Disclaimer: I do not nor will I ever own the rights to Fullmetal Alchemist.
So, as mentioned, this chapter will change POVs from time to time. Some points will be from Ed's view, while some other points will be from Envy's view, so this may be an occasional thing, for the two characters' POVs being in the same chapter.
Nonetheless, I hope you guys enjoy this chapter.
(So, we'll be starting off at where we last were, Ed was leaving Target, Envy shouts See ya, Chibi, and yeah! Now, from Ed's POV as he's leaving Target!)
Chapter 4: The School Year Begins...
"See ya, Chibi!" Yells Envy. I twitch. "Dammit! I hate being called short! Hold it together, Ed, you can do it." I think to myself while I walk out of Target and to Jay's to wait for Al.
"Envy called me cute...does he mean that, or was he just teasing me? Damn! I am so confused!" I think to myself.
"Brother." I hear a familiar voice, it's Al with a few bags of clothes. "Is something wrong?" He asks.
"No, no. It's nothing." I say, not telling him about Envy. We may be close, but even I have my secrets that he doesn't know about.
"Okay, do you want to get something for lunch here?" He asks.
"Sure, why not?" I state.
-That night-
"I guess it's time to go to bed." I say while yawning, then all of a sudden, I hear the phone ring.
"Al, I'll..." I try to say, but he already answered the phone.
"Ed, it's for you." He says.
"Who is it?" I ask.
"Hold on." He tells me and asks the person on the phone. "They say their name is Envy."
"Wha...okay." I say, picking up the phone.
"Hello?" I say confused.
"Hey, Chibi!" He says, with excitement in his voice. "How are things going?" He asks.
He said it again! "Um...how'd you get this number?" I ask.
"I have my sources." He states mysteriously.
"Right...so, why'd you call me?" I ask, confused.
"C'mon, can't I just get to know you? That's all I want." He asks, almost begging.
"Later, I was about to go to sleep..."
I state.
"Fine, fine. I'll see you at school." He says.
"Wait, you go to Central High School? I never saw you around there." I say, I can't hang up right now, I need some answers!
"Well, it's my first year, so I'm pretty much am new." He says.
"...Which grade?" I ask.
"11th." He says
"Looks like we're in the same grade..." I state.
"Hold on sec, Chibi, how old are you?" He asks. (Chibi?! Why does he keep calling me that?!)
"15." I say.
"Aren't you supposed to be in 10th grade?" He asks.
"I skipped a grade, I apparently am one of the best students in the school, so, that's why." I state.
"I see...I'm 17, I was held back a few years ago." He says.
"Envy, I really want to go to bed." I say anxiously.
"All right, Chibi. Good night." He says before hanging up. Al walks up to me from the kitchen.
"Ed, did you make a new friend?" He asks with a smile on his face.
"He's not exactly my friend...I just met him today. Now, can I at least go to bed?" I say.
"Okay, I was just asking. Night, Brother." He says.
"Night, Al." I say, walking back to my room, get into bed, and I close my eyes, and drift into sleep.
-The Next Day- (Envy's POV)
"All I see is darkness. I'm tied up, arms, legs, hands, everything. Why me? What did I do to deserve this? Oh no! Not her again!" I think to myself, seeing my mother, Dante walking slowly towards me, holding a knife, and yelling, "You are a disgrace to me! That's why your father left us! It's all your fault! "
"Oh no! No! No! NNNOOO!" I yell at the top of my lungs, waking up, open my eyes, and then suddenly realizing that I was remembering a really horrible part of my past.
"Envy?" Wrath asks, walking into my room.
"Wrath...Mom isn't here, is she?" I ask. Kinda embarrassing to ask, but I need to know!
"No, she's still at 'Looneyville' as you call it." He says.
"Good! I hope she stays there until her pathetic life ends!" I say, relieved.
"Anyway, Envy, are you all right?" He asks.
"Yeah." I say.
"Bad dream?" He asks seriously.
"Yep. Hey, what time is it, anyway?" I ask him.
"It's 2:00 AM." He says, looking at the clock in his room next door.
"That early? Eh, oh well. Wrath, you can go back to bed. I, on the other hand can't get back to sleep. I don't want to..." I say.
"But..." He says.
"Trust me, you need more sleep than I do. Just go back to bed." I state, grabbing my iPod to listen to music, and perhaps write a story to pass the time.
"Okay. See ya in the morning, Envy!" He says, closing my door, while walking back to his room.
"I wonder what Chibi is into..." I think to myself, selecting the song Crazy Train.
-6:30 AM, The First Day Of School- (Still Envy's POV)
"And he was never heard from again." I type on my iPod, finishing up my newest Horror Story. "Just finished...well, I guess that I could grab some breakfast, hell, I need to be at school by 7:45
AM." I think to myself, going downstairs to the kitchen, seeing Uncle Greed sitting on the couch, watching the News.
"Envy." That greedy bastard says.
"What?" I ask in response.
"You'd better not skip school today! I have the day off you know, and I'll be here all day, so you're just better off going to the school I pay for you to go to." He says.
"Okay, okay. Besides, I can't believe I'm saying this, but, I actually do want to go!" I say enthusiastically.
"Wha...?" He says, confused, clearing his throat. "Ahm! Um...okay. D...did you meet someone that you like recently?"
"Maybe, maybe not." I say in a mocking tone.
"Well, anyways just get ready, Envy."
He says.
"Okay." I respond, grabbing a package of chocolate pop-tarts, go to my room, get changed into a pair of jeans, a black tank-top, a hoodie, put a pair of socks on, put on a pair of white boots, and put my headband on.
"Wrath!" I yell into my brother's room.
"What?" He asks while yawning.
"Come on, get up, we need to get going soon." I say, opening up the package of pop-tarts, eating one of the two.
"Give me a minute." He responds tiredly.
"Okay, just move quick, we need to go in 10 minutes." I say, looking at Wrath's clock.
"Fine, fine! Just hurry, kid." I say, closing his door, and walking to the kitchen, finishing the first pop-tart.
"I can't wait to see Chibi!" I say in my head, starting my second pop-tart.
-6:45 AM- (Ed's POV)
My alarm clock goes off, waking me up. "First day of school. I guess I'll tell Ling and Russell about vacation, minus meeting Envy." I think to myself.
Russell and I have known each other since we were kids, he can be annoying at times, but he is trust worthy. Ling is a student who was born and raised in Japan most of his life, but he moved to America three years back with his mom, step-father, and step-sister, Lan Fan. Anyway, I get out of bed, go to the shower, and quickly wash myself.
After my shower, I get dressed in a pair of black pants, a white under-shirt, a red sweater, and put on my leather boots.
Then I put my hair into a braid, and go down stairs to have a quick breakfast, a bagel!
"Brother?" Al calls from the living room.
"Yes, Al?" I respond.
"I made your lunch before you woke up, it's in the fridge, so don't forget it!" He says.
"Okay, got it. Thanks, Al." I say politely.
"No problem, see you later, Ed." He says, going to the next room to use his computer.
You see, Al uses an online school, I mean, my father can only afford to send one of us to a normal school, and he used some of the remaining money to let Al use an online learning program.
So, I quickly eat my bagel with my prosthetic right arm.
"Okay, gotta grab a pair of gloves, then I'll walk to the bus stop." I think to myself, as I quickly grab a pair of white gloves, put them on, and walk through the door.
-7:41 AM- (Third Person POV)
Ed had stopped by the main office of Central High in order to find out who was his homeroom teacher, only to find out it was Izumi Curtis, the history teacher for the Juniors.
Ed hesitated for a few minutes, thinking about what people have said about Mrs. Curtis, but only to shake it off, he went to his homeroom classroom, took a seat, and thought to himself for a few minutes, about his mother, about her cancer, then he heard the seat next to him being taken. Then, all of a sudden, he felt a poke on his shoulder, he ignored the first poke, until three more pokes later, he looked to the source of the poking, which was Envy Youngblood of all people.
"Hey, Chibi!" Envy said, obviously excited to see the short blonde.
"What do you want, Envy?" Ed asked.
"I only want to know your schedule." Envy stated innocently.
"Okay, here it is." Ed said, handing his schedule to Envy.
Envy studied the schedule for a moment, compared it to his, and then handed Ed back the schedule.
Envy then suddenly had a grin of joy appear on his face, Ed immediately took notice, and asked, "Envy, what are you smiling about?" Ed asked curiously.
"Haha, well you see, we have almost all of the same classes together!" Envy stated while laughing a bit.
Ed sat in his seat, surprised. He didn't know how to respond, so he just said, "That's cool." blankly.
"You bet it is!" Envy said even more excited than ever.
"This is going to be one weird school year." Thought Ed to himself, turning his head away from Envy, trying to recollect his previous thoughts before Envy sat next to him.
Well, that was chapter 4. Probably my longest chapter at this moment, but that's besides the point. I want to say that I'm sorry for not posting chapters regularly, but I will try to have new chapters posted ASAP, but I can't give a exact day of the week, though, instead I can try to post each chapter when I feel like I've given all I've got.
So, in the next chapter, I'll feature a quick flashback extra on how Envy got Ed's number in this chapter, from Envy's POV , of course. So, I hope you people are enjoying the story so far, and if I should use the Third Person POV more, just tell me, and I might use it more. Who knows?
So, I'll see you readers in the next chapter, thanks for reading this story so far, and I hope to have you guys on for the full ride.
But seriously, thank you, and I promise, more chapter updates to come! I hope you look forward to them! Until next time, I'll see you readers later!