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AmA/N: Hey everyone! I'm so glad to have been getting so many reviews! Happy now! Lol, so I hope everyone is fine and dandy! Anyway, I want to thank everyone who has been reviewing and supporting my story, and sorry it was confusing, but it's kinda supposed to be cuz that adds suspense!
Lessons In Alchemy Chapter 4:
Prisoner
The sky was a gentle shade of light purple, with stretches of orange and blue plastered across it. The wind blew gently and blew the Cherry Blossom blossoms through the air; a coyote howled in the background.
Ash sighed and stared out the window of her room, or as it should be called- cell. It was on the fourth story of the building that Mustang had brought her too. Outside she could see the ground below, and several times the thought of jumping out the window to the ground below entered her mind, except for the fact that bars covered the window.
She sighed again, very loudly at that, and finally looked around her room. There was a small, day bed in the corner with a rose comforter, and matching pillows, a bedside table next to it, with a candle and a small book, and an empty bookshelf in another corner.
"I…I guess this is kinda my home…well, until I can escape," Ash said to herself. She had never been the person to take things sitting down, and knew she would escape; but first she wanted to hang around to find out why members of Ed's own team were after her…
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"I'm so happy we found you! Are you okay?" Asked Al, helping her down the huge tree roots. Ed, although suffering from heat stroke, seemed happy to see her too. She stepped down and landed in front of Ed.
"I knew you'd come for me!" Ash smiled, trying her best to act sincere. Ed looked at her weirdly for a moment, and then shrugged. "Of course," he said, turning away and shading his eyes. "But if we don't get outta this sun soon I think I'm going to melt."
Ash smiled and nodded. "We don't want that now do we?" she joked, sticking out her tongue at Ed jokingly. He turned around and playfully punched her arm. She rubbed the sore spot for a moment then smiled.
"I know how to get outta here. This city is my home after all," she said, leading them to a place away from the scorching sun…
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Mustang stood outside and watched the setting sun for a few minutes. Even though it was almost 8:30, it must've been 97 degrees outside. He wiped some sweat from his forehead and sighed.
"General Mustang?" said the voice of Hawkeye. She walked slowly up to him and saluted. "Everything is accounted for sir.
"And Ash is in the fourth story room. Hughes locked her in and the window is barred."
Mustang smiled, "Thank you Hawkeye." He replied, although he hadn't even turned towards her; he still looked at the sky, as if waiting for something to happen.
"Please go get Hughes," commanded Mustang. "And tell him not to bring any pictures of his family…"
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"My blood?" The imprisoned girl whispered to herself. She now sat on the bed, and tried to take it all in. Then realizing that her hair was down, which she hated, she pulled it up into a ponytail and let her silver/gray eyes look over the room. Her eyes were the one of the many strange things about her; they were usually amber, but sometimes changed to a silver/grayish color.
"I'm just a little human girl, I'm not special. I don't even know alchemy… So…why me?" Ash asked herself, lying down on the bed. She stared at the ceiling for a moment, trying to think up a plan for her escape. "Ed's team…after me?"
She sat up and stared at the doorway, hoping for the doorknob to turn any moment, but, of course, it doesn't. The silver orbed girl got to her feet and slipped her boots on, before walking towards the wooden door. She tried to turn the handle, but it didn't work. Angry, she flung her palms against the door. A bluish/white light came from her hands and turned the door into a pile of wood.
"What the hell?" she asked herself, staring at the pile in front of her. She looked to the doorway, and saw it open, since the door was no longer there. "Well, I guess I can find out what Mustang wants with me," she said happily, and sneakily hurried through the doorway…
Little did the girl know was that from her window, someone was watching her. The Homunculi grinned and pushed some wavy black locks from her eyes with pointy fingers.
"Well, well, well… Seems that Full Metal's girl can use alchemy without a circle." She said. She jumped through Ash's window. It shattered, but didn't make a sound. "Now all I gotta do is capture the wench and then the Homunculus can have her extraordinary powers for our own." Lust smiled and quietly followed the girl out of the room…
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Ash led the Elrics to a small stream with its own waterfall. "Here we are. I love it here! It's a nice place to relax and cool down." She said smiling.
Ed and Al looked at each other and then towards Ash. Al could sit in the water, but that's it. And he had to be careful for the blood mark. (A/N: or something like that), and Ed loved swimming, but it meant that Ash would see him with auto-mail. Then the memories from the hotel room came back to him. She already knew!
But something seemed to stop him and he stood staring at Ash.
"Wait a minute-" he said.
Ash looked at him funny. "Edward, are you alright?"
"Ash, how come you were so easy to find. I mean, all Al and I had to do was walk for a little while, and find you. And then you were tied with ropes, which were very loose I might add. And no one came after us after we freed you, you just came and all."
He paused and Al gasped, seeming to agree with is older brother. "Brother you're right. Why is that Ash? What happened to you after that strange woman kidnapped you anyway?" Al asked her.
"Hush Al," said Ed, walking closer to you. "I don't care if I'm only known you-Ash- for three days; I know you're not her. Where is she? Who are you?"
Ash smiled evilly, "Whatever do you mean?" She asked, looking innocent. She walked over to Ed's side. "I am Ash; I'm probably acting a little funny cause of the shock of it all."
Ed didn't look satisfied though. "Who are you? Where's Ash?" His voice grew more irritated.
Ash pulled out a dagger from her pocket, a big one on her pant leg, and stabbed Ed in the stomach, right in his other wound! He gripped his stomach and fell down, his blood splattered on the ground. Al gasped and rushed towards Ash. "Who are you?" He yelled, trying to punch the imposter in the face, but she dodged it easily and did a back flip to land farther away.
"Al, I think she's…a…Homunculi…" Ed was barely able to whisper. He still lay on the floor, and a puddle of his blood was next to him.
"Brother, are you alright?" asked Al, bending down next to the alchemist. Ed tried to sit up, "I'm fine."
Ash snickered. "And look how far the Full Metal Alchemist has fallen, all because some stupid girl softened his heart!"
"She's…not…stupid!" He said, pulling himself off the ground. "And I should have known from the start that you weren't Ash; she's much prettier than you." He transformed his arm into a dagger, but the girl just laughed.
"I'll be seeing you, Full Metal Alchemist. Hopefully soon if you want to save your girlfriend!"
"She's not my girlfriend!" Ed said, it was hard for him to talk though.
"Well if you want to know where Ash is, I suggest you visit me soon. Until then, goodbye my alchemist." She blew him a kiss and disappeared.
Ed changed his arm back and fell to the ground; Al tried to catch him but was too late. Ed laid there, blood still flowing from him and tried to sit up. "Al, please go find her, that lady. We have to save Ash…"
"But what about you? Brother, you'll die if you don't get help." Retorted Al, picking up his brother. "And you're more important to me than Ash."
"But Ash'll die if we don't save her…"
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Lust snuck down the halls, always staying a hallway behind the girl she stalked, but watched her sneak around the huge place. She smiled to herself. "This stupid girl will be easier to get than I thought to capture."
Ash walked down the hallways, busily making sure that no one was in the hallways before hurrying down them. Her head was cloudy and she was so confused as to why she was needed so badly.
She turned down a hallway and into a room and found herself in Mustang's office. Hawkeye and Hughes were in there already so she snuck in and hid behind a catty corner bookcase to listen to what they were saying.
"Yes Hawkeye, I shall tell you the new plan in a second, but first," he stood up from his desk and walked towards the door. "It seems we have a visitor." He pushed the bookcase away and saw Ash sitting there…
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Sorry this chapter wasn't as long as the others, but I think it got to some interesting points. Alright, the next chapter will be better. Here's a little preview for you.
Ash stared at Ed, standing in front of her. He had come all this way to find her, even with his wound. "Ash, I'm so happy that you're safe." He walked towards Ash.
"Get away from me Ed, I figured it all out!" She retorted angrily, turning away from the Elric brothers.
"Figured what out Ash?" Asked Al, walking closer to his friend. He spoke quietly, as if he was hurt by her actions.
"Your own team members are after me. You never wanted to be my friend; you just used me to get whatever it is Mustang wants. Why else would members of your own team want me dead?"
Sound interesting? I hope so…Anyway, so review and this chappie will come faster! Thanks for reading and review!