-Evelyn-
After Ed finally introduced us and also beat up some guys who called him short, a girl named Rose showed up and said she would take us to some travelers quarters near the center of town. We all followed her. Amelia did not look very happy about it though. I don't know if it was the fact that it was in a church or that Ed was "flirting" with Rose.
"Girls stay on this side and boys on the other side." Rose said as she led us to our rooms.
"Thanks Rose." Al said
"Yeah, thank you." I also said.
Rose left and we all piled into our shared rooms.
Our room was nothing special. Tan walls with tan beds. The bed had white pillows and white sheets. But the thing that stood out the most was a small statue of the town's Sun God that stood on a nightstand in between our beds.
"I hate it." Amelia said glaring at it.
She promptly picked it up, opened the window and tossed it out. When the little statue finally made contact with the ground it was shattered into a thousand pieces.
"There," She said." The room looks SO much better."
"Amelia, it looks exactly the same expect there is no little Sun God statue." I said.
"Exactly."
And with that Amelia left the room.
-Amelia-
I wondered next door to Ed and Al's room.
"Hey you guys in here?" I said as I knocked.
No answer.
I opened the door. They were gone. But they left a note.
"Girls,
Went to the Temple. Should be back soon. Don't get any ideas.
-Ed and Al"
"Shouldn't I be the one telling you all that?" I said. "Oh well, might as well get Ev, and wander around Lior while we wait."
-6 hours later-
"What's taking them so long?"
"I don't know. You were the one who found the note." Evelyn said.
"Yeah, but it said they would be back soon! Its been six whole hours! That's not soon!"
"Calm down. They are fi-"
"Citizen's of Lior, tonight two Alchemists tried to take the life of our great profit Cornello."
A sudden crowd appeared in the streets of Lior. All of the citizens were armed with weapons.
"What's that you were saying about them being "fine"." I said.
"Shut it and lets find them before they get themselves killed."
We both raced down into the streets to find the Elrics. We followed a crowd that starting to form.
"Has anyone even seen these people?" I could hear Ed
"Evelyn, over here!" I yelled.
But before we could get to Ed, someone pulled us into the alley by where he was.
-Al-
I grabbed the girls just as they were about to push through the crowd of people to help Ed.
"What was that for Tin Man?!" Evelyn said.
"Sorry, but brother has a plan. I could not risk you two getting hurt or ruining it." I said
"Oh thanks."
"OH! I did not mean it like that!"
"Oh yes you did."
"No, I really did not."
"Ev, he didn't. Look!" Amelia said.
We looked up to see giant statues taking Ed away after harshly beating him.
-Evelyn-
"So you want us to what?" I said pretty annoyed now.
"I want you two to tell everyone while I set up the speaker system to listen to this. broadcast. Than show up at the Temple."
"Why the Temple? Shouldn't we be here with you?" Amelia said.
"No, I want you two to be there just in case brother needs any help."
"Alright." We both said.
For the next few hours we told everyone what we were told to say:
"Did you hear? The prophet Cornello is going to try to take the sins off that horrible none believer that tried to kill him! So when you hear the broadcast, stop what you are doing and listen!"
By the time we had finished Al had turned on the radio.
We sat and laughed as the whole town realized that their great prophet was a great phony.
"We need to get to the Temple now!" Amelia said.
By the time we arrived Ed had already moved a giant statue of the Sun God out of the Temple and was using it to scare the crap out of Cornello.
We noticed some of Cornello's last followers coming to save him.
"Amelia!" I said. "Tactic 42!"
She nodded her head.
Amelia touched her shoulders and than she raised the water at a near by fountain and planted it along the path the followers were coming. She than touched her shoulders again and touched the water. It froze all over. The followers began to slip and slide.
My turn.
I shook my bracelets and than snapped my fingers. The ice melted and everyone felled on there face.
"Alright!" Amelia said as she jumped into the air!
I smiled.
"It's a fake!" We heard Ed say.
We turned to see Ed holding Cornello. His arm had somehow turned into a machine. Ed looked disappointed. I noticed that the stone Ed thought was the Stone had vanished.
Looks like the search would continue.
-Ed-
After we left the Rose in the streets. A car pulled up in front of us and the girls pulled us inside.
"Looks like you guys found a ride." I said.
"Yeah we did." Evelyn said.
"So were are you kids going?" The driver said.
"To the other side of the desert." Evelyn said.
"Why that way?" I asked.
"Cause you have to report your finding to my brother, remember?"
"Aw hell."
I turned to the driver.
"So ever herd of Edward Elric?" I asked.
"Yeah of course! The child prodigy. Who hasn't?" The driver said.
"So he must be pretty big than?"
"Well I hear his ego and alchemy skills are, but as for his height, I hear that he is relatively short! Haha."
"WHO YOU CALLING SO SMALL THAT THEY ARE THE SIZE OF A CRUMB!"
I tried to grab the driver. He swerved and jumped out of the car. I was out right behind him.
"Not again." Evelyn said.
"Brother please." Al coaxed.
"Lets start walking." Amelia said.
-Amelia-
"What do you mean you are not coming with us?" I asked.
"I told you. Al and I are going to explore some more cities than we will meet you two up back in the East Headquarters." Ed said.
After we had walked out of the desert, again, we arrived at a train station. Ed and Al put us on a train heading to the military's East Headquarters. They stood outside the train's window.
"Take care of yourselves than." I said.
"We will." Ed said.
"Just make sure you have a report for my brother when you get to he East Headquarters." Evelyn said.
"Quit reminding me." Ed said.
"Make sure he stays out of trouble Al." I told Al.
"I will."
The train pulled out of the station. I watched the boys until they went out of view. And just like that they were gone.
This would be the first of our many good byes.