Full Metal Alchemist: Brotherhood:
Rin: Okay Chapter 4
Ed: Ya ya just get on with it
Rin:...
Al: Brother you know not to get testy with the author remember last time? She allowed you to get captured by fan girls.
Ed:(shivers) OKAY OKAY! I'm sorry just please just don't do that again!
Rin: We'll see, and thank you Al. I own nothing and PLEASE REVIEW! (for anyone who doesn't know what we were just talking about go to my profile and go to the Hidden Alchemist and go to the chapter titled Ed's Disappearence)
Chapter 4: The Exams
"NIISAN!" Al's voice jolted Ed out of his sound slumber.
"Huh...nawah..." he mumbled and gracefully fell off the couch.
"Niisan, come on we're going to be late for the exams!"
"What? What time is it?" Ed blinked rapidly and sat up on the floor his unbraided hair hanging messily in his face.
"It's almost nine, we have about ten minutes," Al responded a sweat drop appearing.
"Ah crap!" Edward bolted up and ran around trying to get dressed while trying to stuff some food into his mouth.
Then he shuved on his coat and then ran out the door braiding his hair while followed by Alphonse.
Ten minutes later they arrived at the Central office and quietly slipped in behind Colonel Mustang.
"Just in time Fullmetal, thought you would never show," he smirked.
"Shut up, I'm here aren't I?".
Wren, looked up the steps to the Central Library, no one was in sight. 'Maybe this will be easier then i thought,'.
She quickly went up the steps and into the main part of the building, then opened the door and went inside. Inside there were bookshelves that were over ten feet tall and filled to the brim with leather bound books. On each shelf there was a number that described that number shelf out of all the others, each book also had a combination of numbers and letters.
And finally each row of shelves had a letter and then a number that corasponded.
"Great...how am i supposed to find what what that idoit wants?" she mumbled but they reached into her pocket and pulled out the piece of paper that Greed had given her.
In the order there was a combination of letters and numbers, then a number, then one letter and one number. Then it clicked this was what would lead her straight to the book or whatever it as that she had to steal.
Quickly as she could Wren went down to the row of books shelves that had F5 then searched until she found the shelf with 00978. The problem was that the book she wanted was about five feet out of her reach and also there was no ladder in sight.
'This'll be interesting,' the though and unbuttoned her cloak so that it wouldn't catch on anything.
She put her foot on the first shelf then pushed upward, using the momentum she reached up and grabbed the second to first shelf. But apparently the shelves weren't as sturdy as they looked. The bookshelf wobbled dangerousely and many books tumbled from their spots, a few finding Wren's head.
"Ow...".
But the shelf stayed in place long enough for Wren to find a small red book with the lable that read A23ghY.
Then she let go and landed cat like on the carpet below, quickly she clasped her cloak back around her neck and ran out of the building right as the entire bookshelf collapsed.
'That didn't go as planned, I didn't want anyone knowing I had been there,' she thought angrily.
But Wren thought it was interesting that no one was at the library, and there weren't to many people in the streets either. It was very odd, but then she saw a poster stuck to a lamp post and she then understood why.
"Today at Central Command the State Alchemist Exams!"
If there is anyone who is interested in testing to become a state alchemist today at 9 the exams will be open.
She hesitated, but curiosity got the better her and she headed down the street towards Central Command.
"Niisan, have you seen anyone you think is elegible for certification?" Alphonse asked his brother.
So far ten people had shown ten different shows of alchemy. But that's all they were, just shows.
"None at all Al, all these pansies have shown is that they could maybe work at a magic show but there is no skill there, nothing to prove that they're different," the elder brother said a frown coming over his face.
"Now, Miss Marylynne Leader will show her piece of alchemy!" and announcer said almost in a board tone.
Out in the large open space of floor a girl no more then sixteen or seventeen stepped out. She was dressed in a jean mini skirt, a pink long-sleeved shirt, black fingerless gloves and her light brown hair was tyed into a side pony tail.
"Niisan she can't be any older then us," Al said in amazment.
It was true, Ed realized and leaned forward, maybe this was someone with promise.
The girl stood there for another moment then put her hands together like she was praying, then she took them apart and placed them over her heart and a bright golden glow appeared.
At her feat a transmutation circle appeared, inside it had three circles that over lapped each other so it created a three petaled flower at it's center. Then inside the circles were the basic symbols for alchemy. Also writing could be seen around the edges of the circles.
Then all of a sudden a wind picked up, (inside the buliding) creating a miny cyclone that split into four smaller twisters that went onto the ouside of the egde of the trasmutation circle. Then the girl stepped inside.
"She'll get torn to pieces!" someone yelled.
For a moment nothing happened then with another burst of gold light the girl spun almost to the ceiling, flipped once and then landed squarely with a spear held out in her hands.
Then with a final gust the four twisters dissapted and the circle faded and the girl bowed. An tremendouse applause followed making the girl beam.
"That was amazing, she created a weather condition inside a building, and that transmutation circle I've only seen experimentation with that pattern," Edward clapped heavily.
Al nodded just as surprised at the girl that his brother was.
Soon the crowd settled down and the girl left, and the announcer(who sounded more enthusiastic this time) said, "And finally now a Mr. Arthur Nockern,".
A man maybe in his early twenties stepped forward, and the crowd gasped at the tattoos on him. Both arms were covered in winding strings of black and red that weaved in and out to form a dragon. The only part visable that wasn't tattooed was his face.
He quickly drew a large transmutation circle, then clapped and slapped his hands on the floor. A eerie green glow appeared and a serpentine shape slithered up from the floor. It was a giant dragon, it's whole being almost filled up half of the floor. It's eyes matched the green glow of the alchemy. It's roared then breathed bright blue flames.
"Interesting, he combined earth, fire and motion alchemy to create a creature that seems to be alive," Mustang commented.
But that wasn't lasting long, as the man bowed at the applause the dragon creeped forward, it was eyeing it's creator with an odd look. Then it raised it massive head and let loose a burst of fire.
"LOOK OUT!" some one else in the crowd screamed and the tattooed man turned, confused as to why his dragon was attacking him, but he wouldn't have to wonder to much longer. The fire engulfed the man in an orb, but it was odd, the orb seemed to fight back and it flickered with pale strands expanding.
The fire ball exploded reveiling the man curled in a ball on the floor, and standing directly over him surrounded by crackling sliver alchemy was a black haired girl with a black cloak and metal arm.
She through off the cloak then ran at the dragon and shot a bolt of electricity at the dragon and it hit it right in the eyes. With a burst of green light the beast crumbled to dust that encircled the girl. Slowly the electricity died and the girl lowered her out stretched arms, shaking the last of the crackling energy off her arms.
As the dust settled silence press on everyone's ears until finally a thunderouse applause rocked the building. Most people clapped hard while looking totally amazed.
"Al...do you think...?" Ed started at his brother his golden eyes wide.
"Yes...it's her..." Alphonse responded.
"Hey, what's wrong Fullmetal, to stunned to clap?" Colonel Mustang smiled.
"Ya colonel you could say I'm...thunderstruck...".
The girl seemed surprised at the clapping crowd and stepped back as if she was going to run but two blue suited officers were already excourting her off the floor. And that put an end to the State Alchemist Exams.
"So Fullmetal, so what did you think?" Mustang asked as he, Hawkeye, and the Elrics walked down the hallway of Central Command.
"They were alright...I guess..." Ed responded staring at the tiles between his feet.
"Alright! That's all they had to say, those two girls at the end were amazing, I'm surprised that you weren't interested in that one girl with the automail," he teased and poked Ed in the shoulder with his elbow.
"Knock it..." Edward shouted almost too loudly.
"Niisan calm down, he's just teasing," put his hand on his brother's shoulder but he shrugged it off.
Then Ed took off down the hall.
"Alphonse, is your brother alright?" Riza Hawkeye asked her eyes growing worried.
"I...I just..." he hesitated not knowing whether to tell them about the theif girl,"I think he's upset about missing lunch," then he quickly walked down the hall after Edward.
"Somethings up Sir, and Alphonse knows what," Hawkeye said.
"Yes, I know but what is it?"
Rin: Well there's chapter 4 I hoped you liked it.
Ed: Thunderstruck really?"
Rin: Hey I needed to put some sort of humor in it.
Al: I thought it was good.
Envy: It was too cheesy
Rin: :P PLEASE REVIEW!