The American Empire's pov:

It's been eight months since UN brought me home.

I'm holding out strong without gaining new territory and so is Dak and United.

I'm eager to get my hands on New Mexico and Arizona, so our territory can be stronger. The original plan was to go after New York, but Texas and California changed that quickly.

"Thinking about your boyfriend?" United Union teased.

"No!" I glared at her.

We were heading to a check up meeting and I was lost in my thoughts like usual.

"We all know it's true!" Dak chimed in.

"All of y'all are evil." I frowned at the road.

"Look who's Texas is showing!"

My sisters can be so annoying, so I lost myself in a memory.

...

The morning after UN spent the night with Emp ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°) :

I woke up with my arms around someone. UN was sleeping peacefully beside me. I jumped up. "Ow." I pressed my hand against my throbbing temple. UN's eyes fluttered open. He looked up at me and sighed. "Did we do it?" I immediately blurred out.

"What! No!" UN shot up out of bed too.

"I got drunk, right?"

"Yeah at Japan's house..." He grumbled.

"Sorry if I inconvenienced you." I looked away very embarrassed.

"No worries. You're funny when you're drunk."

"Oh no! What did I do?" I ran nervous hands through my hair.

"Next time be sober and you'll find out." He smirked and then left.

Well... dang. Maybe I can ask Japan.

...

Present time:

I sighed as we got out of the car. America was waiting to 'scare' me like usual. "Hey, punk!"

Punk? Wtf? Really?

"What, America?" I yelled annoyed.

"Today's the day!" He ran towards me and I froze.

What is he doing?

Crunch.

That was my nose.

Spuff.

That was me spitting blood out of my mouth.

Crack.

That was my ribs.

"Ughhh..."

That was me crying in pain.

Bam!

That was my head.

Crunch.

Crunch.

Crunc...

Crun...

Cru...

"America, get the fuck off of him!" A familiar person screamed.

Crunches stopped happening.

"Empire?"

Was that person sobbing?

I tried to open my eyes. I tried to move, but all I could do was breathe. Maybe I should try to talk.

"Y-ea-h?" I croaked. Weird that doesn't sound like my voice.

"Oh, thank God!" I think someone was hugging me. That's when the darkness consumed me.

...

Beep.

Beep.

Beep.

Shut the fuck up, please.

Beep. Beep.

Beep. Beep.

Beep. Beep.

OH MY GOD...

Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep. Beep.

"Screw you alarm clock!" I roared and tried opening my eyes. They would only crack apart. Wait, are they swollen?

White. That's all I saw. White bed. White walls. White floor. "Am I in heaven?" I wondered out loud.

"No, you're stuck with me on Earth." A familiar person sighed. Light blue blob check.

"UN?" I mumbled.

"Yes?"

"What the hell happened?"

"America beat you up." He replied shortly.

"Are you mad?" I tried to raise my eyebrows. That hurts too much.

"Yeah."

"At me?"

"No."

"Oh. Then, come here."

"What?"

"Come here!" I whined impatiently.

"Okay. Okay. I'm here." I reached out to the blue blob and hugged him.

"Woah, what's this for?" He hugged back.

"So I won't cry like a baby."

"Ah, we can't have that now, can we?" He chuckled.

I replied by snuggling my head closer to his torso. I could hear his heart pounding. It was beating quite fast. I was about to ask him what's wrong, but another voice stopped me. "Of course you would flirt on your death bed."

I let go of UN. "Does it look like I'm dying here?"

"Shut up. You can't see your own face." United Union's voice drifted closer to me. I couldn't really see her. She blended in with the room. Her arms wrapped around me.

"What's this?" I embraced her back.

"Something that won't happen ever again." She assured me.

"Even if America beats me up again?"

"Yes." She deadpanned.

"Brother!" A gentle voice cried.

"Dak?" I looked for her, but found her when she tackled my chest.

"Ah..." I groaned.

"Be careful!" Several people hollered at the same time.

"Who's all here?" I glanced around seeing blurs of colors.

"Our family, Japan, and UN." United answered.

"Thank you all for coming."

"It's y'all!" Wes and Eas shouted beside me.

Come here, you two!" I laughed and hugged them.

Flora climbed onto my bed and hugged my neck. "It's okay, Flor." I whispered. She started to sob. Someone else did too and grabbed my hand. "Nor?" Her grip tightened on my hand. I didn't know she cared so much. Another person grabbed my other hand. I believed it's Sou and I squeezed his hand.

"I'm glad you are alright." I heard Japan say.

"I'm glad as well." I chuckled. "Thank you, Japan."

I believe she patted my leg. "Your welcome, 強いもの. (strong one.)"

I didn't know what that meant, but I smiled at her anyway. I felt my lip crack. "Ouch." I winced. Someone pressed a tissue to it. The hand was big, so I'm guessing UN.

I couldn't talk with a tissue over my face, so I sat there quietly. The bleeding stopped and I could now open my eyes better. "May I have a mirror?"

"You don't want one." United chuckled.

"I gotta see how much he damaged my beautiful face!" I dramatically groaned with a weird accent.

"Fine." United sighed. A mirror ended up in my face.

"Oh, wow." My face was covered in black, blue, and red marks. He really did a number on me. A bandage covered some of my head. My eyes were basically black and purple bubbles. The room was covered in silence. "I'm still a handsome devil." I faked a grin for the others.

"Agreed." Japan and UN said at the same time.

Okay, that wasn't weird.

UN coughed. "I'm rescheduling the meeting until you are discharged from the hospital."

"Right." I frowned. I'll have to see America again. Yay...

"Okay, kids let's get you in school."

"What?" My bubble eyes popped open. Intense pain shot through my head, but my kids matter more.

"Today's the day." United grumbled at me.

"No!" I refused. I hugged onto Flora tightly.

"We're going to be okay." Dakota patted my back carefully.

I looked around at my family. "Fine, but let me give you hugs before you go."

I squeezed the life out of each of them. "I love you guys." I meant it with all my heart.

"We love you too!" They all said together. It was a little creepy, but I was really happy to hear that.

"Come on or you'll be late." United Union emotionlessly stared at the kids.

They followed her command and left.

Only Japan and UN remained. This isn't going to be weird at all.

...

Dakota's pov:

My gut overflowed with nerves. I will know no one at school and neither will my siblings. What makes matters worst is that I'm in the middle school and they are in the elementary school...

This is gonna suck.

"Alright, Dak, welcome to your new school." United Union frowned as she drove to the front of the middle school.

"Yay..." I sighed. My heart pounded harshly and it was hard to breathe.

"You'll do fine!" Flora held my hand and smiled brightly.

"Everyone will love you!" Nor smiled shyly at me.

"Right." I took another deep breath.

Wes punched my arm. "Next year, Sou and I will be there with you."

"Yeah." I tried to cheer myself up. I grabbed my backpack and exited the car. I waved at United drove off. She surprisingly waved back. She's not really a person that shows that she cares.

A flag that I thought was Poland tapped my shoulder. "Bonjour. (Hello.)"

"Bonjour." I smiled. That's about all I know in French except for other small phrases.

"Je m'appelle Monaco." He smiled back.

He said his name is Monaco.

"Je m'appelle Dakota."

Maybe we can be friends.

"Êtes-vous nouveau ici? (Are you new here?)"

I have no idea what that means.

I shrugged with a clueless expression.

"Ah, you speak English, yes?"

"Oui!"

"Why did you answer in French?" He laughed extremely hard. He could barely breathe.

"I just know a little French." I replied.

"Very nice. Are you new here?"

"Yes I am!" I brightly smiled.

"I'm supposed to help you around the school."

"That's awesome! I was so nervous!"

"You don't need to be! This school is a very good one."

I sighed with relief.

"Let me show you around." He motioned for me to follow him and I did.

...

Flora's pov:

United Union waved goodbye as she dropped us off at the middle school.

"What should we do? Just climb the steps?" Wes asked.

"I guess that's all we can do." Sou shrugged.

"United should have came inside with us." Eas looked down nervously.

"Everything's going to be fine." I comforted the States.

"But Dad is in the hospital bed and..." Eas quickly shut his mouth.

"Did you just call Emp, your dad?" Nor voiced her question in disbelief.

"He treats me like a son!" Eas defended himself.

Wes rolled his eyes. A trick he picked up from United. "Let's just go." He huffed.

"Marhaba." A kid with a flag divided in the left side between the colors white and maroon red waved at us.

"What the hell?" Wes looked at the kid and asked in his most southern accent.

"You shouldn't say words like that!" I scolded Wes.

"Oh, you speak English. Hi." The flag looked slightly uncomfortable.

"What's your name?" Sou asked kindly. He was the most polite out of all of us.

"Qatar."

"I'm South California." He shook Qatar's hand.

"That's my sister, North California. That's West Texas and East Texas. They're brothers. Then, there's Flora." He pointed at me.

Qatar shook hands with everyone except Nor and me. Did he not like us? Nor and I gave each other knowing glances. The boys didn't notice of course. The group walked up the steps  and into the building.

"Hello! Hai! (Hi!)" A beautiful woman with a bright red and white flag smiled down at us. A white crescent and 5 stars peeked at us from the corner of her flag.

"I'm Miss Singapore. I'll show you to your classrooms!"

"You know who we are?" I was extremely surprised.

"I sure do!" She exclaimed.

We followed the lady down the golden hall.

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Boi got beat

Children may get beat

United Union gonna beat someone up

UN and Japan gonna beat each other up

Yep

Story time