Chapter 4: A Hidden Village

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Lauren opened her eyes to find herself rather close to Ed, who was still asleep. Her chest hurt a bit, but she figured she was water-logged. She carefully, slowly sat up and shook Ed awake.

He sat up quickly. "Lauren..? Hey you're awake! That's great." Ed scooted a bit away from her.

"Yea, but we are we..?" Lauren looked down at the cloths she was wearing.

"Oh, we're in some village, I found it while I was carrying you somewhere to get you warm." Ed stood up and cracked his neck.

Lauren also stood and looked around the small one room house.

The woman who owns the house walked in and saw that Lauren was awake. "Hello, dear, its good that you finally woke up, I've been having my son check on you throughout the night." She smiled as a young man about Lauren and Ed's age walked in behind her.

Her son was very handsome, short black hair, baby-blue eyes, tall and strong. "Hi there, I'm Vince." He bowed his head a bit and Lauren smiled at him.

"Well thanks for taking care of Lauren." Ed said walking forward a bit.

"It was nothing, I was very glad to take care of her." Vince walked to his mother to help her start a new fire.

Ed smiled a little but on the inside he wanted to punch this guy…

Lauren elbowed him softly in the ribs and whispered in his ear. "Stop being such a jerk, he was only helping me."

Vince turned back to them and bowed his head again. "I'll see you around." Then he walked outside with his mother, who smiled at them.

Ed turned to Lauren. "Come on, we gotta get outta here." He grabbed her hand, grabbed their still semi-wet cloths, and took Lauren outside.

Lauren didn't say anything but followed him.

When they got outside, a few people looked at them, others paid no attention to them whatsoever. But Vince came over immediately.

"What are you doing outside, Lauren, you can catch a chill." Vince now had a pair of gloves on and a hat.

"Where are we exactly?" Lauren asked as they were ushered back inside by Vince and one of his friends, Kage, who had come over to them.

Ed had kept silent, wanting answers just as much as Lauren.

"You're in our village." Vince said as he sat them down in front of the fire.

"We know that, what's the name of this village?" Ed asked, getting irritated.

"Um…well…you see…uhh…hmm…ok…I…" Vince stammered.

"It's a hidden village; o outsiders can know the name or the exact place of our village." Kage said, and then when Vince threw him a dirty look, he shut up and turned away.

"A hidden village…?" Lauren thought about this for a moment, then realization struck. "Is the name of this village Forrest River?" Lauren's question was answered with two looks of surprise from the Vince and Kage.

"Lauren..?" Ed was confused.

"Ha! I knew it! You've seen Kaara then, haven't you?" Lauren stood up, followed by Ed.

"Where is she?" Ed demanded, trusting Lauren.

"Who's Kaara?" Vince asked and Kage slipped out the door.

"You're not Vince." Lauren accused.

"Lauren, come on, what are you saying?" Ed looked confused again.

Vince started to laugh. "Run." He whispered, and then he started to shape-shift.

Lauren and Ed didn't move. Lauren threw off the coat, hat, and gloves, so did Ed.

"You can't be serious, there's no way you can take me." Ed and Lauren were now looking at Envy, the Homunculus that was able to shape-shift into anyone.

"Lauren, can you use that gas stuff you used on me the first day?" Ed clapped his hands a drew out a blade from his auto-mail arm.

"Yea." Lauren took out one of her earrings, threw it up into the air, and clapped it together in her hands. The same smoke that Ed could've sworn was going to kill him filled the room. But this time, he could breath just fine.

Envy began to cough and Ed pulled at Lauren's arm. "Come on."

"Wait.." Lauren was undressing herself! She clapped her hands and her dress dried instantly, she slipped into it, along with her own boots and cloak. "Alright, now I can go." She turned around to see that Ed had followed her example.

They ran out of the home, they were surrounded by people, but then Ed saw him…Shou Tucker. "You!" Ed ran for him, but he was gone.

Lauren was taking care of the villagers when Lust and Gluttony stepped out of another nearby house. Lust was holding a small child whose eyes were completely white…Kaara.

Ed was hit in the back of the head by a shovel and went down, unconscious.

Lauren stopped every movement of her body and closed her eyes. She heard every rustle of a grass blade in the wind. When she opened her eyes, everything was stilled. She was moving so fast, everyone else seemed frozen. When she looked to where Kaara had been, she, along with all the Homunculi and Shou, were gone. "Damn…" She closed her eyes again and returned to normal.

"What happened?" Ed sat up five hours later and found himself in a tree. "Uhhh…..Lauren?"

There was no answer.

"Lauren!"

No answer…..

Well that chap went kinda...fjuenbsmcfytm...i tried to twist up my story a bit, tell me whatcha think!