AN:/ Why is it so hard to find episodes from FMA:B?! I NEED THE MANGA SO BAD. If you're wondering why it's really... Odd that OC-chan hardly enters in or is there to hear the dialogue from the episodes, is mainly because I BARELY KNOW WHAT THEY SAAAY.
Now I have under an hour to make a chapter-
This will be a short one, -maybe, depends on how fast I type- but did I forget to mention this is an Edward x OC x Envy? OOPS.
Maybe I did, and just forgot. Would not put it past myself.
WELL, Ed needs his fair share of OC's weirdness. This short chapter is mainly focused on Al, Ed, and OC herself!
Enjoy?
"So... You said you could help us?" Edward asks when I had slumped against a wall, having given up because of the confusion. "W-well, I uh.. Yeah. I can! Just.." I fumble with my words, before having a coughing fit before I could speak again. Alphonse looked over to me. "It's okay if you're a little lost. The second Lieutenant-" Ed glanced over to Al with a raised brow, and the armor shot up his hands. "A-Ah, Lillie, she said that you were new to Central City." Al explained, and Ed puffed his cheeks out.
"She also got angry at us." Before I could as why, I almost tripped on what seemed to be thin air. I flailed a bit in place, and I stilled. Turning to look over at the group following me, I narrow my eyes at their lack of eye contact as well as covered mouths. Ed was the first to speak from the momentary tense silence.
"She said she could find someone for us. Sure, she doesn't know Central that well, but that doesn't mean we shouldn't give her a chance." Ed defended, and I tilted my head, wondering why he was so bent on painting a picture of me so brightly.
Though I was still a bit pouty. "I-I know where to go! You don't need to ask anybody anything! It's fine!" I huff and cross my arms.
Alphonse sweat-dropped after I spoke. Turning around on my heel, I speed down the sidewalk, their also fast paced footsteps reaching my ears. Brosh and Ross were still tailing the Elric's pretty closely, so of course, they keep an eye on me as well. Ross seemed way too suspicious of me when I was trying to figure out how exactly Sheska was found.
As I slowed down, I turned back around to look for the house I barely recall from the manga. Locking eyes with the female officer, I make a weird face at her; puffing my cheeks out and crossing my eyes. She didn't seem to break like I wanted her to, and I had subconsciously had begun walking beside her.
""Excuse me, but I'd like to ask you a few things. Since you're clearly not too occupied." Blinking at the Military Official, I looked to Brosh, then to the backs of Ed and Al. "Uh.. Sure?" I turn back to her, she clearing her throat.
"First off, I'd like to state that the only reason you are allowed the Elric's is because you pose no threat."
Slumping my shoulders, I gape my mouth. What?
"Uh... Sorry ma'am, but I'm pretty sure that wasn't a question.." I say before biting the inside of my lip, scolding myself for saying something so rude. What happened to my filter?!
I could feel her gaze, before she did a weird grunt, and crossed her arms. "Have you had any encounters with anyone that would pose a threat to State Alchemists?" Oh, and the interrogation begins... Seriously having to restrain myself from going, "Why of course! How'd you guess?" I simply turn to stare her directly in the eyes, with an unwavering tone of voice.
"No ma'am. I have not."
She seemed pleased with my answer, and I did a little mental happy dance at my growing acting skills. "Do you have any experience in combat, or violent acts?" My mind immediately goes to any amount of fighting in the last month. "...Does running away from my problems count?" I ask, and she seems to be having a rather hard time controlling herself, as she covers her mouth. "Y-yes.. Last question..." Smiling happily at the end of the severe pregnant atmosphere, I hum in acknowledgement.
"Have you had any interactions with a man titled "Scar"?"
Feeling the suspense, it seemed the three other individuals of the group had paused and looked back to listen in on the conversation. The side of my mouth twitches at all the eyes, and the familiar tingling travels down my spine as I feel a sense of dread.
Like eyes were set on my figure. Like they have been ever since I pulled myself out of the rubble that once was the First Branch of Centrals library.
Images flash behind my eyelids, making me shiver at the fact of being with the Homunculi. The tingling increases, making me freeze in place, as Maria Ross' eyes widen, and I automatically jump back. "Wh. Wha-"
"Answer the question!" She orders, and I blink, the tingling never fading. I look down at my feet, and see them the way they were before, and I sigh in relief. The same shoes, the same hands. I hadn't changed.
"Ah-.. No, ma'am. No I have not." I say with certainty, and my mind flashes again with the image of Lust and Gluttony attacking Scar in the sewers.
"Just... I've heard rumors of what... He's done." I mumble, and I feel her gaze soften, before I soft pressure places on my shoulder, and I look up. She is smiling, and with a pat, nods over to Brosh.
"It's okay. I understand, but how about you let us find someone to help the Elric's?" I puffed my cheeks again, and she chuckled. Maria Ross was intimidating, for sure. You have to be in the Military. Though she had her kind side.
Doesn't mean I wasn't irritated by it.
Before the clunky looking -to me- vehicle drove up, as if waiting for us to decide on using it, the tingling grew tenfold, and my head swiveled back in instinct. A flash of black slinking into the shadows made me raise a brow. Frowning, I realize the tingling had to be coming from m heightened senses.
I didn't like it.
As the car ride over to where-ever the hell Sheska lived- I was still very irritated at not knowing where she was- The silence appeared again, and this time, it was way more uncomfortable.
Staring out the window, my eyes glaze over as thoughts wander throughout my mind.
As much as a strong tugging at my heart left me wanting to stay, I hated how I had to put up with being followed all the time.
"There's a woman who's well acquainted with materials from the First Branch..." I hear Ross state, and my mind plugs back on to what was happening now, and I mentally slapped myself for spacing out. I seemed to be doing that too much.
I couldn't help it..
Seeing Edward perk up at her words, I peer from my spot across Al. "Unfortunately, she wasn't working there anymore." I feel myself slump over in my seat at Edward remark.
"That sounds incredibly helpful..." he muttered, crossing his arms. Smiling at his dry humor, I shrug. "Well, I mean, you can't blame her..." Alphonse nodded at that, and Ed huffed, Before Al tilted his helmet. "Something wrong?" He asked Brosh, whom jumped at his question. "Oh! It's.. Nothing. Although if you don't mind me asking, why are you wearing a suit of armor?" I feel Al jump too in response, and I chuckled to myself, having to squeeze to the door of the car, trying to evade Al's spikes.
"W-Well.. It's a hobby!" I hear Ed say. Al quickly turned to his left, and noticed my sudden interest in the window, as my face was crushed up against it. A spike deadly close to my skull.
"Suzanne, are you okay? You didn't need to sit there, you know." Al tries to move away, but ends up crushing Ed. With an irritated and muffled voice, the older brother grumbles out, "Just move! It's getting too cramped in here." Al then tries to raise both his arms, but ended up hitting Ed in the face, and me having to duck only to smack my forehead into my own knees.
"Sorry, but I think big brother is right. You can sit in the middle, so I won't be crushing both of you too much." He says, and I shook my head wildly. "No! No no! I'm good, it's good!"
"IT"S NOT GOOD!" Edward complained, as the whispers of the officers flew in one ear and out the other. Feeling heat rise up my neck and into my ears, I growl at him.
"No! I am not sitting by you!" I say, and surprised myself the actual anger laced in my tone. It was supposed to be playful, but I guessed I played it out to good. Though, my heart felt constricted, and confused. More anger followed that, and my eyes widen slightly.
"You stem from Envy, and therefore have a connection to him."
Feeling someone grip the sides of my waist and haul me up, I suddenly flail from my thoughts. "A-ah, p-p..-UT ME DOWN!" I kick out, freaking over the idea of getting picked up without all my mind to see why and how.
"S-Suzanne! Calm down! I'm just putting you beside brother." I blink, and immediately calm down, realizing what was happening from his explanation. Then before my butt could touch the seat, I began flailing again.
"N-No! Please, no! I don' wanna!" I whine before covering my mouth, then just falling limp at the sudden crazed emotion I displayed. The filter was completely gone, making my face burn with embarrassment, seeing the strange looks from Brosh and Ross, as Al couldn't help but chuckle, I narrow my eyes at him. "Quit laughing at me, Al!" I snap at him, making him chuckle harder. "I-It's.. I'm sorry, Suzanne, really!" He says through his laughter, and the officers were smiling.
My face turned darker, beginning to wonder that what I did wasn't the cause of their giggles.
Soft yellow was in my peripheral vision, and I turned to see the golden eyes of Edward. Blinking at him, the lower half of my face was still covered by my hands, hiding the growing blush at the closeness. He seemed to not be moving.
Or breathing.
"W..We aren't laughing at you. We're laughing at brother!" Al explained, and I looked down, now noticing the brown colored seats were not under me, but under my legs. Also having to bend them since Al was now on the other side of the car.
I poked the black leather pants I see under myself, and the laughter got louder as Edward's face puffed out.
Looking back up at the frozen midget, I patted the side of his face, the embarrassment being covered up by the hilarity of the situation. "Ed... Hey Eddie, c'mooon. You okay?" I say, the side of my mouth twitching when a surge of the same confused anger emits from my tone, something uncontrollable.
Though I managed to hide it in my heart, most of it.
"C..-Can you.. Get off.. P-Please?" He finally spoke, and I moved my hand away to jump in place making him gag at the weight. His face was as red as mine, if not redder. Debating on whether from my weight -which I still don't get- or the fact I was sitting in his lap.
I nod, "I'm sorry.."
"Ah, n-no, don't apologize." He says in a soft, type of awed voice after Al had picked me up again, and before he set me down, I noticed how his metal arms shook, as if straining. Was I really that heavy? "It was Al's fault." The quiver in his voice had faded away, and Al gasped at how he was blamed. "Brother! You're the one who scooted over, it was like you wanted her to sit in your lap!" Al said, and Ed jolted in his seat.
"THAT WAS NOT IT! I MOVED BECAUSE THERE WAS MORE ROOM!"
"Admit it, brother, you just wanted to have her all to yourself!"
"NO! I DON'T KNOW WHAT YOU'RE TALKING ABOUT!" Edward slowly became louder, and seemingly more desperate to have Al think opposite.
As I slowly sunk into my spot, my eyebrows furrowed at how familiar this situation would be.
Like in a Fanfiction, or something.
Though... He seemed so real.. What Lillie tells me, he is real. They are all real.
I try to take this seriously, but.. It seems difficult. A part of me is attached to MY reality. I have to take this seriously.- I hope I had, but right now, seeing the way Ed was acting over such a little accident, I was growing worried.
That I was taking a place in this story, of which I didn't belong. I didn't deserve.
This isn't meant to be my story, my life. It's Edward Elric's and Alphonse Elric's.
Just... His eyes seemed too warm, and kind. Something I hadn't seen, no matter how deeply I stared at the screen during an Fullmetal Alchemist: Brotherhood marathon.
I don't deserve it.
"We're here!"
I don't deserve it.
"An apartment building?... I think?" I squint my eyes up to the roof of the building, seeing as it had many floors, and it was nearing noon, I almost blinded myself. "AHG!" I quickly shoot my gaze to the road, and rub them furiously.
"Why did you do that?! Never mind, just hurry and cross over!" yelled Ed, who stood beside Al.
They both stayed behind as well as Brosh, since Ross went to go check and make sure which room Sheska was in.
"It's okay, Suzanne! No one is coming!"
Yeah. I had a problem with vehicles. It was like the machines were drawn to me. That, or trouble is a friend, and violence was my neighbor.
Taking a hesitant step away from the parked car, another one in similar model and paint job came zooming past. I yelped, and hopped away.
"NO! ARE YOU CRAZY?! THIS KILLS PEOPLE!" I screech over at the blonde, which started a chatter war. Al just tried to look for oncoming cars.
I know that if I just sprinted the hell over it would all turn out fine, but the fact that my foot got run over three times and I had to pretend I was terrified so I could heal myself behind the car, didn't help.
"JUST USE YOUR LEGS! RUN!" Ed screamed, and Al kept looking side to side, both ends of the street, to see if anything was driving close or turning a corner. "Where are they coming from?!" He exclaimed, hands raised in surrender.
"WHAT POINT OF 'NO', DID YOU NOT GET?!" I almost chucked a stray chunk of asphalt at him, then worried I would miss and it would ricochet off of Al and come back to hit me instead.
"JUST GET OVER HERE!"
"KNOWLEDGE WITHOUT ME!" I knew Sheska had a LOT of books, as well as an enormous brain capacity, so Edward was set. "I CAN WALK AROUND, KAY'?!" We were both screaming at each other for no reason. It was literally, 35 feet across to the other sidewalk.
Which makes me wonder, where was the driver, and why hadn't they of just parked next to the building?
"NO! JUST COME OVER HERE, OR I'LL GET YOU AND CARRY YOU OVER!"
Why was he so frickin' stubborn?
"EDW- Ed, just stop! I'm good! I'll just find a place to sit and think about philosophical things!" I waved him off before he could storm to me. I had begun walking down the sidewalk, and Ed's ranting was fading away, Al had probably restrained him.
"SUZ', JUST CROSS THE DAMN ROAD!"
Sighing, at the voices of all the people in the area, Ed was finally a good distance away. Enough so, that I couldn't hear him at all.
"So... Since I know what's going to happen, I can come back and possibly not die from too much literature."
Now, you might be wondering why I just up and left the two main character's of Fullmetal Alchemist, but... I am being called in.
By Father.
Therefore, in order not to get my head lopped off or limbs bitten to shreds, I need to get there as fast as possible. In fact, I wasn't meant to leave Lust, Envy, and Gluttony in the first place. Oh, but Envy just had to distract me long enough for the building to cave in on itself. Taking me with it.
I'm still coughing up smoke.
Which.. Doesn't sound good.
"I would smack him, but I really don't wanna get stabbed again. I have no doubt he'd do it, too." I pout at how he can revert to his usual rude, rather rambunctious self after torturing me. I mean, what the hell?! By the time I had reached the burnt down First Branch of the Central Library, it was growing dark.
"Oooh, where do I gooo?!" I drawl out, hunched over near a bench along the sidewalk. Sitting down, I cross a leg and stare up at the sky, some stars twinkling in the pink-purple, as well as the moon making me squint for a second.
"... I no idea where to go.." Just then, the hairs on the back of my neck stood on end. A shadow passed over me, and from the light covering all of Central from the moon, I could make out only one figure. Okay, hopefully not a drunkard.
Before I could get up and face the person, they plopped down right beside me. Bewildered, I felt myself scoot away.
"Hey, doll." I continued to blink, mouth gaping. "You shouldn't really sit here all alone, someone might take advantage of that." His voice ranked high into the "Familiar" category, and his eyes the same color as the sky, a deep violet, stared me down.
I almost smacked him right then. I hated this guy with a passion, but it was a love as well. Not the Fangirl love, but an admiration of his character.
Not as much as Envy, but he is a close second.
"Heard around, that the old man had made another one of us, but then again, rumors aren't always truth."
I blinked and his blank expression soon turned into a growing smirk.
"Now that I've finally had a good look at you, the talk was indeed, true. You take after Lust in many physical features." I hissed at him as a reflex, and as that was my first 'words' to him, he rose his eyebrows, before cracking another grin.
Before he could babble more, I stood up and and began walking away as nonchalantly quick as I could. "What?! All you gonna do is hiss at me?" He called, and his footsteps were now echoing behind me, and I had a lingering tug at the back of my mind, saying he wasn't supposed to be out in the open, as being Greed.
"I know, I can guess what you're thinking. The answer, is I merely wanted to see what our old man made. Though, I have a question for you."
I only walked faster, though I guess I was too slow as a tight grip encased around my waist, his arm had snaked around and I was pulled into an alley right beside me. I hadn't noticed. I was growling at him by the point, an intense anger growing in the pit of my stomach, something that wasn't mine.
"HEY! Let go of me, you dick!" Jeez, I knew we had a connection but I don't want his loathe mine!
Covering my mouth, I felt Greed's arm go slack, and he had let go to stand in front of me.
"Do you know why you were made?"
I looked up to face him, as I was pretty short. Shaking my head I dropped my hands. "I didn't mean to-"
"Nah, it's fine, I get it. Easy to spot for as long as I've been alive." He smirked, but the seriousness of the situation made me take a deep breath.
"It's not that big of a deal. I can just ignore it." Greed shook his head at my words, and I formed a pout again. "No, you can't. Not after so long, at least." That when I felt his fingers grip my chin, and I the anger grew.
"Quit evading the question."
I pulled away from his grip, and sighed through my nose.
"I... Don't know. I don't know.. why he did what he did. I wasn't told, they haven't told me. They made it clear I am an outcast, until I can do my job." I was glaring at the ground. "As much as it hurts to be rejected, I don't want to be accepted anyway. Isn't my priority, since I didn't want to be attached to this weird group. It's not a family, I'm not using that term." I was now babbling myself, but he was listening. He wasn't smirking, he was just listening.
I was grateful.
"I always keep coming back to the same end. No answers. I'm okay with that, they'll eventually find their way to me, but they make it so vague, like they're teasing me. I know I'll never be one of them, I don't want to be. I didn't ask to turn into this.." I was voicing parts of myself I didn't want to speak, and I tried to make myself stop, that this was embarrassing, that I hardly knew Greed, but that was a lie.
Of all the times Gwen had lectured to me how much she thought he was a great character, I couldn't say he was a stranger to me. Besides, I'm the emotional one that likes talking about what I'm thinking.
So, it's no use to try and stop.
I felt like crying, and that was so cliche. So I didn't.
"I feel happy, though. That.. I can get to know the evil, and the good." Greed was still silent, and was watching me like a hawk. "All I truly know is, I'm still human. No matter what I can do, whether I can heal myself or not." I then take a breath, only to look up and see a smile on Greed's face.
He lifted his hand to pat me on the head, and steam shot out of my nose as I turned away from him. "Don't pat me! Quit!" I swat his hand away, and he shook his head.
"Even though it was a monologue, it was still the answer I was looking for." He then scratched his head. "I think."
That's when I realized he was testing me. To see if they had broken me or not. If he could trust me not to speak of his whereabouts.
"You can go back to Father, but by what I see, you won't tell anyone about this." He crossed his arms, and cricked his neck.
Smiling, I turned back. "Yeah. I wont spoil anything." I salute him, and he rolled his eyes before slowly retreating into the alley.
"And by the way-"
From my spot near the bench now, I look back and see his glowing purple eyes.
"Try not to steal anyone's Stone, kay'?"
At that, I grew confused. Steal? For more power or something?
"That.. Was weird.. Wonder what he meant by that.."
Sitting down, I wait for anything, something to happen. I tried to expect the worst.
AN:/
OH GOD, I DON'T KNOW WHAT IS FILLER AND WHAT IS PLOT! AHHHHH~!
Though, I did have an hour or so to finish this... Which sucked. I got it done, and I did not proof read it. I skimmed very VERY briefly. (EDIT- I changing the ending, so the next chapter will make a lot more sense.)
Hope you like it, and I apologize for any confusion, the lateness, and if any OOCNESS!
Ed is acting the way his is for a good reason, and I know it seems like an entire 20 chapter skip of a story plotline for him to get all blushy like this. You'll know why in the future.
SEE YA NEXT CHAPTER!
