Muses O' Doom
Episode 05: Chibi: Part I
It had taken several hours, but at last there were three extra rooms in the Studio: one for each of them. It had been a bit difficult until they had gotten the hang of it; to create them, Scar and Envy had needed to inspire Ieva to the point where she was able to transpose the rooms and all the things in them, such as beds, shelves, etc. But it had gotten easier with each one, and before long the group was quite good at it. Now they were working on sorting the massive pile of Ieva's junk that had been jumbled in one of the corners in the main room. And man, was there some weird stuff in there.
"What's this?" Envy held up what appeared to be a pink laser gun.
Ieva took it and looked it over, "I have no idea. I didn't know it was even in there. I wonder what it does…?"
"There's no trigger. But here's a button…maybe if you push this…" Envy reached over and pushed the button. It was rather a stupid thing to do, as the laser was pointed right at him. Out of the laser shot a wide beam of bright pink light, which enveloped not only Envy, but Scar, who had been behind him at the time. There was a bright flash, and a large cloud of pink smoke filled the room.
Ieva coughed and waved the smoke away from her face, trying to see her muses, "Envy? Scar-san? Are you both all right? What happened?"
"Who are you?" a childish voice came from somewhere near her waist. She looked down to see two pairs of big, wide eyes, one pair violet and the other red. Scar and Envy…had seemingly been turned into four-year-old miniaturized versions of themselves. Thankfully their clothes had shrunk with them.
"Uh…" Ieva's mind froze, "I'm…uh…your…Aunt Ieva!" a large grin was slowly spreading across her face, "You're so cute!" she squealed and picked both of them up in a hug.
"Gwah! Leggo!" Envy struggled against Ieva's hold, "M'not cute! Cute is for babies!"
Ieva nearly squealed again, but managed not to and put them both down, crouching so she was at eye level with them, "Do you two remember what happened before I hugged you?"
"Nuh-uh," the little Envy shook his head.
"There was lotsa smoke!" the little Scar added helpfully.
"Ooookaaaay…so apparently they've both reverted to a four-year-old's mindset, as well…" Ieva muttered to herself, "I suppose I'll have to change them back…but how the spork am I gonna do that?"
"Auntie 'Eva, I wanna play a game!" Envy attached himself to her leg, looking up at her with big puppy-dog eyes.
"Me too, me too!" Scar did the same.
It was one of the cutest things Ieva had ever seen, and she grinned wider, "I guess I can always figure out how to turn you back later, so okay, what do you want to play?"
"Horsie ride!" Envy proclaimed loudly.
"Yeah!" Scar put his hand in the air and waved it, "Me first!"
"No, me first!" Envy stuck his tongue out at Scar, "Dummy head!"
Scar looked like he was about to cry, and turned up to look at Ieva, "Auntie 'Eva, he called me a name!"
Ieva quickly patted him on the head in a comforting manner, "Awww, it's okay, don't cry…he didn't really mean it, did you Envy?"
"No…"
"There, now, see?" Ieva smiled at Scar. Time to put all that practice with her little brothers and sisters to use. "How about we play a different game?"
And so they did. Over the next three hours, they played ball, hide and seek, tag…all the little games that four-year-olds like to play. Ieva kept going 'squee!' at random intervals when the utter cuteness became too much for her not to, and had unearthed a camera from somewhere and was taking as many pictures as possible (at one point she smacked her head and yelled "Bloody hell, I'm turning into Hughes!"). Near the end of the third hour, though, she was starting to get a bit worn out. Fortunately for her, she noticed that Scar was beginning to look tired as well, and she managed to get him to sleep. But Envy, being a Homunculus, was still just as hyper as he had been when they started. So Ieva rummaged through her pile of stuff until she came up with a large cardboard box.
"Here, Envy, this should keep you entertained for a while. I have to go…uh…do something important. I'll be right over there, though, so don't even think about doing anything bad," Ieva handed the highly excited Envy the box, and went over to the pile and started to try and figure out how to change them back to normal. But in about fifteen minutes she had fallen asleep herself.
Meanwhile, Envy was starting to get bored with the box. Glancing over to see that Ieva was asleep, he grinned a mischievous grin and tiptoed over to where Scar was asleep. He nudged the little Ishbalan and whispered, "Hey, wake up!"
Scar yawned and opened his eyes, "Whassa matter, Envy?"
"Auntie 'Eva is asleep, an' I'm bored. I wanna go play outside, an' you hafta come with me."
"Won't we get in trouble?"
"Nuh-uh, not if we come back inside 'fore she wakes up," Envy looked confident.
Scar pondered on this logic for a moment before nodding, "Okay!"
And so the pair of them snuck out the front door, and began to run around through the maze of alleyways like the hyper little four-year-olds they currently were.
15 Minutes Later…
"Envy, I think we're lost…"
"No we're not! I know exacticaly where we are!"
"Then can we go back? I'm getting tired again…"
"Awww…okay. The way back is…" Envy looked around, "Uh…it's this way!"
15 MORE Minutes Later…
The pair of them, after much wandering because Envy had absolutely no idea where he was going, found themselves, not back at the Studio, but at the entrance to the main streets of Central. Of course, in their current state, this was a pretty big and scary place full of immensely tall strangers.
"I told you we were lost! Auntie 'Eva's gonna be mad at us," Scar frowned.
"But what if she can't find us?" Envy sounded worried.
"You think she won't?"
"I dunno…"
Suddenly, a huge shadow fell over the pair. They looked up to see what looked like, to them, a gigantic metal monster. Actually, it was Alphonse Elric, but their four-year-old minds didn't know that. Al looked down at them, and they freaked out.
"WAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH! MONSTER!" they tried to run for it, but before they could get anywhere, there was a loud clap and flash of blue light, and they were surrounded by low stone walls that formed a small box around them. Of course, this frightened them even more. When the Elric brothers looked over the wall that Ed had created to stop the pair from getting away, they were greeted by the sight of sobbing miniaturized versions of two of their most deadly foes. With an incredulous expression on his face, Ed reached into the box and picked up the mini-Scar by the collar of his trenchcoat.
The miniaturized Ishbalan waved his arms around to no avail, "Lemme go!"
"Put Scar down, you big meanie!" Envy waved a little fist and stuck his tongue out.
"Or you'll what, shorty?" Ed was grinning at the wonderful opportunity he had to tease these two unmercifully and get away with it.
Envy seemed at a loss for words, "I'll…I'll tell Auntie 'Eva, an' she'll come an' beat you up!"
"Oh? And where is this 'Auntie 'Eva' of yours?"
"She's…she's…uh…" Envy hung his head, "I dunno…"
"Heh, thought so," Ed smirked, and turned his attention back onto Scar, "So, what am I going to do with you…? Maybe I'll eat you, hmmm?"
"Waaaaaah, no!" Scar cried harder, covering his head with his arms.
"Niisan!" Al scolded, snatching Scar away from Ed and cradling him gently, trying to calm the little guy down, "Awww…it's okay, it'll be just fine…don't cry, now…"
Scar sniffled, "I want Auntie 'Eva!"
"Well…what does she look like?" Al asked. This small version of Scar was very cute, and he didn't want him to be unhappy.
"She has grey hair, an' pointy ears, an'…uh…a necklace witha rock onit!"
Al had never heard of anyone who fit that description, and judging by the look on Ed's face, he hadn't either, "Ummm…how about we help you look for her?"
Scar looked up at him with big eyes, "Really?"
"Yes, really," Al replied, with a smiling voice.
"What? Why should we help them?" Ed exclaimed. He was then hit with the combined force of Al, Scar, and Envy's simultaneous giant puppy eyes. Not even he could stand up to that. He groaned, "All right, fine," he then plucked Envy out of the box by the back of his shirt and handed the little Homunculus to Al, "But you get to carry them. We'll take 'em to HQ, and see if we can find anything on this 'Eva' person there."
"Okay…but how do we get them in there? I mean, I don't think little kids would be allowed in the first place, and it's not like it isn't obvious who they are…"
"And why is Al, master of sneaking-in-cats, asking this question?"
"Oooooh…right, ehe…Scar-chan, Envy-chan, do you want to take a ride?"
"Ride?" he had their instant attention.
"Yes, a fun ride. You see, I have…uh…magic armor on! You can both fit inside it, and we can trick everyone! Won't that be fun?"
"Yeah!"
"Oh, and my name is Al, and this is my big brother Ed."
Envy looked at Ed, "If he's your big brother, how come he's lots shorter than you?"
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SHORT HE CAN'T EAT SHRIMP BECAUSE IT WOULD BE CANNIBALISM?"
"Din' say that," Envy retorted, sticking his tongue out; now that he had Al on his side, he was completely unafraid of Ed.
"Niisan, don't yell so loud. They're only little," Al reprimanded before setting the pair down and opening up the front of his armor, "Here you go."
Envy climbed right in, an excited grin on his face, but Scar hung back, "S'all dark in there…"
"S'okay, 'cause it's magic armor, 'member?" Envy said confidently, "Nothin' bad can happen in magic armor. Right, mister Al?"
"Uh…right. It's fine, Scar-chan. Get on in."
"Okay…" Scar still sounded a little unsure, but climbed in anyway.
Al stood up, closed the front of his armor, and turned to Ed, "How…?"
"I don't think I even want to know."
And so the confused Elric brothers began to walk to Central Military HQ, with their two small passengers in tow.
End Episode 05
A/N: Sorry this took so long, and it's another two-parter too…but OMG isn't it just the cutest thing ever
Envy: And you know it must be really cute, because she's saying 'OMG'.
Scar: -sigh- Always with the cute…Ieva, you have the oddest perception of 'cute', do you know that? When you watch the anime and I give my evil glare 'o death, you squeal at the TV screen as though you were seeing a fluffy puppy. And mutter about 'pretty, pretty eyes'.
Ehe…I have a weakness for the eyes, yes. And I've always had an odd perception of cute. I used to think that the velociraptors and T-Rexes in Jurassic Park were cute when I was little, and I think the Sentinels in The Matrix trilogy are cute also.
Envy: -shakes head- You're insane.
Yep! Now to answer reviews!
Darkness Shadow of Hatred: -dies from all the poking- Ohnoes, I'm dead! But then how am I talking? -ponders- Scar-san! I can't tell if I'm dead or not! (Scar: -sighs- )
MadMood: Sorry this took so long. -sweatdrop-
Silvertails Tora: Yes, yes, destroy Dante! Did you really do that with the pictures? O.o And no, he wouldn't die that easily. Not Scar-san.
Anasazi Darkmoon: Yep; if Dante hadn't told him to kill Hughes, Envy wouldn't have looked twice at the poor guy. And yeah, there probably will be a little thingy at some point about the Horde chasing Dante, probably catching her. As for Scar-san...well, I'm getting better about not crying.
Maruken: Palm tree preserve! XD Funny funny. And...yes, sheep. Or lemmings.
Sin the Dark Priestess: I like the new name. :) And nice random ability, too.
magical-wildgirl: Thanks, glad you like it! Awww, your muse wouldn't come to rescue you?
