Wow…I am surprised by the reviews I've received… c: they make me quite happy.
1) I'll be able to update more regularly since I don't have a lot of pressure for my classes.
2) But I will say this in advance, I'm sorry if you find any plot holes. I really didn't think some of the details out too well so I'll explain a few of them right now:
3) Al is in his human body but after sometime, he and Ed went back to the military for more information and soon enough went to Mustang for leads on topics and started doing field missions for him again.
4) Ed has his auto-mail arm and leg still because let's face it; Ed isn't really Ed without them.
5) This is a Fem!Ed story, but me not paying attention to detail, I now have to think of a new way to make Ed a woman instead of just making him that from the beginning, which isn't really that hard if you understand basic FMA alchemy (the only hard thing is figuring out if it will sound good to you guys).Roy was at his desk reading and signing papers. He was really waiting for Edward and his brother to return from his mechanic. He was actually five days late and it made Roy a little upset. He secretly looked forward to the visits from the teen since it got him out of doing his work. Since he wasn't here, however, Riza wasn't having any of Roy's excuses today.
Roy put his pen down and flexed his fingers and blinked rapidly. He had been reading and signing papers for almost 10 hours straight. He took a long drink from his flask before there was a soft knock on his door.
"H-Hello…?" a soft, quite voice said from the other side. "Are you in there colonel?"
Setting his flask down, he stood. "I'm here…who's asking?"
"It's me, Ed…"
"Oh, come in then…since when do you knock?" he sat down and chuckled, waiting for the blond to come in.
After a few more moments, the door finally creaked open and Ed walked in and up to Roy's desk, his hood over his head, the front pulled close together, and his head bowed. "I-I didn't know where else to go…Al said I should come here because maybe you could help." he sniffled and slowly pulled off his hood, opening his coat.
Roy's eyes widen and found out why the young man had been so secretive. His eyes scanned over his body and his brain tried to make sense of what exactly he was staring at. It was Ed, wearing a navy blue skirt and a yellow top, what Roy assumed was his mechanics but oddly enough, it didn't look abnormal on the man, as if he was meant to wear such a thing. And then it finally dawned on him, why Ed had his coat wrapped so tight, why he had his head down when he walked in, and his voice was softer than usual: Ed was now a she.
"Ed?" the colonel whispered, looking at Ed's new features. Her face didn't change much, except maybe her lips were fuller and her face getting slightly rounder. His eyes moved from her face down to her now slender neck and to the addition to flesh on her chest. Ed's breasts were not as large as females of her age, but Roy guessed it really didn't matter since she had always fighting (who needs huge breasts when you're trying to get your brothers body back?).
Roy kept examining her body, noting how she now had slight curves and that she actually had hips. He also saw that her legs had a more famine look to them. He looked of her body a few more times then back at the blonde whose face was red like a cherry. "Ed…" he moved his hands to her cheek. "What happened to you?"
"C-Could we not talk here? I don't really feel comfortable." she asked, pushing her cheek into his palm. "Please?"
"Sure Ed…before we go, would you like to be called something other than "Ed"?"
"No…being called "Ed" is the only real reminder that I used to be a boy. But everyone said I should have a new name…what should it be?"
Roy looked up at the ceiling and thought. He didn't want to give Ed a name that she didn't like; he wanted to give her something special. "How about…Edalene?" he looked down at the girl, smiling.
The girl smiled too, nodding. "I like the sound of it, even though it sounds like you just pulled it out your ass at the last minute." she used her coat sleeve to wipe her eyes.
Roy chuckled. "It's good to see that you still have your sharp tongue."
Ed nodded again. "Since this change, I've been a lot more emotional than ever before." she shuddered. "I came back so late too because I uh…had my…thingy." she blushed and used her sleeves to hide her face. "It hurt almost as much as when I got my automail and I kept shouting at Alphonse…I think Winry likes having me this way." she turned from him. "Did you know that happens once every month?" Let's just go, I'm starving."
Roy grabbed his thermos and followed the girl out; listening to her stories about the first few days she was a girl.
The two sat in a diner in the back, waiting for their food to come. Roy was also glad to see that Ed still held the same big appetite as before, even if she was a female now. But he didn't care too much for her some of her new found interests, particularly what the woman on table four was wearing.
"Who does she think she is? Walking around in brown and red like that. It's hideous. I should say something to her." Edalene started to get up from the table but Roy quickly latched onto her hand.
"Ed, just leave it alone. There are more important things than that woman's "horrid" fashion sense."
"What could be more important than telling her she looks bad?" she tried to tug away from him.
"Like telling me who decided to mess with your gender."
Ed turned and looked back at the dark haired man. His face held no humor in it, strictly business and that frightened her. "I guess you're right…" she gave one last look at the woman in red and brown then sat down.
Roy gave her hand a small reassuring squeeze. "I only want to help you."
Ed nodded, a shiver going through her body and her hand tingling when Roy let go. "…Winry had just finished with my repairs and granny sent me to the store to get dinner. I've done it thousands of times before and never no problem." she took a deep breath. "While I was walking, a truck came up next to me and the three guys asked me directions to the railroads so I told them then kept walking…not long after that, they grabbed me and I would've fought them off but Win was working on my arm." she cleared her throat then drank some water. "They kept going on and on about how they needed the right transmutation circle for me and what it was going to do to me. I didn't really think they could do it so I kind of just sat there and watched them, stupid huh?" she looked at Roy, a helpless smile on her face.
Roy shook his head. "Don't beat yourself over this, okay? This isn't your fault." he took her hand again and squeezed. "Is there anything you need me to do?"
She blushed and shook her head. "You've already done a lot for me, I'll have to repay you." she looked at the man across from her and smiled. This time, it was a real smile, a smile of happiness.
After a big brunch, Ed had insisted Roy take her to his house. "I'd feel safer this way." she had told him while stuffing food in her mouth. And much to Ed's delight, she had got Roy to say yes.
After paying the bill, the two walked around town, discussing the events around the city.
"Everything feels different now." Ed said. "It's like I can feel people's eyes on me or something." she moved closer to the man. "It feels weird…do all women feel like this?"
"I would assume so but men feel it too, well, I know I feel it. What does it feel like to you?"
"Almost sexual." she shuddered as she noticed a man sitting on his front steps staring at her as they approached. She pulled her coat around her tighter. "I don't really like it." she looked across the way and saw a few construction workers whistle at two women jogging by.
"I don't know, I guess it's different for everyone. You just learn to live with it. It probably happened to you but you just blocked it out because you had more important things to think about, now, you're just think about something that makes you happy I guess." he gave the female a smile.
Edalene thought. What could she think about that makes her happy and forget about the feeling she had of being watched?
After sometime, she began to smile. "I'll think about Winry's apple pie. When I go back, you should come and have some."
Roy chuckled. "I'll remember that." he turned and took her to a medium brown stone building and walked up the steps.
"Is this where you live?" she looked around the area and peered to the sides, getting an idea of what his house might be like on the inside. All she could really tell was that he looked to be a really secretive person because all the drapes he had were a dark color and were drawn.
"Yes. It's pretty small on the inside but it suits me just fine." he fished his keys out his pockets and stuck it in the key hole. "Take your shoes off at the door please." he pushed the green door opened and walked it, tossing his keys in a small bowl.
Ed entered in after him, looking around. It wasn't like she expected actually. She kind of expected books all over the place, papers on the floor, and it to be a bit of the mess since his office is sometimes messy, but, to her surprise, it was neat. Like the hotel rooms when you first get into them. She walked down the hall and saw a few pictures hanging up with little captions. There were a few people in them but a lot of them were tall buildings and structures with captions explaining where they could be found and most of the pictures are from Xing.
She turned a corner and looked into the kitchen. There was a glass cabinet with pricy looking jewelry in it and what looked like very balls decorated with different kinds of jewels. Near it was a dark wood dinning room set with a white table cloth placed over it. This whole scene look extremely expensive and underused and the kitchen was the same way. How could Roy afford all of this?
She kept walking and found her self in the living room. Much like the kitchen and dining room, every thing from the soft beige couch to the polished wooden bookcases looked like it cost hundreds of dollars, if not thousands. "How did he get all of these things?" she asked aloud.
"I bought them."
Ed jumped and turned around to see Roy standing in the door way with two glasses filled with tea. She noted that he had taken off his uniform coat and rolled up his sleeves and was now barefooted. "Well, I didn't buy it all of it. My aunt gave much of these to me and Ling pawned it off to me for cheap." he walked over and gave the girl one of the glasses.
She sipped it. "Why do you have so many?"
He shrugged. "Why not? Besides, it suits me. It's really just for show when I have a dinner party or something." he sat on the couch. "The couch is comfortable when I have to work late."
Ed sat next to him. "Ah…" she drank more of the tea. "Well, I do like you house, but I was expecting something different."
"What were you expecting then?"
"Well, you are a bachelor and you date a lot so I was expecting a messy house and a house suitable for one. Things like that. But if I didn't know better, I would think this was a house of a rich person or something…that's all." she awkwardly drank her tea.
Roy laughed and shook his head. "The one thing I've found out from dating is that most women like a clean fancy house, it lets them know that if they stay with that man, they'll be likely to receive gifts from them." he reached over the table next to him and grabbed a lighter. "An old flame gave this to me after three weeks of dating. She got my name in graved on it." he passed it on to the women next to him.
She took it and looked at his name, written in cursive blue ink. "Wow…it's heavy for a lighter and looks kind of expensive." she handed it back. "What did you get her?"
Roy placed it back down. "I got her a jade bracelet and when we broke up, she threw it at my head."
Ed used the glass to hide her smile, but Roy saw threw it. "Don't laugh. I found out she has an amazing throwing arm." Roy said, frowning some.
This time, Ed lost it. She laughed out loud, holding her side. "What did you do with the bracelet?"
"I returned the damn thing and got a drink."
This made Ed laugh harder.
"Haha, very funny." Roy rolled his eyes and drank from his glass, secretly happy that he was able to make the young girl laugh.
And that was how the two spent the rest of the day, talking about Roy's love life, laughing, and drinking tea.
You know what my next story is going to involve?
Cutting.
Why?
Because I believe that's one of the things that can make a story good if done right.
Disclaimer: I do not condone cutting and never will. If you're having life trouble, go get some help. I will not have people saying I encouraged you to slit your wrist because Ed or Roy or someone in my stories did -_- this will not be another cut4biber thing.
Anyway, while writing this, I was going to make Ed a neko but then I was like "That's a little over board. Roy's already a vampire and Ed got turned into a chick, to add some neko's in this would be stupid." But, I do want to do a story with some neko's but I would like to know how you all feel about that.
Does anyone else see Roy masturbating to himself while looking in the mirror?
No?
Me either? ._.
I hope you all enjoyed this chapter!
