XD this kinda popped into my head while I was talking with Kaiya-Chan. We were talking about Halloween and this Halloween fic came into my head..Im not too good with titles..O.o; And I'll tell you I can't write scary stories for my life...X.x
—Halloween 'Horror'—
Ed sat on the couch of Roy Mustang's home with his feet pushed up and laying on the table in front of him. October 31st it was and Roy dragged Edward to his home and forced him to stay, or else 'prepare to get flamified'. Ed cracked up at that comment but Mustang seemed pretty serious about burning Edward to a crisp.
Upon hearing the news, Ed forced his brother Alphonse to come along too. Al couldn't see why. He was planning on going out tonight and when his brother told him that they had to go off to Mustang's place, Al was kinda brought down.
Al sat next to Ed, staring up at the ceiling. Roy was standing up next to the door. His hands were behind his back and he was leaning against the wall.
"So...Why are we here?" Ed broke the silence. He was now looking towards Mustang in an annoyed way. Getting dragged into his colonel's home and not even getting an explanation wasn't something he'd want to do. Mustang gave Ed an evil glare and opened his mouth to speak. He said one word.
"Hughes..." Roy said, tonelessly. He frowned and shook his head, slowly.
"Oh, hell no... He did NOT just make us go.." Ed said with a look of disgust on his face. Hughes again. Dragging them into Halloween, just so they'd see his daughter.
Mustang pulled a smirk on his face. "Well at first he asked only me to go with him...But I figured that the Fullmetal shrimp would like to come along too,"
"Mr. Hughes again?" Al asked. For some strange reason, it always surprised Al how far Hughes would go to brag about his family. Even though they've been going through it for years..Al was still surprised.
A knock resounded on the door to Mustang's house. Roy smirked at the two brothers who seemed to be in mortal peril, for getting pulled into this kind of stuff. "Oh, it can't be that bad!" Roy said with a evil grin on his face. Ed and Al glared angrily at Mustang.
Roy opened the door and wished he could just slam is shut again. In front of his door was the 5 year old Elysia and Maes Hughes...who were both dressed up as...gangsters. Roy gaped at the two idiots. He slammed the door shut.
"Come on, Roy! It's Halloween spirit!" Hughes called from the other side of the door. Elysia held an empty bag that was supposed to hold her candy. Maes pushed his ear against the door and waiting for a response.
"No. No. No. It's not Halloween spirit! It's stupid!" Roy called to Hughes from his side of the door. He shook his head in disbelief and made a final comment. "And how on earth did your wife let you dress up like that?" asked Roy, seriously doubting that she'd ever let those two dress up like that.
"Well...she didn't..." Maes said leaning against the door now. He scratched the back of his neck and thought about how he should phrase this.
"Then..how...?"
"Shhhhh!" Meas said to Roy, "Now come on and let us in," he said with a smile.
"No," Roy said firmly.
"You're such a party pooper, Roy! That's all this is! Halloween spirit! It's not as though this is ever going to happen again!" Maes argued. He had a sad look on his face. "Pleaase!"
Roy pulled the door open and Maes fell to the floor. He rubbed the side of his stomach and pulled himself back up.
"You had to do it so fast?" Hughes groaned. He pulled himself together and stood up. Only then was Ed able to get a good clear look at Maes. And he could tell why Roy didn't want him in the house.
For one thing he was dressed up as a gangster..For another his daughter was doing the same thing.. Baggy clothes, giant chains around their necks. They were both wearing sunglasses even though it was dark out. Ed and Al both stared at the two and their sense of self left them completely.
'I am never looking at Hughes the same way again...' Ed said. He picked his feet up and placed the on the ground and off of Roy's table. Al plainly sat still. But inside he was just itching to go and throw those two out.
"..." The two brothers look crazed at Hughes and Elysia. They both seemed to be enjoying themselves. Ed wondered how they both managed to even get hold of their 'accessories'. He could picture it now in his mind.
—Ed's mind—
Alone, Hughes entered an empty store wearing his military uniform. He approached the counter and stared at the clerk straight in the eye. "I need gangster clothes," he said simply and bore an evil grin. The clerk gave him a death glare. He pointed opposite of where he was standing. He wasn't pointing in anywhere in particular. Just pointing at the store in general. Hughes turned around and scratched the back of his neck.
"Oh...There," he said, the grin slowly slipping off his face. He ventured out into the store and looked for some clothes.
Hughes stared around himself. He slowly walked down and around somehow knowing where to go. He finally found something that would look good. Looking around for a smaller size, he tried to pull some out from in the boxes near where he found it. He couldn't find anything remotely small so he picked out one of the smallest and went to the clerk.
"Wouldn't this look wonderful on her!" Hughes said happily, quickly pulling out a picture of Elysia from his pocket. He held the photo right in front of the clerk's face. The clerk was silent.
'This idiot got this stuff for a 5 year old?' The clerk thought as he stared blankly at Hughes. "Yeah, sure." He said simply and rung up what Hughes had bought. Hughes paid happily and leaned against the counter.
"You know, me and my wife met in the strangest way!" Hughes said happily. He started to tell the story of him and his wife for almost 20 minutes when the clerk decided he'd had enough. He pushed Hughes out the of the store angrily ("Hey I was getting to the good part!" Hughes yelled) and claimed that he had to close soon.
"That complete moron," the clerk said slowly, shaking his head after Hughes had left him.
—Out of Ed's mind—
Sadly enough..That's what actually happened in the store. Hughes even decided to relive it by making Roy the clerk and whispering what he had to say while he was going through it.
"Erm. Hughes...If you bought your daughter's clothes...Where did you get yours?" Ed asked curiously, remembering that Hughes hadn't bought his own clothes at the store.
"Oh I didn't need to buy them! I already had some!" Hughes said in a sing-song voice. Everyone was silent and staring at Hughes.
"..."
"What?" Hughes's head plopped down to one side. "I don't get it.."
"...You already had some...?" They all said at the same time.
"Yeah, so what?"
"Never...mind," Roy said. To say the truth he really didn't want to know where, how, and why Hughes already had some of those ridiculous clothes.
"Well now that everything's settled, let's go!" Hughes said happily, pointing his finger at the door out of Roy's house. He grabbed hold of Roy's house and began to drag him forward out of the house.
"FULLMETAL!" He yelled at Ed to come along so he wouldn't be alone with the crazy idiot who decided to be a gangster. Ed smiled evilly at Roy and opened his mouth.
"I'll pass," Ed said happily, closing his eyes. He picked his feet back up and placed them back on top of Roy's table. Al stared at Ed and raised his hand in the air.
"I think I'll stay too. You know, to protect brother!" Al said, quickly coming for a reason to stay away from Hughes.
"Protect me?" Ed whispered tonelessly at Al. 'Was that the best excuse you could think of?' Ed thought. Al merely shrugged and stayed sitting on the couch next to his brother. But, of course, being Maes Hughes he picked up Ed and tossed him over his shoulder and carried him to the door like that.
"Nonsense!" He said, "You need to live a little, Ed!" He threw open the door and breathed heavily. "Can you smell that? Fresh air, open space, it's wonderful!"
Ed gasped for breath. No, the air was not clean.
"Looks like the garbage truck just made its way around," Roy said, peering out of his house. "No wonder the streets are empty...It smells..." Roy crinkled his nose and stayed in the safety of his home.
"Nonsense! It's clean and fresh out here!" Hughes said happily. He held his daughter's hand in one of his hands. His other hand held Ed above his shoulder. Ed struggled and tried to get out of Hughes's grasp. "Al, you said you needed to protect your brother. Well come on!" He ushered Al to come along. And now Al wished he'd made a better excuse. "Roy, you promised you'd come with me!"
"Now wait one minute!" Roy said, pointing his finger accusingly at Hughes. "Never, at one moment in that conversation we had on the phone, did I say I was going with you!"
—Earlier this morning—
Hughes walked into the kitchen of his home and slowly picked up the phone. He dialed a number at a slow pace and waited, happily in his kitchen. Of course he was calling Roy (again). Waiting music began to play out of the phone, as Hughes waited for Roy to answer. Roy was apparently a 'very busy man' and needed some time to himself. But to Hughes that was just a lie.
"Doo doo doo. Doo doo doo. Doo doo doo do doo dooo!" Hughes began to hum the music and started to bob his forward with beat to the music.
"Hello?" Roy's voice sounded from the phone. But Hughes, not paying any attention, continued to hum. "..." Roy was silent. "Hughes!" He yelled from his end of the phone.
"What?" Hughes said, angrily, as if he was doing something insanely important.
"Why did you call me?" Roy said, annoyed as he grit his teeth, waiting for an answer.
"Oh yeah!" Hughes said, remembering he'd called Roy, "I wanted to know if you would come out with me and my daughter tonight! But of course I know you would, so why should I bother asking? See you tonight!" Hughes hung up the phone and began to hum the waiting music again.
Roy, back at Central headquarters, remained standing still. The phone was still against his ear, his hand still holding it in place. "See you...tonight?" Roy said in a low voice. His voice was filled with anger and he had the look of a killer.
—Normal time—
"Never, at one moment in that conversation we had on the phone, did I say I was going with you!"
"Yes you did, silly! I remember it like it was minutes ago!" Hughes said.
—How Hughes remembers it—
"Oh yeah!" Hughes said, remembering he'd called Roy, "I wanted to know if you would come out with me and my daughter tonight!" Hughes smiled and laughed like a maniac.
"Oh, of course I would! I'd love to! You don't need to ask me that!" Roy laughed back and grinned happily. "I can't wait!"
"Me neither!" Hughes replied, still smiling.
"It'll be so much fun!"
"I know!"
—Normal time—
"Whaaat! Roy yelled at Hughes. "I did not say that!" Roy had his killer look again, after Hughes had retold what he remembered of what had happened.
"Yes you did! You don't have to be embarrassed of what you said!" Hughes said happily, chuckling at how Roy was hiding his inner feelings.
Roy gaped at Hughes in horror, wondering how else Hughes could destroy his reputation further. 'He made all that stuff up. Who does he think he is?'
"Now off we go!" Hughes continued to carry Edward and walked down Roy's front steps. Elysia's hand was in one of Hughes's hands and Hughes turned around. "Come on, Roy! We don't have all day!"
"AL!" Ed yelled for his younger brother. He tried to kick his way out of Hughes's grip, but it didn't work. He struggled and tried to use his hands to loosen Hughes's grasp. It still didn't work.
Al continued to sit on the couch. Roy politely asked Al to move over a little and soon sat down next to him.
"Mustang, you traitor!" Ed screamed.
"Hey, Hughes. I'm sure Ed would love to go with you. I mean he is the kind of person who enjoys these kinds of things," Roy lied with a straight face, and turned to Al. "Right?" he asked Al with a convincing face. Al nodded too, hoping that Hughes would just go.
"AL?"
"Oh stop it!" Hughes said, in an annoyed way. He walked back up into Roy's house and put Ed down. Ed fell to the floor on his stomach and scrambled around as he thought it was his chance to escape. But Hughes merely put his foot down on Ed's back.
"Alphonse, you will have to come or I'll crush your brother!" Hughes said menacingly. Elysia looked up at him from where she was standing. She had an expression of amazement. Maes looked down at her and winked. He pushed his foot down a little harder.
"HUGHES, WHAT DO YOU THINK YOU'RE DOING!" Ed screamed as he noticed the growing pressure on his back. Al jumped up and ran to his brother's side. Hughes pulled his foot up and held Al by the cloth tied around his waste. He let go of Elysia and took his free hand to grab Ed.
"I'm sure you'll have much fun with those two!" Roy said, smiling at the two brothers. He sat with his arms crossed on the couch. He was seriously enjoying the sight before his very eyes.
Hughes began to whisper at the two Elric brothers.
"Listen... You want Roy to come with us too, don't you?" He asked happily at the two brothers who wanted to kill Maes at the sight of him. Both the brother nodded back at him. "Then let's all get him and make him come,"
Ed and Al looked at each other and nodded. They straightened themselves out and Hughes let go of the two. They both bolted in Mustang's direction and Roy who wasn't expecting this, jumped up and threw Edward upside-down. Al picked Roy up while he was busy with Edward and started walking toward Hughes. "Mission accomplished!" he said happily as he pointed towards Roy who was now laying face down on Al's shoulder.
Ed sat on the floor where Mustang had thrown him. 'Where did he learn that? That monster..' He rubbed his back where it painfully hurt now. After Hughes had almost snapped his back in half and Roy had thrown him in the air, it was aching like never before. Hughes saw Ed and picked him back up.
"Don't worry! I know something that'll help you for sure!" Hughes said, picking Edward back up on his feet. Ed groaned and Hughes took his place behind Edward.
"One...two...three!" Hughes punched Ed's back . Ed screamed, not in pain. But in surprise. He hadn't been expecting this, especially after Hughes had already abused his back.
"HUGHES!"
"There. Does it feel better now?" He stood in front of Ed again and smiled.
"NO!" Ed screamed back at Hughes. 'How can that guy always crack smiles in the worst possible moments!' Not only was Ed's back hurting now. His throat was hurting in the same pain. All the screaming he's been doing today. No doubt it was gonna hurt.
"Oh, you know it feels better!" With that Maes walked away back to where Al, Roy, and Elysia were. Ed stayed where he was. He was now sitting on the floor again, in a hunching position.
"Come on, Ed! We don't have all day!" Hughes stood by the door, waving at Ed trying to catch his attention. Ed glared angrily at Hughes and stood up again. He didn't know what Hughes was talking about when he said 'Oh, you know it feels better!'. It was certainly hurting more now than it was, before he punched him.
'He'll never leave,' Ed thought as he glared at everyone standing at the door. 'And he'll never shut up about this if I tell him to go and leave,' Ed decided to just go and bear with it. After all..It was just like Roy had said. It couldn't be that bad. Or could it?
I'm thinkin I'm actually gonna make a mini-fic using this xD. A little Halloween fic of what could happen. A nice little side story!