America the Beautiful (United States of America #1)

Prologue

"You must disguise yourself like the white man, and do be sure to never allow yourself to be seen, daughter."

Those were the words her mother had told her before England, France, and Finland had found her.

America still remembers them like they were only yesterday, when she was still a child colony, under no threat of being discovered as a girl. That was, until the settlers arrived, whose skin were as white as her own, and who looked nothing like her mother or her mother's people. 

America may have been young during that time, but she wasn't stupid nor naive. Not one bit. She knew everyone was afraid, and for good reason, for their way of living was going to be forever changed, and not in their favor. America's mother, Native America, feared the worst, and disguised her daughter as a boy, knowing women were seen as tools for men, which America herself would later see face-to-face as she grew up under England's care.

A lot of the male countries were sexist back then, and while they have gotten better today, America couldn't stop hiding herself. Force of habit she guessed, but America could only imagine what could've been if she had been found out.

Just the thought of that always made her cringe.

So, to protect herself, America kept up her male facade, wearing many layers of clothing to look more buff, concealed heels to make herself look taller, and retained the childish and arrogant personality so no one would know her true intelligent, serious, and calm personality. America didn't think she would be that good of an actress, as no one, not even England, or her observant brother Canada, noticed. 

America really only had one solution for that: they were too ignorant, all of them.

Though, she much prefers it that way than any.

Back then, while she grew up, America would always learn when she was going to be visited by England or other male countries, so she would have time to make herself look like a boy. Luckily, they hadn't suspected a thing, not even when America noticed the unbelievable.

She was pregnant.

She didn't think it was possible, but when other colonies began appearing in her country, she knew then, but it switched to the fear of being found out that she was female and somehow having a child. The only people she trusted with this information was her maids and even her future boss, George Washington, bless their souls. 

Lucky still, unlike normal pregnant women, America didn't show her developing child, so she wouldn't need to worry about the countries or England seeing her mysterious pregnancy, but she was more worried over when it was time to give birth.

Until one day when America had woken up in her bed to see a sleeping baby in her arms. She had been so shocked she almost dropped the bundle, and the fact that she looked exactly like her caretaker made it worse.

She would eventually learn the little one was Virginia.

To protect her child, America always gave her to a maid when someone would visit her, and as more colonies began to appear, America would always wake up to a new baby, either crying or sleeping, and that first created the thirteen colonies.

They were her first children, and she started to have more after the Revolutionary War.

America truly didn't mean to hurt England, but it wasn't like she had any other choice! He should've known she couldn't have controlled the minds of her people, and she couldn't blame them for wanting to be free of his monarchy, as said king was being cruel to them. So, America had no choice but to join in the fight, even if it meant going against her former caretaker.

Even today, she hadn't healed from that, and obviously, so didn't England, but he didn't have to bring it up from time to time when he thought she was being stupid.

She couldn't believe that the once kind man (despite being sexist) could be so inconsiderate, and she was glad none of the children she mysteriously had with him inherited that from him.

She had to keep him in the dark however, not only to protect herself, but also her children, her 51 children.

Her male name is Alfred F. Jones, but her real name is Emily, and this is how her states came to be and how their fathers impacted them in the future.