So I'm a terrible update and I'm sorry...
And random side note ... I think I use the word "and" way too much. Someone tell me if I do.
But before I start this chapter I've got to give you a brief rundown of the Elric Family.
First of all I have it figured in my head that Ed and Winry started poppin them out at about 17. Young, I know, but that was the time period and this family wanted to get busy quick, so on June 1st after the short, but beautiful backyard wedding of Edward Elric and Winry Rockbell, the first Elric-Rockbell child was conceived in the back of a wagon on the way to Creta where they would spend their honeymoon. Then nine months later on February 4th, the day after Ed turned 17, Elijah Van Elric came into the world with sparkling cerulean eyes, a mop of bronzy-blonde hair, and weighing a whopping 9 pounds and 7 ounces.
Then, within that week of craziness, another child was conceived. 9 months later, when Eli was 9 months old and just now learning to walk and talk, on October 4th Caroline Sarabeth Elric was brought into the world. This bundle of joy weighed 8 pounds, had light blonde hair, and crystal blue eyes. And because these two precious gifts from above were so close in age, the Elric couple decided they would wait a little longer before they decided to have another child.
So, two years later after Caroline had turned 2, they decided (more like forgot their protection) to expand their family. So in the month of November, upon moving out of their apartment above the Elric Automail and Repairs , they celebrated moving into their new big house by conceiving another child. 8 and a half months later in the blistering heat of July 16th, Ellen Diane Elric was brought into the world in the upstairs bathroom of the house when Winry went into an early and very fast labor. She weighed in at 8 pounds exactly and had blondish brown hair and baby blue eyes.
Three years later, in the month of November, Winry unknowingly conceived another child, and didn't realize she was pregnant until 5 months into the pregnancy. And in the 7 and a half month of her pregnancy on May 13th, Winry went into early labor during her vacation in Rizembool to see the Star Festival. And in the spirit of the festival, and Katelyn's comet that was overhead, the child was named Penelope Katelyn Elric. She weighed 6 pounds and 2 ounces and was a very small baby with golden tuffs of hair and bright topaz eyes. Despite prematurity, the baby was just fine, with two screaming lungs and all her appendages in tact.
A year later when Pen was now beginning to get the hang of walking, Winry discovered yet again that she was pregnant. And this time she made sure to receive all the care needed for her unborn child. However when at the doctor's office it was discovered that she wasn't just caring one child but two. So 8 and a half months later, on January 1st, the city of Rush Valley received it's very first pair of twins to ever be born there. James Ethan Elric was the bigger of the two at 8 pounds and 10 ounces, with bronze hair, and hazel eyes. Matthew Keith Elric was born 8 minutes after his identical twin and weighed 7 pounds and 10 ounces. From birth, however, no matter how much they resembled the other, you could always tell who was who by their actions. James was a much more rambunctious and loud baby that refused to sleep at night and loved keeping Edward up with him to keep him occupied by tugging on Ed's long locks. Whereas Matt was a reserved and quiet baby that slept peacefully through the nights and rarely cried unless provoked by his twin.
Now normal families would probably stop conceiving children after having as many as the Elric's did. However, as we all know, the Elric's aren't a normal family. And after 6 years of watching children grow, Winry became impregnated with another child. And after 9 months of pregnancy, on September 4th, Charlotte Hope Elric was brought into the world at 9 pounds exactly, platinum blonde hair like her mother, and dazzling periwinkle eyes.
Then, Four years later, in 2 back to back weddings, the Elric's received their first daughter and son in-laws. Elijah was married to Helen Mae Renalds, and Edward reluctantly gave away his daughter Caroline to Michael Darrel "Darry" Peterson. And within the first 3 months of his son's marriage, Helen became pregnant. She gave birth to Edward Curtis Elric, whom is affectionately called "Little Eddy" in effect to not confuse him with his Grandfather. He was born on January 2nd, and had gold hair and cerulean eyes.
2 years later both Caroline and Helen became pregnant. June 16th brought the birth of Katharine Maria Peterson who had blonde hair and surprising emerald eyes like her father. June 17th, Kyler Samantha Elric came into the world with chestnut hair like her great grandmother, and chocolate colored eyes like her father. And as you Know, Ellen is engaged to Troy Jackson Monroe.
Now that you have the information of the children, spouses/fiancé, and grand baby's of Edward, here are all current ages (And Jobs).
Edward Elric-37 (Works with Winry in the Shop)
Winry Rockbell-Elric – 37 (Owner of the Shop)
Elijah Van Elric- 20 (State Alchemist: Major Elijah Elric the Nuts and Bolts Alchemist)
Helen Mae Renalds-Elric-20 (Investigation Department: 1st Lieutenant)
Caroline Sarabeth Elric-Peterson- 20 (Owns and Runs, Elric Automail in Central)
Michael Darrel "Darry" Peterson-21 (Co-Owns with Caroline)
Ellen Diane Elric- 18 (Co-owns the East City Dojo with Troy)
Troy Jackson Monroe-19 (Owns and runs the East City Dojo)
Penelope Katelyn Elric- 15
James Ethan Elric- 14
Matthew Keith Elric- 14
Charlotte Hope Elric- 6
Edward "Little Eddy" Curtis Elric- 3
Kyler Samantha Elric- 1
Katharine Maria Peterson 1
Alphonse Elric- 36 (TBA)
Mei Chang-Elric- 35 (TBA)
Adrianna Rose Elric-14
Anthony Mitchell Elric- 11
Rei Li Elric- 8
Carson Mallory Elric - 4
Now that I think that's all sorted ON WITH THE STORY
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It was official. There was absolutely no way in Amestris that she was going to get her suitcase to close. She needed to call in a higher power to get the job done. That higher power just happened to be her father, now in the kitchen.
"DAD!' Penelope called.
"What?!"
"Come up to my room, I need your help!" Her voice trailed from the attic down to the kitchen.
"Give me a minute!" He called up to her, soon thumping below her and up the attic latter. As he entered he questioned, "What do you need?"
"My suitcase is being exceedingly difficult, think you can help?" she asked.
"Yeah, just sit down on top of it for me."
She did as he asked of her and after a few minutes of struggling, the stuffed suitcase closed and the duo began their way down to the kitchen to finish supper.
"So what are you cooking anyway, Dad?" she questioned.
"Just some chicken and rice, I heard your mother say she was craving that earlier so I thought I'd surprise her and make some." He answered while making sure nothing was burning.
"That's nice of you, Dad, so is Mom pregnant again?" she asked nonchalantly.
"What would make you think that?"
"Well you said she was craving again, she was also vomiting this morning, and I'm pretty sure there was a pregnancy test in the garbage a couple of days ago. Didn't you notice?"
"I had no idea…"
"Wow…"
As the conversation drifted silent, the two stood over the still cooking supper, listening to the tick and tock of the grandfather clock down the hall. (AN: Wow I'm a poet and I didn't know it)
Tick
Tock
Tick
Tock
"Honey, I'm home!" Called Winry, her shout accented with the door slamming open.
"I'm in the kitchen, babe!" He called after her, while hearing his other children and relatives pound in after her.
"Is supper ready yet?" Called James.
"Give it ten minutes, in the mean time go wash up kid." He told his son as he walked over to the front room to get a look at everyone. Winry had retreated to the upstairs bed and bathroom to freshen up and wipe all the grease from her while his brother and sister-in-law remained in the front room with the other kids. Heeding their father's advice, however, the twins retreated to their bathrooms while Charlotte chose to grasp at her father's leg in a tight embrace, signifying that she wished to be held.
"Not now, Charlie, you need to go wash up for supper. Penelope help your sister would you?" he asked her, looking over his shoulder to his daughter.
"Sure dad, it's fine. Come on Charlie." She said with a small smile, reaching down and taking her sister from her father's leg easily and placing the little 6-year-old on her hip.
"Sissy, why are you so tall?" Charlie asked, feeling high in the air though Penelope only reached 5'6'' and a half.
"Thank momma's genes and hope you're not stuck with dad's." She answered with a smirk tossed over her shoulder at her father who barely reached 5'8.
"You Mouthy Brat! I'm not short!" He yelled at his daughter.
"Yes you are, Dad!" she called, her voice trailing as she and her sibling entered the bathroom.
"That kid is gonna be the death of me." He muttered.
"And why is that?" questioned Winry as she walked in, her coveralls now replaced with simple black capris and a white tank top.
"Because that kid acts way to much like me and one of these days it's going to get her in serious trouble." He ran a hand through the top of his hair, as if that gesture would relieve any of his stress.
"Guess you could call it equivalent exchange." Alphonse said.
"And how is that?" The older brother questioned.
"Think of it this way, you acted like that to a lot of people as a teenager, and now you have a teenager that acts the same way toward you."
"How are you always right, Al?"
"I'm an Elric."
"Good answer, little brother."
"Can't say that when I'm bigger than you, brother."
"Yeah, a bigger head ya dope."
"That's enough Edward, Alphonse, you're giving me a headache." Winry sighed, rubbing her aching forehead.
"Sorry, hun."
"Dad, is supper ready?" questioned Penelope as she walked back in, her siblings trailing behind her.
"Yeah, should be, come on everyone, let's eat."
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After supper everyone chose to finish up their packing and ready themselves for the upcoming travel. It was also during this time that young James found himself searching through every nook and cranny of the house for some of his better looking clothes.
"MOM! Have you seen my red shirt?!" he called from the laundry room, half of his body surrounded by clothing items.
"Which one!" she hollered back from her closet.
"The one I wear all the time!"
"The grease stained one I made you change this morning?!"
"Yeah!"
"I threw it out!"
"WHAT,WHY?!"
"It was disgusting!" she yelled, effectively ending the conversation.
While James went to sort out his lack of clothing dilemma, the attic was in chaos.
"SISSY! I can't find Rosie!" Yelled Charlotte who was frantically throwing her dolls from her chest though the air.
"I'm sure she's around her somewhere, Charlie, have you tried under your bed?" the calm teen questioned while relaxing on her bed.
"Yes and she wasn't there! I can't go anywhere without her, Sissy, where is she? Where is She? WHERE IS SHE?!"
"Calm down, Charlie, I'll help you find her if you stop yelling." Ellen said as she walked up the stairs into her old room.
"But I want Penny to help me, Ellie, she always knows where my stuff is." Whined the six-year old, stamping her foot for effect.
"Charlotte, Penelope has already finished her packing and I'm sure she's tiered so why don't we leave her alone. Plus, I seem to recall that you were playing with Rosie in the living room earlier today."
And with a gasp of delight the young child ran from the room in swift search of her favorite doll.
"A thank you, you're amazing Ellen, will suffice." The elder sister smirked to her 3 year junior sister.
"You said it, not me." The teen said, springing up from her bed. "Doesn't mean that Charlie will still be packing tomorrow if I don't go ahead and finish it for her."
Stumbling through the mess of toys on the floor, Penelope headed over to the small suitcase that remained mostly empty on the tiny twin bed in the left back corner of the attic. Opening the dresser she began to pack for her younger sister.
"Why do you do this, Penelope?" questioned Ellen as she sat in the rocker close to Charlie's bed.
"Do what, Ellen?"
"Take care of everything for Charlotte? She is six now, and I know you and I weren't this dependent on people when we were six. So why are you babying her so much?"
"When Charlie was old enough to move out of the nursery, they put her up here with us. You were 14 and felt way to crowded with both of your younger sisters sharing the same room with all of your changing hormones, so you remodeled the nursery for yourself. I on the other hand was 11 and Charlie was 2 and we shared this place. Every time Charlie had a nightmare, since she was too scared to run down the ladder to mom and dad, she would jump in my bed instead and I would have to get her back to sleep. Every time she's waken up sick in the middle of the night, I've had to help her till morning. Every time she's got a problem and she can't go to mom or dad, she comes to me. I've gotten used to attending to her problems, Ellie. It's just what I do now. She's my baby sister and I take care of her like the older sister is supposed to." She explained while finishing her sibling's suitcase off and zipping it up.
"Wow, I've only been moved out of the house for a year and already my sister that I used to take care of has practically grown up."
"I'm only 15, Ellen, that's hardly grown. I'm just more responsible now." The teen shrugged off the compliment. She placed her sibling's suitcase on the ground next to the bed and trotted back over to her own bed, lying back down as she had before she finished packing her sister's bag.
"I assume you'll be going to bed for the night, Pen? It is… 9:45. Wait really? Jeeze where did the night go?" Ellen questioned.
"To bed like I want to, but I still have to get up and shower and all that jazz before I do."
"Oh, the troubles of keeping up hygiene."
"Amen to that."
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At some point around 10:30, all the Elrics managed to ready themselves for both the trip and for bed. And when eight o'clock rolled around the next morning, it was a chorus of groans from every room in the three-story home.
"Edward, get up, it's your turn to make breakfast." Groaned a tired Winry who had placed an arm across her eyes in attempt to shield herself from the offending sunlight drifting in from the window.
"But I made supper last night, that means it's your turn to cook." He whined.
"But I made breakfast yesterday, which means it's your turn to cook." She countered.
"But you make better breakfast than I do."
"I'm pretty sure I'm pregnant, Edward, the thought of breakfast is making me nauseous. Go cook for your family."
"Are you sure?"
"Well of the three test I took, two were positive."
"How late are you?"
"6 days."
"Alright I'm getting up." And up he was, rolling up from the queen sized bed he managed to stumble to the bathroom to do his morning rituals.
"Move over I gotta puke!" she slightly hollered as she pushed her husband who was trying to relive himself.
"Damnit Winry, I gotta piss!" he yelled as he held it in.
"Damnit Edward, I gotta puke!" She said as she pulled herself from the toilet.
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'That is just what I wanna hear when I wake up.' A thought than ran through each of the Elric children's mind as they were woken to their parents argument over the toilet. For in the Elric Household, nothing is said in one room without hearing it in the next.
As everyone began getting ready for the day a certain eagerness filled the air, it was time to leave Rush Valley.
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And yes I'm ending it right there. I'm not gonna promise when the next chapter will be out only that I'm gonna be working on it. Once again I would like to apologize on my lateness. Also, yes I know I said in previous chapters that Charlotte was 7, but I changed it. She's six now, so get that in your heads. In the next chapter the family will finally head out and you also get to meet the oldest Elric Child. Also in the previous chapter when I was talking about the family photo. That's the one at the end of the Manga/FMAB anime end. The one with Ed, Winry, Al, Mei, Paninya, Garfiel, and two unknown children.
Um I know Ed has 7, almost 8, children plus grand babies. But I do tend to focus mainly on one or two while adding the others in. Namely because Penelope was the first one I made and I really like her and the story does have a lot to do with her. Charlotte is another one of my favorites because she's Ed's baby girl and is like the picture of all sweetness. And I like the whole Big Sister/Little Sister thing her and Pen have going on. I promise I'll get more into the others as well but expect to see a lot of them.
Also I know Al and Mei weren't in this one as much namely because I'm having a really hard time getting this story kicked off. So any suggestions or comments would help me get this thing rolling really good.
If you have any questions, review them or PM me I do check both.
Also please please please please please REVIEW DAMNIT. (The damnit part isn't me being angry it's just something I add for effect so don't take it like I'm pissed off. I'm not, I just say damnit a lot.
Review Responses.
Guest: Thank you so much and yeah the whole Al with four kids thing was actually something I really wanted to write because I think he would be a great Daddy. :) And I'm working on this as fast as the plot bunny will allow me.
MustangAndSally: thanks and yeah Ed and Winry seriously do not know the meaning of birth control. That's all I can say. Plus, I can't help but think they would have a big family.
Ok. Next chapter, not as long author's notes and also the train ride, Rizembool, plus other familys. I will try to make it longer than this one as well. I will write as soon as I can.
Review please and Nos Vemos!