Chapter 3
"Rosette." Ed whispered as he stared into her eyes.
They stood staring, neither moved nor spoke.
Rosette finally broke the silence and spoke, "Hello…..Mr. Elric" she said coldly.
"Rosette, it's been so long since I've seen you" Ed said quietly.
"Mr. Elric, I was told you would be arriving today. I took the time to prepare all the case files for you" she said.
"Rosette, I've missed you" Ed said reaching to hug her before being pushed away.
"That is improper behavior Mr. Elric" she said
"Rosette, how come you never answered any of my letters?" he asked.
Rosette stared at him with cold eyes. Ed stared into them, studying them.
"Rosette, your eyes are cold, not warm and loving like they used to be. I still remember how beautiful you looked the day at the pond when you gave me my first…."
"Shutup!" She shouted cutting him off mid-sentence.
Alphonse stepped outside the door into the hall and saw Rosette and Edward.
"Hi Rosette." He said cautiously. Rosette looked at him, cocking her head a little.
"Alphonse?" she asked, "Is that you?"
Al hesitated and answered, "yes."
"Al, why are you dressed like that?" she asked.
"It's his militaristic uniform." Ed said quickly.
"It's nice to see you again Rosette, or should I say sister Rosette." Al said.
"Nice to see you as well Alphonse, please excuse me" she said and walked away.
"Did you have a nice reunion?" Al asked
"Yeah, any nicer and she would've bit my head off." Ed replied.
"Well, at least we have the info we need to begin our investigation." Al said trying to change the subject.
"You start without me Al" Ed said walking away.
"But Ed!" Al shouted as he watched his brother walk away.
Ed headed the down the hallway, first walking, then running. He turned the corner just as Rosette had and slammed into someone. Ed went tumbling over the figure and fell flat on his face. After a few seconds he sat up and rubbed his nose.
"Hey you moron, why don't you watch where you're going!" Ed shouted.
Ed then noticed he was sitting on top of a little girl. She wore all pink and had a pink hat on her head. She had long beautiful silver hair and lay under him in a daze.
"What the heck?" he said getting to his feet. "Oh sorry little girl." He said helping her to her feet.
"I'm sorry sir, please excuse me." She said politely. "You must be the state alchemist I was told about. Hello I'm Azmaria Hendric, nice to meet you." She said bowing to them.
"Uhmm, hi." Edward said. Alphonse quickly turned the corner and stopped before running into his brother.
"Ed, I heard a crash. Are you ok?"
"I'm fine Al, don't worry" Ed said. "Oh Al this is Azmaria."
Azmaria bowed to Al in the same polite way she did to Ed.
"Nice to meet you both. Have you met Chrono yet?" she asked.
"Chrono, who's Chrono?" Edward asked.
"Oh, he's sister Rosette's love." She said happily
Ed stood frozen in place.
"So, she has a new boyfriend. Well that makes things interesting. I'm not one to back down to a little competition. I love Rosette and I'll make her mine once again" Ed froze once he realized he was thinking out loud. His faced blushed bright red.
"I mean, I'll have to meet this Chrono fellow. Lets go see him" Ed said
With that, Azmaria led them outside the order.