I own nothing. Read my other Soul Eater story before this! This takes place as Ed visits to have his arm replaced. And to prevent confusion the OC Al will be called Alistair.
DWMA Laboratory, Derick
"Are you ready?" Free's voice said over the speaker.
"Yes!" All of us said.
We had volunteered to test out a new way of fast travel around the world ever since the whole Whitestar incident. It used Free's dimensional magic eye to teleport our forces quickly. Now we were about to test it for real.
"Alright now brace yourself!" He said and a green box appeared around us filled with numbers.
A number of rolls of paper flew around the room setting the coordinates. Free suddenly sat up and yelled something before everything disappeared in a flash of light.
Resembol, Edward Elric
I was sitting on the front porch of the Rockbell house when I saw a huge ball of light appear over our old house. When I could see again a few humanoid shapes falling out of the air.
I sat up and yelled for Alphonse to follow me. We ran down the road to the ashes and found a strange group of teenagers scattered around the house. Two were on the road one was in the chimney holding a gold gun and two more were in the center.
The two in the middle were in trouble. A tall kid with sandy hair had a beam through his shoulder and the other was about to be crushed by a falling block of wood. I clapped my hands together and touched the ground. Instantly a wall of earth appeared between the guy and the wood. I jumped into the house and yanked the beam out of the guys shoulder.
I could see the inside of his arm and I saw that most of his upper arm was gone, pushed out by the beam. I made a quick decision and ripped the arm off then wrapped some cloth around the shoulder. I tossed him to Al and told him to take the kid to Winry and Pinako they would keep him alive even if I couldn't.
As Al disappeared down the road I went around and picked up the other people around the house. I set them under the tree nearby and waited for the to wake up.
Almost an hour later the guy who had almost been crushed woke up and started freaking out.
"Wha-? Where's Derick?!" He started yelling.
"Calm down your other friend is being treated for an injury he received while he was unconscious. While we wait for your friends to wake up why don't you tell me where you guys are from?" I said.
"Sure..." He proceeded to tell me about a place called the DWMA and a guy named Whitestar. He also told me his name was Alistair. Finally he told me about the experiment that had sent them here.
"Are you sure you didn't bump your head? I've never heard of a 'Kishinn' or any place called the DWMA. And I've never heard or seen anyone turn into a weapon." I told him.
"Well to prove I'm not making this up..." He said then turned into a black katana.
I grabbed the hilt and found that it seemed to weigh a few tons. I tried lifting it and failed.
"Our souls aren't compatible that's why you can't lift me." I heard Alistair's voice say in my mind.
I let go of the sword and sat down as he turned back to a human. Just then a loud boom came from Winry's house and I turned to see Al flying out of the window.
"What the...?" I said in shock.
"That would be Derick. He can be sliced open and keep going but a needle scares him more than death." Alistair said scratching his head.
"Well Pinako will get him down or Winry will with a wrench." I told him.
"I'd hate to be him right now." We said at the same time.
Derick, Rockbell household
The tiny lady was still trying to stick a needle into the stump of my left arm even though I had punched the armored guy out the window.
I was about to play my trump card and extended a scythe blade from the stump... Right as the blonde girl nailed me in the head with a wrench.
I fell over dazed and the lady stuck the needle into my arm. I stopped struggling and just let them go ahead. Now that the needle was in there was no point in panicking.
I fell asleep after a while and when I woke up everyone was sitting around the room. Almost everyone was asleep except Alistair who was rocking his chair and staring out the window. I sat up awkwardly without my left arm. It was numbed so I didn't feel anything but it still felt weird.
Alistair got up and drug his chair over to talk to me quietly.
"Ok, one why is my arm gone? Two where are we? And three why is there a walking empty suit of armor?" I asked him.
"Your arm was missing most of its upper bones so Edward ripped it off to free you. Where somewhere called Amestris in another world. And finally... Well you can ask Ed and Al about the armor." He told me.
"I'll tell you." The armor said.
Alphonse told me about how he and his brother had tried to bring back their mother and what it had cost them. He also told me about automail which drew my interest. When he saw my excited look he told me the after effects and how painful the process was.
"I still want to do it! I can't fight as well without both arms and a mechanical one might be much stronger than my original!" I told them.
"Are you sure?" Alistair asked me.
"Yes!" I said determinedly.
"Alright I won't stop you but Raigina is going to kill you when we get back." Alistair said smugly.
That made me depressed. She was going to kill me no matter what.
Death Room DTK
"Kid if you don't tell us where our kids are I'm going to strangle you!" Maka yelled at me.
Raigina and Elsye were glaring at me. Tsubaki was running in circles. Liz just had a dark aura hanging over her and was glaring at me as well.
"I can't tell you unless Truth tells me I can!" I yelled back at her.
"Why not? You're a god to so act like it!" She yelled.
"Go ahead Death." A voice behind me said.
I turned to see truth within the mirror behind me smiling like only he could.
"Alright. The kids have been sent to a place where a form of science/magic still exists known as alchemy..." I told them all about Amestris and the land that the kids were in and the story of the Elric brothers. I also told them about Derick's arm.
"WHAT?!" Raigina and Maka yelled. The others just had shocked expressions.
"I assume that you want to help them?" Truth asked.
"YES!" We all yelled.
"Very well I shall send four of you to Resembol to assist them." He said.
He snapped his fingers and Raigina and Elsye disappeared. Next Angela and Emily vanished.
I leaped through the mirror and grabbed truth.
"You had no right to send those children there!" I yelled.
"I know what I'm doing Death. The young generation needs to stand on its own two feet. Trust me." He said.
"Very well." I agreed.
I stepped back out of the mirror and was immediately Maka chopped.
"Weakling! Don't just give in!" Maka yelled.
Resembol, Rockbell operating room Derick
Alistair Kevyn and Michael were holding me down so that I wouldn't release scythes when the pain hit. Granny Rockbell was just fastening the metal to my shoulder and I was bracing myself for it.
The pain suddenly hit and I clenched my teeth before releasing a scream.
Raigina
Elsye Angela Emily and I had landed in a heap outside a burned house under a tree. We got up and looked around. There were fields everywhere with a few houses scattered around. The nearest one had a sign out front that said "Rockbell Automail" so we assumed that was the house we were looking for. Derick screaming in pain made it a dead giveaway.
When we got closer we found Andrew and Kayla on the front steps trying to drown out the noise. They didn't notice us until I tapped them on the shoulder.
Andrew grew even paler than normal and fainted while Kayla leaped up and gave me a hug. I wanted to go right in but Kayla refused until the operation was over. In the meantime we chatted and sparred with Ange and Emily.
After two hours the sun was beginning to set and Kayla allowed us inside. Derick was passed out on a bloody cot and a complex mechanical mechanism wrapped around his left shoulder. The others were standing around a map discussing plans with a short blonde kid.
"Hey guys who's the pipsq-" I blocked the kids punch and zapped him with my soul. The others all freaked out that we were there.
"What the... How are you guys here?!" They yelled.
"Some guy named Truth sent us here after talking with Death." I said.
"Wait you talked with the Truth?!" The short kid yelled.
"Yeah why?" I asked.
"He's the one who took my limbs and my brother's body! I need to see him to get them back!" He told me.
"Then you must be Edward Elric! Death and Truth told us about you." I told him.
"Dammit he even keeps tabs on us." Ed said crying.
Derick, recovery room
I woke up and saw the moon through the window. It was so peaceful that I forgot about the pain for a minute. Then it all came back and I started coughing up blood.
Once I recovered I saw someone standing next to the bed. I looked up and saw Raigina's face.
I was about to yell when she clamped her hand over my mouth. She shook her head then pointed at the wall where Alistair was sleeping. She quietly and briefly explained what had happened and told me she would explain everything in the morning.
When I woke up again I was alone in the room and I could hear everyone outside. I picked up the crutch next to the bed and limped out the door. I made it to a chair before anyone noticed me and Winry threw a wrench at me.
I got pinned to the wall and coughed up blood. Winry and Rai dragged me back to the recovery room and put me on the bed. I was told not to get up for at least two days and that I couldn't eat much of anything for even longer.
I had something that I had to try so I immediately transformed into a scythe to make sure it wouldn't damage the automail. Rai caught me and spun me around. Nothing was wrong so I changed back to face a shocked Winry.
"What you can do that?!" She yelled.
"I've been waiting to see one of you change like that. But I didn't know how to ask..."
"Well I just had to check to see if it affected the automail. It doesn't appear to do anything so I guess its okay." I told her.
"You still need to rest. After you did that you look really pale so we'll leave you alone." Winry said.
After they left I sat looking out the window at the blue sky and promising that I would be up and around as soon as I possibly could.
Next day
"What your gonna be leaving with the brothers?!" I asked.
"Yeah and you and Rai are staying here until you are in fighting condition again." Alistair said.
"I guess that makes sense if you guys are out there you can learn about this world and maybe find a way to get us home." I admitted.
Two days later we were standing in the train platform saying goodbye.
As the train rolled away I knew I had to get better soon otherwise I wouldn't be able to help send us back. Rai and I turned to head back to the Rockbell house when I saw light reflecting off a window. I suddenly had an idea. I walked over and breathed to make a cloud then wrote 42-42-564. The window dinged and I found myself staring at Lord Deaths back.
"Lord Death!" I yelled.
He turned and stared at me open mouthed.
Yeah this wasn't a good start but it will get better I promise!