Ok there is not any main characters and I also added my own character in the story which is the new girl. I'll also write in first person. I'll let you know who is talking when it is in first person. There shall be lots of if I dated the Ishval War wrong. I needed to.
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The New Girl
First Person: Edward.
There's a new girl at Risembool Highschool. Her name is Danielle Len. She's from Xing is what I heard, her dad is at least. Her mom was born in Amestris. Apparently she looks more like her mom because Len doesn't look like she has Xing blood in her at all. She has long brown hair that reaches to her lower back. She has a face clear of acne. Also she has gold-like eyes. Unlike my eyes which aren't gold at all they are hazel but everyone claims they are gold but Len's eyes are different. They look gold but some people claim that her eye color had changed right before them. Not everyone has seen this though. Many people don't talk to her too often. She's very quiet and doesn't like to talk to people. She seems nice but everyone says she looks like the type to have a secret. Oh and did I mention that she's 13 and in the same grade as me. (Ed is 16) Apparently she's really smart and had skipped a few grades.
I'm wearing a black leather jacket. A pair of jeans and a red shirt. Yeah I know it's stupid to be wearing a leather jacket in February. It gets real hot here in Risembool in February, but I have to wear my jacket and a long pair pf jeans because of my metal arm and metal leg. This happened when I was 11 years old. I tried to bring my mother who died of cancer back to life with alchemy. Yeah I know it's stupid but I was young. I know better now. My brother got sick for a long time because of the transmutation. He's better now. No one knows the true story about my arm and leg except My dad, brother, Winry, Pinako, and my history teacher. He figured it out by himself. The other amount of people who know that I have a metal arm and leg which is all my teachers, Russell, Ling, Elysia, Nina, and Envy. They all think I lost my arm because of the war. Envy figured out about it because he stole my jacket. He's the most delinquent kid in school and I just happen to always be his target. And Valentine's Day was coming up soon. Winry's gonna want us to do something together.
I thought as I walked down the hall. I wonder what Winry and I should do for Valentine's day. I might not be able to because of my bad grade in history. Yeah, Len's making straight A's in history while I'm making D's. I'm good at Math, Chemistry, and Language Arts. Hell, I've got all advanced classes. If it wasn't for history I'd probably skip a grade too. Maybe I should ask her to tutor me. Aw man what am I thinking? The others will make fun of me if I do......A 13-year-old tutoring me in history. Well.....My brother Al who's 13 helps me but that's different.....
"Hey Ed!" A familiar voice yelled breaking me from my train of thoughts. I turned to see that it was Winry calling me.
"Hey Winry." I said half-halfheartedly. What was I gonna tell my dad about my D in history?
"What did you get on your report card?" She asked excitedly. She probably got good grades.
"I got a 98 in chemistry, 95 in math, 88 in language arts, 79 in gym, 100 in ceramics and arts, and a 68 in history." I replied to her. I hate my history teacher, Mr. Mustang. He's such a bastard. He hates me so much. Oh yeah and he use to be in the military to, a state alchemist. So he's really strict and wants us to call him Colonel Mustang.......more like Colonel Bastard.
"How do you get a C in gym? All you have to do is dress-out and show up....." Winry asked. She already knew the answer. She just likes to mess with me.
"I forgot my gym locker combination and every time Mr. Armstrong let me use the key he deducted a point..."
"Your so good at math yet can't remember 3 simple numbers...." Winry sighed. That was a sign she was disappointed in me. I waved her off.
"Lets go to class now. I have ceramics and arts and I rather not be late. I actually like Ms. Hawkeye and her class!" I yelled as I ran the opposite direction before she could nag me about being lazy with a bad memory. I heard her yell something but I ignored it.
I walked into ceramics and arts. Everyone was actually here on time. Even Envy who was always late but I heard he likes ceramics and arts too so I'm not to surprised. My class rooms are so far apart so I wasn't surprised to find myself the last person here. All the tables were full except Danielle Len's table and Envy's table. I had to weigh my odds. I'm afraid to sit with Len because she might not talk to me and things will become awkward. I'm also afraid to sit alone with Envy because he constantly calls me chibi. We'd instantly would fight. Everybody's afraid of Envy because he's the best fighter. The only two people that like him is his ex-girlfriend Lust and Len. Yes Len the quiet straight A girl likes Envy the loud-mouth failing delinquent. Well I don't know if he's failing. No body believes me when I tell them about Len liking Envy but I noticed how she constantly gawks at him. Except now she is drawing something. I decided to sit next to Len. Maybe it wouldn't be too awkward. So I sat next to her. I looked at the corner of my eye to see what she was drawing. Anime. I didn't think she was into that kind of stuff. It was two anime characters kissing. The girl had greenish hair like Envy's only it's a lighter color and the boy had brownish blond hair with gold-like eyes.
"Hey." I said to her after a few minutes. She turned and looked at me.
"Hey." She said in a quiet hushed tone. No one's ever seen her smile or laugh. I actually feel kinda sad for her. Something bad may have happened to her before she came here or maybe she just didn't like to move. Or maybe she just had that kind of personality. She turned down to continue her drawing. Yeah things were awkward. Finally the silence was broken by Len.
"So what did you get on your report card?" She asked me. I didn't expect her to talk so it took me a few seconds to reply.
"3 A's, 2 B's, 1 C, and 1 D. You?"
"4 A's. 2 B's, and 1 C." She replied. She got a C. I can't believe that.
"Um......what did you get the C in?"
"Math....." Len sighed. Her voice didn't seem as quiet and hushed as before. "They're going over an old concept that I never quite understood."
"I'm pretty good at math maybe I can help." I offered. I didn't like helping people but she always seemed lonely.
She looked at me. "Um.....sure. Do you need help with any subjects?" She asked. She still had that same facial expression as always.
"History...." I muttered and looked away.
"I got a 98 in history. Maybe I can help..... Equivalent Exchange." She added that last part lightly.
Does she know how to use alchemy? I wondered. I looked back at her completely shocked. She was smiling. Yes she was smiling.
"Well how about we help each other. You can come to my house this Friday if you don't mind girlish boys and a teenager-like father." I asked her. My brother loves cooking but he wasn't gay definitely. She laughed.
"Sure." She agreed and I gave her directions to where I lived.
First Person: Danielle Len.
After school on Friday I decided to walk over to Ed's house. He's always so nice to me I was glad to help him with history and him help me with math. I even told him that he can tell others that he was tutoring me and not it being mutual so he wouldn't get embarrassed. I don't mind. It's no big deal. I didn't walk very long before I found the address he gave me. I looked up at his large house. "Wow that's big." I said to myself. Everybody thought I was quiet but when it's just me I have a pretty loud voice. I guess it's because I'm in highschool when I'm suppose to be in middle school. I'm not use to being with older people. I walked up to his door and knocked. It was Ed who had answered the door.
"Hey Len." He said as I walked in.
"Hey Ed." I replied back. The house wasn't as big on the inside as it looked on the outside. I could see the dining room from the living room. There was a blond man with glasses on. He looked to be reading scientific reports. He must be Ed's dad. He noticed me looking at him and looked up.
"Edward.....I thought you were going out with Winry?" He asked. I didn't think Ed understood what he meant but I did definitely. I don't think my face could possibly be any redder.
"Yes I am still going out with Winry. Why do you ask?" Ed asked. I swear he was so dense.
"Then who is this?" His dad answered Ed's question with a question. His dad is obviously teasing him. Ed was right when he said he had a teenager for a father.
"This is Danielle Len. We're helping each other with school."
"Figures. You really need help with history." Before Ed could say anything the fire alarm went off and there was smoke coming from the kitchen. A young boy about my age came running from behind the wall that was blocking our view from the kitchen. He was wearing an apron.......that was on fire.......
"Ed! Put the fire out." His dad yelled. Ed ran into the kitchen and to the sink. He grabbed the sprayer and shot the boy who was on fire with it putting out the fire.
"Al your usually more careful about this." Ed told the boy, Al.
"Sorry Nii-san. I got distracted because I was listening to your conversation with Dad." Al said awkwardly to his older brother. Ed sighed. I think he's embarrassed. He probably thinks that him and his family will scare me off. I smiled at the thought. His family was funny to me. Ed walked over to me and grabbed my hand. His hand felt weird against my arm and I knew why.
"Lets go to my room before they set something else on fire." He said as he practically dragged me up the stairs and to the first room on the left. When he opened it I expected a guy's room. One that was messy and stunk like old socks but his room wasn't like that. On the contrary it was quite the opposite. It was clean and smelled really good. As soon as he closed the door I immediately started the conversation.
"Your family is funny." I said bluntly.
"You think so? They didn't scare you at all?" He asked me. I shook my head no.
"Well then we better get started." Ed said quickly. We both set our stuff on the floor and sat down next to our stuff. "Ok so let's began. Let me explain to you how to create a recursive formula for sequences."
"Why is it that you wear a leather jacket in this kind of weather?" I asked suddenly. He looked at me.
"Um well. I'm just always cold. I'm anemic." Ed replied nervously. He's a very bad liar. I smirked.
"You're a very, very bad liar Ed. How did you get that metal arm?" I asked him. The expression on his face was so funny. His eyes were so wide and it matched his mouth too.
"H-how did you know I had a metal arm?" He asked.
"When you grabbed my arm. Also because you slouch obviously showing you caring something heavy. Which it happens to be your metal arm. That's not the only thing I noticed. You may not be clumsy but you walk off-balance. I suppose you have a metal leg too, right?" I asked him. All those years studying NCIS and watching Law and Order payed off.
"Yeah.....I got them in the Ishvalian civil war." Ed replied. He was lying....again.
"So you got them as a baby? I can obviously tell you are bad at history. How did you really get that arm and leg?" I gave him a look. I usually don't talk like this in front of others but I hate liars. And it was fun tormenting him. And if he had gotten his metal limbs in the Ishvalan war he wouldn't be so bad at history. He wouldn't have been a baby. He would probably be between 6 and 8 years old of age.
"Do you know how to use alchemy?" He asked me. I nodded. "That's how I got my arm and leg."
"Trying to bring your mother back to life I suppose." I said. He then looked at me with that look. Wide-eyed and wide-mouth look. Man I wish I had a camera. This was better than when he had his short rants.
"H-how did you-" Ed started but I cut him off.
"Your father acts like a teenager to cover it up but you can tell in his eyes that he is seriously depressed. Your brother is cooking and he pretends to enjoy it but doesn't. And there is only one picture of your mom which is common for the family of the deceased to have either just one photo or none." I told him.
"We just wanted to see our mother's smile again." Ed said. He sounded like he was gonna cry.
"I understand how you feel. I lost my mother this year." I told him so he doesn't feel alone. I smiled at him.
"I almost lost my brother though....he almost died. And it was my fault." He replied. I patted him on the back.
"Listen to me when I tell you this. I know how you feel." I said. "It's getting late I better leave. We didn't get much done today." I laughed nervously a little. "I better start walking home." I stood up and grabbed my stuff. Edward stood up as well.
"Here. I'll drive you. We've been getting a lot of weirdos around here lately. Don't want to take any chances."
Sorry if I spell anything wrong. And No Danielle and Ed will not get together. Btw......do any of you have any idea what Danielle Len meant by "I know how you feel." Let me know if you do. Oh and sorry if it's not good. In reality I don't have much of a plot yet but it shall form...eventually. This is my first FMA story and my first fanfiction story so sorry.
