Disclaimer: I don't own the rights to Full Metal Alchemist or any related things; if I did I would be filthy rich and wouldn't be writing fanfiction. Simple as that.
A/N: This chapter introduces Kyoko's sister in Amestris, and how she meets Alphonse and everyone there. Well, actually just Winry, Granny Pinako, and Den. This fic will switch over from Kyoko and Ed in Amestris and Al and Yamako in London, so I hope you don't get confused.
Chapter 4-On the Other Side
"Man, I'm tired…" A young girl with long, wavy light brown hair and eyes like emeralds yawned, stretching her arms while she and her brown suitcase walked down the dirt road. Well, not really a road. It was actually a small path, just wide enough for a small car or horse-pulled carriage.
"Now, where am I…" she thought to herself. "Is there a hotel or house somewhere around here?" She looked around, but there was nothing in sight. Just some crops on her left and rolling grassland on her right. "Well, since there are some crops here, there must be a farmhouse somewhere…" she concluded as she started down the path again.
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"Hey, Al!" Winry yelled down from the balcony.
"What is it?" he yelled back from the front lawn, stopping his play with Den.
"Granny says it's time for lunch."
"Okay!" Al yelled, and Den and he walked to the door. Then, Den turned back around and started barking.
"Huh? What is it, Den?" Al asked the dog, and turned to face the same way. As he scanned the area, he noticed a young woman with light wavy brown hair coming down the road. (A/N: the one from earlier!) Noticing Den's barking, Granny Pinako came out the door.
"What's all the ruckus, Den? Shh!!" she demanded. Den stopped immediately, more scared of his master than the stranger coming down the road. Then, the young woman noticed them.
"Hello." Pinako greeted when she finally reached them.
"Hi." She responded, a little hesitant.
"Where are you headed?" Pinako asked, taking a drag on her pipe while she gave Den a pat on the head.
"Actually, I was looking for a place to rest for a while." She said, flashing an alluring smile.
"Well, you can stay here if you want. We were just going to have lunch." Pinako said. The woman looked at the house, then at Den, at Al, and finally back at Pinako.
"Umm… sure. Thanks." She said, and followed them into the two-story house.
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"Winry! We have a visitor!" Pinako yelled into the house. Winry popped through the kitchen door with sandwiches on a tray.
"Oh! Hello!" she said, setting the tray on the table and holding out her hand. "I'm Winry. What's your name?"
"My name's Yamako. Pleased to meet you." She answered, and they shook hands politely.
"Come on, let's eat." Pinako said impatiently.
"Oh! Right, Granny." Winry said, and walked to the table with Yamako. As everyone started to grab sandwiches, Yamako took her gloves off to reveal and automail arm-her left one. (A/N: Opposite of Ed.) Winry stopped as soon as she saw it, scaring Yamako with her usual sparkly eyes.
"Y-You have an automail arm?!" she yelled in surprise. Yamako nodded. "Oooh! Let me see it!!" Winry dropped her sandwich and grabbed her arm, rolling up her sleeve to look it over. "Ooh! The shape, so sleek! So, they put this here, the vent there, interesting!" she said happily as she looked it over. "Where did you get it?!" she said excitedly.
"Uhhh… R-Rush Valley…" she said shakily.
"Cool!" she said, and returned to fiddling with it.
"Don't worry. She's always like this with automail. Don't let her scare you." Al said.
"Okay…" she said. "I hope she doesn't notice that my right leg is automail too…" she thought hopefully.
"I studied in Rush Valley for a while, but I don't remember something like this. When did you get it?" Winry asked.
"Uhh… about 4 years ago." Yamako replied.
"Hmmm. That's odd. That's right about when I was there. I guess I just didn't see the shop."
"Well, it's kinda out of the way; you can't see it from any of the main roads." She answered.
"Four years, you say? That's quite a long time to have the same automail at your age. You must have to go in for check-ups and re-sizings often." Pinako said.
"Not really. It's strongly built, and it's not like I do anything really dangerous, or try to fix it with alchemy." Yamako said, taking a bite of her sandwich.
"You do alchemy?" Al asked.
"Yeah, do you?"
"Only I can. Granny and Winry can't." Al said. "Maybe later you could show me something?"
"Sure, I'd be happy to." Yamako said. Winry was finished by now, happily eating her food. Yamako quickly scanned the faces of her new friends, and then proceeded to eat as well.
End Chapter 4-On the Other Side
A/N: As you may have noticed, this fic will span both Ed and Kyoko in London and Al andYamako in Amestris. So, when I eventually pick this up again, there will be switching between the two. This is a little off topic, but I personally think this is one of the best written chapters for this fic so far. Let's hope it gets even better!!
Important Note: I am temporarily stopping this fic. I will probably get back to it, maybe when the school year picks up again in September. So, don't expect any updates until then. Sorry for any inconvenience.
