Hungary used her key to open the big wooden doors that was the entrance to the girl's dormitory. She pushed the door open and I looked inside. It was beautiful! Marble floors, dark wooden furniture, and elegant curtains on large paned windows. A beautiful chandelier shone sparking light all over the lovely room. I couldn't believe it. Hungary looked over at me and laughed at my gaped mouth look.
"This is the entrance hall of the girl's dorm. It's our meeting and recreational room" Hungary said, pointing to the other side of the room, "Past the doors in the back is the staircase to the different bedrooms and the bathrooms. This dorm is identical one of the boy's dorms. There are four boys dorms and only one girls dorm, if you can believe that." Hungary laughed walking over to one of the elegant looking sofas.
"Come, have a seat, the girls should be down soon. We've all been so anxious to meet you! We haven't had anyone new since Seychelles, and we could always use more girls!" Hungary said with a giggly laugh.
"Hungary! We hear you laughing, is she here?" A voice cried out from the other end of the room. I turned around and saw several girls coming towards me, all dressed in the school's uniform but varying outfits. A short tan girl with bows was first, that was Seychelles. Next, was a taller girl with short fair hair accompanied by a shorter girl with a solemn look and long silvery hair and a bow, Ukraine and Belarus. A tomboy looking girl followed, with short hair like mine but with two bows on either side, Belgium. A small fragile looking girl who looked younger than the rest followed behind, Lichtenstein. And finally, an Asian looking girl with pink flowers in her hair, Taiwan.
"Girls, this is Emilie. She's our new student!" Hungary answered back. The girls quickly hurried over and swarmed me, all eager to meet me.
"So you're related to America?" Belgium asked, as she casually sat down on an armchair across from me. She popped the gum in her mouth, and I desperately wanted a piece.
"Yes. I...I'm-" I stuttered, wondering how I was going to make any sense, seeing that I lived in America and America was here.
"TEXAS" I blurted out quickly. All the girls looked at each other for a moment. I was done for.
"That's so cool!" Seychelles cried out. "Do you ride horses?"
"Do you carry a gun, like brother?" Lichtenstein quietly asked.
" How come your accent isn't very thick?" Taiwan added, cocking her head.
"Well, you sure do look like him" Ukraine said smiling. Belarus just looked me over and snickered. I didn't know how to respond to that, so I just sat on the couch as the other girls chattered all around me like mockingbirds in the springtime.
"Well, we're glad you're here Emilie" Belgium said smiling. "Do you mind if we call you Emilie? I mean, because…Texas refers to America's glasses, and well…I don't think any of us want to call you by one of Americas…parts so to speak" the girls laughed at Belgium's statement, and I laughed a little as well. At least I wasn't from Washington D.C.
"I don't mind at all" I looked up at the crowd of girls around me. Poor girls, they were the only female countries in a male heavy world. I now saw why they were so curious about me and wanted to know me so much, they wanted to be my friend. They wanted to have one more girl so desperately, because they were outnumbered. They probably felt lonely sometimes….
Suddenly, my analytical thinking upon the female country minorities was interrupted by the chime of a large clock bell.
"It's six o'clock!" Hungary announced, clasping her hands, "Time to go to the dinning hall." She turned to me and grabbed my hand, "Come on, let's hurry and get you changed! I'll get in nagged by the boys if I keep you away from them any longer!" I felt my heart begin to beat rapidly, and a queasiness filled my stomach. I was going to meet the Hetalia boys. I WAS GOING TO SEE THEM! America, Germany, Italy, Japan, England, France, China, Russia, Prussia, Sweden, Spain, Turkey, Greece, Finland, Denmark, Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Hong Kong, Korea, Egypt, Canada, Cuba and more! Suddenly, I felt Hungary shove me into a room.
"Here's your room! Hurry and get dressed! I'll be outside waiting" she called out to me from the other side of the door. As soon as I put down my book bags, I looked around my room. A nice comfy bed, a lovely wooden desk, a boudoir, a vanity desk (I never had one of those before!) and a lovely window that looked out over the gardens below. I hurried to the boudoir and opened it. I took out a red plaid jumper. I quickly put it on with my white blouse, black tie, knee socks and brown loafers. I fixed my headband and hurried down the stairs to the outside doors, where Hungary was waiting. She laughed when she saw me.
"Look at you! You're a quick dresser, but a little sloppy" she laughed as she fixed my tie. I laughed as well as she finished and then grabbed my hand.
"Let's go! You must be starving, being passed out and all" she said to me as I glanced at the magnificent school buildings around me that we passed while walking. I had completely forgotten about that. I had been so overwhelmed with being here, and meeting everyone, I forgot about home. How was I going to get back? I-
"Here we are! The Dining Hall!" Hungary announced as we neared two big oak doors decorated by two columns. The butterflies returned and I could feel the blood rushing to my head. I saw Hungary look over at me.
"Don't be nervous. Everything's going to be ok. We're going to walk in, get our food and sit down, ok? Do you norma-"
"No" I interrupted, pushing a loose strand of hair back behind my ear, "I'll be fine. Don't worry" I laughed slightly. "If you knew what I do, you'd be more surprised I was acting this way." I took a deep breath: In through the nose, out through the mouth.
"Let's go"
Hungary smiled as she pushed open the doors. The hall was filled with boys in blue plaid and khaki eating, talking. I could see a couple specs of red, the girls. Hungary directed me over to the food line. It was very creative. There were different sections with the labeling of continents: Europe, North America, South America, Asia, Africa, and Pacific Islands. Within the sections were various foods of the countries and areas that belonged to the geographical locations. I walked over to the salad bar in the middle (the universal salad bar I presumed) and I got some salad. I then got a cup of soup from the North America section. Hungary grabbed some dumplings and meat from Europe and hurried over to me. I grabbed a juice and she grabbed a water from the beverage refrigerator. We both headed over to an empty table and sat down.
"Don't you want to sit with Austria?" I asked spearing my salad with my fork. Hungary smiled.
"Don't worry. I sit by him afterwards, for desert. I let him sit with his friends." She shook her fork at me, lecturing me, "Never be too clingy, or your guy won't like you. Of course, I see him everyday and sit with him in Europe class too, so, it's all right." I smiled as I took a bite of salad. Hungary and Austria were so cute together. I looked up and Hungary giving me a mischievous smile, "But, that's why we're both sitting at this table, in the middle of the Dining Hall, because here comes the welcoming pack now" Hungary mused, pointing to something behind me. I quickly turned around.