WARNING: OLD AND SOMEWHAT CRINGY MATERIAL IN THE NEXT THREE CHAPTERS, BUT IT ALSO CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION. DON'T WORRY, ALL DA FIGHTING AND GOOD STUFF WILL COME SOON.
A: OH MY GAWD I AM SO HYPPPEEDDD!
H: Yeah, I know. Even I'm happy. And I'm NEVER this happy.
A: Okay guys. WELCOME to our FIRST ANIME FANFIC EVUR!
H: I'm Arin Miles. Just so you know.
A: And I'm Lily Summers. SO we need a NAME CHANGE!
*magical changing noise*
Lily: And now we're all set!
Arin: No we are NOT!
Lily: What do ya mean?
Arin: You forgot about the other two.
Lily: OHHHH. Right. MAGICAL SUMMONING POWER!
*magical summoning sequence*
Snowfur: Lily? How did i get here?
Myra: I WANT ICE CREAM! *cries*
Lily: MYRA-CHAN! NOOO! *runs over to her*
Arin: Idiots. *facepalm*
Snowfur: Alright we need someone to be our disclaimer. COME HERE PIPSQUEAK!
Edward: WHO'RE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT HE CAN'T SEE OVER AN ANT?!
Arin: You. Now do the disclaimer!
Edward: WHY YOU-!
Snowfur: Do it or I'll call the fangirls in.
Edward: *gulps* Fine! I'll do it!
Arin: That's what I thought.
Edward: *sigh* A-HGaming does NOT own Fullmetal Alchemist. All rights go to Funimation, Hiromu Arakawa, and other people. NOW START IT!
Lily: Will do! ENJOY THE SHOW!
Arin: It's a book.
Lily: Oh. ENJOY THE CHAPTER!
A 14 year old girl sighs as she sets down her volume of FMA manga, after rereading it for the fifth time. She sits up on her bed, trying to fix her long, blond hair. Her attempts were futile. She walks up to her mirror to brush her hair, adjusting her purple tank top and matching purple shorts. A buzzing noise greets her ears as a fly lands on her head. She slaps her hand on her head to fail miserably, the fly now in front of her face. Brown eyes dart as she tries to keep her eyes on the fly. Her mission was interrupted as the doorbell rings, followed immediately by loud barks as her toy-breed white poodle, Chloe, rushes up to the door. Smiling brightly, the girl skips to the door and opens it, to be greeted by three more girls.
"LILY-CHAN!" A 14 year old, black haired girl yells as she crushes her in a deadly hug. Lily spats as her curly black strands hit her face. "Calm down Myra!" another 14 year old girl says, with long black hair. "Awwww, but Snowfur-san!" Myra pleads, her light blue eyes looking like a puppy. Snowfur sighs. "It's nice to see you too, Myra." Lily says, laughing. "Hey Arin, whatcha playin this time?" Lily asks, peering over at a 15 year old girl. While Myra and Snowfur were a lot taller than Lily, and the same age, Arin was older a shorter. Her dark brown hair was put up in a pony-tail, covered by a Pikachu baseball cap. "Explosives." Arin says, her emerald eyes staring intently at her 3DS screen. Translation: Pokemon Omega Ruby. Yes, Arin has her own language. "Nice." Snowfur comments. "Sooooo, are we going to buy our cosplay now?" Lily asks. The four girls were going to go to Anime Boston 2015 as a Fullmetal Alchemist cosplay group. Lily was going to be Edward; Arin was going to be Winry, Snowfur as Hawkeye and Myra as Izumi. There was an anime store across the street so they were going to be walking. "Yeah, let's go." Snowfur says as the four head to get their cosplay.
~~~SPACER YAY ~~~
"God, why does automail have to be so freaking difficult!" Lily complains as she tries to put on the automail again. She fidgets with the straps, and she hears a sort 'click' as it snaps into place. "Finally!" she exclaims as she walks out of the fitting room in her full Edward cosplay. "G freaking G." Snowfur says, smiling. "Your cosplay is cool too." Lily says as she gets a good look at the Hawkeye cosplay. "Edward….you didn't mess up my automail again, did you?" Arin says in a good impression of Winry, holding up a wrench. Lily pretends to cover in fear. "No! Winry don't kill me!" she yells, breaking out into laughter afterword. The atmosphere grows thick as Myra walks out in her Izumi cosplay. She growls and glares at Lily, in a demon-like manner. "T-Teacher!" Lily yells. Her eyes draw to the merchandise in the middle of the shop. A silver watch catches her eye. She gasps as she realizes what it is. "I FOUND MY WATCH!" Lily yells, holding it up. Snowfur gasps as she sees tons of fake guns for cosplaying. "Yesssss!" she yells as she picks up a few. This is going to be awesome…Lily thinks as she smiles to herself.
~~~TIME CHANGE~~~
The four girls sigh loudly as they fall onto their beds. "Man…anime conventions are tiring!" Lily complains. "I know…but it was fun while it lasted. I'm sad it's over." Snowfur says. Arin sighs. "Still, everyone was begging me to hit Lily with a wrench." She says. Myra laughs. "Yeah; they wanted me to beat her up too." Lily groans. "I'm still sore from that." she says. They sit in silence for a while, and then Lily speaks up. "You know what would be cool? If we were characters in FMA." She says. Snowfur laughs. "As if that would happen." Lily glares at her and huffs. "If I were a character, I would be a homunculus." She says. The other three look at her weirdly. "Not an evil one! Like Greed! Geez, I'm not evil." Lily says. "I would like automail." Myra says and Snowfur nods. "Me too." Snowfur comments. "My alchemy would be like Kimblee's." Arin says. Lily laughs. "Of course." Snowfur says. "I'd have, like…I don't know, cold flames or something." Myra whistles. "That sounds cool." Lily says. "I'd have water alchemy." Myra says, imagining her controlling water above her head. "You know what? What if I had an alchemy that could manipulate gravity and sound waves and stuff?" Lily says. "I'd call myself, the Plasma Alchemist, or something."
"I'd be the FrostFire Alchemist." Snowfur says. Arin gives her a: you've-got-to-be-kidding-me look. "Explosives." Translation: You got that from Flash Fire, didn't you? Snowfur nods sheepishly. Myra laughs. "It still sounds cool though. But you know what, I'd be the Aquatic Alchemist, striking fear through foe's hearts!" she announces, striking a pose. "And I will be the Combustion Alchemist, blowing up everything." Arin says, smiling. "If only it was real." Lily sighs. "If only…"
~~~MOAR TIME CHANGEZ~~~
Lily looks around at her friends as the clock turns to 11:00. Lily sighs. Better get to sleep…She thinks. She yawns loudly, and closes her eyes, only to be greeted by white.
"Wh-Where am I?" Lily looks around, and sees a giant gate behind her. Her eyes widen. "This is the gate! From FMA!" She smiles broadly. "So Truth must be here too!" A snickering sounds behind her. "Correct, I am here." Lily whirls around to see a white figure, surrounded by shadows. It wore a giant, almost creepy, smile. "Oh my god! This is soooo cool! Wait, does this mean that the anime is real?! OMG YESS!" she continues fangirling as Truth sweat drops. "Okay…well I'm going to transport you to the other side of the gate, so just SHUT UP!" Truth yells, rubbing his forehead. "YAY! Thank you Truth!" Lily says, hugging Truth. "Are the others seeing this too?" she asks. Truth nods. "They will be there with you." Lily smiles. "Hey Truth, will you be my friend?" she asks. Truth stares at her blankly. "Uhh…sure?" Truth says with a small sweat drop. "Thank you! Cya later buddy!" Lily says as she skips happily to the gate as it opens and black hands grab her and pull her inside. The gate slams shut, and Truth sighs. "Why did I pick them of all people?"
~~~DIMENSIONAL CHANGY THINGY~~~
Lily groans and opens her eyes. She sits up and looks around her surroundings. She was in a small room with a bed, and a dresser with a mirror. This looks familiar. She thinks as she gets up shakily and looks in the mirror. "Holy crap…" she breathes as she sees her appearance. She looked animated! Like an anime person! Holy crap this was soooo cool! Her hair was up in a pony-tail with bangs covering her right eye and a strand of hair hanging down from her left. She had a purple tank top on with black knee length leggings. She had a belt where two daggers were held. She also had a tan colored cape with a black flamel insignia on the back. On her feet were black knee length boots. There was transmutation circles tattooed on the back of her hands too. She also notices a silver pocket watch in her pockets.OH MY GOD I'M A STATE ALCHEMIST!
Suddenly, a wave of nausea hits her as tons of visions flash before her eyes. "I thought you'd need a good backstory and life for this place." Truth's voice echoes in her head as the visions stop. Thanks, Truth. Lily thinks as a loud knock comes from the door. Lily gulps. If there was one thing she knew from anime was to never open the door when you didn't know who was knocking. "Who's there?" she asks, her hand instinctively reaching for her daggers. "Lily? Is that you? It's me, Snowfur." Snowfur's voice comes from the door. "How do I know you're not Envy?" Lily asks, assuming she's in the anime. Snowfur sighs. "You still sleep with a night light to this day." She says in monotone. Lily does an anime fall. "Come in." she says.
Snowfur walks in, and all Lily could do was gape. Her hair was straight down with a slight wave at the bottom. She was wearing a light blue tank top, with a dark blue jacket with fur on the hood and a white flamel insignia on the back. She was wearing black leggings and boots like hers. She also noticed two light blue wristbands with transmutation circles on them. On her back was a quiver with arrows and a bow. "My left arm is automail too." Snowfur comments. Lily's eyes turn to hearts. "Oh my god you look so cool! Squeee!" she squeals. She starts to sparkle. "Please don't sparkle. It reminds me of Armstrong." Snowfur mutters. Lily stares at her. "So you had the flashbacks too?" she asks. Snowfur nods. "All four of us did."
"Explosives."
"AHHH!" the two girls scream and fall to the floor. "ARIN YOU SCARED THE TRUTH OUT OF ME!" Lily yells angrily. "How did you even get in here?" Snowfur says after she recovers from the shock. Arin points to the door. Snowfur sweat drops and laughs nervously. At that time Lily noticed what Arin was wearing; because why not. Arin had a white t-shirt with a black leather jacket and a red flamel insignia on the back, and white fingerless gloves with transmutation circles on them. She was wearing black leather pants with red high tops. She had black sunglasses and her hair was styled straight and short, with two long strands on the front. "Aww Arin you look like a biker!" Lily says and Arin pulls down her glasses and glares at her. "IT WAS A COMPLEMENT!" Lily yells as she's chased by a very angry Arin. "EXPLOSIVES!" Arin yells. Translation: I DO NOT LOOK LIKE A BIKER! As the two carry on, a girl walks into the open doorway smiling brightly.
"Well it's good to see that you're all awake." The girl smiles and laughs. The two immediately stop their argument, and look at the girl. Standing in front of them was Winry Rockbell. Lily takes deep breaths to calm herself. Oh my god it's Winry, it's Winry, it's ACTUALLY WINRY ROCKBELL! OH MY GOD! Was what she was really thinking inside. Winry smiles. "Your other friend, Myra if I remember, is outside playing with den. I'm Winry Rockbell." Winry says. "Thanks. This is Lily." Snowfur says, actually keeping her cool. At the sound of Myra, Lily smiles. "MYRA! I'M COMING!" she yells and bolts outside. Winry sweat drops. "Crazy much?" Snowfur asks. Winry nods slowly. "Explosives." Arin says.
~~~I lost the game. DANGIT~~~
Lily runs outside to see Myra happily playing with Den, the Rockbell's dog, and talking with Pinako, Winry's grandmother. "MYRA-SAN!" Lily yells and runs over to her. Myra gasps. "LILY-CHAN!" Myra tackles Lily in a sisterly hug. "I missed you Lily-chan~" she says. "Can't…breathe…" Lily gasps. Myra drops her. "DON'T DROP ME!" Lily yells, rubbing her back. Myra had her hair curled up and shoulder length, with earrings in the shape of transmutation circles. She had a white tank top with a baby blue vest with a purple flamel insignia on the front. She had skinny jeans on with black ankle boots. Her right leg was automail. Pinako laughs. "I'm going to start dinner for you all." She says and walks inside. "Thanks Mrs. Rockbell!" the two chorus.
"DUCK!" a voice yells from across the field. Lily looks around, confused. "Duck? Where? I wanna see the ducky!" she says. "Duck tastes good." Myra comments thoughtfully. "Not like that you idiots! DUCK!" a harsher voice yells. Lily looks around again, only to get hit square in the forehead with a metal helmet. "A-Are you okay?" a child-like voice asks, with a metallic ring. Lily groans and looks up to see none other than the Elric brothers looking down at her. Immediately Lily feels her inner fangirl go crazy. "Yeah, I-I'm fine." She says shakily, sitting up. Edward huffs. "Yeah, whatever, now could you give me the helmet back?" he says. Alphonse sweat drops. "Brother!" he scolds. Ed casts him a glare. "Here." Lily says, holding out the helmet. Ed grabs it; his automail briefly touches her hand. That made her snap. Myra notices this and yells, "Cover your ears!" The two brothers stare at her blankly as a high pitched sound emits from Lily.
"OH MY GOD I JUST MET ELRIC BROTHERS IN REAL LIFE! THIS IS SO FREAKING AWESOME! OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD OH MY GOD!" Lily yells, fangirling. She continues saying random things, while the brothers sweat drop. Snowfur walks in during this, and deadpans. "Did the blow from the helmet make her crazy?" Ed asks. Snowfur shakes her head. "Sadly, no. She's always like this. And this isn't even half of it. Show her a picture of a cute Eevee and she'll go nuts." Snowfur says. "Th-That's actually kinda scary…" Ed mumbles.
Suddenly, a very, very angry Arin appears in the doorway. Lily immediately stops fangirling and deadpans. "A-Arin?" she asks. Arin points a shaky finger towards Ed. "You. Stole. My. EXPLOSIVES!" she yells, gaining a demon aura and fangs. "Oh, you mean this?" Ed asks, holding up a small black box. Arin nods, fire in her eyes. "Well to bad!" Ed says, putting it back in his pocket. "Brother…." Al says, nudging him. "What?" Ed asks. Then he notices Arin. She appeared in front of him in record speed and she was twitching, with fire looming around her. "You're going to get it now…shorty." Arin says. "WHO'RE YOU CALLING-!" Ed was cut off by a punch to the face. Arin continues punching him and kicking him. Then she starts snapping, and with every snap, and explosion blows up in Ed's face. "YOU *snap* LITTLE *scream* JERK! *snap* HOW DARE *punch* YOU *yell* STEAL *SNAP SNAP SNAP* MY *SNAP* EXPLOSIVES!" This ensues for a couple more minutes, when Arin finally stops, leaving a weak Edward lying in a crater in the front yard. Smoke was rising from Edward, and his entire being was covered in ash. Arin huffs and walks to the others.
"I just realized something." Snowfur says. "We never introduced ourselves." Lily sweat drops. "Right…Um, I'm Lily Summers, the Plasma Alchemist. I specialize in gravitational alchemy and sound alchemy." Lily says, getting the attention of the others. "You're a State Alchemist?" Al asks. "We all are." She says, holding up her silver pocket watch. "I'm Sophia Lin. But for some reason everyone calls me Snowfur. I'm the FrostFire Alchemist. I specialize in a combination of flame and ice alchemy, making cold flames." Snowfur says. "Hai! I'm Myra Bellias, and I specialize in water alchemy. I'm the Aquatic Alchemist!" Myra says happily. "And I'm Arin Miles, the Combustion Alchemist. I specialize in explosives mixed with alchemy." Arin says, and walks away to work on a bomb. "I'm Alphonse Elric, and that's my older brother, Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist." Al says and introduces his brother for him, since he is currently out of commission. In a crater. Half blown up.
~~~TIME CHANGE~~~
Edward sighs as he flops onto the grass. "Man…that huurrttt!" Ed whines, rubbing his head. "Then don't steal people's stuff!" Al says. The four girls collectively sigh. "FLUFFY BUNNIES!" Lily exclaims. Everyone sweat drops. "Whaaatt? I like bunnies!" Lily says. Ed face palms. "You all are crazy. Especially Lily." He sighs. A vein pops in Lily's forehead. "What was that?" she says through clenched teeth. "I said you're crazy." Ed says. "Oh god…" Snowfur mutters. "Prepare for the fight of your life."
"I'M NOT CRAZY! YOU LITTLE JERK! IF I DIDN'T KNOW BETTER I'D THINK YOU WERE THE HALF-PINT ALCHEMIST! GO DRINK SOME MILK SHORTY!" Lily yells, fire forming around her. Ed glares at her, holding up a shaky fist. "WHO'RE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT HE WOULDN'T HAVE TO WORRY ABOUT DROWNING BECAUSE HE'S SO SMALL THAT HE CAN FIX IN THE OXYGEN PARTICLES IN THE WATER?! YOU MENTALLY INSANE MANIAC!" Ed fumes.
"PIPSQUEAK! SHORTY! TINY! DWARF! LEPRECHAUN! FLABEBE (smallest Pokemon)!"
"CRAZY! INSANE! MENTAL! PSYCHOTIC! CRAZY LADY WITH A JACKED-UP OUTFIT!"
"PIPSQUEAK SO SHORT THAT HE WOULD NEVER BE ABLE TO EXIST IN THE HISTORY BECAUSE HIS SHORTNESS DEFIES THE LAWS OF THE UNIVERSE AND THE PRESSURE OF GRAVITY WOULD KILL HIM BECAUSE HE'S SO DAMN SMALL!" Lily yells. "YOU'RE SO CRAZY THAT YOU NEED TO BE PUT INTO A MENTAL WARD BECAUSE EVERY BRAIN CELL IN YOUR HEAD POPPED!" Ed retorts. "I. AM. NOT. CRAZY!" Lily yells, her voice going into an unnaturally high note that causes the others head's to hurt. She holds it for about 20 seconds, and then takes a deep breath of much needed air. After a while, the others start to recover. "I like trains." Myra says, gaining everyone's stares. Ed sighs shakily. "H-How did you d-do that?!" he exclaims. "That's an example of my alchemy. I told you I can manipulate sound waves." Lily says. Ed nods thoughtfully.
Lily looks up at the sky. The sun was already starting to set, and they could feel a dramatic scene coming on. A faint music sounds in the background, which the girls recognized as Brothers. "So, how did Al end up as a suit of armor?" Lily asks, breaking the silence. Ignorance is the best way to get answers, she thinks. Ed and Al's expressions darken. "When we were little, our father left us and a couple years later our mother died of a sickness. We tried to bring her back using Human Transmutation." The other girls gasp. "Al lost his whole body and I lost my left leg. I sacrificed my right arm to bond Al's soul to a suit of armor." They sit in silence for a while, thinking about the brother's past. "Equivalent Exchange." Lily says suddenly. The brothers look at her. "You told us your past, we tell you ours." Lily clears her throat. "I grew up in a small town to the east of Rush Valley. I lived there with Snowfur; we were practically sisters. My parents were drafted in the Ishvalen War, and I got word that they died in battle. I ran away from the town when I heard, and I ended up getting taken from these freaky scientists. They…experimented on me. After that I escaped and a nice guy helped me back home." Lily says, recalling the memories that she saw earlier. "Those bastards…just like Nina." Ed mutters. Lily smiles sadly. "It's not those types of experiments." She says. Snowfur clears her throat. "When Lily ran off and got kidnapped, I was a wreck. My parents left on a business trip, and a year later, I found out that they got in an accident and died. I attempted the taboo like you two. It failed and I lost my left arm. Lily found me after it happened and got help." Snowfur says and looks at Lily. She smiles. Myra looks down with tears forming in her eyes. "I lived in town to the west of Dublith, and my parents were State Alchemists. They were also in the Eastern Rebellion, and were shot and killed. I made the same mistake as Snowfur and I lost my right leg. I got help and was taken to Dublith, where my Aunt lived. I lived there for a while, but I eventually returned home." Myra says. Arin sighs. "Look, I don't really have a sappy past like you guy but, I lived in Rush Valley. My parents were automail engineers, and were sent to the military to help them create weapons and such. An opposing group assassinated them. I was sent to the military to help them and eventually become a State Alchemist when I was 14. That's where I met everyone else. But, I'm a year older than them; they were all 13 when they took the exam." Arin says.
Ed smiles sadly. "I-I know this probably isn't a good thing to say, but…I'm kinda glad there are others out there like me and Al, y'know?" he says. Lily suddenly grabs his hands and looks straight into his eyes. "If there's one thing that I've learned so far in my life, it's that you are never alone."
Lily: Now wasn't that sweet!
Edward: Shut up.
Arin: Heh. I think we made a ship.
Snowfur: Definitely.
Myra: What's a ship?
Arin: *whispers to Myra*
Myra: OHHH! What's my pairing?
Arin: Oh it's you and-
Lily: *covers Arin's mouth* WHAT DID I TELL YOU ABOUT SPOILING THINGS?
Arin: Sorry...
Lily: Well personally I don't mind being in a ship.
Edward: WELL I DO!
Lily: Shut up, short stuff.
Edward: YOU SHUT UP!
Snowfur: You better wrap this up before it gets out of hand.
Lily: *sigh* I know. Well, we'll see you all next chapter! BYEEE!
