CHALLENGE #9
By: Vix (AquaWatercrest)
Words: Pineapple, Mickey Mouse, bear, hat, light, towel, Boot to The Head, Tae Kwon Leap, lawyers, Disney
"Al, I'm asking you one more time. Why are you throwing pineapples at everyone?" Ed asked. He strapped his brother to a towel, hoping that the cold towel would give him a cold. (Al got his body back, yay!) Also because, towels were cheap and he got this towel from a sweaty lawyer just down the street… For free. And when I mean 'for free' Ed did nothing that involved using alchemy to turn him to stone or getting a hobo off the street to play a game of rock, paper, scissors with the lawyer to make him lose and be humiliated in front of millions of people.
Al heaved a sigh. How could he confess his greatest secret to his brother? Sure, he loved his brother, but he could never tell him how much he loved cats. "Big brother, I have a confession to make."
Ed strained his ears to listen and probably help his brother like what caring older brothers do.
"The other day, I saw a poor kitty. It was furless! Some evil man shaved him and left him on the streets to fend for itself. I couldn't just stand there and do nothing! I mean, a poor kitty lying in the snow, being attacked by evil mosquitoes! That should be against the law! Kitty abuse by mosquitoes! Mosquitoes should go to jail! Anyways, I shaved my head and stuck my hair to the poor kitty's body. And this hair you see on me now is just a wig that I borrowed from Major Armstrong. Did you know that he's got a gigantic wig collection? I'm pretty sure he'd impersonated almost everyone from the military!"
Ed slapped his head. His brother caring for kitties. Again. Al least he wasn't going to attempt suicide again like he did last time after a cat choked to death while choking on Walt Disney's magical pencil. (Somehow, they Elric brothers went into the future to check whether cats would be extinct by then.) "Yeah, yeah. Touching story; now why are you throwing pineapples at people again?"
Al took a deep breath.
"Al, if you want to play 'Who can hold their breath longest', I'm not in the mood. Not when bears are in danger of extinction because of the new martial art, Tae Kwon Leap, Ling made up," Ed said.
Al exhaled and pouted.
"Well, big brother, the kitty said that pineapples symbolize love and according to his custom to rule the world, we have to throw pineapples to all the people we love so that they die and cats can take over the world! Wait, that doesn't sound right."
Ed sighed and went to the nearest telephone booth to report the evil cat.
Meanwhile, Al was learning a new martial art that was created by Ed. Boot to the Head. Basically, all he had to do was remove his boot and throw it at the target, but it's not as easy as it seems, you have to choose the right boot and you also have to practice taking your boot off very quickly. You also need good accuracy and to know whether the person you had hit is good or bad. Boot to the Head had only been created for the purpose of self-defense. But, so far, other people have used it to kill. Ed, for example, during his visit to the future, nearly killed Barney with his lethal boot. Barney survived.
When Ed came back, Al had taken off the itchy wig and the light that radiated from his bald head made him blind and he nearly tumbled over. Al quickly rushed to aid his brother, but instead made him even more blind (if that was even possible) and Al, in fear of making his brother really, really, really blind, ran away and went to Botak City (1) to take refuge.
In Botak City, every citizen was bald (2). In its wondrous streets, Al could hear the melodic sounds of screaming children running away from razors. In Botak City, there is no need for light as the shiny heads of its citizens are enough to light up the whole city and thus, no light pollution.
In Botak City, no one is left out because everyone there is bald. The males, the females, the cats, the dogs, the fish, the mosquitoes, and every living being known to man are bald. And if you do have hair or hair is growing, there is nothing to fear. Whether rich or poor, hair cuts are always free.
The place sounded like heaven to Al and the good news is that he doesn't even need to wear a hat! More importantly, he wouldn't blind anyone because everyone there is used to the brightness of the bald heads.
Al started life there as a citizen and was soon blinded by all the light.
He was stuck in Botak City because of some paper he signed that states that he could never leave Botak City.
He became forgotten.
A/N: T.T I haven't updated this story in months! Sorry! I was kind of waiting for a challenge but I didn't get one… And then I asked Vix ^^ So thank her~ Oh yeah, one more thing. "Boot to the Head" and "Tae Kwon Leap" was made up by the Frantics. I own nothing in there whatsoever.
My friend made this up in class when we were supposed to make up cities and travel guides. She was very angry at our English teacher 'Ma'am Audrey' (Sansan, your class calls Mr. Hendry that, right? And you can probably guess who made this…You know which sis right?) at that time for calling her Princess.
No offense to any bald people out there.
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