would be freezing, but not this cold. Someone could quickly die of hypothermia if they fell in.

The Atlantean wills the water form a protective shield around her. Thrusting her arms into the air, she keeps it close to her body. She hops into the hole. When she's in the water, she freezes the hole, leaving no evidence of her escape route.

Atlantis swims using front strokes towards her destination. The water shield molds easily with her movement. She sees an upside down ice dolphin on the ice ceiling. She smirks in triumph: she spotted her marker. Swimming up to the ice dolphin, she propels herself up toward the ceiling. The water elemental breaks through and drags herself onto the cold floor. Once she completely removes herself from the opening, she seals up the hole. She kicks the leftover ice shards to the side.

Atlantis has successfully infiltrated into the Aphrodite Palace unseen. She claps her hands together and grins with glee.

"Oh my, the Aphrodite Palace looks incomplete. I should help them."

Atlantis lounges on a sofa in a hallway sipping her chocolate Latte. She sighs in content. Making those poor quality statutes didn't take as long as she thought. She estimates an hour at most. She even had time to take a short nap. She hears a commotion outside. She hurries to finish her latte and tosses it under the sofa. She scurries over to a room, almost slipping and falling on her face. She closes the door and bends down on all fours. She waves her hand on the ice and creates a small peephole. The door slams open and four men enter.

"Chill China, they were just strippers."

"They were prostitutes, aru!"

"Are you sure? I thought I booked strippers for you. Did you have fun anyway?"

"No, aru!"

"Calm down you two, it's time to judge."

"Okay, Jackie Chan."

Two members of Team Aphrodite lurk behind the judges. A greasy, black-haired team member walks in front of the group. "Welcome judges; let me introduce you to our humble Aphrodi-" The man looks towards in shock. Everyone in the group follows his lead and gape at the scene. Ice sculptures of women lying on the ground with male partners on top of them are in-between the columns of the room. It looks to be they are engaging in sexual activities. The worst sculpture is the one in the middle of the hallway.

A woman is on her knees with her back arched. There appears to be tentacles wrapping around the woman. The tentacles only leave her butt and face untouched. The group of men stands in front of this poorly crafted statue. Atlantis is proud of all of her sculptures: even though it looks terrible. In her opinion, it looks more like the open hours of the real Aphrodite temples. She knows first hand what it used to look like.

China screams and covers his eyes. "Aiyah! Japan's tentacle porn, aru ! "

Genji's eyes sparkle in excitement. "If this was of higher quality, I would have voted this place a winner."

Jackie Chan shakes his head in shame.

The last judge walks up to the statue and gropes the woman's butt. He rubs her butt up and down slowly. "Hmmm, too lumpy."

"Aiyah, pervert!"

The judge realizes his mistake and sharply backs away. He blushes badly. "I meant the sculpture is lumpy! Not her butt!"

"Why did you chose her butt of all places, than?" Jackie Chan raises an eyebrow.

The judge stutters incoherent responses. Genji struts up to him and wraps an arm around his shoulders. "It's okay if you like lumpy asses. In my opinion, a nice firm ass is the best." Genji uses his other hand to demonstrate a groping action. "I can fit my entire hand on her ass."

Everyone, besides Genji, blush as red as Spain's tomato's.

Atlantis stands from her hiding spot and reaches behind her. She rubs her butt looking thoughtful. "I have a firm ass. Does the majority of the male population prefer firm or lumpy asses?" Atlantis contemplates this and decides to store this 'important' piece of information away. She feels she's progressing closer to unraveling the mysteries of modern men.

Genji and the judges are standing on the make-shift stage. A giant, wide television screen is behind them. A television crew keeps the camera focused on Genji. Genji proudly waves his hand towards the crowd.

"Attention everyone! We, the judges, have made our decision." The three judges sigh in relief. He pulls out a red envelope from his pocket. "The winner is…" Atlantis watches in suspense.

Genji opens the envelope and pulls out a slip of paper. "Team Shinatty-chan!" Atlantis widens her eyes in shock. On the screen was the giant cat thing she saw near the Hollywood bar.

China smiles and squeezes the stuffed animal to his chest. "So cute, aru! I love the kimono Shinatty-chan is wearing." The other judges nod in agreement. The three members of Team Shinatty-chan jumps onto the stage to shake hands with Genji. Genji eagerly grins and hands them four passes. Atlantis' mind connects the dots. Shinatty-chan is the gaint cat-thing. The stuffed animal in China's arms is Shinatty-chan. All the judges were highly likely to have been swayed by China's vote. She lost to a stuffed animal…

"There you are son!" yells a man who looks to be in his fifties. He charges across the stage and grabs Genji's ear. Genji wines in protest.

"You dishonor our name with this immature contest! Why aren't you school right now getting me A's!" roars Mr. Bo.

"I wanted to have fun, dad." Genji continues whining.

"That's it, I'm taking away your porn for a month." Mr. Bo declares.

Genji's eyes widen. "No, anything but my porn! Growing boys need porn, it's a fact!"

"Did you learn that from your American school, too?"

Mr. Bo drags Genji by the ear off the stage. He walks Genji toward his black limo. He lets go and allows Genji to glumly climb into the passenger seat. Mr. Bo gets inside the driver's side and starts the car. The limo drives away from Ice City.

Meanwhile, the crowd awkwardly backs away and leaves the area. Atlantis catches up with Team Shinatty-chan. She stands in front of them and the team pauses. "I'll give you three million yuan for one pass."

"Deal"

Even though I lost to a stuffed animal, I still get my backstage pass. Look out boss, I'm going to ruin your supermodel time backstage.

Word Count: 3,922

Pages: 11

I don't think I mentioned this before, so, I'll state it now. The majority of my oc, Atlantis, is based upon Plato's two dialogues "Timaeus" and "Critias." Along with a very slight influence from the Disney movie Atlantis: The Lost Empire.

Originally in Plato's dialogues, he mentions that Atlantis existed for 9,000 years. Researchers have pointed out Plato accidentally misinterpreted the Egyptian word "100" for "1000." Plus, the technology that Atlantis had made would make more sense if it existed around the Middle Bronze Age. Thus I made Atlantis age 900 instead of 9,000. I also didn't want her to be older than China. It would feel strange since he's older than the other Hetalians, by a lot.

Atlantis is a water elemental because the God Poseidon founded the island nation. I thought it was fitting to have her powers represent Poseidon.

Chinese superstition: Never go straight home after attending a funeral. If you do, a ghost will follow you home.

The annual Ice and Snow Festival is held in Harbin, China. It is officially open to the public on January 5th every year. But, people like showing up earlier and look around. Participants are given a two-week time frame to construct their sculptures. They love embedding the ice with lights so it can glow at night. So yes, they make awesome castles that stand 48 meters tall. No, it's not a contest. I just added that part. :D

Genji Bo is very loosely based the real guy; Bo Guagua. He's the son of Xilai Bo: a Chinese anti-corruption official. Mr. Bo is also loosely based on Xilai Bo.

Mr. Bo is based on the stereotype that Asian parents are strict and expect good grades. As well as the high expectations parents have for their children. Since you guys watch Hetalia, I assume you won't get offended from this stereotype?

Guagua is known as a 'party boy.' He had thrown a party and used his connections to get Jackie Chan to show up and give a lecture. That's why I had Jackie Chan have a brief appearance. :D

I emphasize on the words 'very loosely based' on Guagua. I highly doubt the real Guagua acts like Genji. XD

Yes, there is such a thing as Victoria's Secret Backstage passes. :)