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Previously: "Ed, Emi, Angel, Al. What are you going to do at this point?" Huges asked us.
"We're just gonna keep moving on." Ed said.
"But first, we need to get our arms restored." I spoke up.
"Let's not forget that we also need to fix Al once you do." Angel added.
"We got no choice; it's time to see our mechanic." Ed said to us.
"Right!"
Ch. 8 Road of Hope
-Angel-
-On the train-
We were at the train station on the train to Resembool. I sat on one side while Ed and Emi sat across of me. There was a knock on the window and we looked out.
"Yo." Said Hughes.
"Hey." Said Yuki.
Ed opened the window "Lt. Colonel Hughes."
"Yuki." I looked at her.
"The guys at Eastern Headquarters said that they were too busy to come." Said Huges.
"So we're here to see you off instead." Yuki added.
"That's fine with me, but...why is the Major...?" The Major was sitting next to me.
"It's only natural you'd get an escort. Getting attacked by Scar in both your states wouldn't be too pretty, would it?" Huges said.
Ed gripped his right sleeve of his red coat and I looked down at my bandaged arm.
"Just accept the Major's Kindness." Huges said.
"Just grin and bare it." Yuki said.
Ed, Emi, and I sighed.
"Children don't need to be reserved." Said the Major.
"Shut up! We aren't children!" We yelled.
"Anyway, did Al get on?" Emi asked.
"Of course." the major answered.
-Al-
-In the back of the train-
The cart was full of sheep. Al was in a crate since part of his armor was broken. He was in the middle of the horde, surrounded by sheep.
"Bah. Bah, Bah." the sheep were all crowded in the small cart.
"Uh…"
-Back up front-
"I thought he might get a little lonely without some company." he said as he sparkled.
"OUR BROTHER ISN'T SOME SORT OF FARM ANIMAL!" Ed and Emi yelled at him.
"Poor Al." I said as I sweat dropped.
The bells rang, meaning it was time head off.
Hughes and Yuki gave a salute.
"Well guys, take care. If you ever happen to stop by Central again, come say hi." he said.
We saluted back to them. The train finally left the station. It was soon sunset. I looked at Ed and then to Emi. 'Please trade seats with me, Emi.' Emi looked at me for a moment and got the message. She smiled and stood up to switch places with me. Now I sat by Ed and Emi sat with the major, at least she didn't mind. A few hours later, we both fell asleep.
-Emi-
I looked at Ed and Angel and smiled. 'Aww, they look so cute together like that, I just hope Winry doesn't get jealous.' I thought to myself while staring at the two sleeping blonds. Angel's head was leaning on Ed's shoulder and he leaned on her head.
"If I didn't know better, I would think that Miss. Rey could have been you and Edward's younger sister." the major said to me.
"Heh, yeah. We do have similar characteristics to each other." I said.
It was true. Angel did look a bit like us; we all have blond hair, she has a similar eye color to ours, and she acted a bit like us too. And all this, is natural about her, no influences or changes from us. I went to sleep soon after.
-Morning-
-Angel-
The next morning, Ed had to wake me up. That's when I realized that I fell asleep on his shoulder. I never slept with a boy before except for my twin brother, and that was when I was only up to 4 then we slept separately. I lightly blushed and got up. I noticed Armstrong looked out the window. He got up, looking out more, crushing poor Emi in the process.
"Dr. Marcoh!" he yelled out, Ed and I looked out as well and Emi was crushed against the window. "You're Dr. Marcoh, aren't you? It's me, Alex Louis Armstrong from Central!" the man turned around and looked towards us. He showed a terrified face, and ran off.
"Uh…" Emi squeezed herself out from between the major and the window then gasped for air "Huh. So who was that major?"
"Someone you know?" Ed asked.
"He's a talented alchemist, who used to reside in Central. He was studying how to apply alchemy to medical treatment. But he had been reported missing after the civil war in Ishbal."
"Well, let's go see if we can catch up to him." I said as I got out of my seat.
First, we went to get Al and then we went after Marcoh. We got off and walked around the town asking for Dr. Marcoh. People kept thinking that we meant Dr. Mauro. We finally got a few leads. Thankfully, the last person gave us the address to his home. When we got their, Emi and Ed walked ahead up the steps with me, Al, and Armstrong close behind. Ed knocked on the door but no one answered.
"Huh?" Emi said.
"Let's just go in." Ed said as he opened the door only to find that Dr. Marcoh was pointing a gun at his head.
"Ed!" I jerked him and Emi out of the way the second that he shot.
"Why did you come here? Are you here to take be back?" he said.
"Please calm down, Doctor." major attempted to assure him that we didn't mean him any harm.
"I don't want to go back there anymore! Please, let me go!" but he wasn't listening.
"No, you've got it all wrong! We just-"
"Then did you come here to seal my mouth?"
"What the hell are you talking about?" I asked as Ed and Emi looked at each other.
"Don't act dumb! I know exactly why your here!"
"No we-"
"You can't trick me!"
Armstrong sighed, and then suddenly threw Al at him.
"I'm asking you to please calm down!"
"ALPHONSE!" we yelled out in surprise.
-After a long explanation-
We finally got Marcoh to calm down. We found out the reason everyone thought we meant Mauro, he changed his name. So that the military would never find him. We sat at the table; Al was on the floor next to Emi, Ed sat between me and Emi, and Armstrong sat next to me. We talked and then he mentioned something that caught our attention. He said that he didn't want to kill any more people than he already has to create the philosophers stone.
"You know how to make a philosophers stone?" Ed asked.
"You need to tell us how to make one!" Emi said getting a bit excited.
Then we all became silent for a moment. Marcoh looked at me.
"You are a chimera, aren't you?" he asked me.
I untied my bandana and showed him my ears.
"Yeah." I answered.
Then he looked at Ed and Emi.
"So, I see that you three broke the taboo." then he looked at Al. "I'm amazed. You were able to affix the soul of a human being. You just might be able to create a perfect Philosopher's Stone."
Ed and Emi smiled at each other.
"Then can-" Ed was cut off by Marcoh.
"I can't show you the data." He said.
"What?" we said surprised.
"But!" Emi began.
"We need it to get our bodies back to normal!" Ed said.
"You mustn't!" he just replied.
Ed and Emi glared at Marcoh hard, I just remained calm. 'Their must be something really horrible about this if he doesn't want to tell us.' I thought to myself.
"That is the Devil's research. You'll see Hell if you study It." he said harshly at us.
"We've seen Hell Already!" Ed and Emi snapped at him.
Marcoh looked at them shocked. Then he looked at me.
"I've seen, and been there. It's all the same to me." I said calmly to him.
"Sorry. Please, leave..." He said.
It was no use, we decided to leave. Ed was disappointed at this, I don't blame him. Emi tried to remain calm. As we walked down the steps, Ed looked back. I placed my hand on his shoulder. He looked to me, and we continued back to the train station.
"Hey, you guys were really ok with this?" I asked the twins.
"It was incomplete, but we could have taken the stone by force." Armstrong said.
"We would have wanted to, but." Emi said.
"We don't want to steal the only support the people in this town have in order to get our body's back." said Al.
"It wouldn't be right if we did. Just taking something for ourselves will never be the right thing to do." Ed said.
I just smiled at them. Then our train finally came.
"Hey Major?" Emi said.
"Hm?" he looked at her.
"What about you? Don't you have to report Dr. Marcoh to Central?"
"The person I met today is a doctor by the name of Mauro."
Me, Emi, and Ed smiled. The major was too good of a soul to report Marcoh. We were about to get on until.
Hey!" we looked over, it was Marcoh.
"Dr. Marcoh?"
He pulled out a piece of folded paper
"This is where the data is hidden."
Ed took it
"If you still feel you won't regret discovering the truth, take a look. You may be able to reach the -real truth that is beyond truth...No...This is unnecessary." he said.
As he turned to leave, he looked at us.
"I hope that you four get back to normal." he said with a smile.
Armstrong saluted him, me, Emi, and Ed bowed with respect.
We finally got back on track. When we got on, we got Al to sit with us. I sat next to Al as the other two sat across from us. With Ed's arm gone, I helped him open the letter.
"What does it say brother?" asked Al.
"National Central Library, 1st Branch." Ed said.
"Really? That's it?" I asked.
"Yup, that's all it says." Emi said as she also took a look at the paper.
"Makes sense. A forest would be an ideal place to hide a tree, after all. There are enough books in there to last several lifetimes." guessed the major.
"We can find a clue to getting the stone here." Ed smiled at us.
"Yeah, and we will." I said.
But for now, our next stop will be Resembool! We finally made it to Resembool. And just in time to get Emi and Ed's arms fixed! Ed wanted to rush and hurry back to Central. He really needs to learn to relax for once. When we made it to Winry's home, Den was barking happily to greet us. I saw an old woman, must have been Winry's grandmother.
"God, what happened to you three?" she asked.
"A lot." Emi said with a nervous smile.
"We're going to need your help again." Ed answered.
Armstrong placed Al down, to greet Winry's grandmother.
"This is Major Armstrong." he shook her hand as Ed introduced him.
"Pleasure to meet you, I'm Pinako Rockbell."
Then she looked over to me.
"Hello, my name is Angel Rey." I said as I also shook her hand.
"Huh, Rey is your last name?" she asked.
"Yes, why?" I asked.
"Do you by any chance know a boy named Zen Rey?" she asked.
"…Y-you know my twin brother?" I asked.
She smiled and turned towards the house.
"Zen! I believe your sister is here!" she called out.
I looked towards the house and a boy with a red shirt and black long pants that looked just like me, except with shorter hair came out. I stared at him for a moment then ran to him. I then tackled him into a hug and took a good look at him.
"Zen, it really is you!" I said as I hugged him again.
"Angel, you're ok! Well besides the fact that you are a chimera." he said as he took my bandana off.
"Yeah." I said with a smile as my fox ears twitched a bit.
-Emi-
I looked at Ed and we smiled.
"Angel finally found who she had been looking for." Ed said looking back at Angel.
"She looks so happy." I said.
"I know I haven't seen you two for a while, but Ed has gotten smaller than Emi." Pinako said to us.
"Granny, you've got it wrong. You're supposed to say you've gotten taller than last time Ed." Ed said in an insulted tone.
"But why would I say something so very untrue?" she said.
"I'M STILL TALLER THAN YOU YA MINI HAG!" Ed yelled at her.
"Incoming." I said as I took a step away from Ed.
"Huh?" he said confused.
Then a wrench came flying out of nowhere and hit Edward hard on his head. I looked toward the house and I saw who we came here to see. A girl with blond hair and blue eyes, wearing a black halter top with blue sweat pants and a blue bandana on her head and gray jacket tied around her waist, was standing on the upstairs porch and looking down at us.
"Edward, I thought I told you to call before you come back for matinence!" she called out.
"WINRY ARE YOU TRYING TO KILL ME!" Ed yelled back.
She laughed "Welcome back!"
"Yeah."
-In the house-
-Angel-
"OH NO!" Winry squealed upset when she saw Ed and Emi's broken Automail.
"Yeah it's a little smashed up." Ed said.
"A little smashed up, a little. Ed did you see what you've done to my beautiful creation? I slaved over this." she said.
"It's basically the same but in smaller pieces." Ed said.
Winry punched him in the face and he fell to the ground. She turned to Al.
"Don't tell me. You a little smashed up too Alphonse? What the heck have you three been doing?" She said.
"Hmm." Al just hummed.
Winry kicked Al and he was on the floor next to Ed. Next, she turned to Emi with an angry aura surrounding her.
"I'm so sorry Winry! I tried to avoid it, but I had to help! ... Please have mercy…" Emi said as she bowed on her knees.
"Kiss up." Ed said.
"Shut up." Emi said back.
"You idiots, you need to be more careful."
We explained that we needed to get to Central right away. They seemed to understand, but Winry was still pissed at Ed and Al.
"I see. So you want to return to Central as soon as possible to get that data, eh?" Pinako asked.
"Yeah. So, I want you to fix us up as quick as you can." Ed said.
Pinako check his feet, to see if they were the same hight.
"Hmm, looks like I was wrong. You've grown an inch since we last saw you. I'll need to adjust your leg, too, and not just your arm."
I was just watching them with my brother. Winry needed to do three all-nighters to get it done on time. Surprisingly, the same went for my brother.
"Winry taught me a lot about making automail. I know enough to help her make one of the twin's automail." he said to me.
"Oh." I said in response.
A few minutes later, Winry came over to me and started a conversation on what happened since Zen showed up here.
"I know where you two came from." she said to me.
"Oh, I'm guessing that Zen told you." I stated.
"Yeah, we talk a lot about that kind of stuff at first. When I got use to him staying here, I taught him how to make automail just in case something like this happened." she said as she looked toward Zen who was talking with the twins, my guess, about what has been happening since I joined up with them.
"So… you have a crush on my brother?" I asked her.
"HUH?" she turned towards me and started to blush.
"Hehe, Aw, you do like him." I said in a playful tone.
"Well, you have a crush on Ed!" she said a little to loudly.
I looked at her in disbelief. Everyone in the room stared at us. Winry, realizing that she just yelled it out for the whole world to hear, covered her mouth. The only people that knew about this were me, the Elrics, and Winry. I just stood up and walked out of the house.
-Emi-
I looked at Winry. She had a guilty look on her face. Everyone was quiet and still for a moment then went to do some work. Armstrong went out back to get some wood for the fire place, Pinako went to get the supplies ready, and Winry and Zen did the same. I looked at Ed.
"Should we go look for her?" I asked him.
"Yeah. Lets go visit mom's grave while we're at It." he answered.
"We'll be back later Al." I said to my younger brother.
Den followed us. Ed brought a bouquet of flowers for mom. Along the way, we met some of our old neighbors. They were very nice, teased us now and then a bit. We asked them if they saw Angel, and they told us they haven't seen any one but us passing by recently.
"Where could she be?" Ed said.
"Huh?" I stopped suddenly.
Ed stopped too "Hey Emi," we were both quiet for a moment.
"You can hear that too?" I asked him.
"Yeah." he answered.
We were hearing soft humming coming from somewhere. Den started walking towards the sound and we followed. He stopped near a tree on the side of the road near the cemetery. We all remained quiet as we walked closer. When we were close enough, we saw Angel sitting on a high tree branch facing the cemetery. We stayed out of site and listened to her sing a small part of a song.
"I don't know what words I can say
The wind has a way to talk to me.
Flowers sleep a silent lullaby
I pray for a reply
I'm ready.
Quiet days calms me
Oh serenity.
Please tell me
Ohm what is it they say.
Maybe I'll know one day.
I don't know what words I can say
The wind has a way to talk to me.
Flowers sleep a silent lullaby
I pray for a reply
I'm ready."
Me and Ed smiled at each other. Then we saw Angel stand on the branch.
"What do ya guys think? Sounds good?" she said.
"How long have you noticed us here?" Ed asked her.
"The whole time." she said as she jumped down from her perch on the tree.
"How are you feeling?" I asked.
"Huh? Oh, I'm absolutely fine." she said with a smile on her face.
"Why did you leave the house?" Ed asked.
"I just felt a bit embarrassed by what Winry said. She did shout it out loud enough for everyone to hear ya know." she said with a light blush.
"That's nothing to be upset about." I said to her.
"Just be glad we're here and not some place that is highly populated like East HQ." Ed added.
"Yeah. You're right. When we go back I'll need to apologize to Winry for running out on her like that." she said.
"C'mon. We were about to go see someone we would like you to meet." I said.
-Angel-
We walked into the cemetery and stopped in front of a grave that was marked as 'Trisha Elric'. I looked at Ed and Emi. They told me about what happened when they were kids. What happened to them sounded similar to what happened to me and my brother, only my childhood was much worse.
"Is this your mom?" I asked as I looked at the grave.
"Yeah." they both said.
"Hello, my name is Angel Rey. Your three kids have been very nice to me ever since we met a few years ago. We look after each other like family. It's nice to meet the person that brought these three into our world." I said somewhat formally.
"She would love you, Angel." Ed said to me.
"Heh, you think so?" I asked blushing a bit.
"Absolutely." Emi said.
"Hey Angel. Why don't you sing a song?" Ed said.
"Oh, sure.
Shipwreck in a sea of faces
There's a dreamy world up there
Dear friends in higher places
Carry me away from here
Travel light, let the sun eclipse you
'Cause your flight is about to leave
And there's more to this brave adventure
Than you'd ever believe
Birdseye view, awake the stars 'cause they're all around you
Wide eyes will always brighten the blue
Chase your dreams, and remember me, sweet bravery
'Cause after all those wings will take you up so high
So bid the forest floor goodbye
As you race the wind and take to the sky
You take to the sky
On the heels of war and wonder
There's a stormy world up there
You can't whisper above the thunder
But you can fly anywhere
Purple burst of paper birds this
Picture paints a thousand words
So take a breath of myth and mystery
And don't look back
Birdseye view, awake the stars 'cause they're all around you
Wide eyes will always brighten the blue
Chase your dreams, and remember me, sweet bravery
'Cause after all those wings will take you up so high
So bid the forest floor goodbye
As you race the wind and take to the sky
(Take to the sky)
There's a realm above the trees
Where the lost are finally found
Touch your feathers to the breeze
And leave the ground
Birdseye view, awake the stars 'cause they're all around you
Wide eyes will always brighten the blue
Chase your dreams, and remember me, sweet bravery
'Cause after all those wings will take you up so high
So bid the forest floor goodbye
As you race the wind and take to the sky
You take to the sky
(You take to the sky)
You take to the sky."
A few minutes later we left the cemetery but we didn't head back to the house.
"Angel, you don't need to come with us, you can go back to the house." Ed told me.
"No, I want to go with you guys." I said.
"Alright." he said.
The next place we went was to their use-to-be home. They told me about this too, the reason they burnt down the family house.
"So, this is all that is left of your home huh." I said sadly
"We burnt it down when we left to join the military." Emi said.
"We did it so we wont be able to turn back, and to remind us that we no longer have a home to return to." Ed added.
"But you do have a home." I said as they looked at me. "Unlike me and Zen, you have other people who are waiting for you here. You have Winry and Pinako waiting here for you." I said.
We smiled at each other. It was getting late and we decided to head back to the house. When we got back to the house, the twins received an unexpected greeting.
"Oh Edward, Emily Elric!" Armstrong said crying anime tears and giving the twins a bone crushing hug. "What love for you to attempt human transmutation to bring your deceased mother back. What unyielding love for you to sacrifice your arms to bring back your brother's disembodied soul. What determination for you to burn down your own house to make sure there was no retreat." Then he took of his shirt "Come you two. Allow me give you two this comforting embrace." he said as he hugged them again.
"No stop!" they both screamed.
I walked over to Winry
"Uh, hey Winry. Listen, I-" Winry cut me off.
"I'm sorry about earlier." she said.
"You took the words right out of my mouth." I said
"I didn't mean to say it that loud."
"It's alright. I'm sorry for running out like that. Just having other people hear that was a bit embracing, that's all."
"It's alright. Are you ok now?"
"Yeah. So do you forgive me?" I said as I extended my hand to her.
"Of course. But do you forgive me?" she said as extended her hand towards me.
"Absolutely." I said as we shook hands.
"But seriously, do you like Ed?"
"I don't know, do you like my brother?"
"Heh, well, yeah."
"Well, it's the same here."
-Three days later-
Ed and Emi's automail were finally finished and they were about to connect their automail. Winry was connecting Ed's arm and Pinako did his leg while Zen did Emi's arm. According to them, connecting the nerves was the worst part about having automail.
"Ready?" said Zen.
"One." Winry got ready.
"Two." Pinako did the same.
"Three." they all turned at once.
"Ah!" Ed and Emi yelled.
"Is it really that bad?" I asked.
"Of course it is." Zen said as he tightened Emi's arm causing her to yelp in pain again
"Well, we won't have to deal with this pain once we get the Philosopher's Stone!" Ed said.
"That's too bad. You were a real money-spinner." said Pinako.
"Ah!" he yelled, as Pinako worked on his leg.
"Yeah. There's no need to go through the trouble of getting your limbs back." Winry said.
"Ahh!" he yelled again, Winry worked on his arm.
"And besides, what's wrong with this? The smell of oil, the groaning of bearings. This beautiful form that was designed based on human engineering! Ah, how wonderful you are! My automail." said Winry a bit dramatically.
"Crazy gear head." Ed said.
"You're lost without me alchemy freak." she responded.
The twins got up and stretched out their automail.
"How is it?" Zen asked.
"Feels a lot better now." Emi said.
"Yeah feels great." Ed said.
"Thanks Winry, Pinako, brother." I said.
"We raised the ratio of chromium this time so it would be more resistant to rusting." Winry explained "But that makes it less durable, so don't overuse-" but Ed and Emi were already out the door "Hey! Listen to me!"
"Al, sorry for the wait!" Ed said.
"Now that we are done, let's get you fixed." Emi said.
I followed them outside and helped them take out Al's peaces.
"Will you be able to fix him quickly?" asked Armstrong who was now with us.
Ed stood up "Yeah. There's a trick to it, though."
Emi took Al's armor head of, to show the blood seal
"This seal right here, is the medium that bonds Al's soul to the armor." Emi said.
"So we have to make sure we don't mess up. We also need to keep that protected more." Ed said.
"Who's gonna do it?" Emi asked Ed.
"I will." he said.
Ed clapped his hands, and slammed them on the ground. With in seconds, Al was back together again.
"How's that?" Ed asked.
"Much better." Al said.
"So, how about a little exercise." Emi said.
"I'm in." I said.
We sprawled for a while. When we were done, my brother went to have a private talk with Edward.
-Ed-
"So, you like my sister huh." Zen said.
"Well, yeah. I mean she has been with us for a few years now. So we are like friends." I said.
"No, no. I mean do you like like my sister." he said.
"Oh. That like." I said.
"You're blushing Ed. So I'll take that as a yes." he smirked and crossed his arms.
"So what if I like her. She's a nice, strong, protective, smart, and understanding person. She is also a good singer and really talented too." I said crossing my arms.
"I know she is. I also know that she can be very sensitive, somewhat naïve, reckless, and too aggressive at times. And I'm guessing that she hurt her arm from the fight that you had with the man that destroyed you and your sister's arms." he said like he knew what was happening.
"How do you know all that?" I asked.
"Angel told me how you two broke your automail." he said as if every one knew.
"Oh."
"If I was her older brother, I would argue with her decision. But she is my older twin so I wont argue with this. She is old enough to make her own decisions without my help anymore. But if any thing worse happens to my sister, I will send you to hell. Got that?" he said with a dark aura forming around him.
"G-Got it…" I said a bit shaken.
"Good." he said as he turned back to normal.
'He's just like his sister…' I thought to my self.
-Later that night-
-Angel-
"He's sleeping with his belly out, again." said Al.
Ed was asleep on one side of the couch and Emi slept on the other
"Al, some time I think that you really are the older brother." I said
"You could be the older sister Angel." Zen said to me.
"Someone needs to keep these boys in place. You can give that job to a girl and it will happen." I said.
"Isn't that the truth." said Winry as she placed a blanket over Ed then Emi.
"How old are you kids now?" Pinako asked.
"I'm fourteen, these three are fifteen." Al said.
"He's so short, the same age as me, and they call him a human weapon? Look how defenseless he is right now." Winry said.
-Zen-
"Thanks a lot, you two." Al said suddenly.
"What's this formality all of a sudden?" Winry asked him.
"You've always welcomed us as family. I'm really thankful of you two." Al said.
I noticed that Angel fell asleep, her head laid on her arm and she was sitting on the floor between Ed and Emi.
"Now Angel is sleeping. I've never seen her so relaxed before." I said with a smile.
"They might not say it, but I'm sure brother and sis feels just like Angel right now too." Al said.
"Al.." Winry said.
"Thank you." he said.
We all smiled.
-Early the next morning-
-Angel-
The next morning came, the sun was about to come up. We had to get to Central, so Ed woke up very early. We were outside, saying good-bye to Pinako.
"Thank you for everything, Pinako." I said bowing.
"No trouble. Just keep those boys from danger. You too Emi."
We nodded "Will do."
"Thanks for everything, Granny." Ed said.
"Sure."
"Huh? Where's Winry and Zen?" Al asked.
"They haven't slept for the last few nights, so I bet they're still sleeping. Want me to go wake them up?"
"Nah, don't worry about It." said Ed. "She'll just keep on ranting about maintenance and all that stuff. Later."
"My brother deserves his rest." I said.
When we were about to leave.
"Hey, you four."
We turned back to Pinako.
"Stop by for a meal every once in a while, will ya?"
"We will." l answered.
"Coming to a place so deep in the mountains just for a meal?" Ed joked, Pinako smirked.
"Ed, Emi, Al, Angel." we looked up and saw Winry and Zen waving to us.
They both looked very tired.
"Have a safe trip..." Winry said.
"And take good care of my sister Edward!" Zen called out.
"Zen!" I started to blush.
"Don't worry, I'm not planning to lose anyone else! I promise that I'll do all I can to keep her safe!" Ed called back.
"You better Elric!" Zen said.
"OK! Well! We should get going! Bye Guys!" I called out to them.
We waved to them and left.
-Zen-
I went downstairs to help Winry clean up. We put the tools away and moved the boxes. Then I saw a screw on the table with a label on it. I picked it up and walked over to Winry.
"Uh, Win. I think you missed a piece." I said showing her the screw.
We looked at each other.
"Whoops." she said as she scratched her head.
I wont be surprised if we will get a phone call from Edward soon.
Songs:
Melfina's song
Take to the sky-owl city
Kaede: This is longer by six more pages than your last chapter.
Me: Yup. 21 pages on Microsoft Word.
Ed: Well, that's all for this chapter.
Al: We hope you enjoyed it.
Emi: And tune in for our next one.
Angel: You people know what to do if you ever want to see another chapter or new story.
Read and Review
And Tune in for our next Chapter!
Kaede: We have something new here.
Me: A poll for who you think is the best couple in the story so far.
Kaede: Here is the list
Ed x Angel
Winry x Zen
Havoc x Yuki
Me: That's all that I have for now.
Kaede: If you review this and the story, and depending on Aka's choice,
Me: You can be my next guest speaker for the next chapter.
Kaede: You know what to do now.
Me: Since this is my last week in summer school, I may update a bit more often.
Kaede: I will be the co host for this story so I can make sure that this runs smoothly.
Me: And I will hopefully keep her sanity in check.
Kaede: I don't know if I should be offended or grateful to that comment.
Me: I didn't mean for it to be an offence.
Kaede: And hopefully I wont be.
Me: Whelp.
All: SEE YA NEXT TIME!