Okay, so this is my first FMA fanfic, so don't yell at me if it's shit.
Winry actually has a twin sister who joined the military at a young age. bla bla bla. that's the best I can give you without ruining the story.
This story actually came to me in a dream. I had just finished FMAB and I dreamt this up. I wrote most of it down, 37 pages of notes if you were wondering... and now I'm writing it full out.
If you are one of my readers from Surprise, Surprise... no I did not forget about the story. I've just been focused on this one because I wanted to get those notes written down before I forgot the whole damn thing.
So, without further adue, (or however you fucking spell it,) I present this retardo fanfic.
All was quiet to Kathryn Rockbell.
The slum on the outskirts of Central City was peaceful when one thought about nothing. Kathryn's eyes were glazed as she stared at the miniature city that would soon become a battlefield.
The uprisings in Central had started a while ago, an organization rising against what they thought was a corrupt military. The uprisers had donned themselves in the military uniform, but instead of the original blue, they changed it to blood-red.
The organization had called themselves The Red Coats, what Kathryn thought was for lack of a better name.
Someone bumped into her, bringing Kathryn back to reality. The entire squad wandered through the slum looking for any signs of attackers.
"Is this your first battle?" The man asked her.
"Yeah, I'm not sure as to what I should be doing,"
"I've been in a few. You just need to be carefull, keep an eye on your surroundings, and try not to kill anyone from your side. You should be fine otherwise,"
"Thanks,"
Then, all of a sudden, they were surrounded.
"Get ready to fight." He whispered.
Kat pulled her sword from the sheath on her back. The blade was easily four feet long and a foot wide made of steel. The man gaped at it.
The Red Coats stood motionless around the group, swords drawn. "Surrender now, or else we will paint this slum with your blood," a man said.
The leader of Kathryn's squad drew his sword. "So be it,"
Everything happened fast. The Red Coats charged the group and started attacking.
Kat was unsure of what to do. Everyone was engaged in combat. She watched people fall, mostly Red Coats. Some of her own fell.
She closed her eyes and breathed. She heard a shuffle come from behind her. Her eyes snapped open and she turned around, raising her sword to meet another. The man had a red uniform and an angry gaze in his eyes.
"You seem a little young to be here. Why don't you run home and play with your dolls?"
Kathryn growled. "I don't play with dolls!" she cried as she swiped her sword across the man's chest. The blood sprayed all over Kathryn, her blue military uniform now crimson.
She wiped the blood off her face with her sleeve and ran to her next target. As she ran, Kathryn looked to her left, and saw one of her fellow soldiers get killed by the man who spoke earlier. She abruptly turned and ran towards the man, her sword poised to strike.
He fought back, easily having more experience than Kathryn, and smashed her sword against a wall, causing it to shatter.
Kat's eyes went wide, her long blonde hair hanging in her face. Her whole body shook as she looked the man in the eyes. He gave a small smirk and raised his sword. Kathryn closed her eyes and waited for the sting of the sword entering her body. But nothing came.
Instead, a large tremble came from the ground before a large fist made of stone punched the man and sent him flying. A small stone fell out of his pocket as he flew and crashed into a far away building. She looked around her until her eyes landed on a very familiar red coat. She smiled and picked up the stone, then ran, jumping over a collapsed wall.
She drew a circle in the sand, adding runes and lines where needed, glancing around occasionally for attackers. Once she was finished, she slammed her palms into the sand. A large flash of light came from the ground as a handle, then a blade arose. Kathryn grabbed the handle and continued pulling the sword until she was at her full height and the her sword was fully out of the ground.
She jumped back over the wall and dove into the battle. She raised her sword and jumped from fight to fight, slicing and defending where needed. At last, she shoved her blade through the last Red Coat. She pulled the blade out of his stomach and dropped it.
She let out a sigh of relief and look at Ed. She smiled and began to make her way past, what looked like, the wooden frame of a house, over to him.
Out of nowhere, something whizzed past Kathryn's face and stuck into a wooden beam. She looked to her left to find a female Red Coat with long black hair and a devious smile on her face. She held three ninja stars in her hand and poised to throw.
Kathryn sparred a glance at Ed to see what he was going to do. The woman caught the look at changed her aim in the direction of Ed.
"No!" Kathryn cried out. She ran and jumped in front of Edward. She raised her left arm to shield her face.
The woman threw the stars with deadly accuracy. On lodged itself in Kathryn's right thigh, another in her sternum, and the last one into her left arm. Someone called out and stabbed her thought the heart.
"Kat,"
"If I didn't think to cover my face," Kat started as she pulled out the star in her sternum. She muttered something about it being a little to left. "I would have a ninja star in my head. I don't think either of us want that,"
She pulled the star out of her leg and the one in her arm, wincing as the last one came out.
"Are you okay?" Edward asked with concern.
"Yeah, I'm fine. I didn't think you would be here. Where's Alphonse?"
"I was actually assigned to this battle. Al didn't want me to go, so I snuck out knowing that you guys would need my help. Imagine my surprise when my "little sister" was here battling,"
Kat laughed. "How can you call me little? You haven't grown since I saw you-
Her words were cut off by a growl coming from their right. "Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist. I'm going to kill you for slaughtering my men," A large man with gray hair stepped out from behind a beam, pulling out his sword.
The man rushed forward, the stars on his uniform shining in the light. Kathryn had no time to think.
"Die, Fullmetal Alchemist!" the man shouted.
Kathryn jumped in front of Ed once again, the man's sword going though her side and coming out through her back, grazing Ed's coat. She leaned forward from the impact, getting a good look at the man's shoulder. She began to laugh.
The man became fearful of Kathryn. Why is this girl laughing when I just dealt a lethal blow? The man backed slowly away from Kathryn.
"Three stars and a thick band. You're the leader of the Red Coats. You cowardly," Kathryn grasped the hilt of the sword lodged in her side, "wimpy," she wrenched the sword out of her side with nothing more than a blink, "pussy. How dare you call them your men when you were so scared that you made someone else lead them and hid in the background until all looked safe." Kathryn ran at the General, slamming him into the wooden beam and driving the sword into his stomach. "You sicken me. It's no wonder you lost."
She stepped away from the man now slump against the post. She winced and placed a hand on her side, blood seeping in between her fingers. She turned around and gave a small smile to Ed, blood coming out of her mouth and falling off her chin, before she fell to the ground, and everything went black.
Ed sat in the hospital chair next to Kat's bed. He hadn't moved for days, only leaving the room to pee or when Al practically dragged him down to the mess hall to eat. Kathryn hadn't shown any signs of waking anytime soon.
Ed grabbed her hand and rubbed her knuckles. "Why did you have to do that? I should be the one protecting you, not the other way around," Edward sighed and brushed the hair that had fallen into her face behind her ear.
The steady beeping of the monitor beside her bed echoed through the silence of the room. With each beep, Ed thought that it seemed as if Kat was getting further and further out of reach. While Ed was in his thoughts, he didn't notice the beeping slowly increase in pace.
Soon, there was only a steady stream of noise and doctors began to rush into the room.
"Sir, you need to leave," a nurse said as she ushered him out of the room.
"What? Why? What's going on?" Ed asked as he fought to stay in the room.
"Sir, please. You have to leave," she said with a final shove. Ed stood outside the room, not knowing what to do, or what was happening in the room. So, he began to pace.
Kathryn opened her eyes to a white room.
Or, what she thought was a room. It looked more like a void.
"So, what are you going to give?" a voice asked.
Kathryn jerked her head around. "Who's there?" she called out.
"I'm surprised you didn't see me," the voice whispered.
Kathryn looked around again. She saw nothing.
"Look to your right, you stupid human,"
Kat jerked her head to the right and jumped. The outline of, what looked like, a small boy sat cross legged on the floor, if you could call it that. Kathryn slowly backed away from the figure that had suddenly appeared. Her back hit something and she jumped, not remembering seeing anything when she looked around before.
She turned around and her gaze was met with a large pair of double doors with massive carvings and alchemic circles and runes. Kathryn backed away until she was halfway between the door and the sitting figure. She sparred a glance at the figure before focusing her gaze back on the door.
She studied it for sometime before her stare turned into one of pure horror.
"So, you finally figured it out. I say, human, it took you long enough,"
Kat began to shake. "That-that door. Ed told me about it. That's my door. And if that's my door, that makes you…"
"That makes me the keeper of the Truth. Also known as God. But I prefer Truth as you have been calling me," Truth stood and walked over to Kathryn. "Now, piece it together human. If you are seeing god, and you didn't perform any human transmutations that I know of, then what happened to you?"
Kathryn's eyes went wide. "No. No, no, no, no. No. I can't be dead. I just- no. I'm not dead. No,"
"But you are. Quit trying to deny it. If you need proof, look down,"
Kathryn did so, and what she saw was not what she expected. She saw the scene at the hospital. Ed was fighting to stay in the room as doctors circled her. "Ed…" Kathryn's knees gave out from under her. She collapsed hard on the ground as the image disappeared. "No, I can't die. Please! I can't die! He needs me!"
"Well, like I asked before. What are you going to give?"
"I don't have anything to give-" She stopped her words from finishing themselves. "Well, what are you going to take?"
"Hmmm…" Truth wondered about this. He crouched down next to Kathryn and got real close. "How about an I owe you. You see, I know all about your future. So I know what you will lose in the near future. And I do mean, near future,"
"What do you mean?"
"You'll see," Truth said as black tendrils slipped around Kathryn unnoticed. They tugged on Kathryn before she could utter another word and pulled her though her door. She didn't see much, but what she did see was amazing. So many things entered her mind that she didn't think she could keep up. Her head felt like it was about to explode as she watched. She tried to close her eyes to no avail.
Then, she was back in the void and blinked. She turned back to Truth and stared.
He gave a smile. He now had a human right arm, left leg, and if she looked closely, she could see organs.
"Ed's arm and leg. Give those back!"
"Ah, ah, ah," he said as he waggled his finger. "I can't give them to you, even if I wanted to. Now, I think you've spent enough time here," He flicked his left hand, and Kat could have sworn she saw something on his forearm.
Then Kathryn jerked awake in her hospital bed. The door had just shut to a screaming Ed and everyone was shocked she was there. "Nothing's changed," she whispered.
All the doctors left the room once they were sure she was fine. Kathryn fell asleep before Ed could come though the door.