Chapter 3

Tiny rubbed her wrists and made a forced smile, "Nothing. Just not used to the climate change" she chirped as she kicked her legs slightly. Trying to make herself seem happy.
Which is actually kinda true, the weather was sorta colder than her climate, making her feel the sun burn on her skin making it a tan color, but yet she was a pale one, sorta like her mother. But Cecel was not that pale, she brought her thoughts to her maybe having a father - She remembered when she was Baby that Ciel dyed her hair by mistake- thinking the Hair dye was Shampoo, and he lathered through her hair. Cecel said her hair was Silver, much Like Arietty. Cecel's eyes lost their usual shine when she said that, as if there was a secret behind her eyes; who was Arietty? Why was Cecel so sad when she made that statement?

Tiny looked towards the direction Hutt River went to, watching his movements, the way he acts, yearning to learn more of the new micronation. She tilted her head, before hopping off her seat and toddling over, her doll trailing behind on the floor as her chubby hand gripped the tail of the alligator.

She stopped in front of Hutt River, looking at him with wide rosy-eyes. An innocent look. The look of a child. She took a piece of his pants leg and gave a small tug, not wanting to wrinkle the fabric, wanting to get his attention to ask him something. She opened her mouth to say something but was interrupted by the door slamming open, causing the 6 year-old to hide behind his leg at the sudden fear. Her arm gripping tightly around Gummi. In her mind, Gummi made a sound of discomfort that only she could hear. Tiny watched as the other micronations wandered in, her tiny form beginning to tremble. Oh what a shy one she is...

When Tiny answered my question by blaming her seemingly "down" attitude on Australia's climate, I had a feeling that, while she wasn't lying to me, there must have been something else to it. However, I pushed my thoughts and doubts to the back of my head when she went over to Hutt River by herself. I watched in expectation as she looked ready to say something to him after getting his attention in her on timid, silent way. This was all soon dashed though. When the door slammed open, she began to hide behind Hutt's leg, clutching it tightly for what seemed like security's sake. As the remaining micronations began to wander in, it looked like I'd be taking action to help Tiny get to know a lot of new people at once. I knew it would be daunting for her, but these guys were all nice enough.

Standing up from my seat, I approached the entering micronations, giving Hutt a look as if to say "Keep her hidden for a couple of moments." He seemed to recognise this and gave me a nod and a smile, so I then turned my attention to the others, led by Sealand, who were discussing several things amongst themselves. The three younger boys, Ladonia, Kugelmugel and the aforementioned Sealand were particularly engrossed in their conversation.

"I keep telling you, Stunfisk is the best Pokémon!" Ladonia almost shouted to Sealand, which wasn't surprising considering the rivalry the two had between one another.

"I'd prefer water Pokémon! I can surf on them and see my house!" Sealand piped up excitedly, smiling broadly in comparison to Ladonia's serious face.

"You fools need an artistic Pokémon! Smeargle had a paintbrush for a tail! A true work of art!" Kugelmugel replied, interrupting the argument between the two "friendly rivals." Still determined to prove his point, Ladonia spoke again.

"Let's settle this." He turned to me "Wy…"

"Roserade." I said interrupting him to cut the unnecessary argument short "Now if you could all be a little quiet for a moment, I'd like to welcome you all to Sydney." I said, trying to be somewhat respectful as Seborga and Molossia, the two older members of our group, besides Hutt River, entered the room and stood behind the three that had entered before. "Also, I'd like to introduce you to someone who will be joining us for today's meeting." I pointed down to Tiny, who was just about poking her head out from being Hutt's leg.

Tiny widened her eyes in panic as a dozen pair of eyes aimed her way; she shrunk back behind the pants. The only thing visible was part of her messy brown hair that no matter how many times you brushed it, it was still messy looking. Tiny peeked out from behind her hiding spot, her one rosy eye visible as she stared at each micronation carefully.

'They are just like me...' she thought in awe, taking a deep breath and stepping out from behind Hutt. Tiny bit her lip as she trembled uncontrollably and then glanced up, allowing her fellow kind get a good look at the new micronation.

her messy dark brown stretched down to her shoulders before curling at the end, her bangs covered her left right, only revealing her rare Rosy eye that she inherited from her mother, under her right was a birthmark that curled around underneath the eye lid giving her the look as if she was punched in the eye. Her cheeks were rosy and her lips were a pinkish-red hue, like she put on lip-gloss before she came here. But the weirdest thing of all was her height; it was how she got her name. You can just tell by looking at her tiny frame, the clothes that could fit her were small baby shirts, even though she was a normal 6 year old.

Tiny gave a small smile and a wave before she spoke "H-h-hello. My name is Tiny. Principality of Solomeya, part of the Southern Cecel fleet." she said shakily and then going back to hiding behind Hutt's pants leg again before you could blink.

By this point, I wasn't surprised that Tiny would keep her words and eye contact to a minimum. Seeing the others looking quite bewildered, I decided to speak up and explain the situation to them. "Solomeya, or Tiny if you choose to call her that, had lived the grand majority of her life in isolation from the outside world. I'm very impressed that she made it all the way to Australia as a matter of fact, so just be polite and I'm sure she'll warm up to you." I explained to everyone else, though after a moment's silence, Hutt decided to side step a small distance, so that Tiny was now visible, but not completely hidden by his leg.

Everyone seemed to take a simultaneous pause for thought, until Seborga, probably the most laid back and friendliest of all of us, knelt down so that he was at eye level with Tiny and smiled before speaking. "Ciao! I'm-a the Principality of-a Seborga! I'm-a from Italy!"

Once Seborga had done that, everyone else seemed to follow suit. "I'm Kugelmugel from Austria." Said the young Austrian as he stood behind Seborga "Surely friendship can be an art, ja?"

Before long, everyone was gathering around Tiny and Hutt, each introducing themselves.

"I'm Molossia. Not that ya need to know that or anything."

"I'm Ladonia. I took on Sweden for my independence and won! I'm the true leader of the micronations!"

"And I'm Sealand. I live close to England and I want us all to be recognised and become members of the UN!"

I was worried that with everyone almost surrounding her, that Tiny would be intimidated and not be able to properly accept their offers of friendship. I decided to stand near her, giving her a reassuring smile and a pat on her shoulders, trying to show her that it was alright and that she didn't need to be scared of any of us.