♥♥In Tringhji♥♥
"Wow, this place is gorgeous!" Twilight squealed excitedly. "It is pretty nice isn't it?" Ed agreed looking at all the lights hanging from the buildings. "Have you ever seen anything so beautiful?" she smiled looking at all the people laughing and talking. "I could name a few things." He said smiling at her. She smiled back and looked forwards, "So where exactly are we going?" she asked changing the subject. "We should head for a hotel first. Don't you think so brother?" Al asked looking down at him. Ed looked up and nodded, "Yea, I guess we could use some shut eye." "I see a hotel over there." Twilight said pointing in front of her. "Good enough."
When they reached the hotel they all made their way to the front desk, "Hi, Welcome to The Tringhji Hotel. How long will you be staying?" the lady asked overly happy looking up at Twilight. "Uh…" "We'll be staying 2 days." Ed said pulling out his wallet. "That'll be 1,400 dollars." The lady said pushing a pen and piece of paper towards him. Ed opened his wallet and pulled out the money handing it to the lady at the front desk; in exchange she gave him two room keys. "I hope your stay here is wonderful." She said to them as they walked down the hall way. "Thank you." Al said waving to her.
As they made there way up the stairs they kept looking up every once in a while trying to make sure the number on the key matched the one on the door. "Oh, here's a room." Twilight said stopping and pointing to one. Ed tossed her the key and she caught it, she frowned at the key a little. "Where are you two going?" she asked looking up confused. "There's two keys, you get your own room and we share." Ed answered walking down to his and Al's room. "But why am I alone?" "Don't you want some privacy?" he asked opening the door to let Al in. "I guess." She said opening her door as well. "Ok, Night Twilight." "Night Ed." She said walking in to her room. She walked over to her bed and sat down on it relaxing. "Comfy bed." She said smiling happily and giving a little yawn as she sunk into the covers closing her eyes and drifting into sleep.
Meanwhile in Ed and Al's room Ed was getting undressed ((when I say undressed I mean in boxers and a black sleeveless shirt…get your head out of the gutter, lol)) "So when are you going to tell Twilight about the philosopher's stone? I mean she'll want to know what she's helping us with, don't you think so brother?" Al asked sitting on the bed across from Ed's. Ed sighed looking down at the ground, "I guess the next time she asks I'll have to." He said climbing into his cover resting his back on the head board. "What do you think her reaction will be?" "I don't know, but I really hope she doesn't leave because of it." "She won't Ed." "How do you know?" "She's just like us Ed. What does she have to go back to?" There was a long silence, but it was interrupted by a knock on the door. Ed pushed the covers off him and walked over to the door opening it, to his surprise it was Twilight. "What's wrong?" he asked looking at her worried. "I'm going to sound stupid for this but I…uh…had a bad dream." She said looking up at him embarrassed. Ed gave a little laugh, "Is that all?" She frowned at him clenched her fists, "It was really scary!" she protested. "Sorry. It was just…" "Just what?" "It was just weird that you came here to tell us that." "I didn't come here to tell you that. I wanted to know if I could come in here?" she asked looking down and getting quiet. Ed turned to Al, who was nodding his head in approval. "Yeah. Come on in." he said smiling. She walked in looking around the room, "Hey this isn't fair, your guy's room is bigger then mine." "That's because they're two beds in here." Ed said climbing in bed again, Twilight stood in the middle of the room looking around and biting her bottom lip a little. "Aren't you gonna get in bed?" Al asked. "Which one am I sleeping in?" she asked looking over at him. "With Ed, there's no room in my bed." He said lying down in his bed. "Alright." She said walking over to Ed's bed, he scooted over and lifted the covers up making room for her. As she climbed in she grabbed his arm and scooted back resting her body next to his and placing his arm around her waist. Ed felt the butterflies in his stomach but he ignored them, he wasn't going to push her away again over a hug ((hug-ish type thing)). "Good night Al, Ed" Twilight said closing her eyes and drifting into sleep again. "Night." They both said doing the same.
The next day Ed woke up to an empty bed, "Twilight?" he looked around the room to see if she just happened to get up to sit somewhere else, nothing. "Hey Al, Did you see Twilight go anywhere?" he asked turning to his brother. Al rose from his sleep and turned to Ed as well, "No, I didn't even hear her get up." Then the door creaked open, "Ok! Thank you! I will." Twilight said walking in with a fake smile on and waving down the hall. When she shut the door she leaned up against it and slid down onto the floor her face expression dropping and her sighing in relief. "That lady is to cheerful, it's kind of sickening." She looked up at the boys staring at her, "What?" she asked confused. "Where'd you go this morning? We were worried." Ed asked sitting all the way up. "Oh, I went to this really cute store down the street so I could by some clothes." She said getting off the floor "I didn't mean to worry you." "It's ok, no need to apologize." Al said getting out of the bed. "So, what are we here for exactly?" she asked walking over to Ed's bed setting the clothes down next to it and sitting criss cross on the bed. Al looked over to the Ed and waited for him to answer. "Uh…We here for the…" Twilight looked at him waiting, "for the what?" "The Philosopher stone." He finished looking over to her. "Why would you want to look for something like that? I thought that kind of research was forbidden or something." "You know about it?" Al asked curiously. "Yeah, my dad was interested in it." "Your dad?" Ed asked confused. "Yeah, he was a stupid State Alchemist and he was so caught up in his work he didn't even think twice about leaving to Benitine when they offered him a job there, he took my sister with him. He promised he'd come back but he never did. Oh but no offense to you Ed since your 'The Full Metal Alchemist' or whatever." She gave a weak smile. "Well anyways, let's go look for that stone!" she said getting off the bed and walking towards the door. Ed and Al looked at each other for a moment then back at Twilight. "Wait, wait, wait, you have a sister?" Ed asked slightly overwhelmed. "Yeah, I was only a baby when they left but my mom told me all about it." She said giving a weak smile. "Why don't you go to the town to find them? I mean do they even know about what happened to…your…mom?" Twilight shook her head, "It doesn't matter, I couldn't contact them if I wanted to." She said quietly. "Why not?" Al asked oddly. "Their dead." She said clearly while facing the ground. "I'm sorry." Ed said quietly. "It's fine, but let's get going." She said changing her mood around and looking up with a reassuring smile. "Are you ok with it? I mean do you really want to look for the stone?" Ed asked getting out of bed and putting his clothes. "Yeah, I'm sure you guys have a reason for looking for it and whatever it is I want to help." She looked at them and nodded. Ed stopped and smiled at her he couldn't get over her confidence. "Come on." She said opening the door, "We have a stone to look for." They both got up and walked towards the door, shutting the door behind them and walking down the hall it was silent. There was nothing really to talk about, as they exited the hotel the front desk lady said with a big smile, "Have a nice day." The door shut behind them and Twilight screamed, "What is it!" Ed yelled alarmed. "That lady is to dang nice for her own good." She said through clenched teeth. Ed and Al laughed and kept walking. Twilight caught up to them and asked, "Whoa look at that!" she yelled pointing to a large oak tree surrounded by acres of green grass, "Can we go over there please?" she begged giving him puppy dog eyes. Ed smiled looking in her pretty blue eyes, "Yeah, just for a little." They all walked on to the grassy field towards the oak tree. Twilight stretched and got to the base of the tree, as she was about to sit down two feet came swinging down from the tree kicking her in the stomach she flew backwards falling onto the ground. Ed looked up at Twilight hit the ground, "What the--?" "Hello Twilight." A voice said from the tree. Twilight winced as she got up, she recognized that voice but how could it be. "Is it you Z—"