Quetzalcoatl flew up to Spain's open bedroom window. As soon as his feet touched the ground of Spain's bedroom, he noticed a palpitating New Spain. Her face looked flushed and was avoiding eye contact, and her legs must have been shaky since she was sitting down on the floor her dress making a silk pool around her. Quetzalcoatl slowly began to walk over to the nervous nation; she quickly looked up once he was right in front of her. Only to reveal puffy red eyes, that told Quetzalcoatl that both her heart and mind were at war within her. She got up like she used to do when she was a baby and wrap her arms around his arm whenever she had a nightmare; however, this time was different she was a lot older and this time she could manage to wrap her arms around his waist. He wrapped his arms over New Spain like a father would around his own daughter, who he hadn't seen in quite some time. New Spain didn't recognize the man who had his arms wrapped around her nor did she know that he wasn't going to push her away. That didn't stop her from crying in his chest and he would just pet her head gently as if he was trying message the pain in her heart to go away.
"Ompa, ne anmotzatzitia ixquichtzin teh anquinequi," Quetzalcoatl soothed into New Spain's hair.
"Parts of me no longer knows what you just said," New Spain cried even louder.
"I know, and that's probably all my fault," Quetzalcoatl murmured, "I shouldn't have left you."
"I don't know who you are," New Spain confessed, "but, in my heart something inside of it remembers you."
New Spain looks up at the man in front of her full of curiosity of who he must have been to her at one point in her life. She focuses on the man's eyes and slowly begins to recognize him. She is no more than two days old when she was first introduced to him. Those red eyes brought her back to the past, when she had been an empire to a time in which woman after woman would come and take care of her as if they were her mother. Ever one of them allows her to believe that she was their daughter, so that she would get used to a female touch in her life. Then why did Quetzalcoatl leave her? As if he were reading her mind Quetzalcoatl answered her question.
"I had no other choice, my nena, your destiny was already written. Just like right now I cannot stop your wedding with Spain. No matter how much I want to, I cannot. Since I know you will be getting married in February 1, 1777 and you will give birth to a healthy baby on October 8, 1777. And that child will help you gain your independence," Quetzalcoatl said with tears in his eyes.
"Then why are you here?" New Spain screamed.
"If anyone is going to give away my baby girl it's me!" Quetzalcoatl smirked.
"But I don't want to marry Spain!" New Spain complained pulling herself out of his arms.
"I know you want to marry Canada. You're dying for him to wrap his arms around you, and take you away in his arms and into a world with only you and him," Quetzalcoatl teased.
"I-it's n-not l-like th-that," New Spain piped.
"Oh come now I know you're dying to be his prisoner. You are a prisoner of his love and the doubts that encircle your mind. And I know at night when you want to cry you console yourself once you think you have found his scent among your dreams. And right there when you saw him for the first time after so many years you were dying to feel his lips on yours," Quetzalcoatl confirmed.
"But I don't want Puebla to die," New Spain cried.
"I know come dry your eyes and let me help you clean that kitchen, because I know Spain will be back in a few hours," Quetzalcoatl urged.
He wanted to avoid the subject of Puebla as much as possible; he did not want New Spain to know of the tragedy that would soon take place in the next two years of her nation life time. He could see it now the blood that will flow out of Puebla's body as he dies in her arms. No he mustn't even think about those sad days right now. He helped her clean up as much as possible and before they knew it they had cleaned the whole entire house squeaky clean. New Spain twirled on the living room floor amazed that she could see her own beaming reflection smiling back at her. Then she plopped down on the floor right allowing her head to rest on the floor. She quickly sat back up and looked at Quetzalcoatl smiling down at her like an approving father would at the apple of his eye. New Spain got up and walked towards him, he was standing right there leaning up against the wall. She stood right in front of Quetzalcoatl; she took his hand and placed it on her cheek. He caressed her face affectionately, while New Spain smelt his cologne that took her back in time.
"Papa, Notatzi," New Spain sobbed, "will you please give me away at my wedding."
Quetzalcoatl sighed with tears burning his eyes and he coldly replied: "No, I will not be giving you away in 'this' wedding. There is no love so why should I give my treasure away to someone she hates. Amo, I refuse. Instead the day will come when you marry the one you truly love and when that day comes then I would love the honor. I have to go now, good-bye."
And with that he vanished into the air. New Spain wanted to reach out and touch him one more time but she sunk to her knees when she noticed that he was more of a ghost than a person.
"Notatzi! Will I ever see you again?" New Spain asked.
He turned around and smile back at her, he took a deep breath and said: "I will never leave you."
New Spain stopped her tears from flowing there was no need to cry knowing that he will always be there for her. A song began to engulf her entire being as if Quetzalcoatl was trying to comfort her from where ever he was.
"Niña, cuando yo muera
no llores sobre mi tumba;
cantame un lindo song mama
cántame La Sandunga.
No me llores, no, no me llores no;
porque si lloras me muero,
en cambio si tú me cantas
yo siempre vivo, y nunca muero.
Lucero de la mañana
El rey de todos los sones
canta la martiniana ay mama
Y rompe los corazones
No me llores, no, no me llores no;
porque si lloras me muero,
en cambio si tú me cantas
yo siempre vivo, y nunca muero.
Quieres que no te olvide,
si quieres que te recuerde,
canta sones sismeños mama
música que no muere.
No me llores, no, no me llores no;
porque si lloras me muero,
en cambio si tú me cantas
yo siempre vivo, y nunca muero."
She listened carefully to the song and understood it's meaning he did not want her to be sad. Instead he wanted her to smile and hold her head up high for what awaited her in the near future. New Spain had to be strong in both mind and body in order to endure what she would have to suffer.
Days later:
Ireland kept getting this weird feeling that someone was staring at him. He quickly opened his eyes only to be encountering red ones looking back at him. Quetzalcoatl's eyes sent chills down his spine, he was almost petrified, however when he finally managed to move it was only to throw holly water at Quetzalcoatl's face.
"What was that for?" Quetzalcoatl asked with a quizzical look on his face.
"I-I thought you were a demon!" Ireland explained.
"Well, as you can see, I am not," Quetzalcoatl responded feeling rather annoyed.
"I don't mean to be rude, but what are you doing here?" Ireland asked getting out of bed.
"I am here to thank you a head of time," Quetzalcoatl replied.
"Thank me?" Ireland questioned.
"Yes, thank you. You don't know what you are going to do in the future for nochpotzin, my dear daughter," Quetzalcoatl answered.
"Wait a minute I thought you said Olmec and El Dorado where New Spain's parent's?" Ireland asked feeling rather confused.
"Oh they are, but I am the one who raised her," Quetzalcoatl assured.
"Then where you when Spain conquered her?" Ireland asked.
"I know what you are thinking. I should have stopped Spain, but the truth is that if I were to have done something about it the world would have ended," Quetzalcoatl chocked, "I had a choice back then, the same one I have now. Save one and kill thousands, or allow one to suffer and let everyone live."
"What do you want?" Ireland asked.
"I need you to give this necklace to Canada and this bracelet to New Spain," Quetzalcoatl responded.
"Didn't you see New Spain?" Ireland asked.
"Yes, but I forgot to give it to her," Quetzalcoatl confessed.
"What do they do?" Ireland asked looking at the articles.
"They are items that allow you to be with each other in the dream realm. Whenever New Spain and Canada want to see each other all they have to do is put the necklace or bracelet which ever they may have and then go to sleep," Quetzalcoatl explained.
"Well how do they know the other is wearing it? I mean they will be so far away from one another," Ireland noticed.
"Well that's quite simple, when the other person is wearing the item the other will turn red," Quetzalcoatl explained, "just tell them that."