Chapter 5: Lesson Learned
"Oh Roy, Elicia absolutely loves it!" Said Gracia as she looked at her daughter who was happily playing with her dolls in a really expensive looking dollhouse. "It was no problem Gracia. Now I have to go now." Roy told Gracia as he waved and headed off. After his experience last night he had changed completely (well in some areas at least). No longer was he a cheapskate!
When he got to the military building the first one he spotted, Havoc. "Hey Havoc I got something for you!" Roy said as he handed a small little gift to him. "How many times do I have to say it… I'M JEWISH!" Havoc said to Roy angrily. "Just because you're Jewish doesn't mean you can't celebrate the secular part of Christmas." Roy told him and the he walked off.
"Hey… he's right…" Havoc said. He looked at the small present. "Three guesses what this is…" He opened it and "Hey…a gift card."
"Oh Ed, Al, you're back from Resembool so soon?" Riza asked when she saw Ed and Al in the cafeteria. "Yeah, figured it was time to get to searching for the Philosopher's Stone again." Ed said. But before anything else could be said "Edward, Alphonse, Hawkeye! Just the three I wanted to see." Roy said as he walked up to them. He handed each of them a box.
'Great… another mini-skirt I'm never going to wear…' Riza thought. Al sighed, 'Not more cheap armor cleaner…' Ed already felt hot headed 'I swear if it's another one of those cards…'
Each of them opened up the boxes and "Oh wow! I've always wanted one of these hats!" Al said as he took out the Santa hat and put it on as best he could on his metal head. "… A stress ball… I could always use one of these…" Ed said examining the small rubber ball. "It's a… it's a new pistol…" Riza said amazed at her gift. She put her new gun at her side, walked up to Roy, and then pointed up. Roy looked up and felt himself blush… Mistletoe. Now during the confusion between Riza and Roy (they know what happens when you step under the mistletoe they just don't know how to handle it XD) Ed took the time to squeeze his little stress ball. As soon as he did, the word "Short" stuck out at him.
"COLONEL BASTARD!" Ed yelled as he pounced on Roy (Leave it to Ed to ruin a cute moment between Riza and Roy…). Luckily, Al and Riza pulled Ed off before he could do any major damage to Roy.
Meanwhile…
"Hey Envy! You got a gift!" Wrath said as he held out a box to Envy. Envy forked an eyebrow and took the box. "Okay kid, now scram!" Envy told Wrath harshly. Wrath pouted and walked off. Envy then looked down at his box and opened it. Then –SPROING!- a boxing glove planted itself right into Envy's face. A letter that was attached to the glove swayed down. It said:
"Don't try and bury me alive again.
-Roy Mustang, The Flame Alchemist"
And thus, Roy Mustang was never a cheapskate when it came to Christmas after this ever again. Even though he still gave Ed gifts that had made references to his height, they were still better than cards. Envy knew never to try and bury someone alive now, because if they survived they would send boxes with springing boxing gloves in them. Now he holds an extreme grudge against Roy Mustang… even though his face healed.
THE END
As I said, I'm still question whether to do a sort after-story. You know a sort of, how the FMA characters feel about doing this fanfic and stuff like that. I'm still questioning it though. I'll make a decision when I see the reviews. If the people ask, the people will get so... that's it.