~*Chapter 2: A couple of years later, The meeting of the Smallwood sisters*~
Note: I don't know Any of the FMA Characters but just the Ocs. You can leave a review or to say if you liked the story, I'm still accepting advice to new chapters and other things. Plus, here is a small list in case you ask:
~Melissa Smallwood: Age 16
~Flora and Lucy Smallwood: Age 17
~Edward Elrick: Age 16
~Alphonse Elrick: Age 16
~Timeskip: Present~
A few years has passed during the accident for the Smallwood sisters and during that night, the 3 girls had no choice but to leave there home and travel the world as a family but for the youngest, she still feels the pain for what she has done and how it's going to affect them later on. Right now in a small park near a big town, 15 year old Alphonse Elric was calling out for his 16 year old brother dew to him running off from Roy Mustang again due to the hard work of a State Alchemist.
"*sighs*that's the fifth time Ed's run off today from Roy. I'm hope he's nearby or at least somewhere so I don't have to go all around town again to find him."He said, shaking his Metal head but kept on walking to look for him. Near that same area, another pair was walking around but they were looking for something or someone.
"This is your entire fault, Lucy! You just had to lose sight of her again!"Shouted an angry girl to the one next to her that chuckled a bit scared but moving away from her a bit. She knew when her sister gets really angry, she gets scared of her because of it. Now, she tries not to get her upset but most of the time, she still manages to upset her.
"But-but she was right here but then when I turned around, she was gone! I'm sorry sis, don't kill me!"She said in a scared voice, worried her twin sister was going to hit her but she didn't. Flora shook her head while glaring at her twin sister Lucy, fist shaking in anger but she knew fighting and getting mad wasn't going to help them find their baby sister. Sighing, Flora just calms down and looking around the area once more.
"This isn't helping us. Let's just go and find her already but you are still dead after we find her." Flora said, as she saw Lucy nodding to agree but still scared of her since she was still in big trouble for losing Melissa. So, Flora and Lucy continued walking to see if they can find their baby sister. With Al again, he kept looking around for his brother Edward but didn't find one trace of him yet but he asked his friend Winry Rockbell, a friend that came from their home town named Resembool, for some help in finding his brother.
"Wait, he ran off again?"She asked Al that was nodding his head again but she sighed, shaking her own and looking all around the park area.
"Yeah, I know. He's always trying to get away from his work to at least get one day off but he's forgetting about some report he was suppose to do today but I couldn't tell him when he ran off."
Winry blinks a bit but looked at Al again with a small smile. That sounded just like Ed but what can you do?
"Don't worry Al, I can help you find him. He's got to be near the park area somewhere so let's go and find him."
Al nods and the two were just about to go till they heard someone shouting from a close distance. Turning, they saw two females. One of the girl had brown hair with front bangs near her face with blue eyes. She wore a blue shirt with a jacket, dark blue jeans with black shoes but he saw her wearing a snowflake hair pin and a snowflake snow pendent necklace. It seems she was shouting at a girl with the same brown hair color but it's lighter, light blue eyes with two bangs in front of her hair. She wore a black shirt with black jeans with black shoes as well but wore a light sweater, and a tea leaf pendent necklace of a tea leaf and a hair pin in her hair.
Al and Winry saw she was against the tree, scared of the one yelling but they were the same height. Confused, they slowly walked over to the pair to see what was going on but hopes they were not intruding in any way. Flora was furious at her twin sister Lucy dew to getting them lost for the sixth time and still no hope of finding their baby sister.
"Flora, wait! I said I was sorry but I didn't know I was going to get us lost! Remember your b-blood pressure and how scary you are when you're angry." Lucy said in a scared tune but her blue eyes was filled with tears while Flora's blue eyes were on fire due to her anger boiling up inside of her. Before Flora could get a hit or yell, she felt two people behind her and calmed down a bit. Lucy looked confused till she turns her head to the side to see Winry and Al standing there but in her mind, she was dancing for joy to them showing up.
"Um, Excuse me but is everything okay here? We saw you yelling and her well..panic in some point. Is everything okay?" Winry asked the twins, seeing Flora clear her throat but turns to see them both but kept quiet.
"Yeah, everything is fine. Sorry that you had to see and hear that. It's just really really hard to control my anger and you just saw it with your own eyes."Flora said, rubbing the back part of her blue hair feeling embarrassed but Al couldn't help thinking these two were almost like him and his big brother Edward. Lucy sighed in relief due to the new comers stopping flora but stands up to stand next to her.
"Like my twin sister said, sorry about that whole mess. Oh, where are our manners? I'm flora Smallwood and and this is my twin Lucy Smallwood."Flora said, holding out a hand while seeing Winry smiling as she shook her hand and Lucy shaking Al's metal hand.
"Well, it's nice to meet you both as well. I'm Winry Rockbell and this is Alphonse Elric."Winry said with a happy tone in her voice for meeting new faces. Both the twins smiled to say hi back to them, shaking their hands before Winry and Al did the same thing. After shaking their hands, they let go and looked at each other.
"Anyway, sorry to ask this but why were you shouting, flora? Did something happen?"Al asked her, seeing Flora feeling a bit angry but kept her cool.
"Well, you see, Lucy and I are looking for our baby sister."
"Hold on, baby sister? So that means you both are the oldest?"Al asked, seeing the twins nod their head yes. "Yes, we're twins but older sisters." Winry looked at the two then at Al again.
"Well, that's something because we are looking for Al's older brother. He ran off somewhere in the park and we are looking for him. Maybe all of us can help each other out to find them."Winry said to the twins while seeing Al keeping quiet to hear their answers. Thinking to themselves, Flora and Lucy looked back at them but felt happy a bit.
"That's a wonderful Idea. That way, we can try to find our baby sister while you both can find this other person."Lucy said with a small smile.
"Then we agree. Let's go and find these two."
With that, the four started off into the park to find the twins baby sister Melissa and Al's brother Edward. In the middle of the park near a large like lake, 16 year old Edward Elric was relaxing under a shady tree as he looked out to see some others trying to enjoy this cool and beautiful day as he was. Families were out with their children or pets, some fishing or playing in the cool water, or some just having cookout under the warm sun. Sighing, Ed lays back more while feeling relaxed but knew that his brother and Winry would be coming out to find him so he would do his best to enjoy this. Unknown to him in the top of the same tree he was under, a 16 year old girl was reading a small blue book while feeling the wind blowing in her face.
She had very long black hair tied in a ponytail with a silver rose hair clip on one side of her hair, Dark black eyes with normal color skin but it was a bit pale. She also was wearing black pants and shoes to match, a dark blue cloak with a silver sleeveless shirt and silver gloves. Finally, she was wearing a yin/yang silver pendent necklace around her neck but she improved it using Alchemy to have a rose out print in the middle of it as well but she was mostly enjoying this relaxing day too but lost in her thoughts as she read from the book.
'This day is so calm and quiet. I guess this is what my sisters meant when I needed do what I can to relax for once in my life.' she thought, slowly closing her book with a quiet snap and looked out at the lake to see the others enjoying the day too till she looked down to see Edward but kept quiet. Down at the bottom of the tree trunk, Edward was still relaxing until it was ruined when he heard a shout. Shooting straight up, he turns to see Winry behind him but smiling and the same for his younger brother, Alphonse.
"Hey, Ed! We were looking all over for you!"She said, going to pat his back but saw him looking annoyed but kept quiet as he stands up.
"What? I needed a break from all that work Roy kept giving me. I bet you would have done the same thing if he did the same for you too."Ed said annoyed, arms crossed over his chest.
"Brother, you know how he gets when you are always doing this and he gets mad for that reason. That's why he told us to come find you because he had something important to tell us."Al said, looking at Ed and saw him looking angry a bit dew to that.
"Alright fine but can't he see that I need to relax at times too without this struggle with this and that? I may be a state Alchemist and all but I need time for a break too. "Ed asked his brother but knew the answer for that. Knowing that he lost, Ed was about to leave till he spots the twins behind Al and Winry.
"Uh, Al? who are they?"
"Oh, right. Edward, this is Flora and Lucy Smallwood."
"Their new in town and both are looking for their younger baby sister."Winry said happy while Ed looked a bit confused but shook his head but smiled.
"Oh, it's nice to meet you both, flora and Lucy. I'm Edward Elric, Al's older brother and Winry's friend."He said, holding a hand out while Flora shook his hand first and Lucy did second while smiling.
"Same for you too, Ed. But this is a bit funny. If you're the older brother, shouldn't you be a bit ta-"
"Don't even say it!"Ed shouted out now mad, getting Lucy and Flora a bit confused to his reaction. Winry laughed a bit While Al shook his head again but turns to the twins to explain Ed's sudden outburst.
"Yeah, my brother has this thing with people calling him well, short or anything to insult his height, so he would get angry and lose his temper. That's why others don't call him that much but some would just to make fun of him for a laugh."
The twins looked quiet but understood what he was talking about then looked at Ed again but he was still angry.
"Sorry about that, Ed. I guess we are new to this town but we didn't know so sorry."Lucy said, smiling at him while Ed calmed down and looked at her.
"It's okay but I really hate when others call me that word to insult my height. Anyway, you said you both were looking for your sister right?"
"Yes but Lucy was suppose to be watching her but lost track of her for one second and she runs off."Flora said feeling a bit angry at her twin but kept her cool. Lucy got nervous but looked at her twin then at the others.
"I know I blew it but I'm she's nearby, I can feel it!"
"YOU SAID THAT A FEW HOURS AGO WHEN YOU GOT US LOST!"Flora shouted out finally, her voice booming in anger again that made Winry, Ed, Al, and Lucy wince from it. Flow was glaring at Lucy till she stopped herself, relaxing again but felt happy.
"Okay, I'm good but seriously, we need to find her before she gets hurt or something."
Before anyone could speak, the girl in the tree jumps down right near the others but she kept quiet looking at the twins. Winry and Al looked at the girl as they jump back startled a bit while Ed looked a bit shocked; not knowing she was in the same tree he was in but flora and Lucy knew her.
"Melissa, there you are! We have been looking all over for you!"Flora said to her baby sister in relief, giving her a little hug but Melissa hugs back but looked at her then at Lucy.
"Sorry, I guess I just wanted to be alone for a while till I can clear my head for a bit. My bad."She said, gazing down at the dirt ground but felt Lucy patting her back gently.
"It's okay sis, but next time, tell me if you're going to do that because Flora would have killed me if anything happened to you."Lucy said in a gentle voice that made Melissa be a bit more silent but nods again. Ed looked at the girl while the same for Al and Winry that made Melissa look at them too.
"Everyone, this is the one we were speaking of."Flora said when she lets go of Melissa but makes her look at them while she looked at Ed with her black eyes. Melissa took a deep breath while holding her small book on her hand.
"This is our baby sister; Melissa Smallwood."Lucy said happy while seeing Ed, Winry, and Al gazing back at her but Melissa kept quiet but looking back at the three. Al and Ed didn't know why but something of this girl was different or she was just really really shy around new people but she seems really sweet. While Ainry and Al was saying hi to Melissa, Edward was now thinking to himself a little till he felt a tap on his shoulder to see it was Al.
"Brother? Aren't you going to say anything? Your spacing out again."
"Oh, sorry Al."Edward said, walking up to Melissa to hold out his hand to her while she slowly raises her hand to shakes his too but kept quiet. He felt she had small hands but that was kept to himself. The twins were happy to see this while the same for Alphonse and Winry. After shaking hands, the two lets go of them while being silent again till Al spoke.
"Well, Since we found you brother, I guess we all can head back to Roy now. He's been waiting for you to return that report to him but you never did."He said heard Lucy's panicked voice.
"Wait, Roy? Oh, crap! I knew I forgot something today! I was suppose to met up with him about that 3 page report from last weeks mission! He's going to kill me if I don't return it!"She shouted, about to run off to find him but Flora grabs her by the back of her black shirt.
"Oh, Calm down! Lucky for you, I handed it in when I finished it for you sis so stop over reacting."she said, letting her go while Melissa shook her head, looking at lucy as she got up from the ground.
"You did? Wait, why didn't you tell me!"
"Because you never had the time to listen to me and ran off to do something not important but he dose want to see the three of us later on tonight for something."Flora said with her arms crossed that got Lucy looking confused but sighed as she got up.
"Fine, fine. I really don't know why your always the leader in the family but I'll get used to it."She said, laughing a bit. Ed and Al laughed a bit too and the same for Winry till they looked at flow.
"Well, since that's over with, how about we all enjoy this wonderful day together? We can worry about meeting with Roy after today."
"Sounds like a plan but I have to get back to find new Automail parts for Edward here. So, see you guys later."Winry said as she turns to head out of the park. The Elrics and the Smallwood's waved bye to Winry as she left then looked at each other.
"I really wanted her to stay but I guess things needed to be done so why don't all of us enjoy this day."Lucy said to them, seeing them all nod yes and walks off to sit near the shady tree together to relax under the cool shade. Melissa didn't say anything but went to sit near the edge of the shade and read once again but Ed was now very curious as to why this girl isn't speaking much like her twin sisters but He might try to find out later on when he and Al get to know the Smallwood sisters a lot more as the day goes on but if they do, it will be something the Elric brothers won't forget.
Me: Finally done! Two chapters have been updated and much more better I hope!
Ed: You re written the second chapter? At least you are quicker on this one that others.
Me:Want me to knock you out?
Al: Now guys calm down.
Ed/me:*glaring at each other*
Al: *sighs* um, we will see you in the third chapter of this story when Me and the others will get to know Melissa a bit more. So see you! ^_^
Ed: Also, no mean reviews or you might get you know who upset!
Me: You're mean! .…. But he's right.
