Hi again everyone... I am updating quite prompt lately... though suprisingly the summer might slow things down a bit... see I've been putting three other stories on hold that I need to start up again. I've just been updating this lately as I chose it to be the one fic I kept writing for the remainder of the school year. I'll still update quickly but maybe not like, every two days like I am right now...
Liz: Nice speech...
Envy: In other words she's gonna start getting lazy...
IT'S THE SUMMER ALMOST! I'M SICK OF STUPID SCHOOL!
Ed: Ok ok!
Al: Put the gun down Kallypso!
Liz: Quit waveing that thing around!
Envy: The joys of being imortal... Review!
Much later, after helping Al and his co workers get set up for their rocket demonstration, Ed and I had decided to go back and wait by the truck. We had seen the demonstration a million times so it wasn't that facinating now. Plus niether Ed or me were feeling too hot after the cruel little reminder of our homelessness...
It was true, I considered myself to have no home in this world... sure I stayed with Gracia along with Ed and Al... but my home was back in Amestris... It was funny, we didn't really have much of a set home there either with all of our traveling around. I guess the Rockbells were like family there... their house was sort of like ours. It was interesting how they had practically adopted me after I teamed up with Ed and Al.
I still remembered the time before Ed and I could stand eachother... we were frenemies in a since. Then the crap with the philosiphers stone and the homunculi started happening and we grew closer. In just those few short months Ed became like an only slightly annoying twin brother and Al the innocent younger siblings. I missed Al alot... and Winry... and just about everything from my old life...
I missed Envy too... but I would never admit that to anyone. I still wasn't sure if he was even alive... if he was I hoped he wasn't tearing himself apart about my death... it wasn't his fault... I felt awful for jumping in front of the stab... not awful that I had saved Ed but awful that I had caused Envy to re live and old nightmare. At least he hadn't killed Ed himself though... no one should ever kill his brother... not even a homunculus.
"By the look on your face I'm guessing you're thinking about home too huh?" I jerked out of my thoughts to see Ed smiling sadly at me.
A small smile crept onto my own face "Yeah..."
At least I had Ed here... he was my only grip to my old life... in the past two years we had grown... though not in hieght in my case. We understood eachother with deeper maturity, and we might've been closer than ever. Not in love ew... don't even think about that... but just as really good friends. I knew he liked Winry secretly... I knew Winry must miss him more than anything. If only I could get it through his thick head that she liked him too!
...Guess it didn't matter now...
"Do you sometimes wish you could forget?" Ed asked, staring at his fake arm, flexing his fingers. "So that the pain could go away?"
"Hmm... I remember once asking you the same question" Truth mused.
Yeah he's still there... unfortunately...
"No..." I murmured. "I wish I could just have the pain be gone... but that isn't equivalence. Give up the memories with the pain or keep them and deal with it... and my memories have shaped me. I could never give up all the good parts of those years..."
"You're remarkably insightful today." Ed commented.
"No, you're stealing my words" Truth quipped.
"Can it... you can't exactly claim the rights in my head." I retorted before shrugging in response to Ed "Huh, maybe."
We both suddenly felt a thump against the cart and looked up to see someone climbing under a tarp with a rocket under it.
"Hey, you might not want to go digging around in there" Ed grinned wryly. "That rocket is set to launch."
The tarp lifted slightly to reveal... the fortune telling Gypsy from earlier? And she looked afraid too.
"There she is!" a man's voice called and three guys ran over to the cart and pulled the tarp away that shielded the girl. She threw up her arm to shield herself but one of the man grabbed her arm and tried to pull her from the cart "Come here girl!"
"Hey what are you doing!" Ed snapped.
"This woman has a contract with us!" the man at the lead growled.
"Really? And did she agree to said contract?" I asked snidely, raising an eyebrow.
"Help me!" the girl pleaded.
Ed hurried to the girls aid, pushing the men away and yelling "This is a carnival! Go have some fun!"
"I don't think you heard me right!" the man yelled back, drawing a gun from his belt "We bought this gypsy fair and square!"
"You can't buy a person you idiots." I rolled my eyes. "Unless you're slave drivers, in which case you can go die."
"Shut up little girl!" another one of the men yelled.
My eyes narrowed "That's it..."
"Yeah, you asked for it." Ed raised his hands and clapped them together. After a few moment of awkward pause he looked back up at the confused men with a mischevious grin "Sorry, just an old habit of mine."
Then he charged the man at the lead in attempt to wrestle the gun away from him while I leapt from the cart, straight at the man who had insulted my hieght and planted a foot in his face sending him to the ground. Another man came at me and with a grin I ducked low under his arm and hurled all of my body weight into his legs sending him toppling over and landing ungracefully on his face, flat on the ground.
"That's what happens when you mess with short people" I grinned before blanching. "Augh! I just called myself small!"
"The truth comes out!" Ed grinned mischeviously as he continued to fight the first man. Goon number one managed to knock him back and with a grin Ed jerked his elbow back revealing the gears and wires underneath the fake skin before grabbing a wire and pulling it out. The gears wizzed and buzzed and steam came from his arm as he twisted it back into place, his grin just as wide as ever.
"Show off" I muttered, rolling my eyes as Ed ignored me, lunging forward and twisting his spazzed out arm around the goon's, squeezing hard until he broke it and the guy dropped the gun in obvious pain.
The other lackeys were starting to get up and Ed jumped up on the cart beside the girl tilting the rocket twoards the men "You might want to run..."
A rocket explosion and several unconcious men later we were running from the carnival with the gypsy girl in tow.
"Where's your home?" Ed asked as we ran.
"I told you, I don't have one" she murmured.
"Well I guess there's only one obvious solution then" I sighed with a slight smile.
We took Noah, as we found out her name was, back to Gracia's where she found some clothes for her and put her in a spare room. Noah repeatidly thanked us for saving her from the goons at the carnival long after we told her that it was nothing and not to worry about it. Al was accepting too, welcoming her to stay with us.
But I was curious about something myself... something I wanted to ask Noah.
I knocked lightly on the door to her room and her voice came from inside "Come in."
I opened the door and stepped inside with a smile "Uh... hi."
"Hello." she smiled. "Liz is your name right?"
"Uh, yeah" I nodded. "Uh can I ask you something?"
"Of course."
"The fortune telling thing" I fidgeted. "What... do you see when you touch me?"
She smiled "I thought you an Edward believed it was unscientific."
"Well..." I shrugged sheepishly. "I'm curious is all. Do you mind?"
She shook her head and gestured for me to join her where she sat on her bed. She took my hand and seemed to stare off into space for several moments before she spoke "You come from where Edward does... you two are friends... You want to go back there even though it's dangerous because you like that, because it's your home." she let go of my hands. "And I saw a suit of armor..."
"Wow..." I stared. "You really hit it right on the dot... that's... that's... really cool."
She laughed slightly "Was that all you wanted Liz?"
"Uh yeah" I grinned awkwardly. "Thanks." I stood and started twoards the door before Noah's voice stopped me again.
"Liz, there was one other thing too... there was a boy with long green hair... who is he?" she asked quietly.
I froze and stared at the ground for a second, my fists clenched. "He's..." I sighed and closed my eyes. "Just someone I used to know."
"Is he dead?" she murmured.
I let a small smile creep over my face "I'm not quite sure...I hope not..."
"Sorry... if that brought back painful memories." Noah apoligized quickly.
I raised an eyebrow "Hey, don't worry about it Noah. Your gift is awesome... and trust me, they'd be painful without someone reminding me." my hand subconciously reached up to touch my scar, the physical embodiment of all the pain said memories really did bring...
But even that didn't really cover it.
"What's up with you?" Ed asked as I slumped down the stairs.
"Nothing" I smiled. "Just got Noah to read my fortune and see what she saw..."
"Oh..." I murmured needing no further clarification.
We seemed to gain plenty of understanding from eachother through no words at all these days.
Like a wave length of depression...
Huh... yeah... something like that.
Anyone notice how much more depressing the movie is from the book?
Liz: Astronomically... the show had light hearted moments but the movie is almost straight through depressing.
Ed: Here's a little trivia: In the course of a ten minute section on youtube how many people died? Just guess and we'll tell you in the next chapter.
Envy: And laugh as you get depressed.
But take heart because ENVY WILL BE IN THE NEXT CHAPTER! I know, I'm a saint.
Envy Fangirls: YIPPEE!
Envy: I'm gone.
I know some of you might be thinking: Aren't I an Envy fangirl? Nah, I'm not into fangirlism... besides the occasional glomp. I've maintained a steady healthy obsession ever since I watched the show a year ago.
Ed: That's creepy...
Liz: Yeah...
Al: REVIEW!
