Okay, so this is my fanfiction, Song and Shadow. It's my first, so any advice would be helpful...I don't expect anyone to go easy on it because of that, though.
This is actually co-written by my best friend who doesn't have an account, Jen. One of the OCs, Songblade, belongs to her. Hopefully two minds are better than one and we will produce a reasonably good story.
Disclaimer- I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or any of its characters.
Chapter 1— New Faces
It was a regular day at central in Colonel Mustang's office, or at least as regular as it could be when the Fullmetal and Flame Alchemists were in the same room…and not yelling at each other. Instead, Ed was simply gaping at the Colonel.
"EH?" was the first thing out of his mouth before he decided to elaborate on the single-syllable word. "Let me rephrase that…WHAT DID YOU SAY?"
Al sweatdropped. "That's not much of an improvement, brother."
Mustang sighed. This could take a while. "As I just said, there are two state alchemists who were off doing their own thing the last year and half or so. So now you are responsible for telling them about anything that changed after the Promised Day. Speaking of that, they have already been informed about everything that happened while they were gone."
Al blinked as his brother fumed, processing what they had just been told. "Eh? But why us?"
"Well, you're the same age as them. One's 15 years old, the other's 16. They both became alchemists at the age of 13, though," Mustang explained. "Now they should be getting here soon, so pipsqueak—"
The door slammed open as both Ed and one of the people who had opened the door both screamed at the man, "WHO'RE YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT THEY'RE KNOWN WORLDWIDE AS THE 'PIPSQUEAK ALCHEMIST' YOU MORONIC COLONEL?"
At the same time, both Al and the other person who had just entered tried in vain to stop the outbursts with a "He didn't say that, Brother!/'kay?"
The occupants of the room turned to the two newcomers at the door. "Would you just SHUT UP?" one of them, a girl about Al's age yelled at the one who had just insulted her height. The other, a boy who appeared to be Ed's age nodded.
"Try to live without insulting someone every second, will ya? Idiotic Popcorn Kernel*." He huffed and looked at Ed and Al, giving them time to study him and his friend as the Colonel tried to regain some form of composure.
The boy had waist-length black hair tied back in a low ponytail and his bangs fell over his face, covering his right eye. The tips of his hair and bangs were dyed blood red (don't' ask me where he got the dye, I have no idea), the same color as his visible eye. His clothes were simple—a denim jacket with a plain T-shirt underneath and black cargo pants. Around his waist was a gold and black pouch and he wore a thin chain necklace with a curved gold, red, and black lightning bolt pendant. He was obviously rather irritated with the "Idiotic Popcorn Kernel" as he put it.
The girl had waist-length brown hair in a regular ponytail. Her pale blue eyes held a secretive quality and were set in an impassive face. She wore a casual gold tunic and dark blue jeans that hid her shoes. Raising her hand in greeting, a rather bored sounding "Yo," Was all she said.
Mustang smirked as he nodded towards them, "Well Fullmetal, these are the two I told you about. The girl is Songblade,"
"Song is fine," she interjected.
"And the boy is—" the Flame Alchemist continued, only to be cut off by the boy.
"It's Kou. I refuse to allow this popcorn idiot to say any more potentially insulting comments for the rest of the day."
"Aw, be nice…" the man whined. His response was a blunt, "No."
Song grinned. "You, Colonel Roy Mustang, the Flame Alchemist and 'hero' of the Ishbal War just got owned by a 16-year-old boy…and he didn't even use curse words!"
Kou smirked. "Bye, then 'Sir Useless Popcorn Kernel'." They left him to sulk about being called useless.
As they left, Al realized they hadn't introduced themselves yet. "Oh, yeah, I'm Alphonse Elric, and my brother is Edward. You can call us Ed and Al."
"The Fullmetal Alchemist and his brother, huh?" Song said, "Though I expected you to be taller, Ed…"
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING SHORT?Anyways, you shouldn't talk; you're just as short as I am!"
"Well I'm younger than you!"
"So? Midget!"
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING A MIDGET, YOU SUPER SMALL SPECK?"
"WHO'RE YOU CALLING A SUPER SMALL SPECK, YOU MINIATURE ALCHEMIST?"
"WHO'RE YOU—"
"DUDE, SHUT UP!" Kou screamed. "I'M TALLER THAN BOTH OF YOU, SO IS EVERYONE ELSE HERE! SO JUST SHUT UP!"
Everyone stared at him. "Wow, that's the most you've all day, Kou!" Al noted with surprise.
They all sweatdropped. "I suspect there will be more of these arguments in the future…" Kou groaned.
"Maybe," Song quipped, not very comforting at all.
"…"
After going around through Central to show Song and Kou around, the dysfunctional group of four stopped for lunch. As they all settled down to eat on a park bench (for theyhad decided the park was a better place to eat than military offices), Ed realized something.
"Oh yeah, you two are State Alchemists, right? Which ones?"
Song blinked. "Oh, I'm the Song Alchemist. Kind of funny that it matches my name, huh?"
Kou sighed, "And I'm the Shadow Alchemist." Ed nodded.
"I see. Well, you know I'm the Fullmetal Alchemist."
Al grinned. "Isn't it great Brother? No one mistakes me for you now that I have my body back! If only we could have given you your arm and leg back too…" His voice got a bit sad at the end.
"Don't worry, Al. Who knows? Maybe you'll find a way." Surprisingly, it was Kou who said that.
Suddenly a rather obnoxious and horrifyingly familiar voice sounded. "Hey, pipsqueak, armor boy! I see you've made friends with another shorty and alchemist, huh?"
Ed and Al glared at the one who just spoke. "Envy…aren't you supposed to be dead?"
"Someone brought him back obviously… And how come you didn't insult/nickname Kou? Geez." Song mumbled.
"She's right, we, the homunculi, have been resurrected! I'll let you in on a secret, though: whoever made us…they made us GOOD!"
Everyone dropped their lunches. "EH?"
Okay then, that is Chapter one! Hope you liked it, I'll try to update often. Let's just hope someone actually reads this...
*- Kou calls Mustang the Popcorn Kernel because Colonel is pronounced "kernel". Also, to pop popcorn, you need heat and the Flame Alchemist has plenty. Thus, the Idiotic Popcorn Kernel was created.