Books were something that almost filled the entire room that belonged Raven of the Teen Titans in Jump City. She was simply cleaning out her closet when a loud thud echoed through out her quite room. She looked down on the floor and saw a large dust brown book before her. She picked it up and read the golden lettering.
She smiled at it, she remembered who was the one who gave the book to her. It was her mother whom had given it to her. "To help you learn the consequences of decisions and Alchemy, but please read this when you're a bit older." were the exact words her mother had said when she had given her the book. Raven remembered when she had first read the book, she was surprised about how serious it really was, one wouldn't be able to tell at first, due to the sheer amount of comedy, but then again it sounded as though what it was written about had actually happened. She had only read it last month.
She looked at the clock, then looked at the last page of the final chapter, read it then looked back at the clock. Her smile grew a little, she knew one thing, it was horror night at Titan's Tower, the night of ghost stories, horror movies, and folklore. Most of it was lame and she would often ignore the night. She knew how scary the book's story was, she couldn't help but wonder how her friends would react to it.
She walked out of her room and made her way to the living room, book in hand. Before Beast Boy or Cyborge could even try to make decision on which horror movie they should choose, Slender or Jeff The Killer; Raven spoke up, "I think it's my turn to show you something horrifying..."
Her friends looked surprised and all glanced at each other, they were all probably thinking that what she was going to tell them something that had to deal with bunny rabbits and the color pink, but they were wrong.
"Uh...sure Raven, what are you going show us?" asked Robin, his voice showed how nervous he was.
She brought up a chair and sat in front of her friends whom were all sitting on the long couch, she had the T.V behind her, she made sure to take the remote away so that way they couldn't try to watch the screen, even though it would be blocked by a spell that she was going to cast. She took out her book and showed them the cover.
"This story is called 'FullMetal Alchemist and the Brotherhood'." she said calmly.
Starfire gave an 'ooh' but Beast Boy shouted, "Awww come on! That sounds boring!"
"B.B's right Ray, it doesn't sound all that scary." Cyborge said with a bit of a groan.
She smiled at them, "That is why you never judge a book by its' cover." she said her usual incantations "Azarath Metrion Zinthos!" then a large black cloud of smoke appeared behind her, she levitated herself over to the couch and levitated the chair away to where it belonged, with a swift movement of her hand and the cloud began to show the first chapter, the one chapter that showed just how serious the book was.
Time skip...
They were nearing the final chapter and everyone was on the edge of their seats, Beast Boy was biting his nails, Cyborge hadn't touched his popcorn, Starfire was slowly eating her alien concoction, and Robin was literally on the edge of his seat. They were on the part where FullMetal was chasing Kimblee.
Ed kicked away Kimblee's Philosopher's Stone to keep him from using it, then slashed the palm of Kimblee's right hand. However, Kimblee revealed he had another Philosopher's stone in his mouth, he told Ed that his resolve not to kill was his weakness and that it would be his defeat since the situation on the battlefield is much more different. The fellow Alchemist created a giant explosion, burying Ed and the two Chimera's in the remains of the lookout tower.
As Ed woke up, he found Darius and Heinkel were trapped in the rubble, the two were angered by Kimblee's betrayal. When Ed started to black out, he realized that the side of his body had been impaled by support beam...
"YOU GOTTA BE KIDDING ME!" Cyborge shouted, "THAT'S JUST MESSED UP!"
"Dude, that sucks!" Beast Boy mumbled.
Raven couldn't help but hold in her laughter, "I thought you said that this story was going to be boring?"
"But-..." Beast Boy stopped himself before he could say anything.
Everyone continued to watch as Chimeras helped FullMetal.
Yet another skip
They were now on the final chapter, and everyone in the room were cowering in fear of the Mannequin Soldiers. Beast Boy even commented saying that it was like a zombie apocalypse. Soon it got to the ending and everyone were on the edge of their seats. FullMetal still had his automail, Roy Mustang had lost his eyesight, Ling lost Greed, Hohenheim and Alphonse died, Father was defeated, and now FullMetal was meeting with Truth.
FullMetal looked at Truth with the smuggest of grins, "Open the Gate." he commanded.
"Now why do you want me to do that, Mister Al-Chem-Ist?" the Truth asked.
"Its time for me to bring my brother back, soul and all." FullMetal grinned. When the door opened, Edward ran to the entrance, surprising the god, "What you see is exactly what you're going to get!" were the last words that the Alchemist had said as he pushed Alphonse out of the white realm and back to their reality. The gate closed and Major Edward Elric the FullMetal Alchemist was gone forever.
The End...
"WHAAAAT?!"
Raven smiled as she ended the spell and began making her way to the center of the living room while she levitated her chair back to where it was when she had first cast the spell. She sat down, cleared her throat and began to speak, "Okay, any questions?"
Cyborge was the first to speak, "Yeah, WHAT KIND OF ENDING WAS THAT?!"
"Its called a cliffhanger, its to add suspense to the story." Raven answered. "Next.."
"Is there a sequel?" Robin asked.
Raven shook her head, "No, this is the only book, the author never wrote a sequel or a prequel..."
Robin frowned.
"Is there going to be a sequel?" Beast Boy asked.
"I doubt it, I got this book when I was five years old..." Raven mumbled.
"What happens to the Alchemist FullMetal? Does he get his brother back?" asked Starfire.
"That is the point of the cliffhanger, no one knows..." Raven said strictly, "Now I have a question for all of you, on a scale of one to ten how scary was that story?"
"I'd have to say an eleven." was the answer that had came from Beast Boy, and everyone else seemed to agree.
"How surprised were you when you saw what happened in the first chapter?" Raven asked.
"Surprised doesn't even cut it!" exclaimed Cyborge, "I nearly screamed when I saw what Ed and Al made, whatever it was..." Robin nodded at the answer.
"Okay...Will you ever judge a book by its' cover know that you know what kind of stories are hidden beneath it?" was the last question that Raven wanted to ask.
"Are you kidding?" Beast Boy asked, "I'll never look at a book the same way again!"
Raven smiled, she began to make her way back to her room but there was one thing she couldn't help but say, "Sweet dreams..." she knew there wasn't anyway that her friends would be able to sleep well after that story.
Several weeks had passed since she had shown her friends the story, they were all in the park having a barbecue, when they all saw something that both surprised them and scared them half to death. There, a good distance away from them was a teen boy that looked to be a couple inches shorter than Beast Boy, he had long gold hair that was tied into a braid, he wore an outfit that was almost purely black, black pants, black boots, a black button up shirt that was long sleeved, but the sleeves were covered by the sleeves of the long red, hooded cloak that a black flamel on the back, and ghostly white gloves. He had one thing that confirmed that he was whom they thought he was, it was his bright golden eyes that showed sorrow and scars beyond belief.
The Titans gave each other looks of concern and Raven decided to do the one thing that was on all their minds. She made her way to the golden eyed boy. And introduced herself and then there was the confirmation.
"I-Its nice to meet you Raven, my name is Edward Elric."
She felt her heart stop for a moment, she asked him to join the barbecue, and he obliged. She introduced him the other titans, she told him about the book and even showed it to him and he said it made sense. Raven could easily tell what Ed had sacrificed for a new chance at life, his own confidence. She was able to deduce this because of how shy he was being and how he was keeping the conversation short. Then Robin asked the golden eyed boy something that no one could argue with.
"Well Ed, since you don't really have a place to stay, and you yourself are a hero, how would you like to become a Teen Titan? You'll get a place to stay and you'll help us protect Jump City from evil."
Cyborge was excited about the offer, "Yeah! Not to mention if you need help with your automail, I can give you a tune up!"
"Dude this is gonna be awesome, we have movie nights, horror nights, and not to mention Cyborge and I can show you our favorite pranks!" Beast Boy exclaimed.
Ed thought about the offer and agreed with it's terms. But there was one question he couldn't help but ask, "Uh...Raven...who is the author of the book?"
Everyone couldn't help but wonder that as well, they all looked at the back of the book and to their surprise, in golden lettering the were words:
by The Truth
As the days passed Edward, or FullMetal as he has came to be known as now in Jump, had gotten used to his new life in the 'futuristic' times. He became a great help to the Titans and was the only one to be allowed into Raven's room, because that was now his room as well. Raven couldn't help but think about how amazing it was that everything changed all thanks to a book...