hiyas everyone! woooow… I'm normally good on the whole updating thing but wow sorry guys. you know school and all… ill try to update more. "
Disclaimer: I don't own FMA…I know it's a disappointment to me too…
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Lending a Hand
We were all up bright and early the next morning. We quickly ate breakfast and Al paid the good man and then we were off.
"It's another beautiful day!" Al said happily.
"Yeah, it is nice," Ed agreed. He was looking up at the sky and by George, is that a smile?
I felt myself blushing. "Ah, yes. It is."
"We're gonna cover a lot of ground today," Al said. "We should reach the city by noon I think."
"Then let's get goin!" Ed started to race ahead. "Last one to the next sign has to admit they're short!"
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"I hate you guys. I really, really hate you guys." Ed sourly glared at us.
"Come on," Al coaxed. "Say it."
Ed shook his head. "No."
"Say it."
"No!"
"Aw, come on, you know you want to," I teased.
"No, I don't!" Ed snapped.
"But we beat you," Al pointed out again. "Even Kate-san with her injuries beat you."
"I'm still tired! So what?!:
"So say it."
"I said no damnit!"
"Nii-san, don't be a sore loser!"
Ed glared at the ground, sulking. "I'm short…"
"What was that?"
"I'M SHORT! HAPPY NOW?!"
Al and I starred at him in amazement. Then we started hysterically laughing. Ed of course got very angry with us and used the excuse "I only said it to shut you guys up". We laughed again.
"That was great," I said, sighing from laughter.
"Yeah, and look," Al said, pointing at the sign. "Only two more miles."
"Wow, we ran far," I said, still trying to regulate my breathing from all that running and laughing.
Ed, who was still sulking, said, "Well, let's go then."
We all started walking again in silence.
"Pfft…"
"Don't start," Ed warned.
"Tehehehe…"
"Shut up."
Al and I started laughing again. He was acting like such a child.
"I said shut up!" Ed looked like he was on the verge of slapping us.
"I-I'm sorry, Nii-san," Al said, giggling. "That was just too good."
"Dang, I wish I had like a tape recorder," I said, snapping.
Ed looked at us with that I-really-hate-you-guys-right-now glare again.
The rest of the walk actually did go better. Ed lightened up and to my delight he seemed to be in slightly better mood than yesterday. We managed to reach the small city actually before noon. It was probably due to the fact that we ran half the way.
"Ok, so now what do we do?" I asked them.
"Eh, we ask around, see what's weird here," Ed replied.
I was about to say something but was cut off by someone crying. I turned around and saw a little girl dashing down the street with tears in her eyes. She appeared to be holding something. She ran right past us but then tripped and fell on the hard stone street.
I rushed over to her. "Are you ok?"
The little girl nodded, sobbing hard. In her hands was a broken wooden horse.
"Aw, who did that?"
She glared down the street. A group of little boys stood at the corner. Ed and Al were staring back at them hard. Ed clapped his hands on the ground, sending the stones into waves down the street. It looked as if he were shaking a sheet. The ground moved right out from under them and they all fell over. Frightened, the boys ran away, yelling.
"Nice," Al said.
"Thanks," Ed replied. He walked over to us.
"Oh, allow me, Edward," I said, taking the horse from the girls dirty hands before he could ask for it. I held it tight and concentrated. The horse glowed a little and then reattached itself. I handed it back to the girl with a smile. "Here you go. Good as new."
The little girl looked up at me, awed. "Magic?"
"Alchemy," Ed corrected.
The little girl gaped at us. "My mommy does magic too. That's why those boys are so mean."
I looked up at Ed and Al. Ed's words were ringing in my ear: "Some lady who's recently risen to power…" I looked down at this poor girl, confused at wondering. "What happened?" I asked.
"I was just playing ova there." The little girl pointed to the corner where the boys disappeared. "I heard them saying stuff about Mommy. And then they saw me and they started throwing rocks and saying stuff."
I looked up at Ed and Al again. I turned back to the girl. "What's you name, sweetie?"
"Karin," the little girl said. She looked like she was about to cry again. She also looked like she was no more than five years old.
"Can you take us to your mommy?" Ed asked.
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Author's note: It got too long so I cut it in half. I'll continue in my next chapter so I promise to update the rest soon!
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