America ran as fast as he could his long legs resembling that of a stallion galloping across the field.

America finally stopped running, knowing he was at least miles away from the conference building. America stood at the edge of a cliff, looking down into the abyss below. It looked so dark and empty.....

......just like his soul.

Alfred sighed as he sat down on the cliff side, watching the sun setting. Alfred wiped the tears from his sky blue eyes tried to even out his breathing, which had become uneven and choppy.

Once he was finally calm, Alfred decided the best way to vent his emotions was the way he always did.

Singing.

America cleared his throat of any dryness and started to sing.

"Look at me

You may think you see

Who I really am

But you'll never know me

Every day

It's as if I play a part~"

America did feel like it was his part to play as the worlds punching bag. No one had told him other wise so he thought his destiny was to suffer so the world could thrive.

"Now I see

If I wear a mask

I can fool the world

But I cannot fool my heart"

However, America did learn that if he wore a mask; a persona like his 'hero' one then he could protect the one thing that mattered most to him. His people.

"Who is that girl I see

Staring straight back at me?

When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?"

Back when America refused to enter WWII and defeat the Axis powers, many countries called him a sissy and a coward. He was not a coward or a sissy. He just put his people before them. Nothing wrong with that, right?

"I am now

In a world where I

Have to hide my heart

And what I believe in..."

America stood up straight looking up to the heavens, the setting sun lighting up his already handsome features.

"But somehow

I will so the world

What's inside my heart

And be loved for who I am~"

One day America's mask will fall off and the world will see him for who he is. A blond Sky blue eyed American who will always protect his people.

"Who is that girl I see

Staring straight back at me?

Why is my reflection

Someone I don't know?"

America walked down the hill to a river near the edge of the cliff by a evergreen forest. He looked at his reflection, which stared back at him. He saw golden blond hair, sea-sky blue eyes, a sharp jaw, sun kissed lips; along with sun kissed skin, and a button nose. The world will never realize that he is perfect just the way he is.

"Must I pretend that I'm

Someone else for all time?

When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?"

Alfred took a drink from the stream watching the water ripple. Will he have to pretend until the day he falls like all the other nations say?

"There's a heart that must be

Free to fly

That burns with a need to know

The reason why~"

He really wanted know why the world had gone so plastic and artificial. What happen to the world where the only thing you had to worry about was whether or not you wanted butter on your toast.

"Why must we all conceal

What we think, how we feel?

Must there be a secret me

I'm forced to hide?"

How long will America have to hide, who he really was before he broke? I mean he can only take so much, till he's had enough.

"I won't pretend that I'm

Someone else for all time

When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?.............."

America stood up fully entranced in his singing and let himself be lost with the melody.

"When will my reflection show

Who I am inside?~"

America ended the song and took a deep breath looking down at the clear stream water. America suddenly smiled a genuine and kind smile at the water. He ran back to the conference hall a big grin stretching his face as the wind rushed by him. He will never forget this day, America told himself.

The day he saw his reflection.

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Hey sorry about not updating more I've been trying to get through high school and haven't had the time. Anyway I would like to dedicate this chapter to PeridotKirkland they are an amazing person and writer please if you have some time go check out there books. Please let me know if any of you readers have any requests! Later guys!