How America Became America

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Sorry it sucks... still dealing with how this triggered me. I'm better now, I think...

The next scene started with a tired Amelia staring out the window. The twins were in a small inn. Matthew was looking longingly at his lost twin as he wrote in a journal. Finally, after what felt like forever, Matthew closed his journal and spoke up.

"Amelia," he said softly, "please talk to me. You haven't spoken a word since we left, and that was almost two months ago."

Francis gasped, along with some other nations, in meetings, it was practically impossible to get the personification of America to stop talk. It was unheard to even think of Amelia not speaking for months.

Amelia just looked up tiredly before standing up from her spot and moving to the bed, curling into the blankets. She had a dead look in her eyes.

Her brother quickly crossed the room and put a hand on Amelia's arm, kneeling next to the bed. Her face was obscured from.

Suddenly, Matthew grew more concerned (if possible) and quickly forced Amelia into a sitting position. She had tear tracks on her face.

"Ames," worry was dripping from his voice as he spoke, "what's wrong?"

Amelia just shrugged, numb.

"Come on, why are you crying?"

Whilst Matthew had panic in his voice, Amelia looked confused. She felt her face, and sure enough there were tears. She looked at her older brother in confusion.

The scene ended there, causing the nations to look at Amelia in confusion. She sighed and decided to open up a little.

"I was severely depressed," she spoke up.

"You still are," Atticus said as he popped up.

"Okay, I still am! But, I'm better now. Back then, it was before I learned how to deal with it-"

"Or bury it."

"I will find a way to kill you... Anyway, a lot was difficult for me to do I couldn't even change back into Alfred. I was stuck."

"That must have been horrible," Elizaveta commented.

"It was."

Before Amelia could explain more, the next scene started. Amelia was looking out the car window as the scenery sped by. She turned to look at Matthew, who was fiddling with the radio. She swatted his hand lightly, which caused Matthew to look at Amelia.

She started signing something, and that caused Matthew to stomp on the break. Luckily, they were on an abandoned road.

"What do you mean you want to disappear?" Matthew asked, stunned. "You want to be like me?"

She shook her head and signed something else.

"You want to... die?"

She nodded, serious.

"But we can't die, I know that, you know that."

She nodded slowly before turning and looking out the window. Matthew looked like he was about to cry. He clearly didn't want his sister to think like that.

The scene ended there. Arthur went up to his former charge and just embraced her. At first, Amelia was shocked. She was stiff, but before long, she was relaxed, tears in her eyes, trying to keep them from falling.

"Oh look," Atticus, who was still present, said, "the baby is about to cry."

While Arthur continued to hold onto Amelia, Maria snarled at the man.