Okay, those were some good guesses. As of now, Willow Breeze the first is the only one to get all three that she guessed correct. SwordMasterZ, I'm afraid that Dixie is not supposed to be the former Confederate capital, though that was a good guess. And I am glad you liked that I laughed at your comment about Alfred. And cristy157, you got three out of five right. Here is a list of all the correctly identified OCs in alphabetical order:
Austin- Texas
Louisa- Louisiana
Mary- Maryland
Penny- Pennsylvania
Yes, the OCs are the states, if I hadn't made it obvious yet. I really like stories where Alfred is really protective of his states and that is what this story is somewhat about. By the way, only Mathew knows about all of Alfred's fifty-one kids, Mexico only knows of two and the rest of the world only know about D.C.!
Okay, enough diddle-daddling, I promised you guys a chapter and I'll give you guys a chapter! Please enjoy!
Tensions were high on the airplane bound for London, England. D.C. could feel it rising in the air. Beside her, Marie was also tense, hugging Kumajiro close to her for comfort. It had hard to get on board, thanks to the added security since 9/11, but pulling the "Nation Perks", as some called it, on security had done the trick. Spirit was flying beside the plane, as he hates being forced into a cage. Being bounded to D.C., he could handle. In fact, he chose to be bounded to her. But he hated being caged like some common bird. D.C. could respect that.
When the flight finally ended, both capitals rushed out into the busy London City Airport, searching for their 'friends', since they didn't know how to classify them really. The North American cousins fond the others quickly enough sitting at a small café and joined them.
"Now that we're all here," London said with a meaningful glance at the North American capitals, "what all have we got?"
"In terms of supplies or allies?" Paris asked.
"Let's go with supplies first," D.C. suggested. The other capitals nodded, seeing the logic behind that suggestion, unaware of the true reason behind it. Ottawa knew though. "How about we start with weapons and go from there."
"What have we got?" Rome asked excitedly. Everyone else rolled their eyes fondly at Octavia for her eagerness.
Almost on que, every capital said "Guns," at the same time. They all laughed at how obvious that choice of weaponry was.
"Okay, any other choices?" Berlin asked.
"I've got my dad and uncle's books on magic. I'm sure some of the spells will come in handy," Lizzie said instantly. "I also managed to sneak my knife out of the house."
"I brought my dagger," Pierre mentioned, his hand going to said dagger almost on instinct.
"I brought a knife and pipe, da," Dmitry said, lifting the pipe from its hiding place to show them.
"I've got this," Octavia smirked, bringing out a white flag on a very short flagpole. When the others just looked at her like she was crazy, she started muttering. D.C. managed to hear her say "Ti faccio vedere che è inutile in una lotta {I'll show you who's worthless in a fight}," before the subject was dropped.
"I've got one of my dad's hockey sticks," Marie said, taking the attention away from Octavia.
"And of course, we have our animals," D.C. finished. Flamebreeze was sitting next to Lizzie while Sophia looked asleep curled up on Pierre's lap. Kumajiro was curiously sniffing at things around their table and Spirit was perched on D.C.'s shoulder, having finally arrived while they were talking.
"Who?" Kumajiro asked with a slightly confused look in his black eyes. All the capitals laughed at the polar bear cub who probably had short-term memory loss while the bear just moved his shoulders in what could be a shrug and went back to sniffing around.
"Okay, anything else in terms of supplies besides the obvious," Viktoria asked while still slightly giggling, writing done what all they had on in notebook. The others knew that the 'obvious' included clothes, phones, food items, silverware, personal care products and favorite books to help pass the time.
The capitals continued talking about what all they had, though not a lot of them had anything out of the 'obvious'. They mainly talked about what kind of books that they brought, the Harry Potter series being a favorite to all of them. Everyone had brought their iPods, D.C. and Lizzie had brought their laptops, Marie and Pierre had brought their tablets and everyone had brought several notebooks and pencils and pens. They continued to make small talk for a while before getting back on topic.
"Okay, let's do allies next," Lizzie decided. D.C. and Marie shared a nervous glance with each other, knowing that the time had come. The other capitals were going to learn about D.C.'s siblings.
"I'll go first!" Octavia declared excitedly. "I managed to get Athens on our side, surprising really, and Madrid."
"I managed to get Cardiff, Belfast, Dublin and Edinburg on board," Lizzie commented.
"Minsk, Kiev, Tallinn, Riga and Vilnius," Dmitry said almost uncaringly.
"Königsberg, Vienna, Bern and Vaduz," Viktoria muttered.
"Cayenne and Budapest," Pierre muttered.
"Havana, Canberra, Nassau, and Beijing," Marie said while sharing a look with her cousin. D.C. rather visibly gulped as she mentally prepared herself to reveal one of her and her father's most well-kept secrets. Unfortunately, her actions did not go unnoticed.
"Ispugannyy chego-to, nemnogo amerikanskogo kapitala {Scared of something, little American capital}?" Dmitry near taunted.
"Oukou makemake {You wish}," D.C. taunted back. Everyone stared at her in confusion expect Marie, before just shrugging. It wasn't the first time D.C. had slipped into a seemingly random language so they just let it go.
"Then what allies did you make?" Viktoria asked.
"Tokyo, Mexico City, Alexandra, she's one of dad's former foster kids and the only we've kept in contact with because she found out about us, and-" here D.C. paused looking as if she didn't know if she should continue. Marie coughed pointingly to get her cousin's attention before nailing her with a look that said clearly 'get on with it'. D.C. heaved a sigh and continued, "And my siblings"
Silence. For a moment, there was only silence. None of the capitals knew if she was lying about her sibling comment. Surely, she must mean foster siblings, as Alfred was known to take in foster kids from time to time. She couldn't mean biological siblings. Could she?
"She's serious," Marie commented, watching their reactions carefully, indigo-colored eyes serious.
"But, surly she meant foster siblings, not biological siblings?" Viktoria asked, blue eyes confused.
"No, I mean biological siblings. Besides, only one foster kid knew the truth and I already named her an ally," D.C. responded with a sigh. She knew this would happen, but rules were rules. There was no real reason to tell the other capitals before.
"Mais comment {But how}?" Pierre asked.
The North American capitals shared a look, D.C. looked to be nearly pleading with Marie while Marie shook her head and gave her a pointed look that clearly said 'you already made it this far, get it over with'. D.C. sighed, knowing that it was very subtle revenge from the time nearly ninety years ago, when D.C. had convinced Marie to confess the crush she had on Pierre before it turned too powerful. D.C. knew that the rejection had hit her cousin hard, but this was no time for subtle revenge! Besides, she was breaking one of her father's rules and she knew it!
D.C. took a deep breath and released it slowly, trying to get over her nerves. Dad is going to kill me for this, she thought. "The states," D.C. admitted quietly. There was silence before the chaos started. The gernal outcry was:
"What?"
"Kogda eto proizoshlo {When did this happen}?"
"Warum hast du uns das noch nicht erzählt {Why didn't you tell us before}?"
"Gli stati sono personificati {The states are personified}!?"
"Que se passe-t-il {What the hell}?"
D.C. took it in as best stride as she could, but it was hard when she knew that her father was going to be mad at her. Not even people with the highest security clearance knew about her siblings! Her father didn't even tell most of his bosses about the states, and here she was telling the other capitals! I am so dead.
The other capitals continued to shout in surprise for three minutes before finally calming down. That, of course, was when Berlin thought of something she should have asked earlier. So she did.
"Just how did I not know if I was with America for twenty-six years?"
D.C. and Marie shared a look… and busted out laughing. The only thing D.C. said to hint the others into the random humor was: "I still can't believe she fell for it!" It took five minutes to calm the two North American cousins enough to where they could get an answer.
"Okay, not many people know about my siblings, and in reality I'm most likely in the biggest trouble I can get into with Dad, besides causing another Civil War." D.C. explained. "But, you Viktoria," here, she pointed at the German capital, "have already met some of my siblings."
"But how could I, when this is the first I'm hearing about it?" Berlin asked confusingly.
"That is what's so funny," Marie exclaimed with a giggle.
"Remember your first day?" D.C. asked with a mischievous smirk. Viktoria nodded, wondering what she meant by that. Nothing unusual happened that day, she just met some of Alfred's foster kids. D.C. decided to take a little pity on the heavily confused German capital as she explained. "You actually encountered four of my siblings."
"I thought they were foster children," Viktoria commented.
"Nope!" D.C. said rather cheerfully. It was almost scary how quick she was about to change from being so nervous she could hardly speak to laughing and teasing. But then again, many capitals had to deal with that on a daily basis, so they were used to it. "Ginny, Anna, Charles and Caroline are West Virginia, Virginia, North and South Carolina, my older brother and sisters."
Silence. Once again, D.C. managed to get the capitals present to be quiet. It was just so surprising.
"How did we not know when some of our parent nation once had territory that became a state?" Octavia asked while glancing at Lizzie, Pierre and Dmitry.
"Talli once said she saw Antonio from a distance once. It was during his conquistador days, so of course she was scared and didn't reached out. We suspect that the others did the same thing." D.C. shrugged. It wasn't anything that her siblings liked talking about, though her father likes thinking about it from time to time.
"Ma perché non dirci su questo fino ad ora {But why not tell us about this until now}?" Octavia looked really confused about the whole thing.
"Regulae sint, alia non vis scire Pater {Rules are rules, Dad didn't want the others to know}," D.C. replied sadly. The other capitals looked at each other and nodded, making a decision that would change their existence for the time being.
"Nous promettons de ne rien dire à personne {We promise we won't tell anyone}," Pierre said to the grinning of the other capitals there, showing support to the North American capitals who had just broken one of America's few rules (not that they knew that part yet). Instantly, the two young capitals grinned and sighed in relief. They just had to make sure that Alfred didn't kill them when this was all over.
Translations:
Ti faccio vedere che è inutile in una lotta- Italian- I'll show you who's worthless in a fight
Ispugannyy chego-to, nemnogo amerikanskogo kapitala- Russian-Scared of something, little American capital
Oukou makemake- Hawaiian- You wish
Mais comment- French-But how
"Kogda eto proizoshlo- Russian- When did this happen
"Warum hast du uns das noch nicht erzählt- German- Why didn't you tell us before
"Gli stati sono personificati- Italian- The states are personified
"Que se passe-t-il- French- What the hell
Ma perché non dirci su questo fino ad ora- Italian- But why not tell us about this until now
Regulae sint, alia non vis scire Pater- Latin- Rules are rules, Dad didn't want the others to know
Nous promettons de ne rien dire à personne-French- We promise we won't tell anyone
Okay, how was that for a chapter? I even introduced several more OCs and three more states! Though only two were named. Charles personifies North Carolina and Caroline personifies South Carolina, just in case there was any confusion. I still want more guesses for the others, but at least you now know that D.C.'s siblings are the states (which was obvious)
If you need a list of the state OCs that have been mentioned but not named, here it is:
Dixie
Daniel
Cheyenne
Angel
Denny
Aurora
Nani
Jessie
Helene
Conner
Ally
Talli
I will not update until I get some guesses on these OC's true identity.
I also need help, so please submit OCs, plot ideas, anything.
And here is the Character Capital Profile of the Chapter: Ottawa!
Ottawa- Marie Williams- female- 17- athletic build, shoulder-length pale blonde hair tied in a low ponytail with a blue hair tie, pale indigo eyes- Shy and somewhat uncertain, Ottawa mainly stays close to her cousin D.C.. She loves listening to D.C.'s stories, even if they are about war at times. She's not much of a reader like her friends, but she is a good listener and keeping secrets. If one of her friends tell her something that they don't want someone else to know, she won't tell another soul unless she gets permission from the person she heard it from first- Ottawa once had a puppy-crush on Paris, though grew out of it when she learned that Paris has a crush on London; Ottawa likes to listen to any kind of music that's on the radio; Her father's polar bear, Kumajiro, cares for her a lot; She will sometimes randomly slip into speaking French, particularly when angry- Gun, Hockey Stick
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~pokedawnheart