Hey there I didn't think I would get this up quite this fast but it seems someone out there loves me so here I am returning that love with some of my own.
Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist or Needles by System of a Down
It's funny how things never turn out quite the way you expect. Life's going by just fine me and my brother aren't starving, we're clean, have new clothes, and then I have to mess it all up. I didn't have to go and steal those candies, hell I even had money to pay for them, but no I didn't want to waste our money on such a useless thing. The only reason I stole the candy is because my brother has a fascination with sour candy, and besides he was doing well in school.
Yes my brother goes to school, that shocks people, I dropped out in eighth grade and worked at a library. It paid very little but it was the only job he could get, and I get to read a lot. I read a lot of the science textbooks that are there, and I have a lot of time to read because during school hours hardly anyone came in, and after school my brother comes in to help.
Well anyways I got caught stealing, even if it was such an inexpensive thing, I have to go to a delinquent camp. It seems to be one that's commonly used and from what the policeman said it's ran by two girls not that much older that me, hell one was the same age as me. The policeman also said something about horses but I wasn't listening, which made my brother mad when I told him.
I'm supposed to meet one of the girls running the place but as usual I'm running late, and my brother's dragging my through a crowded street and people are looking at us weird. It only took us a few more minutes to get to the police station where we were meeting this girl, and when we walked in we were lead to the police mans office I had met before.
When we got in there he started going on about how we were to be on are best behavior and whatnot, I tuned him out. When he was finished lecturing us he said "Well that's all I guess but now its time to meet one of the owners of the camp" and he lead us to what looked like a waiting room where there were several ladies sitting. The first I even bothered to look at was a woman who had her light brown hair pulled up in a tight bun on the top of her head, she was wearing what looked like a very expensive business suit, she didn't look that much older than the man I was standing with, but she looked very strict.
The next woman I noticed was about the same age as the last but she had shoulder length red hair that was left lose and she was wearing a pair of dress pants and a plain white button up shirt. She looked a lot more laid back than the other woman but they did have something in common, they were glaring at the only other woman in the room.
Well I guess she wasn't really a woman she was maybe the same age as me, but she is almost the perfect rebel. Hair cut short, just a bit above her chin (mines longer) was pitch black, she had on a pair of black combat boots that were mostly covered by a pair of baggy black pants, and she wore a black long sleeve shirt that was left open to show a white mid drift tank top that showed a flat stomach and a thick black studded belt. Now what broke her image is the fact she was wearing a pair of thick plastic rimmed glasses, and she was sitting cross-legged in her chair reading a thick book.
That police man went over to that girl and tapped her on the shoulder, and all she did was look up at him close her book and hold up a finger and mouthed the words 'in a second favorite part' and suddenly she sung a few lines of a song.
I'm just sitting in my room,
With a needle in
my hand,
Just waiting for the tomb,
Of some old dying
man,
Sitting in my room,
With a needle in my hand,
Just
waiting for the tomb,
Of some old dying …
The man clamped his hand over her mouth before she could finish the last line. "God Lex what have I told you about singing those songs here?" Said to her quietly, though my brother and me could hear him too, the man gave the other women in the room an apologetic look.
She looked at him with a small mocking smile. "Let's see what has Roy told me about not singing here?" She looked at him with a thought full look and put a finger on her lip. "Hmm and let me ask you, Roy, how many times have I told you not to call me Lex?" She asked him with a smirk.
Roy sighed before straitening up, "If we're going to talk about this then how about we do it in my office." He said as he walked off with out turning back. I heard her sniff and I turned to look at her as she stood taking off a pair of head phones I hadn't noticed before and she turned off an Ipod that was clipped on to her belt, before she turned to me with a slight smile.
"Well I guess we should follow them huh?" She asked me I nodded and we walked back to Roy's office.
--Normal POV--
When they got back to Roy's office the girl claimed one of the chairs in front of Roy's desk where she sat with her book in her lap waiting. Al took the other chair and since there were only two Ed stood behind Al's.
"So Roy these are the boys' that are coming back with me to the camp?" She asked with a tilt of her head and a smile.
"Yes Alex, they are. Why didn't your sister come?" He seemed annoyed with her.
"She…I…I don't really know." She looked confused and then laughed. "But since when have I ever." She stopped laughing and grinned at Roy, who just shook his head. "Oh but she will be able to make it to you guys date tonight don't worry." She smirked at him as a small blush crossed his cheeks.
"What did I say about talking about that in front of people." He frowned at her.
"So, Edward right?" Alex looked at Ed questionably he nodded to her she smiled. "It took awhile but I found a horse that can take your metal leg kicking it. But first you'll have to ride Penny for awhile." She looked at Alphonse. "She'll be the horse you'll ride the whole time your at the camp." She smiled at them.
"Why do I have to ride that one why can't I ride the other?" Ed asked.
"Well me and my sister want to see if you know how to handle a horse. And Penny is the sweetest mare you every have seen." She said with a smile, but the she scratched the back of her head looking oddly bashful. "Well that and the fact that he hasn't gotten to our house yet." She said with a giggle and a blush.
"He?" Ed asked.
Alex blinked. "The horse, he hasn't gotten to our house yet. We're, me and my sister, having to barrow him from a friend so he'll be here anytime now but we what to see how well you ride before we put you on him, he's rather stubborn sometimes."
Alphonse started laughing. "I'm sorry but that's the horse for brother alright. He's the most stubborn person I know."
Alex laughed too. "Well yes, I know we ask everyone you know about you so we can match you to a horse with an attitude as much like yours. Like my sister Cambria she's rather stubborn too and prideful, and so is her horse Moonie. My horse is…well ummm Roy what is Jojo like?" She asked with a confused look.
"Well let's see he's short, fat-" Roy was cut off when Alex whacked him upside the head with her book.
"I meant what does he act like not look like." She sat back down with a frustrated sigh.
"I'm going to tell your sister about you doing that, but anyways. He is very friendly, unless you do something he doesn't like, loves attention, and he can't go five minutes without eating." He said with a smile.
"Your trying to insult me aren't you." Alex said with a small smile. "Well you should know that ain't going to work. I know how much I eat, but I bet you they don't know how much I can eat." She looked at the brothers expectantly.
Alphonse was the one that answered her look. "You don't look like you eat much," He looked at her exposed stomach. "But my brother eats his body weight every meal and look at him." He tossed a look at his brother's stomach, which you could see, every curve of thanks to his skintight black tank. Edward whacked Al on the side of the head lightly with his real hand.
"Well it looks like I'll have to go buy some groceries before we all head out to the ranch then huh." Alex said with a laugh. "Well I gotta get goin if I'm gunna get this all done before you and Cambria go on that date huh Roy." She gave Roy an innocent look while he glared at her.
She waved at Roy before motioning for the boys to follow her. They made it out of the building with no problems, and they piled into Alex's old, beat up, red pickup. Al sat between her and Ed since there was no back seat.
They only took a few minutes in the store and Ed and Al helped her put it all in the bed of the pickup. On the way to the ranch she told them small things about it that seemed pointless, but she looked so happy talking about it they didn't want to say anything.
When they finally reach the ranch, which turned out to be about thirty minutes out of town, they we're shocked at what they saw. It was a huge house that seemed to be about three stories high, and it itself seemed to take up an acre by its self. There was a large barn off to the right side of the house that was painted black, and another on the left that was painted a bright, bright green.
Alphonse giggled, "The black barn is yours isn't it." He asked Kiah.
She blinked at him in a very lost way, "How did you know?" She asked causing Edward to laugh out loud.
She pulled the rest of the way up the drive way that was, nearly a mile long. She led them into the huge house. As soon as she stepped through the door she yelled out. "The newbies are here!"