"Hey, Winry. Anything I can help with? You are making my arm in one day and I can do anything you need me too." I said, loving the sound of my own voice leaving my mouth. Winry hasn't left the basement since she started on the automail. "Yeah, could you go get these parts? There should be lots of parts in the closet upstairs." She handed me a note without looking away from her work.
I made it to the closet and heard Ed complaining about milk, whatever that's about. Opening the door, I almost stepped back from the boxes full of mechanical parts. "Okay, now to find out which piece goes to what name. Shouldn't be that hard."
Two hours later and I still had no clue what a ball bearing was, and that was only the first part. "Guess I better go get Pinaco, or someone who knows what these things are called." I mumbled to myself and picked my way out of the closet. I found Pinaco in the kitchen making some tea for Armstrong. "Hey there. Anyone have time to help with finding some nuts and bolts? Cause I have no idea what these things are." I said happily, waving the little note like a white flag.
Pinaco was the one to help me out, finding every piece easily and going down to deliver the parts. Leaving me with the sparkle man, who was currently smiling and sparkling at me. "Anything I can do for you, Armstrong?" I asked, giving a slight step back. "Yes, I am curious about your alchemy. Would you like a spar?" The giant man asked, giving me a reason to stretch a huge grin. "Heck yeah, Major. I wanna see if I can kick your butt!" And we were out.
I stared into the squinty eyes of the strong armed alchemist, measuring him up before making a move. One slight tension of his right bicep and we started our duel. I instantly clapped my hands and through ice shards in the generals direction, simultaneously dodging his rock projectiles. I managed to hit him a few times, though he got me just as much. Soon we were both panting but still going strong. "Come on Major, that the best you got? Or are you holding back?" Taunting was never a good thing to do, but it got the fight to heat up.
Armstrong tossed a few boulders as I clapped my hands together, no moving from my position as the rock flew at me. My hand touched the rock surface and exploded in a cloud of sand, obscuring all view. I gave a smile and dashed forward and jumped into the air, twisting into a steep dive. "My turn." I smiled and landed a hard kick on Armstrong's blocking arm. "Very good, though now you are open." He swung at me. True enough, I was wide open and no way to dodge. I was hit on the hip and sent flying, landing in a skidding roll. "Alright...done." I panted, not budging from the spot in the dirt.
I was carried in by the massive man and set down on the couch. "You fight well. Practice more and you may just beat me some day." The man laughed and left for the kitchen. Ed was looking at me as he walked into the room. "Something I should know?" He asked. I gave a tired laugh and shook my head. "Just got my butt handed to me. Hows everything going with Winry? She taken a break yet?" Ed shook his head as well. "Nah, she's bound and determined to get those limbs done A.S.A.P."
And this was the routine for the next two days. Me fighting Armstrong until I fall into exhausting and talking to Ed till bed. When Winry came up for air, she had three new mechanical limbs ready for attachment. "Not my favorite part, but well worth it. " I said, sitting on a crate while Ed and I had our parts placed properly. "Ok you two. On the count of three." Pinaco said, making both Edward and myself take a breath. "One" The rope clicked as Winry set the parts. "Two" I closed my eyes for the pain. "Three." Ed gave a grunt of withheld pain while I gave a small whimper.
"OK, we need to have them in the back to recoup. Would you mind?" Pinaco asked, looking up at Armstrong. He nodded and easily lifted Ed and I over to the cots, I held my left shoulder as the nerves readjusted to having a metal arm. "That's a lot rougher than I remember." I grumbled. Ed nodded. "Yeah. Good thing it doesn't last long." He said and slowly sat up. I stayed down for a moment longer.
Ed and Al had a spar while I looked for my necklace in the yard. I seemed to have lost it while sparring with the Major the other day. "Ah-hah!" I yelled in triumph and lifted the silver pendant to my eyes. "Thought you could get away so soon, stupid necklace. I shall always find you!" I clipped my watch pendant back into place and was knocked over by a flying Edward. "OOF! Hey! Don't bring me into your little fights! I just found my necklace, now get off shrimp!" I yelled from under the blonde boy.
Now if you haven't noticed, Edward does not like being called small. Which is what I just stupidly did in a fit of anger. So, I was promptly unsquashed then hoisted into the air. "Who're you calling a microscopic pipsqueak that can't be seen with a microscope?!" And I thought today was going so well. Unfortunately, I have yet to master the art of holding ones tongue. So this is what happened when I opened my mouth.
"Well, I didn't say it. But whatever you want to think of yourself as is fine with me." I scoffed and was soon tossed into a tree, into which I scrambled into. "YOU GET DOWN HERE YOU LITTLE BRAT! I'LL SHOW YOU HOW TO CAUSE A CONCUSSION WITH ONE PUNCH!" And on and on it goes for the next hour.
Thankfully our train arrived and I was able to escape the tiny wrath of the midget. Yeah, I never learn. I sat on the roof of the train, feeling the wind blow through my long white hair. My red eyes trained on the smoke stack of the engine. Blue skies covered above while green grassy planes glided by below. Pure bliss.
I knew that my little group were frantically looking for their small albino friend, but I wasn't ready to leave this view quite yet. Well, until a certain blonde poked his head up from one of the emergency escape hatches. "THERE YOU ARE! GET DOWN FROM HERE, EVERYONE'S BEEN LOOKING FOR YOU!" he yelled out over the rushing wind. I gave a huff and climbed down the side and into the cart.
After more chasing and running, the stop for Central finally arrived. Ed was happy to be back and ready to crunch into Marco's notes. That is, until two officers mistake Alphonse for Edward...Again. "So, you two get babysitters?" I piped in, knowing full well that Ed and Al were not happy about this fact. "I wouldn't say babysitters." The female Officer said, I believe she said Ross earlier. "We are extra protection while Scar is in the area." I gave a nod and looked at the boys. "So, to the library?"
Instead of books, we found burnt remains of the first branch library. "Well, this sucks." I grumbled, kicking a pebble into the ashes.
After a few conversations with some people, we found Sheshka's place. Hoping for some help when we arrived at her house. We opened the door to a mountain maze of books. "Hello, Sheshka? You home?" Ed called out into the book jungle. I popped my head in a little further and saw some of the books toppled over. "Oh gosh, a bookalanch!" I said and dashed over to the pile. "And there's a mousy Sheshka here too!"
We quickly uncovered Sheshka how promptly thanked us repeatedly. Ed and Al commenced for asking for help while I scurried around to see what all of these books were. I had found books on every subject, even alchemy in my field, water. "Pardon me. would it be alright if I borrow this?" I held up the book for the mousy girl to see. "Oh, you're interested in water alchemy? Well, I've already read it so you can have it for keeps." She smiled at me. I gave a happy dance and sat down to read.
"...Ai? Kai! We gotta lead, come on!" Edward shouted at me, causing me to come out of the beautiful knowledge i was soaking up. "Aw, come on Ed! I was just learning how to create a GIANT WAVE purely out of sand!" I yelled as the shorty drug me away, not waiting for me to get up and walk. We ended up at the library, the one that was still intact, to hold up and study.
"So, deciphering a cook book to get Marco's notes is the sure-fire way to get to making a philosophers stone?" I questioned as I decoded another line of chicken roast into some alchemy thing. "Yes, Kai. Now just get working." Ed said with a pen in his mouth. I huffed and started on the next line.
After three more hours, I gave up. "My brain is pudding!" I yelled, throwing a book into the air. "Yeah, mine too." A blonde figure mumbled from the table. "I opt. for a walk. Anyone with me?" I said and got up from my seat. No one wanted to go with me, so I left on my own. "Hey there, Ross. Just going for a walk, be back soon." And I was gone into the darkness.
Upon my walk I saw a tall, tan and white haired killer. Now just who could that be you might ask? Well, it's none other than the lovely scar man! He was acting all suspicious so I decided to tail him, what a wonderful idea!
Not, he ended up at some abandoned building with Al. How he got there, I had no clue. Anyway, I walked around the place and saw a suitable way into the old place. The air ducts. I crawled in and along the ducts until I spotted something, or rather someone, who resembled a palm tree. Creepy dude just walked along like nothing was wrong with walking in an old abandoned building that could crumble at a sneeze.
What would be the best course of action at this point? Follow him? Pounce on him? maybe even just put him in a water bubble. I recently read the way to do that, sounds fun. But curiosity got the better of me and I just followed him. I know, boring!
When the foliage came to a stop, he was in a room with a sexy woman and a rather short, fat man. -Well, now we have a party. so what they gonna do now?- I wondered to myself. Though I didn't have to wait long. "Are they here, Envy?" The woman asked. The palm tree answered her. "Yeah, pipsqueak should be here soon." Well, I knew who the pipsqueak was and he would blow a gasket if he knew of the nickname. A soft giggle slipped past me before I could stifle it.
"And what do we have here?" The green haired person asked, suddenly all in my bubble. "Yikes!" I squealed, right before toppling over and onto the floor. "Aw man! I just ruined my awesome entrance. Fudge monkeys." The envy person silently stepped up to me with curious eyes. "Just who are you?" He asked. -They don't know who I am? Sweet! I can use this.- I gave a smirk to the tree and stood up, dusting off my pants. "No one you would know about, obviously. But also one of much importance. Tell me, Envy. What are you going to do with Edward Elric and his brother?" I asked, putting on a much sophisticated voice.
Envy blinked, obviously not expecting me to know his name. Soon, he recovered enough to give me a smirk of his own. "That's for us to know. But I'm sure you'll find out eventually." Oh goody, a snarky one. We glared at each other before I ducked to the ground, an elongated nail shot where I was standing. "Nice manicure, how much you pay for it?" I scoffed, dodging a kick for Envy. I dodged and taunted for a time, but like before, taunting is never a good thing to do. "Oh come on palm tree! Just land a hit already."
It would seem that Envy didn't like my nickname for him, kinda like a shorty I know. The foliage got my square in the jaw, though it wasn't a fist that hit me. I grabbed my new gash as I saw his arm glistening like a blade. No, it was a blade! "Holy honker! That ain't normal!" I got a smirk from him as his arm returned to normal. "Well, too bad I ain't normal." My chances of getting out were getting slim, I couldn't think of a way out. "Come on little brain, think for once." I mumbled, my eyes darting around like a trapped dog.
Envy's smirk never left his face as he readied himself for one last attack. I glanced back at him and steadied my breathing, feeling a power surge up. A power I have yet to understand since I was bitten by that stupid dog. I felt my strength pulse and my eye site went golden, my throat ripped out a growl. Just before Envy could move, I lunged at him. Taking him through the wall and to a hallway. I could see his eyes widen to an almost comical size as my words formed around a thick muzzle. "Never attack a cornered dog."
(A/N: I am so sorry for having a late update! I am working on chapter five as of now and should be out soon! Please continue reading and let me know what you think.
P.S. Please no Grammar Nazi's, I know my grammar sucks.
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