Tea time

Chapter 1: something a little unexpected

Edward kicked his path in front of him,frustrated. Today hadn't started well. First of all, Ed had been stuck in the military office for over 24 hours, which was now almost coming to the point where it was unbearable. The lieutenants were so annoying and loud. Esspecially Luietenant Colonel Hughes. Always shoving pictures of his family in his and Al's faces. They act like they're so busy but all they do is goof around all day long. Ed hated it here. Al, however was havng a very pleasent time at his stay with the mililtary. He got along with everyone, but especially First Lieutenant Riza Hawkeye.

" She's really nice..."Al would try to convince Ed.

" come on, Al..." Ed would sigh " All she does is fire that trigger at everyone..." Al would just ignore his elder brother and be the best he could be...

Speaking of Al, Ed hadn't seen him all day long. Usually he could hear his loud armer thrashing against the ground. It made Ed's fist clench just thinking about it. How could have done thist to him? This was the reason he was most depressed. Would he eve find a way to heal his brother? Ed sighed and gave the path in front of him one last hard thrash. As the end of his foot hit the hard ground, Ed winced.

" Ow..." he said, pitifully while trying to walk on one foot.

" Hey,watch yourself there, Kiddo!" came Hughes' booming voice. He had a huge smile on his face and ed could see a look of delight in his eyes past his small rectangular glasses. Ed then noticed that as Hughes got closer to him, he had hovered his hand over where his pictures were kept. Before Ed could prevent him, Hughes had shoved a photograoh of his little daughter, Elisia into Ed's face " Isn't she the most adorable little thing that you've ever laid eyes on? " He asked happily. Ed shoved the picture out of his face. " Yeah, yeah... she's cute-" Hughes' face had turned from a slight frown to a big smile " You really think so? I mean it's not surprising... Everyone says that she's an angel that's landed right into my arms... So doy you think she looks like me-" Hughes was cut off by a infuriated-looking Ed. " What the hell do you want with me?" he asked angrily. Hughes' eyes widened and he slightly back away " It's just...the Colonel wants to see you..." He slightly shrugged and moved on and as he was abou to walk away from ed, he whispered something into his ear " You seriously need to do something about that additude problem..."

Ed sighed deeply and began grumbling as he headed to Colonel Roy Mustang's office...

Edward slammed the door behind him vengefully, causing a loud bang which filled the whole building. A few people stared at Ed, expressions that said "what's up with you, kid?" Ed shot them dirty looks as he passed by them and made his way to a room where no one would disturb him.

After turning many corners, Ed finally found a desserted room, painted white with only a sofa and a table with a teapot beside it. Ed shrugged and slunched himself down into the sofa. He gave adeep sigh and then pouted. He had been given yet another tedious order from the Colonel. To do more distruction to other parts of the world, just to keep the state's reputation clean. Ed hated being the dog. He wished for once that he didn't have to be looked down by the Colonel but that the Colonel could be looked down by Ed. Yes...Ed did have dreams...What was so special about Mustang anyways? All he ever did was blow up stuff and ridicule other people... Always calling Ed short... "I'll get him back, someday..." Ed would think. He stared intently at the white wall. It was very bland. He stared and it fo a few more moments and then his eyes moved over to the table with only the teapot on top of it.

As he looked at the teapot it made him think of when he lived in Resembloom. Auntie Pinako and Winry would always make tea for Ed and Al.

"Auntie, Why do you always make us tea?" Ed would ask

" Well... it's very good for you..." She would answer, simply.

" I drink tea, because it make me feel better!" Winry would say, joining the conversation " When I'm sad I drink tea, and it makes things much better than they were before..."

" Ah... Winry..." Ed sighed, lovingly, thinking about the girl who he grew up with. Why can't I ever stop thinking about her? Why does she never leave my mind? ugh... Ed shook his head out from these thoughts and got up, quickley.

"Maybe she's right..." He whispered, glancing over at the teapot and with that he set the teapot over the stove and waited...

The tea was rich. Rich and warm. Winry really was right. As the warm liquid slithered down his throught his soul lightened. Once he finished the tea he felt quite drowsy. He grinned stupidly and started muttering " Winry Rockbell... I think... I think..." and with that he thumped flat onto the sofa and fell fast asleep...

... Meanwhile with the Colonel...

Roy rolled his eyes as Fullmetal slammed the door behind him. Maybe I shouldn't be quite so hard on him... he thought to himself. But it was his orders... It was his job... Roy sighed. With all the rivalry going on in the world lately it made Roy think of the days of the Ishbalan war. The days of the "killers eyes"...

He glanced over at the mass pile of papers in front of him. He pulled his head back and stared at the ceiling. He moved his eyes across his office. From photographs of him and Riza when they were young to the gigantic bookshelf to the empty- what used to be empty table. There, on the table was a teapot. Roy slightly frowned. Where had it come from? The teapot made him think of what Riza said to him one day.

" How do you stay so... together?" he asked his first Luietenant one day.

" Tea, Sir." She would respond, " Not as strong as Cofee, but gives you the right amount of energy." She would then salute him once more and then she would be off.

" Ah, Riza..." Roy sighed, lovingly. Why can't I ever stop thinking about her? Why does she never leave my mind? Roy tried to shake these thoughts out of his mind, but couldn't. He loved it the way she would salute him. Her four slender fingers binding there way into one and her thumb would be slightly tinted as she up raise her fingers garacefully and then...be off... He just loved how she did that...

Roy slightly smiled and put the tea on a boil.

Roy smiled as he sipped the tea. It was very refreshing. It kept you in order. Made everything calm... a bit to calm... drowsy, even... Roy tried to keep his eyes open, but barely couldn't " Riza, I... I think..." and with that, his head tilted back in his office chair and fell fast asleep...

Ed sniffed the air, while his eyes were still closed. He smiled. The smell was heaven to his nose. It was the smell of- of milk. Then, Ed woke up rather abruptly. Ed hated milk. He slightly frowned and looked down at his hands, which were no longer hands but... but paws, furry blonde paws...

Roy woke up and stretched, he gave a big yawn and stretched out his hands. As he yawned, he found it rather peculiar. As he yawned, he tasted water in his mouth. He gave a frown and then looked around at his surroundings. He saw bubble around him, water bubbles. He was in a bowl of water a fish bowl. Roy's eye's widened as he looked down aat his hands. They weren't hands, they were thin segemented parts and at the end of it there was little claws. Roy glanced over at a peice of writing on the bowl. It capital letters it said: " SHRIMP".

There was silence for a few moments and then all that could be heard throughout the whole building, were long, loud, yearning "meows" and VERY loud sound of water bubbles...Yes that day, something completely unexpected had occured...

tee hee! tell me what ya think! my best friend, Evil-Ursula is going to write the next chapter so...yeah... this was sooooooooooooooooooooooo fun to write!