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"Day 1 and Half"

By: Nyago

-Al POV-

As the train continues to move through out the night, my thoughts were too much pre-occupied what will happen once we arrived in Central. Will the military be there? I know brother never told them an exact date when we will be back but still, what is this shake feeling I have that something will go wrong? I sighed; there was just no point in worrying over this matter right now, we still had a couple of hours before we arrive in central, so what could be the worst that could happen to us now?

"Hmm…" I turn my head to see brother, or rather Winry-brother, turn and toss in his sleep. It must be pretty strange to be a girl, I mean I know is strange to be inside armor but I can't feel it so I am not really one to judge. Although I would never tell my brother this… it would kill him inside knowing that everyday. He already takes enough as it is, first we fail to bring mother, then he feels that is his entire fault this happen to me, later he even bets on becoming a state alchemist….a military dog. Just so we could locate the Philosopher stone, brother…am I worth more to you than you worth yourself? I try not to think about it, just makes me…empty inside; not like I already am.

"What time is it..?" I heard Winry inside Ed body ask.

"Um…." I checked around for the time, noticing the train had it. "Is 4:45 AM Winry, go to sleep" I replied, all I could hear was a mumble and thump. Guess she felt asleep faster than I though. You probably wonder what I think of Winry too… Well Winry is sweet, nice, and very kind to me and my brother. Although he won't admit it, he knows Winry loves us and we love her back. She and Grandma Pinako were the only family we had left, there was no way we could explain our situation to them. Our lives were in danger as it is, we don't want them suffering because of us. But if Winry died, brother and I would….

I don't even want to think about it.

Another sighed; looking out my window I saw nothing but darkness of the outside world. The sun wasn't about to come out until maybe 5:30, so all I could do is look inside. I couldn't sleep so the next best thing was to keep my brother and Winry safe and comfortable. "Burgh…" I heard someone wine. "Jesus is too comfortable…" It was brother.

"What is brother?"

He stares at me. "Winry body is too soft and…warm!" I sweat drop.

"Brother...that's normal" I replied, as I stared at brother poke himself once again.

"Ed…told you stop poking me!" Ed-winry replied, getting up from her seat.

"Just strange ok? I am not use to this kind of thing…." Winry-ed blushed.

"Just like when your mother hugged you Ed, my body is no different expect for the size." I can see brother go red again, and he began to struggle with the words that were trying to come out of his mouth. Before I got to tell Winry to sit back down, I heard a very familiar people near us. TOO near us.

I can tell brother notice too, his face when white. "Full metal Alchemist sir!" It was Ross, along with her partner. What are they doing here? I asked myself. "How are things these days?" She asks us.

"Err…we are fine" I replied, noticing brother was too pale to talk.

"Are you ok young lady?" I can tell they were curious to know why Winry or brother was rather dead. I can also tell the words were too hard to come out…"Fine!" I gasped, brother sounded so…girly. I tried so hard not to laugh right there and then.

"Could you please excuse us?" It was my turn to be amaze; Winry spoke just like brother did. Getting up from her seat; she took brother arm dragging him out of the room, as she softly closed the door behind her. I chuckle.

"Is something going on?" Ross asked me, I gulp, shaking my head in displeased position.

"No not at all!" I laughed nervously and sighed. I hope brother and Winry are doing better than me.

"What the hell am I suppose to do?" Ed-winry asked getting frustrated by the minute.

"Ok ok listen; those people are from the military"

"DUH"

"Will you listen?"

"…"

"Lit. Ross is the lady you saw that called me. She took care of us once; but after that incident she really doesn't have to…"

"What incident?"

"….err, we sort of seek inside a closed laboratory that was pretty well guarded and well…got ourselves pretty badly beaten." Winry-ed sweat drop.

"And you were planning telling me this when?"

"Never?" a hit on the head "OUCH, what the hell?"

"Ed…Don't you ever care telling us what happens to you guys? Are we that unimportant to you? "A tear, coming from Ed none the less.

"Winry is not that, just that, if we include you guys you will get hurt, and I don't want or wish for that to ever occur. So please try to understand me, and do as I say?" Such a puppy eye.

"…Fine, just this one, beside we wouldn't want them telling on military." Ed-winry smiled.

"Thanks…"

"What's taking them so long?" Ross asked, as she sat on the left side of the train.

"Maybe they got lost…" 'What a great excuse Al'

"Lost?" Before she had time to reply, Winry and Ed came walking down the corridors of the train.

"Sorry we took so long; the diner room was rather hard to find." Winry-ed replied smiling the best way she could. As they both took their seats, silence took over.

"So why are you guys here?" Winry-ed asked, trying to sound curious or interested.

"Just a small break we decide to take but I didn't know you guys like the country side too." Ross asked.

"Ha-ha, Well I live in the country side all my life, only times I get to be out whenever Ed breaks his automail or there is a convention of Automail." A small glare from Ed-winry but nothing too seriously. After all, Ed was telling what Winry told him, so why would she get mad? Oh right…When Ed breaks his automail.

Silence once again.

"Brother is 5 AM…" Winry and Ed exchange looks at each other then look toward Al.

"We should be in central in a few minutes…" Winry-ed said.

"Full Metal Alchemist Sir, are you ok? You haven't said much through out the conversation." Ross reported as Ed-winry gulped.

"Brother isn't feeling so well! So that's why he is quiet…" 'What a wonderful excuse' Al thought to himself.

"Do you wish for any medical assignments?" Ross friend questioned.

"No, no!" Winry-ed suddenly burst out loud. "He will be fine sooner than you think!" She smiles. Thankfully to Ed, Al and Winry the trip to Central from the time they meant Ross was rather short. Graving their belongings, they hurry off the train and into the streets of central. They didn't care if they lost Ross; just as long as Winry and Ed could get back to normal was going to be a huge relief for them both.

"Brother I believe the store is closer if we take the back alley" Al suggested, pointing toward the direction of a long alley.

"You are right, let's hurry!" Winry-ed comment, graving Ed with her and running down the streets. To Ed-winry, these runnings around felt more like a puzzle than a faster way to the store. But it only took another few more turns before the never ending quest had finished. There stood in front of them, a very old antique shop, its windows fill with beautiful things that most normal people wouldn't be able to afford. But since Ed was a state alchemist, money wasn't an issue.

"Is that it?" Ed-winry pointed toward the window.

"Yeah that's it alright…" Winry-ed replied, crossing the streets, Al carefully open the door allowing Ed and Winry to walk right in. "Wow..." Ed-winry commented, looking around the shop. "So beautiful…" he glares around the jewelry and into the painting sections.

"Just don't touch" Winry-ed warned.

"Yeah, Yeah…" He replied, waving his hand in the air. Sighing Winry-ed turns to the counter and rings the bell, waiting for someone to reply. Thankfully for them, most things in central are open very early in the morning, especially shops that attached visitors from other cities.

"Yes..?" A soft but old voice spoke, walking from behind a curtain; she stares at Ed, Al and Winry. "How am I helping you?" She asks.

"We are looking for a man about early 60, he sold me a necklaces the other day and I was wondering if he knew anything about it. " Winry-ed spoke, still keeping her eyes on her body, making sure Winry in him, wouldn't break anything.

"That's my husband" she smiled, "I will be right back…" She replied, walking back to the curtains once again. Winry-ed sighed and waited, as Al just stood still.

"Are you ok?" She eyed her brother.

"Yes…" Al sweat drop, "Just that everything is so close together if I move around, I might break something."

"Then go outside, don't need to feel like this is your fault."

"But…"

"Is fine Al, we will be out before you know, back to normal!" She smiled. Taking his brother advice, Al walked toward the door and closed it softly behind him. Another sigh came from Winry-ed.

"How am I helping you young sir?" There from the back of the curtains walk a man around his 60's. It was the store owner; Ed could remember his face very clearly. The one who sold Ed the necklaces and never told him anything.

"Excuse me but…" Before Winry-ed got to say anything else, the store owner began to laugh. "Eh..?" She sweat drop.

Taking a few breaths, the old man turns to face Winry once again, "My guess even after all these days it still has the curse." He smiled.

"You knew?" Winry-ed questioned.

"Of course, I warn you before you left but you were too busy hurrying out of the store to listen, my guess that young lady happen to be you right now, Am I not right?" he asked, as he stared at Ed body.

"Yes but….how did you know? How can you sell these things to people!" Winry-ed yelled, stomping her foot down the floor.

"First of all, that stone hasn't worked in years; the last owners took good care of it and always had a happy life. It was basically just a legend that there was curse but I was proven wrong…"

"Argh!" Winry-ed began to pull her hair.

"Is something wrong Ed?" Ed-winry walked toward the two but soon catches his mistake and puts his hand over his own mouth. He was told not to say his own name but her own.

"Is alright Winry, he knows…" another sigh.

"So….then?" Ed-winry began to speak.

"How do we cure this?" Winry-ed asked once again, cutting Winry off.

"You can't" the owner said flatly.

"What do you mean we can't? There has to be a cure!" Winry-ed yelled once again. "Some way to reflect it! Is like alchemy right? All a matter of mixing."

"This isn't normal alchemy young boy, that stone probably been around more than 600 years. The reason it has a curse because the person who created it was rather selfish and very power hungry so a group of people gather and called sort of witch back then, we called Alchemist now, and curse the stone. "He began. "It said the reason why was to teach the original owner a lesson by switching bodies with another person or object."

"To learn what?" Winry-ed grew impatience.

"The value of life…" He smiled.

Winry-ed could only stare; He can guess why Winry wanted to switch places in the first place. He was rather mean toward her and his also been selfish to her as well. I guess it was only right he was punish for it, but why Winry?

"There is good news…" He said.

"What is?" Winry-ed looked at Ed-winry as he walked toward them once again.

"The stone will only turn you to normal after one week."

"ONE WEEK? YOU MEAN I AM STUCK BEEN HER FOR A WEEK!" Winry-ed yelled,

"What do you MEAN STUCK BEEN ME? Something WRONG with me?" and she yelled back.

"OF COURSE THERE IS!"

"ARGH YOU ARROGANT JERK!"

Quietly Al stood outside as he tried to ignore the looks he was getting from everyone else and sweat drop. Brother and Winry were fighting again and he could tell. Is not every day you get to hear two loud voices scream like crazy? Al sighed, how he hoped things turn out better later, only one can hope.

Keep wishing Al, maybe someday your prayer will be heard!

-To be Continue-

A/N: I will say it again and again, I know my grammar sucks major ass however I am not about to ask my friends to proofread my work and waste their own time. I am trying hard enough to maintain a decent work so work with me. I seen worst and I am sure you have too. Anyways, how do you like so far? Aren't I just evil? Yes, I am very quite aware of this. (Smiles) Oh and Ed figure out that he can use alchemy to get out of the cage.

Mary: TOOK you long enough

Ed: Hey bite yourself!

Mary: (bites herself)

Ed: I don't mean it….literally.

Mary: Please feed me reviews :D I promise to write sooner if you do!