The Fullmetal Alchemist Edward Elric and his brother Alphonse Elric were called to Colonel Roy Mustang for information on the Philosophers Stone. 'In case you are worrying about what happened with Tucker and your stay there, I made sure that this family had no State Alchemical background.' Roy told them. 'The only one that knows Alchemy and actually uses it is their only daughter and her mother - who works as the girl's teacher.' Since their assignment benefited both the brothers and the state, Edward and Alphonse were happy to take on the assignment.
They rode the train to the family's house the next morning. Edward stared into the emptiness of the fields they passed, while Alphonse watched his brother. "Brother? Are you sure you want to do this?" He asked. "What if they're hiding something...?"
"If they're hiding something, I'd think the Military would already know about it." Reassuring his brother with a grin, Edward patted his shoulder. "And heck! Maybe this girl could be the girlfriend you wanted!" Alphonse simply sighed.
They stopped at the train station a few minutes later. A nineteen year old male greeted them. He had short, almost black, brown hair and grey blue eyes. A basic military uniform clothed him; but his blue jacket was on his arm and not his back, so a black turtle-neck was worn. "Hey, you must be the two I'm suppose to bring to the house?" He asked, grinning.
"Yeah, we are..." Edward responded. "I'm the Fullmetal Alchemist, and this is my younger brother Alphonse." The man nodded smiling, and walked towards a car.
"C'mon! I'll drive ya!" He hoped in and motioned the other two, and they followed his example. "So, what's your name Fullmetal?" The man glanced at him through the mirror. "Cuz I heard alot from you!"
"I'm Edward Elric. And shouldn't you have introduced yourself before?" Edward sneered.
"Oh me?" He laughed. "I'm Johnny Wolfe!" He smiled devilishly. "And you have an attitude!"
A homely house, a little bigger than the rest (But not too noticeable.) was the home that Johnny slowed down to. The house looked quite welcoming; a large pine tree decorated the front, while shrubs and bushes lined the sides (Not including the driveway). It had a burgundy roof and white walls. It seemed like a normal suburban home. The two young alchemists stepped out of the car. They looked back at Johnny, who stuck his head out the window.
"I gotta go back to Central! See ya Shrimp!!!" He pulled out laughing, Edward wasn't; he knew the man was making fun of him.
"THAT'S JUMBO SHRIMP TO YOU!!!!!" He shrieked at the top of his lungs, but wasn't heard.
"Brother, we should go inside. They probably heard you." Alphonse reminded. "Besides, you should be happy that they might be family welcoming!" He pointed to the house; hinting that not many people of General rank have family-orientated homes.
Edward panted between words. "Yeah, you're right Al." He grinned. "We should go in." Cutting through the yard, they prepared themselves to what might happen. Surprisingly, when they knocked, they heard a resounding 'Go around!' In which they obeyed.
They knocked on a side door. A bright grey green eye stared at them through the blinds (There was a small window in the door). When the blinds opened, a girl, slightly older than Edward by about a month stared at them. She had wavy medium length ash blond hair (pulled back by a black hairband) and wore a light grey hoodie (Halfway unzipped; she was wearing a black shirt underneath and a golden necklace). She made a screwed up, confused face. She looked behind her and held up a finger to and lipped 'One moment.'.
She ran from the door and a woman in her late thirties opened the door. She had her dark auburn hair tied back in a mid-waist ponytail. She wore a dark earthy green T-shirt and a white vest. Both the girl and the woman wore jeans; but the younger girl's jeans were regular blue and ripped up at the heel area, while the woman's were dark blue and well kept. The older lady scanned them with her grey eyes. "You must be the Fullmetal Alchemist? I'm Lorelei Williams."
"Hello Ma'am." Alphonse bowed, Edward grinned slyly. "That's Alphonse. I'm Edward!" The young girl walked up to him.
"Okay Ed. My name's Lindsay!" She smiled playfully. "C'mon in! C'mon in!" She motioned and ran into the living room. "My Mom's teaching me about the basis of Alchemy!"
The two shrugged to each other. "Don't worry about Lindsay." Lorelei laughed. "She just started learning alchemy last year. She's making great progress." She turned her gaze to the books (they were in the 'Den' of the house) on the walls. "The Alchemy books are higher up." She pointed. "You're both free to use them. And if have any questions, feel free to ask." And with that, she left them to their work.
Lindsay walked back into the den an hour later. "We just made brownies, you want some?" Alphonse shook his head. Edward stood silently reading a book, too into the literature to notice her presence. "Excuse me?" She looked at him for awhile.
Alphonse giggled a bit. "Ed always does this when he reads. It's like he's in his own little world---"
"AL!!!! Why'd you call me short?!?!" Edward snapped. Lindsay laughed, apparently finding his ranting cute. "What?!"
"I'm sorry, you just look so funny!" She snickered. "Mom and I made brownies if you want some!" He stood up.
"Yeah, I'll get some---" He stared at the girl. "Oh - my - god!!!" He quickly leveled his hand on her head to his face; she's shorter. "I-I'm finally taller than a girl!!!" He cheered, believing there was still hope.
Lindsay sighed, and grinned in her laughing. "C'mon! Before we burn anymore daylight!" She walked them through the house to the kitchen.