hey caspercat22 here with a brand new fic.
decided to dable a bit with fma so bear with me lol
ed: before she forgets (as always) i would like to say that caspercat22 does not own fma nor any of the characters
on with the fic
(chases ed with a mallet)
Blake walked into the workshop late as usual. Not that anyone made a fuss about it anyway. He waved hello to his fellow mechanics and walked up to his workstation. It was then that he realised someone was missing. "Oi Mike!" he called over to the guy on the other side of the room, "you seen Juliet?" the older man nodded his head, not taking his eyes off the arm he was building, "she worked late last night. Went and fell asleep in her office again."
Blake groaned and got up out of his seat, "if you knew all that why didn't you wake her up?" Mike shrugged his shoulders, "I dunno, maybe it's because I like my limbs the way they are thanks. Besides you make her angry the most, it makes sense that we send you into the lions den." Blake grimaced and gave all the guys a dirty look, "gee thanks," he muttered sulkily, making his way up the stairs towards the dark office.
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Upon entering, the first thing that came to sight was the piles upon piles of metal, screws, tools, and sheets of oily paper that seemed to litter the place. There was almost no space to move about in for all the mess, yet bang in the middle of the room was a small desk, covered with books and papers that almost obscured a head of red hair as the young woman currently residing in the office continued to doze, using her own mechanical arm as a pillow.
"Isn't that a bit uncomfortable Jules?" groaned a voice from the door, "don't you ever go home?" Juliet rolled over and mumbled something unintelligible, her face turned away from the source of the noise. Blake sighed irritably and waded through the junk towards her desk, shaking her shoulder lightly upon reaching it.
"Blake!" grumbled a drowsy voice, "I'll give you three seconds to let go of my arm before I pummel you into next week." The tawny haired man relinquished his grip and leapt towards the safety of the doorway. "Wise choice," yawned the redhead, stretching her limbs lightly before standing up. "You might want to brush your hair, " muttered Blake from his place behind the door, "looks like a birds nest at the moment." Juliet shot him a glare, making him cower slightly before walking towards the mirror on her wall.
"So why'd you stay late this time?" he asked, still watching her from the safety of his door. The woman shrugged, pulling her long hair into a ponytail, "I was reading," she stated, moving towards her desk. "What?" asked Blake, a sly look on his face as he walked up to the desk also, spying a book laid face down near where she had been sleeping. Juliet followed his gaze to the book, "uhh nothing," she laughed, her arm shooting out to grab it, only Blake was faster.
"Ok," he smirked, turning the book over to look at its cover, "lets see exactly what this nothing is." He glanced down at the page and stared at it before letting out a small snigger, which led to full blown laughter within seconds. "Ok, what's so funny?" she growled, her hands on her hips while glaring at the man before her. "I can't believe it," he gasped, wiping tears from his eyes, "you're twenty and you still have a crush on that little guy?! How pathetic is that?" Juliet stared at Blake with confusion then her eyes started to narrow, an evil glint in her acid green eyes.
"Yikes!" yelped Blake as she started to walk towards him, "I uh, just remembered something downstairs!" he turned around and started to run full tilt down the stairs. Suddenly, he realised he wasn't moving and looked around to see Juliet holding his shirt in an iron like grip. "Don't hurt me!" he whimpered, his arms and legs flailing about in a sad attempt to escape. Juliet sighed and dropped him on the floor, "and you call me pathetic? Honestly!"
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"Aaaaaaaaah!" squealed Juliet, swiping the arm out of his hands, "its beautiful! Looks just like the real thing!" she looked up at the mechanic, "does it work?" Mike gave her a confused look and scratched the back of his neck, "well uh, it's a tiny bit difficult to get started really." Juliet rolled her eyes and groaned, "never mind, it looks good any how. Why don't you work on the other orders for a bit?" he nodded, looking a bit down that he wouldn't be able to continue working on it.
"Um Mike," she asked as she prepared to go back upstairs, "Why are you building that?" the man shrugged, pulling the order list towards him, " a simple whim, I've always wanted too anyway." Laughing quietly to herself, she continued her journey, sliding into her comfortable chair once she reached her destination.
God I'm tired, she thought, rubbing her nose, maybe I shouldn't have pulled an all nighter. She leaned further back into her chair and yawned, "Oh well," she sighed, settling into her chair, "I can catch a couple of winks right now, the guys won't mind." Smiling happily to herself, she closed her eyes, sighing with contentment as sleep arrived almost instantly.
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"Oh no!" she whispered, scrambling away from the gateway, "oh HELL NO!" At that moment, the gateway swung open, shooting out a load of small black creatures that proceeded to cling onto parts of her body and drag her, ever so slowly through the doors, despite her panicked thrashing and screaming.
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"Hey Al! Wait up!" giggled Winry as she chased the boy across the fields outside her home. The boy looked back, his longish bangs sweeping into his boyish face just long enough to make her breath catch before he took of once more. "YOU TEASE!" she yelled good naturedly, shaking her fist at his retreating back before resuming the chase. After what seemed like ages, her hard work finally pulled off as Al stumbled on an invisible twig, leaving him defenceless as Winry pounced on his back, holding him down while staring victoriously into his eyes.
"You give?" she asked, leaning closer. Al smirked, his eyes glinting mischievously, "not yet!" and with a sudden movement, twisted both their bodies so that he was the one on top. Winry glared up at him sourly, her face pouting, "cheater!" Al laughed and rolled off, laying on his back beside her, "well at least I'm not as bad as Ed. he cheats at everything."
Winry sniggered happily as she remembered Al telling her of such an incident when they had played cards to pass the time while on the train. Al had lost every single game, which had been quite baffling until they got off at the station and a large amount of cards fell out his brothers red jacket. Then she remembered something else, "Al?" she asked, gaining his attention, "how is Ed nowadays? I haven't seen him since last year."
Al leaned up on his elbow and gazed down at her worried face, "he's ok, just travelling around a bit." Winry bit her lip, her eyes downcast, "I know that," she whispered, "It's just that… I miss him. I wish he'd visit more." Al smiled and lifted up her chin, "don't worry, I was talking to him the other day, he's fine, I invited him to come over for a visit tomorrow."
Winry's face lit up with delight, "really? For how long?" al shrugged, "about a week, that's all I could convince him to stay for." He looked down at his wife, a small smirk on his face, "does that put your mind at rest?" Winry pounced on Al once more, laughing happily, "Now I know why I love you so much!" she gave him a quick kiss before standing up, "I'd better go and prepare his room, we don't want…" she trailed off, staring past al's shoulder. "What?" he asked turning to see what she was staring at.
His widened as the field began to glow with an immense alchemical light, fading momentarily after, depositing something with flaming red hair. He gave Winry a confused look and walked, ever so cautiously towards the object, Winry following suite.
"A girl?" he gasped incredulously when her form came into sight, "how the hell did a girl appear out of thin air?" Winry shrugged and ducked down to her knees, checking her vital signs. "She's alive," she sighed, dropping her wrist, "Al, do you think you can carry her to the house?" Al nodded solemnly, gently scooping up the young woman and began walking in the direction of the house old Pinako had left to her granddaughter, Winry scuttling close behind.
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Ed whistled a slight tune as he walked down the path to his brother's new home, his long red coat slung over his shoulder in the afternoon sun and a serene smile on his face. In the distance, he could see a large brick house slowly creep into view and his smile grew bigger as he increased his speed in order to reach it faster.
It's great to be home! He thought, racing up the steps and hammering at the door, it's annoying how much work a state alchemist gets landed with! I'm sure that ass does it on purpose! The shuffling of feet dragged his attention to the door as it swiftly opened, followed closely by a large blonde object suddenly hurling itself into his arms, knocking him off balance with a frenzied, "ED!!!!!!!!"
Ed smiled happily as he hugged Winry back, patting her on the head, "nice to see you too, at least you don't have a wrench this time!" the blonde laughed happily before pulling herself off the ground, "well, you haven't broken your auto mail this time," her eyes narrowed dangerously at this and ed blanched as he saw a flash of silver in her pocket, "have you?"
"Nope, still how you left it!!" he answered quickly, rolling up his sleeve to prove it. Winry nodded happily and gestured for him to follow her into the house. Within minutes of entering, Ed was once again nearly bawled over as Al barrelled his way towards him, throwing his arms around him. "Brother!!!" he yelled, releasing him from his death grip, "your early?"
Ed nodded happily, picking up his suitcase, "I finished my mission early so I decided to set off as soon as I got your invite." He started towards the staircase, his luggage in his hands, "I'll just put my things in my room then," he shouted, walking up the steps. Winry nodded before remembering something, "hey Ed!" she called, but he was already stood in the doorway, his hand fumbling at the light switch. Winry looked at Al with dread, counting down the seconds before….
"WHAT THE HELL?!" yelled Ed, his eyes fixed incredulously on the sleeping form that was currently sprawled out in his bed, her mouth wide open with drool dripping all over his pillow, while her right leg was hooked around his quilt. It didn't matter that she incredibly pretty with her red hair, or that fact that she looked incredibly pale. All that mattered was the fact that his personal space had been invaded and by a girl no less. "AAAAAAAAAAAAAL!!!!!" He turned to stomp down the stairs when a groan met his ears. He looked towards the sleeping form and watched as she slowly began to wake up.
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"Who's the foghorn?" grumbled Juliet as she pushed herself up from the bed, massaging her face, "Yeesh, I feel like I'm having a hangover." She pulled away her hands and swung her legs over the side of the bed looking around for the first time. Oh great! She groaned, once again not recognizing her surroundings, just peachy! She pouted unhappily, looking around at the simple layout of the room. She glanced towards the doorway, her eyes landing on the form there only for a few seconds before it moved on. That is, until her she realised who exactly it was.
She turned back towards him and just stared, her eyes trailing from his golden bangs right down to his crimson lined boots. She looked towards his face again, her jaw almost down to the floor as she recognised the questioning golden eyes. "W...what the FUCK?" she yelled pointing a finger at the blonde man before her, "how the hell do you look so much like…like Ed?" the man jumped with shock, "HOW THE HELL DO YOU KNOW MY NAME?!" he growled, striding towards the bed, his eyes narrowed.
Juliet looked at him in awe, "a…are you saying…OH MY GOD!!!!!" she squealed launching herself onto the terrified alchemist, "MY DREAM COME TRUE!!!" Ed gave her a horrified glance as he threw her onto the floor and darted out of the room, sealing the door shut with alchemy. Juliet got up, huffing indignantly at the rough treatment before stepping towards the door, pounding on it when she realised that it was jammed, "hey!" she called, her fists hammering on the wood, "open up!!! COME ON!!! LET ME OUT!!!"
Ed leaned against the other side, wincing at the vibrations, "I'm not letting you out!" the pounding, "whyyyyyyyyy?" wined the girl from the other side, "come on! Don't be an ass!" Ed shook his head even though she couldn't see it, "do you think I'm stupid? You'll only jump on me again!!" the pounding began with renewed force, "THAT WAS AN ACCIDENT YOU STUPID DIMENSIONALLY CHALLENGED JERK!!!" Ed pounded back on the door, " HOW CAN YOU CALL THAT AN ACCIDENT? AND I'LL HAVE YOU KNOW YOU'RE SHORTER THAN ME!!"
"What's going on here?" asked Winry, standing behind him with her hands on her hips, her eyes flicking from the door to Ed, "well?" Simultaneously, both perpetrators yelled out, "HE/SHE STARTED IT!" Winry glared, "I don't want to know who started it, I want to know what all the fuss is about!"
Ed pointed angrily at the door, " how the HELL did THAT get in MY room!?"
Winry looked from Ed to the door, "oh you mean she's awake?" Ed gave her an incredulous look, "OF COURSE SHE'S BLOODY AWAKE!!!! THE FIRST THING SHE DID WAS JUMP ON ME!!!!!" Winry smirked jokingly at him, "ooooooh, didn't know you had it in you." The blonde alchemist was beside himself, "STOP TEASING ME AND DO SOMETHING ABOUT THIS NUTCASE!!!!"
"That's going to be a tinsy bit difficult," sighed Winry, eyeing the door. Ed looked sideways at her, "why…OUCH!" he rubbed his head at the mark where he had been hit by a spanner. "YOU SEALED IT SHUT YOU IDIOT!!!!!" he gave her a grudging look, "it was to make sure she didn't pounce on me again!" Winry gave him a withering look, "don't be an idiot, fix it!" Ed gave her a pleading look, "NOW!!!!"
Not wanting another taste of her spanner, Ed quickly clapped his hands together and returned it to normal, darting behind Winry as soon as the job was done. After shaking her head at him in exasperation, Winry stepped into the room, concern on her face, "how are you feeling?" Juliet rubbed the back or her head, "a bit of a headache but otherwise," she frowned, "hey, do you mind telling me what I'm doing here?"
Winry nodded, "we found you past out in the middle of one of our fields after we saw a huge flash of light. My husband, Al, carried you up here." Juliet's eyes nearly popped out of her head, "you mean, you married Alphonse? Damn, and I thought for certain you and Ed would get together." She glanced towards the other too and blinked at their look of confusion. "What makes you say that?" asked Winry with interest, Ed just glared at her suspiciously, his face tinged slightly red, "yeah and how did you know his full name?"
Juliet stood still biting her lip, now you've done it girl! How ya gonna explain this? "Umm…I guessed? And you two do look kinda chummy." Smooth. She could Ed didn't believe her, the way his glare intensified told her so. Winry on the other hand bought it hook, line and sinker. "A common misconception," she giggled, "we're just good friends. My names Winry Elric," she held out her hand, which Juliet swiftly took.
"Juliet Henderson," she replied, shaking the hand before dropping it, "but I like everyone to call me Jules." Winry smiled, "that's a nice name," she gestured over to Ed, "this is my brother in law, Edward Elric, the famous fullmetal alchemist." So I was right! Thought Juliet, he is Ed! How the heck did I get into his world?
"Jules? Juliet?" called Winry, waving a hand in front of her face. Jules shook her head dizzily before answering with an intelligent, "huh?" the blonde laughed slightly, "boy you seem out of it! I asked if you were hungry?" a loud groaning sound coming from the red-heads stomach answered the question, leaving said person looking down with embarrassment. Winry laughed and turned to leave gesturing for bother and Ed to follow.
Juliet smiled gratefully and went to head out the room but stopped when she noticed Ed was stood in front of the door, blocking her exit. "Do you mind?" she asked politely, folding her arms. Ed glared at her, "yes I do," he snarled, "just who the hell are you and what are you doing here?"
all done! that was a long one eh? hopefully the others will be the same. please review! thanks!!!!