Full Metal Alchemist Fanfiction
Summary: What would life be like if Edward and Alphonse had a sister named Ember? I won't follow the story exactly and it will skim over something's.. beware of SPOILERS! It starts out when they figure out when their mother is sick. And in the beginning they Ed and Ember don't have to learn how to do the clapping transmutation. They just know like in the Manga... Anime/ manga Crossover…and in the future. Ed-Win Al-May and OC-Havoc because Havoc is awesome! Also! Hughes doesn't die.
DISCLAIMER: I do NOT own Full metal alchemist, in any way shape or form. otherwise this would be the story line, and it sucks.
Three children were running up to their house after seeing Winry and Pinako Rockbell for awhile that day, trying to comfort their friend Winry, whose parents had just died in the war. The elder two were identical twins, the girl, Ember had chin length golden hair and and golden eyes, the boy Edward looked the same, only difference was their clothes and both were short for their age. The younger, Alphonse had a darker blond hair and darker grey eyes.
"Mother!" the three children chorused. Their mother was lying on the ground, not moving. The youngest of the three children, Alphonse Elric, went to get help. The twins, Edward and Ember rolled their mother onto her back, and picked up the fruits she dropped. Alphonse came back with help and they took Trisha over to Pinako's house where the three children had run ahead to. Their mother, Trisha, died three days later. Ed got a crazy idea, that they could bring her back.
After about half a year they had trained with Izumi Curtis in Dublith and were now back in Resembool. They had bought all the ingredients for a n adult human being, they drew the complicated transmutation circle. They each shed a drop of blood onto the pile of ingredients and knelt on the edge on the circle.
"Ed, Em, are you sure we should be doing this?" Al asked his older siblings.
"Well there is no turning back now." Edward told his little brother. "Ready?"
"Yes." Ember responded, Al only nodded. They all placed their hands on the circle, at first everything was fine and the circle glowed a beautiful gold. That all changed a moment later, black arms sprouted from the thing in the middle of the circle. "It's a rebound!" Ember exclaimed. The truth took Al's body, Ed's left leg, and Ember's right leg. When Ed and Em came back from the truth they were frantic. Both feeling guilt ridden and shameful for talking Alphonse into this.
"Em, get the armor I'm gonna attach his soul to it until we can find a way to get our bodies back!" Ed shouted, trying to keep from whimpering in the pain from the loss of his leg, just like his sister was doing. The armor clanged on to the dirty floor in front of the twins. They staunched the bleeding by tying their wounds off.
"I'm helping you. Both of us are to blame." Ember whimpered. They drew the blood seal and clapped their hands together. They both lost an arm. When Al woke up in the suit of armor he got them towels to stop the bleeding of their arms, then picked them up running as fast as he could in the rain to the Rockbell's house. When Granny Pinako was done fixing them up two small children were in wheelchairs the girl missing a left arm and a right leg, the boy missing a right arm and a left leg. There was a knock at the door, when Winry opened the door two millitary officers walked in, a man with back hair and eyes, and a woman with blond hair and brown eyes.
"What did you two DO?" The man snarled, "What did you CREATE?"
The children in wheelchairs looked like they were going to cry and the suit of armor said, "Were sorry. So, sorry." The man looked surprised then backed off a little.
"I am Roy Mustang," he introduced. He then went to explain that he was a state alchemist, and what kind of things he did, telling the children in front of him that if they were to become State alchemists that they might be able to find a way to get their bodies back to normal. Thats when Pinako yelled at him, and then kicked him and the blond woman out.
"Hey, Edward," Ember began, "Do you think that with the money in the closet at home..." She trailed off.
"Automail?" He finished her thought.
"It's gonna hurt." she mumbled, "but we can do it, to get out bodies back. And for Alphonse too."
"Okay lets ask, Granny."
They got automail and recovered from the surgery in a year just like they promised. When they left they burnt their house down. They were twelve and Alphonse eleven years old. They were waiting for the train so they could go to central and meet up with Mustang and take the State Alchemist test. Edward was wearing all black except for his coat that was red. He started running to the train that was leaving saying, "Em, Al! Time to GO!" The suit of armor and the girl wearing the same thing as her brother except that her coat was blue. Once they were on the train the twins began to doze off.
A man ran up to the three siblings and said, "Their are two boys with him and they are small! He was right!"
"Boy? Do I look like a dude to you, you blind old man?" The girl in the blue coat yelled. At the same time Edward yelled, "Who are you calling a pipsqueak midget?"
"Woah, take it easy-" the man was cut off at a gun was pointed at his face. He then was knocked out.
After a few minutes the men with guns noticed Alphonse in the suit of armor and ran back to the siblings.
"Helmet," he ordered Al, "Take it off."
Ed distracted them and then kneed one in the face with his automail. At the same time Ember flipped the other one back to Alphonse who proceeded to knock him out.
"You morons!" Someone yelled, "Now what are we gonna do? They are going to want retribution!"
"Now what brother?" Ember inquired of Ed.
"The hell if I know."
"Wait, over here!" said the man who had been knocked out earlier, crawling out from under a booth tied up.
Ed untied the man who told the kids he was Falman a Warrant Officer, then asked if they were freelancers.
"We are just three old fashioned alchemist." Ed murmured
"Really? You don't say."
"You don't really look like an officer..." Ember stated bluntly.
"There is a reason for that, we have a special passenger, the front car kind."
"So they drag us into it? Jerks." Ember muttered.
"Em and I will take the roof to throw a surprise party." Ed told Al and Falman, Em nodded and he went on, "Al you go with him from below."
"Uh, yeah." Al said meekly. "Okay."
Once Ed and Em were on the roof they took off running.
Al ran into two people with guns and the bullets ricocheted off Al's armor and hit each man who shot at him. Meanwhile Edward and Ember were walking on the roof and this branch was sticking over the train Em managed to duck down in time but Ed almost fell off the train.
"Brother!" Ember yelled. She ran back to see if her twin was alright. He had been caught by a man with black hair and glasses, "Oh, good! You're alright!"
"You guys know there is a real art to train walking," the man began. "I'm shocked you made it this far."
"Thanks, I guess." was the response that came from Edward.
"I'm Major Hughes, and you're Alphonse and Edward Elric, right?"
"No, I am EMBER! A freakin' girl, dammit! Al is in the suit of armor inside." she shouted enraged.
"Oh sorry, but uh, Mustang told me about you three and I am an old friend of his."
"The Lt. Colonel?" Ed asked, surprised.
"He's always bragging about that silly promotion too. Come on you two we'd better work as a team."
The twins just nodded and looked surprised. Once the trio had gotten to the front of the train Ed leaned down to look in the window and stuck his tongue out the pulled back up when the man was about to look then Hughes came in through the other side and threw a knife into one of the gunned mans hands. Ed came in through the other window and kicking the man who had been questioning Hughes in the back of the head. Ember came in after them and picked up the men's guns and threw them out the window, while the train drivers beat the two men up for high-jacking their train. Ed and Ember began to climb up on to the top of the train again.
"Ed lookout!" Ember shouted, as a man cocked his gun at her brother. Edward ducked just as her shot the gun.
"Are you alright up there?" Hughes asked over the roar of the train. which got a bullet shot in his direction. Ember clapped her hands and made a cannon out of the steel outside of the train for her brother to use. The blob of metal hit the man's gun who had shot at them out of his hands and the said man fell back inside the train.
"Wow that was smooth!" shouted Hughes.
"Nice aim, bro!"
"Nice cannon, sis!"
"Hey," the train conductor shouted at Ed and Em. "Don't mess with that tender! It's the life of this train!"
"Sorry!" The twins shouted in unison.
"Hey, Ed. Tender as in water?" Em asked her brother as they plotted.
"Just what I was thinking Ember." they got crazy looks on their faces.
Ed made a microphone and speaker so that they could warn the passengers. "Attention, gun totting extremists!" Ed began.
"You hear us alright? Or did you blow your ears out playing target practice?" Em finished
"What the hell?" they heard.
"Let the hostages go! You have no right to drag these passengers into your personal politics!"
"You're some of Mustangs secret agents aren't you?" a man demanded. "Don't interfere or I'll kill these hostages one by one!"
"Okay, but remember you asked for it," Em started.
"Passengers please hold on tight, and get ready for some turbulence!" Ed ended
Ember transmuted a pipe that flooded the entire cabin with water. Hughes was inside already making sure that everyone was okay. Al was on the other side of the cabin and opened the door to let all the water out. Ed and Al took care of all the people that washed out of the train.
"Welcome to the brig." Al told the washed up men.
The kids all heard gunshots throughout the cabin so Ember and Edward ran in Hughes was on the floor his shoulder bleeding from a grazed bullet. The man who had shot him had and automail left arm. The automail was a gun not an arm though. Ed and the man were locked in a stance where they were each trying to push the other down. Em was making sure Hughes was alright, knowing that her brother could handle the man.
"Hey, another automailer, go figure." Ed muttered.
"You're just two brats!" he said surprised. "Don't tell me the army is feeding kids into its chophouse now!"
"You're gonna pay for that brat comment," Ed retorted. "Nobody is feeding us into anything."
"Yeah, were on our own." Ember said from behind the half closed door. She was helping Hughes stand up, he was leaning on her like a crutch.
"Piece of advice boys, I used to be in this military, too. It was fine as long as I was pissing on Q, but when I wanted to get my arm updated, they didn't like that. They thought I'd be stronger than my superiors the queen bees don't like it when the little workers have a sting they can't control. They discharged me after the procedure. After that I've gotten a taste for destroying them and the nation they command!
"You understand kid, you've got an arm just like mine, you've wanted to get stronger, too. The military will just get rid of you as soon as you're not convenient!"
Ember and Edward were mad. Ember began with, "You think every one with automail is just like you? I've got automail, oh and that boys comment earlier? I'm a girl."
"Yeah, I don't understand," Ed seethed, "And don't you ever lump in the reasons for our automail with yours!" Ed crushed the man's arm by squeezing so hard that it broke into a bunch of tiny pieces. He fell back and hit Al with a thud. Al proceeded to knock him out. The twins smiled at their little brother.
"Well good grief, that was something different." Hughes said from his spot on Ember's shoulder.
When they got to central all the men were carried out tied up and Roy Mustang was talking to the man Ed had defeated. His name was Bald. The man suddenly lashed out attacking Mustang. Roy snapped his fingers and burned a few layers of skin off of Bald.
"Woah," Ember and Al murmured.
"That flame! That's awesome." Ed enthused.
"I controlled myself, The damage isn't nearly as bad as it feels. You can call me Roy Mustang. Or just Lt. Colonel. Hell you can even call me the Flame Alchemist, just remember the pain."
"So, that's Mustang.." Ed was mad. He ran closer to Roy.
"Brother..." Em and Al began.
"You knew! That's why you made us take this train. You put us at risk on purpose!"
"Come on kid, you think I've put the whole world on strings? Anyway you should focus on the good news here, the General heard about you on the Train and has made an exception. He is letting you take the State Alchemy Exam. You guys are going to be the talk of the military." Mustang told them. Thats when Ember got upset, running up next to her twin.
"Exception?" Ed and Ember said in unison then Ember took off on her own saying, "But you always said we could take it! That's why we came here to Central!"
"Be realistic, you two. The state has never let a kid take the exam before. But i guess luck is on your side!" Mustang got a smug smirk on his face. "Good thing you took that earlier train. Don't you think?" Mustang walked closer to the kids saying, "Weather or not you take the test is still up to you, I'm not trying to run your lives."
"Of course we'll take it! And Pass! We would have done it anyway!" Ed shouted and Mustangs retreating figure.
"They had us dancing in the palms of their hands, didn't they?" Alphonse asked his siblings. "I guess we'll never be in control."
The Next Day...
"So boy's you're really convinced your ready for this?" Roy Mustang asked the three siblings in his office.
"Boy.." Ember said her eyebrow twitching.
"Just tell us what to wear to graduation." Edward retorted.
"Careful, Ed I'd hate for you to get cocky." Mustang murmured pushing forward a clipboard forward. Ed picked it up, Al and Em leaning over to look at it. "You have to find your own training. I suggest him."
"The sewing life alchemist, huh?" Ed asked.
"Shou Tucker." Mustang nodded. "Practically wrote the book on bringing things to life." The two young twins just looked stunned, Al looked at surprised as a suit of armor could.
They spent their months before the exam at the Tucker Estate. They became like family with Shou's little girl Nina, and they siblings all wanted nothing more than to become State alchemists, they thought that if they did then this great big door would open up. After a week or so Major Hughes came by while Ed, Em, Al, and Nina were playing in the snow.
"Actually, I came for Ed and Em. Can't let you study through you're birthday!" Maes Hughes told them.
"Hey, that is today, isn't it." Ember mumbled, she had completly forgotten that today was their 12th birthday.
"Yeah, it is. But how did you know that?" Ed asked.
Maes laughed, "I'm in the investigations department, wouldn't make much of a major if I couldn't manage that." Nina looked sad that her big sister and brothers would be going away. "Hey, don't look sad you're all coming. I can't throw a birthday dinner and not invite their friends, right?" Nina and the other three smiled and laughed.
Later, when they were at the Hughes' house they met Gracia, Maes' very pregnant wife. "Hey kids, I've heard lots about you!" she smiled
"This is my wife, Gracia."
"You're stomach's a melon!" Ed exclaimed.
"Brother that's not polite..." Ember murmured.
"You're having a baby?" Al asked, the only sane one of the three.
"Yeah, any day now. There is a big fuss inside my belly saying that she wants to come out and see the world!" Gracia explained.
The siblings were surprised and inched closer to the stomach. "Really?" Ed asked.
"Want to feel?" She asked. The boys instantly backed away saying "No". But Nina and Ember nodded and placed their hands on her stomach.
"AH!" Ember shouted and removed her hands, "I felt it move, Mrs. Hughes!"
"Me too!" Nina laughed.
They had birthday cake and a delicious dinner, but afterwards Gracia gasped and sat down on the floor. "Gracia, dear what is it?" Maes asked.
"Honey, it's here."
"The tea?"
"THE BABY!"
"Wuh! But the doctor said next week!"
"The baby just said now and she gets to choose!"
"Let's get to the Hospital."
Alphonse looked out the window saying, "But It's a blizzard outside."
"Right you can't leave I'll bring the doctor here, you kids help her." Major Hughes said and ran out the door before Ed could ask, 'How do we do that?'
"I guess this counts as party games," Gracia whimpered. Alphonse and Ember helped Gracia onto her couch in the other room. Ed brought in boiling water and Nina brought in some rags.
"Thank you guys," Gracia managed to say before she began to moan and whimper in pain again. Ember let Gracia hold her flesh hand and made soothing noises. "I can't do this! I'm dying!" she yelled. Which caused everyone in the room to freak out.
"What are we supposed to do she said she's going to die!" Al asked waving his arms around.
"It's just an expression, Right?" Ed responded.
Gracia calmed down and looked like she was asleep. Nina started crying.
"Ah! She's not dead, right? She's just asleep!" Ed shouted.
"I don't know, Ed if you think of it like alchemy then making a life is expensive, you have to give something up!" Al argued.
Ember was sick of her brothers, "Guys, mom gave birth to all three of us, right? Gracia is gonna be fine! So stop yelling."
A few minutes later Maes walked back in with a Doctor and he delivered baby. Maes was crying and had his arm around his wife and daughter.
"Thank you guys, I don't know what I would have done, if it wasn't for the other birthday twins and their friends." Gracia told them.
"What are you talking about, we were usless." Ember argued.
"Yeah, we didn't do anything, it was all you Mrs. Hughes." Ed told her.
"Mmm-mhmm, you were right by my side." She replied softly, cradling the crying baby. Everyone had ear to ear grins on their faces.
Later when the three were back at tucker's house they were in the library talking.
"That was amazing, mom's are amazing, they can accomplish what Alchemist couldn't in a thousand years in 9 months." Ed murmured, shaking his head.
"Our mom did that, too." Al murmured. "For us. A lot of girls have kids."
"Yeah, Mom's are amazing." Ember agreed.
"You could be a mom one day, too, Ember." Al said.
"Well, I dunno, if everyone keeps thinking I'm a boy..."
"You could wear a dress." Ed said, thinking that might help.
"I don't like showing off my automail. Besides they are impractical in a fight." She argued.
"Yeah, I guess you're right." her twin said resigned.
End of chapter 1