Alright! Another Fanfiction! Okay, it's set like one and a half decades after the movie, and we all know that the ending sucked for all those EdXWinry fans out there. So here's what I think should happen later in the movie. Oh, The first segment is what the Elric brothers havve been doing for the past few years, just thought you should know. Oh, yeah! This is my first OC! Her name's Kath and you'd beter be nice to her or you will feel the hatred of Mittens! It's based mostly on the Anime, but the second chapter will have Truth in it (that freaky guy at the gate/door) Oh, almost forgot- I don't own FMA! If I did, things would of ended differently!
The Famous Elric Brothers had successfully found the Atom bomb in America and warned the Americans of the impending war. They had a conference with the president at the time, Calvin Coolidge, but he did not cooperate, kicking the out of his office and calling them insane. The brothers went back to Germany, only to find Hitler 'Chancellor' of Germany. The two brothers decided to go back and try again, and found out there was a new president- Teddy Roosevelt. The US was now in an economic depression (no thanks to Hoover) and he didn't want to spend loads of money for a new war. He had agreed to send troops to Germany and Poland to free the already growing numbers of Jews in the concentration camps and assassinated Hitler, thus making the Axis fall apart and ending the war. The soldier who killed Hitler was (you guessed it) the one and only, Edward Elric, in his new US army uniform.
As soon as they had warned good ol' Teddy about the impending war, he offered the two brothers slot in the US army, to 'make a name for themselves.' Ed refused with a 'like HELL', but Al talked him into it. Ed agreed on the terms that Al had a safe place to stay, which Roosevelt said yes to, immediately. You see, the President figured that Ed had a strong determination and will, as soon as he saw Ed's strange golden eyes. Eyes that burnt like fire. (Aren't I original?)
Al stayed with the alternate Winry (Funny coincidence, eh?), but didn't need much attention being twenty five and all. Al enjoyed his time with the alternate Winry, who was a doctor and ran a free clinic in Queens, where all of the immigrants lived. Al went to the clinic daily with Winry and started to learn the trade. Before Ed got back to the US, Al had successfully saved many, many lives. And one of those lives being Kathrin Jana, whom he fell in love with at once.
Anyone caught dead calling her Kathrin, though, would soon feel her fury. Kath, as she liked to be called, was from Germany and came to the US at about the same time as the two brothers did, and they soon found out they came on the same boat, though they were sure they never saw her until the end of their journey, when she had been found by the cook, pilfering food from the stores. The boys found out that she had been stowing away for the two weeks, and had run out of food the day before. Al pleaded Ed to help her, and Ed finally caved in when Al said he would get a cat and name it Mustang. Ed, being short and all (don't tell him I said that), ran through the security with ease, and grabbed Kath with a hard tug on the arm. Al, providing back up, laid out all of the guards, and ran after his brother and his future girlfriend. After giving Kath a free meal, they ran off without ask her name, without her asking theirs. But later, by fate's invisible hand, they met again.
When Ed came home from the war, he was broken, and in more ways than one. He pined for his Winry, because he didn't get to saying what he wanted to say. His automail arm was twisted around, up to the wrist, but he refused to use the prosthetics Earth had to offer. In a way, it was his remaining connection to his Winry, and there was no way in hell that he was letting go of it. He withdrew from everyone, including Al, and he was sinking farther and farther in depression. He stopped combing his hair and had stopped shaving, and now he was to the point he looked like his father. And he absolutely loathed that. But, it was all going to change, for Fate's hand, or Truth, has decided it was time for the boys to go home.
"…d… Ed…. EDWARD!!"
Ed woke with a start and glared at whoever woke him up, for his dreams were the only times he was ever happy. His dulled and broken golden eyes were glazed over with sleep, but he could still make out Alphonse's greenish-brown eyes and his light brown hair. Al looked at his brother, with a giant grin on his face. Ed tried to say 'what' but it came out as "Umpf… wha?"
Al, being bouncy and hyper as always, jumped closer to Ed and grabbed his shoulders. Ed, now fully awake because of the bodily contact asked, and not too nicely, "What in God's name do you think you're doing, Alphonse?!" Al returned Ed's furry scowl with a mischievous grin, with only a bit of peach fuzz on his chin that he was immensely proud of. Al had let his hair grow long again, and wore it in a ponytail, to his brother's ever present dismay. Al had taken to wearing baggy cargo pants and a long sleeved collared shirt rolled up to the elbows when he wasn't in his doctor's clothes.
"Well, Edward," he emphasized the 'Edward' in a mock serious voice that sounded too close to Ed's voice for his liking. "You're going to get out of that bathrobe, then you're going to take a shower, then you're going to shave and put some decent clothes on. 'Kay?" Al punctuated each "You're" by poking Ed's thinning stomach. Al's voice had gotten deeper and manlier and it sounded like someone who was used to giving orders, but in a nice way. Al, now much taller than Ed, because of a last minute growth spurt, picked up Ed from under his armpits, and hefted him to the bathroom.
They were living on the nicer side of Queens, in house across the street from Dr. Winry that Alphonse bought with his own money. Al, Kath, Ed, and a cat named Mittens lived in the two bedroom, one bath house. (Common realtor jargon) Al, feeling bad for Ed, let him have the back room. Ed shared the room with Mittens, a cat Al had gotten as a kitten from one of his patients. Thank God it was already named, or Al would have called it Roy to annoy Ed. The only reason Ed put on the whole I-hate-Roy-so-don't-call-the-cat-that-act was because anything with a name from Amestris reminded him of home so it reminded it of Winry. (That's a mouthful) The cat absolutely hated him.If Ed got even ten feet away from that cat, the evil ball of grey-blue would try and murder him. Ed wouldn't open up to anyone, except for Al and, amazingly, Kath.
Now that Ed was in the bathroom, he heard a strange hissing/growling sound. "Oh, CRAP!" he almost screamed. Suddenly, a flash of grayish-blue fur came barreling towards his face.
MEEOOOOOOWWWW HIIISSSSSSSSSSS!
GOD DAMN IT!
Ed reached towards the door, unable to see because of the furry ball of kitty fury was trying to claw out his eyes. The door was locked. Ed let out a stream of curses that would have made a sailor blush. Ed called out, "ALPHONSE, GET YOUR FUCKING CAT OFF OF ME!" Alphonse, at the door with Kath, stifled a giggle, and muffled his voice "Uh, sorry Brother, can't hear you, in the kitchen!" Another stream of curses. A bang of the bathroom cupboard. Then complete silence.
Kath and Al exchanged WTF? Looks. Then the shower started, and Kath and Al sighed in relief. Alphonse said "I hope he didn't kill the cat." Then Kath burst out laughing, and Al had to join in. Kath's laugh was usually silent, but if it something was funny enough… Well, some people have said she sounded like a donkey. Kath despised dresses of all kinds, and would only were a skirt if she absolutely had to. She usually was dressed in big, oversized blue overalls that she'd pull down the upper part so that it showed her undershirt. When she wasn't going to work, which was at a boat builder's, she wore a tight undershirt and baggy jeans, because she liked to be different. Kath liked to wear black combat boots with clips that jingled, and they almost looked like Ed's, except for the fact they didn't have any red. She had dirty blonde hair and deep brown eyes that changed color depending on her mood. When she was happy, she wore a face splitting smile, but when she was thinking, she tended to frown. Kath was sometimes afraid of new thing and tried to stay invisible, but Al brought out the hyper and boisterous part out that was usually reserved for people she knew really well. The two lovers kissed and went their separate ways to get ready for the special morning. For that day was going to be a very special day indeed.
After tearing the rabid creature off of him, Ed put it in the cupboard where they usually kept the towels. The cat, Ed would've sworn, gave him the evil eye. Ed saw that there was a change of clothes already there for him. A collared shirt and khaki pants. "Going somewhere special, are we?" He grinned in spite of himself, and then saw his face in the mirror. There were only a few scratches, but they still hurt. He saw his tangled hair and the beginnings of a beard. He sighed and turned the shower on, deciding that he'd shave in the shower. (My inner fangirl is going insane right now)
Kath was cooking in the kitchen, when she spilled the milk. (Don't cry over spilt milk XD) "Well, I going to have to clean this up, aren't I?" she sighed. "Better go get some towels. She walked towards the bathroom, completely forgetting that Ed was in the shower, being the scatter brain she is. She turned the doorknob, and it popped upon being unlocked. "Eh? Al?" Ed called out completely oblivious that it was Kath in the bathroom. Kath eeped, and decided it was time to get out of the bathroom. But not without her towels. She opened the cupboard, and heard a yowl, as the cat ran out of the bathroom like a bat out of Hell. "Oh, shit." Kath whispered. Ed jumped, and in the process of jumping, nicked himself with the razor. (Al trusts him with sharp objects?) "Al?" he called out uncertainly. Ed pulled the shower curtain away, so he could peak out and see who was there.
Kath screamed.
Ed screamed right back at her.
Kath ran out of the bathroom panting and slammed the door. Thank God she had her towels. Who the hell was in the shower…? She smacked her forehead with the palm of her hand. Ed must've shaved and she didn't recognize him. "I should go in and say sorry." She mumbled to herself, her heart rate back to normal, but brain functions not. (And I doubt they'll ever be) She opened the door and said "God, Ed I'm sooo-" but she never got to finish her sentence.
"OUT!"
SLAM
"I'm really-"
"OUT!"
SLAM
"Ed, I'm really…"
Ed was blushing seven different shades of red, but Kath's face looked like a tomato. "Kathrin, Please, I'm trying to take a…" and then he didn't get to finish his sentence. "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME, SHORTY?" Ed, temporarily deaf due to the high decibel of Kath's yelling, just stood there, with (thank God) a scrub brush instead of the razor. Then, he realized what she just said. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THEY'D DROWN IN A CENTIMETER OF WATER?" Then Ed threw the scrub brush with an aim that would have made his Winry proud.
THWACK
And, with a resounding thud, Kath's now unconscious body hit the floor. "Oh, shit, I think I killed her!" He panicked. He turned the water off with a swish, and ran to put his baby blue boxers on, thanking God that she was unconscious. Still dripping wet, he checked her pulse, and examined the growing lump on her head. "Good, I didn't kill her, and I doubt that I gave her a concussion." Ed sighed "Better go find Al."
Ed dragged Kath onto the couch in the living room, and decided it would be best to put his clothes on before going outside and looking for the other Elric. "Gee, I think it would be good to put my clothes on." Ed said to no one in particular. He dried himself off quickly, and jumped into his clean clothes. "Okay, It's Sunday, I think," Ed was counting on his fingers, for he hadn't been out of his dark room for… seven days. "Right, I went out last Sunday when Kath dragged me to her grandparents' house with Al. So Alphonse should be going to check on his underlings, and should have been there…" Ed checked his watch. "As of five minutes ago." So Edward went running out of the door, to run into Alphonse's back. "Umm, Ed, what's your hurry?" Al turned around and the alternate Winry peaked out from behind him. Ed relayed the information to them with a lot of blushing and extravagant hand movements.
"Damn, my head hurts… Wait, what the hell?" Kath looked around her and noticed one of her eyes was partially swollen shut. She was on the couch with Ed and Al looking at her like she was some caged animal at Central Park Zoo. "Shorty! This is all your fault!" Kath pretty much screamed. "For your information," Ed started until he realized that she called him short again. "DID YOU JUST CALL ME SHORT, YOU HALF PINT TOM BOY?!" Al sighed; they weren't going to stop for a while. It was a good thing that the Earth's Winry wasn't there or she'd whap them on their heads with her stethoscope. Kath got up to face him, eye to eye (they're the same height), and suddenly the room swirled around her. "Goddamnit…" she cursed softly, and sat back down on the couch and held her head in between her hands. The world seemed of its axis, somewhere between 45 and 90 degrees, constantly changing, making her even dizzier. She blacked out again. "Damnit, she fainted again. Oh, well!" Ed said, a little too cheerfully. Al massaged his brow, "Ed, please don't hurt her anymore, she doesn't need it." Ed gawked at his brother. "I didn't do anything, she started it!" (immature much?) Al shook his head. "Look, let's just leave her alone until she wakes up again. You can help in the kitchen." Ed shrugged. "Fine with me."
How was that? Okay, I hope! Review if you like, tell me what I did wrong. Can anyone guess whos Kath is? Any one who does gets a waffle (okay, not really)