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Chapter 4: Traverse Town

"Are you okay, sir?"

Edward slowly wakened. "Where... am I?"

"Your in the blue room of the Traverse Town Hotel. I... found you by the Gizmo Shop, unconscious." The timid voice responded.

"Traverse... Town?" He closed his eyes and signed. Great... He sat up. But unbeknownst to him, his clothes were off. The covers has fallen down, the metal arm was shown. When he noticed, he quickly tried to hide it.

"It's okay sir," the shy nurse in the blue dress said, "When I stripped you from your clothes, I saw your metal limbs." She immediately bowed down to him, while folding her hands. "I'm sorry."

"Eh..." he scratched his head, "you don't have to be sorry."

She suddenly turned red in embarrassment. "By the way, I'm Lissette. I'm the nurse of this hotel. And you are?"

"I'm Edward."

"Edward, who did get those metal-"

"I've done something I shouldn't have done a long time ago."

"Oh- like what?"

"Something forbidden." He lowered his head, "that's all."

The shy nurse quickly bowed again, "I'm sorry!"

He sighed. "Anyway, where are my clothes?"

"Oh! Um... they're in the red chest in the corner. I'll go get it." She walked to the corner, gotten the chest, and gave it to him.

"Thanks." He opened the chest, "Um, would you mind?"

"Oh! I'm sorry!" She quickly ran out the room.

Ed recovered his clothes. His shirt, pants, boots, coat, and gloves. He made sure that the pocket watch was still inside his pocket. "All right, all ready to go!"

"AIEE!" Lissette screamed.

"What now?" He ran out the door and found the nurse's chest being pierced by a black creature. It took something shining from her body. It was shaped like a heart.

Those are the same things from that island! Damn!

He had no choice. He had to use alchemy. He clapped his hands, then changed his arm into a knife like blade.

Hopefully these things are touchable!

He ran toward the creature and threw a swing at it. It flew to the ground. Then it escaped, unfortunately with the heart-shaped object. He ran up to her to examine her body. It was slowly fading.

"Lissette!"

"Edward... I'm... sorry." Her body faded away, disappeared in thin air. Edward watched helplessly. He tighten his grip.

"No, damn it. Lissette..."

"So this is Traverse Town." Sora said. He was inside the accessory shop in the First District, the only place safe from those creatures.

"Yep," respond Cid, the owner of the shop.

"And those things... are called heartless?"

Yep."

"And they take hearts?"

"Yep."

"And my 'Keyblade' is the only thing that can save the world?"

"Not just this one, millions of them."

"...COOL!"

"Eh?"

Sora hopped around the shop, "This is the kind of adventure I'm talking about! I'm your only hope! I'm gonna save worlds! Awesome!"

"You shouldn't be happy about that."

Sora waved the key-like sword in the air. "Wonder if Kairi, Ed or Riku have anything like this! Which reminds me... Cid."

"Yeah?"

"If anyone named Riku, Ed or Kairi comes in here, tell them to meet me in the second district."

"Um, whatever kid."

He walked outside to the bright lighted district. His excitment cooled down. "I wonder if Kairi is okay..." He then made his way to the second district.

Ed was outside the empty second district. He thought about what to do next. "Can probably try to find Al. Or Sora and the others. Maybe I'll try to find anyone." He looked behind him, the hotel he just came out of. He thought about Lissette for a bit, then continued ahead. He ran to the door next to the hotel. The door leading to the first district.

Beyond the door, was different than what he saw at the second district. He slowly walked to the middle of the district. The lamp were side ways, the mail post had a mouth, it was like a cartoon show.

"This place is weird. I hope the locals here isn't like the mail post over there."

It took a while, but he gotten used to the environment. He also talked to the people of Traverse Town.

"Now the only place I have to go is the Accessory Shop."

He walked the front of the shop and push open the door.

"Welcome to the shop, how can I... Oh, it's just another kid. Hey, go home."

Ed glared, "Kid! Are you calling me so short, I'm smaller than a baby old man?"

Cid glared back, "I'm not old! And didn't say anything like that!"

They both argued back and forth, until Ed finally calmed down.

"So those things are called Heartless, one without a heart... and they feed on people's hearts..."

"Yep."

"...What happens to someone when their heart in taken from them?"

"Well, on one's persons report, they become a Heartless themselves. Or... let's see... if they believe in the darkness, or something like that, they're nothing but an empty body. Like no spirit or whatever." He scratched his head.

Lissette...

"People come from all over to Traverse Town. Mostly people whose world was destroyed. Like mine seven years ago."

"So... that island was destroyed, and I came here? But wait... what about my world?"

"I don't know kid."

"Hope everyone's okay..." He closed his eyes and turned around towards the door. "Thanks." With that, he walked out the shop. He sighed, wondering about Aunt Pinako, Winry, everyone else, but most importantly, his bother Al. "hopefully I can find you soon Al."

"I know where you brother is..."

Ed quickly respond to the voice coming from a dark corner. "Where is he?"

She come from the shadows. It was a green skin woman, who was very tall. Her clothes were black, the horns on her head resembled a dragon within. "No need to rush, Ed. He is safe and sound. Now come with me... I'll show you where you bother is..."

"Wait, who are you?"

"You may call me, Maleficent."

TO BE CONTINUED

A/N: Yep. I wasn't so lazy with the ending with this chapter. I'm gonna change the ending on the third chapter. --
Lissestte is my character. (That's my middle name) NO FLAMES, PLEASE R&R :)