Life Changes
Chapter One
Why?
"Stir Fry is the greatest kind of fry." She sang with flipping pieces of meat over the stove. She eventually put the words to popular song tunes like 'What time is it?' from High School Musical 2 or even she changed the words to fit in 'Uptown Funk' by singing "Stir Fry, fry you up, Stir Fry fry you up!". You get the idea; She sang about what she was making. While she made dinner into a musical there was a knock at her front door. For the first time in a while she had her headphones on a low volume so she actually heard it and didn't need her father to yell down the stairs at her, thankfully. She turned the heat to a simmer and pulled her earbuds fully out while skipping to the white door and reached for the golden door knob. She gave it a turn and opened her home to the outer world, the let out a yelp and slammed it shut at the sight of people there.
The two boys, teenagers at the latest accompanied by a woman and a man, only the boys shared a resemblance. They were taken aback at how quickly this one girl had shunned them from herself which beckoned the question: Why? They knocked again and got a slower opening leaving a gap for them to talk through.
"Hello Miss. We're sorry to disturb you but do you know where we are?" The man said as he rubbed his black hair.
"Who are you?" she asked
"Well I don't see what that hast to do with knowing our location but I'm Roy Mustang. This is Riza Hawkeye and these are the Elric brothers: Edward and Alphonse. Could you tell us where we are?"
"You're not in Amestris anymore." she said under her breath "You're in America, more specifically Illinois, even more specific North Aurora." She said opening the door wider.
"Where?"
"Fairy Tail Land… How did you get here?" She asked as she walked away from the door leaving it open as an invitation but they were reluctant. "Come in already it's cold as balls out and shut the door behind you." She stalked into the kitchen and turned on the ketel. They all seem amazed at how advanced and 'glamorous' she lived. "So how did you get here?"
"We got lost." Edward said
"Bullshit. How did you get here?"
"We… we got lost." he persisted
"Lie to me again and I'll hit you so hard you'll shrink even more. And before you act rash I can kick you out and not give you any information you might need or want." He shut his mouth and crossed his arms begrudgingly. "So for real this time: How did you get here?"
"We were taken from a fight. Ed here, decided to draw a magic circle and drew the wrong one. He touched it and we felt something off so Al tried to pull him away and I dove after Al, then Hawkeye dove after me. We were then sent here."
"Now I believe that."
"You can accept a story like that but you won't accept 'we got lost'?"
"Yeah. Shit my stir fry!" She dashed over to the stove to save her beloved.
"Okay, so you know our names and how we got here so, who are you?"
"Fair enough. I'm Alekia York, my friends call me Al. I'm a high school junior. By magic circle do you mean Transmutation Circle?"
"So it's not a foreign art?"
"It's a science. Won't having two 'Al's around be confusing though? You can call me Alek." Alekia said.
"Who said anything about staying around or here?" Ed said
"I did. Just know. Did you not hear it? Might want to get that checked."
"Like hell we're staying I've got people back home I need to help."
"Winry is strong enough despite what you think, and Pinako will be just fine with only her."
"How did you-?"
"Should have kept that to myself. Well dinners ready, hope you like Stir Fry."
"Whats-"
"Meat, vegetables, and rice."
"Okay sounds good." They all sat at a wooden table not really knowing how to respond to a girl starting off so rude then knowing about life from their homeland and landing at you'll-be-staying-here-have-some-dinner. So they ate in silence only looking at each other and gave glances to each other and peaked at the 'bipolar' girl. The meal was good, probably the best any of them have ever had, but it was also slow moving. It seemed Alekia was home alone and no one questioned it by not wanting to break this uncomfortable silence, but they also wanted it to shatter like glass so that's what he did.
"Are you home alone or something? I haven't seen anyone else and you don't look old enough to own a home." Ed said
"Maddies at a friend's house, Rosie is somewhere, Jack moved out, so did Bailey, And my parents are divorced. I live with my dad and he probably went out so yes. I am home alone. Well looks like everyone's done. Let's clean up." She cleared her place and everyone slowly followed. Still not sure of what to think. Dishes were easy because they didn't need to be done by hand and were thrown into the silver machine called a dish washer. The leftover food was put away and saved for tomorrow and they four stood out of the way not knowing how procedures were here. Then they all followed like ducklings into the living room. Their eyes widened at how many cats there were: three to be exact. Alek picked up the fattest and fluffiest one to place on her lap and waited for them all to sit.
"So you're probably wondering how I know about stuff and people I shouldn't right?"
"Yes."
"Well… I'm Psychic."
"What?"
"I can see things like stuff you're scared of or people you know, places you've been or stuff you've gone through. Like you," she said looking at Al "You were in a suit of armor but coming here you're back in a body and I know what you brothers did to get him in armor. You Edward, lost your leg then arm and coming here restored them from metal to flesh. Mustang lost his best friend and Hawkeye went through hell to cover some important research. Don't worry I won't go into detail." the looked in shock and awe "I also know you're from Amestris a country from beyond the gate. Congratulations, you made it to the other side!"
"How do you know all of that?" Mustang said preparing his gloves
"Sir please," Hawkeye finally spoke
"Let him, just think of it as a rainy day." He snapped and nothing happened "Like I said before, it's just a science here. Nothing but a theory really. But now you know you're not a threat Flame Coronel and neither is Fullmetal. That's just irony now. Nothing metal but your heart." they didn't say anything "Well now let's get down to business: Elrics you need a place to stay for the time being. You can take my brother's old room and once you get settled we can get you enrolled in school. How old are you?"
"Sixteen and fifteen."
"Alright. Ed you're the same age as me, Al you're a year below so you'll be a Sophomore while Ed and I are Juniors. And you two, you'll probably need to act like their parents or legal guardians. You'll also need work. Luckily there are two openings at my school for a history teacher and a math teacher. Decide among yourselves. You'll also need a place to stay so you can use my basement until you get payed and get an apartment, then you can take these two with and play family. Give it a week and you'll be in school and you'll be well... in school. You will be going to my school" she said to the Elrics "and we have uniforms so you can borrow my brother's old ones. Okay so go to bed. Basements there and Jack's room is up the stairs with the closed door. Night!" They all just sat there and she pulled out a glowing rectangle.
"What's that?" Al asked
"My phone."
"That's a phone?"
"Yeah, it can hold the numbers of people you want to talk to, you can type to them that's called texting, you can go on the internet and download apps."
"What's the internet?" Ed said
"It's this vast expanse of knowledge and information. But it also has all this time passing stuff like games and connects you with the rest of the world. And apps are these little things that are like pieces of the internet that all have one distinct purpose or function."
"And you can do all of that on a 'phone'?" Roy asked
"You can also do most of it on a computer or even your T.V.."
"I won't even ask."
"I won't explain. Didn't I say to go to bed? I thought I did." she genuinely forgot. "Well it's late and I have school and work tomorrow, damn I'll be missing rehearsal. Oh well I have more power than the directors." they all shoved off to bed given clean sheets and pajamas and tried to sleep. But they all stayed awake and questioned themselves about everything that had happened and tried not to disturb the other in the room. It was going to be a long night.
I can't believe they bought I was psychic.