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The Chosen One

Ch.2

I kept on running down a dark, cold alley. My breathing became harder as the minutes passed by. There was no end! I was bleeding heavily and my vision became blurry. What am I running away from? My running pace became slower and slower, until it got to a point where I couldn't go any further. I collapsed onto the floor, wincing in pain when I heard someone from behind. I panicked and started to shake uncontrollably. I hesitated from turning around, but once I did, I screamed. A man stood before me with a knife in his hand. I closed my eyes waiting for the end, but it never came. When I opened my eyes, I saw my true love blocking the knife. He saved me! He threw the knife out of his hands and socked him, knocking the guy unconscious. After that, he turned around to look at me. I didn't see all his face, just his eyes. Those amber orbs stared at me for the longest time. Then suddenly he bent down and leaned towards me. We came closer and closer…

"Wake up girl!"

I opened my eyes, finding myself on the floor.

"Why did you push me off my bed?" I yelled. Seriously, that was not the best way to wake up.

"Well, you wouldn't wake up. That's all I could think of at the moment," Rose explained.

Then I remembered about my dream. Were we…no, no way we could have…oh my…WE WERE GOING TO KISS! My dreams just keep getting better and better! It just makes me so mad that I can't figure out who the guy is. At least, I saw his eyes, which were the most gorgeous ones I've ever seen. They looked quite familiar, though, but from where?

"We need you to get dressed quickly!" Rose exclaimed as she threw a dress at me.

I groaned, "Why?"

"The princesses have been here for at least an hour now! Oh, by the way, your parents met that one guy you invited over."

This grabbed my attention, "Wait…WHAT?"

"Yeah, they scheduled him to meet them this morning."

I guess I sort of started to freak out since I practically grabbed onto Rose's shirt and almost lifted her up in the air, "They didn't embarrass me, did they? Or scare them off? Oh, he probably thinks I'm this slime! He probably never wants to see me again…"

"Whoa!" Rose laughed nervously, "Calm down, would you? Everything went fine. They approve."

I sighed of relief. Phew! I thought they were going to lecture him or something about, like; the only way he could talk to me is when he's won the tournament. Trust me, they would do that.

I got ready as fast as I could and ran down to the mail hall. I bet my hair looks great right now after all that rushing!

Not.

I saw the princesses talking to one of the servants. Poor guy, he was probably being mauled by girl talk. I guess I owe him for keeping them busy.

"Hello gals!" I welcomed.

The three princesses turned around and squealed. Great, now it was my turn to be mauled on.

"Princess Winry! How nice to see you!" Princess Molly exclaimed. Princess Molly was about my height (5'2) and she had short, black hair and green eyes. She wore a long, white, turtleneck dress that reached down to her knees.

"It's nice to see you too, Princess Molly," I said.

"Gee, what took you so long?" Princess Umi asked, making no eye contact with me. Princess Umi is 5'5, has long, brown hair, and brown eyes. She wore a long, black dress with sparkles everywhere.

"Yeah, we've been waiting for, like, ever!" Princess Amy followed. She was about 5'3, had medium-lengthened, blonde hair that was put up in a tight bun. She had a short, pink dress on that had a white flower on the bottom right of it.

These two…I CAN'T STAND THEM! They hate my guts, which I don't mind because I hate theirs too. I give you two words…conceited brats. I mean, all they ever think about is themselves. They are quite excellent at annoying people, if you ask me.

"Sorry about that, I slept in a little later than usual."

"That's not an excuse," Princess Umi retorted.

Princess Molly said, "Well, it's ok. We all do sleep in occasionally."

Princess Amy laughed, "Me? Ha! Never do I miss my schedule and I always wake from slumber at the appropriate time."

"So you're telling me that you NEVER missed ANYTHING in your entire life?" I asked. I wasn't going to let her conceited side get by me.

"Never!" she answered confidently.

"I'm very disappointed in you. I recall you being late to the King's Ball, our last princess meeting, and the shopping trip we scheduled a few weeks ago," I pointed out.

"Late? I wasn't late; I simply had other things planned at the same time. As perfect as I am, I can't do everything at once."

See what I mean? Conceited! I mean, you would think these kinds of people are unreal. Ugh, I wanted to sock her so bad. Don't be surprised if she has a broken nose by the end of the afternoon.

Princess Umi then spoke, "That's enough ladies! Can we simply finish up our little meeting? I much rather be doing something else right now."

"Don't we all," I murmured.

"Well, whatever," Princess Amy shrugged.

"Let us sit down, we have things to talk about," I insisted. I led the princesses into the Pink Room, a.k.a The Princess Meeting Room. The name of the room pretty much explains it all. Everything is pink including the walls, floor, furniture; I'm talking about everything! It becomes very obnoxious, though. It needed another color, but no, the princesses complained to my parents for a pink room until they finally got their way. Those dumb, spoiled, little brats will get it someday.

"So," Princess Molly started off, "I heard you're holding a tournament, Princess Winry."

I nodded, "Yes I am."

"Interesting…I mean, what was wrong about marrying Jin?"

"Yeah, he is the hunkiest prince of them all," Princess Umi said.

I laughed at this one. Yeah, he might be a hunk, but to me, he's a jerk in the inside.

"I don't like him at all; I want a man who actually cares about me."

All the girls gasped.

"You mean…this whole thing is about you rejecting Prince Jin!" Princess Molly exclaimed.

"YOU IDIOT!" Princess Amy practically screamed in my ear.

"Excuse me, but have you ever met the guy before?"

"We did at the King's Ball. He was so nice and sweet…"

"As if!" I interrupted. These girls had no idea.

"What do you mean as if? He's the best prince of them all!" Princess Molly argued. See, even Molly is being sucked into this black hole.

"Whatever, you girls think what you want to, because read my lips...I HATE HIM!" I shouted. I also made sure I said "I hate him" very slowly so they can understand how I feel.

The girls just stared blankly at me, though. I looked back confidently, showing them that I meant every word I said. They didn't say anything for the last two minutes, which got pretty annoying. I tapped my foot, impatiently, hoping they would get the message. They didn't, though.

"What are you guys looking at?" I snapped at them. They all shook their heads from deep thought and regained their posture.

"Wow, I never realized how strongly you hated Prince Jin," Princess Molly said.

Out of no where, Princess Umi randomly started to laugh uncontrollably. I wonder what her problem is.

"This is great!" she yelled in excitement, "That means I have a chance with him!"

"What!" I exclaimed.

"What's the matter, I thought you said you hated him, changing your mind now?" Princess Umi smirked.

"Of course not!" I came back with. "But don't you already have a husband?"

"Yeah, what about him?"

Ok, there was something extremely wrong with her. I mean, cheating on your husband, that's so wrong in so many ways. I just don't understand these girls.

"Hello? You have a loving husband and now you're going after Prince Jin? What in the world is wrong with you?" I asked, angrily.

She just shrugged. That's right, all she did was shrug. Nothing else! I looked at the other two princesses to see there reactions, which was surprisingly different.

"No, he's mine!" Princess Amy yelled.

"No way, I want him!" Princess Molly shot back. Now they were just fighting over him. I just don't get it. What do they see in Prince Jin? All I see is this monster just wanting to unleash his rage out on me, but hides it in while around others. Just wait, once they see the real him, they will be begging for forgiveness. Sounds mean, right? I'm just being honest here.

I was getting pretty irritated with all this bickering so I left the room. I think I'm going to go to my garden. It's a peaceful place, probably the best around the castle. The best part is…no one knows about it. Not even Rose, sadly enough. The only problem about it is since the castle so big, it takes FOREVER to get there. It's very small too since I had to find a spot where no one would notice it. I went towards the west side of the castle which took about five minutes, then ran through the courtside, snuck past the guards by the library, and then run down along the tile floor outside until you get to a small gate. Inside there is my cute, little garden, complete with a white bench in the middle with white gardenia's surrounding it, and flowers growing along the border of my garden.

I brought a blanket out and laid it on the grass that is between the flowers and the bench. I rested down on it and started going into my thinking mode, as usual.

I was so excited about Edward coming! I mean, first off, I get to try on this new automail that was recently made on him, which I have been dying to put on somebody. No one comes to me these days. There's a huge automail shop right across the street from mine, and so that puts out my business. After all, my shop is only five times smaller than the other shop, no big deal. But then they have these advertisements everywhere. They have clubs, an exercising room where you can try out your new automail, or just work out, and a nice restaurant inside. I could ask to get a better shop, but remember this is also a secret.

Second, I get to know him better. I mean, how can I not be interested? He has an arm and a leg missing, has a hot body (I saw him lift up his shirt for a second and saw that he had some nice abs), and he has a brother (or at least I believe it's his brother) who is made of armor. His life must be so exciting! Mine is not even close to fun. All I do everyday is go to my parents meetings, hang out with the princesses (which I have no idea what they're doing), do tours of the castle, and pretty much anything else my parents tell me to do. My life is a huge schedule that I have barely anytime for myself. Tonight, on the other hand, nothing was planned, so it worked out perfectly. I just can't wait!

My stomach started to growl. I was sure hungry! I got up and headed back towards the pink room to see how everyone was doing, or to see if they even noticed I was gone. It would be rude to my guests if I ate by myself without offering. Well, I guess it was pretty rude leaving without telling them. Oh well!

I entered the Pink Room and saw that no one was there. I turned towards the guards and asked, "Excuse me, but where did all the princesses go off to?"

"They decided to leave, Princess Winry. I'm very sorry we didn't tell you before, but we couldn't find you," he answered. I don't get why all our guards don't look at me when I speak to them. They think I'm going to bite their heads off or something. I even sometimes find sweat dripping down their foreheads or their breaths get loud.

"Apology accepted, but next time, please look at me while we speak. It's rude to just look straight past someone." With that, I walked away.

I looked at the clock and saw it was 3 o'clock. Now I have to find something to do. I mean, everyone was gone, except for the guards. Even Rose left to take care of some errands and she's going to visit her family. I was pretty much on my own for the rest of the day. I had fun playing with the guards, as surprising as this may sound. Since they stand so still like statues, I would go up to them and try to make them laugh. I got one to crack, but he gained his composure and became himself again.

I then went to the living room, plopped myself down on the couch, and started watching some TV. There was nothing on, but soap opera's. Those shows make me want to gag, so I turned it off. I must have dozed off because the next time I opened my eyes, it was 7:30 P.M. I had to hurry quickly!

I went over to the maid's room and told them to make sure everything was clean. I ran up to my room and quickly changed into a pair of gray sweats and a pink tank top. The gray pants showed my curves so, you know, I could show off a little of my body. Ok, ok, so I want the guy to be impressed. What can I say?

I then went to my dresser and put my hair into a loose bun. I put on some pink eye shadow and lip gloss. As if right on cue, there was a knock on my door. I looked at myself in the mirror one last time. Perfect.

I answered the door and there awaited a guard, and as usual, he looked straight passed me. I looked behind me and then back, "No one's behind me, I'm right here."

That got him to look down at me. He swallowed nervously and said, "Edward Elric has arrived, Princess Winry. He is waiting for you down in the main hall."

I nodded, "Thank you."

I hurried towards the main hall, which almost caused me to slip, and there stood Edward. He had on a black shirt with a red cape covering it, along with some black pants. His hair was the same as yesterday. He looked totally hot, standing there. Waiting…for me! I giggled at this. The guards all raised their eyebrows at me. I shrugged in answer. I drew in a deep breath. Here it goes. I walked as casually as I could over to him. He looked over my way and stared in awe, which I was quite flattered by. I waved and smiled back at him.

"It's nice to see that you came, Edward," I welcomed.

"Of course, Princess Wi…I mean Winry," he stuttered, still staring at me.

I hooked my arm with his and we started walking towards the dining hall. Sadly enough, we didn't talk that much on the way there. He just kept looking down, staring in deep thought.

"What are you thinking about?" I asked out of curiosity.

He shook his head, "Oh nothing. I'm sorry."

"You look so tense, lighten up a bit," I said, playfully punching him in the arm. He chuckled. I hope it wasn't going to be like this all night.

"Sorry I'm acting this way, I mean, you are the…"

"The princess, I know, I know," I finished up for him. "But I don't want you to be all nervous and stuff. Just think of me as if I'm a normal, teenage girl, just wanting to be your friend."

He then gave me this evil smile. I knew exactly what he was thinking. So I took out my wrench, the one I always have by me, and hit him on top of the head.

"Not that way!" I yelled. I kind of liked the way he smiled at me, though. I got shivers up and down my spine. I couldn't help it, but blush. I turned my head the other way so he wouldn't see me.

We made our way towards the dining hall and sat down, side by side, if I may point out.

"What kind of food do you like?" I asked.

He took a minute to think about this and replied, "Do you have rice"

"Of course we do!"

I turned towards the butler and he nodded and left.

It was so weird sitting here with Edward. Like I said before, I never had a guy over besides Prince Jin.

"So how is it like being the princess?" he suddenly asked. I blinked a few times at him. I slapped myself in the inside for that. I mean, I probably looked so dumb just staring at him all dully.

I sighed, "It's no picnic."

"Why's that? I mean, you do get pretty much everything you want."

"I can care less about money or expensive things my parents buy me. I miss out on so much. I don't have a normal life. All the experiences I could have had with friends and stuff, is out the window. I would give anything, and I mean anything to be a normal, teenage girl."

"Oh," is all he said.

The rice bowls were then placed in front of us.

"Dinner is served."

For a small guy, he eats a lot! It's only been two minutes and he's on his 5th bowl! I couldn't help, but smile, though. He looked so adorable! I wonder what it feels like to be in his arms…

"This food is great!" he gleefully said.

"Glad to hear that. Our chefs are the best ones out there, you know."

The butler then came over to Edward and asked, "Would you like a booster seat?"

This made me spit out the soda I was drinking. I was laughing so hard, I fell on the floor without realizing it. I looked over to see Edward's reaction. He was steaming! This made me chuckle even more.

"Who are you calling shrimp boy!" he exclaimed.

The butler jumped back from him and quickly walked away.

"Come on," I hooked my arm with his again, "let's go work on your automail."

He was about to say something when I put my finger over his lips. I saw him blush, which was so hot. I led him towards the workshop, which was right by my room so it's easier for me to get from there to my room if I ever need supplies or something. My workshop is like any other one. It has nails and screws all over the table, a desk with paper on top and cabinets. I have a toolbox and a few chairs in there too.

"I need to first measure you," I explained, getting out my tape measurer. The next thing that happened is so not what I expected. He took off his shirt. Yeah, that's right, his red cape and the black shirt, and let me tell you, it was a beautiful sight.

"I hope you don't mind," he said, noticing that I was staring at him, "I just thought it was so hot in here."

"It…it's fine," I stammered. I finished up measuring his arm, trying not to get too distracted by his body. Seriously, I even had to wipe slobber that started dripping out of my mouth! I also measured his leg, making sure I did it as slowly as possible since this was probably the closest I was going to get to him. I went towards the desk and wrote the measurements down. When I turned around, I tripped over one of the tools on the floor (yeah, I know, not a smart thing to do, leaving tools on the floor). I was about to hit the floor, face-flat when I felt arms around me. I looked up and saw that Edward has caught me. Whoa! This was really weird. I mean, yeah, it felt great that he had his arms around me and stuff, but this looks oddly familiar. I felt like that we've been in this position before. I stood up, as sad as it is, but I didn't want him to see that I was enjoying it.

"Thank you, Edward," I said.

"Your welcome and you can call me Ed."

I wanted to hug him so badly, embrace him in my arms and smell the wonderful scent he was giving off. I don't know how, but I controlled myself. I then started looking through some drawers for some materials. Uh oh, I forgot, I didn't buy the new automail yet! How stupid can I get? I remember seeing it and taking a look at it, but I was supposed to come back and get it because it was almost dinner time.

"I am so sorry, but I can't get started on it, I forgot to buy the automail. I'm so dumb and stupid!" I yelled, hitting myself on the forehead.

"It's fine, I can come back again later and get it," he insisted.

"Ok, I'll call you when it's ready."

"Well, I guess I'll see you later. Bye Winry and thank you."

He started walking out the door when I subconsciously yelled, "Wait!"

Ed stopped and turned to look at me.

"Um, I heard there was going to be a storm tonight so would you like to stay the night?" I blurted out.

Where's a knife? This was the perfect time to kill myself. What the hell am I thinking?

"Actually, that would be great, since I live pretty far away,"

I…I…I don't even know what to say.

"Ok, I'll make sure the guest room is in order."

I signaled one of the guards to do so. I have no idea what I'm doing. I couldn't believe I just offered him to spend the night. A boy, in my house, spending the night…I'm so screwed if my parents find out. Good thing they won't be back until morning.

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Edward has been here for several hours now. We've been getting along really well. I haven't asked him about his brother or his arm and leg yet. I felt like it would ruin the night since it was probably sad. I mean, loosing an arm and a leg isn't exactly the greatest thing in the world. We were sitting on the couch in what I like to call the "chill room" since, you know, all you do is chill in here. We were watching movies, eating popcorn, and we were enjoying each other's company, or at least I was enjoying his.

The doorbell suddenly rang. I looked at the clock and saw it was 1:30 A.M. in the morning. Who could possibly be here at this time? I got up and walked towards the main hall, with Edward following me. I looked to see who it was. I gasped.

This was not good.

Author's Note
Hello again! Hope you guys liked this chapter! I left you guys with a cliffhanger! Muwahahahaha! Don't worry, though, I'll update soon. I was really surprised to see how many reviews I received. Thanks so much, you guys are awesome! Please review!