Authors note:
Cyber:I really have no idea where this came from. I was just sitting there when max just had to pop up in my mind and ask what it is that I liked about ed. I got to thinking and I guess I just started writing so thanks max.
Max: No problem cyber! I know how lost you'd be without me your beloved oc!
Cyber: what ever floats your boat. Anyway this is just a quick one shot about what makes ed to me. I would've liked to have added more but oh well. Max. Would you like to do the disclaimer?
Max: Sure! Cyber does not own Fma. Trust me. If she did she wouldn't be a fanfiction writing goat farmer who likes to watch grass grow. Now I beg of you! (Max falls to her knees and puts her hands together beggingly as tears fall from her eyes) Please review!
Cyber: (sweatdrops at the begging max) Don't be crying on my floor now. I just got new carpeting. Anyway thanks for reading! I hope you like it!
Reputation
Edward Elric. Many have heard the name and many have also heard the great deeds that went with it. "He became a state alchemist at twelve." "He's an actual alchemist for the People." These are the whispers that he heard when ever he came to a town. However when you get this much good you get just as much bad. "He's an arrogant pup hiding with the big dogs of the military." "He's a backwater midget who doesn't know his place." Of course the second he heard anyone say that last one the person speaking normally ended up on the ground in a hurt heap due to said midget after having his eardrums blown out by a signature short rant.
Yes Edward Elric has many reputations. Some of these are good and some bad but he never lets the bad stop him. He keeps moving. Locking his jaw in a determined sneer he pushes on with the hope of restoring his brother. He hears the rumors but he leaves them just as that. Everyone knows when he comes to central because they can feel his strength. His determination sounds through the very steps he makes. As he and the colonel often banter back and forth everyone smiles. The two will build off of each other accessing through loud voices how the other is faring in their goals. Then all settles down as the temperamental blonde leaves the scene and work starts again.
The teenager boards the next train along with his armored brother and throughout his journey he adds more to his reputation. As it grows so does his determination. He follows leads and does not give up when they reach dead ends. After all he has simply found where the philosophers stone is not. For him it's just simply one more step in the right direction. One more step to fixing his mistakes.
There have been trials but he keeps moving, not just for himself but for all those who rely and wait for him. Those such as Alphonse, Mustang and Hawkeye, Gracia and Elecia, Winry and Pinako. For these people he fights. He's reckless and he makes mistakes yes but he doesn't stop. He's made too many promises to give up now. Too many promises he wishes to keep. Maybe one day his work will pay off. Until then everyone watches him with his temper as short as height as he continues to rebuild lives. This is his life and his reputation has nothing to do with it.