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Chapter 3

-Evelyn-

We sat cruising through the desert in the back of another taxi.

"So he must be a man of great stature then." Ed smirked

"No, I've heard he's surprisingly short. Like a dwarf or something."

"Who you callin' short!?" Ed yelled

The taxi swerved then stopped as Ed chased the driver into the desert.

"Get back here littlefoot!" Amelia called

Ed slowly turned around to face her, "What was that?" he growled menacingly.

"I called you short, that's all." Amelia smirked. Dear gosh she was good at getting on people's nerves.

I sighed, "Would you stop scaring off the taxi drivers?"

"Brother we're never going to get to Lior if you keep chasing off the cab drivers." Al called

Ed stopped chasing the poor man and came to stand next to the abandoned cab.

"Let's see if I can keep our ride." I made my way over the hot sand towards the driver.

"I apologize for my companion…" I started

"No way am I driving that psycho anywhere! You four can walk the rest of the way!"

-Amelia-

"So. Hot. I. Need. WATTTERRRR!" I panted as I collapsed in the sand. It was not a good idea to bring a water alchemist too far out in the dessert. "How long have we been walking?"

"Don't know." Evelyn stood in front of me. "Ask the guy that got us into this mess." She grumbles as she helps me back up.

"Why Ed? Why?" I say as my voice starts to trail off. I was feeling light headed now.

"He is just a self-conscious pipsqueak. I still don't understand how the hell he got into the military."

Even Ed was too tired to argue about his height. Only Al looked like he was in peak condition.

Evelyn grumbled something to herself.

"Huh. You know you usually get more pissed in situations like this."

"I'm too hot to be angry."

"Says the fire alchemist." I snicker

"Oh shut it!" she snaps

-3 hours of walking later-

"Ugh! I HATE the desert!" Ed shouted to the horizon

"Al? Where'd you go?"

"Oh great." Huffs Evelyn "Don't tell me he sank again."

"Brother I'm right here." Al's hand stuck up out of the sand grabbing Ed's leg. He shouted. "I'm stuck…"

"Reason number two why I hate the desert." He grumbled.

I somehow found enough strength to giggle.

"Remind me never to come with them to a desert again." Evelyn says angrily

"I don't even know why I came back. I'm no good in the dessert…"

-Evelyn-

I sit and watch as Ed and Amelia(Not really, she almost looked like she had sun stroke) free Ed's brother from the sand. After he's out Ed asks why he keeps getting buried. Al replies by saying he gets full. Ed, now frustrated, says "Full of what?" And kicks Al in the chest plate and a whole pile of sand falls on him. Ed pulls himself out than chases him around for awhile. Amelia, standing in the middle of where they are running, is laughing.

Yeah, I have to deal with this on a regular basis.

"Can we go now?!" I snap, definitely not a good day.

"I…need…water…" Amelia looks ready to break down.

"Hang in there." I put my hand on her shoulder "Just a little while longer."

To our luck we came upon the outskirts of Lior within thirty minutes.

We trudged towards the center of town until Ed heard water and he freaked, running towards a fountain.

"I'm sorry to tell you this Al, but your brother is an idiot." Amelia says half passed out on Al's back. He offered to carry her a few miles back.

"Waterwaterwaterwater! Water!" He looked ready to dive when he screeched to a halt. He picked up a cup and dipped it into the fountain of red liquid. Al and I came up behind him.

"Well there is water there but it's not pure, I can tell you that." Amelia said looking intently at the 'water' fountain.

"It's red wine." I said sniffing the air.

"What do you kids think you're doing!" someone pulled us away from the fountain by our collars.

"What's the problem?" Amelia snapped (which is not a common occurrence, I really need to get her some water).

"You should know that children aren't allowed to drink from that fountain!" We turned to see a middle-aged and tanned man with a long mustache.

"How were we supposed to know?" This guy wasn't making my day any better.

The man paused, looking us up and down. "You're out-of-towners aren't you."

"Yes we are." Al said calmly

"Sorry 'bout that. How about I get you guys some drinks to make up for it?"

Amelia grabs this man by his collar this time and replies with an enthusiastic "YES!"

The man led us to his outdoor stand near the fountain. The four of us took our seats and gave our orders. Ed got an orange drink, Amelia got straight water and I had some strange pink juice that tasted like bananas.

"You'll have to forgive me. I thought you were kids trying to get a dip." The man started wiping down cups.

"A fountain stalked with wine. That's pretty ritzy." Ed sipped at his drink.

"You guys must be loaded around here." Amelia said

"We do alright." The man looked up like he just remembered something "I almost forgot, time for a little soul food." He flipped a switch above his head.

Calming music came over the radio that sat on a ledge just above Al's head. I noticed that other stands had their radios on as well.

-Amelia-

I watched as the shop owner bowed his head as he listened.

"Children of god" a man started speaking and I dreaded the radio already. "that live upon the land, pray in faith that ye might be saved. As sun lights the day as does the sun god illuminate thy path…"

I could feel my temper raising. Religion bothered me. If it were not for it, I would still have a family…

"Well that's freakish." Commented Ed

"It's some kind of religious broadcast." Observed Al

"Your buddy's wearing a suit of armor and you're wearing gloves in the desert and you call us freaks?"

Ed continued downing his drink.

"What's your deal anyways? Are you street performers?"

Ed did a spit take.

"I don't think so pops! Do I look like a clown to you?" Ed looked at the shop keeper with a deadly gleam in his eye. I on the other hand snickered; I'd have to remember that one.

I smirked. Luckily Ed did not notice.

"We'll you've got to have some reason to journey out this far."

-Evelyn-

"We're just trying to track something down that's all." I noticed that Ed gripped his glass a little tighter. "So who is this guy on your airwaves?"

"Why its Sir Cornello."

"Huh, doesn't ring any bells." Amelia said setting down her glass.

"You're kidding me! You haven't heard of the great prophet Cornello?"

"What's so great about him?" asks Ed

"Well he can perform miracles for one." A man on the other side of the bar said.

"This place was a god forsaken dust bowl before Cornello came here." Said another

"He can even forgive sins." Said a third

"We're on the sun gods good side because of him." Said the first

Ed put his hands over his ears, "I just remembered we have to be somewhere. You ready to split?"

"Yah, alright." Al nodded

"Okay." Amelia said putting down her glass.

I silently stood up and picked up my pack.

Al stood up and the top of his head bumped the ledge causing the radio to fall and break.

"Opps."

"Opps is right." I muttered

"Now look at what you've done." Cried the man "How are you gonna' pay for that?"

"Don't bust a lung grandpa we can fix it." Ed said reassuringly.

"It's in a thousand pieces."

"I'm sorry." Al bowed respectfully. "Let me try."

"Sure." Agreed Ed

Amelia and I leaned up the bar and watched Al draw a circle around the broken radio.

"Drawing? What's it for?"

"You'll see in a second." Ed smirked "It's called a transmutation circle."

"Here goes." Al stretched his hands over the circle and I watched as it glowed and the radio came back together.

Amelia, who is always impressed by their alchemy, clapped delightfully.

It seemed like she was feeling better.

"Wow! It's really a land of prophets. Your buddy can work miracles like Cornello."

"Nope." I said quickly

"It's a science." Explained Al. He set the newly fixed radio on the bar.

"We're alchemists. We're the Elric brothers, not to brag or anything."

"Well aren't you nice?" Ed looked at me funny "What are we? Invisible?"

"Come on treestump, don't go leavin' us out." Snickered Amelia.

Ed turned to us. A vein popped out.

"Fine." He said.