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Chapter Two - Living in the World of Tomorrow
Goddamnit...
My body ached all over. My legs hurt, my arms hurt, my everything hurt. I could barely function. My mind was all fuzzy, and I was hardly able to hear my own thoughts.
Okay Dawn, think, what happened? The only thing I remember was Ed looking down at me and-
My pupils widened beneath my closed eyelids. Ed, Al, and I tried human transmutation... and tried to bring Trisha back... and I...
Did I die?!
I tried my best to open my eyes, which I was able to do successfully, but my eyelids felt like they were forty pounds. I was laying on fresh, green grass, with my stomach pressed against the ground. I tried to get up, but pain started shooting through my body like needles. I squeaked and fell back down, with tears gathering up in my eyes.
I looked left and right, trying to see my surroundings. I was in a field, about maybe fifteen feet away from a park. But I was too far away- no one could see me. I looked down at my body, and was shocked to see no bruises or cuts whatsoever.
How can it hurt so much when I have no injuries!? This makes no sense...
I closed my eyes and lay my head unto my arms like a pillow. I don't know what's going on... where's Ed and Al? Did they play a trick on me or something? I don't even know...
"Are you okay?"
I jumped in shock when I heard an unfamiliar voice. I whipped my head to the source of the sound.
It was a girl with bright blue eyes, midnight black hair in a similar style as mine (except her's was neat- mine was messy), and red-framed glasses. She was holding her arm, elbow to be specific, and looking down at me concern.
I opened my mouth to answer, but nothing came out. I closed it and tried to stand up, but my body started aching all over again. The girl's eyes widened and she ran over to my side before I could collapse again.
"T-thanks." I choked out.
"It's no problem." She said kindly with a smile.
I smiled back and she started helping me walk to the park, probably to her parents.
"If you don't mind me asking, what's your name?" The girl asked.
I looked back at her and-
Holy crap.
I just realized how tall this girl is.
Seriously, she looks like she's almost a foot taller than me. Wait, now that I think about it, she looks like she's only about half a foot taller than me, and I'm pretty short for a twelve year old so...
Well, you get the idea.
"...Hello? You still there?"
I blinked before answering, "Sorry, I zoned out. My name's Dawn, by the way."
"I'm Faith, nice to meet you, Dawn."
I smiled. This girl's pretty nice. Then I remembered something.
"Hey Faith?"
"Yeah?"
"What year is this?"
"Uh... it's 2009, why?"
I don't remember what happened after that, because from what I heard, I collapsed and went out cold.
Three years later
Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My love is
Just waiting
To turn your tears to roses
Despite the lies that you're making
Your love is mine for the taking
My love is
Just waiting
To turn your tears to roses
I will be the one that's gonna hold you
I will be the one that you run to
My love is
A burning, consuming fire
Skillet's "Whispers In The Dark" blared through my ears from my earphones as I walked down the sidewalk.
I'm fifteen now, and, well, my life is a lot different now.
Faith introduced me to her parents, and, of course, they all asked me what I was doing in the middle of a deserted field. I couldn't just say "Oh, I was brought here almost a hundred years in the future when I was doing human transmutation so I could help my friends bring their dead mom back to life." They would literally think I was batshit insane. So I came up with this surprising convincing lie that my parents died a couple years ago and I've been on my own since then. By some sort of miracle, they bought it.
Thank the Lord above...
Okay, I'm gonna be honest here, I'm a terrible liar. Seriously, you can see through my lies almost instantly. I guess luck was on my side...
...For once...
Faith's parents (who's names I later learned were David and Amanda) literally burst into tears from my 'life story' and started saying stuff like "You're a brave, brave girl!" and "That's the saddest thing I ever heard!" while I was giving them a 'WTF' look and Faith was giving me a 'I'm so sorry' look.
The next thing I knew, they were signing adoption papers.
So, in conclusion, Faith is now my sister and her parents are now my parents as well.
It was a lot to take in at once.
After that, I told them I was clueless about all of the new stuff here. Thinking it was because of my 'past' (I'm still amazed that they believed that...), they taught me everything about the twenty-first century.
I'm not gonna bore you by explaining everything. You live in the twenty-first century because you grew up in it, so you know.
Or in the twentieth... I don't know how old you are...
I was pretty shocked when I learned that they didn't use alchemy. They use technology instead.
Okay, the twenty-first century is officially the AWESOMEST century ever.
I learned how to use new-world technology pretty quickly. And I learned that I live on this planet called Earth... in this country called America... in this state called Oregon... in this city called Portland...
I told you, it's a lot to take in.
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear the whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear the whispers in the dark
Whispers in the dark
You feel so lonely and ragged
You lay here broken and naked
My love is
Just waiting
To clothe you in crimson roses
I sighed and stuffed my hands in the pockets of my denim jacket. I forgot to mention, clothing here is really different than what I'm used to. I was wearing a light blue denim jacket over a black t-shirt, with some matching jeans, and black and white converse.
Clothes here are really weird.
I squinted my eyes when a gust of wind blew against me, making my now shoulder-length hair blow into my face.
I will be the one that's gonna find you
I will be the one that's gonna guide you
My love is
A burning, consuming fire
Suddenly, out of literally nowhere, Ed and Al flashed in my mind, which made me stop in my tracks.
I wonder how they're doing? Probably not good... they probably think I'm dead... I thought, rubbing the screen of my iPod with my thumb.
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear the whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear the whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes I'll light the night with stars
Hear the whispers in the dark
No
You'll never be alone
When darkness comes you know I'm never far
Hear the whispers in the dark
Can't say I blame 'em... I would think that too if that happened to them... but that transmutation thing probably screwed them up pretty bad... especially Ed...
Ed...
Whispers in the dark
He did see me disappear down that hole, portal, whatever the hell it was... it must of fucked him up in some way, I know it did...
Whispers in the dark
I sighed again before finally leaving my thoughts and walking again.
It's gonna take some miracle or something if I want to see them again...
Whispers in the dark
And there's chapter two! I hope it was okay.
Yes, this story is taking place about three years in the past, 2012. Why? Because I wanted it to take place a bit after Brotherhood ended. So... yeah.
I made it kinda sad again... GODDAMNIT
Before I end this, I know it's pretty early in the story, but I'm gonna start a poll for this with a very important question:
Should I include Winry in this? I was thinking I could maybe throw her in when Dawn, Ed, and Al meet up again or after that.
When you get the chance, please vote.
I'll see all you lovely people in the next chapter or in my other stories! Oh, and please review! They help me improve!
