You were born in an orphanage, is what they say. You never had a mom, or a dad, grandma or grandpa, nothing. You don’t want to believe that, since whenever you look out your bedroom window you’ll occasionally see a child around your age (seven or eight is your age, or younger) with.. their own parents, not living in a place where the food is shitty like where you are. Don’t get the wrong idea, you sometimes get to go out in the backyards playground and play with others, but it isn’t as fun anymore. You usually just write in your diary. Breakfast, lessons/math/science/etc, lunch break/recess, lessons.. dinner, and then lights off. It was the same everyday. Right now, the lights were out.. and you were about to go to sleep before- Knock, knock, knock! Someone knocked on the door and slowly came in, and they said that tomorrow afternoon at lunch, you were gonna get picked up by your new parent.. a StateHuman. The one being Maryland. You haven’t heard much about him, but you’ve specifically heard about his father, America

You had a hard time falling asleep, being excited and all to get out of this place, even though you won’t be able to see your friends again.. or at least for a while. After some time you fell asleep.. and then woke up! Today was the day! You went and had breakfast, did your classes and got C+ or A+ on your test.. and then came lunch. You were outside, sitting on the edge of the slide as you ate out of your tray, and then you saw someone walk in. A man, with one yellow wing, being fairly tall, and also looking very proper. His hair was up in a small bun, and he looked very tough as he looked around, probably for you, since, he definitely wasn’t one of the caregivers at all, was he? You slid down the slide and set your tray on the ground, walking towards him as you just.. stared at each other for a bit. He put out his hand for you to shake, and you hesitantly shook it back. It was.. err.. kinda awkward. Though, you’d probably get used to it eventually, right?

You walked with him to the front desk and signed a paper with your name on it next to his, approving that you agreed to being adopted by the man. You then began to walk out, and it was so.. unusual. Buildings, new people and cars, and other stuff which you just weren’t used to. Maryland gave your hand a small squeeze, as for reassurance and to calm your nerves. You got in the back seat of his car, and you began to drive off. The way the car sometimes bounced over a bump felt a bit adrenaline pumping, but fun. Sooner or later you arrived to his house, and it was a mansion! He guided you inside, past the flower garden with a fairly kind looking butler watering them. The inside was even more pleasant. It wasn’t filled with gold or anything.. it was more relaxed. With comfy looking chairs, a mix of brown, gold, red and orange.. and it was pretty nice. Maryland placed a hand on your head, giving it a small rub as he spoke up with a gentle tone of voice

“You can get settled in, I’ll be in the kitchen over to the left making some snacks. Sound good…? Meanwhile, you can hang in your room.. upstairs at the right middle door..”

Maryland asked, looking down at you