As New Spain ran back inside the house with Orito flying above her head. Puebla ran right beside his older sister not wanting to be left behind. Once they were in reach of the house they bumped into Spain. Spain looked down at New Spain in a menacing way, and then looked at Puebla with a mix of disgust and joy.
"Puebla, go inside to eat, and take Orito with you. New Spain, come with me," Spain said before he kept on walking in the opposite direction of the house.
"See you later, Puebla," New Spain said forcing a smile as she followed Spain.
Spain lead New Spain into the vegetable gardens that seemed so tall they almost looked like a maze for her. Then she saw someone she recognized from a long ago.
"Cortes!" New Spain said as she ran to him.
"Hola mi muñequita," Cortes said as he kneeled to try and pet her head. An impossible task since Cortes had been dead for almost ten years.
"Cortes, this brat is what you have given me as a colony," Spain said.
New Spain stiffened at what Spain had just said about her.
"Spain, what is wrong with you? The first time you saw her you couldn't get enough of her. Look at her she no longer looks like her native self," Cortes said as he pointed to New Spain's skin color.
After many years of living under Spain's rule, New Spain's eyes were now hazel, her once tan skin was now turning lighter. She no longer resembled most of her native people but her mestizo community. Her language dear lord, what had happen to her language, yes she could still understand her mother's ancient language but could she speak and write it, she could not.
"And didn't New Spain make you rich with all her gold and silver in her mines?" Cortes' spirit asked.
"Yes, she did its just that I cannot and forgive that she disobeyed me," Spain simply put it.
"So what it's your own fault for trying to keep her away form Canada in the first place, Señor España," Cortes reminded him.
"I know, but that is not the point," Spain said feeling rather annoyed.
"So what are you going to do with New Spain?" Cortes asked feeling pretty worried for her.
New Spain just stared at both of them with terror in her eyes. Whatever Spain decided would probably be her end. Just waiting for her to be punished made her even more nervous.
"What are you going to do to me, Spain?" New Spain asked.
"Didn't I teach you not to speak when adults are talking?" Spain snarled.
"Yes, but I-" New Spain tried to asked.
"Then why are you still talking?" Spain threatened.
New Spain began to cry.
"Did I hit you so that you can cry?" Spain asked.
"No," New Spain sobbed.
"Then stopped it or I'll give you something to cry about," Spain threatened New Spain.
New Spain suddenly began to hiccup her sobbing.
"You know you can just make her work on the fields. The Aztecs were very good at keeping their gardens nice and neat," Cortes suggested.
"Yes," Spain smirked, "you heard that, New Spain, your punishment will be that you will tend to my vegetable gardens from now on, do you understand?"
"Pero, Señor España, ella apenas es una niña!" Cortes protested.
"So what? She is mine to do as I please!" Spain yelled.
"I know, but isn't that too much for a little girl?" Cortes yelled back.
"Well, if you didn't want me to 'mistreat' her then you shouldn't have given her to me!" Spain snapped.
"I guess I shouldn't have! You know what if I knew that this is the way you were going to treat her then maybe I should have just lied to you and kept her a secret!" Cortes argued.
"And what, Cortes? Have her discovered by that perverted France who no doubt will rape her, or maybe even better you want someone like that dirty pirate England to claim her and kill her? Is that what you want? To have her raped or even killed? One way or another someone was bound to run into her and claim her as their own colony! So do you see she is better off with me!" Spain yelled.
Cortes looked at New Spain and suddenly had tears in his eyes. He the man who had conquered New Spain, helped destroy Ancient Aztec was crying because he felt sorry for New Spain. New Spain walked over to Cortes as close as she possibly could without going through him.
"Its okay, Papa Cortes, I am strong I can endure this so you don't have to cry for me anymore," New Spain said to the vanishing man before her.
"I know you can," Cortes said before he completely vanished into thin air.
"New Spain, come here," Spain ordered.
"Yes, Spain" New Spain said as she looked up at Spain.
"What are we strangers that you address me in that manner?" Spain yelled outraged.
"I am sorry, Big Brother Spain," New Spain said as she looked at the ground beneath her.
"Look at me when you are talking to me. I thought I raised you better than this!" Spain yelled at her once more.
"I am sorry, Big Brother Spain, what is it that you want to show me?" New Spain asked as she tried to make eye contact with Spain.
"That's better now, New Spain, do you see these weeds?" Spain asked as he pointed to them.
"Yes, I can see them, Big Brother Spain," New Spain said as she looked at them with a curiosity.
"I want you to pluck them all out of my vegetable garden," Spain said.
"All of them," New Spain repeated.
"Is there an echo here? Of course all of them! One more thing you are not allowed to go inside the house until you have plucked every single weed, also try not to get your dress dirty. If you do, you will have to sleep in the tool shed," Spain threatened New Spain, "now get to work."
New Spain began to pluck the weeds she saw before her. Then Spain left her as soon as she had a bunch of weeds in her tiny fist. Some of the weeds would cut New Spain's tiny fist since she would try to yank them out too fast; however, she still kept on working.
'This is nothing,' New Spain kept on telling herself as she continued to work.
Orito who was flying above New Spain, since he had refused to go with Puebla inside to eat, was witnessing this cruel injustice could not seem to be able to take it anymore. Orito fluttered to the other side of where New Spain was picking up weeds. Orito turned into his human form right before his feet touched the floor. Orito walked towards where New Spain was hunched over.
"Hello, my name is Otiro, what is your name?" Orito said as he tried to pretend he did not know who she was.
"My name is New Spain," New Spain said as she took a quick glance at the stranger before her.
"What are you doing?" Otiro asked.
"Picking weeds," New Spain simply said.
"Why?" asked Otiro.
"It's my punishment for to obeying what Spain told me to do," New Spain said as she continued to work on her job.
"Do you mind if I help you," Otiro asked.
"Not at all, but why do you want to help me, Otiro?" New Spain asked.
"Because I want to and besides hands like yours do not belong on the fields, but in a fancy house being pampered, for you are only a child. You should not know about hard work until you are older," Otiro said.
"Thank you, Otiro," New Spain said as she continued to work.
After about an hour, New Spain began to feel woozy they were only about a quarter done and there was still so many more weeds that needed to be plucked from the garden. This did not seem to go unnoticed by Otiro.
"How about you take a little break and I will continue helping you, okay, New Spain?" Otiro asked.
"Are you sure?" New Spain asked.
"Of course I am sure, here take on nap on this," Otiro said as he took off his poncho for New Spain to sleep on.
"Okay time for me to work some of my magic," Otiro said.
Then form his mouth came out a noise that sounded so much like a golden eagle's cry. Then one by one the colonies pet animals began to walk towards his direction. Slowly they began to transform into their own human forms.
"Orito!" a girl with bluish-black hair and silver eyes said before glomping Orito.
"H-hello, Mauqui," Orito said with sweat drops falling on his forehead.
"What do you want?" a boy with splashed of hair color going from black brown and white with brown eyes.
"Nice to see you too, Llama," Orito said.
"Just tell us what it is, Orito," a girl with the similar appearance as Llama asked.
"I will tell you just as soon as I get up, Alpaca. Can somebody please get her off me?" Orito asked as he pointed at Mauqui.
A young girl with cat eyes and jet black hair helped get Mauqui off of Orito.
"Thank you, Pumy" Orito said as he addresses the girl that has just rescued him, "I don't know how much air I have left."
"Yeah, whatever can you just tell us what you want form us?" Llama asked.
"Well its like this," Orito began to tell them all about what New Spain's punishment and how he really could use their help.
"So what?" asked both Llama and Alpaca.
Orito didn't say a thing but grabbed them both by the ear and pulled them so that they can see New Spain's blood soaked palms. Many of the weeds had given New Spain some deep wounds.
"Tell me this doesn't hurt you as much as it hurts me," Orito said with a tear stain face.
"Orito, I am sorry I had no idea," Alpaca said as tears streamed out of her face.
This is the second time she had witnessed so much blood come out of one person.
Llama got up and began to pluck weeds as fast as he could.
"Well what are you waiting for lets help Orito pluck out some weeds?" Llama screamed trying to hide his tears.
All of the animal-humans began to pluck every single weed and in less than ten minutes they were done.
"Thanks for helping me guys," Orito said with tears in his eyes.
"Anytime," a boy with cat eyes and blond and black highlights said.
"Jagy, is right anytime you need our help don't feel too bad to call us," Maqui said as she batted Ortio's back. They all turned back into their animal forms and began to scatter away from where they were. Once they had all left, Orito began to wake New Spain up.
"Hey, New Spain, I finished all of your work for you so you can go inside your house," Orito told New Spain as she was waking up.
"Wha! Really thank you soo much!" New Spain said giving Otiro a hug.
"Just don't tell Spain that I helped you. Actually, don't tell anyone that I was even here. Do you understand?" Otiro asked her.
"Why?" New Spain asked.
"Because if you do I will disappear and I won't be able to help you any more," Otiro said as he began to help New Spain get up form on top of his poncho.
"See you around then, Otiro" New Spain said as Otiro began to walk away.
"Yes, see you around, New Spain," Otiro said with a smile as he began to walk away.