A Riddling Tale

Based on: A Riddling Tale

Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist/Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood

Once upon a time, while Riza Hawkeye, Lan-Fan and Winry Rockbell were in town shopping, they accidentally insulted Lust the Lascivious, who turned them all into identical flowers for the rest of their lives, right in front of their boyfriends, Roy Mustang, Ling Yao and Edward Elric.

The 3 hot-headed and short-tempered males ordered Lust to release them, but she just laughed.

"If you want them back, then you must be able to figure out who is who." She stated, "I will allow one of your precious girlfriends to go back to you tonight and if you come back tomorrow and pick the same girl who visited you last night correctly, then they will all go free. If you pick the wrong girl, they will all die."

With that, Lust disappeared and the 3 boys went to Riza's house, praying for their girlfriends' safety and that their luck and brains will give them some help for once.


At 10:45pm, Riza returned home and reassured the boys that she, Winry and Lan-Fan were fine and that they wouldn't fail this job, she believed in them.

Then, as the sun was rising, Riza was forced to leave and the boys went back to where they had left their girlfriends-turned-flowers.


When they arrived, Lust, Sloth/Juliet Douglas and Dante were already there, all of them grinning at the thought of the girls' upcoming death. Roy, Ling and Edward had expressions of determination on their faces.

"Well, boys," Sloth chuckled, "take your pick."

"Why don't you?" Dante added, grinning.

The boys nodded and since it was Riza who came to visit them, Roy stepped forward. He walked over to the flowers and selected the one on his left.

When he picked it up, there was a puff of smoke and the 3 girls were back, alive, healthy and no longer only the size of their boyfriends' fists.

"WHAT?!" Lust screeched.

"How did you figure it out?!" Sloth demanded.

"You little bastards!" Dante growled.

Roy grinned and said, while he and the other guys held their girlfriends close, "The other flowers, having been in the field all night, had dew on them; Riza did not because she was with us."

Cursing the boys and their girlfriends, the 3 evil women leave forever and they all lived happily ever after.