Part One
Hearts Bloom
Ch. Two
The Present for Ed
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Previously on Clouded Dreams…
The energy ball flew straight at Ed. It was fast, so fast that he had no time to dodge or block!
"Brother!" Al shouted
"Move, hurry!" A person wearing dark robes and a cloak pushed Ed out of the way.
"I'm sorry…Please forgive me…" She annihilated all seven of the Chymeras.
"My name is Alchemy." The girl shouted
"That was some fine alchemy, Alchemy." Mustang commented "How would you like to be a State Alchemist?" ---
"You're making her a State Alchemist?" Hawkeye asked
"If she'll accept. She's a good Alchemist, maybe even better than Mr. Elric!"
"How can you be so sure? You're going on a one time sight of good alchemy."
"How many Alchemists do you know that can take down seven Chymeras in two minutes tops?" Mustang inquired "And these were super powerful."
"What!" Hawkeye said "Wait, what do you mean super powerful?"
"They were shooting energy blasts like Ed, for hell's sake! Except they were way faster than him." Mustang answered
Hawkeye stared at Mustang. "You need to widen your vocabulary. We should probably warn everyone else. Who ever they are, they've got the guts to attack Central directly!"
"And we may be safer if that Alchemy girl became a Stated Alchemist." Mustang told Hawkeye
"Fine. But you'd better be sure about this. Oh, and remind me to buy you vocabulary tapes for Christmas or something."
"Oh, shut up!"
The cloaked lady stood by the gigantic hole in Central's library wall.
"What were they trying to get…?" She mumbled to herself
"Hey, you!" Ed and Al ran over to her
"Thank you for saving my brother earlier!" Al commented
"So…" Ed went on "What were you doing way out her in Central? You don't seem to be a State Alchemist."
"You're right; I'm not a State Alchemist. I was here for a party. I'd heard that the good and famous Edward Elric was turning eighteen. So I thought I might drop by and give you a present. Which reminds me…" She immediately began to dig through her robe pockets, finally pulling out a small box, neatly and tightly wrapped. She gave it to Ed.
"What's this? A…Present? For me?" Ed said, puzzled
"Yes, for you. I hope you like it." The cloaked girl answered him "Go ahead, open it."
Ed slowly unwrapped the oh so neat wrapping. He took the box lid off to reveal a beautiful chain necklace.
It ended with a small, clear, greenish-blue, disk, with strange, glowing, enchanting, gems. There were four of them, each resembling an Element.
A red one was in the shape of a blazing Fire, and a blue one in the shape of the rushing Water. There was also a green one symbolizing growing Earth, and last but not least, a white-silver one symbolizing flowing Wind.
Each symbol had a gold and silver line pointing into the middle of the disk. In the middle was a glowing, sparkling purple orb. It glowed and glittered like a person's Aura.
The disk was very tiny, small enough to fit under someone's shirt and not be able to be noticed. And yet, it was surprisingly firm.
Ed turned it to its back to find a small plaque reading: To Ed, a Great Alchemist. He put the necklace on and he and Al looked up to thank her.
"Thanks, this really is a great gift, Alchemy!" Ed said. But Alchemy was gone "Where'd she go?"
"I don't know!" Al exclaimed "She was here just a minute ago. I didn't even here her leave!"
"That's…Strange." Ed commented ---
Mustang walked out of his office with Hawkeye. He was holding an envelope.
"Now where'd that Alchemy person get off to?" He asked
"You called, sir?" Alchemy suddenly became noticed from the shadows
"Ah!" Mustang jumped backwards…Right into Lieutenant Hawkeye. She immediately pushed him back up. "You scared the crap outta me!" He shouted "Anyway, to get to more pressing matters, how would you like to become a State Alchemist?"
"It would be a great honor, sir." Alchemy replied
"Good. Well, I'm off to mail your recruiting letter to get you officer name."
"Thank you, sir." Alchemy said
"Anyway," Hawkeye cut in "I'll be showing you to your room."
As they walked down the hall, Hawkeye asked: "I hope you get along with Edward Elric, you room is right next to the Elric brothers' room."
"I'm sure we can manage." Alchemy answered
The Lieutenant showed Alchemy to her room, gave her the keys, and immediately left, having to attend some other military business. Alchemy was about to enter her new home when Ed and Al called her.
"Hey, why'd you just take off like that?" Ed demanded
"Did you like your present?" Alchemy asked, changing the subject
"What? Oh, yeah, it's beautiful! At least it's much better than the present Winry gave me…Say, are you…Moving here?"
"As a matter of fact, I am." Alchemy said proudly "I'm to become a State Alchemist, too!"
"Wow! That's great news!" Al commented then he remembered that Alchemy was wearing a large cloak, with the hood still up, and a long robe like thing (Think of what Harry Potter wears). "Why don't you take your cloak off? It's probably hot under there."
"No!" Alchemy suddenly; burst out "I mean no thanks, I'd rather not. Say it's getting late; see you two in the morning!" Alchemy rushed into her new bedroom
Al looked discouraged. "What did I say?"
"I dunno, Al. But that Alchemy girl sure is a strange one." Ed told Al, heading into their room. ---
Next time on Clouded Dreams…
Ed gets a late night visit from a pink haired childish eighteen year old. It feels more like a dream than reality. And what's with Ed and that picture he drew? It looks just like a photo!...