A/N: thanks for all of ya'll who read my Shugo Chara fanfic! srry, for bein really late on that.. but its almost summer so i'll try to upload more! i feel really bad wen i dont uplaod, im so sorry! i'd really appreciate feedback, even negative ones, it helps a lot! thanks in advance for even stopping to read this! I LOVE YOU ALL!
Elaine: hihi!
Zadie: umm... hello?
Alice: and these are my secretaries- *cough* friends. my best buddies that help me with my writing!
Zadie: sure... although, sometimes it's very hard to help you.
Elaine: she has a point.
Alice: NO ONE ASKED YOU! *cough* okay. let's begin.
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist and any of aspects. I do own my characters: Alice Gold, Elaine Harrison (not the Avalon High one), and Rika Sakura.
I stepped in nervously and took a timid seat in Roy's office. Truthfully, I was confused and didn't know where to go. Thankfully, Roy came in a minute later.
"Alice! Come on, follow me! You're going to be late!" he ushered me out the door and through hallways.
"S-sorry," I stammered, trying to keep myself on my feet as I was being dragged.
"Doesn't matter, there's no time! Where have you been?" he asked.
"Um, I was... with my sister..." I muttered.
"Oh... I'm sorry, Alice," he apologized.
"It's not your fault. I'd like to get this over with, though," I offered.
"Don't worry, you'll be fine," he assured.
"Right this way, Miss," a soldier motioned to a large double-door.
"Th-thank you." Aimee, help me...
As the colonel led me in, I took in the large room. My exam wasn't as grand as I'd heard about the Fullmetal Alchemist or the Ever-Blue Alchemist. Even the colonel himself was a State Alchemist. I was to present my abilities and they would judge me on skill and performance. I sighed then took a deep breath.
I spotted the Fuhrer and he met my gaze. Quickly, I looked away and took my spot on a large platform. There was rock, wood, and water; nothing else to work with. No matter, my specialty was all around me and unlimited. I thought about the material I had and began.
I started with one of the most basic things I had learned. I transmuted pieces of rock into a large boulder. Then, slapping my hands again, I thrust my palms forward as hard and as sharply as I could. An incredibly strong wind sliced the boulder and different angles and locations to shatter the rock. I continued and transmuted wood into several hollow rods. I clapped and, by changing the pressure in the air much slower than I had the first time, I gently guided the air through the rods, making a graceful melody flow throughout the room. Suddenly, I cut off the music by propelling my hands back, sending the rods everywhere and creating a frenzy of notes. As I walked to the water, the wood fell all around me, except for one piece that I caught and transmuted into a curved shield. I clapped my hands one last time and shot them towards the water. It sprayed everywhere and as I held up my shield, not a single drop fell on me. "Thank you," I said, bowing.
"Very nice, Miss Gold. You're results will be in soon."
I stepped out of the door to look for the colonel. I found him around the corner arguing with a shorter than average blonde boy.
"Would you stop treating me like a kid, Mustang?" he yelled.
"Please, Fullmetal, you are a child and you are to obey my orders," Roy replied.
"Why you-!"
"Ah, there you are, Alice. How did it go?" Roy walked over to me as the boy made a face.
I hadn't noticed until then that there was a dark-haired girl close behind Roy. She chuckled at the blonde's misfortune and followed, paying attention to no one but herself.
"Um, I guess I did fine. I won't know for a while," I answered.
"Well, I need you to do something for me," he told me.
"But I haven't passed yet."
"Oh, you'll pass."
"B-but how-"
"Anyway, I need you to meet me here on the 18th," he said.
"That's the 17th, Colonel," the girl corrected.
"Right, right. Meet me in my office then." He turned to the girl, "Tell Fullmetal, too."
She jotted down something in a notebook while nodding. "Colonel, Lieutenant Colonel Hughes asked to see you."
"Thank you. I'll be leaving then. See you, Alice," he said, leaving with the girl following him, never once showing me her face.
I started to think about what he had said. Did he really know I would pass? Fullmetal. Was that the boy he was with? What did he have to do with me? I gathered many more thoughts all the way to my apartment.
It was the 17th. The day I was to meet the colonel and that strange boy. I took a cab to Central and Roy was already there waiting for me.
He guided me to his office. As soon as he opened the door, I saw the blonde-haired boy . He saw me, too.
"Who are you?" he asked.
I blushed slightly, unsure of what to say. "I, uh-"
"She's a State Alchemist," Roy answered.
"What?" the boy responded.
"Actually, I haven't passed yet," I told him.
"Yes, you did," Roy said, handing me a stack of papers with my name on it.
"I did?" I squealed, setting the papers down.
"Yup. Now, every State Alchemist has a title or a second name. Yours has been decided to be the Wind Alchemist," Roy explained. He threw a silver object at me and I barely caught it. "That's a silver pocket-watch given to every State Alchemist. It's your only identification, don't lose it. That would be bad, right, Edward?"
"Once!" he yelled. "I lost it once!"
"Calm down, Fullmetal," Roy said, "And it was twice."
"Is that all you needed me for, sir?" I asked.
"No," Roy replied. "I have a request. This involves you, too, Edward."
He seemed the slightest bit more interested.
"Now that you're a State Alchemist, Alice, you fall under my command," he told me. "Edward, as for you, you also follow my orders."
I stood outside the door. Listening, writing, thinking. I laughed as as Edward yelled at the colonel. Remembering, I flipped to the passage I had written that day in my notebook.
Saturday, July 23rd
1:56 p.m.
Edward and Alphonse Elric (along with their mechanic, Winry Rockbell) arrive in Rush Valley at 12:45 p.m. They look around the town until Edward is challenged. The "challenge" was to see if his auto-mail is strong enough to win an arm-wrestling contest with another. Edward uses alchemy to cheat. Locals then marvel at Edward's auto-mail. Miss Rockbell is congratulated for her work. Edward is forced out of his clothes so that citizens could get a closer look at his auto-mail. Edward then realizes he has lost his silver pocket-watch. I had seen the town thief, Paninya, take it but Edward does not know. He begins searching and finally finds her. He attempts to catch her with the help of brother, Alphonse...
I shut the notebook, thinking again.
"I have a very important job for both of you. This is not a mission that will take a week or a month, or a year for that matter," Roy stated.
"Don't a have enough on my plate, Mustang?" Edward said.
"Don't worry, Fullmetal. Generally, you wont be changing your routine. Only one slight adjustment for you."
What was he talking about?
"Wait," Edward started. "You don't mean-"
"Ed, Alice, from now on, you two will be working together."
"WHAT?" Edward and I screamed at the same time.
"You heard me," Roy said calmly.
"You're not serious, right?" I asked. "I mean, we don't even share the same goals! We can't do this!"
"Actually, you do. And you're not the only ones. There is one other girl, but I don't think she's-"
"Come on, Mustang! Enough joking!" Edward yelled.
A smug look crossed his face. I jumped up as I realized something. "You're enjoying this, aren't you?"
He chuckled. "Enough chatting. Go home, you both leave for Liore tomorrow."
"I need to get my auto-mail checked. I'm going to Rush Valley," Edward stated.
"I'll go with you. I guess I have nothing else to do," I said.
"That's the spirit! Goodbye, you two!" Roy smiled.
After the two alchemists left, I stepped into Roy's office. "Like twins, right?"
"Yes. Didn't Miss Harrison say she was going to Rush Valley?" the colonel asked. His expression was amusing, as was my answer.
"She did, Sir. They may meet their triplet."
He laughed once more. "This is getting interesting, isn't it?"
"Yes, Sir. Shall I have my ticket changed to Rush Valley?" I asked.
"Yes, Rika. Take your leave for today. I'll be waiting for that report." The colonel dismissed me.
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