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Mahé, le 2 Janvier 1845

I couldn't wait to reach home to write this today.

I've met another Nation guy! Yay!

I was wandering around on the islands in the East of my archipelago, diving and running after birds, as usual, when I saw him.

He was taking a nap on the ground in the forest. He had dirty and worn out clothes and an old cap covering his face. And he didn't wear shoes. But I do not wear shoes as well, even if Arthur always complains about this.

When I started wondering if I would awake him or not, he lifted his cap to stare me. He had white skin tanned by the sun, light brown and dusty spiky hair, green eyes, and bushy eyebrows just like Arthur's. He was tall and muscular but yet he looked as old as me if he wasn't younger.

"Hey, hello." He said in a not very different English from the one spoken by Arthur.
"Hello." I replied. "I am Victoria, or Seychelles. What is your name? Are you from Europe?"
"Cody. I am Australia."

I remembered in a geography lesson that Australia is a big island in the South of the Pacific Ocean, part of the British Empire. I saw it on the World map but Arthur has never told me anything about it.

"Australia? This is far away! How did you make here?" I asked him.
"I made a boat and I crossed the Ocean". He replied with a shrug.

His reply was well too short to me and that was frustrating, that made me think about Arthur. They must be brothers or cousins at least. But I found another subject of attention very quickly.

"Do you know how to climb a tree?" I asked. "The view is great from there!"
"Sure, I know how to climb a tree!" He proudly exclaimed while he stood up facing me, as if I had intended to affront him by asking such a question.
"Okay, as you seem to take this seriously, we will play! The first of us who comes to the top of this tree wins!" I shouted before running and climbing the fast as I could.
"Hey, girl, that's not fair!" Cody complained while climbing when I reached the top.
"Hey, boy, did you look at your muscles? I had no chance." I defended.
"Cheater". He said.
"I did not cheat" I answered proudly.

I liked how he smiled, with all these scratches on his face. That is great to know there is another Nation aged almost the same as me. Arthur and Francis are both old and busy.

From the top of the tree, I named my islands. La Digue, Praslin, Bird, Denis, Curieuse, Frégate… and the big silhouette of Mahé in the distance.

"By the way, do you want me to be your host and sleep at home?" I asked him. "It won't bother me, and… Arthur is in Europe for the moment."

Cody had told me earlier that Arthur didn't really like him and always acted with indifference towards him. But he told me he preferred sleeping outside.

"Because I love to sleep outside!" He had told me.

We waved goodbye promising we would meet again tomorrow to play and I returned home.

I am so glad we've met! Hope we will be friends for a long time! And most of all, I hope that Arthur won't get mad if he knows Cody is around. Why would he? He is not a bad guy.

AN: At the beginning, I didn't plan anything about Australia at all. Just about one week ago I visited the Canon website and it became obvious that if in this diary I didn't speak about him at all it would be a shame! And now, I'm planning quite a big role for him in this story.

Your comments are always welcomed :)