Aqua Alchemist / Ch. 1
Edward walked into Mustang's office one day without knocking, not expecting anyone else to be there. What he saw shocked him.
Standing in the office was a girl. A girl with short, silvery white hair and eyes of the colour aqua blue. Her thin lips formed a straight line, and her face was entirely emotionless. Her blouse and pants were white and seemed to be made of silk, and over them she wore an aqua blue cloak made of some see-through material. She wore white gloves, similiar to the ones Ed wore, only they seemed to be made of a softer material. She wore a pair of white cloth shoes that looked like the shoes that professional dancers wore. She had a pale complexion and a slim figure. She was shorter than Edward, and looked much younger. This girl couldn't be more than thirteen years old, Edward thought. Overall, she looked stunningly beautiful, and if it wasn't for her blank face, she would have looked like an angel descended from the heavens.
"Oh, hello, Fullmetal," the Brigadier General greeted him.
"Mustang-junshou," he replied, not taking his eyes off the girl. "May I ask who this is?"
"Fullmetal, meet the Aqua Alchemist."
Ed gasped. So this girl was a State Alchemist! "How old is she?" he asked, not exactly looking forward to the answer.
"Ten. She has just passed the State Alchemist exam. Meaning that she has broke the record. Now she is the youngest person ever to pass the State Alchemist exam," Roy said with a smirk.
Ed frowned. Not that he really cared about the record, anyway. This girl must be a genius to pass at a young age, and he couldn't help feeling jealous. "What's your name?" he asked, directing the question at the girl this time, not wanting her to think that she was being ignored.
"Aquamarine," she replied curtly.
"Aquamarine? What sort of name is that?"
"I don't know. That's the name my parents gave me. Pleased to meet you, Fullmetal Alchemist. I've heard a lot about you," she said, not sounding at all pleased. Even her voice was void of emotions.
"What's your special alchemical ability? I'm guessing it has something to do with water."
"You will find out soon, for now, I will not tell."
"Now, enough small talk," Roy interrupted. "What were we talking about just then, Aqua?"
"The mission, sir."
"Ah, yes, the mission. So, would you two please go to Dahren? There are some serial killers on the loose there, and it's scaring everyone who lives there. I would like you two to go and arrest the serial killers and bring them back to Central to receive their sentence. Understand?"
"Dahren? Isn't that a small town quite near Xenotime?" Ed asked, remembering their journey to Xenotime a number of years ago.
"Yes, Fullmetal. Train tickets are ready. Depart at eight o'clock tomorrow morning. If everything is clear, you are dismissed, Aqua. Fullmetal, please stay behind for a while."
"Yes, sir." Aqua gave a salute and left.
"Now, Fullmetal. It's time you settle down, really," Roy said, turning to face Ed directly.
"Settle down? Me? No, never," Ed said.
"Well, you're twenty-one already, Fullmetal. It's time for you to get married and have a family."
"You got married just months ago, and you're already thirty-five," Ed said with a snort.
"But you still haven't even started dating girls yet, Fullmetal. I started dating girls when I was fifteen."
"You're the flirty type, Mustang, I'm not."
"Aqua seems to be a nice person. She's beautiful, don't you think, Fullmetal?"
"She? She's totally emotionless! I can't imagine myself with someone like that, no matter how beautiful she is. Besides, I'm older than her by eleven years."
"Riza seemed to be emotionless at first too, but the closer you get to a person, the more you discover about her. As for her age, the older you two get, the less this age difference will seem. She's a good choice that is worth considering."
"I just don't want to settle down. I enjoy my life like this, I was born to be the type that wanders around forever." Ed paused. Then he added in a lower tone, "And anyway, I'm not really attracted to girls."
Roy looked a little surprised. "Not really attracted to girls? I should've guessed. Winry, Psiren and lots of other females you've known... You never showed any interest in any of them. Does that mean, though, by any chance, that you are attracted to males?"
"Well, maybe, I guess. I don't really know."
"Hmm... Fine then, you may leave, Fullmetal, unless there is anything else you wish to say to me?" Roy asked, as if expecting something.
Ed wanted to say something. But he just couldn't bring himself to do so. So he shook his head, saluted, and left the room.
He heard a sigh behind him, a disappointed sigh, and wondered if Roy, too, wanted to say the same to him.
A/N: I've already written out all of this fic, it only has 6 chapters. I can't promise anything about a sequel though. I hope you will enjoy this fic. Please read & review!