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Author's Note: If you've read chapter 5 of Alchemist Eclipse by SakuraStar. You would know where I'm going with the lactose-intolerant thing. Enjoy this chapter.
Chapter 3: Goodness gracious, great Hughes of fire.
The night hike went really well. Besides Hughes having to go behind a tree every ten minutes. It went rather well. Now they're all sitting on benches around the fire ring. The fire ring is a platform raising up about a inch off the ground. The platform is completely made of dirt and rocks are place around the actual area of the fire. Hawkeye and Hughes are trying to start the fire with matches, but they're having no success in starting the fire. In order for the kids to not start a riot, Roy steps in to use his alchemy to start the fire.
"Stand back you two. I'll get this fire going in no time at all." Roy said holding up his gloved hand. Hawkeye knew it was coming and cleared the area rather quick. Hughes never paid any attention nor listened to the Flame Alchemist. Instead he kept trying the matches, hoping one would light. Roy just shrugged and snapped his fingers. The fire gets lit, but Hughes also gets lit. Hughes begins running laps around the fire ring, demanding water.
"There's a latrine a few feet that way." Armstrong said. Hughes screams his thanks and runs to the latrine. Only to have another poo-poo attack happen. This gave Hughes a very difficult decision. He could either crap his pants and put the fire that engulfed his entire body. The other option is to become a pile of ashes on the pit toilet. He chose the third option, which is to jump into the pit toilet and hope to put himself out and take a dump at the same time. This proved that human feces, stored over time can become flammable. Thus when Hughes did a swan dive into the pit toilet. It caught ablaze real quick. The kids and the counselors saw a giant fireball shoot into the night sky. Then Hughes bloodcurdling girly screams filled the night.
"Someone go put him out." Roy said.
A tall muscular man, around the same height and build as Armstrong is, kicks down the door to the farm house. There the elderly farmer, his daughter and grand daughter were huddled together. The farmer aimed his rifle at the man's chest.
"You can't have my home. I don't care what you..." the old man was knocked unconscious by a right hook from the man.
"GET OUT OF THE DAMN HOUSE NOW!" the man ordered as he picked the old man and carried him away. The two women ran out crying and were put into a truck along with the old man.
Meanwhile several mercenaries hired by Howard were finishing flushing out the Ishbalans at the encampment. Scar was told by the camp's elder to not fight and go. Before Scar left, he demanded a explanation.
"We must have you find out where we're being taken Scar." the elder said.
Scar had to hide in the bushes and watch his people get taken to the trucks. Once all of the Ishbalans were rounded up, the trucks drove off. Scar was able to see his window of opportunity to hold on to the bottom of one of the trucks, before the soldiers rounded up the last of the Ishbalans. Scar got off the truck when the trucks were stopped and his people were taken off of the trucks. Scar was amazed that his people were being taken to a camp, with a barbed wire fence. He hid in some bushes in the back to find out it was a slave camp. There all the people Howard called scum was put to work. They worked with no health benefits either. It was inhuman and made Scar want to kill the guards and free the people inside. But he couldn't do it alone. He needed some help and he knew where to get it.
The next morning Roy, Armstrong, Ed, Al and Hawkeye went to see Hughes in the first aid building. Hughes's entire body was wrapped in bandages; he looked like a mummy with glasses.
"How are you feeling Hughes?" Roy asked.
"(I feel I've been to the gates of Hell Roy.)" Hughes said in his muffled voice. Not like the rest could understand.
"Um are you Mr. Hughes's friends?" asked a young woman.
"Yes we're his...holy God in Heaven. You don't look old enough to study medicine." Roy commented. Indeed this young woman was too young to study medicine, but that probably didn't stop her though. She was around Ed's age, slightly bigger than him. She has one a blue t-shirt and jean shorts with a white lab coat. Her skin is tan and she has dark brown tied in single braid. A leather headband with colored beads in the design of a eagle and a eagle feather on the side of the headband was on her head.
"I'm not old enough. I'm just my sister's assistant. She's visiting out grandfather right now. By the way my name is Naomi Kauffman. I'm a Indian in the Redfeather Tribe." Naomi said extending her hand. Roy shook it.
"A Indian huh? I've heard that Fuhrer Bradley was able to negotiate with the Redfeather Tribe about getting land for this very camp. Ever since they were put into the reservation next door to the camp." Roy said.
"My grandfather is the chief of the Redfeather tribe. So he was able to give Fuhrer Bradley some land in exchange for money. Since we're poor in the reservation and all."
"I've heard that the Redfeather tribe use alchemy. Hence the name of this camp." Armstong said. "I've even heard that the nurse here is the Healing Alchemist. Her alchemy is using healing herbs that are found on the reservation or elsewhere in the world. Placing the herbs on the wounded or ill, she uses her alchemic powers to heal the patient."
"Thats my sister all right." Naomi said with a giggle. "When she gets back she'll heal Maes Hughes here and he'll be as good as new. Oh and by looking at your charts Edward Elric. It says here that..."
Ed quickly tries to silence her but he is too late.
"You're lactose-intolerant. My sister will get you some medicine to help you drink milk. Don't worry Edward. These pills will help treat your lactose-intolerence."
"Even if I did take the pills Naomi. I still won't drink milk. I hate its taste." Ed said.
"Well there is chocolate milk out on the market Edward."
Naomi left the room leaving Ed and the others.
"Oh by the way Ed." Roy said. "You're cabin is to play Armstrong's cabin in baseball, liek right now."
Ed grumbled as he walked out of the First Aid Building. This will go rather well.
Author's Comment: Not much to say here, except Ed gets some medicine to help him drink milk. Then there is Howard's reign of terror on the Ishbalan camp. Lets hope Scar can get the help of the State Alchemists. Lets also hope they'll listen to him.