Disclaimer! Only own my OC's, which at the moment are Jade, Andrew, Amber, Hector and his wife. XP FMA isn't mine, though i wish it was.
Also, the title probably sounds shifty but I can assure you, there isn't any shifty things going on. Perhaps some embarrassing moments where someone sees someone nekkid by accident but other than that, nothing really XD
Rated T coz Ed might swear and there's a little nudity...maybe...ENJOY!
Chapter One
I love sunlight, warm on my skin and making me feel like I'm glowing.
I love the taste of fresh baked buns from the kind lady down the road, who's smile makes me think of
honey and roses.
I love the smell of sunflowers when I run through the field behind our house.
I love rain falling on my face and leaving everything smelling fresh and beautiful.
...but now I can't feel any of those things...
Edward and Alphonse got off the train in a town called 'Floral Hills'. They could see where the name
came from, everywhere you looked was fields of various flowers.
"Damn Colonel, getting us to clean up some mess he probably made" Ed grumbled, stretching his back
from the long train ride.
Al looked around, seeing a small town in the distance. The place reminded him of home.
"It's pretty, isn't it brother?" He asked.
Ed looked up to his little brother, knowing what he really thought about this place.
"I guess I'm just lucky I don't have allergies..." He replied, picking up his suitcase. "Who would
think this place had such a horrible story?"
Al nodded, feeling sad at the information Mustang had given them.
A boy about 3 years older than them lost his love in an accident last year. About 2 years ago, he
performed human transmutation to bring her back and lost his hand in his foolishness.
Someone from the village reported his sister missing a few days before the incident. A search was
made but after the boy's alchemy attempt, they quickly shifted their attention and forgot the
missing child.
Ed opened up the folder Mustang gave him. A picture of the girl was inside.
Her eyes were bright green as she grinned out of the picture, the smile showing through her eyes.
Her hair was long and black with what appeared to be a hint of blue. She looked to be about 11 in
the picture.
They had been assigned to resume the search for the girl. Her brother had fled the village after his
transmutation failed. The military was still looking for him.
"We should ask someone about her parents and her home, brother" Al added, trying to be helpful.
Ed nodded and walked into the nearest store, taking the picture from the file.
"Hey geezer! Where can I find this girl's parents?" Al heard Ed's voice from the shop before the
sounds of objects flying and yelling broke out.
Ed was thrown from the shop, his face looking dazed and confused before it turned angry.
"What the hell? I was just trying to get information on how to find her!" He yelled back, making
the old man stop throwing objects and look at them.
"What do you want with her?" He asked, pointing a ladle at the boy menacingly.
Al waved his armed frantically, trying to calm the man down "We were just assigned to continue the
search for her! She's missing isn't she?"
The man lowed his ladle, looking confused at both the people in front of him.
"Who are you people?" He questioned.
Ed stood straight to try look taller. "I'm Edward Elric! The Fullmetal Alchemist! and this is my
little brother, Alphonse!"
The man looked with a raised eyebrow at the suit of armor that towered over him. "...little
brother?"
Ed started yelling a string of insults, thinking the guy was implying that Ed should be the little
brother.
Al sighed.
"Oh, so they decided to continue the search after waiting 2 years for the trail to go cold, did
they?" The old man asked, sitting in a lounge chair opposite the brothers. The man's wife was
pouring them all tea to drink.
"Hector! don't be so rude! We should be grateful that they are looking at all!" The woman scolded,
turning a smile to the boys "Sorry about my husband, Jade was like a grandchild to us. Poor thing
and her brother were orphaned four years ago. Her brother had insisted on looking after the two
themselves. If only we'd convinced them to live with us, none of this would have happened..."
The old couple both looked sadly at their feet, holding each other's hands for support.
"So they don't have any blood relatives here anymore at all?" Ed asked.
"They must have been lonely..." Al mumbled, his voice echoing slightly in the hollow body.
"Jade was devastated at their passing, she didn't eat for four days and wouldn't talk to anybody.
But then Amber helped the two of them. She was Andrew's childhood friend since the two were learning
how to walk" The woman told the story with a sad smile on her lips. "Amber became like an older
sister to Jade, especially when Amber and Andrew discovered they loved each other. Almost like they
were born for each other."
The elderly woman gave a girlish giggle that made her look a few years younger, the look faded
quickly and returned sad.
"Amber ventured to the caves with the siblings and fell...she died immediately...at least we hope
she did. It would be a horrible thing if she lived for even a second in that agonizing position we
found her in..." Hector resumed the story. "After that, Jade and Andrew closed off to everyone, they
looked happy on the outside but we could see their eyes. They'd seen Amber die. That doesn't just go
away..."
"So that's why the brother decided to try human transmutation?" Al asked, his voice was sad.
The couple nodded.
"We thought that Jade had had enough and decided to run away but..."
"But what?" Ed inquired, he watched the two in front of him.
"She would never leave the garden to die like that..."
Al and Ed were both thrown for a bit.
Ed exclaimed "Huh? Why would a garden matter to her?"
Hector looked to Ed and stated simply, "It was the last thing she did with her mother, they both
built that garden together."
"I see..." Al mumbled.
Ed was quiet for a second before his stood from the couch.
"Would you mind telling us where their house is? We'll see if we can find clues to her
disappearance." He asked, rubbing the back of his head.
"Of course, child. I'll take you over there" Hector replied, a small, sad smile on his lips.
The house was small and homely, like something out of a painting, with a white picket fence and all.
The only difference being the dead flowers and overgrown weeds in the yard.
Hector unlocked the front door, saying the key was given to him by the children's parents before
they died. A thick layer of dust covered almost everything in the room.
Ed and Al split up to search the house. As Alphonse entered the kitchen, he was surprised to feel
(yes FEEL) a slight warmth go through him.
"What the...?" His eyes were drawn to the kitchen table. It was covered in dust like everything else
except the object sitting in the center.
It was a plant pot with a budding plant inside. as he stepped closer, the warm feeling spread.
Alphonse stopped in his tracks, feeling worried about this feeling.
"Ed! I found something!" He yelled.
Why would this plant still be alive after two years? There's no footprints to show that anyone has
been here... The armored boy thought just as his brother rushed into the room.
"What is it, Al?" The blonde alchemist asked.
Al simply pointed to the pot, making his brother raise an eyebrow.
"So what? It's a plant" Edward said, skeptical of his brother's thoughts.
"But why is it still alive? No one has been here for years. Also..." Al trailed off, debating
whether to tell his brother about the warmth.
Ed's eyes widened, "Yeah, that is strange. Hey geezer! Has anyone been here since the brother left?"
Hector walked into the room, glaring at Ed for the geezer comment.
"No, I'm the only one with a key and there's no footprints in the dust." He commented before his
eyes locked onto the plant pot. "What the...?"
"Also...brother..." Al hesitated again. Ed turned to his brother, curious.
"What is it Al?"
Alphonse stepped closer to the pot, feeling the warmth increase. "It's warm..."
Ed looked shocked before stepping close to the pot as well.
"I don't feel anything...wait, How are you feeling warmth?"
Al shrugged, as much as he could in hulking armor. "I dunno, but it keeps getting warmer when I get
closer."
Ed put his hand to his chin, thinking deeply. "Why don't you try touching it then?"
Al was startled at the thought.
How am I feeling warm? Will something bad happen if I touch it? He debated in his head. He felt the
warmth go over him again and found that it was peaceful, soothing. It doesn't seem that bad... he
thought.
Al stepped forward, cautiously before putting his hand on the side of the pot. Something glowed in
the soil and Ed gasped, running forward.
"What's a transmutation circle doing there?" He exclaimed "And it's the same as yours Al!"
Hector just stared in awe as the light spread to cover Al's body.
"Wha- What's going on?" The younger boy asked, alarmed.
The warmth he had been feeling turned to heat, as if he were standing in the sunshine in the summer.
"Al...?" He heard Ed's voice and opened his eyes, not knowing when he closed them.
He looked at himself to find he had skin. Though transparent, it was undoubtedly his own.
"Brother?" He called, looking afraid.
Ack! I know it's silly to start another fanfic while I'm writing another one.
BUT I GET BORED QUICKLY!
And I have too many ideas for the stories!
There's another story I have in my head that I'm gonna start writing too.
All in all, working on many fanfic's at a time is probably better for someone like me.
If I get bored working on one, then I'll work on the other and vice versa.
Which is usually after I write a chapter.
So I'll prolly be going: one chapter of The Death Alchemist and then one chapter of this and then back to TDA etc
Sorry, I can't focus on just one thing 3 Too many ideas.