Clouded Dreams
Part One
Hearts Bloom
Ch. One
The Cloaked Figure
Ed and his armor suit brother Al walked through Central's main entrance doors. Soldiers were shouting welcomes:
"Welcome back, Full Metal!" or "Nice to see you again, Mr. Elric, and young Mr. Elric!"
Even though it seemed they were all happy to see them, everyone just hurried out of the way. This puzzled both Ed and Al. Every other time they went on a mission away from Central, when they came back someone would stop and talk to them.
"Something's up, Al." Ed told his younger brother
"Like what, Brother?" Al wondered
"I dunno, but there is definitely something up."
The two walked through two more doors and were startled by the loud cheer that greeted them.
"Happy 18th birthday, Ed!" A huge crowd of people stood in front of them. There was a huge cake, five stair layers, sitting in front of them.
"Wow," Ed said "I can't believe Mustang let you have this…This… What is this?"
"This is your birthday party, you moron!" Pinako told him
"Winry asked Lieutenant Hawkeye to pull some strings and now you have a full blown party!" Major Armstrong said, sparkling
"But…Brother never celebrates his birthday!" Al whispered to Winry
"He should at least celebrate his 18th birthday!" Winry whispered back. "Ed!" Winry ran over to him with a neatly wrapped present "Here, happy birthday!"
"Um…Thank, Winry…" Ed took the present and opened it. There, sitting in the box was an auto mail leg and arm. "What kind of present this?" Ed shouted, outraged
"Well if you wouldn't break yourself so much, I wouldn't have to give you spares as a gift!"
"Those two… They act so childish sometimes." Mustang commented
"Them two act childish?" Hawkeye chuckled "Hah!" She chuckled even louder
"Excuse me?" Mustang asked indignantly
"Colonel Mustang, sir!" a soldier ran in "Something's happening outside!"
"What the hell?" Mustang shot up from his seat next to Lieutenant Hawkeye "State Alchemists, outside with me! The rest of you, protect the civilians!"
Two huge Chymeras were rampaging around Central. They were smashing into Central's library.
"Not there again!" Mustang shouted "We just had it rebuilt! Damn!"
The State Alchemists were about to attack when five more, even larger than the other two, suddenly appeared and attacked the Alchemists!
"Damn it!" Ed yelled. He formed a blue, electric energy ball. He shot it at one of the Chymeras. It didn't even seem to phase it!
The Chymera turned around and attacked…With an energy blast! It was shot so quickly at Ed, he didn't even have enough time to move or block.
"Brother!" Al, who was wrestling one of the larger Chymeras on the ground, shouted
"Move, hurry!" A person wearing black robes and a cloak, with the hood up so no one would see her/his face whatsoever, pushed Ed out of the way. She/he rolled over beside Ed's fallen body and landed in a kneeling position.
"Are you alright?" She/he asked in a feminine voice
Ed was still recovering from the shock. "What?"
"Are you alright?" She/he asked again
"Fine, thanks…" Ed said awkwardly
"Good, wouldn't want one of Central's best Alchemists getting hurt. Now, to get rid of these Chymeras!"
'What am I supposed to do? It's not fair to kill the animals that were molded into these monsters when they had no say in this whatsoever! But on the other hand… They live in a live of constant pain!'
The cloaked figure sighed. She let all her energy flow into a large flurry of energy balls. Tears filled in the figures unseen eyes.
"I'm sorry… Please forgive me…" The flurry of energy balls literally attacked the Chymeras. They were very quick, moving like shadows on a wall. The figure turned around as the energy balls annihilated all the Chymeras in seconds, only leaving mere ashes on the ground. Silent tears rolled down the figure's cheeks.
All the other Alchemists, and Al, stared in awe. They'd never seen anyone finish off a battle so quickly. Mustang was the first to recover.
"Who the hell are you?" He asked
Ed, also recovering, wondered "What's your name?"
"It's Alchemy." The figure, obviously a girl, simply answered
"I know what you did was alchemy, I want to know your name!" Ed said, clearer this time.
"No, my name is Alchemy." The lady shouted
"That was some fine alchemy, um…Alchemy."
"Thank you, and…Who are you?"
"Colonel Mustang, in charge of the State Alchemists. How would you like to become a State Alchemist?"
"Colonel Mustang, sir!" Lieutenant Hawkeye came out of the Central main doors. She suddenly noticed the cloaked figure…
Who is this strange girl? She seems to be a really good person, and an even better Alchemist…What will happen now? Will she except Colonel Mustang's offer? Find out in the next chapter!