Hurray! Double digit chapters! =D How long should I make this story? I'm thinking about another 10-15 chapters but that's just my preference. What do you guys think? I plan on bringing an unexpected surprise in this chapter and when I came up with it, I was laughing maniacally XD And I never said that the principal was Havoc. Haven't you all heard of parallel people in this world? Well, I'm not giving anymore hints, so: on with the chapter!
Falling into Myself
Chapter 10
"Why did it take you two so long?" Katherine asked and both of us shrugged.
"Dunno, we just went to get a drink of water." Randell said.
"Okay class!" Mr. Pliner said, quieting the class, "Tomorrow we'll be in the pool! Please bring appropriate swim gear, and ladies: please keep the bathing suits a one piece." There were a few groans from the girls in the class, and some of the guys, "Today we'll be learning pool safety. Everyone follow me!" Now I was nervous. I was not going to swim. I cast a worried glance at Randell, who was trying not to crack up laughing. Thanks Randell, thank you very much. The class walked into the pool room and it was big, and deep. It went down twelve feet and the room was the size of the gym, which was pretty big.
"So here are some basic rules: Shower before going in the pool, no running in here, no cannonballs because I do not want to get wet, only girls can get out of swim once during the swim class." Damn it. I was stuck.
"Um, what if you can't swim?" I asked meekly and everyone looked at me, including the teacher.
"Then I'll teach you before you join up with the class." Mr. Pliner said and there were murmurs around some of the students.
"But I sink like a rock. No floaty will be able to keep me above the water." I replied and there was some laughter and Mr. Pliner laughed as well,
"Oh stop exaggerating Edward, you'll be fine." he said with a laugh and my face became red and I looked over at Randell who was mouthing the words 'Show him' and I sighed. Here we go again....
"But I'm practically made of metal Mr. Pliner." I said and the class burst out into laughter, at least except my friends.
"Stop joking around Edward." Mr. Pliner laughed and I sighed. I reached up to my shoulder and pulled down some of the covering so it showed some of my arm.
"Now do you believe me?" The class was silent and Katherine, Amber, and Jennifer were looking at each other with excited looks in their faces. They figured out. This will be a fun explanation time later. "I would sink like a rock." I said and Mr. Pliner nodded. The good thing about this: I made Mr. Pliner look extremely stupid. I pulled up the cover over my arm again and for some reason, I found myself in the principal's office a few minutes later. I have no clue how, or why I ended up there but now I was sitting in the chair in front of Mr. Hartmann's desk, waiting for him to arrive. It was a few minutes before he arrived in his office and he was surprised to see me.
"Hello Edward, what are you doing here?" he asked and I shrugged.
"I have no clue sir, in gym I just said I couldn't swim in class and I gave proof and I ended up here." I replied.
"Hmmm. Since you're here, how has your day been Edward?" Mr. Hartmann asked and I shrugged,
"It was good. Met some new friends; astounded my science teacher by basically taking over class, the others were taking notes from me; had lunch, this school needs something other than milk to drink; but it was an okay first day of school." I sighed. There was a glint in Mr. Hartmann's eye but it disappeared in a second.
"So, did you like mechanics class?" He asked and I nodded.
"My teacher is awesome. He's really nice and said he would be glad to teach me." I replied.
"So, you aren't too.....short to handle the equipment?" He mused and I felt my blood pressure go up.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT THAT HE WOULD BE CRUSHED BY A BOLT?!" I yelled and Mr. Hartmann laughed and I calmed down and looked at him. What the hell was he laughing about?!
"I thought that was you chief." He snickered. Wait a minute?!
"Havoc?!" I exclaimed and he gave me a grin.
"I thought you were stuck in the gate there chief." Havoc said and I shrugged.
"I made it out through the other side of it." I replied and he nodded.
"So that's why I ended up here." He said and I looked at him. What was he talking about?! Havoc seemed to see the confusion in my face and sighed.
"People have been being dragged through the gate over to this side lately. I was the most recent one." He said and my face went pale. Damn it! I screwed up again!
"So, I broke the gate?" I asked weakly and he shrugged.
"Dunno, but before I was sucked up, the military was putting together a team of powerful Alchemists to try and fix the gate."
"So is Mustang helping?" I asked and Havoc shook his head.
"Mustang lost his drive after he took out the Furer." He actually killed the Furer?! "He didn't do alchemy for months after that, dropped his rank of Colonel, and stationed himself in the north by himself. He lost an eye in that battle against the Furer. But Hawkeye and your brother managed to convince him to come out. Most of the Mustang gang is out of the military now." Mustang quit the military?! Alphonse was alright too!
"So, what was everyone else doing after I, left?" I asked and he smiled at me.
"Mustang and Hawkeye finally got married." Them together?! I would have never seen that happening anytime soon, well actually....... "Alphonse rebuilt your old house in Resembool and is living there. Your mechanic has her own shop in Resembool and Hawkeye is expecting a kid." He said. I cannot picture Mustang as a father. Actually, I'm scared to find out if the kid will be a pyro or a gun maniac like Hawkeye. Either way it's deadly!
"So, now we have to be on the lookout for any Amestris natives that fall into this world?" I asked and he nodded.
"Pretty much. I decided to at least get a job here, and it has its perks. I'm in charge of an entire building!" Havoc said with a laugh and I smirked.
"Oh yeah, and nice cover name. I take it that you still don't have a girlfriend."
"Shut up." I stuck my toungue out at him and laughed. No matter what world he was in, he couldn't get a date.
"So where are you staying?" Havoc asked and I smiled.
"Well, I'm actually getting adopted by a friend I made when I first came to this world. His name is Vic Mignogna and he is my voice actor in the Fullmetal Alchemist anime here on this world." Havoc smirked.
"I heard about that and I had to hold back my laughter when I heard students talking about it. So is he at home or what?"
"No, he's in Miami for a convention but I'm staying at an apartment with Caitlin Glass, Winry's voice actress."
"Ah. At least you're getting taken care of." Havoc said with a smile. He looked at the clock and sighed, "Looks like the bell is going to ring soon. You better get back to class and change." I looked down and realized that I was still in my gym clothes and laughed.
"Yeah, so I'll see you around Havoc." I said as I got up.
"See ya chief." He replied as I closed the door behind me.
It was a sho- not so long walk to the gym where the class was going back into the locker rooms to get changed again and I met up with Randell in the locker room.
"What happened?! Did you get in trouble?"
"It's fine, I didn't get in trouble." I sighed. He had been pestering me ever since he saw me.
"Then why did you have to go to the principal's office?"
"How should I know? I just know that I'm glad that I did." He gave me a confused look and I laughed. I looked around to see if anyone else was there, and thankfully there wasn't.
"Principal Hartmann is actually Jean Havoc from my world." I whispered and Randell's face went from a confused look to one of shock.
"Really?!" He exclaimed, "That's so cool! How did he end up here?!"
"I apparently broke the gate when I went through it the last time so now some people are starting to pass through." I sighed.
"How the heck can you break the gate?!"
"I don't know! When you escape from it I guess." I replied as I pulled my sweatshirt on. I grabbed my books and the both of us walked out of the locker room to see Amber, Katherine, and Jennifer waiting for us, smirking.
"So when were you going to tell us you had metal prosthetics Edward?" Amber asked and I felt my face pale.
"Ummmmm, I dunno." I stammered. Please don't be like Winry! PLEASE DON'T BE LIKE WINRY!
WHACK
They're like Winry. They had slammed a large textbook on my head and now I was on the ground.
"What the hell Edward?!" Katherine exclaimed, "You could have told us!"
"What else are you hiding?" Jennifer asked and I looked up and Randell who shrugged.
"That I'm actually Edward Elric?" I said meekly and all three girls froze. This was going to be painful. I winced before all three glomped me at once. Thank the gate that I was used to it by now!
"You're actually him!?" Katherine exclaimed excitedly and I nodded and all three squealed, oh my poor eardrums!
"Why didn't you tell us?!" Jennifer asked excitedly and I shrugged.
"Because I'd rather not be tackled by fangirls everyday. I deal with that at conventions." I replied. The girls quickly jumped up and helped me up as well.
"Sorry!" Katherine exclaimed.
"Yea, it's just that fanfictions always have you coming to this world so it's extremely surprising to know that it's actually happened!" Amber said happily.
"But you need to keep it quiet." I said and the girls nodded, "Now, I'll take all of you to my house after school and I'll explain everything." All four nodded and I smirked.
"So, how is Alphonse?" Jennifer asked and I shrugged.
"According to Havoc he is. I restored his body before going through the gate."
"Wait, Havoc is here?!" Randell exclaimed and I nodded.
"Havoc is Principal Hartmann, but keep it a secret." I could tell that they were starting to get overwhelmed. Thankfully, the bell rang and we had to go to our other classes. We agreed to meet at the front of the school after this class was over. It was a civics class for me, so I was learning about the American government. Pretty easy, but way different than what I was used to. Finally, the last bell rang and I basically ran to my locker and threw my stuff into my backpack, locked up, and ran to the front of the school where the others were waiting for me.
We talked about how much homework we all had and how our classes were and it didn't take long to get to the apartment.
"Hello Edward!" Caitlin called from the kitchen. Everyone plopped onto the couch in the living room and when Caitlin came out, she was a little surprised to see that we had four guests.
"Caitlin, this is; Randell, Katherine, Amber, and Jennifer. They're my friends from school who found out about my little secret." I explained and she smiled.
"It's nice to meet you all, I'm Caitlin Glass." She said with a smile and the girls nearly fainted.
"You're Winry's voice actress!" Katherine exclaimed.
"You're my hero!" Jennifer sighed happily and I laughed. Soon everything calmed down and Caitlin grabbed some snacks for all of us to eat and I explained everything that had happened since I ended up in the gate.
"So, we have to be on the lookout for people from Amestris." I concluded and I could tell they were in shock.
"So Jean Havoc is your Principal?" Caitlin asked and I laughed.
"Yeah, ironic huh?"
"Obviously." Randell said.
"So, we need to look out for any portals that have people like Mustang coming out of them?" Katherine asked and I nodded.
"That's the plan." I replied while Amber had a thoughtful look, "What is it?"
"Well," She replied, "Can you still do alchemy?" I actually hadn't thought of that. IDIOT!
"Ummmm, I don't know!" I replied and all four of them hit their foreheads with their hands. "Let's give it a try. Okay, I need something to transmute."
"How about some forks?" Caitlin suggested and ran into the kitchen and she came back with 5 metal forks in her hands. She put it down on the floor and I kneeled down next to it. Let's hope this works! The others backed away in caution and I clapped my hands and touched the forks. There was a bright blue light and when I opened my eyes again, there was a dragon necklace lying on the ground where the forks had been.
"Oh my god. Real live alchemy!" Jennifer exclaimed. I was shocked myself, I didn't know that alchemy could be done here, but then again, I never actually tried it. Okay, now I know not to clap my hands in public.
"I'll be right back." Caitlin stammered and went to her room while the girls and Randell ran up to see the necklace. It turned out pretty intricate and you could see each of the little scales on its body.
"That's amazing!" Katherine breathed, looking at the necklace.
"Yeah, Alchemy is soooo cool!" Amber said.
"Edward, can I keep the necklace?" Jennifer asked and I shrugged.
"Sure, why not." I replied and she went to pick it up.
"Hey! I want it!" Katherine exclaimed and Jennifer stuck her toungue out at her.
"Too bad, I asked first!"
"Well I want it too!"
"Like I said, too bad!"
"Just gimme the damn necklace!"
"MAKE ME!" Soon the two were wrestling for the necklace. I turned to Amber,
"So they do this often?"
"Why yes they do." she replied and went to go sit on the couch and Randell and I joined her, watching the fighting girls on the floor. A few minutes later, they had finally settled it, with Jennifer ending up with the necklace. Caitlin came back in the room and looked at the two girls sitting on the floor briefly then turned to me.
"Vic is on his way up here. The convention ended and Travis is coming too."
Mwhahahah! I never said that Edward couldn't do alchemy; you guys just assumed it XD Hurray for Principal Havoc! =D These chapters just keep getting longer and longer! So, there may be other people from Amestris coming to our world, but we don't know who or when! Oh, this is extremely fun =D Tune in for the next chapter! Until then, stay tuned! (I feel like the pokemon announcer XD )