(Sorry for the lame Title :P )Mkay, First off let me make this clear, this fan fiction is just for fun and all the characters are OOC (Especially Edward and my OC, Ai) and Mary-Sueish. This has no relation to the Fullmetal Alchemist Story or my OC's story and I wrote this simply for fun and to feed my fan girl needs. Enjoy! :D
Reviews are welcome and appreciated. Flames are neither welcome nor appreciated. (This is actually my first fan fiction on this site, so bare with me.)
"I'm running away!" a young girl shouted, throwing her arms up in the air. "Be reasonable, Ai. Don't act like a little kid." Ai pouted at her friends words. "What's the point staying here any longer, Alex? All my family is gone." Alex looked up at the brunette in sympathy. "I thought you would be more sad about your grandmother dying, Ai."
"I wasn't that close with her. Of course I'm sad, but you can't sit around crying forever. I've had worse things happen to me, you know that." Ai stood up, "And besides, I have no parents to hold me back. I can leave whenever I want and never come back." Alex stood up beside Ai and they began walking into the market area of Raberall, a small town were the two have lived all their lives. "But, Ai-"Ai interrupted him, "I think I'll leave tomorrow." She announced proudly. Alex froze in shock. "Don't you think leaving like that is a little selfish?" Ai looked at the boy with a slight frown on her face, "No, it's selfish of you to hold me back." Ai looked at her childhood friend one more time and left to prepare for the next day.
Ai couldn't sleep; she was too excited to explore Ametris. So, the next morning she looked like a zombie, and was falling asleep every step she took, but some coffee quickly fixed her mood, even though she's always hated the taste of that stuff.
Ai decided the night before that she would travel to Central. It's been her dream to travel there, and now she could even live there. She grabbed her bag and ran out the door, heading to the train station a few blocks from her house. As she was walking, she came across Alex who was trying to talk her out of going in the first place. "What about a place to stay? Or money? No one's going hire a kid." Ai frowned at him. "Don't worry so much. I'll manage." She said as she continued to head to the train station.
Ai never realized that she'd have to find a way of making money. She had a positive attitude though and decided that if she couldn't get a job earn money. She'd resort to making it the illegal way: with alchemy.
Ai's father was an alchemist, and before he died Ai studied a great amount of alchemy and had a knack for it. She was thinking about joining the military for a while, but deicide that she wasn't good enough and they wouldn't let a kid take the exam anyways.
The train stopped. Ai jumped up from her seat. She was in Central! She ran out the train, grabbing her bag and took a good look at the City she would be calling home now.
Money. Ai panicked and began walking down the street, searching in all the store windows to see if there was a "hiring" sign hung up. Just then she passed by a news paper stand. "The Ads!" Ai, said to herself "there has to be ads for jobs in the newspaper!" She immediately bought one of the papers and sat down on a nearby bench to read it.
She began to search though the pages and pages of ads until she could find a job that she could do. Pet groomer? She had no experience. Carpenter? No knowledge or strength. Maid? Hmm… a maid was something she could do. Cooking and cleaning all day doesn't sound so bad. "Maid Wanted at the Elric Manor." Ai read to herself, "must be able to cook, clean, and do other tasks around the mansion. Housing offered at the maid quarters located inside the estate. Housing?" This way she didn't have to worry about a place to stay. This job was perfect! "Please report to the Elric Manor if interested." That settles it. She had to get to the Elric manor as soon as possible.
Ai decided the quickest way to get there was by hailing a taxi, which was next to impossible to do, but after some time, one finally stopped. "Were can I take you Ma'am?" asked an older man who was driving the taxi. "The erm…" Ai looked at the piece of ad she ripped out from the newspaper, "The Elric Manor, please." She smiled at the man, who smiled back at her.
On the way to the mansion Ai let down her hair that was tied up into two pony tails. It was shoulder length and a lighter brown color. She noticed that most maid wear their hair down rather then up, and she wanted to look as close to a maid as possible as she thought that might affect the decision of who ever may be hiring her.
"So, what business do you have at the Elric Mansion?" the driver asked. "Oh, I'm trying to become a maid there." The man looked a little surprised. "Well, good luck. Your gonna need it. It's almost impossible to get hired there." Ai's heart sank. "Well, I'll have to try my hardest then." She said with a smile. In that moment she looked out the taxi's window and saw a large building. "Wow! It's huge!"Ai said, eyes sparkling. The man chuckled. "That's Elric Manor for you."
Once Ai got out of the car, she brushed off the summer dress she was wearing and stroked her hair. For once in her life she felt confident… kind of. She approached the large gate blocking her way to the front doors of the mansion with caution. Unsure of how she was going to get in. She stood there for a few seconds until an older person asked her what she was here for. This startled Ai but she answer the person whose gender is unidentified, they let her in.
At this point butterflies were in Ai's stomach. She needed this job. Or she would have to prove Alex right and return to Raberall. He walked up to the large front doors of the mansion and knocked on the as loud as she could and the doors slowly opened. That was when she met him.
