Chapter 9

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Roy walked into his office, yawning loudly. Sitting down at his desk he cursed at the surrounding chaos and attempted to sort through all the paper work but stopped as he picked up a sheet of paper he hadn't noticed before.

"Oi, Havoc! What's the date today?" He called out of his open office door and looked up as his secretary popped his head through the door.

"It's the 22nd of September. Why?" he replied but Roy said nothing except the obvious 'Oh shit,' under his breath.

"What's wrong?" Havoc asked and Roy handed over the sheet of paper.

"Oh shit."

"Exactly."

Riza walked into the staff room and looked around at her new colleagues and friends.

"Hey Riza!" a voice called and Riza smiled before walking over to Winry.

"Hello Winry, how are you?"

"I'm good thanks, and yourself?" Winry replied.

"I'm very well. How are you enjoying it here? You're the only person I can relate to, as we're both new."

"Oh it's awesome, stressful as hell but awesome, none-the-less. How about you?" Winry explained and Riza opened her mouth to reply but was cut off by the door to the staff room flying open and the Headmaster storming in.

"Everyone sit down and shut up…NOW!" he yelled and everyone stopped talking, turning to face him. "Okay, I didn't know this until just now, but I just found a sheet of paper on my desk, confirming the inspection of the school."

"Let me guess; it's been there for ages but because your desk is such a mess you never even noticed it," Ed called out and Roy growled.

"I'm working on the desk now Fullmetal Shrimp, so shut up."

"Let me guess; that's where Havoc is now, and I'm not a shrimp!"

"Right, well anyway. Ms Armstrong is coming to look around the school in," he looked at his watch, "30 minutes."

"Ms Armstrong?" Fuery asked. "As in -"

"My sister, Governor of the school, Olivia Milla Armstrong," Alex Luis Armstrong cut in and all the teachers, with the exception of Riza and Winry, shuddered.

"What's wrong with Ms Armstrong?" Winry whispered to Al.

"She's terrifying. Trust me; don't get on her bad side," Al whispered back and Winry nodded.

"Right, everyone line up. I want to see if you are presentable. If this inspection turns out okay then I might be pushed up to Headmaster and Governor of the school, which would mean I would get a much bigger pay rise."

Everyone sighed and Roy walked up and down the line, looking over his staff to make sure they look presentable.

"Ed, do you have a jacket?" he asked as he walked past Ed who was dressed in his usual trousers, white shirt and a waistcoat.

"Yeah, back at my apartment. Why?"

"Go get it. You can't be seen in just that shirt, it looks scruffy," Roy explained and moved to inspect Winry stood next to him.

"Hey wait! I'm not putting a jacket on, it's boiling here!"

"Look Ed, I don't care. Put one on now or you'll lose your job," Roy threatened and Ed growled before leaving the staff room, muttering about how he would wear a jacket if 'The Jackass' would fix the heating.

Everyone else passed the quick inspection by Roy except Maes, who was sent back home for wearing a pink jumper again, as Roy said that Olivia would hate it and could give the school a bad name.

"But there's nothing wrong with wearing a man wearing pink!" he exclaimed but still got sent away, and returned later with Ed. In they walked, Ed wearing a black jacket and Maes wearing a baby blue jumper this time.

"Right, everyone you better pass this test or else you're fired. Only show her your best student's exercise books and please don't lose control of the class. I better go, I need to meet her at the front entrance in 5 minutes and I can't be late," Roy told the teachers and ran out of the staff room to meet the inspector.

"So, is this inspection important?" Riza asked Maes.

"Well, honestly yes it is. Governor Olivia Milla Armstrong will report this directly to the President King Bradley," he replied.

"The President King Bradley? But I thought the president was -,"

"Not the president of Amestris. No, the president of NUT," Maes said but stopped when he saw Winry, who had just joined them, give him a confused look. "'National Union of Teachers,' NUT."

"Ahhhhh," both women replied.

"Right we better head off to class," Maes told them. "Hey guys! Come on, class will start in 10 minutes and I don't want anyone to be late!"

"You're starting to sound like Mustang," Ed grumbled. "You really are spending too much time with him, stop being his friend; he's a bad influence on you."

"You're starting to sound like my mother," Maes countered.

"I'm just saying; you can still go back to being a good guy, so stop being his friend."

"What about Roy, can't he be a good guy sometimes?" Winry asked.

"No chance; that's guy's a jackass right down to the bone, that guy hasn't got a hope in hell of ever being good," Ed explained and Winry and Maes rolled their eyes.

"Come on Brother, let's go," Al called and the two of them left, Ed giving Maes and Winry a quick wave without turning around.

"Hey Winry, let's go; we're both going in the same direction, right?" a voice called out and Winry turned to face Kara.

"Sure, alright."

"So, have you met this inspector woman then?" Winry asked as they walked to their classrooms.

"Yeah, last year when she came to look around. It was my first year here and I was terrified. She said some rather harsh things about me, but Al comforted me, which is part of the reason we got together in the end," she replied.

"Ah, I see. So what do you think she'll say this time?"

"I don't know really. Just don't let her intimidate you, that's my only advice." They stopped outside Winry's classroom and said their quick goodbye's before Winry walked in.

"Good morning class," she called out.

"Good morning Ms Rockbell," they chimed back and she smiled.

"Right, so how was the homework I set last week. It's all been done I hope."

"Ahhhh Ms Rockbell, it was SO HARD!" the children cried and Winry smiled.

"Well, if you've done it then hand it in at the front. If you haven't done it come forward and give a reason why you haven't." All the children stood to rush forwards, books in hand however stopped and sat back down again when the door to the classroom opened widely.

Winry turned her head to see Roy and a largely built, giant of a woman enter the room.

"Ms Rockbell, I'm Ms Olivia Milla Armstrong and I'll be inspecting your class for a short while," she announced and Winry nodded, terrified.

a/n sorry i know this is late but as i said before i'm back at school now and apparently teachers find it amusing to overload me with work