Hey there all! Here's chapter two of Snakes of the Element 47/Ag! I know it's a long title, but I like it. Sorry if not a whole lot happens here, but in the next chapter, I promise it'll be more interesting. But this chapter should fill you in on what may be happening soon... Oh and thanks for the reviews, i love athrun and Rayame325!

Disclaimer: Uh... you know I don't own FMA already, so why do I still have to tell ya? Oh well...!

Snakes of the Element 47/Ag

Chapter2: Almost There

By: pure-thornless-rose

Ed and Al both decided to leave right away. Especially after Mustang told Al more about their new assignment and why Silver Snake was titled "Silver Snake." Once Al told Ed about his findings, Ed ceased to ponder about their new partner to be… finally.

So they took anything they needed, probably only money, and left. They followed the map's directions and traveled on foot. I don't know why they weren't provided with any transportation, I guess someone wanted them (or Ed) to suffer a long boring walk… Anyway, they got pretty far before sundown.

"Hey Al…" Ed began, still walking with his arms crossed behind his head.

"Yes, big brother?"

"I was just wondering… What's so special about our new assignment that we would need another partner? And why this Silver Snake anyway?"

"I'm not sure, Ed. We only know about the three villages, as far as what Colonel Mustang gave us. We also don't know a whole lot about Silver Snake… who she is, where she's from, how she is, her special abilities… I guess we'll learn that information once we meet her."

"Yeah…" Ed sighed. "Good point. For all we know, I bet she's not some kid like us."

"Actually, it's a good possibility that she is I think."

"Nah… I don't think so."

"You wanna bet on that, brother?"

"Yeah… A hundred says she's some lady in her twenties!"

"You sure about that? Alright, a hundred, she's around our age!"

Then, they shook on it. Ed felt like he had the upper hand in this since the chances that a kid like them could become an Alchemist of the State. But Al's hopeful heart knows his older brother will be wrong because if his brother was able to become a State Alchemist at twelve, then this Silver Snake probably just became a State Alchemist. So in order to find out, they continued on traveling east.

Ed looked at the sky ahead of him. "Whoa… it's almost sunset. Then it'll be dark out here soon."

"Well," Al suggested, "We can stop in this next town and rest if you want. The map says there's one not too far from wherever we are."

"About how far? Can you tell?"

"Uh…" Al looked at the map and thought a bit. "I'd say about three or four miles."

"What?" Ed groaned lightly. He sighed. "Oh… well all right then. We'll make that detour. I wanna eat too, I'm getting hungry."

About three or four miles later and in a little restaurant…

The waitress arrived with two glasses of water and two burgers. She seemed nice and smiled a lot.

"Here you go, the big burger special, enjoy! Call me if you need anything…" She said as she walked away, smiling. But Ed stopped her.

"Excuse me, miss, but," he began, "I only ordered for one."

"Oh… well the other's on me, okay?" she said sweetly. "I know your friend here didn't want any, but it's just in case he did get hungry."

"Oh… well, thanks…"

"You're welcome…!" The she left again.

"Sorry about that Al…"

"Oh… well that's alright, she didn't know…" Al seemed sad, for a suit of armor, but he did. At least he'll cheer up again.

Silence.

GURGLE, GRUMBLE!

"—Ah! Ehheh…"

"Was that your stomach?"

"Y-yeah."

"Then eat up! You're going to starve!"

"I'm one step ahead of you, man!"

Then, Ed picked up one of the burgers and wolfed it. "Ohm, nom, nom…"

"Uh… well… you should slow down if you want to stay alive—ah!"

"HURK! URFM! GURFF! MNG!" Ed weezed helplessly on his first burger… His face displayed a beautiful plethora of colors!

First it was red…

Then blue…

Finally… purple! Oooohh Ahhhh…!

"Ohh no…!" Al panicked a little. "Hurry, Ed, drink this!" He quickly pushed his glass of water closer to his choking brother and his flailing arms. He must have a high metabolism or something if he gets hungry like that. He choked on his first burger, already! Oh well…

After the meal ordeal…

Ed and Al were, again, on the road to the first town on the map; where they were to finally meet with their partner. They had also just left the town's district and out of site from it. The sun was gone now too.

"Phew! Good idea to stop and rest and eat, Al!" Ed eulogized happily to his brother.

"Yes… but you nearly choked and suffocated on you food, brother!"

"Yeah, I know…" Ed continued. "But it was worth it I tell ya! BURRRP 'scuse me…!"

"I'm sure it was brother!" Al laughed.

Several hours ago…

Kaida was still under the tree, leaning on it as she sat there… napping. The sun was still up and she was lucky no one passed by during her little break. Who knows what kind of people are out there?

"UWAH!" Kaida suddenly shot up. "oh man…" She rubbed her head. "Well that was a weird dream… Heh… me waking up later than five minutes and never making it to the next town… yeah right…" She chuckled and pulled out her pocket watch. "—AHH! It's almost true! My dream! Gee I never really saw that coming…"

It had been more than five minutes… more like… sixty… So, quickly, she stuffed the pocket watch in her pocket; hurried up and gathered her possessions, well, her backpack.

"Ahh… darn it… I better get going…" She pulled out her map and analyzed it. "Whoa… I still have about seven or eight miles until I reach the first town here…" She looked at the sky. "The sun will be setting soon too…"

She cursed her extra several minutes of resting. Maybe she should have tried to stay awake. Yet nonetheless, she began her little journey again and continued eastbound to the next town. She managed to keep walking for two more hours when the sun began to set. But luckily for her, a nice old farmer driving a truck stopped and offered her a ride. She felt somewhat reluctant when she accepted because of her dream, but it was getting dark soon. Samuel Hameilo was his name and he seemed like an interesting fellow. He was on his way to make a couple nighttime deliveries in town. Finding this out, when they reached the first town, Kaida offered to help with the deliveries, and he welcomed the idea. They made the deliveries in a couple hours and he dropped her off in front of a restaurant. She was able to make a couple observations from her quick ride around town as well, just to have a good look at its conditions.

"Thank you very much for giving me a ride to this town, Mr. Hameilo."

"No problem, kid. Anytime… I should also thank you for helping me… I'm getting too old for this job anyway." He smiled another warm smile at her. "Now, I have a sister living in this town, if you need a place to stay, she'll be happy to let you stay for a couple days or so." Then he handed her a slip of paper with an address on it. "She lives at this address."

"Thank you."

"No… thank you. Now take care."

"Oh! And are you sure you don't need help with that last bit of cargo, Mr. Hameilo?" She asked while sticking the slip of paper in her pocket.

"No, no, that's okay, thanks. But the man I'm delivering this cargo to doesn't like it when I have other people delivering with me… that's why he's my last delivery of the night and why I usually work alone… I'm not sure why, but that's what he wanted. He's a powerful client too, and my clients are whom I serve right now. Thank you though. Good Bye!"

"Bye!" She waved at the leaving delivery truck and turned to the restaurant.

"I wonder why his last client's so discreet like that?" She thought to herself. "Poor old Mr. Hameilo… But I'm going to find this man… he seems pretty suspicious…" When her assignment entered her thought again, she remembered that this town didn't like State Alchemists. As a matter of fact, she never spotted anyone from the military around. Maybe the State had undercover officers to keep an eye around this town. Anyway, she stuck the silver chain of her pocket watch into her pocket. "But for now… some dinner!"

By the time she entered the little restaurant, Ed and Al began their long walk to the next town, where she was in.

Ahh... it's finished... I hope you liked it... I also hope the time shifting stuff didn't confuse you or anything. Wait for the next chapter okay?

Bye-bye!