(1945, Paris)

"CANADA! WE DID IT! WE DID IT!" Canada was tackled by his brother in a massive bear hug. Canada hugged him back and laughed.

They were covered in blood and tears, they were only a step there. But seeing his mother alive and kissing his father...

That was enough to celebrate.

"Hey guys don't leave me out!" Laughed Aussie jumping on the two, tumbling them to the ground. France and Britain just giggled softly at the teenagers silliness. They were finally being a family again. "Bro are you crying? DAD CANADA HAS EMOTIONS!" Screamed Aussie.

Canada wiped his face. "Oh shut up."

America looped his arm around Canada's shoulder. "Get up dude. I think France has some fancy shamcy wine for us to try. Right?"

France rolled her eyes and smiled. "Maybe, just for you strong boys."

"WOOT! WINE!" Australia whipped his hands in the air. Canada sighed and shook his head as America towed him to a bar.

"C'mon boys, let's have a break." Britain said before sighing. "We'll still have time to save the rest of Europe from that... that monster."

France gripped Britain's hand hard, her bandages loose. Little cuts and bruises showing against her navy skin.

Canada looked to the east. They had a lot to go, he still needed to free his friend in Amsterdam.

But for now, he was going to drink with his brothers.

//(Modern day)//

"ARGH! I HATE MY ROOMMATE!"

"What'd he do this time?" Yukon asked.

Alberta stood for a solid ten seconds. "Wait... your not Sask."

"Woah really? Took you long enough." Yukon was leaning on her bed, sketching something. Alaska was laying on her bed, watching.

Alberta leaned onto the doorframe. "Well we were chatting about politics-"

"Why would you talk politics with a state?" Alaska rolled his eyes.

"Pfft- not the point. So he said he was a red state and I was like damn thought he was a conservative but whatever I mean I live with Manitoba."

Alaska and Yukon looked confused for wildly different reasons. "But Texas hates red provinces?"

"That's what I thought! So then he asked what I was and I asked what district? He looked at me super confused and said no I mean over all. So I said I guess I'd be a blue province and he looked at me again like I was insane!"

"You're a blue province?" Alaska looked at her in confusion.

"I mean if we're going what most my districts vote as then yes." Alberta shrugged. "But if we talking like North, Yukon, Nunavut, Sask, Newfoundland they all voted the same overall. Yuki is a red province because she has only one district."

"I'm a red state too!" Alaska high fives Yukon.

"Then he asked why I wasn't friends with BC then. I said who told you I'm not friends with BC she's my sister, sure a sister who lost me 2 billion but still my sister. He was like so then you are a Democrat and I said no, most of my districts are just conservative. Blah blah blah now I have to wrangle a bull."

"How did that go to bull wrangling?"

"If I told you I'd break a brother's secret."

Yukon looked her sister up and down, "Then why are you here?"

"Here's the thing, I kind of needed polish for my boots and I locked myself out of the farmhouse to get it." Alberta laughed a little and looked around the room. "So, you guys have any?"

Yukon closed her sketchbook and got up, "No, but I know someone who does."

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"Yuki, shoe polish and axe polish aren't the same thing." Alberta grumbled. Yukon shrugged as she swung around one of Newfoundland's axes.

"Pff,Iveused'eminterchangiblyfuryears." Newfoundland shrugged grabbing the axe back to hang on the wall.

"What she's saying is that they're probably the same thing." Labrador said.

"No, you use shoe polish to tidy up shoes and axe polish to do... whatever the hell you guys are doing with that crap. It smells horrible."

Newfoundland rolled her eyes and threw a small axe at a dart board. Silently warning the two to get out of her space. Louisiana gave a little wave hiding in the corner.

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"Hair polish?"

"No, shoe polish."

"Why do you need hair polish for shoes?"

"DO YOU HAVE SHOE POLISH!"

"NO!"

Alberta slammed the door and left Florida and a hungover Nova Scotia. "Yukon... I swear if you mess up one more time I'm going to light something on fire and you are the closet."

"Ah please this has got to be the one." Yukon said walking through the house, slightly nervous of the province tailing her. She found a door and started knocking on it violently. It was thrown open after awhile.

"WHO THE HELL DECIDED TO KNOCK ON MY DOOR-"

"OUR door." Someone yelled in the room.

"Yes yes whatever- oh it's you." Northwest grumbled. "What do you want and make it fast, I'm watching a movie with Hawaii and Nunavut."

Yukon was about to talk before she heard music from the background. "Are you watching Ice Age?"

"Are you questioning my taste in movies?"

Alberta moved in front of Yukon, "Y'know what all we need is some shoe polish."

"Where's yours?"

"... unimportant. Just do you have it yes or no?"

Northwest sighed and went into his closet and tossed some black container. On it read, A Kiwi's favorite boot polish. "Only use a little, this stuff costs me quite a bit."

Alberta did a fake salute and disappeared through the doorframe. "Thanks dude- you're a lifesaver!"

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"Snowflake, any last words?"

"Yeah- that Im going to beat you and then use your cowboy hat as a frisbee for my dog!" Alberta sneered, buckling up her cowboy boots. She jumped up on the stirrup and gave Texas a middle finger. He just grumbled and stuck out his tongue.

"YOU GOT THIS AL'!" Screamed Saskatchewan in the background. "I BET A LOT OF MONEY ON YOU SO YOU BETTER WIN!"

"I got this don't worry." Alberta winked and grabbed the bull as the gate opened. She yanked hard to the bull as it tried to throw her off.

1, 2, 3

She flew into the air, the only thing keeping her on the bull were her hands and a lucky foot.

4,5

A mutter came from the stands as Al' held her breath between the bull's bucks.

6,7

Yukon eyed Alberta right in the eyes as Alberta tried steering it. She had one more second and-

8

"HA IN YOUR FACE!" Alberta laughed as the bull threw her to the dirt and ran. Texas grumbled as she did a little victory dance. "SASK YOURE SPLITTING YOUR WINNINGS WITH ME!"

"SCREW YOU!"

"Impressive for a-" Texas began before Alberta ran away from him with a middle finger. She climbed up the railing and dove into Saskatchewan's cash and grabbed a few twenties.

Sask grumbled as Al' sat up and leaned on the seat in front of her. She counted her winnings as Yukon walked over.

"So you did all this to protect a secret?" Yukon asked.

"Yep, siblings support siblings. Plus it's fun to beat up Tex."

"Well then it's gotta be quite the secret."

"Mmhm, and I can't let Tex and his friends know." Alberta put on a more serious face and stuffed the cash into her bandana. "They'd try and ruin his life."

"Who's? What's the secret?" Yukon whined.

Alberta huffed and pulled her twin out of her seat. "Everyone but Newf, Nun and you know. So basically everyone who joined before you knows."

"Then how do you two?"

Sask rolled her eyes. "Mani couldn't keep a secret if I put a gun to his head."

Yukon nodded but still frowned, "Well can you at least tell me who its about?"

The twins looked at eachother in thought before Alberta nodded.

The three girls walked out of the rodeo house and Alberta stopped near where Ontario and Quebec were chatting and eating. She nodded towards them.

"It's about Quebec, I might hate him but-" Alberta turned away and began walking out. "He's still my brother, and if Texas knew, everyone would."

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