Fullmetal Alchemist: The Serenity Alchemist
Chapter 1
Hi. My name is Courtney Elric. Daughter of Hoenheim and Trisha Elric. I have two brothers. Their names are Edward and Alphonse, Al for short. We all have golden hair. Edward and Al have gold eyes while I have brown ones. Everyone else calls Edward, Ed. But not me. He's just... Edward to me. Life is perfect. Except for the fact that our father left us when Al was a baby. Al thinks that one day he will come back, but Edward and I doubt it.
"Courtney?" I hear Al say.
"Yes, Al?" I say to him.
"N-nothing.." Al says, like he just lost his courage.
I know that Al worries about Edward and I. Edward is on the other side of the study with his nose in another alchemy book.
What is alchemy, you ask? Human kind cannot acquire anything without first giving something in return of equal value; that is the first rule of Alchemy.
"Edward?" I say, looking at him.
"What Courtney?" Edward says not looking up from his book.
"Edward, lets take a break for a while.." I say.
"Wha- no, Courtney." Edward says looking up from his book. A big mistake.
I made a puppy dog face and Edward sighed. "Fine. I guess we can go out for a while..." Edward said.
"Yayyyyy!" I say. Both the boys look at me like I have gone insane.
"I- I mean... cool." I say, mentally smacking myself in the forehead. Edward is the oldest child and Al is the youngest. So that means I'm stuck in the middle.
We start to head out so I say, "Al? You gonna join us?" I ask.
"Of course." Al says, grinning at me.
**Weeks later**
"Edward, Courtney, Alphonse! Dinner time!" Mom calls from inside the house.
"Coming mother." Edward says. We are about to attempt Alchemy.
Edward wants to fix Winry's doll.
Edward totally likes Winry. I tease him all the time about it but he denies every time.
I draw the transmutation circle in the dirt. We all three perform Alchemy and the doll fixes. Winry screams and starts to run.
I roll my eyes. Winry is such a girl. I'm not one of those prisses that scream when they see Alchemy; I embrace it.
"Winery? It's alright. We just fixed your doll. It's okay. Shh..." I say, running back to Winry.
I always have this way of calming people.
"Oh- okay." Winry says, sniffling. We walk back over to where my brothers are sitting.
"Winry? You should go home okay?" Edward says, his voice filled with concern.
"Okay, Ed." Winry says, walking away.
"Wait Winry! Be careful, all right?" I yell after her.
"I will Courtney." Winry says and then hugs me.
I suck in my breath loudly. I don't like hugging. EVER! Unless its from Mom, Edward, or Al.
"Yeah, whatever." I say, patting her back awkwardly. Winry lets go and walks toward her home. I walk back to my brothers.
I swear their jaws are about to fall off.
"What?" I say innocently.
"I thought that you didn't like Winry." Edward says.
"She's alright." I say, shrugging.
We head inside to where Mom is tapping her foot.
"Finally." Mom says.
"Sorry momma." I say, knowing Mom can't resist when I call her that.
We all eat. When we are done, mom clears the table.
All of a sudden, I hear a big clank of dishes. Mom has fainted.
"Mom? Mom!" I scream. We all scream her name. I go check her pulse.
She- she's dead. I sob loudly.
"Courtney? Is she-" Al asks.
"Yes, Alphonse. She is dead." I say, my head hanging down.
"NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!" Edward yells, falling to his knees.
This is too much.
I run out of the house to the river. When I get there, I fall to my knees and sob.
All of a sudden, I hear leaves rustling.
"Who- who is there?" I say, kind of scared.
"It's me, Noah, your best friend." Noah says, walking out into the open.
"N-noah?" I say, stuttering. I feel anger building up inside of me. I punch him in the shoulder.
"Oww! What was that for Court?" He says, rubbing his shoulder.
"You bastard! Why did you scare me like that?" I say, tears in my eyes.
"Why are you crying? I should be the one crying cause you punched me." Noah says.
"My mother is dead." I say, sobbing.
"Oh, Court..." Noah says attempting to comfort me but failing.
This is why this dude is my best friend.
"I'm sorry Court... but this could be a good thing." Noah says.
"How could this possibly be good?" I screech coldly at him.
"It shows that you actually have a heart." Noah says.
I punch him in the shoulder again. "Jerk!"
"On a more serious note, Courtney, I really am sorry." Noah says,sincerity in his eyes.
"It's okay." I say drying up my tears. Mom wouldn't want me to cry. "I- I should go home." I say getting up.
"Wait, Court. You shouldn't walk home by yourself." Noah says.
"Why? Cause I'm a girl?" I say, bitterness in my voice. "No. Because you need a friend. Shall we?" Noah says, offering his hand. "We shall." I say taking his hand. We walk hand-in-hand back to the house.
** At the Elric house **
I walk into the house and it's dark.
"Edward? Alphonse?" I call out.
"I'm home!" I call.
"Courtney?" I hear Al's quiet voice say.
I hold my arms open and he runs into them. He puts his head on my shoulders, sobbing.
"Shhhh, Alphonse. You're okay." I say rubbing his back. Al lifts his head from my shoulder.
"Alphonse? Where is Edward?" I ask.
"He ran off to Dad's study." Al says shrugging.
"Edward!" I yell as I run towards Dad's study. When I get to the study, Edward has his nose stuck in another book. It's called, 'the history of human transmutation'.
Why would Edward want to read that?
"Edward? Are you okay?" I ask.
"Super. Courtney?" Edward says.
"Yes, brother?" I say.
"Wait. Alphonse needs to hear that too. Alphonse!" Edward shouts.
Al runs to the study and sits next to me.
"Alphonse, Courtney? We need to bring Mom back to life." Edward says, finally looking up from his book.
"WHAT?" Alphonse and I yell in pure horror.
Author's Note:
Sorry If it sucks. Lol. This was my first Fullmetal Fic. So... yeah.
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