To Thine Own Self Be True
Chapter 6 - The Beginning of A Beautiful Friendship
Walking down the street, Mustang was in the lead with Hawkeye to his right, just one step behind. Two steps behind her and to the left, was Havoc. To his right were three other military officers. Behind them, were five military police officers. Mustang has a smug grin on his face as the military made their way down the streets of Eastern. Hawkeye's eyes were alert and scanning the streets as they walked. Havoc was fumbling with his lighter trying to re-light his cigarette and the others were just...well...walking along.
"Here we are then."
Mustang smile, hands in his pockets as they walked into the train station. He flashed his state alchemist watch at the man behind the ticket counter.
"Yes, I'm Lieutenant colonel Mustang of the State military, I need the platform cleared."
"Um...sir, we are expecting a train any moment now...-"
"Yes, I know. The same train I'm expecting. Please, clear the station platform. It should only take a few minutes once the train arrives. Then you can go about your business."
"Yes...sir."
Mustang smiled and turned away from the small man and continued to walk out on the platform, Hawkeye now directly next to him.
"sir..."
"all will be clear soon."
He smiled as they reached the platform. They took a stop at the far end and stood back towards the brick wall of the train office building. After a few minutes, steam could be seen as the train whistle blew. The train slowly rolled into the empty station. All that remained were the military. Mustang smiled as the military police stepped forward and onto the train. They emerged with some men in wearing rags and hand cuffs. One man, the bigger of the group, looked up at mustang.
"You lied! you said the military wouldn't get involved."
"No, I agreed no more military would be placed on the train. The boy that captured you was not military. Just a simple passenger on the right train at the right 'time'."
Mustang continued to smile as the man fought the officers holding him. He did break free of their hold and charged at Mustang. Hawkeye pulled her gun and aimed. But mustang, still smiling stepped in front, raised his arm, and snapped. Bright flames emerged from his hand and shot across the platform aiming right for the man. The charging man stopped and fell to the ground as a smoking mess. The officers removed the man and slowly the platform began to fill with people. A short boy in a red jacket, black outfit and long braided blond hair stepped off the train. Behind him, was a large suit of walking, talking Armor who was wearing a cloth around his waist and a ribbon behind his head.
"MUSTANG!"
The small boy yelled as he jumped off the train and started to storm off to Mustang, his armor right behind him.
"Brother, calm down, please."
The suit of armor grabbed the small boy and held him at bay. The boy kicked and struggled to get free.
"Al let me at him. He purposely put us on that train. He knew that was going to happen. And he still told us to get on!"
The boys continued to yell attempting to break free of his metal brother's grip. Mustang laughed. Hawkeye stood by watching. How could her superior be so cruel to a small boy?
"Edward, it was all in good fun. Now I really know what your capable of."
Mustang smiled as he watched the other military officers who rode on the train, unload. They were dressed in civilian clothing. Hughes got off and smiled giving Mustang a mock salute. Behind him was Falman who looked like he just saw something unbelievable.
"Thank you Hughes and Falman."
Mustang called out and waved. They sort of waved back and walked from the platform.
"Mustang! I'm not done with you!"
The boy known as Edward called out, still in his brother's grip.
"Now, now Edward. you proved you know what your doing. now comes the part of proving to the Fuhrer if you are eligible to take the exam."
Mustang straightened up as Hawkeye stood next to him.
"Wait! you said we 'could' take the exam!"
"No, I said I'd see if I can get you to take the exam."
Mustang smiled again.
"Why you little..."
"Brother look!"
Al pointed over to the side of the platform where they saw a little girl and her mother leaving. The girl waved at them. Edward calmed down and al released him. The both waved back at her.
"Thank you big brother!"
She yelled over to them. They continued to smile and wave. Mustang began to leave the platform, Hawkeye right behind him. Edward and Al watched them leave and decided to follow(1).
A/N - (1) Okay. So It's not exactly following the plot line. I can't remember all the episodes perfectly. So please forgive me if it's not perfect. I'm doing my best. But don't forget, I'm a 'fanfiction writer' That gives me room to stretch my mind and create allot of BS. So Live with it. Not to mention, adultswim is only showing episodes 1-25. So episodes 26-51 I had to read the summaries online. And they aren't exactly perfect ya know. Everyone had their own versions making it hard to know what's what. If you know of a site that describes all episodes 'PERFECTLY' almost like a script, I would love to know about it. I've tried and my computer don't like the site. I've also tried I'm sorry this one is so short. I really didn't want to write this chapter, but I did because it's important in the FMA plot line so, I just threw it in.
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