o_o don't kill me for not updating on time XD but it's up now and it's kinda a birthday present to my sister, happy birthday if you ever read this XD
Disclaimer: i own Sunny. that's it. nothing else.
The next morning Sunny was the first one up and she quickly went to the kitchen to make breakfast, having already gotten permission from Garfiel the previous night. Deciding to make a decently large meal since Ling and Ed could possibly eat the whole town out of food the cat chimera began looking around for ingredients. "Good morning Sunny, did you sleep well?" Al's voice asked and she looked over her shoulder; her friend was just barely walking into the kitchen. "Yep, I did. Last night tired me out so fast so I could barely wake up this morning." She purred as she began gathering things to make a simple breakfast of pancakes, bacon, eggs, apple slices and orange rings. "Would you like any help?" the armor asked as the short blonde began jumping to try to grab the salt that was just barely out of her reach. "Yes please."
Al came over and grabbed the salt, giving it to Sunny so she could start cooking, "Could you put the bacon on the stove?" she asked as she began measuring various ingredients to make the batter for the pancakes. "Sure." Her friend replied, "Does buttermilk pancakes sound okay?" the cat chimera asked and the armor chuckled, "Just don't tell Ed they have milk, he might not like that fact too much." He said and Sunny giggled as she hurried to the fridge so she could get the buttermilk, "I won't if you won't."
The two teens laughed at that and they chatted as they made breakfast but as soon as the bacon began cooking the sound of running feet came from the stairs. Ling darted into the kitchen and smiled widely, "I smell food!" he chirped and Sunny giggled before pushing him to sit at the table, "It's not done yet silly!" she snickered as she hurried back to the stove to flip the pancakes she had cooking, Ling hummed as he sat at the table. "So what's for breakfast besides whatever is giving off the delicious aroma?" he asked and the cat chimera's tail swayed as she turned around to look at him.
"What you're smelling is bacon, also we're having pancakes, eggs, apple slices and orange rings with a glass of milk, lemonade or orange juice to wash it down."
Ling's stomach growled and he sighed dreamily as Lan Fan and Fu appeared from nowhere like last night. "That sounds like heaven!" he exclaimed and Sunny giggled, "You sure do love your food don't you?" she asked and Ling nodded eagerly, the three teens began talking as Al and Sunny continued making breakfast. Eventually Garfiel and Winry came downstairs as well and joined in on the chatting, "So you're a prince Mister Ling?" the cat chimera asked and Ling nodded, "Yep, Lan Fan and Fu are my guards."
Sunny purred with interest as she finished dishing up the breakfast, "That's amazing, anyway, I'll go get Mister Edward then we can eat." She said before heading towards the stairs to go wake up Ed, she poked her head in the room he'd stayed in and walked over to the bed quietly. "Mister Edward breakfast is ready." She said gingerly shaking the blonde's shoulder, Ed's golden eyes opened and he sat up with a yawn, "Okay." He said getting up, the two blondes headed downstairs and grabbed their plates before joining everyone at the table. "These are amazing pancakes Sunny, you have to give me the recipe!" Winry exclaimed and the cat chimera purred, "I'll have to write it down for you then Miss Winry."
Everyone chatted and laughed as they ate, Ling and Ed seeming to like the food the most out of everyone. "Say, what type of pancakes are these?" Ed asked and Sunny looked down at her plate to hide her grin, "Do you really want to know?" Al asked, his voice quivering with laughter, "Of course I want to know!" Ed exclaimed and the cat chimera looked up, a devious grin plastered to her face, "Buttermilk pancakes." She replied and everyone but Lan Fan, Fu and Ling looked at Ed expectantly; the blonde merely shrugged and continued eating. "Despite having milk in the name I still like them."
Laughter came from that and Sunny took the empty plates and glasses to start doing the dishes, "Oh I can do those sweetie, you just relax." Garfiel said as he got up and walked over, the cat chimera looked up at the man before she smiled, "Thank you for letting me use your kitchen Mister Garfiel." She thanked before going to sit with the others outside, she and Ling began talking and eventually they agreed on becoming friends. "So you don't have any siblings? Lucky, I've got forty-six siblings." The prince commented making Sunny giggle, "That's a lot of brothers and sisters, where are you along in that line up?" she asked and Ling looked at her in surprise, "I'm the twelfth eldest."
Sunny's eyes went big, "So how old are you?" she asked and the prince chuckled, "I'm only fifteen." He explained and the cat chimera nodded before she thought, "Are you older or younger than Mister Edward?" that made Ling think, eventually the prince shrugged, "Not sure." He admitted and she laughed, nudging his shoulder slightly, "What month were you born in?"
After getting answers from both Ling and Ed Sunny giggled, "You're younger than Mister Edward, Ling." She said and Ed lifted his chin proudly before announcing they'd better get going on their way to Central. They went inside and grabbed their things, "Feel free to come visit any time you want Sunny." Garfiel called as he waved, the cat chimera waved back and ran a bit to catch up with Ed, Al, Ling, Winry, Lan Fan and Fu. "Why am I even letting you come with us?" Ed asked as he gave the Xingese people a glare, Sunny purred and gently nudged the blonde, "Cheer up Mister Edward, they'll certainly be entertaining on the train."
Ed snorted and rolled his eyes as Ling grinned widely, "Yeah sure…" the blonde muttered and Sunny sighed, shaking her head at his sour attitude, "C'mon Mister Edward don't be like that." She whined a little as the train station came into sight, Ed didn't reply and they all stayed quiet as they got onto the train after buying tickets. "So, Sunny how long have you been cooking?" Winry eventually asked and the cat chimera looked up, "Uh…since I was seven. So seven years." She said with a shrug and the automail engineer nodded in understanding.
They talked for a while before Al and Ling joined in, finally after a while more Ed joined in. Soon though Sunny and Ling fell asleep leaning on each other, Al smiled at the sight but felt a little jealous for some reason. "Sunny's so cute, isn't she Al?" Winry asked and the armor looked over nodding, "She is. It's hard to believe that she was raised by a gang." He agreed as he looked back at his friend, the cat chimera stretched in her sleep with a soft squeak. "It's sad that her dad was killed," the automail engineer added and Al sighed, if he could've he would've been frowning.
"Don't be sad about what's happened in my life because life is full of ups and downs. Right now just so happens to be the start of an up after a large down."
Both Al and Winry jumped at that and they looked at Sunny, the cat chimera was awake and looking at them. "Seriously. You don't have to pity me because my family was killed. They'll always be alive in here." She pointed to her heart before smiling widely, "Enough gloomy talk. So how'd you meet Mister Edward and Al?" Sunny asked and Winry blinked at the change of attitude, "Oh, well we lived near each other since birth. They'd come over a lot." The automail engineer said and the cat chimera purred, "That's amazing, where'd you grow up?" Winry laughed a little at that, "Resembol, it's in the East."
"Oooh! Isn't that south of East City and northwest of Ishval?" "Yes it is I believe so." "Hmm, Miss Martel, Mister Dolcetto and Mister Roa were deployed during the Ishval war I believe. No…cuz they were around during that…hmm…I dunno, some war." "Really?" "Yeah, it's how they became…what they became." "What did they become?" "I'd rather not say…they never liked it when I told people what they were without their permission."
"Oh…" "Do you know what happened to them during the war?" "Um…I'm not sure Al…I know Miss Martel stepped on a landmine." "Is that why her walk wasn't exactly steady?" "Yeah, we called it her 'swagger'." "Her swagger huh?" "Mhmm, Papa came up with it, we had nicknames for everyone. Miss Martel's was Swagger, Mister Bido's was Gecko, Mister Ulchi's was Alligator for some reason…Mister Roa's was Dairyman, Mister Dolcetto's was Puppy dog, Papa's was Teddy bear and mine was Mittens."
"Why was Greed's nickname 'teddy bear'?" "Because on the outside he was a big ol' mean grizzly bear but truthfully he was a soft cuddly teddy bear."
Al and Winry started laughing at that and it woke Ed and Ling. "Why are you guys laughing?" the prince whined as he sat up from leaning against Sunny, the armor and automail engineer didn't reply as they continued giggling. Sunny purred in amusement at the blonde's and prince's confused expression before she looked out the window. 'I wonder how many people I'll meet in Central…' "Al, when we get to Central can I hide in your armor?" the cat chimera asked fearfully, scared that she would be shunned if anyone saw her, everyone looked at her in surprise. "I-I don't want people seeing me…" she admitted softly and Al nodded, in short saying she could.
Eventually the train pulled to a stop at a few stations before they reached their destination. Almost instantly Al opened his chest plate and Sunny climbed in quietly, after they got off the train and they walked for a while it became obvious Ling disappeared. "Al, where's Ling?" Sunny asked and her friend stopped to look around, "I, uh, don't know…" the armor said slowly before he jogged a little to catch up with Ed and Winry, "Brother where's Ling?" Ed stopped at the question and both he and Winry looked around as Lan Fan and Fu dropped down from nowhere.
"Where's the young lord?" Fu demanded and Ed snorted, "Maybe he got lost again." Winry suggested and the guards groaned noticeably, "Where could he have gone…?" Sunny wondered aloud as she thought, 'Probably someplace with food…no I said the second we got a place to stay that I'd make some food…' it took her a minute but she eventually realized they'd started moving again, "Keep an eye out for Ling, okay Al?" the cat chimera requested and she heard his helmet move as he nodded.
Without realizing it the blonde chimera fell asleep during the walk and she only woke when she heard talking. "He's retired to the country, took his wife and daughter with him." A man with black hair and eyes was telling Ed as Sunny moved around a bit to peek out of the slots in the armor's neck guard. 'Wonder who they're talking about.' "Oh, we were hoping to see him." Ed said with a slight frown and the black haired man and blonde woman began walking away. "Brother, Winry said she was going straight to the Hughes house, we've got to tell her." Al pointed out and the State Alchemist looked at his brother in surprise, "That's right! C'mon let's go!" Ed turned around quickly and bumped into someone with short black hair, "Oh, Edward, it's you."
Sunny zoned out after that, lost in her thoughts but she was literally jostled out of them when Al began running. "W-woah! S-slow down!" she exclaimed as she fell backwards a little, banging her head just below Al's blood seal. Either Al didn't hear her or just ignored her but either way he continued running and didn't stop until he caught up with his brother. The cat chimera covered her ringing ears and shook her head slightly, feeling massively dizzy. And once again next thing she knew they were moving again, "Oh are you okay Sunny?"
"My ears are ringing and I banged my head a couple times." She reported truthfully when she realized Al had asked if she was okay, the armor seemed to flinch guiltily. "I'm sorry." He apologized and Sunny sat up from her slouched position, "It's fine." She reassured as she leaned forward to rest her head against Al's chest plate, soon they reached an apartment building and went in. "Why are we stopping here?" the cat chimera asked as they went to an elevator, "To talk with someone here…Winry's here too." Al explained and she let out a small 'ah' sound.
When Ed stopped at a door and knocked a young woman answered, she seemed surprised before she looked over her shoulder. "Winry's already here." The brothers nodded and walked in, Sunny made extra sure not to move too much or breathe too loudly or do anything really that would give away that she was there. As Ed explained what happened to this man named Hughes the cat chimera couldn't help but feel bad. A friend had helped them and he got killed… "So Maes got himself killed helping you two…sounds like something he'd do." The woman said eventually and Sunny looked up, slightly confused but still stayed quiet because no one but Winry and the brothers knew where she was.
They left soon after and the cat chimera's ears flattened against her head when she heard the woman crying through the door. Ed was looking guiltily at the door before he began walking again, Winry was walking slowly and Al wasn't saying anything. "I'm sorry you guys…" Sunny eventually said and everyone seemed surprised as they walked out of the building. "Why are you sorry Sunny, it's not like you killed him." Al asked and the cat chimera could only sigh, "Because I know what it feels like to have someone close be killed." She admitted softly staring down at her folded hands a bit embarrassedly.
"That's true, I forgot about that, sorry." "It's fine, I'll be quiet now to give you time to grieve." "You don't have to Sunny." "Are you sure Miss Winry?" "Your talking is actually helping me kinda forget about the pain." "So would you like me to continue talking Mister Edward?" "I think we all would." "Alright Al." "Tell us a story about something that happened in your life, if it's not too hard." "Oh, it won't be hard talking about what happened in my life I guess makes it so I can deal with the pain."
Sunny had to think for a minute before she began telling them about her eighth birthday party, "Papa saved around ten-thousand cenz just for the decorations, food and planning. He even got me a pink tiara and I actually put it on him to make him a princess too, we even got a picture of him wearing it while hugging me. It was probably one of the best pictures we ever got together." She admitted as she took the picture from her pocket to look at it, "I would love to see Greed wearing a pink tiara, that would be hysterical." Ed commented and the cat chimera giggled, "Wanna see it? I have it right here." She asked as they walked into a hotel room, she hadn't noticed them going into a hotel in the first place. "Can I see too Sunny?" Winry asked as Al started to open his chest plate, Sunny giggled as she climbed out, "Of course."
She handed the picture to Winry and the automail engineer insisted it was adorable before Ed took it. "I was right! Hysterical!" the blonde laughed as Sunny began giggling at Ed's laughter and Winry's not amused expression said she didn't find it funny. Al took the picture and everyone knew if he could've he would've been smiling, "That's a wonderful picture Sunny." He said giving it back to the cat chimera who folded it and tucked it into her pocket again, "Thank you. I hate to ask this but may I take a nap, I'm not sure the world should be spinning like this when I'm not supposed to be tired." She asked and Ed pointed towards a door, "Your's and Winry's room is through that door."
Sunny dipped her head in thanks and looked at Winry, "Would you like me to take your bag in with me?" she asked and the automail engineer shook her head, "I think I'll come take a nap too." She said and the cat chimera nodded before heading towards the door, the two retired to the room and Sunny took the bed on the left. "Miss Winry…? Do you think I'll ever get over my Papa's death?" she asked eventually and Winry looked over at her, "I'm not sure…after all I'm not over my parents' deaths yet." The automail engineer admitted and Sunny sighed a little, "I'm sorry you lost your parents too."
"It's not your fault Sunny, get some sleep okay?" Winry said and the cat chimera mumbled a small agreement as she covered herself with the blanket that was on the bed. It took her a solid hour to fall asleep after Winry did, but she did somehow and when she woke she wasn't anywhere near feeling awake. Sunny frowned and leaned over the edge of the bed to grab the vest she'd taken off before trying to sleep. It still smelled like Greed and that was comfort enough, the cat chimera curled up with the vest and closed her eyes to sleep again. This time she slept dreamlessly and restfully because when she woke the next morning she couldn't go back to sleep even if she wanted to.
With a sigh she got out from under the blanket and headed towards the door, she pulled it open and walked over to Al. "Can't sleep anymore?" the armor asked and Sunny shook her head as she sat down beside him on the couch, "There's no way I'll be able to sleep anymore until night." She admitted as she looked at the book that her friend was reading, "Hmm, Papa loved that book." She commented before she stood and stretched, "Did he?" Al asked and the cat chimera nodded, "Mhmm. Can you take me to the store, I would like to get some things to make breakfast with."
"Sure, let me go tell brother where we're going though." Al said as he stood and Sunny purred, "Thank you Al."
did i do good with this chapter? i'm not too sure O_O tell me what you think and also what chapter do you think i should end this on? 40? 50? higher than that? lower? what do you think?! review please for more ^_^
