Back with another chappy. Thanks to all my fabulous reviewers, you guys rock. I am disappointed in this chapter, it is not my best. But hopefully it is good enough for y'all. So without further ado...
"Hello, I am guessing you are the new student. I am Dr. Marco," The man said with a smile.
"Yep, this is Ed," Winry spoke up.
"Thank you Winry, you and Mai can go take your seats." Dr. Marco said and the girls obliged, leaving Ed at the front of the room with Dr. Marco. Ed looked out to see a crowd of chattering kids, not even paying attention to their surroundings. Dumb shits. Ed also saw Mai and Winry sit down at one of the workstations near the back of the room. It was odd, instead of desks there were small tables filled with beakers and chemicals, like mini lab tables for 3 people.
Suddenly the loudspeaker on the wall crackled to life.
"Helloooo?" A voice broke out and then a thump was heard. Someone let out a girlish scream. "God Riza, seriously?" Then another thump and crackling. "No! Who gave you the staple gun." The sound of clicking filled the air and then a loud scream.
"Oops." A feminine voice said. Then the sound of a door opening and another voice filled the office.
"God Riza, you stapled him to the wall?" A woman's voice asked and a shriek of pain came from the microphone.
"Yeah Becca, I did. He wouldn't stop goofing off. I do not tolerate his behavior when he gets in one of his child like moods. So I dealt with the problem. That is all. Period." Riza said and then an audible groan was heard and the shutting of a door.
"Okay sir, have you learned your lesson?" The Vice Principle asked.
"Yes, yes!" Just point that thing away from me!" Ed was laughing on the inside, but the other students were just looking at Dr. Marco knowingly. The teacher sighed and picked up the black phone on his desk, dialing a few numbers and holding it to his ear.
The sound of ringing came from the loudspeaker, and then a click. "Hello?" Riza asked and Dr. Marco sighed.
"The loudspeaker is on. Again." He said and Ed muffled a giggle.
"I know," The voice responded. "Hello children. This is your Vice Principle. Your Principle is not available right now. The point of this innuendo is this. Behave, or else. You know who you are. And Coach Armstrong, stop hugging the children. Seriously, it is kind of creepy…. and keep your shirt on please. So have a good day, and the next person to write on the hall walls is going to get it." The click of the staple gun was heard and then the loudspeaker shut off. The classroom was quiet except for Dr. Marco grumbling to himself.
"That woman…." He said and looked up. "Okay class, we have a new student. This is Edith Elric." He said and gestured to Ed, who stood there looking bored. "She just moved here." He continued and Ed wanted to rip someone's throat out. God damn, why did he have to be the girl? "So Edith, do you like to be called by a nickname?" The teacher asked and Ed nodded.
"Ed." He said and the Teacher smiled.
"Okay Ed, there is an empty seat in Mai and Winry's group. Today we are working on chemical reactions. Winry can probably explain it to you." Ed nodded and made his way to toward the seat. That was until someone decided to rudely stick there leg out to try and trip Ed. So Ed just stepped over the foot and "accidentally" kicked it with his back leg, the metal one. The kid let out a squeal of pain, but Ed just smiled and continued on his way.
Ed slid into the seat next to Winry and the blonde girl smiled.
"Hey Ed, so anyway, we are supposed to mix the chemicals and observe which solution has the most acidity." Ed nodded. Piece of cake. Winry reached for a bottle of red liquid and Ed stopped her. He grabbed the bottle of 70% Alcohol and the purity hydrochloric and grabbed an empty beaker. Winry looked at him and he smiled reassuringly.
"I got this," he said with a smile. And honestly that unnerved Winry.
RawR please! And just to make something clear. Winry and everyone else thinks Ed is a girl. I refer to Ed as He, because he is still a guy. But when in Winry's POV, she thinks of Ed as a girl, so Ed is referred to as She. Does that help? If not... I just have trouble with stuff like that sometimes. And someone PMed me to say that it doesn't seem likely that they would let Ed and Al live alone as minors, and force Ed to be a girl. This is how I percive it. This is Amestris still. Come on, they let a 12 year old kid and a suit of armor travel across the country on military business... and I think the Witness Protection lady liked to screw with them too. Trust me, there is a reason she did that... you will find out sooner or later. So RawR (r and r :P) please.