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The Alchemist's daughter
Chapter One : Rosemarie Elric?
"Miss." The car attendant gently woke up the girl. The attendant lady gave the adolescence girl a warm drink.
"Sorry to wake you up miss. Here's your drink." The girl took a gentle sip.
"Thank you." The attendant was about to walk away, but the girl stopped her.
"Excuse me, how long until we get to Resembool?" The blonde hair girl asked.
"In 10 minutes miss." The attendant answered her.
"Thank you again." The lady left, and the girl turned to look at another girl next to her.
"Hey, wake up." The blonde hair girl gently shook her friend. Her dark brown haired friend covered her almond skin tone face. The other girl was groaning but still didn't wake up. Again the blonde haired girl shook her friend aggressively.
"Rose, wake up!" Quickly, the dark haired girl woke up.
"What!" she groaned.
"Sorry Rose but we're almost there." The blonde haired girl said.
Rose turned to look at the window and viewed the town of Resembool.
"This town is full of hills and sheep, but it looks peaceful and beautiful." Rose was staring at the view until the train stopped at the station.
"Yes it is." The blonde girl smiled. The girl looked at her drink and offered it to Rose.
"Here Rose, have some coffee before we get out." Rose grabbed the coffee quickly.
"Thanks Lissa" Rose finished her drink.
"Are you nervous?" Lissa looked at her best friend.
"Now that you mention, yeah I'm freaking nervous. I'm going to meet my real dad, and I don't know what to say to him." Rose and Lissa grabbed their backpacks and exited the train.
"It's ok Rose if things don't go well we can leave and forget everything that happens. Besides, I will be there with you. You're not alone." Lissa squeezed Rose's hand gently.
"I know." The dark haired dhampir gave her a smile.
"So Lissa since this is your idea how are we going to find him." Rose looked around the area.
"We can ask someone if they know where the Elrics lived." Lissa began to search anyone they could ask. The moroi princess spotted an old man loading few sheep into the back of the truck.
"Let's ask him." Quickly, The blonde princess ran to the old man.
"Excuse me, sir do you know where the Elrics' house is?" The old man looked at the teenage girl.
"Yes, I do. They are our neighbors." The old man answered.
"Thank you. Have a wonderful day sir." Lissa was about the leave but the old man called her.
"Since I'm their neighbor I could take you to them." The old man said kindly.
"Thank you so much we will gladly accept the ride. Let me go get my friend." The old man gave her a nod and the princess ran to her best friend.
"Rose come, that man knows where your father lives, and he'll offer us a ride." Rose was about to say something but Lissa grabbed her and ran to the old man's truck.
The old man was already in the truck.
"One of you have to go back where the sheep are." The old man said.
"Well ok Lissa will go inside. I bunk next to the sheep." Rose said.
"No Rose you should go in the truck." Lissa whined.
"You're funny Lissa but I'll go at the back ok." Rose said with her guardian tone. Lissa hopped in the truck and Rose climbed up the back truck. She was surrounded by fluffy sheep.
"What's up little dude." She looked at a baby sheep.
"Baaaa!" the baby responded back and licked her hand.
Meanwhile in the truck, the old man began talking.
"So where you girls are from? You don't look like your from here or Amestris." He asked.
"No we're from United States." Lissa answered.
"That makes sense. You and your buddy are Americans. I never met anyone out of continental Zosimos." The old man chuckled.
"Yes, we're here to visit my friend's relatives." Lissa said.
"Well, all I can tell you is the Elrics are lovable people." The old man stopped in the pathway to a house.
"Here we are, the Elrics home." The old man said.
Lissa jumped out of the truck. "Thank you sir."
Rose jumped out of the back. She had a chuck of wool of her dark hair. "Stupid sheep and their furs." Once she got rid of the wool, she thanked the man.
"Thanks old man!" she yelled.
"No problem, youngsters." Then the old man left.
Both girls began to walk the path to the house.
Once they reached to the front door, Rose's fingers shook nervously.
"Remember Rose, you can do this." Lissa tried to encourage her.
"I don't know if I can." She doubted herself.
"Yes you can. Now go knock on the door it's getting cold and dark." Lissa hugged herself.
Rose knocked on the door. The dhampir took a step back when the door opened. A golden haired man appeared. His blue eyes looked at the girls.
"Hello, can I help you?" The golden haired man said.
"Are you Edward Elric?" Rose asked.
"No, what business do you have with my father?" The young man responded rudely.
"Nothing that concerns you." Rose replied back.
"Rose!" Lissa stopped her.
"What! He started it!" She shouted.
"That wasn't necessary." Lissa lectured her friend.
While both girls were bickering, another figure appeared behind the blue eyed man.
"What's going on here Keith?" The man had golden hair and gold eyes. He was in his early 40's.
"Nothing dad just these two girls were looking for you?" Keith said.
"You're Edward Elric?" Lissa asked again.
"Yeah, who are you?" Ed asked.
"I'm Lissa Dragomir and this…" The princess was interrupted.
"Rose…I'm Rosemarie Hathaway. Have you met a woman named Natalia Hellsing?" Rose introduced herself.
"Natalia Hellsing…" The Fullmetal Alchemist paused for a moment. He hasn't heard that woman's name for many years.
"Yes, why?" He said.
"I'm her daughter. I'm also your daughter." The dark haired girl finally said it.
Ed was shocked when the girl, Rose, said she's his daughter. His first though was how did this happen? Before saying anything, his eldest son beat him into it.
"You're lying! You are just saying it because he's the infamous Alchemist!" Keith approached to Rose. The young dhampir took this as a threat. She quickly grabbed his arm and flipped him to the ground. Keith felt his pride crushed. How could this petite girl capable flipping him to the ground like nothing.
"You're pissing me off!" Rose's temper was rising up. Lissa tried to calm her down.
"ENOUGH!" The Fullmetal Alchemist got their attention.
"All of you get in we'll discuss this in my study room." He was waiting for them to get in.
"Now." He said with authoritative tone.
All three entered the house in fast pace. Rose and Lissa observed inside the house. The Elrics' house felt warm and comfy like a home should feel. Rose envied her new family's home. Don't get her wrong, she liked living in St. Vladimir's, but never in her life experiences what is like to go back home to a family during holidays and vacations. Usually, she spent her breaks with Lissa's family. Since the accident, she and the princess spent time being in school ground and not at the Dragomirs' estates.
Once they entered Edward's study room, both girls sat down on a wooden chair. Keith lean to the wall and Ed sat in his burgundy red leather chair.
Rose felt nervous again. She took a quick glance at her birth father. She noticed Ed was staring at her like he's observing her.
"You have my eyes." He broke the silence.
"What?" Rose was confused.
"I said, you have my eyes." He restated.
"You're taking it well…too well. Why?" Rose was being skeptical.
"Of course, why not. The eyes are from my side of the family, and you reminded me of myself when I was your age." He chuckled from remembering his teen years.
"You look like your mother. How is she by the way?" He asked.
Rose was about to say something but got rudely interrupted by that jerk of her brother.
"So you're admitting she's your kid. That girl is close to my age. Have you been cheating on mom with a whore?" The young Elric was angry. How his father could hurt his mother like that. Keith felt a sting on his cheek.
"Don't you ever call my mother a blood whore." Rose's voice became dark.
"I said whore not blood whore." He corrected her.
"It's the same thing!" Rose shouted.
"Keith that was uncalled for. I'll deal with you later. Go give Lissa a tour around the house and go wait for us at granny Pinako's home." He said.
Keith opened the door and waited for Lissa to get out.
"I'll see you in bit." Lissa whispered to her friend.
Once Lissa and Keith were gone, Ed continued their conservation.
"I'm sorry about my son's behavior." He apologized.
"What does he have against with my birth mother?" She's still trying to calm down from their argument.
"He doesn't. He is still taking in that I have a child from a different woman." He said.
"So have you cheated on his mom with mine?" She was curious if her father was an unfaithful man.
"No. I never was unfaithful with my wife, Winry." He was been truthful. He would never hurt Winry like that. He loved her. He wished she's still here with him but that's impossible. Winry died eighteen years ago when their second child, Nina turned one. His son, Keith was only three when he lost his mother. Ed knows what is like to lose a mother at a young age.
"My wife died long time ago before you were born. I made a promise I won't make her cry." He hasn't talked about Winry's death in years or to anyone.
"I'm sorry." She could tell that topic is still painful to talk about.
"Don't worry about it." Ed changed the topic quickly.
"So you haven't answered my question earlier? How is your mother by the way?" He asked again.
"I don't know. She left me when I turned two." She struggled answered him.
Oh he could imagine Truth laughing at him for having a horrible faith. Seeing his children suffering similar how he and his young brother Al suffered. His first two kids suffering the lost of their mother, and his long lost young daughter were abandoned by her mother.
"Did she leave something to explain for why she ran out?" He got curious. Why Natalia would do that? She doesn't do irrational thing unless there a reason for abandoning Rose.
"I'm surprise your mother didn't give you her surname? I know she definitely won't put mine. Not after I did to her." He said. Rose wondered what happen between her birth parents that end their relationship.
"What happen?" She interrogated her father.
"That's another story you probably won't ever hear it from me." Ed could still clearing remember that night.
Rose felt embarrassing for mentioning it. Sometimes Lissa said to her she should be an investigator or something.
"After my birth mom left, I was raised by my parents or my godparents. Janine Hathaway, a guardian to Lord Szelsky and Abe Mazur, a Turk moroi mobster.
"Huh, that explains. How old are now?" Ed asked.
"I'm 16 going on to 17 in two months. Why?" Rose said.
Meanwhile…
"Since we're done with the tour, we're going to my great grandmother's house for dinner." Keith led Lissa out of the house. Both of them began to make their way to Pinako's home. Keith looked and notice Lissa started too shivered from the cold weather. He took off his sweater and gave it to her.
"Here, you don't want to get sick." Lissa grabbed the sweater and put it on.
"Thank you. That was sweet of you." She smiled. Keith blushed and looked the other way.
"Not a problem." He said
"You know, that wasn't nice what you said earlier about Rose's mother." Lissa didn't know what possessed her to bring it up the last fight between Rose and him.
"Why should I apologize?" He was being stubborn.
"Because you just her mother a whore, in my culture being called a whore is something you don't take things lightly." She blocked his way.
"Why?" He asked.
"The term 'blood whore' is someone mostly dhampir women who sleeps with many moroi men and let them drink their blood. After all, we vampires need blood to survive." Lissa explained.
"So vampires really do exist. Huh, I wouldn't think I would meet one." Keith said.
"First of all, we don't sparkle. In my society, there are three types of vampires. One, the Morois are the full living vampires. We don't kill to get blood. There are people who willingly donate their blood to my kind. Also every Moroi have the ability to control the elements: earth, fire, air, water, and rarely spirit. I'm a spirit user. Two, the dhampirs are half-moroi vampire, half- human. Rose is a dhampir. They protect my kind from dangerous and deadly vampire, the strigois. The strigois are the undead vampires you should beware. They are fast, strong, blood-thirsty creature of the night." She explained further.
"You vampires have an odd society." Keith looked up and realized he's at Pinako's house.
"We'll finish this little chat later. We're finally at my great grandma's house." He knocked on the door. A small old woman with a tall white hair bun opened the door.
"Keith, you're finally here. Where's your father?" Pinako hugged her great grandson.
"He is going get here a little late." He was irritated especially finding out he has a half-sibling. Pinako looked at the young beautiful girl next to Keith. The old lady smirked.
"Keith sweetie, are you going to introduce me to your girlfriend?" Like his father, Keith blushed and began to correct her.
"What! I just met her!" Lissa decided to introduce herself.
"Hello, I'm Vasilisa Dragomir, but you can called be Lissa. Sorry, I'm not his girlfriend." She clarified the old lady.
"Oh, what of shame. You're a charming young lady. You're the type of girl my great grandson needs." Pinako loved teasing Keith. Lissa lightly blushed from the complement.
"Shut up, great grandma." Keith was dying of embarrassment.
"Keith, that's no way speaking to your elders especially your great grandmother." The princess said playfully.
"She's right. Show some manners boy." Pinako hit the rude boy's head with her pip. She really likes Lissa. Too bad her idiot great grandson is in denial. Pinako invited them inside.
"Come on in. We were just about to eat. We're waiting for Keith's father." Pinako led them both to the diner room.
"And Rose." Lissa said,
"Rose?" Pinako was confused.
"She my best friend…" Lissa got interrupted by Keith.
"Also my half-sister." He blurred.
Pinako was confused and shocked.
"What?" She said.
"It's a long story but I'll make it short. Apparently 17 years ago, dad hook up with some woman and now 17 years later, my estrange half-sister showed up." He murmured.
"Who would it though Ed had in him?" Pinako said. She shook her head. I'll deal with it later, she thought to herself. Suddenly, they heard a knock on the door.
"Oh that must your father and your new sister. Keith, go get the door." Pinako ordered the young man.
Keith opened the door. Rose and Edward stepped in.
"Sorry Granny, I got caught something important. This is…" Ed was interrupted.
"You must be Rose. Come child, let me take a good look at you." The old lady pulled Rose toward her. She carefully observed the dark haired girl.
"You're an Elric alright. You have Trisha's hair. Oh look Ed, she has your eyes." Rose blushed a little.
"Who's Trisha?" Rose asked.
"She was my mother. You're grandmother. She passed away many years ago." Ed said with sadden. With that being answered, Rose didn't bother asking more. Everyone sat on their chairs in the diner room.
"Well let's dig in before the food gets cold." Pinako said. Everyone began eating their warm meal. By the rest of supper, they talked and ate their desert.
"Wow Rose, you have a huge apatite for a girl your size." Pinako teased.
"Yeah, I have a very high metabolism." Rose smiled.
"Ed, what are you going to say to Nina or the rest of the family?" Ed paused. He doesn't know what to say to them. He's worry if Keith has a hard time accepting Rose what would his oldest daughter or the rest of the family will think?
"I don't know. When they meet Rose, I'll introduce them to her and see where it takes off." Ed said. Rose thought, how big is this family? My new family? The dhampir smile at that thought.
"How big is this family?" Rose asked.
"Well, you have another sibling, Nina. An uncle name Alphonse. He's married with Mei Chang and has a son, Huan." Pinako said.
"Also, the Mustangs, my teacher and her husband, Emperor Ling's family, Pininya, and Garfiel." Edward finished listing.
It was getting really late at Pinako's house. All four went back to the Elrics' house.
"Rose, you take the guest room from here, and Lissa can take the other guest room from upstairs. Keith show them the rooms. Good night." The Alchemist retired for the day.
Keith first showed Rose's room.
"Here the guest room number one. Everything is here. The bathroom is across from here." He left Rose alone and silent. Now, he needs to show Lissa's room and finally could go to bed.
"Lissa, your room is here. Again, the bathroom is next to this room. Good night." He was about to leave but Lissa stopped him.
"Wait, your sweater." Lissa took off the sweater and handed to him.
"Thank you and good night." She gave him a warm smile. The princess dug in her bag to find her toothbrush and walk to the bathroom.
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