The Blade Alchemists
My Old World, And My New Home
Drake POV
I sat on the wooden bench looking out the window, watching the scenery pass by. "So Drake." I turned to Al. "We've never really talked much about were you came from. Can you tell us about your world?" I raised my brow. "Sure, what do you want to know?" Al raised his head and thought about it. "Well how about more about yourself. Do you have family?" I nodded. "Yup. There's my mother, her names Susan, my oldest sister Elizabeth, shes 22 and married to a guy named Carter. Then the annoying brother James whos 19. And my youngest sister Sarah. She would be 17 but she died 5 years ago in a car accident with my dad."
Al lowered his head in sorrow. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to push." I waved him off. "It's fine Al. It makes me sad, yes. But they wouldn't want me to dwell on them. And what about you? What about your family?" Al turned back to me. "Our mothers name was Trisha and our dad was Hohenhiem." I saw Eds eye twitch. "I see your dads a sore subject, so I'll leave it be at that. So you have no other siblings?" Al shook his head. "Are you married or have a girlfriend?" I smiled and shook my head. "No. I have had a couple of girlfriends in the past, but they didn't work out. I think it was because of me being in the military."
"About that, can we hear more about it?" Ed jumped in. "Sure. I joined the army a couple weeks after I graduated home school at 17. Been in for 9 years now, or was in for 9 years. I was a Staff Sergeant and was preparing myself to try and make Sergeant First Class, but it's very hard to get that. You have to have a lot of leadership capabilities and knowledge. I've been deployed 4 times and was on my fifth when I ended up here. But before the military, there's not much to tell. My family lived on a farm out in the middle of nowhere and it was a 50 minuet drive to the nearest town. But it didn't bother me."
"Cool. And what about the world you lived in? What are the things that are different than here?" I placed my chin in my hand and had to think. "Well the biggest thing would be that there is no alchemy." Both brothers were shocked at that. "No alchemy? None at all?" Ed asked. "Well, there are mentions of alchemy in history books, and the powers that the alchemy here have match the alchemy recorded in history. But it completely died out sometime during the 12th and 13th century, because it was viewed as witchcraft back then. Everyone at the time were firm believers in God, and the saw that alchemy was the work of the Devil. So anyone that used it or had knowledge of it were taken and burned at the stake, viewed as Devil worshipers."
"But I don't understand. Alchemy is a science. How could they view science as the work of evil?" Ed asked, and I shook my head. "It's really hard to explain it Ed. I don't understand all the religion stuff myself, so I really can't go into it. So lets change the subject, please." Ed thought for a minuet then nodded. "Okay. So what else is different?" I had to think again on what else there was. "Well, now that I think about it. The whole time that I've been here, I have not seen or heard a single plane or helicopter." The brothers had the confused look on their faces again. "Plane?" Al asked. "Heli...what?" Ed followed. I pinched the bridge of my nose. "I don't know how this is possible, but I'm gonna guess this world has not discovered flight yet?" The brothers looked at each other then at me. "Well we know what flight is, birds and bugs do it all the time. But what's so different there?" I just moaned silently.
"How should I explain this? To put it simple, a plane and helicopter are man made machines that they can use to fly." Both brothers just stared at me. "Man, fly!?" I just hold back my laughter any more, but I did manage to keep it down to a chuckle. "Yes Ed. Man fly. A plane is a long, hollow, metal tube with large metal wings like a bird. It goes really fast, like I guess about five to six times faster than a train. Because it's going so fast, the wind pushes against the bottom side of the wings and lifts the craft up, causing it to fly. Do you follow me?" Ed had his head down and it looked like he was trying to process everything I told him. "For the most part, but what is a heli….heli..."
"Helicopter. Well like I said, the 'plane' relies on it's forward speed to get the 'lift' it needs. But a helicopter is much much smaller, usually only two to four people, were a plane can carry up to three to four hundred. It's about the size of a car, and has a long, metal blade called a rotor on on top. The rotor spins in circles really really fast. Once the rotors are up to speed, the blades are then angled, sort of like a fan, but it forces the air down lifting the vehicle directly up. So a plane relies on forward speed, and a helicopter relies on rotor speed. You got it?" Ed continued to think for a moment. "Well, yes and no. But my brain is starting to hurt trying to think on it so we'll leave it at that." I laughed silently.
"Okay, sounds good. But I do need to ask, what year is it here?" Al looked at me with the 'invisible' confused stare. "It's June 1914." Now it was my turn to be confused. "1914? In my world it's 2015." The brothers both gasped. Eds brows touched the ceiling again. "2015? No damn wonder you learned how to fly." I started laughing yet again. "Oh yeah, I almost forgot to tell you about space." I swear, there was no way Ed and Al could be any more confused. "Space?" they said at the same time. Now I really could help myself, I was laughing so hard that the trains engineer could probably hear me.
"Yes, space. I can't remember exact dates, but sometime in the early 1960s, we sent men to the moon in what was called the 'Apollo Missions'. And it was Apollo 11 that landed the first humans on the surface of the moon." Ed and Als jaws just dropped to the floor. After a minuet, they started laughing hysterically. "Men on the moon!? That's a good one Drake! As if 'planes' and 'heli-whatevers' were bad enough, now it's man on the mood!" Ed squeezed out between laughing fits. I just sat there, dumbfounded. I finally reached over and pounded my left bracer on his head. "Ouch! What was that for!?" I sat back on my bench and crossed my arms. "For laughing at me. But," I turned to the window.
"Comparing all the differences between our worlds, I'm gonna take a guess." I turned back to the brothers. "It seems that here, alchemy has flourished greatly, but technology has fallen way behind. But in my world, alchemy died out, but technology is very highly advanced. But it seems that besides that, they are both the same, except for the difference in the year. But there is one thing I saw that is far more advanced, technology wise, here than my world. Automail." Ed gave me another puzzled look. "You don't have automail there?"
"Well, we do. But it's not called automail. Their just simple prosthetic limbs that are easily placed and removed. Their not connected to the nerves like automail is, they are placed over the stumps. The more advanced ones have sensors embedded in them to allow the user to move basic parts, like elbows or knees. But not like automail, where you have full motion just like the real thing." We all sat in silence for a while, then Al spoke. "May I ask, do you prefer this world over the old one, or would you rather be in your old world?" I didn't answer at first, I just continued to stare out the window. "I'm sorry, I didn't.." I held up my hand silencing him.
"Don't take it the wrong way guys. There are a lot of things from my old world that I miss. The technology that made everything easy, my friends, my family. I miss all of it. But then there's so much here as well. Alchemy," I lifted my leg. "Automail. And now I have new friends, and Winry and granny who I consider family. Hell, you two idiots are my family as well, just the crazy part of it. But, if I had to choose what world to live in…..." I let out a long sigh. "I would honestly choose this one." Ed and Als faces lit up, but also had a hint of sadness in their eyes as well. "Really?" Al spoke. I turned to them and nodded. "This is the world I believe where I fit in more, where I think I belong." Ed smiled, but Al just simply looked at me.
"So if you were given the chance right now, would you go back to your old world?" I looked at Al for a minuet, then turned to the window and thought about what he asked. After a moment passed, I turned back to him. "No. The old world is behind me. This, is my new home." Al chuckled and Ed held out his hand. "Well then, welcome home Drake." I stared at him a moment, smiled, took his hand and Al placed his on top. "Thank you. Glad to be home."
Hello everyone. Just some info for ya. This chapter takes place just hours before the start of FMAB episode 7.
As I'm sure you have noticed, this story has only been up for 5 days and there are already 21 chapters. As I said before, I have ADD, so that's why the chapters are short, and I have been posting them so quickly. I have to type them fast before my ADD kicks in and I lose it.
I'm sure some of you believe that my OC is 'overpowered', but this is intentional. Just please be patient and continue reading as it gets better and the OC is 'dulled down' later from story events.
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