Alright. This is my first fan fiction that I've posted for people to read, so I'm hoping you all enjoy this :)
Disclaimer: I do not own Full Metal Alchemist, I only own Valerie.
The Forbidden
I felt myself falling for what seemed like forever, and when I finally stopped, I stood in front of a door. I ran my fingers across it, wondering what could possibly be behind it. A shiver went through my body, and I knew that something wasn't right. Suddenly, I felt a presence, and I turned around to see a person. It had no eyes, only a wicked smile, and it caused my face to go pale, and my body to go cold.
"Well, dear child, what do you think? Fascinating, isn't it?" the things smile got wider, showing white teeth, as white as the thing itself.
"Who are you? Where am I?" I could feel my legs growing weak, and light-headedness coming on.
"I could hear your wish in your world, how you wanted a new start, and I thought, what a good way to give you that start."
"You didn't answer me! Who are you?"
"I'm known by many names… I am God, I am the World, I am the Universe, I am one, I am all…. And I am YOU! And you, my child, are in my domain. But, you won't be here much longer, for mortals must pay a price to see the ways of God."
My knees gave out from under me, and I could feel myself getting colder and colder, as though all of the life was being sucked out of me. My heart seemed to slow, and I heard the thing... the Truth... still talking to me.
"You are paying your price now, with your life. I am taking your humanity, child, and you shall live on as an immortal. Immortality is a torture in itself, and within a year, you will have to find a cure or you will live no more. If you successfully find a cure, you wont have to live the way you will, you can have your humanity back"
The last of the heat drained from my body, my heart stopped, but I was still breathing. I turned my head, and saw a mirror, and urged myself up. As I reached it, I was horrified. I was pale as a ghost, and my eyes were a dark maroon red, and my blonde hair made me look ten times worse. I seemed to have lost weight, I could see my cheek bones, and everything seemed more defined. And everything around me seemed brighter.
"what have you done to me?" I whispered, barely loud enough for anybody to hear.
"You are now immortal, a vampire. You will have one year to return your humanity. And if you can find the cure, and return to me here with it, I will give you your humanity and mortality back. But only if you can find the one solution in this world."
"you are kidding me! This is some sick joke, and I want to go home!" I could feel tears want to come out of my eyes, yet they just wouldn't. I had to be strong here, or else the Truth or whatever this thing was might take hold of me, and I didn't want to risk that.
"you will go… to your new home." And just as the truth said that, my body went numb and darkness took over my senses.
"So you just found her in an alley?" a male voice said. He sounded to be in his late twenties, early thirties.
"Well, Colonel, I wasn't just going to leave her there! She was cold enough as it was!" another voice exploded, but this one was younger, as if he was in his pre-teens, early teens.
"Brother, no need to get feisty with the Colonel. At least he let us bring her here to question her when she wakes-"
"If she wakes. Alphonse, Full metal, sit." I could hear their footsteps go to the other side of the room.
"what do you know about this girl?" the Colonel asked the boys.
"Nothing, we told you, we found her, out like a light on the side of the street. I figured if we brought her back here, you and I might be able to get answers out of her." the teen said.
Suddenly, I felt my eyes flutter open and I reached to place a hand on my forehead. Slowly, I sat up, and I could hear the Colonel clear his throat and at light speed, I had myself in a defensive position against the wall, and my gums hurt. As soon as I saw the three people in the room rise, I felt air leave my lungs, but not in a sigh. It was a feral hiss towards them. My mind didn't even register it, until all of a sudden I was standing upright, looking at the dark blue veins running through my arms. My throat felt like it was on fire, and I could see the dust floating around the room, something I shouldn't have been able to see.
"What hap-"i stopped talking and my hands flew up to my throat. My eyes and complexion weren't the only thing that had changed. My voice raised up a few octaves, and I sounded way out of whack with myself. I had changed so much I thought that this was all a dream. The three people watched me, and I surveyed each of them.
One of them had black hair tousled about, along with dark eyes. He stood tall with broad shoulders, and he wore a blue uniform and his face looked stern. Then, there was a young boy, looked to be in his early teens, wore a red cloak and underneath, he wore a black shirt, black pants, a leather belt, and combat boots with thick red soles. His hair was a golden blond tied back in a braid, with a tiny antenna of hair sticking up from the top. And on top of the good looks, he was a shrimp. His eyes matched his hair to the exact shade, and they burned with determination. The third person was taller then the man in blue, about double the size of the young boy in red. It was a full body suit of armor with a tail of hair running from the very top down to about the middle of its back.
"Alright, this is just some sick joke to teach me responsibility right? Very funny! You can turn this all off now! On second thought its a dream! I can just pinch myself and-ow! WAKE UP ME!" I slammed my fist into the wall and felt the sheet rock shatter beneath it and my eyes went wide. I felt the dust on my hand, and the events with Truth played through my mind. The words of my new home that it had spoke of just before I blacked out, it was here that he was talking about. And I had a year to find the solution, or else I was done for. I looked at them all, and froze, smelling their warmth. I could see their veins pulsing under their skin, and my throat tightened.
"Listen, my name is Colonel Mustang. I wondered if I can get you to answer a few questions for us?" He held his hands up, gesturing that he meant no harm, and the young boy and suit of armor did the same. I moved from my defensive stance to look Mustang straight in the eye. I heard them gasp, and I knew why… They had seen my eyes.
"Hey! Are you an Ishvalan?" I heard the boy in the armor ask.
"Ishvalan? Whats and Ishvalan? My name Is Valerie Larose. I come from New York. Can you tell me where the hell I am? And maybe you can explain what happened to me, sir." I sighed, knowing revealing all that had happened to me was going to be tough on me. Reliving something that horrific would be hard on anyone.
"Why don't you-" just then, a knock sounded from the door, and it opened, revealing a beautiful woman. She had blond hair, tied up in a bun, and her ocher eyes burned with passion. Her skin wasn't really pale, but it wasn't very tan either, her face flushed slightly pink. She also wore the same uniform that the Colonel wore, blue jacket, blue pants, and black combat boots.
"Ah, Lieutenant Hawkeye. You have perfect timing. We were just going to discuss the matter of this girl the Elric's found today." He turned and smirked at her, and her face was full of concern.
"Is she alright?" I heard her say. Her voice wasn't very feminine, but you could tell she was a girl.
"I'm fine thank you. Look, I don't have a clue where I am, and I just want to go home. The last thing I remember was something called the Truth… I want to know whats-" The boy in red gripped my shoulders tightly.
"You are telling me you saw the gate?" he asked fiercely
"The Gate? I saw a big silver door, and this thing… It called itself the Truth, talked to me! It said it heard my wish and for a toll it took…"I felt the heat rising in my chest, the liquid forming behind my eyes. I turned away as the tears began running down my cheeks.
"Edward, don't push her. What is your name?' The woman came and took me by the hand and led me to a table with several chairs all around it. I wiped the tears from my face as we sat. The shiny wood table was polished brightly, and I could see my reflection slightly, and I was very pale... If this Vampire thing was true, then I needed one thing…
"Can I ask you a favor, before you start questioning me?" I looked her in the eyes.
"You have red eyes… But you don't look…"
"I am not an Ishvalan if that is what you were going to say. I want to answer you, and I will. The truth, or whatever the thing was, said the toll I payed was her taking my mortality, and giving me immortality. But, it also… made me a monster…" I put my head in my hands.
"You aren't a monster. You're a girl, and a very beautiful girl" Hawkeye put her hand on mine and gasped.
"You still think I am just a girl? That THING made me a vampire! I have to live on blood now! I don't want to spend my life drinking human blood! I just wont be able to do it… I can't hurt anyone…" I felt a lump in my throat, and I began to cry, more and more, putting me on the verge of hyperventilating. "God, please… You have to help me find out what happened to me."
"Ha, vampires aren't real. What do you think you are trying to pull?" the boy in the red said.
"Alright. If I'm not a vampire, why are my eyes red? Why am I so pale? Why is it every time I look at you the first thing I can see… is your throat, the veins under your skin pumping velvety blood through your whole body…" I shuddered at what I was saying and knew that I was digging myself a new hole with this boy, and I knew we were going to be rivals for a very long while.
"Fullmetal, this is a serious matter. I'm serious when I say I believe her. Feel her hand! This is not because she has been on the street overnight!" Hawkeye snapped at Edward.
"As you can see, the young boy is Edward, and his younger brother Alphonse. You have already met the Colonel. And I'm Riza. We are going to try to figure out whats going on, alright?" she said soothingly, rubbing my shoulder as if trying to persuade me. It felt good to have someone comforting me. It reminded me of how things used to be back home when I was younger. I shook the thought out of my head. It would only make things here more complicated.
"Fine, so she a 'vampire.' Doesn't that mean that she has to feed off humans for the proper nutrients?" Ed shuddered at that thought. I laughed.
"I don't think I have to feed off human blood. I've read vampire books, and some vampires live off animal blood. Any place I can…um… hunt?" I covered my face. "yuck, yuck, yuck! I cant even go hunting with my dad with a gun! What makes me think I'll be able to drink an animals blood?" I shuddered, and everyone went pale.
"don't worry. If you want, we can get blood bags from a friend of mine. Maybe that will help you a little better. At least you wont have to kill anything." Mustang told me.
"Alright, so when can you get me a supply? My throat really hurts… I think its because I haven't fed…"
"No worries. I'll get right on it."
That was when I knew, that they could help me live with this curse for a year while I looked for a solution. Having allies this close would pay off in the long run. But something drew me to Edward. The young man was very attractive, but was cocky, just like I had been back at home. But beyond the good looks, and the attitude, I could sense that there was something he was going to hide. I wondered then, if I could see what was in his mind, but I hated to pry, so I turned me face to stare at the floor.
I saw Mustang on the phone, talking with a doctor by the sounds, and Riza sat next to me, while the boys, they sat opposite me, just staring at me, as if trying to figure me out just by staring.
"Can I ask you something?" Edward asked.
"Huh? What is it?" I said.
"What did the Truth tell you?"
And that was when I snapped…
"Oh… WHY HAVE YOU GOT TO ASK JUST PLAIN QUESTIONS! This is KILLING me! I cant see my family because of all this, I'm cursed, and I feel like I am dying! This stupid Truth thing told me I had One Year to find a cure to this, and If I brought it to her, Then she would give me my humanity and mortality back! I cant wait a year! I have enough issues going on back home!" I leap to my feet, and I could see everybody stiffen, even Mustang who was still on the phone. I heard the voice on the other end, clear as a bell. I sat back down and tried to calm myself.
"Valerie if the Truth asked for a solution, then there is one… And I think I know what it wants you to do." Ed said, and everything stopped.
Hope you all enjoyed Part one of my story. More to come, I'll update as soon as I can
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