Part 1
In a small dark room, a girl lay in bed, huddled under a wad of blankets for warmth. The phone near her head rang, it was a customized ring tone, so she knew who was calling before she picked up the phone. Opening one eye she checked the clock, eleven AM. She picked up the phone and yawned softly. "Hello Mel."
"Hi D, did I wake you?"
"Yes, but that's ok, I should have been up before hand." She threw the blankets over her head and curled up again with the phone to her ear. "What is it?"
"I didn't like last nights episode!" Came the loud whimpering reply. She chuckled softly and rubbed her eyes.
"Envy I take it?"
"Yes! He's friggin' evil!" D shook her head and sat up, deciding it was never too early to tease her friend.
"I don't know Mel, he was kindda pretty when he was human…"
"You did NOT just say that!" Came the screaming voice from the phone. As if timed, She had thrown the phone onto the bed and threw a shirt on over her head. "How could you? I don't think I even know you anymore!" the girl laughed as she put on the rest of her street clothes she had laid out the night before and switched the phone to speaker.
"You're just saying that because you haven't seen him yet. We still on for today?"
"But you brought up Envy!"
"No, you did. You called to complain about him."
"Oh, right. Will you bring your CD?"
"Yeah, it's in my laptop, want me to bring that too?"
"Sure. Oh yeah! Did you get my E-mail?"
"No, I haven't checked my mail all week. I can check it when you pick me up."
"Alright, I'm on my way. See you soon!"
"Mmhm." She hung up and put her hair up into a low ponytail. Gathering some bags that had collected on the floor she slipped on a pair of worn shoes as well and stood up. At the door was a light brown paw, batting at an invisible string to forces the door open for access to the room behind the wooden shield. "Dusty! Hello pussy-cat." She smiled and let the bags fall to the ground as she scooped up the sneaky Siamese. "Now, who let you in here?" the chocolate point feline squirmed, not in the mood for cuddling.
"Good morning." The girl looked up and smiled.
"Hi mom, Mel's on her way to pick me up, want me to get you anything?"
"No, that's alright. Do you have your phone?"
"Yes'm, I'm bringing my laptop as well." She released her pet and gathered her bags once again, looking back to see the feline 'sitting pretty' on her unmade bed and cleaning a paw as if nothing happened. The girl shook her head with a smile and exited her room, then wrapped her arms around the shorter woman in front of her. "Thanks for letting me go on this trip mom."
"You better behave yourself!"
"I will mom, don't worry so much."
"It's in my job description. I'm allowed to worry." She smiled and released her daughter as a horn beeped from the driveway, coming from an all to familiar black 98 jeep Cherokee.
"There's Mel! I'll see you in a few weeks mom!" She leaned forward and kissed her mother's cheek before taking off down the stairs and out the door. Mel climbed out of her car and threw her arms in the air.
"Yay! D-Chan! I missed you so much! I just got finished talking to you, what? Five minutes ago?"
"Close, three." D smiled and disguarded all but one bag into the back of Mel's jeep. "You ready for a road trip?"
"Yes! I've been waiting forever for this Con!" D grinned as she hopped into the passenger side of the black vehicle.
"Here's the CD." She handed off a blue disk, her personal burned copy of 'Smile' by L'arcEnCiel. "And I need to check my mail. How long is this trip?" She pressed a button on the keyboard and waited for the system to warm up.
"Eh, a few hours. You have the hotel room set up?"
"Mmhm." D yawned as she clicked a few items off the start up and opened a window to get to her e-mail. "How many Edward cos-pla-… what the hell?" D readjusted the screen and studied the words.
"What is it D?"
"This E-Mail." She laughed as she scanned the page. "I don't remember having an erectile function to begin with." She deleted the e-mail along with a few others. "Hm, what's this?" Mel looked over from the drivers' side as she pulled onto the highway.
"What is it now?"
"I don't know… 'Make a Wish Program'? Isn't that like the charity for the children who are really sick?"
"I think so, why not open it?" D nodded and opened the mail. A screen popped up and a download started. "Wai! It's- it's a virus!"
"What?" Mel looked over once again, with a rather confused expression.
"Keep your eyes on the road! I'll try to stop it." She slammed a few keys, trying to shut the system down before the download completed. "It's not working!"
"Take out the battery then."
"I can't, it's screwed in." D whimpered, "My poor computer." Mel shook her head slightly.
"It's ok, right? You're dad can fix it when you get back, right?" D pouted.
"Yesh . . ." Mel laughed softly.
"So don't worry so much." She glanced at the screen. "Hey, what's that?"
"Eyes on the road!" D yelped as the car swerved a little.
"Ok-ok, but your computer. What's that on the screen?" D looked to the plasma like surface of the computer where a window had popped up over a completed download. A small envelope like icon was flapping a pair of small angel wings.
"An envelope?" She clicked on it hesitantly.
"Well?"
"I'm reading!" D mumbled slightly, Mel smirked.
"Can you read it out loud?"
"Yeah-yeah . . ." She moved her eyes back to the top of the screen and recited the words. " 'Thank you for downloading MaWP.exe.' Like I had a choice! 'We hope you enjoy the program. It can be located in your program files. Select the readme.txt document before you begin.' Blah blah blah." She sighed and leaned back in the chair. "It won't let me delete it."
"You might as well read it, it'll give you something to do. "D grumbled, glaring slightly at Mel who sighed.
"Sure, maybe it'll have a way to get rid of it." She clicked on the readme.txt and scanned through it. "This is a bunch of bull!"
"What is? The program?" D nodded and read a few lines out loud, this time without instruction.
" 'MaWP, is a magic system download. Compatible with any and all text receiving devices. It allows the user two wishes that can be used at any time. Once the wishes have been used, the system can not be reinstalled onto the system.' "
"Sounds pretty cool."
"And like a scam. I can't find anything that tells you how they go about doing this, or how to get rid of it."
"Yes it did. It said it was a 'magic system download'. So, it's magic." D sighed and shook her head.
"Mel, do you really believe that?" Mel's eyes shifted nervously.
"Maybe . . ." D smacked her forehead.
"Mel!"
"What? If given the chance I'd wish for Edward any day, so I have to believe in magic, don't I?" D laughed softly.
"I wouldn't put it past you."
"So, how does it work?"
"What?"
"The program, humor me." D frowned and clicked on the MaWP.exe.
"There are just two text lines, that's all."
"Aw. You'd think there's be more to it then that."
"Well, what should I wish for?"
"Huh?"
"You wanted me to humor you. So what should I wish for?"
"Uh, how about . . . that we were in the Full Metal Alchemist world?" Mel smiled happily.
"Alright." D typed in what Mel had said and hit enter. "See? Nothing happe-"
"Uh, D? What's that?" D looked up and closed her laptop.
"Uh-oh, maybe it is real." Both girls were staring at a glowing light. "Mel, you have to move out of the way!"
"I-I can't! Gretchen won't move, the wheel's stuck.""
"Then step on the breaks!"
"I tried." Both girls yelped as the car drove into the light, causing both of them to covered their eyes from the brightness.