What's Up With These People and Curls? {My Hetalia Fanfic}

Chapter 1: How Things Are Going To Be

Hello, everyone! I just wanted to say that I started writing this because I had already thought of a story were a girl goes to a school and figures out she is a country WAY before I found BookBird1497's story, What is..."Home"?, which I really love! I decided FINALLY to post it because she inspired me to gather the courage to post it. Thanks, Bookie!

Things Bookie used that I wrote before posting this:

- Female pretending to be male

- One parent is an alcoholic and the other is dead

- Main character runs away to a school

- Main character's first name starts with a 'M'.

I just wanted to say, I DIDN'T COPY BOOKIE NOR DID SHE COPY ME! I wrote this story LOOONG before I found Wattpad and BookBird1497 and I just now got the courage to post it! You know what they say, great minds think alike! :3 P.S. Don't play the video until I say! ;)

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I double checked my bookbag to make sure I had everything I needed.

'Pocket knife, check. Water bottle and crackers, check. Ace bandages, check. Change of clothes for both my sister and me, check. $35, check. Notepad and pen, check. "Mom's" IPod, check. Lighter and matches, check. Black wig, check. Woman's item's I don't need to name, check! All ready!' I thought to myself as I repacked my bag for the 2nd time tonight.

It was about 3:27 in the morning and I, Maria Johnson, made my great escape with my little sister, Julian Johnson. I dressed in my dark brown pants that were torn at the end of the legs and a light brown long sleeve shirt to cover my flat-as-a-board chest. My black hair was back in a braid that was kept together with a blue bow and the on the right side of my bangs, I had a black barrette there to keep them out of my face. I also was wearing my light brown moccasins that had a thin sole to them.

My sister was trying to get as much sleep as she could before we had to go. She fell asleep in what she was wearing when we ran away. She was wearing a pink t-shirt with a flower on it that says under the flower, "I'm me!" and some blue jeans that went down to just before where her ankles are. She had her light pink tennis shoes on and under that she had on some pure white socks. Her red hair's down so it was just above her shoulders.

I put my dark-blue backpack on my back and shook my sister lightly so she would wake up.

"Five more minutes..." she mumbled cutely in her sleep.

I smiled and said, "We don't have five more minutes, Julie."

"Okay..." she grumbled. She stood up,turned 90 degrees, and rubbed her eyes with one hand while holding her pink bunny with the other and she looked just like a red-headed Mitsukuni from Ouran High school Host Club.

I chuckled and held out my arms behind her back as I told her, "Fall back."

She did and I caught her bridal-style.

"Today is the day when we leave "Mom"," I whispered happily into her ear.

"Yay..." she answered quietly like FlutterShy (RadioZap777, you happy? MLP reference in MY story!)

I looked down to see that we forgot to grab our baby kitten, Talia. She was the cutest little ginger kitty from miles around. I set Julie back down and scooped up the kitty in the palms of my hands. I handed Julie Talia, "Be very careful and keep a good hold on her, ok?"

She nodded and I held out my arms out gesturing her to fall back and I caught her falling and looked around my sister's and my room for the final time.

"Let's go." I whispered and we walked out of our room, through the living room and we got to the front door and Julie turned the door knob and opened it. I was about to close it when I felt no need to. "Forget it," I told myself and ran off into the big and dark woods that were behind "Mom's" house.

"I'm scared, what if "Mom" finds us?" my little sister asked as she broke the silence.

"She won't, do you want me to sing your lullaby?" I asked her to calm her down.

She nodded and I started singing while running (play the video now!), "Feeling my way through the darkness, Guided by a beating heart, I can't tell where the journey will end, But I know where to start."

"They tell me I'm too young to understand, They say I'm caught up in a dream, Well life will pass me by if I don't open up my eyes, Well that's fine by me, So wake me up when it's all over, When I'm wiser and I'm older, All this time I was finding myself, And I didn't know I was lost," she sang back.

"So wake me up when it's all over, When I'm wiser and I'm older, All this time I was finding myself, And I didn't know I was lost. Doo doo do doo-doo-do doo-do doo do do do-do-doo do-doo, Doo doo do doo-doo-do doo-do doo do do do-do-doo do-doo, *etc...*" I sang back. (Do I have to type it all? xD She doesn't say etc. she just keeps singing the sulfage. Wait for the lyrics to play before reading the next dialogue.)

"I tried carrying the weight of the world, But I only have two hands, Hope I get the chance to travel the world, But I don't have any plans."

"Wish that I could stay forever this young, Not afraid to close my eyes, Life's a game made for everyone, And love is the prize. " I sang, whispering the last part, "So wake me up when it's all over, When I'm wiser and I'm older, All this time I was finding myself, And I didn't know I was lost."

"So wake me up when it's all over, When I'm wiser and I'm older, All this time I was finding myself, And I didn't know I was lost. Didn't know I was lost, I didn't know I was lost."

"I didn't know I was lost"

"I didn't know..." we sang together.

"Doo doo do doo-doo-do doo-do doo do do do-do-doo do-doo, Doo doo do doo-doo-do doo-do doo do do do-do-doo do-doo, *etc...* " I sang. (Again, don't need to type it all! xD)

There was a short moment of silence before Julia let out a quiet, "Thank you."

I smiled and kept running, I had been running for a solid ten minutes, 3 minutes of those ten being us singing. Singing and running is tiring! I was really out of breath when my sister told me to rest. I shook my head but she kept nagging me to so I wouldn't pass out with her in my arms. I finally nodded and set her down and sat against a tree with my knees against my chest, breathing heavily.

"You're a fast runner, Mari!" my cute sister exclaimed happily. I put my legs in a criss-cross position and held out my arms in a gesture to give me a hug and she rushed into my arms. "Maria, you're the best sister ever!"

I was so surprised and happy that I felt tears going down my cheeks and I felt my sister's flowing down her face and into my shirt, "We did it," I whispered happily into her ear, "We escaped "Mom"."

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FLUFFY ENDING IS FLUFFY!!! xD

Such a heart warming start for my new series, What's Up With These People and Curls?. :)

The picture is the closest picture I could find to what Julian looks like! :D

I don't own anything to the song or lyrics in this chapter.

Tell me if you enjoyed in the comments or by leaving a vote! I love getting feedback from people! :D Should I keep this story up or tear it down? Jk jk, I won't do that! xD If you want to give me ideas for what should happen to Maria and Julian Johnson, message me! If you want to tell me my spelling/grammar mistakes, please do, tell me what story, chapter, and sentence it's in! :D Thanks and buh-bye!