People say that life is a gift that should be treasured. People think that having a near-death experience automatically makes you more appreciative of life, or whatever...but for Edward Elric, that was not the case. When Ed was ten, he was in a car accident with his mother. A drunk driver collided with their car, killing Trisha Elric immediately. Edward suffered severe head trauma, his left leg was crushed, and his right arm was partially cut off from a huge piece of windshield that broke during the crash. Edward was in a coma for three months, and when he woke up, he had no right arm or left leg, and he was alone. It was late at night and no one was around, so he had to wait until the morning to get any sort of explanation.
Edward spiraled into a deep depression. He spent most of his time in his bed in the dark. The only person he really talked to was his younger brother Alphonse. Al always did anything he could to make Ed's life even a little bit easier. Van Hoenheim was strongly affected by the death of his wife, and he didn't really know how to talk to his son, but since he is a doctor, he constantly looked for a way to help his son out of his depression. Ed tried all types of prosthetic arms and legs, but they limited his mobility and he just ended up hating it. After a few years, Hoenheim discovered a woman named Pinako Rockbell, who was a mechanic that built a very different kind of prosthetic called Automail. This prosthetic connected to the nerves, so it worked just like real limbs would. Edward agreed to the surgery, because he was sick of being home schooled and wanted to go to high school like a normal kid.
To make a long story short, the Automail surgery was a success, and Edward was completely adapted to it by the time he started high school. He wasn't very social, but he did manage to make a few friends. Winry Rockbell, the granddaughter of the woman who did his Automail, was one of his closest friends, along with Ling and Lan Fan. Edward met Ling in the middle of his Freshman year, when he was 15. It was a cold day, and his Automail was aching his stumps. Ling noticed Edward's discomfort, and offered something that would change Ed's life drastically-Marijuana.
Smoking weed not only helped Edward with his physical pain, but it also helped him with his depression. Edward was honestly happy when he smoked weed, and sometimes it was the only way he could deal with what he refers to as the "Bullshit problems in life." Ed had actually become the biggest Stoner in Central High School. He was almost always high, and everyone seemed to accept that fact.
Currently, Edward Elric is eighteen years old and is in his Senior year. Despite being a pot-head, Ed is actually a straight-A student, he got most of his required classes out of the way, so the only classes he has at school are Science (because he loves Science), PE, Drama, and Art class. he also is a Teacher's Assistant for Mr. Havoc, the History Teacher, Mrs. Curtis, the Science teacher, and he helps Principal Mustang with Detention, simply because he has a strange fascination for the man...