New Spain woke up in Romano's bedroom. She had no idea how she got there, she must have fallen asleep in Romano's arms and simply brought her there. His sheets were soft and smelled like him. She could feel Romano's rage through the satin fabrics. New Spain quickly got off the bed and put on her shoes then she tried to fix her hair as best as she could. Then right when she got out of the bedroom she sees a vase hit the floor in slow motion. Right next to the shattered fragments was her little brother Puebla.

'No, Spain, mustn't see this,' New Spain thinks to herself as she run over to try and pick up the broken fragments from the floor.

Just when she was on the floor to pick up the shattered remains of the vase, she hears to her horror Spain's footsteps coming in this direction.

"Hide, and don't come out until I tell you to," New Spain hissed at Puebla.

Puebla nods his head and gets inside the bedroom right next to him. New Spain quickly sits down on top of the broken wreckage of a once marvelous vase, the way she would when she had in the past. This was something she had learned how to do whenever she had done something that she didn't want Spain to know she had done; however, Spain always seemed to know what she was up to just by looking at her pained face for having to sit down on whatever object she had broken.

"Hello, New Spain, so did you enjoy your visit with Southern Italy?" Spain asked with a goofy smile on his face.

"Yes, it was very nice; while I was there I also met Austria and Hungry. I liked Hungry she was a very pretty lady, and I also enjoyed listening to Austria play his piano," New Spain replied.

"Oh, that must have been ni-. Hey, where is the vase?" inquired Spain. Spain quickly walked over to New Spain and picked her up.

"I am so sorry, Big Brother Spain; it was an accident I didn't mean to. I was going to try and fix it later, I swear," New Spain cried.

"Now don't do that, New Spain, you would cut yourself in the process," Spain warned.

He dried New Spain's eyes kissed her forehead and placed her back down.

"New Spain, go and get me a broom and dustpan that are in the cleaning supplies, and no more crying okay?" Spain gently asked as he nuzzled New Spain's head.

New Spain nodded and then ran off to retrieve the supplies Spain sent her to get. Once she found what she had been looking for she ran straight back and gave them to Spain. Spain cleans it up as if it was nothing and didn't tell her a thing.

"If there is anything in your life that happens please don't be afraid to tell me. If any one touches you in anyway you don't like please don't feel like you have to hide it from me. Don't worry I won't get mad at you I'll be mad at who ever does that to you," Spain insisted.

"Okay, but Big Brother Spain, no has touched me in anyway that I don't like," New Spain argued. She didn't have any idea what Spain was talking about.

"Oh that's right you're still too young," Spain sighed, "forget it."

"Okay, but don't worry you know I always tell you everything," New Spain replied.

"Alright, now run out and play," Spain said giving New Spain one of his goofy smiles.

New Spain did she turned around and went outside to play. On her way outside she bumped into Rio de Oro, she had practically forgotten about him. In his tiny arms he carried some of her siblings' wet sheets. Although since she bumped right into him some of the sheets were atop his head.

"I am so sorry, here let me help you, Rio de Oro," New Spain apologized giving Rio de Oro a hand.

"Its okay, Miss New Spain, I can handle it," Rio de Oro murmured, "I don't think Spain would want you talking to me anyway."

New Spain didn't say anything and just let Rio de Oro be. She knew that she had nothing to say about the matter. She already knew what Spain would do to anyone she would interact if he did not approve. A majority of the time she would have to feel the other end of Spain's rage, just for trying to make friends.

One month later:

'How did it come to this? When did you stop loving me, Spain?' New Spain asked from within her cell.

The walls were grimy and they scared her very much. The beautiful fabrics that at one point had made her lovely dresses were no more. New Spain cried the first night she was forced in here, but then she eventually calmed herself down.

'Rather me then, Puebla,' New Spain thought.

Flashback to a week before:

It was late one afternoon Guatemala had been inside the matador arena. New Spain happened to walk in when she noticed Puebla open the gate and let a bull loose in the arena. In a flash New Spain was there and throw her younger brother Puebla into a rose bush. All the commotion made Spain rush over there to see what was going on. He stopped the bull but Guatemala was really hurt but not that badly. Spain picked him up and then walked over to New Spain but then saw Puebla trying to get out of the rose bush and plucked him out.

"New Spain, come inside," Spain coldly ordered.

New Spain didn't say a word but held her face down as her mind raced to think of a way of taking all the blame. Once inside Spain let both Rio de Oro and Romano deal with both Guatemala and Puebla's injuries, and pulled New Spain aside.

"Tell me what happened?" Spain ordered.

"I am … s-sorry, S-spain, i-it w-ah-s a-all m-my f-fault. I w-was p-playing… w-with th-the g-gate… I d-didn't k-know… G-guatemala was there… th-then P-puebla c-came o-over… t-to t-try t-to st-stop m-me… b-but I-I pu-pushed him into the r-roses," New Spain sobbed.

"What were you thinking, New Spain, you could have killed someone?" Spain shouted his rage searing through his words.

"I-I a-am sss-sorry, S-spain," New Spain sobbed.

"You're sorry?" Spain shouted in disbelief. Then he grabbed a hold of New Spain's locks and pulled her towards the room in which Guatemala was. Guatemala was covered in bruises, his nose was broken, his left arm was also broken and both of his ankles were twisted.

"LOOK AT WHAT YOU HAVE DONE; NEW SPAIN, AND ALL YOU CAN SAY IS YOU'RE SORRY!" Spain barked.

Spain pushed New Spain's face towards Guatemala forcing her to see. New Spain broke down crying she pulled away from Spain's grip and wrapped her arms around Guatemala's head. She began to pet his head as if she was trying to message the pain away.

"I will never forgive you," Spain snarled right before leaving the room.

New Spain shuddered and continued to cry and pet Guatemala's head. Romano saw as how New Spain cried and couldn't help but ask.

"New Spain, it was Puebla, wasn't it?" Romano asked.

New Spain nodded her head no. However Romano knew better, this wasn't the first time that Puebla had nearly killed someone and every time New Spain had taken the blame. She was trying to protect Puebla.

End Flashback:

"Why don't you tell Spain the truth?" Rio de Oro asked.

The cell was dark but Rio de Oro's eyes were visible to New Spain. His cell was right next to hers and every night he would ask the same question. And every night she would give him the same answer.

"I will be alright as long as Puebla is alright," New Spain sighed, "besides now I can fully see the injuries I feel all the time. I know my people are dying, I can feel their pain and they are calling out to me to help them but right now I am of no use to them. I have to learn how to accept pain that way I can free them from the chains that bind them."

Rio de Oro hated New Spain; she had almost willingly given up her own freedom. If he was in her place he would have told the truth and enjoyed his freedom even more. He hated every fiber of New Spain's being, but he was also afraid of her. It happened the second night she was with him. A woman appeared and walked around New Spain's cell while she slept.

"Mi bebe, mi bebe," the figure chanted. That wasn't what frightened him what truly scared him was the feathered serpent he would sometimes see outside and how New Spain would wake up and jump up and pet the horrifying beast as if it were a mere bunny.