Tigger: Hi everyone this is me second chapter. (single person cheers) I hope you like it. Don't forget to review.
Disclaimer: I do not nor will I ever own FMA it's ideas, stories, plotlines or characters. I only own Amy, her family, and Auntie Senile.
Auntie Senile: NO ONE OWNS ME! I ONLY OWN MYSELF! (laughs evilly) Now who wants a cookie? (everyone backs away creeped out at the sudden mood swing)
Amy: Now onto the story...
Tired, sore, hungry, and thirsty were the four words to describe Amy when she woke up a few hours later. Five words she was sleepy too. Amy's clothes had dried from laying on the ground and now they were all wrinkled. She rubbed her eyes and looked around. She rubbed them again and took another glance. Still not satisfied with what she saw, Amy once again rubbed her eyes. Finally, she decided her eyes were not the problem and promptly gave herself a very large pinch.
"Ouch!" she cried rubbing the self-induced injury.
Amy was no longer by the body of water she had fallen in. Instead, she was sitting on a cot in a wooden cabin. There was a blue blanket over her and her sandals were on the floor next to the bed. However it wasn't just her surroundings that scared Amy, it what the surroundings looked like. Everything as far as the eye could see, looked like it had been drawn. Amy looked at herself and bit her lip to stop her from screaming. Her entire body also looked like it had been drawn. The clothes she had been wearing were neatly colored in and her skin was the same tone all over.
"Oh you're up now," an elderly woman said entering the room through a door near the foot of the cot, "I was worried about you."
It took all of Amy's effort not to scream at the fact there was a walking talking drawing in front of her.
"You okay, dear?" the women asked, "You seem a bit pale."
Frantically Amy shook her head indicating she was fine. The women gave her an odd look and placed the tray she had been carrying at the end of the bed.
"You must be tired. I mean falling out of the sky and then having to swim to the surface of the lake would wear me out. But then again, I'm not exactly a spring chicken," the women gave Amy a knowing smile, "I'm Alicia, but you can call me Auntie Medicine."
"Auntie Medicine?" Amy repeated puzzled.
"Yes, I'm the medicine women around here. Most people call me Auntie Medicine, haven't figured out why yet though."
"I'm Amy," Amy introduced herself shyly, she was always shy around new people.
The women looked her over and then turned back towards her tray and began to pour something into two cups.
"Here Cloud-Girl, have some tea it will warm you up," she said handing Amy a cup.
"Cloud-Girl?" Amy asked.
"You fell from the clouds so Cloud-Girl," the women explained, "Though you did swim like a fish. Maybe I'll call you Fish Girl."
"My name is Amy," Amy objected, "Not Fish Girl or Cloud-Girl."
"I call them as I see them," the women said taking a sip of her tea.
"Then I'm going to call you Auntie Senile," Amy remarked angrily.
"Whatever you say Cloud- Girl. Now drink your tea before it turns cold."
Amy lifted the drink to her mouth and took a sip. Her eyebrows raised at the tastiness of the tea. Back home, Amy never drank tea but this tea was sweet and refreshing. She began to sip it quietly while eyeing the old lady. The old women had white hair pulled into a bun at the back of her head. She wore a long brown dress with tan sleeves and a black apron. Her face had wrinkles and there were freckles all over her exposed hands. What was most startling about this women must have been her eyes which were a startling shade of purple. The women smiled as Amy sized her up.
"You know you really should have asked what I served you before you drank it," she commented.
Amy looked up at her with a bewildered expression.
"I could have poisoned it and you would have never known," she continued.
"But your drink came from the same teapot. You would have been poisoning yourself too," Amy pointed out.
Alicia looked at Amy for a second before saying "Smart girl."
There was a pause as Alicia took another sip of her tea.
"You know," she said breaking the silence, "You never told me what happened."
"You never asked," Amy objected.
"Well now I am," Alicia said, "Now what happened after I saw you fall out of the sky and swim ashore."
"I don't really know. I'm kind of hoping this is a dream," Amy said.
"I don't. I would be really angry if I found out I was just a figment of someone else's dream," the women butted in.
"Yeah well at least you would know what's going on. I have no idea what's happening to me. One second I'm at home and the next thing I know a door appears in my room and I get kidnapped by little black imps who are working for someone called the truth!" Amy snapped, "Then, if that wasn't enough, this Truth guy sends me flying through the sky and I almost drown in a lake. Just to be rescued by some senile old lady who is crushing my only hope left."
"Truth, huh?" Alicia muttered.
"You've seen him?" Amy questioned surprised.
"It was a long time ago," the women said with a distant look in her eyes, "Tell me what did he take from you."
"He didn't take anything, He just sent me here laughing. Saying something about a one way street."
"One-way street?" Alicia repeated, "A one way street."
Alicia looked at you and then down at the cup in her hands.
"Do you know anything about alchemy?" she asked.
"Only from what I read in a series.." Amy stopped speaking for a moment.
"Oh no," she gasped, "Oh no. Oh no. Oh no. This is not happening. I didn't. That's impossible."
She looked at the old women as if searching for an answer.
"I'm," she stuttered "I GOT SUCKED INTO A BOOK!"
Alicia cast her a glance as Amy started having a panic attack.
"I went through the gate just like in the movie!" she shouted, "I'm on the other side! I'm in another world! This can not be happening! This isn't real! I'm dreaming! I'm dreaming! Oh no fricking way this is real! AHHH!"
Having had her fill of Amy screaming, Alicia hit Amy over the head with her fist.
"So you're from the other side, huh?" she asked.
Amy nodded clutching her head in pain as anime tears streaked down her face.
"Do you know how you got here?"
Amy shook her head no.
"Hmmm," the women looked at Amy thoughtful, "Well then you better stay with me for a while shouldn't you?"
She looked at Amy.
"Yes that should do at least until we figure out a solution."
Somewhere else in the cabin a faint ding could be heard.
"Oh my cookies, I'll be right back."
Alicia walked out of the room leaving a shocked Amy behind.
"Crazy, mood swinging old lady," Amy muttered rubbing her head, "I think there was a reason she wasn't in the show."
"Still," Amy thought, "At least she is giving me a place to stay. Until I can wake up from this nightmare or dream or whatever it is. There is no freaking way I got sucked into a book or went through the gate. I mean that's impossible."
"I'm back," Alicia called sweetly, "And I brought cookies."
She has scary mood swings.
"Here Cloud-Girl have one."
Before Amy could reply a cookie was shoved in her mouth.
"It's good, right?"
Amy could only nod as a reply.
"Alright then, let's get you some clothes. I think I might have some that would fit you from my son," Alicia then preceded to drag you out of the room.
A couple hours later, Amy sat at a small wooden table in boy's clothes. The clothes were from the early 1900's and used to belong to Auntie Senile's son. Apparently she had a husband once too but her son and husband died in the Ishavalan war. On Amy's head was an orange beret hat which her short blond hair stuck out from under. She also wore a white button up shirt with a collar, a red vest that was slightly big on her, and a pair of brown slacks that were tucked into a pair of old black boots. When the vest was buttoned up, it hid what little chest Amy had and she could almost pass off as a boy. Almost being the key word there. Auntie Senile had explained that they were in a forest outside of a small village. The village was located between Eastern City and the borders. During the last couple of years, the town had been gradually growing in population but a majority of the townsfolk had died in the war. Alicia was retired for the most part but she grew some herbs which she sold to doctors for them to use as medicine.
It was late afternoon when Amy had sat down at the table. Which reminded her, at what time had she arrived this morning. Unless Amy had gone back in time, which she doubted, she had either spent a long time going through the gate or there was a time difference between the two worlds. It was early morning when she had fallen out of the sky and Alicia confessed to finding Amy in the later part of the morning.
"Oh," Alicia gasped, "I forgot something."
Amy looked at her quizzically.
"Is this yours?" Alicia asked pulling out a photo and a piece of mangled plastic.
The photo was the one of you and your sisters that your mom had taken back in your world. Except now every person and thing in the screen looked drawn. Amy nodded and Alicia gave her the photo.
"What about this?" she held up the mangled plastic.
It took Amy a second before she recognized what Alicia was holding.
"My hammer!" she said shocked to see that it had made it here with her.
"This is a hammer?" Alicia asked looking at the plastic in disbelief.
"Well, it was a plastic hammer and I guess it got ruined during my trip here," Amy suggested.
Alicia looked at Amy for a second before disappearing into another room. She came back a minute later with a real hammer.
"Here," she tossed Amy the hammer, "You can use this."
"Uh…thanks," was Amy's reply.
Amy held up the hammer to look at it. Unlike your typical hammer, this hammer had two flat round sides and the head of the hammer was slightly bigger then one of a normal hammer.
"What should I do with it?" Amy asked.
"Use it to protect yourself."
"From what?"
"You ask too many questions Cloud-Girl. Just accept your gift like a good girl and be quiet," Auntie Senile commanded in an annoyed tone.
There was another long silence as we both sat their in the small kitchen.
"I have an idea," Auntie Senile suddenly blurted out.
Amy looked at her.
"I have an acquaintance in East City," she continued, ignoring Amy's puzzled face, "He used to work with my husband and son. He's an alchemist and would probably be able to help you. I'll give you some money and you can go see him."
"Uhmm… but I don't know how to get to East City and I couldn't take your money," Amy objected.
"You've already taken my time, space in my house, clothes, and food. Some money shouldn't be a problem."
"You offered these to me," Amy thought looking at the clothes.
"It's a brilliant plan. Here, we'll leave right now."
"Right now?" Amy questioned.
"I mean I just got here and what about my stuff and," Amy struggled to come up with an excuse.
"Nonsense, I'll put some things you will need in a backpack and I'll walk you to the edge of town. Then you can buy a ticket and hop on the train. Next thing you know, you'll be in Eastern and one step closer to a way home. Get some backbone Cloud-Girl."
"My name is AMY," Amy spoke exaggerating her name.
"Glad you agree with my plan. Now stay here while I get the supplies you'll need," then she left the room.
"But.. hey…wait… I NEVER AGREED WITH YOUR PLAN!" Amy yelled.
Either Alicia didn't hear her or she was purposely ignoring Amy. If she could guess, it would probably be the second one. Amy sighed. Things were just out of control today and more then anything she wanted to go home and sleep in her own bed.
I wonder I'll run into Ed and Al. Maybe I'll see them in Eastern. Isn't that where Mustang works? Well, I guess it depends on what part of the story I landed it.
"Back!" Alicia announced cheerfully, "Now let's get going."
She opened the door and Amy followed her outside.
The sun was high in the sky and leaning somewhere towards Amy's left. Amy didn't speak as she followed Alicia through the woods. They were thirty minutes into their trip when Alicia broke the silence.
"Nervous?" she asked.
"Yeah," Amy answered truthfully, "I've never gone somewhere without my family before and now I'm not even in the same universe."
"When I left home for the first time, I was nervous too. But I learned that you have to keep going foreword. Be strong Cloud-Girl."
"For the last time, my name is Amy!"
"You keep telling yourself that. Now put the hammer and photo in this bag," she ordered holding out a backpack for her.
Amy looked at the items in her hands, she had forgotten about them. Then she put them in the bag Alicia offered her.
"I put a letter for my friend in there and there's some money in the side pocket. The train should be arriving soon so hurry we're almost at the edge of the forest right now."
Amy nodded and put the bag on her back.
"Could you come with me?" she asked shyly.
Alicia smiled and shook her head no.
"Be courageous Cloud-Girl. You're on your own now. But I'll be right here if you ever feel like visiting," she smiled and patted Amy on the back, "Go on now."
With a worried glance, Amy walked towards the town.
"I'll see you later, Auntie Senile," she called over her shoulder.
Alicia watched her walk into town and then turned to walk home.
Thanks for reading. I'll try to add something more intresting at the end from now on.
