Elma...
DISCLAIMER: Dammit, I wished I was the owner of the fabulous anime and manga, Fullmetal Alchemist, But I am not, so deal with it. Oh, by the way, none of the following events ever happened, and I only own the folowing characters: Karina Anita. That's it for now
NOTE: Yesterday, I put up chapter three, and today, I'm putting up chapter four. Anyway, here's are the review responses...:
To Emerald Leviney: Yeah...I hate cliff-hangers, too, but deal with it...anyways, I updated it just for you, so you get an Edward Elric Plushie! Yay! --hands over plushie--
Chapter Four - Forbidden, Yet Unhidden
"Me and Al will stay back here..." Ed said with a grin as he stepped about three steps backwards. "We're not going to be...well...you know..." He said nervously, then he went into a slight whisper, "...torn up..."
I laughed at that, then I kneeled slightly and then dropped down to my knees, ready to start. A knife lay by the circle, and I picked it up. I looked at my finger, knowing it would hurt just a bit. So I raised the knife to my finger and pricked it slightly, watching as a bead of blood form quickly. I held my finger over the pan of elements and let the blood drip into the pan. As I did so, I didn't bother to wipe the blood away, I took my hand away from the spot it was in and looked at the boys behind me. They seemed a bit worried. So before I began, I asked: "What's wrong?"
Suddenly Ed snapped back to reality and replied with a quick "nothing" and he continued to go back into deep thought. I knew he was lying but I just shrugged it off, and turned back to the pan.
"Mom...I will bring you back..." I said with emotion to myself. "...I promise you, that..." I stopped and just relaxed and let out a few stressed out moans. I grumbled at the thought that I might not succeed in reviving her, but then I thought of all the good things that would happen if I did. I looked to the circle and placed my hands slightly, hesitating if I was ready yet. I was...I had to be...because...just because...I couldn't afford to not be...so I slapped down my hands harshly and suddenly a glow was formed.
"I hope this works," said Ed with a gulp. "Because...I..." He paused and let out a sigh. "Nevermind, that, let's just get it over with."
I continued to hope for the best, 'cause the worst would hurt. But suddenly I felt pain, and the glow turned from blue to red-ish purple. Something had went totally wrong. Edward suddenly screamed and I looked behind me to see him being bitten by a black-creature. It bit through his automail and pulled his automail limb, plus the connector, straight off. "Automail? Oh...that's right...he... AUGHHHHHHH...!" I screamed at the pain I was now feeling. My arm was being torn off! No...not torn off, but bitten by those black creatures. They were flesh-eaters? But then...why did they rip off Ed's automail? That would have to wait, cause I was thrown to the wall of where Ed was lying by. "Ed..." I said blanking out, but before that, I heard myself yell to him, "Edward...I...Please... Don't die on me right now...!" A tear fleed my eye as I blacked out, falling into a painful slumber.
-------------------------------------3 days later-------------------------------------
It had probably worked if I hadn't known. I was wrong, my assumption was wrong; The whole theory was wrong! I was the one who made the mistake, and now, it'll never be erased.
It had been a few days since the transmutation failed and I lay in my bed in my room, awaiting Winry's arrival. Ed lay in the same room on the pull-out cot that was hidden in the wall, but was visable enough for Alphonse to notice. Was I still alive? Is all I could ask. I finally opened eyes as I felt warm hands touching my forehead.
"She's got a fever, Al. Go get some cold water on a wash cloth. Please?" Winry pleaded Al for no good reason. He would've anyways. I looked towards Ed and saw him lying there, sleeping soundly. Though he had a peaceful elook on his face, you could tell that his emotion was pained. No doubt about it. A few times as you would watch him, you may see him twitch a bit. Edward was in pain, but probably not as much as me. I suddenly felt hands near my arm's wound and suddenly I jumped. Winry shouting at me to stay still. I was now sweating horribly. "Al...Alphonse! Hurry! She's bleeding again!" I heard Winry say that and now I panicked.
"Wha...what? I...I'm bleeding?" I said with a pained expression on my face.
"Y-yes, why are you surprized?" She looked at me with worried eyes and I looked at Ed.
"Is Ed alright?" I was trying to change the topic, hoping for it to work.
"Yeah, but..." She started, and suddenly Alphonse appeared in the doorway. "Oh...Alphonse. Bring it here." She commanded. Al nodded and place it in Winry's hand.
"What's that for?" That was all I could say. I knew I was wounded, but I didn't know I was missing a limb.
"Y-you're missing a limb." My eyes had went from squinting from the bright sun to open larger than five eyes put together as one.
"Y-you mean...I...I have but one arm left?" I asked.
"Yes. You're right arm is still here, but your left is no longer attached. I'm...terribly sorry, Karina."
"Call me Kari, but how'd I lose it in the first place?"
"I...Well, you did that forbidden alchemy."
"Human transmutation," another voice said with pain. It was Ed, he was talking. "You lost your arm just as I did when you did the forbidden."
I breathed heavily for a moment then pondered the fact if it was true. I looked down to my left arm, and just as Winry and Ed said, my limb was missing. I once again blanked out and fell into another deep slumber, this time, a dream was attached.
I sat in the middle of a beautiful field that was inhabited with all sorts of different breeds of flowers. They looked and smelled beautiful. I sat there, my face all gloomy as I knew there was something wrong. I wasn't really here. I was really in a puddle of blood.
Suddenly, the scenery changed to what I thought was dark and depressing. My left arm was torn from my bady and was nowhere in sight. The air began to go from nice to stale and dirty. It was horrible.
Suddenly a voice came from out of nowhere. "Hello, Kari." It said, directing it's tone towards me. "Welco0me to the realm of darkness and mischief. You are here on account that your failed attempt at human transmutation wasn't such a failure after all." The voice said. A shadow stepped out of nowhere and it held the corpse of a woman. I squinted to see who's corpse it was and suddenly my expression changed from scared to shock. It was that woman from days ago, when my parents were murdered. It was...Elma...
"Did you do this?" I said with a change of emotion, "Did you kill that woman...Elma?"
"So you DO know her. Well, then...es...I killed her, only to retrieve this." The shadows face became clearer as to who it was. It was...dad? He held up a special stone that looked similar to the one embedded in the ring Elma had given me. So I reached into my pocket to feel that the ring...was gone! Suddenly, everything went completely black.
My eyes shot open and I woke up due to the pain I was feeling. I lefted up my left limb to see that my arm...was metal! I had automail, now! I moved around the metal limb to see if it worked good enough. Then I thought, Where's Ed? I heard clanking and clicking coming from the kitchen, downstairs.
"Their downstairs?" I said softly to myself as I heard footsteps coming from down the hall. I hopped out of bed and went to the door and peered out into the darkness of the hallway. It was Winry opening the room in which my parents died...er...were murdered in. So I shouted at Winry, causing her to jump three feet in the air. "DON'T GO IN THERE!" I screamed on the top of my lungs. She looked towards me and sighed.
"Oh...it's you. What's in this room? Ed said something sad had happened here." Winry said with a soft voice.
"Nothing to your concern, thank you." I said rudely. "Sorry, that was a bit rude, but still; ask before you barge into other people's rooms." I stepped out of my room and shut my door behind me and went to Winry. I turned towards the room's door and turned the knob and showed Winry the horror that the room had in store for her. She gasped suddenly, casuing me to slightly shut the door, but Winry caught it with her hand and shoved it back open.
"W-who...what...happened?" She said in between breaths. I could tell she was about to say, Who died in here, but decided to say What happened instead.
"My parents were murdered here. They were killed by someone or something. But whoever killed them will pay." I said with fire in my eyes and rage burning throughout my heart.
Winry eyed me and motioned me to close the door. So I did as she wished and Winry and I began downstairs, without a word to each other.
I sat down across from Ed who scarfed down a plate of food quickly. "I...see...that...you're...awake..." He said with a mouth full of food.
"Don't talk with your mouth full, Edward." Winry said with her finger pointing out at him, and all he did was shrug and, of course, continued his meal. The rest of us just laughed...
AN: I hope that wasn't too bad. It took around four pages just to fit the whole story into it. I'm not sure if the ending was good, but reading it over and over it sounded pretty good. All I can say is that I haven't started Chapter Four, but I have the Title for it. It will be called: Not Just a Pretty Face
EDIT I just started on the fifth chapter, so, it should be up by late tonight, or early tomarrow morning. Enjoy! EDIT
Nina Elric
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Chapter Five - Not Just a Pretty Face
I decided, Ed, Al and I would leave for central. That way I could get tested for the...
"I...passed?" I was surprized, and so were they. I was now an official State Alchemist!
" 'I hearby give the second name to Karina Anita, the name...' " I paused at this part. Ed was called the fullmetal, and I was called...
