Hi! MotherUniverse here! This is my first fanfiction, the Fullmetal Alchemist After Story! I've never published one before, so if it's terrible, don't judge me. Please.
As you can guess, it's what happens after the Brotherhood series. The events are mainly based off Brotherhood, but there will be elements from the Manga placed in there as well.
The story will focus on the new Elric family, and the second generation of FMA. I probably have plenty of grammer mistakes, but whatever.
I hope you like it!
Part's of this chapter was inspired by a different fic called "Flowers of Antimony" (I forgot who wrote it though). So credits to the author, (whoever she is) for some of the inspiration. If she read's this, could she please tell me her username, so that I could give her some real credit later.
Also; I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist. Most of the characters in this story, and a large portion of mentioned plot belong's to Himiru Arwakwa, and the rest of the company's and publishing houses that went into the book writing. The only character's that are made by me are the characters that will be mentioned who are not in Brotherhood or the Manga.
Now, on to the story!
Chapter 1: Divination
"Equivalent Exchange! I'll give you half of my life, if you give me half of yours!" Ed shouted. He was positive he wanted this; every time he looked at his beautiful best friend, he knew he wanted this – he wanted her. But he also got tongue–tied, and somehow ended up shouting what he wanted to say, which made something he wanted to sound cute and happy sound like he wanted to eat her soul. He never thought he'd get Winry to like him like this. But here he was, after dating her for two years, asking her to marry him. Maybe they were a bit young, but he was confident he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Winry Rockbell. But then he has to go and add alchemy to asking a girl to marry him.
Winry groaned. "Aw c'mon, do you have to treat everything like alchemy? ?" She asked. "The whole equivalent exchange thing – it's just nonsense!"
Why was she saying this? Did she want to marry him or not? "What'd you say" Snapped Ed.
"It's nonsense!" Winry reiterated. "How about I just give you my whole life?"
The two paused for a second as they realized what Winry just said. She just said 'yes' to marrying Ed. She said 'yes'.
Winry turned red. "Uh, maybe not all of it! 90, maybe 80%? 70? That's not enough. But 85, yeah, 85 is a good number!" Ed suddenly started to laugh. This woman – this beautiful, intelligent, kind, incredible woman – just took the laws of the universe and completely defied them without even realizing it. This woman – who barely even touched Alchemy books – did the one thing that Alchemist have been trying to do for centuries. She really was the greatest!
"What?! Shut up!" Snapped Winry, unhappy that her new fiance was laughing at her.
"I'm sorry, really!" Said Ed in between laughs.
"Edward!" She snapped.
"You are so incredible! You knocked Equivalent Exchange flat on it's but in just a few words!"
"And what's that mean? Are you making fun of me?" Asked Winry.
"Not at all!" Said Ed. Then he pulled her into a hug, holding her head like he did when he first hugged her as a child. "Thanks for cheering me up. I'll miss you"
Winry nodded. "Come home soon." She told him.
Ed was soon on the train, the love of his life waving at him as it sped off. In a few months he would come home, and then they could plan their wedding, and their future. He never quite believed in the art of divination, but right now, he was sure he was practicing it. He could see the future, a future with him and Winry. He pulled out a pencil and paper, and started to write to Al.
To Al,
I'm currently on the train to Creta. I'm excited. I've never left the country before. In a few months I'll return home, and I hope not much will change.
Winry saw me off at the station. She's incredible, you know. She just made the laws governing the universe look like child's play without even realizing it. She's always supported us; I don't think we could've done any of the thing's we did without her constant care, and her always standing by our side. I love her for that. She never doubted us once, not even when we doubted ourselves.
Remember when we were young, and I would always try to make presents for Winry using alchemy? She wasn't found of our methods, the transmutations had always scared her. I didn't exactly know why I liked making her presents, I just knew I liked seeing her happy. Then one day when she came over for Establishment Day, and she was wearing that one red and blue dress, I just thought she looked beautiful. Of course, the next day I denied that I ever had those feelings to myself, but according to you that next day was the day we had a fight over who'd marry her. Whatever. I just know I've always loved her.
Anyways, I'm telling you all this because, well, I have some news for you. I've done the thing I've wanted to do since, well, forever, I guess. I asked her to marry me. And she said yes. We're gonna be together, Al! Can you believe that?
I hope your doing well. Your invited to the wedding, of course. I need a best man after all, right? And when we see each other again, don't forget to tell me how Xing was. And I'll make sure to tell you everything about Creta.
See you soon, Al.
From your awesome big brother,
Edward.
Ed put the note into an envelope, and addressed it. As soon as he arrived in Creta, he mailed it. Three weeks later, the letter was delivered to Alphonse.
Al read the letter. He found himself so happy he could cry. Without any hesitation, he ran right into the empires thrown room.
He had came into that room to chat with Ling so many times that the guards just let him in, no questions asked. Lan Fan didn't even eye him with suspicion anymore, which she did to just about everyone, even May, who lived with Ling ever since he became Empire. Al, out of breath, ran right up to Ling.
"Hey Al!" Ling said with good nature. "What's up?"
After taking a few more breaths, Al announced with a smile; "Big brother and Winry! Their getting married!"
Ed walked back to his house in Resembol, taking the long rout from the train station. He was nervous, thinking that the longer he took to get to his house, the better of things he could think of to say to Winry. He thought he really messed up with the proposal, and wanted to fix things. He bought a ring. It actually had good taste. It was silver, with diamonds, and it didn't have sculls or horns on it. It wasn't an obnoxious color, it didn't look like a bull. It was pretty and wonderful.
He walked into the house, took a breath and called out to his fiancee. She came downstairs, wrench in hand. Ed knew he had to be carful to avoid a crack in his skull.
"Ed, your back! Let me guess, you broke your auto-mail already" She said. Ed's guilty smile told her 'yes'. Winry felt herself grow mad. "Why can't you just stay out of trouble for once in you life?!" She snapped, raising the wrench over his head.
Ed quickly dropped on one knee, held out the ring box, and shouted, "Winry, will you marry me!"
Winry stopped mid-wrench. She grabbed the box, looked at the ring, and then looked at Ed.
"At least let me marry you before you kill me!" He said.
Winry suddenly started tearing up. Ed thought he did something wrong, but then she jumped on him, wrapping her arms around him. She pulled him close to her chest, laughing and crying at the same time, wedging her head into his shoulder.
"Thank you! Yes I'll marry you! Thank you!" She cried. Then, as if it wanted to ruin the moment so badly, his leg decided to give out, and the two of them fell to the floor.
"You really did break it, didn't you?" She scowled.
After a few wrenches to the head, Ed trying to put the wring on her finger only to accidentally drop it too the floor, and almost loosing the ring to the abyss of under the couch, the two of them sat at the table while Winry worked on fixing Ed's leg. She told him the house update; Granny had decided to take a vacation in the south, so she wouldn't be home for a few weeks. She also told Ed about the customers she received when he was in Creta. In turn, he told her about his travels. Eventually, Winry started to talk about things for the wedding.
"I already called Paninia and and Garfiel. Paninia's gonna be the maid of honor, and Garfiel want's to give me away. Who am I to say no? They're really excited about this. They've already been arguing about what they want my dress to look like. I was thinking that maybe — "
Winry wasn't able to finish her sentence before the phone rang. "I'll get it" Groaned Ed.
As soon as Ed grabbed the phone, he heard Brigadier General Roy Mustang's voice on the other side laughing at him. "Congratulations on your engagement with Winry! I didn't think you'd actually find a girlfriend"
"Well in case you hadn't noticed, I'm about to get married and your still single, General Germ-bag!" Ed quipped back at him. Then a thought occurred to him. He never actually told Mustang he was getting married.
"And how did you know about the wedding, stalker?"
"First of all" The Brigadier General said back to him, annoyed. "I do not 'stalk' you. If I did spend my time stalking, I wouldn't waist it on watching your boring life. Second of all, did you tell Alphonse about the wedding?"
"Of course I did," Said Ed, as if it was obvious. "He was the first person I told."
"Well, that makes sense" Mustang said to himself. "He must have told Empire Ling"
"Your point?" Asked Ed, hoping that this wasn't going to lead to chaos as he suspected.
"Ling decided to come to your wedding. Because he's empire, he's bringing an entire entourage with him. Then good old Fuhrer Grumman decided that if your inviting the national leader of another country, then the national leader of your home country should be invited too." Explained Mustang.
"But I don't even know the guy!" Shouted Ed.
"Doesn't matter. He's coming, and he's bringing his own entourage with him. Fullmetal, you just somehow turned a wedding into a national affair. Congratulations."
"Your kidding right?" Said Ed. This can't be happening, he thought. He just wanted a small, simple wedding in Resembol with a few of his close friends and allies. Now the entire military is being dragged to his wedding.
"Let me get Winry on the phone" He said.
He called for Winry, and she walked into the room and grabbed the phone. Mustang explained everything to her.
"You've got to be kidding me" she said, exasperated.
"Yep, and Grumman even hired a wedding planner for you!" Ed heard Mustang say from the other side of the line. At this, Ed marched up to the phone, grabbed it from Winry, and shouted into it as loud as possible "WE DON'T NEED A WEDDING PLANNER!"
On the other side, Mustang held the phone as far from his ear as possible. "Well too bad!" He yelled back, "you're planner should be at your house in about…" The Brigadier General checked his watch. "Five minutes"
As if on cue, the door bell rang. Ed groaned, stomped over to the door, and opened it. He saw the face of a black haired woman he didn't recognize. She offered him a smile and a "hi". Edward instantly slammed the door in her face.
Winry walked up to the door, shouting, "Ed, open the door!"
Winry opened the door and let the woman in. "Sorry about that. Ed's not happy about the wedding situation."
"Well, I wouldn't be either if, but at least you get a free wedding planner." Said the woman good naturally. "I'm Rebecca Catalina" At this, she extended her hand for a shake.
Winry took it. "Nice to meet you. Winry Rockbell. So, Ms. Catalina—"
"Please, call me Rebecca"
"Rebecca. What's gonna go into this planning" Asked Winry.
"Well, we're gonna order some things, plan out decorations, and the wedding dress, of course!"
Rebecca looked Winry up and down. "Hmm," she muttered. "I think you'd look good in a strapless dress, ivory colored. The corset will have pearls on it, and the skirt will be full, flower-layered, and then a tiara with flowers, and a long vail" As soon as Rebecca's vision was in place, she grabbed Winry by the wrist and started to pull her towards the upstairs rooms. "Come on! We have to take your measurements! I want to start on the dress right away!"
A week later, Edward had made an emergency trip to Central. The reason for this trip was scrunched up in his hands. He marched up to the Brigadier General Roy Mustang's office, walked through the door without knocking, and slammed the newspaper on the desk.
"Front page!" He shouted. "Why is my wedding on the front page of the newspaper!"
"Because Grumman wanted it on there" said Mustang casually. "I'm sure it's not that big of a deal"
"Winry and I wanted a simple, small marriage. First we get Grumman making it big, and now we have our wedding announced to the entire damn country! This wasn't supposed to happen"
"Well, if you want to complain, don't talk to me about it." Said Mustang. "In fact, you can complain to the Fuhrer. Grumman want's to meet you"
Ed rooted his feat into the ground. "Nuh uh! I'm not seeing that asshole who thinks that—"
Ed didn't get to finish his sentence before Mustang grabbed him by the coat hood and dragged him outside.
"LET ME GO!" Shouted Ed. "LET ME GO OR I'LL SHAVE THAT STUPID MUSTACHE OFF YOUR FACE!"
"Trust me, my subordinates already tried, and none where successful" Said Mustang. "That threat won't hold any weight with me"
Mustang didn't get it. He thought the mustache made him look cool and mature. He wasn't sure why so many people hated it. He already caught his subordinates trying to shave it off in his sleep several times, and even Halkeye blatantly refused orders, saying that she'll only do what he said if he agreed to shave the mustache. Well, he guessed it was too bad for everyone else! He liked the mustache!
He dragged a struggling Edward Elric into the Fuhrers office. Grumman looked up at Mustang with a pleased look.
"Ah. I see you brought Edward with you. That's good, I was planning to talk to him." Grumman stood up and walked up to the two of them.
"It's a pleasure to meet you, Edward." The Fuhrer said.
"I'd like to say the same thing, but I have an honesty code" Said Ed bitterly.
"I'm assuming your unhappy about me interfering with your wedding" Laughed Grumman. "No matter. I understand. How's Miss Catalina treating you?"
"She's organized, I'll give her that." Ed grunted. "But I'd rather if Winry and I were able to plan the wedding ourselves"
"Well, that's too bad. I'm sure she'll do a great job at planning!" Said Grumman.
"Whatever," Groaned Ed, knowing he was fighting a loosing argument. "But did you have to announce our wedding on the newspaper?"
"Of course I did. Empire Ling put it on the Xingese papers. Why couldn't I put it on the Amestrian news?"
"HE WHAT!?" Shouted Ed. Grumman put a Xingese newspaper in front of Ed's face. The article was translated to Amestrian, so Ed was able to read what it said;
Congratulations to the Marriage of Edward and Winry Elric!
By Empire Ling Yao
I am happy to announce that my dear Amestrian friend, Edward Elric, is finally getting married to his beautiful girlfriend, Winry Rockbell. As you know, Edward had became my friend and my alley when I traveled to Amestris in search of Immortality. I am proud to say that I get to attend the wedding with my beautiful fiancee, Lan Fan.
I am excited to know that my best friend is getting married. I hope that he and his new wife have a happy life and bare many children…
Ed read through the article, getting madder at each word. Apparently, Ling was planning to have a Xingese style parade in his and Winry's honor in central city. As it was in their honor, Ed and Winry were required to attend.
"Why does this always happen to me!" Ed shouted, exasperated. He wasn't even married yet and he already wanted this wedding to be over with. Seriously?! Why?! Why did everyone have to make such a big deal out of it?! People got married all the time! Ed sighed. Maybe they could just sign some legal documents proving their marriage and just cancel the formal wedding. Ed knew that wasn't an option though; Grumman had already made this a national event, and there was no getting out of it.
As soon as Ed got out of the building, he went up to the phone booth, threw the newspaper out in the trash can next to it, called up Winry, and started ranting to her about everything that just happened.
A man with long red hair, wearing a brown trench coat and fedora, walked by Ed as he made his phone call. The man stopped to listen in. He collected the information in his mind.
A parade in honor of the one's getting married. He thought. At least one of the sacrifices are bound to be their, and plus the one's with his blood.
That will be the perfect time to strike!
Over the days, Paninia came to Resembol to help Rebecca and Winry decide on the wedding dress. Ed wasn't allowed to see it, which bugged the hell out of him. He had tried twice already to look at it. The first time, he opened the door slightly, and saw the three girls putting pins in the petticoat of the dress. As soon as they noticed Ed was looking in, however, Paninia and Rebecca shielded Winry with their bodies, yelling "Get out!" to Ed.
The second time, they were fixing the bodice, but as soon as they noticed Ed, Rebecca threw a sheet over Winry, covering her up, while Paninia ran to the door and slammed it in Ed's face. "Stay out!" She had yelled.
This was the third time today that Ed tried sneaking up on them. He creaked open the door to see Rebecca fitting the crown that would hold Winry's vail on her head, and Paninia trailing the vail fabric behind her. They turned to see Ed watching.
Without warning, Paninia shot out her leg cannon at Ed. The cannon ball slammed into his stomach, forcing him into the wall at the opposite side of the door. The door was then slammed shut. The scooting sound coming from it made it evident that the women where blocking the door with the bookshelf.
The next day, there was a knock on the door. Ed was surprised to find Colonel Riza Halkeye at the door. Despite cutting her hair, which made her look less uptight, she still looked as professional (and terrifying) as ever.
"Colonel! Why are you here?" Asked Ed, worried that she had more new's about wedding interferences.
"I invited her!" Said Rebecca from behind him. Before Ed can ask why, Rebecca explained "I'd never make a sane dissection if I didn't have Riza with me."
"Rebecca asked for some assistance. Apparently you've been trying to sneak a look at the Bride in her gown." Said Riza.
Later that day, while Rebecca and Paninia worked on Winry's wedding dress together, Riza was watching Ed, and making sure he didn't go towards the upstairs. He couldn't even go upstairs to go to the bathroom. By the time the women were done, Ed had a full blatter, and only just made it to the toilet before wetting himself.
The next two weeks that went by were painful. It was mostly Rebecca and Winry deciding on their things for the wedding, with Riza and Paninia chiming in every so often. Ed tried to make suggestions, but his idea's were usually shot down because of his "bad taste". He was beginning to feel like it wasn't even his wedding at all.
He wanted to talk to Winry about it, but never had the chance to be alone with her. Over the weeks, multiple wedding guest where coming to their house. First came Rose, then Garfiel, then the Hues came, then the LeCoults, then Granny finally came home from vacation. Even Armstrong came, claiming that "the art of wedding planning has been passed down the Armstrong family for generations" (Rebecca wanted his assistance with the flower ordering). The house was crowed with people, and by the time night time came, Winry was so tired from planning and being pulled left and right for it that Ed didn't get to discuss anything with her.
On the day they were supposed to order the flowers, Izumi and Sig Curtis came. Izumi instantly got into the conversation, and even Sig made a few suggestions. Ed was feeling rejected and useless. He was starting to understand what General Germ-bag felt like in the rain.
Ed went outside, and sat on the roof of his house. He felt a bit more relaxed out here. Here, there was just the view. The view didn't need anyone, and it couldn't be ruined by anyone either, so therefore, no matter what he did, he wasn't useless.
"Can I join you?" Asked Izumi.
Ed hadn't even noticed she came onto the roof. He scooted over, and Izumi sat down next to him.
"Why aren't you in there planning the wedding?" She asked. "It's your wedding, isn't it?"
"Sure as hell doesn't feel like it." Said Ed bitterly.
Izumi sighed. "When I got married, I didn't plan my wedding at all." She said.
"Really?" Asked Ed.
Izumi nodded. "It was all my mother. If it were up to me, my dress would've been a somewhat fancy-looking karate suit. With a black belt"
"Yet your wedding was, according to you, the best day of your life." Said Ed.
"That's because I made it." She said. Ed looked at her. "That was all me." She elaborated. "I had fun at my wedding because I decided that, even though I was wearing some shimmery ball gown instead of what I wanted, this wedding was going to be the best day of my life, and I will have the greatest future I can. Both I made happen." She said.
"Life is what you make it, I guess." Said Ed.
"True happiness is actually quite rare." Said Izumi. "Pure happiness, however, is what you give to yourself, and to others." Izumi sat up. "Morning Glories don't bloom often." She elaborated. "That's why we enjoy the other flowers"
"Morning Glories." Ed mused. "Those where my mother's favorite flower," He told his old teacher. "She loved that flower, because they were a rare sight. You had to wait for them to see their beauty. I think it had something to do with waiting for my father, or something. I always wanted them at my wedding."
At this, Izumi smacked him in the back of the head. "Then what are you doing here?!" She shouted. "It's your wedding! You go down there and say exactly what flower you want!"
Ed jumped up. "Yes ma'am!" He yelled quickly, starting to climb down from the roof.
"Hurry up!" She yelled. "Their ordering the flowers now!"
Ed quickly ran into the room, shouting, "Morning Glories!" Everyone turned to him.
"What?" Asked Rebecca, slightly confused.
"I want Morning Glories in the bouquet." Said Edward. "They were my mothers favorite"
"The morality of love" Mused Rebecca. "The Morning Flower." She turned to Winry. "That's what I've been missing!" She suddenly shouted. "That's what have to be on the crown! Morning Glories!" Rebecca grabbed both Winry and Paninia by the wrist, dragging them upstairs. "Come on! We got some more planning to do!"
Riza sighed. "I'm on Edward watch again" She dragged Ed into the living room, where she would keep an eye on him until all was said and done.
One week before the wedding, Rebecca suddenly bolted upright in her bed.
"I FORGOT THE TUXIDO!"
Rebecca dragged Winry and Edward out of bed, and onto a train to Central, where she knew of someone who made custom and high-quality wedding tux's on short notice.
"I can't believe this! I can't believe that I remembered every single detail about this wedding except for the grooms wedding tux! That's one of the most important parts! I can't just have Ed showing up in sweatpants!"
"I wouldn't mind showing up in sweatpants." Groaned Ed.
Soon they were both in Central, Ed in the tux shop getting fit. The woman fitting him was getting very annoyed with Rebecca, who kept saying that she was doing something wrong. Eventually the woman just snapped at Rebecca, "Stop telling me how to do my job!"
Lan Fan walked into the shop. She was wearing a green kimono, with her hair in her usual bun.
"Miss Winry!" She shouted. "I heard you where in town. The parade is today."
"Oh, no! I forgot!" Said Winry. "It's a good thing we came here when we did, right Ed?"
Ed just grumbled in response. Lan Fan grumbled back. She then turned to Winry and said "I can't believe you settled for a guy like him"
Ed let out a notable growl of offense from the corner where he was getting his suit fitted. The woman fixing the suit snapped at him to sit still. Winry couldn't help but laugh. "He's not that bad"
Lan Fan scoffed. "Your way to good for a tiny midget like him"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A TINY MIDGET! And who are you to talk anyways! You're the one who settled with that shifty-eyed, beanpole, nut job!" Ed shouted from his stuck spot. (He tried to jump at her, but stopped when that movement caused a pin to poke him)
"Don't you dare insult the young lord!" Lan Fan snapped at him.
"Why do you still call him that?" Asked Winry. "I mean, your going to marry him soon, you don't need to call him 'young lord'"
"I guess I'm still used to being his body guard" Lan Fan explained. "He asked me about twelve times before I agreed to marry him. I didn't think I would do a good job of body guarding if I was his wife. He was able to convince me otherwise"
"That's good" Said Winry, "I think you two will be great together"
Ling suddenly burst through the door. "Come on guys! What's the hold up? The parades about to start!" He said excitedly.
Ed was looking for just about any excuse to get out of the tuxedo fitting. However…
"Can you people just have some patience and wait for maybe, I don't know, FIVE MINUTES!" Rebecca snapped.
"Sorry!" Ling said, quickly abandoning the shop.
Being in the parade meant that both Ed and Winry where forced to wear traditional Xingese marriage garments. It wouldn't have been that bad, — it was red, so was somehow able to look both badass and ceremonial at once, plus Winry looked really pretty in a Kimono, — but Ed's robes definitely didn't fit him. They were too tight, and it wasn't like Ling could trek back to Xing so that he could grab some that fit; Ed would just have to grin and bear it.
This parade was the worst idea Ling ever came up with, and that was saying something, because he had had plenty of terrible idea's before.
It didn't make it better that he and Winry were going to be presented at center stage on the main float (Ling had gone all out. There where floats that looked like panda's, dragons, cat's and quite bunch of other things that Ed didn't care to name).
But on the bright side, Ed was able to see Al again. They talked about their adventures. Al told Ed all the things he had learned about Alcehestry, and Ed told Al about Celestial Bending, the Cretans method of Alchemy. It was quite a good conversation. Then Ed ended up complaining about all the chaos that happened with the wedding. Al thought have the things that happened where hilarious. Ed didn't find it funny. The two of them also talked with Jerso and Zampano for awhile. Both where excited to say that they where close to returning to their original bodies. Then they got on the topic of romance, considering it was the wedding day. After poking and prodding Ed for details of his plans for life with Winry, [where they want to go for the honey moon, what places they wanted to see, how many kid's they were going to have (Ed turned very red when asked that)], Jerso went on to tell them stories about his reconnection with his wife and daughter. Zampano had made peace with his son, and after years of being divorced with her, got back together with his wife. Then Al let it slip that he wanted to ask May to marry him.
"Then you do so!" Ed told him. "Just don't use alchemy metaphors when you propose" Al decided not to ask about the alchemy metaphor.
"You really think she'll say yes?" Asked Al.
Ed had a laugh at this. "Al, she's been crushing on you since your first real conversation, I don't think that asking her to marry you will be that big of a deal."
Ed was glad he was able to finally talk about something that wasn't his wedding, but that mood was ruined as soon as Brigadier General Mustache showed up to remind Ling that the parade had to start soon. He even had the audacity to laugh at Ed's robes.
"Well, looks like we finally found some cloths that aren't to big for you" Mustang laughed when he saw Ed wearing his too-tight robes. Ed just grumbled. He was to exhausted to care about the insult to his hight.
Finally, the parade started. It was joyful, and fun. Acrobats would do flips, fire breathers would show off, the people on the floats would sing, dance, and celebrate. And it was relatively easy. All Ed had to do was hold hands with Winry and wave to the crowd. It was actually sort of relaxing. She eventually leaned her head into his shoulder, which drew an 'awe' from the rest of the audience. Her head was warm, and Ed found that he liked it there.
May and Al sat on the same float, a few feet away from where Ed and Winry stood. They sat on it and talked. The red haired man could see them easily from the telescope of his sniper rifle.
There he is. The man thought. The forth sacrifice. He aimed directly at Alphonse head, and pulled the trigger.
May could sense something bad in a building near by. In the corner of her eye, she could see the glint of metal. As soon as she heard a gun shot, she reacted on her first imnsteank to grab Al and fall to the floor. The bullet narrowly missed Al's head, and hit someone in the audience.
The people started to panic. Ling quickly shouted for them to get off the float. Ed and Winry made a run towards the ladder, as everyone started to run off their floats and as far away from the street's as they could.
The red–haired man gritted his teeth together. The riffle only had one shot, and it was waisted on that. No matter. He told himself, I still have my alchemy.
Using a basic transmutation circle drawn from chalk, he was able to take himself down to the parade grounds. In the panic, he was easily able to sneak up on the float the sacrifice was on, draw a transmutation circle, and use it to flip the float over.
As the float started to tip, Ed grabbed Winry's hand, and the two of them made a jump for it. Dust floated all around them as the two of them landed face first on the road. Ed quickly helped her up.
"Winry! Are you ok?" He asked.
"Yeah, I'm fine" She told him, dusting off her dress. "What was that?" She asked.
"I don't know," Ed said, "But whatever it is, it's defiantly something bad."
Just as the two of them were about to leave their spot, they saw something loom behind them. They looked behind them to see a giant monster made from stone. It was alit with red sparks, a sign that whatever the thing was, it was transmuted by a philosophers stone.
It took a swing at them, and they quickly ran from their spot. The thing grabbed Ed by the waist, and slammed him on the ground. Ed felt himself cough blood.
"Edward!" Winry cried, rushing towards him. She dragged him out of the way of the things giant fist. Ed quickly stood up, using Winry for support.
"Are you ok?" She asked.
"I'm fine" He told her. "We need to get out of here"
They quickly ran from the giant stone monster, searching frantically for someone they knew. However, the first thing they came across was another rock monster. They turned back to run away, but Winry tripped on her dress. Ed ran to help her up, but as soon as he got to her, she saw the looming shadow of the foot of the rock monster. Ed closed his eyes, held Winry close, and waited for the foot to crush him.
However, instead, he felt heat. He looked up to see the monster engulfed in flames. Behind the monster was Roy Mustang, his fingers in a snapping position.
"Run!" Mustang yelled out. Quickly, the three of them ran away from the large rock monster, hoping that the explosion was enough to at least slow him down.
"Alphonse made a tunnel to Central headquarters with alchemy. He and May are already attempting to evacuate the people"
The three of them ran up to the tunnel, where Ling and Lan Fan where helping with crowd control.
"Ed!" Ling called as soon as he saw him. "We're getting people into central. Al and May are already helping with injuries. That, or they're still digging the tunnel."
"Do we know who did this?" Ed asked.
"We're not sure." Ling said. "We can't sense any difference in chi, with all the panicking people"
"Well, it might help to know that the culprit may be using a Philosophers stone."
Knowing this, Lan Fan closed her eyes, and focused on finding rotting chi. It wasn't that hard to find now that she knew what she was looking for.
"I can sense it" She said.
"Then lead me to it" Mustang told her. "I'm going after the culprit"
"I'm coming with you" Ed said.
"You don't have alchemy. You'll only get in the way" Mustang told him.
"I can still fight!" Snapped Ed.
"Doesn't matter. You're gonna be useless if you come along. Go into the bunker. Help the citizens already there"
Ed was silent for a few seconds, before groaning, and muttering "You must feel so happy to call me useless", before going into the tunnel with Winry.
Mustang turned to Lan Fan. "You can guide me to him, right"
"Yes," she simply said.
"Then we'll go together." Mustang told her. "Ling, you'll need to go into the tunnels. You're to valuable of a political figure to go and put yourself at risk"
Ling was about to protest, when Lan Fan put her hands on his shoulders. "The Brigadier Generals right, my Lord. Go into the tunnels, and stay safe. I promise I'll be back."
"You better be" Ling said, before retreating into the tunnel with the rest of the crowd.
Mustang turned to Lan Fan. "Let's go" He said, and they went off to find whoever started this mess.
That's the first chapter of my first published fanfic! Hope you enjoyed it! Read and review, and all that good stuff!
I'll try to update this story every two weeks, so be on the lookout for an update.
~MotherUniverse signing out!