Sunday, October 1st
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"I'm sick of this shit!" Envy screeched as he stormed down the desolate street in the town that was peacefully asleep just a few moments ago.
"Envy, be reasonable." Lust said in her usual monotone, walking a good dozen feet behind, not daring to get any closer.
"Shut up! I'm sick of you bitch!" Envy shouted at her fellow sin. "Just shut the hell up!"
Gluttony tried and failed to hide behind Lust muttering to himself.
"I'm sick of you too you fat ass! I'm sick of all this shit!" Envy could feel his vocal cords in his throat ripping apart as he abused his voice.
The emerald haired doppelganger now found himself in the middle of an ally. A lone man had the misfortune of being on the other end of said ally at the time.
As though he was drawn by movement, Envy grabbed a trashcan and hurled it at the man, who by the time it reached him, was long gone. The trashcan slammed into the side of a brick building and crumpled in on itself accompanied by the sound of screeching metal.
Gluttony was now holding onto Lust's arms in fear as he continued to frantically talk to himself.
"Scaryscaryscaryscaryscaryscaryscaryscaryscaryscar yscaryscaryscaryscary."
Envy was now stomping through the town lashing out at anything unlucky enough to get in his path. Lust followed from thirty feet behind now, with Gluttony needlessly close on her heals.
Over the noise caused by the homunculus's rampage, the voice of said rampaging sin could be heard.
"I'm sick of that bitch of a mother! I'm sick of following orders! I'm sick of that damn school! I'm fucking sick of everything!"
It continued on like that for another minute before things quieted down.
Lust stood on the side of the main street and watched the doppelganger approach. Gluttony whimpered and continued to hide behind Lust. Lust put on a solemn face and tried to look nonchalant.
While Envy drew nearer, it grew more apparent that he was still brimming with furry, but had calmed down a small amount.
"Are you done yet?" Lust asked innocently.
Envy gave no response and simply raised his fist and swung it into the side of the building a foot from Lust's head.
Lust flinched in anticipation but instead of the fist, was hit with a spray of brick.
"I'm fuckin' out of here."
Envy walked out of the town without looking back to even see if he was being followed.
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"OW!" A voice was heard from the second floor of the mansion.
"Brother! What have you done now?!"
"Al...help...me!" A voice called from underneath a pile of books. A pale hand was reaching out.
"Brother! I told you it wasn't safe to put those books on one shelf!" Al cried as he pulled about fifteen books off the pile around the area he thought his brother's head would be.
"Sorry, Al! I was trying to move them to other shelves and it broke! Next thing I new I was covered in books!" I, once my head and arm were freed, began to help my younger brother move the other books.
"Seriously...you should have asked for some help!" Al scolded. After about twenty minutes, we had safely spread the books among the bookcase and were currently trying to fix the broken shelf.
"Boys! Can you please come down here?" Our mother yelled from downstairs. Or rather, that's what she would have done, if their new almost-mansion did not have an intercom system in every room.
"Yes Mother!" Both of us said. Climbing down the stairs and turning the corner to enter the kitchen. In the doorway, our bastard father was standing. Al greeted him with a curt 'Afternoon, Father.'
Me...
I squeezed by with a mumbled 'Bastard.'
Ever since the accident, he regarded me as nothing more than an object.
"Boys, I'm afraid that your father has to go to work early today. Could you boys go grocery shopping for me, please?" Mother said after Al and I greeted her.
"Yes Mother! We would be happy to!" Al replied.
"Thank you so much! Here's a list. I would go myself but I'm afraid I wouldn't be able to get the bags back. Be careful." She sent us off after kissing our cheeks and reminding me ten times to drive carefully.
Ho-ho-pappa just stood there, frown prominent on his face.
Why? He thought it was my fault that my Mother and I ended up like we did. He also blamed me for Al, but let's save that for a rainy day.
On our way out the door, I realized I had not gotten my car keys from my room. I told Al to go wait in the driveway while I ran upstairs to get them. I quickly ran past the kitchen and up the stairs, sliding to a halt in front of my door. In the few hours we had been here since the long drive from Seattle to Albany, Georgia, I had already unpacked all of my belongings and even put up all my posters. I had put my bulletin board on my door and everything. Only thing I hadn't unpacked were my pictures, since they, I just decided, were to go on the top shelf of my bookcase. Fishing around in the pocket of the jacket I was wearing previously. I smirked at the newest addition on my key chain. It was a small Oroborus symbol.
'Winry knows me too well.'
Racing back down the stairs, I almost-repeat-ALMOST tripped and fell down the stairs.
Meaning...I barely managed to jump over the cat before I stepped on him and tripped down the stairs.
When I finally got out to my black Jaguar, I saw Al leaning on the fence talking to some long haired kid. I couldn't tell if it was a boy or girl. I couldn't see his or her face due to the long black hair that was hanging down to his/her knees.
"Alu! Got my keys, let's go!" I said and unlocked the car doors.
"Brother, can we give a ride to Wrath? He's supposed to meet his brother at the market!" So the person is male.
"Sure, why not. Let's go then." Wrath jumped over our small fence and bounded after Al. Al sat in the passenger seat after allowing Wrath to climb in back. I started my precious and started to pull out of the driveway.
"Can I turn the radio on now, brother?" Al asked. I hadn't let him turn it back on after about two hours into the ride from Seattle. He can NOT sing. After that He had crawled into the back and slept most of the way from our dinky little apartment we had been sharing until the first two months of school were over. Mom and Ho-ho-pappa had moved to our new house around the end of June. Being the bastard that he is, our father insisted we stay at the apartment until the house was finished with renovations and all that other crap. Now me and Al had driven all the way from Seattle, Washington to Albony, Georgia. We spent three days on the road. We stopped at hotels and stuff to sleep but most of our time was spent on the road.
"Yeah. Just don't sing." When he turned it on I heard one of my favorite songs playing. It was the song 'Returnable Memories.' I have yet to figure out who sings it, but the person sounds like me according to Al and my mother. I starting singing lowly along to the words.
"-ashimi ga kono mune wo eguru hodo no
Migite ni wa itami sae nai keredo
Ushinatta nukumori wo wasurenai
Sashi nobeta kono te ni wa kitto nanika
Nokoshitemiseru"
"You sing really good!" Wrath said from the backseat. I blushed. I had forgotten he was back there. I muttered a "Thanks." After that, Al started telling Wrath about all my trophies and stuff from singing contests. Needless to say, by the time we arrived at the food market, Wrath knew every aspect of my singing abilities.
"Brother, let's split up so we can cover the list in half the time, 'kay?" Al said. It made sense, seeing as the how the list was two whole pages long anyway.
"Okay. Let's meet at the check-out counter when we're done. Good luck finding your brother, Wrath." I waved as they walked away. They were chatting about something or other. I smiled. So my little brother beat me to finding a new friend? Ah well. Grabbing a cart, I set off to find the first thing on my list.
Which was the one thing I hated the most.
"Milk..."
Damn! Why did my brother have to take the one without milk on it?! Regardless, I walked over to the dairy section and grabbed a gallon of the disgusting liquid. After that horrid task was over, I proceeded through the isles, occasionally picking up a few items. I turned the corner to the candy isle, which was all set up for Halloween. I walked over to the part with the Ghiradelli chocolates that my mother loved so much. Not really noticing when someone walked up beside me, I stayed immersed in trying to find the right kinds of chocolate.
"Maa, shrimpy, can you please move? I can't see the chocolate." Said a voice from beside me. I glanced over to find a guy who looked around my age, if not older, with long green hair in a ponytail standing next to me. He was wearing glasses, some sweatpants and a tight black tank top that failed to cover his midriff. What shocked me was the fact that the guy had his bellybutton pierced. Wait, did he just call me SHORT?!
"WHO'RE YOU CALLIN' TOO SHORT TO REACH THE TOP SHELF?!" I yelled before I could stop myself.
"You, dipshit. Now move before I kick your ass to next Saturday." He said.
"And why should I?" I challenged.
"Because I shou-" he was caught off guard as Wrath came flying out of nowhere and tackled him to the floor.
"Envy! There you are! I was looking all over for you! Mommy Sloth says you have to get home to practice!" Wrath said and allowed himself to be picked up by the back of his over sized shirt by Envy.
"Is Aunt Lust or Gluttony back yet?" Envy asked.
"Nope! They left on some trip to Paris for the fat lard's cooking show!" Wrath smiled.
"Whatever. Let's go." Envy put Wrath back on his feet and grabbed a bag of chocolates. I saw that they we're raspberry. So he shares my fascination with raspberry chocolate? I watched them stalk away.
"Brother? Are you okay?" Al asked.
"Huh? Oh, I'm fine Al. Have you got everything on your list?" I asked him.
"Yupp!" He seems happy.
"Okay then, let me just grab these chocolates and some Reese's and then we can go check out. Al put the basket he had filled with his half of the items into the cart. I picked up four bags of chocolate- two peanut butter for my Mother and two raspberry for myself. We walked down the isle a little further and grabbed several bags of Reese's. Placing them in the cart, we headed towards the check out lines.
About thirty minutes later, Al and I pulled into the driveway of our almost-mansion I was really just a large townhouse. Al and I started grabbing the bags from the trunk when I heard the motorcycle coming. I looked up just in time to see Wrath and that Envy guy zoom into their garage. Shaking my head, I followed Al into the house. After putting away all of the food and grabbing my two bags of chocolate, I walked into the living room. On the couch were two people. One who looked exactly like my father only older, and a woman with short black hair and greenish eyes. My mother introduced them as Mr Bezarius Culus and Mrs Dante Culus. According to Mom, they had come over to welcome Al and I to the neighborhood. Apparently they had four children: Sloth, Greed, Envy and Wrath. Dante also had sister named Lust who was married to a guy named Gluttony. She also had a brother named Pride. Apparently Ho-ho-pappa's look-a-like was an only child. I mingled for a few minutes, then took my leave to my room, pretending that I had a headache.
I walked into my room and opened my window. I was staring out when I could have sworn I saw that Envy guy swing out of a window and onto the balcony of his house. Shaking my head, I turned on my laptop and almost screamed when I realized I had 30 I.M's from Winry, 2 from Paninya and about a hundred emails. I mentally scolded myself for not checking my emails and I.M's for three days. After going through and deleting the unnecessary emails, I replied to the few from my friends back in Seattle. I 'I.M'ed Winry and Paninya for about 3 hours until I realized that my mother was calling over the intercom that dinner was ready.
Through out the entire dinner, no one said anything except Mom. She talked about everything from pie to the unidentifiable fuzz that was growing in Al's ancient science project.
It's about five years old.
He wont get rid of it no matter what.
After dinner, Al and I cleaned up the dishes. Mom rolled up to us and announced she was heading to bed. I kissed her on the cheek and gave her a small hug after drying my hands off. I watched as Al did the same thing and then I watched mom to make sure she got to her and Ho-ho-pappa's room without any trouble. The good thing about having your parents' room on the first floor is that Al and I get the whole top story to ourselves.
I climbed up the stairs with Al following me after we had finished the dishes. We said our good nights as we departed to our separate ends of the house. I opened the door to my room and looked over to my window. I hadn't put up the curtains yet since there were still a few boxes of stuff in Al's room. He had all the curtains and other things like that, so tonight I would have to deal without. I walked over to my closet and pulled out my favorite old t-shirt. It had a faded red heart with black chains that said 'Edo-chibi and Will-yashi' in white in the middle of the heart. My best friend in third grade had given it to me as a birthday present. Back then, it went past my ankles, but now that I was older and taller, It went about mid-thigh. It was tattered around the ends and had a few stains but it was still my favorite. I pulled off my shirt and pants and slipped on the shirt. I flopped into bed and pulled out my laptop. More emails from Winry. Most consisted of "CHECK YOUR PHONE ED!" I did, only to find 75 text messages and 13 missed calls. Sighing, I put off looking at them all and just put my phone on the desk near my bed. I turned off my laptop and grabbed a book from the shelf.
'The Theory of Alchemy and The Chosen One' by Edmund Gaffner.
Whippee. I had to pick the one my bastard father had given me.
Though it was one of my favorites.
Sometime during the night, I fell asleep. I started to dream about Will. It wasn't very good.
"Willo-kun.." I murmured in my sleep.
Little did I know that that hidden wish was right beneath my nose the whole time.
Welcome to my first Fullmetal Alchemist fanfiction! Ed may seem a tad bit OOC, but that is part of the plot. All reviews are accepted. Even flames. I hope you enjoyed it and please tell me if I should continue! I'm sorry for any mistakes!