Adventures of the Golden State (Hetalia)

Author: Ashynarr

Summary: Under much protest and complaint, I've decided that since I have nowhere else to put these, I'm going to share some of my state OC drabbles to see how people like them. Mostly focused on California, but will feature other states.

Disclaimer: Hetalia's not mine.

Warning: State OCs

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"What's this?" Isabel asked, looking from the empty book she'd been handed up to Alfred, who smiled and shrugged at the question.

"It's a journal. You can write down or draw whatever you want in it, and look back on it whenever you want in the future."

"Oh." She nodded slowly, not sure what to think about the gift right now but not wanting to be rude about it. "Thank you."

"No problem," He replied, ruffling her hair with a smile. "Be good for Ms. Burgins, and I'll try to be back in a few years to check in on you, alright?"

"Okay," She mumbled, not wanting to try and argue the point again after the mess of last time.

Alfred stepped away to give his farewell and a few last second clarifications to her new human tutor and nanny, before turning back to her. "If you want, you can send letters - they might take a while to get to me, but I'll definitely read them and reply when I can."

Isabel nodded, holding the journal close to her chest as he smiled again before turning and walking out of the house. She wasn't sure how long she stared after him, hoping vaguely that he might change his mind and come back and stay for at least a little while longer, only to be startled out of it by Ms. Burgins, who seemed to be at least somewhat understanding of her internal conflict.

"Get washed up and ready for bed; we'll start your lessons tomorrow."

"Yes, ma'am," The young State replied softly, moving to obey while her thoughts drifted to the last gift she'd gotten from her Nation. What would she even use it for?

...maybe she'd think of something tomorrow.

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Isabel blinked as she came back from the book she was browsing through at the sharp cry of her phone, wondering who was calling this late in the evening. She set her book down and got up from her couch to grab the phone, putting the receiver to her ear. "Hello?"

"How could you do this to me?"

The State blinked again. "Ben? Isn't it, like, two in the morning for you?"

"It's your fault!" He whined, further confusing her as she leaned back against the wall with a frown. "You and your stupid meddliring!"

"...are you drunk?"

The Eastern State let out what might have been a sob. "I can't get the sight out of my head, and I'm gonna be scarred for life and it's your fault!"

Isabel sighed, using her free hand to pinch the bridge of her nose. "Ben, unless you tell me what I did wrong I can't actually say if I had something to do with it or not."

"He was there, with her, like he had some right to be there, and then they started - augh, damnit, now it's in my head again fuck you-"

"Wait wait wait," She interrupted, realization dawning alongside a wicked grin. "You're telling me you went to Sue's house and caught her and Sammy making out?"

The dismayed cry from the other side of the line was all the confirmation she needed, and she started laughing helplessly.

"No, stop laughing, this isn't funny you asshole!" Ben tried to cut through to little effect.

"Are you kidding, this is amazing, oh my god," She wheezed out, holding her free hand to her chest now due to how much it ached now. "I wish I had a video of your face when you caught them."

The eastern State switched from pleading to swearing, quickly slipping from English as he thought of more ways to vow revenge against her person and Sam and everyone else who he felt had slighted him at some point. She bit back another burst of giggles, setting aside a few of the more creative swears for future use.

"Seriously, Ben, get over it. They're cute together, and happy, and that's all your should be concerned about."

"You don't have to deal with it being shoved in your face everyday!"

"Poor poor Benny, how you suffer," She retorted flatly, not wanting to admit that she might be a bit disgruntled as well if Sam lived right next to her and boasted about it all the time. "I'm sure your massive piles of money will comfort you in these troubled times."

"Fuck you-"

"Go to sleep already, it's way too late for you to still be up. Cry to your neighbors tomorrow about your hangover or whatever, but I want to get to sleep, thanks."

With that she hung up, after a bit deciding to unplug the phones to avoid him calling back and interrupting her sleep.

(After, of course, indulging in another short burst of laughter.)

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"You know what I miss?" Isabel sighed, setting down the potted tomato plant by the hole she'd dug for it. "The grizzlies."

"Grizzlies?" Sue replied, sitting up from where she'd been mixing in new soil around the avocado tree. "Why would you miss them?"

"Well, I mean there weren't a lot of people for me to hang out with for a long time," The western State shrugged, waving her hands around her to showcase her point. "And the guys at the missions didn't usually have much time for me, so I sorta just wandered on my own a lot."

"And so you just wandered the wilds and charmed the woodlife?" Her friend asked, eyebrow raised.

"Pfft, don't I wish. I was never an animal charmer like Al, but for some reason the grizzlies were always willing to put up with me. Maybe they thought I was like their cubs or something, I 'unno, but it was fun wandering around with them and petting their fur. Even slept on them sometimes; they were the best fuzzy pillows, even if they had fleas and stuff."

Sue shook her head in exasperation. "Is that why the bear's your state symbol?"

"Yep, that's basically why. Shame they all got hunted out of here, I really would've liked to have known if they still liked me or if that would've worn off by now."

"I'm sure you would've figured something out if that happened," Her friend replied. "What would you do if they did still like you, though?"

Isabel grinned, thinking back on her childhood adventures. "Totally sic one or two on Sam next time he comes by, since he still hasn't paid for the herbs he trampled."

"Bella!"

"What, it'd only be a bite on the ass or two at most. Probably. And you know you'd be right behind me if he'd done it to your garden."

Sue refused to answer that, instead asking another question. "Why bears, though - you'd probably get better revenge though something less… extreme, I guess?"

"Nostalgia," Isabel smiled, gaze off in the distance. "You know, one of the reason he probably didn't come by more often was because this one time, he caught me while I was playing with some bear cubs."

"Oh no," Sue leaned forward, smiling as well. "What happened then?"

"Well, he clearly didn't stop to think, just walked right on over and tried to grab me since he'd come with Mexico to check in on things and she'd wanted to make sure I was still alive at least."

"I'm sure she did care at least a little bit, Bella, you need to drop it at some point."

"I'll drop it when you drop your grudge with Arthur."

"...Point."

The western State grinned again. "Of course, mama bear was right behind some trees chowing down on some berries while watching us, so when he walked up…"

"...she thought her cubs were in danger and attacked." Sue finished, shaking her head and trying not to burst out laughing at the image.

"I don't know if I've ever seen him run so fast since," Isabel agreed cheerfully. "I feel a little bad about it now, but at the time it was wildly hilarious to see this teenager just running like the legions of hell were chasing him, this bear that probably weighed almost twenty times what he did right on his heels. She stopped after a few minutes once he was gone, and I didn't think much of it until I went back to the mission the next day to find him still worked up and Mexico put out."

"Wow," Sue laughed softly. "That sounds like something I need to hear about from him too."

"Get me a pic of his face when you bring it up," Isabel pleaded. "That has to be worth a place in my scrapbook."

"I'll see what I can do," The eastern State promised.

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AN: Probably could have written more around this theme, but I sorta lost motivation along the way and I've been reading fanfiction and stuff to relax after the stress of July, but I'll be getting back to main fics and stuff soon!