Central High School's Worst Years

Note: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist or the characters that are originally in the anime or manga. Again, I am going by the Manga/Brotherhood. Something I forgot to mention in the last chapter is that Ed still has his automail but he still has for a different reason….. You have to read to find out. I'm not saying that it's in this chapter… Also alchemy is quite lively as well in the story. ENJOY :3

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Chapter 2: First Impressions

"Ouch! Ouch! HOT, HOT!" Ed yelped with surprise as he burned his tongue. He spat out his food with a disgusted look on his face. "Damn it, I'm hungry! Mom forgot to let it cool down in the fridge!"

"Nii-san was that really necessary! That was really gross! You don't just spit food on the ground in public!" Alphonse nagged sticking out his tongue with disgust.

"Well what else was I supposed to do! It was really hot! Man, I just wasted a perfectly good bite of Mexican breakfast food…" He then peered down to his bitten into burrito as if it was a tremendous loss.

Al sighed to his older brother as they walk to the bus stop. Ugh.. Your hopeless. How do expect to have a relationship when you're such a slo- his thoughts were then interrupted to see that his brother's jersey was covered with beans, cheese, sauce, and egg from Ed spitting out his food.

"ED! DO YOU EXPECT TO TAKE SCHOOL PICTURES LIKE THAT!" Alphonse screamed.

Edward only gawked at his little brother confusedly then at his shirt and back to Al. "I don't see what you're getting so worked up about. I can just transmute it clean if it really bothers you…."

"T-that's not the point! It's about being neat! First impression is everything if you want to have friends and a relationship!" Al sputtered, his face red from annoyance.

Ed could only gape, mouth wide open with shock. He shook his head, making his soft, golden hair ruffle a little (Lol I only said this to make crazy fan girls go "Ahhhh. Oh Edward!") , to only shout "Heh! If they judge me by my appearance that's fine! I ain't changing for no one! That's their problem…"

"Whatever Nii-san…" he muttered "Just at least clean off your jersey."

Ed only shot a glare as he slapped his palms together and gently placed his hands on his chest. A quick flash of blue light appeared for a split second (Another thing I forgot to mention, everyone can transmute with out a circle. In my story, Once a person completes training they learn the final technique: to transmute without a circle. I guess some person in the last century opened the gate and was able to narrow it down so other people could learn it too. However in Ed and Al's case they learned quickly. Most people finish training around their mid twenties. It goes to show what brilliant minds they have. So they both have an advantage in school fights…..). The mess vanished, revealing a white jersey with short black sleeves, and on the left side of his chest on the shirt was a red symbol. A serpent wrapped around a cross with a crown and a set of wings above it. The same symbol was on his back and below it was the year 2010 drawn in with a red Sharpie (Ed and Al completed training in the year 2010).

"Al, let's try to not fight today, okay? Today's a big thing for us and we don't want to remember it being in a bad mood." he suggested, trying to change the subject.

"Okay." Al replied with a grin. Finally, he's starting to be a little more responsible! he assumed.

Finally, I got him to shut up. Edward concluded, thinking in his head, He worries too much. Everyday he's sounds more like mom…

It was awkwardly silent for a while as they were just a little ways from the curb where the bus was to pick them up along with other kids.

Mostly rich.

And snotty as Ed called them.

"Well, here we are…" Al began to say but trailed of. A girl was sitting on the metal bench provided for the students, waiting for the bus. It was Miss Winry, The girl in their grade who was rich, but however kind to everyone, including the middle class and the poor. She believed that appearance nor money mattered. It's the heart and thought in a person that counts. Her eyes were a deep ocean blue big, round, and soft. Her hair, long, straight, and blonde with her bangs swept to her left. Her floral shirt fit loosely but at the bottom was elastic, making it hug her waist. Her jeans were a dark blue fitting tightly to her legs. Her shoes were nothing but simple black flats but she managed to pull them off, and to finish off her outfit, a simple silver chain hung from her neck with a cute little charm on it. Her parents were both doctors and automail engineers, which would explain why she was so wealthy. Secretly, Alphonse had a huge crush on her. However, there was one problem. Just about every other guy in the grade did as well… including Ed. Both were too cowardly to admit it to one another.

She looked up to see both of them staring at her like gaping idiots. She stood up with an embarrassed look on her face.

"Oh! Ed! Al! I'm sorry, did you want to sit down? Pardon me for hogging the bench." she stammered.

That seemed to break them from their trance because at the same time they both sputtered out loudly "Oh no Miss Winry! You go ahead and sit down! We'll stand! Don't worry, we'll be fine!"

"Oh, well thank you. And just Winry is fine." She replied, giggling a little as she sat back down, rubbing the spit off her forehead. "But do please sit with me."

Both thanked her with a small nod of their heads, both blushing from embarrassment, as they sat down. Alphonse sat at her left while Edward sat at her right. Both were deep in their own thoughts.

Oh my gosh, I spat in her face! How rude of me! She probably thinks that I'm really gross right now! Oh man this is really going to ruin my chances! I'm such an idiot! Alphonse scolded himself while looking down to his dwindling thumbs.

'Miss Winry!' Was that all I could really say! And what the hell am I doing losing my cool like that! And not to mention I freakin' spat in her face! What kind of jerk does that! Stupid just, Stupid! Ed screamed in his head while he stared off in to space.

"So, Um guys" Winry broke the silence, making both Ed and Al jump "How did summer break treat you guys?"

"It actually zoomed by pretty fast for me now that I think about it. But other than that it was alright. I just pretty much just lazed about and slept in. Didn't really go anywhere." Edward shrugged carelessly, trying to impress her.

"It was pretty slow for me. I got a summer job this year mowing lawns. I actually made a lot of money off of it. I never knew our neighborhood was so big until I did that! Phew!" Al laughed a little nervously.

"Oh well it's nice to know that it treated you well!" She recited with a wide, bright smile on her face, making her eyes twinkle.

"Well what about you Winry? How was your break?" Alphonse asked now curious.

"Yeah, did it treat you well?" Asked Ed, now curious as well (Aww! Young love!).

"Oh! Thank you for asking! It was Amazing! I got to go to Xing! The people there are so nice! I actually heard that there's a Xingeese exchange student here this year! (I bet most of you can guess who that is! *cough* Mooch *cough*) Anyways it was really cool! The food there is so delicious and I got to stay at the Yao clan's nice inn for tourists! It's mostly meant for higher class but I saw a mixture of many classes there. They must be really nice!" She squealed with excitement.

"Wow! That's amazing Winry! It sounds like you really enjoyed yourself!" Al assured with a smile.

"I sure did. My parents have been away lately so they decided to go on a family trip with me. It was nice to spend time with them." She spoke quietly with a warm smile as the golden sunrise shown on her yellow locks , making it shimmer an even brighter blonde.

"Well that's nice." Ed announced with a friendly toothy grin. "So, You excited about your first day into High School?" he asked cocking his head slightly.

"Of coarse! I just can't wait to see everyone! I didn't come back from Xing until mid last week! I've been there since the beginning of vacation! By, the way my dad said that the next time I bump into you two to ask you how your arm and leg are doing. Do they need maintenance? He could clean them up for you with a discount."

"Oh they're doing great! I actually forget I have 'em sometimes! No problems at all. Your parents make the best automail ever!" He assured with a wide smirk, holding the bicep of his prosthetic.

"Good! He'll be glad to hear that. But he still thinks you should come in once a month for a check up." She explained with a thumbs up.

After a couple minutes of talking with each other, the other kids from around the block began to show up. Most of the boys scowled at the sight of them talking with Miss Winry. Most likely a after school fight for the two of us Ed thought with a annoyed expression on his face Oh well, I needed something to do at the end of the day anyway…

Finally the bus drove up and everyone piled on. The seniors in the back, the sophomores and juniors sat in between, and finally the freshmen in the front.

But Ed thought otherwise.

"C'mon Al, were sitting in the back. I'm not gonna sit in the front like a freakin' baby." Ed trudged on further to the back but Alphonse began to tug back on his wrist.

"Ed, please. Don't cause any trouble. Just sit up front like everyone else." Al pleaded. But his pleads were not heard.

Ed sat down in an empty seat almost at the back of the bus. Two seniors jocks approached his seat, both had smug grins on their faces.

"Well, well. Looks like your lost. In case you didn't you haven't noticed, the back is for seniors ONLY. NOW BUZZ OFF." the taller one boomed sternly, moving closer to his face with every word he spoke, spit flying out of his mouth.

Edward did nothing but shot a quick, narrow, glare as he wiped the spit from his face. "Screw you. I'm staying here." he calmly muttered as he looked out the window.

"This is going to get ugly. He's going to make a big scene just because of his stubbornness. Wonderful." Al moaned, slumping into his seat up front. He didn't need to watch anymore. He already knew what was about to happen.

"Ooo, a smart mouthed one aren't you? Well you just made a death wish. I'm gonna kick your ass PIPSQUEAK." The shorter but buffer jock growled, cracking his knuckles.

Edward flinched at the insult. In a low yet loud tone, he growled through his teeth "WHAT DID YOU JUST CALL ME?"

"What did you think I called you? YOU MIDGET!" The jock howled.

His laughter, however, didn't last long. At that moment, Edward had stood on top of the seat, and had slammed his head to the ground while the other he had kicked him in the stomach, knocking the wind out of him. Both had collapsed to the ground, moaning in pain. Ed still had a grip on the jock's head that insulted him. His lips were now close to his ear.

"Say it again." He chirped "I dare you. What did you call me?"

The jock, scared out of his mind, could only whimper cowardly as Edward's grip on his head tightened. The more he kept silent, angrier he got. "SAY SOMETHING DAMMIT!" he screamed in his ear. (WHAT'S THE BUS DRIVER DOING DURING ALL THIS! XD)

"Nii-san! That's enough! You're gonna send him to the hospital if you don't stop now!" Al hollered from the front, starting to get very irritated with his brother's behavior today already.

Ed heard his brothers voice, and snapped out of his rampage. He shook his head, releasing the jock's head. "I blacked out for a moment there. Phew! What's this guy doing on the floor here?" he questioned, puzzled because he couldn't remember what just happened.

Al could only groan with annoyance as he slapped his forehead with frustration. "Never mind. Just sit down already." I can't even believe it. He thought We're not even at school and he's already gotten into trouble. Unbelievable!

Ed still confused of what happened sat down back into his seat. As he did it felt like every person was staring at him. He began to sweat nervously as he tried to ignore the feeling by looking out the window. Okay, okay. Let's see. Think about something else. Something else. Oh! Okay just keep looking at the dog. Dog dog dog. Nice dog. Pretty dog… It was a while before anyone talked again. Not long after, they had made it to the high school. Strangely, everyone had let Ed through and was the first one off the bus. As he stepped off, everyone had rushed past him as fast as they could except for Al who came off last.

"Geez. What's their problem?" he wondered dusting himself off. "They almost practically trampled me!"

"You have no idea…" was the only thing Al could say. Ed gave him a quick puzzled look but only shrugged and quickly forgot about it. Ed began to look up at the building. In bold black letters above the doors was engraved "CENTRAL HIGH SCHOOL". Ed could only rest his arm on Al's shoulder with pride as he announced "Well lil' bro, there it is. This is were our lives will really begin. Let's give it our all!"

Al only laughed at his older brother's cheesy little speech as he replied "Right! Let's head on in!"

Not even after they took one step, a fancy sport car zoomed by and had splashed a huge wave of dirty street water all over them. Ed's jersey, that was once white, was now brown as well as Al's dress shirt he had worn with a black tie. The water had also splashed all over their hair, making Ed's stand up.

"NO! MY HAIR! Who's the bastard who did this! I'll kick their ass!" Ed screamed. Ed's eyes followed to where the vehicle parked. Out stepped a young, tall, thin, and muscular senior with short jet black hair, and charcoal colored eyes (I bet you all can guess who this!) . He glanced over with smirk on his face as he pointed a finger and laughed to himself. Ed, totally humiliated, beamed a nasty look towards the young man as he let out a quiet chuckle.

"And so it begins."

DUN DUN DUN! And so that concludes chapter two! Thank you to Lexcia for leaving a reply! free cookie for you! YAY! Anyways look forward to more madness soon!