Sinovia's Story

This might clear things up for people who don't get the story.

When the world was very young, the Ancient Countries were children being raised by spirits of animals and the Thirteen Gods(I took that from Okami, I don't own it either). Five countries were born around the same time, one was a boy with slightly tanned skin, dark brown hair with a few curls coming off it, and amber eyes. The second one was a boy with light skin, long blond hair, and green eyes.

The third one was a girl with olive skin, slightly waved brown hair that reached her jaw, and lively green eyes. The fourth was a girl with light brown skin, shoulder-length black hair, and bright-eyed brown eyes. The last country however was a different story.

The last country was a girl with pale skin, and slightly shaggy black hair that reached past her shoulders, but her eyes were a rarity: she had golden eyes with silver streaks. They knew each other by appearance but not by name yet.

The dark haired boy told them of exchanging names to get to know each other more. "Roman Empire." He said as he smiled happily. "Germania." The blond haired boy muttered while looking away. "Ancient Greece." The brown haired girl answered with a smile on her face. "Ancient Egypt." The black haired girl answered with a semi-straight look on her face.

The last country, the rare-eyed one, stood up and...turned around and left. The other four watched confused as she kept getting farther and farther away from them. Roman Empire made it his mission to find out what her name was, but his idea was shot down by the others. It was her business so if she didn't want to tell then that was her decision.

Years past and the five kids grew into fine young adults, the four of them were physically in their twenties but the unnamed country had a slow growth and was stuck at the physical age of nineteen, by then the others already knew her name and that she doesn't like to talk unless it's important.

Sinovia, was her name.

Her country got the nickname 'The Jewel of the Pacific' because of it having no civil wars or any new inventions. Her hair had grown more shaggy and reached her waist unless she puts it in a ponytail, then it reached mid-back. She got rid of the outfit Roman Empire handmade for her, she knew it was suppose to be a joke, for a pure black samurai outfit but she never wore the helmet.

Stress from the others was almost pulling her down that she decided to take a walk through the hicana trees to clear her mind from Roman Empire's flirtatious attempts, Greece and Egypt's burden releases, and Germania's constant staring until she saw something that changed her life forever.

"Who's that?" She found him.

In a clearing that the hicana trees made by themselves was a small boy, physically four, with shoulder-length brown hair and amber-streaked brown eyes wearing a red changshan, dark colored pants, and dark brown slippers. He looked sad and lost since he was looking around slightly.

"You're a new country," She said as he looked up to her in slight fear. "I wonder why you were born here. Call me Sinovia, you can ask me anything. Can you tell me your name please?" She just wasn't expecting for him to answer her immediately.

"Nihao," He started sadly. "It nice to meet you Sinovia, the Jewel of the Pacific. My name China, I am where sun sets." She noticed he looked sad as he said it and couldn't help herself. "You poor thing!"

Unfortunately, he said that he was lower in status to her.

She gently picked him up and held him close, never wanting to let him go. "I'll take care of you." She said before walking out of the forest with a new member to her family which only consisted of her.

A month passed and China fell for her, well in the mother-son way. He gave her a couple of hicana flowers, they were pure white in color, and from then on he called her something she never expected.

"Māmā." He said as he smiled at her. From then on if he claimed that she was his mother then she claimed that he was her son. They were never separated unless he went to play with some kids, which ended up with him crying and running back to her.

A year after she adopted him something terrible happened: her country was falling. She decided to give him to the emperor from the land he represented so that he wouldn't see his mother disappear before his eyes.

"I'm going away." She told him as they stood in front of the emperor and the empress, tears threatening to spill out. "When you come back?" He asked, unaware of what was happening. "I won't come back," She said before pulling something out of her hair. "Here take it."

It was her ponytail holder.

He held it as he watched her take a few steps away from him, the tears now falling. "Take care of him." She told the emperor before looking back at the country she called her son. "Māmā?" He asked curiously.

That did it.

She turned around and ran away from them, ignoring the pleas from him. "Sino! Sino! Come back Sino!" She knew that if she turned around then it would be harder to leave him and easier for him to watch her disappear.

I'll return to you my son. One day.

The remaining Ancients found her in the forest and silently and sadly watched as she slowly disappeared, unaware that it was her body disappearing not her spirit. Her spirit watched as China grew into a young man and slowly forgot her until the only thing he remembered was that he called a person that raised him his mother.

It was the time during World War II that she saw her country slowly returning and decided to return as well. The gods would choose who would give birth to her to help her be reborn, but there was a price: she would never be related to the person that gave birth to her.

Unfortunately for her, they chose China, her only family member, her little hicana, her son.