Hello! This is Your Conscience Speaking
Chapter 06
Father, The Divine Cuisine from Heaven, and Pirates.
Central Certainly is a Very Strange Place
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"Life is like a box of chocolates - it's full of nuts."
- Unknown
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The bushy blue haired fairy resisted the urge to voice her boredom. They had been walking, and walking, and walking for forever. At first, she could make out the different city noises, get bits and pieces of others conversations. But now, the only sound she could hear was the echoing of Envy's footsteps.
Wherever they were, it was cold... cold and dank... cold and dank and smelly. Sneezing, Amity hugged herself, not out of fear, she was just simply trying to get warm again.
Finally, they stopped.
"Envy, you have returned."
Amity blinked. That sounded... that sounded like a kid's voice! Only, like there were several speaking at once. It had an eerie, almost sinister effect; something that did not belong on a child. The fairy pressed her ear against the cardboard wall, wondering if she really heard what she thought she had.
"Yeah," Envy said, sounding like his usual, palm-tree self again. "And I've brought something back from Liore that might be of great interest to Father." Amity felt him lift her box up higher in the air.
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"A box?"
She was amazed how the boy (at least, she thought it was a boy) managed to sound intrigued and condescending at the same time. It was a talent that she most certainly didn't posses.
"It's what's inside the box." Envy explained, his voice straining with effort, most likely from trying to not say something insulting to the child. Why Envy felt the need to not be insulting was beyond her; insulting people seemed to be a priority for the grumpy shape-shifter
Silence. The fairy pressed her ear as far as she could into the wall of her prison, and still heard nothing. She frowned, wondering why everything had become so quiet. Suddenly, the light dimmed, she looked up.
Purple eyes and sharp, jagged teeth greeted her.
"Sweet Jiminy Cricket!" Amity exclaimed, pressing her back against the wall, staring wide eyed at the eye and teeth filled shadows that were seeping in through the air holes of the ceiling.
"What is that?" Asked the child's voice from outside, the shadow's eyes mirroring the wonder in his voice.
"I-I-I-I'm E-Envy's replacement Conscience." She stuttered, waving a shaky hand in greeting at the shadow, her lips pulled into a nervous smile. "Nice to meet you?"
"... Your conscience?" The child questioned Envy.
"So she says." Said Envy, annoyance seeping into his tone.
"You'd best bring her to Father then." He announced after a small period of silence. The shadows slithered out of her box, causing Amity to let out a breath she didn't know she'd been holding. She heard Envy mutter 'I didn't need you to tell me that' and 'Bossy older brother' under his breath.
She blinked. Another relative? Just how many siblings did Envy have anyway? And what did he mean by 'older brother'? The kid sounded so much younger than him...
More walking. Amity sighed heavily. She was really getting tired of being in this box. She wished she could see exactly where they were headed and where they were now. Sound and smell weren't much to go on and the only thing she could 'see' was that it was a lot dimmer where they were than it was on the train or in the city. So, for lack of better things to do, she did her best to listen for anything new as they walked...
And walked...
And walked...
And walked...
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Still walking...
And, surprise! More walking...
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"I'm bored." She announced.
"Don't even start that again!" Envy yelled. He lifted her box up higher, and she could feel the furious glare he was sending her. She was surprised it didn't burn a hole straight through her box.
"Hey, I kept my promise! I was quiet the rest of train ride! I never said I'd be silent once we got off the train!"
"I hope Father gives me permission to kill you after this." Envy hissed as they kept on moving. "I will cut you up into little pieces, nice and slow. Or maybe I could run you through a meat grinder..."
The color in Amity's face drained. "I-Isn't that a little... extreme? I-I mean..."
"Or maybe I could feed you to some stray dog." He continued, his tone becoming more and more sadistic. "Or, I could put you in a bottle and leave you in the desert? Or maybe..."
He suddenly grew quiet. Amity grumbled to herself, wishing she knew what exactly was happening.
"Envy. Pride."
Emotionless. Bone chilling. Those words described the speaker's deep voice perfectly. It froze her to the core, she'd never, in all her years as a Conscience, heard someone speak without any emotion. The closest person that came to her mind was Sidius.
"Father." The siblings chorused tonelessly.
Father? This was their father? Amity shuddered. She could understand some of Envy's psychological problems now. Imagine growing up with someone as cold as this man for a father. She was fairly certain dads were supposed to be warm, loving and kind... though, she couldn't really say for sure, since she couldn't remember who her father use to be...
"I found something in Liore that might be of some interest to you." Envy spoke.
The lid on Amity's box came off. Envy's hand, now transformed into iron, reached in and plucked the fairy out, keeping her grasped firmly in his fist. Amity glared at Envy, who was purposely keeping his grip painfully tight, then looked in front of her.
His eyes were as cold as the tone of his voice. They were hard, calculating and absolutely merciless. She didn't think yellow eyes could look so chilling, but this man managed to pull it off horribly well. Father himself had pale skin, and a few wrinkles lining his face, making Amity believe he was somewhere in his forties. Although, if Envy was 172, this man was likely to be much older than that. He wore a long, white robe and kept his shoulder length, golden hair down. He looked at Amity, only a small measure of surprise illuminated the otherwise emotionless depths.
"A Conscience?" He queeried, standing from his chair and walking over to Envy, looking down at Amity like she was a zoo specimen. She blinked. 'Wait... did he just say...'
"You know what I am?" She asked, forgetting her previous fear in favor of her curiosity. How could he know? That was impossible! Didn't Sidius say that the last Conscience came here over 500 years ago? Plus, no fairy Amity knew of had ever been seen by a human-er-whatever this guy was! Well, excluding herself, of course...
The man ignored her, rubbing his bearded chin in deep thought. Envy, now snapped out of his silent stupor, asked. "Wait, so she really is a..."
"A Conscience? Yes. Though I've only met one other in my lifetime." Father replied. "How did you get here?" He asked.
Amity swallowed thickly. Should she tell him? Biting down on her lower lip, she decided against it. Even though she told Envy little bits and pieces about her world, the information she had given him wouldn't cause any harm. What Father was asking, on the other hand, might. After all, if she revealed too much, there was a possibility that the information she gave away could do harm to her home. It would be best not to risk it.
Father glared down at her when she didn't reply, and Amity would have sworn on her fairy wings (if she still had them) that she had never seen, in her entire existence, a glare so fierce and terrifying as his.
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She caved.
She told him everything. Screw secrecy, this guy was freaking scary! She blabbed about her fist years of Conscience training, all the pranks she'd ever pulled on her teacher Miss Farfella, all the mischief she'd ever committed and every single object she had ever purposely or accidentally broken in her entire existence as a Conscience. She spoke of Regen, how they use to spend a lot of time together before he left on a long mission somewhere she couldn't remember the name of, she spoke of the time she was attacked by a pack of wild purgles, and of the time Miss Farfella had to push Amity off of the classes roof because she refused to fly, due too her old fear of heights. She admitted to once accidentally dying Sidius' hair pink, and it refused to come out for over a month. She confessed her punishment for being a failed Conscience, and told him everything from being sent here through the portal of truth, to being chased by that demonic kitten, to finding Envy and having him nearly kill her and feed her to Gluttony.
By the time she admitted her entire life story, wild gestures and all, she was panting heavily and completely out of breath. Father was silent for a period of time, most likely trying to process Amity's tale, which she gave in under ten minutes. He turned to Envy. "Is it true that this fairy is your Conscience?"
"Replacement Conscience." Amity corrected.
The shape-shifter squirmed a little under his Fathers stare. "She claims to be." He finally managed.
Father's eyes narrowed slightly, like he was disappointed in Envy for something. He switched his gaze back down at the fairy. "She will be your responsibility then."
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"...What?" Envy asked, blinking several times.
"This girl came here through the portal of truth, and could prove useful to our plans. See to it she remains unharmed and healthy." Father explained.
"...What?" Envy repeated, his voice raising in pitch and volume.
"A-aren't you worried I'll... turn Envy good?" Amity queeried, earning a snort from said homunculus.
"No." The golden haired man said, turning his intense gaze towards her once again, making Amity shiver. "You're kind have been here before and failed. I see no reason as to why you would succeed now."
She wasn't entirely sure whether or not to be insulted, but soon decided she didn't care. She got to stick with Envy! Pain and death free! Woo-hoo! It was too good to be true! The fairy grinned. Maybe her luck was finally starting to change?
"B-But, Father!" Envy protested, sounding much like teenage boy at that moment.
"This matter is not up for discussion, Envy." Said Father firmly.
Pride grinned smugly at his younger sibling. Amity blinked, surprised that Pride was so young...
And so absolutely, positively adorable! Of course, the fairy didn't voice this. But she found his slightly messy, black hair (a rare, exotic color in her world), paired with his dark purple eyes made him one of the cutest kids she's ever seen! She just wanted to go over there a squeeze the living daylights out of him! Of course, she would never tell him that...
"You're required back at headquarters. Make sure she is not discovered." Father ordered, bringing Amity back to reality.
"...Yes Father."
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Envy roared, punching the sewer wall with his fist, forming a nice sized crater in it. Why!? WHY!? Why would Father do this to him!? Did Envy do something wrong and this was just Father's way of punishing him? The homunculus did a mental background check. He couldn't think of anything he had done that would invoke his creator's wrath. It's wasn't fair!
"Envy..." That obnoxious fairy who plagued his very existence whined from within his skort pocket.
He ignored her. Damn, being stuck with this pest was such a pain. Envy wondered if maybe he could leave her in a bottle somewhere for several hours while he did his usual spy work at Central HQ. It would be better than babysitting the little bug all day long...
"Envy... I'm... I'm..." She groaned, her voice hoarse, almost sounding as though she was in sheer agony.
"What?" He asked. Envy didn't care if she was hurt or not, but Father told him to keep her healthy, so he really had not choice but to make sure she wasn't dieing.
"I'm... I'm... hungry." She wheezed, as if it took all of her strength to utter those three words.
His eye twitched. "You can wait until tonight." Envy growled.
"B-but I haven't eaten anything ever since yesterday!" Her voice grew panicked, all traces of being deathly ill magically gone. "I'll-I'll die if I don't eat something!"
"Humans can go a lot longer than that without food." He snorted.
"... Father told you too keep me healthy, remember? And even though I'm not human, I still require three square meals a day." Amity informed. He wanted to squish her right then and there. "You don't want to disappoint your Father, do you?"
Envy grit his teeth. That cocky little bug, sounding so obnoxiously smug... Oh no, he was starting to rhyme now! He sounded like some stupid, Cat in the Hat, children's book! Damn, he was already starting to go insane (well, insane-er) and he hadn't even been on babysitting duty a hour yet! Suddenly, an idea occurred to him, and his lips pulled back into a wicked grin.
"Okay, I'll get you some food then."
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Amity never before, in her entire life, had ever ever consumed food so undoubtedly, positively, absolutely, unquestioningly...
Wonderful!
The blunette shoved another piece of the delectable creation in her mouth. It was so adoringly crunchy, and so moutwateringly tasty. The fairy swallowed, then sighed in pure, unadulterated bliss. They had nothing so delicious back home! Nothing even came close in comparison! She picked up another one of the funny-shaped pieces, biting down on it, making another loud, satisfying 'Crunch'. Licking her fingers, so as not to waste any of the heavenly dish, she looked up at Envy. For reasons she did not understand, his mouth was gaping open slightly, his right eye was twitching, and his face was turning an odd shade of green that complimented his hair.
"...Did you want some?"
A slow shake of the head.
She shrugged, picking up her make-shift plate (a bottle cap) and licked up any leftover crumbs from her meal. She also licked her chops and her pointed fairy teeth and gums for good measure. She held her plate toward Envy, grinning brightly. "That was fantastic! What do you call it?"
He turned a darker shade of green. "That-that was... catfood..." He said. It didn't sound like he was answering her, but more like talking to himself in pure, utter disbelief.
"Catfood..." Amity repeated thoughtfully.
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"Do you have any more?"
Envy blinked, taking the bottle cap from her and looking down at it. As he walked away to fetch her more of that divine cuisine, she could have sworn she heard him say...
"Well, that backfired."
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"What's going on out there?"
"Amity, be quiet."
"But I can't see anything from in here." She whispered loudly.
"Good."
Amity glared at the inside of the pocket she was in. Envy had transformed into a blonde military soldier and forced her to hide in the breast pocket of his blue coat. It was stuffy in here, even worse than it was inside her cardboard box. She swayed slightly back and forth as Envy walked. She was once again put in the dark about their location, but it certainly sounded like a busy place. Many footsteps, lots of chattering and shuffling of papers. Envy would every now again again stop and talk to a random person, but Amity didn't really understand what they were talking about. It sounded very much like important business though. Wherever they were, it smelled boring...like lots of window cleaner and pine air fresheners.
The blunette sighed heavily.
The thud of a door shutting and the click of a lock. A shuffling of footsteps...
"Welcome back Envy. I trust your mission in Liore was successful?"
Another new voice. His was deep, but not quite as deep as Fathers. It was commanding and strong, Amity thought.
"Yeah. Humans, easy to manipulate as always." Bragged Envy.
"...Envy, is there something in your pocket?" Asked the mysterious new voice.
"Just my conscience." Envy hissed irritably.
"...Your conscience?"
Amity grinned. No better cue than that! Hopping out of Envy's coat like a fairy-sized jack-in-the-box, Amity expertly landed on the shape-shifters shoulder, then jumped up onto his now blonde haired head. She beamed brightly, gesturing at herself with her thumb "My name is Amity Spicket! Replacement Conscience extraordinaire! Pleased to meet you."
There was a long period of silence. Out of the corner of her eye, Amity could see Envy's hand switching.
"Amity... get off of my head." Growled the sin, his whole body shaking in barely suppressed, boiling hot rage.
"But it's so much nicer up here. I can actually breath! That pocket gets pretty stuffy, you know." She informed him. The fairy turned to the new person in front of her, who was staring as curiously at her as she was at him.
He wore a blue military uniform similar to Envy's and had a sheathed sword strapped to the right and left side of his belt. His hair was black, cut short, and sleeked back almost perfectly, were it not for a few stray strands that came down from his forehead. He had a squared jaw, and a sleek mustache that followed his upper lip. He wore an eye patch over one eye, and the other was dark in color. He had a few winkles on his face, but nothing too noteworthy.
After analyzing him for a little while longer, a stunning revelation occurred to Amity, making her gasp aloud. She pointed at the person before her...
"You're a pirate!"
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"What?" Both Envy and this new person asked, each sounding just as disbelieving as the other.
Amity cupped her face with her hands, her blue eyes sparkling. "This is so cool! I've always wanted to meet a pirate!"
Envy groaned, covering his eyes with one of his hands. This was just downright embarrassing! How can he plot sinister deeds with... with her going goo-goo-ga-ga over... pirates?!
"Wrath... Wrath is not a pirate." He managed to choke out.
Amity blinked. "Of course he is. He's got the eye patch, the swords... even a mustache! Plus, look at all those stars on his shoulders! He's obviously a captain!"
Wrath was too stunned to say anything. He just watched as the comical scene unfurled before him.
"Just because he has an eye patch and swords does not mean he is a pirate!" Envy snapped.
The fairy crossed her arms stubbornly. "And what would you know about pirates? I bet you've never met one in your entire life." She shook her head in disgust. "I'll be you've never set foot on a boat, you lilly-livered land lubber."
...Lilly-livered? "You said you hadn't either! And it's NOT lilly-livered!"
"That's besides the point! And it is too lilly-livered!"
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"Is not!"
"Is too."
"Is not!"
"Is too!"
"What is the point of this conversation!?" The shape shifter bellowed.
Amity opened her mouth to argue, but stopped. Her face becoming puzzled. She tapped her cheek with her index finger. "You know, I don't recall."
"ARGH!"
"Aye Cap'n, what be the matter?"
Once again, the envious sin groaned. Something in the back of his mind said that this was only the beginning... the beginning of the many tortures he would soon endure...
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Author's Note:
Thank you all for the amazing reviews! I had a lot of fun with this chapter for some reason or another xD Maybe since I got to express my inner love of pirates?
Anyway, since the last bonus chapter was so popular, I decided to make one at the end of every chapter ^^
Poor Envy ;D
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A Special Thanks to Reviewers Like You!
"Oh no." Envy breathed, looking around the all to familiar white void. "We're here again." He hissed, turning to his now full-sized fairy companion. "Why are we here again?!" He demanded, his face the very definition of panic.
Amity grinned, holding up a small stack of letters. "Apparently, the last bonus chapter was so popular, Fyuro decided to make one at the end of every chapter."
"E-every chapter?"
"M-hm."
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"What could I have ever done to deserve this!?" Envy cried out, his voice echoing in the emptiness around them. "Okay, sure, I started a war, I killed an innocent kid, I've tortured and taken the lives of many other people and enjoyed it... but do I really deserve this!? This... this is a fate worse than death!"
Amity sighed, placing a hand on her hip. "Envy, are you having another OOC moment?"
"Shut up! I've been condemned to a life of sitting here and reading reviews with... you. As if hanging out with you in the actual chapters wasn't bad enough, now bonus ones too?!"
The fairy sighed heavily once again, shaking her head. "Well, lets just get on with the reading the reviews. Then you can get back to... whatever it is you do..."
The homunculus took a deep, calming breath, his OOC expression fading from his face. "Fine. What's the first review?"
The blunette beamed, pulling out and reading the first review.
"Wow... I feel so honored to be part of your story! HOW DARE YOU DISAGREE WITH ME ENVY?!
Why? WHY!
This chapter was awesome, I feel that Amity is going to have a real breakthrough with Envy's tough-guy mask and they will one day be friends.
... No?
alright :("
~ from iAnneart01
Amity smiled. "So glad you liked it!." She leaned closer to the audience, covering the side of her mouth his her hand and whisper loudly. "And, between you and me, I think I'm getting closer to breaking through Envy's tough-guy mask as well."
"I can hear you." Envy drawled, giving the fairy an annoyed glare. "And you are not breaking through my 'tough-guy' mask... It's not even a mask! It is the way I naturally am."
"Deni~al." Amity sang, making her companion's cheeks turn red with anger.
"And further more, I disagree with all humans, iAnneart01, it's nothing personal."
"Onward to the next review!" Amity exclaimed, punching her fist into the air.
"Loved this chapter
I also loved the responses to reviews. I love it when people decided to give Truth cookies or things like that in exchange for things, it's funny XD
This is probably one of the few, if not the only, fanfictin starring an OC that I like."
~ from Ikarai
"Wow! Thank you so much!" She gushed, a bright grin on her face. "And, just so you all know, Truth is a surprisingly big fan of chocolate chip cookies! Apparently, he doesn't get things like that very often. " Amity sniffed, small tears forming in her eyes. "So, so sad..."
"Just get on to the next one!"
"Alright alright, you don't have to yell!"
"You should make bonus chapters like that more often!"
~ from PaperHandy453
Envy glared at the piece of paper. "It's people like you that get me stuck in chapters like this. I'm telling you Amity, they enjoy torturing us."
The fairy rolled her eyes.
"I love this story, envy happens to be one of my favorite character's, theres some thing about the sadistic thing that makes him sexy haha. i also love amity shes always getting herself into tricky situations but it makes it funny like landing in lust bra hilarious!.
P.S i love the bonus chapter thing, you should keep doing it when u get reviews, and hopefully this will be in one and if it is i have a question for amity and envy. amity first, whats your faviourite colour? and envy how tall are you?
Kelly"
~ from xXDark-Fallen-angel
"Finally, a reviewer with common sense!" Envy exclaimed, a large, egotistical grin plastered on his face. " 'envy happens to be one of my favourite character's' and 'theres some thing about the sadistic thing that makes him sexy '. This human actually knows a thing or two." He looked over at Amity, his grin becoming slightly sadistic. "And people only like you because you keep doing stupid things, like falling into Lust's bra." He drawled slowly, delighting in the fact her cheeks turned bright red with embarrassment.
"Why does everyone keep having to comment on that!?" She hissed, the red color in her cheeks darkening. "And I thought you said you didn't agree with humans?!"
"I didn't agree with this human... this human agreed with me."
"Let's...let's just answer the questions now." She mumbled, re-reading the review. "What is my favorite color? Hm..." She tapped the side of her cheek with her finger. "I've have to say... Orange."
"...Orange?"
"You know, like the color of sunsets?" She clarified. "It also reminds me of pumpkins, and I love pumpkin pie! Oh, and it reminds me of orange juice! My favorite drink! It's also the color of fire, which reminds me of smores and-"
"Yes Amity, we are aware that all of those things are orange." Envy said condescendingly. "How stupid, only liking a color because it reminds you of different foods? Pathetic. Now, can you get on to the next question?"
"Oh, alright." Amity sulked, reading the next part of the review. "Envy, how tall are you?"
The subject in questioned blinked. "Well, that depends. I'm a shape-shifter, so I can be whatever height I want."
Amity made a vague gesture at him. "Well, what's the height you usually like to be in your favorite form?"
"I usually like my height somewhere around 5'9"." Envy said with a shrug of the shoulders. "Sometimes I'll make myself 6', if I feel like ticking the Fullmetal Pipsqueak off."
"I guess that makes sense." Amity agreed, taking out the next review.
"Ahahahahaha! Omg how many cookies should i give you right now? Im laughing my guts out! And I think Envy is right in saying we are all sadists...even though we may deny it.
Anyways I LOVE and ADORE this story! I can't stop laughing! Amity is such a fun and unique little character while Envyy is so Envy:) This is such an original story and I hope it continues !
I'll be popping up from now on , so you best beware of my ranting -smiles creepily and lets out a mad cackle- MWHAHAHA!"
~ from Sky65
"Nice to know you're enjoying the story so much!" The blunette laughed."But please don't laugh your guts out!" She added, a worried expression on her face. "And thank you! I'm glad people don't think I'm a... what did you call them, Envy? Merry Stews?"
"Mary Sues." He sighed. "Those things are just... freaks of nature. And coming from me, the over two stories tall green dinosaur, that's saying something."
Amity nodded. "Well, I'm glad so far, no one thinks I'm one of those."
"I'm surprised there's another human that agrees with my theory." Said Envy. "You humans, no matter how much you deny it, are all sadists. How else could you enjoy a story where the two main characters torture each other?"
The fairy opened her mouth to argue, but closed it again and shook her head." You know what, I'm not going to even try."
"Hahaha! Gluttony didn't want to eat her!"
~from LeFay Strent
"I still don't understand why." Envy said, rubbing the side of his head. "He eats humans I wouldn't touch with a ten-foot pole! I've seen him consume the Flame Colonel's paperwork, pieces of buildings, even tires! So why wouldn't he want to eat you?"
"I'm not complaining." Amity said, a sweatdrop forming on her temple. "I'm glad he doesn't want to eat me."
"Too-slothful-to-login
Lol this is hilarious! I love Envy! Just had to put that out there...however, I hath forbidden myself of being a fangirl of him, to avoid freaking him out, so he is just my anime crush. ;)
Fantastic story-(SADISTS FTW) please update soon! :D
-Owl"
~ from Owlsweety
"Yet another human who appreciates my awesomeness." Envy boasted, putting his hands on his hips. "And I suppose I can't blame you for having a crush on me. After all, I am handsome, intelligent, strong, powerful-"
"Humble? Modest?" Amity supplied sarcastically.
"Psh, humility is for pathetic losers." Said the homunculus with a dismissive wave of the hand.
"Oh, speaking of being the opposite of humble, we have a special guest star with us today!" Amity said, gesturing to the person who magically appeared out of thin air next to her.
"How did I get here?" Asked the young looking sin known as Pride. He looked around the white void. "Where is here?" He questioned, his gaze resting on Amity.
She shrugged her shoulders. "You mostly likely got here via Magic Author powers. And you are in... the Void." She said, emphasizing 'the Void' part by wiggling her fingers.
"Welcome to a place worse than hell." Envy greeted, gesturing to the emptiness the surrounded them.
"A place worse than hell?" Queeried the oldest homunculus, raising an eyebrow at his younger sibling.
"A bonus chapter."
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"Damn." Pride hissed. "You're right, this is worse than hell."
Amity gasped, covering her mouth. "A kid your age shouldn't swear!"
The homunculus blinked. " 'A kid my age'? I may look young, but I am old enough to be your great-great-great-great-grandfather, I can swear as much as I please."
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"You aren't really my great-great-great-great-grandfather, are you?"
Pride's mouth fell open, his expression was of pure, utter disbelief. He quickly closed it again and turned to Envy, giving his younger brother a disbelieving stare. "Did she really just ask...?"
"I told you, this place is .HELL." He hissed.
Amity grinned, holding a piece of paper out to Pride. "Would you like to read our next review?"
"No."
She pouted, retracting her hand. "You people are such kill-joys, you know that?" Clearing her throat, she read.
"Lmbo! I luv envy! *hugs envy with hearts appearing* and luv! Ur story! Go envy!"
~ Chenchar
Envy grinned. "Yet another human who appreciates my awesomeness."
"I'm glad you like the story thus far Chenchar." The blunette said with a small laugh. "And I'm sure Envy needs all the hugs he can get, so by all means people, hug away!"
"AMITY!" Envy yelped, his eyes widening with horror. "Don't tell them that!"
Amity smiled innocently at him. "But I thought you liked your rabid fans?"
"Not when they're trying to maul me to death with hugs! Do you have any idea what you've unleashed upon me!?"
"What can I say? Karma's a-"
"I have a complaint." Pride interrupted.
Both Envy and Amity blinked. "What?"
"How come I'm not mentioned anywhere in these 'Reviews' you speak of?" He growled, shadows swirling behind him.
"Umm... Because you now just entered the story?" Amity said, taking a step backward.
"So? I should still have just as many reviews as Envy does! I'm twice as evil and sadistic as him! It's not fair!" He yelled, stomping his foot.
"Sorry big-bro, but with that kid form, you just don't pull off the 'sexy' quality that I have." Envy boasted.
"My gosh, I think they should have named you Pride instead." Amity sighed, giving the palm-tree haired homunculus a dirty look. "Well, maybe this will knock you down to size." She cleared her throat. "Envy has an apology he needs to make to a previous reviewer." She said, looking pointedly at the homunculus.
"I do?" He asked, looking bewildered for a moment.
"Yes. Remember our last bonus chapter?"
Envy blinked, then apparently remembered. He stubbornly crossed his arms and looking away from her.
"Well?" She prodded, tapping her foot impatiently and narrowing her eyes.
"...Fine." Envy sighed begrudgingly. "I... apologize, Silence-That-Kills-Me, for accidentallycalling you a boy in the previous bonus chapter. Fyuro informed after my... error, that you were of the... female variety." He looked over at Amity, who gestured for him to continue. He grimaced. "And... I guess I can understand if that comment might have made you upset... I've been mistaken for the opposite gender in this form all the time... So, yeah. I'm sorry... The end."
"See, was that so hard?"
"Yes! Now, I'm going to go find the Flame Alchemist and have him burn my tongue out after that little 'nice fest'. I'm not made to apologize to you lowly humans, dammit!"
"Well, I guess you're free to do so now, since that was out last review." Amity said. She turned to Pride, a bright smile on her face. "Anything you'd like too say to our reviewers before we sign off?"
Pride slowly turned to face the audience, shadows covering half of his face, making his one eye seem to glow red in the dark. "Review or die."
"...Is everyone in your family incapable of being nice?" Amity asked, hanging her head in exasperation.
"Pretty much, yeah." Envy replied with a nonchalant shrug.
"Oh well... Thank you everyone who reviewed, followed and favorited! As usual, Fyuro appreciates any feedback she can get on her writing, and we all love to hear from our readers!" Behind Amity, where she couldn't see them, Envy and Pride vehemently shook their heads and failed their arms madly, mouthing 'No more reviews!' "Please, feel free to drop by with any questions, ideas, critiques... anything! See you next time!" Amity said, smiling brightly and waving.
"Oh, and by the way..." Envy trailed, he and his older sibling giving each other knowing smirks.
"SADISTS FOR THE WIN!" They cheered, punching their fists up into the air.
Amity promptly glomped Pride, squeezing the boy tightly and ruffling his hair. "Darn it all, you're just so cute!"
"Unhand me woman! Gah! Get off! You're worse than my mother!"
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