Sorry for the slow update, anyways, here's a chapter

I wasn't quite happy about how this turned out, because i feel that it was seriously OOC in someparts. I will make it up in the next theme.

Stanard Disclaimers apply

Theme 7: It's kind of a fight...

A blond 10 year old girl was in deep thought. Pacing herself up and down the steps, she didn't know what to do with the situation. She shouldn't have done anything like that. She shouldn't have accepted anything of that sort. How silly of her to do that. How would people, especially the Elrics, think of her? She shook her head.

All of this happened a day ago. When an alchemist by the name of Izumi Curtis accepted the Elric Brothers' apprenticeship. Mrs. Curtis had saved the town from a huge flood. According to Al, the younger of the brothers, she had done alchemy without a transmutation circle; they wanted to learn the art of alchemy from her. Although their first impression on her wasn't quite a good one, Mrs. Curtis accepted them.

The townspeople held a going away party for the brothers. They were happy that there would be an alchemist, no two alchemists, in their town in the near future. That was when she had done something stupid.

"Hey… Winry!" a brown haired girl called her.

"Yeah?" Winry replied.

"I want you to do something for me, I mean, for Al and I, for us, before those brothers go," Nelly told Winry, "come closer, I'll tell you." The girl whispered several words into the other's ear. The blond's face turned into the color of the sunset.

"I..I cant do that!" Winry stuttered, face still crimson.

"Come on! Of course you can! The Curtis couple won't leave until evening today," Nelly persuaded.

"B..but," Winry started to say.

"Do this for Al, and I," Nelly said, "Please?"

"Why does Al want me to do this? Did Ed agree to it?" What a stupid question to ask, Winry mentally kicked herself. Of course the shrimp wouldn't!

"Please Winry?" came a voice behind her.

"Al!" Winry jumped, startled.

"Please?" both of them pleaded.

"NO!" Of course she wouldn't.

"We dare you to!" Nelly dared, "You're a chicken if you don't agree to it"

"So what!" Winry yelled and stormed away into her house.

It was already almost time for the train to leave. Alphonse and Nelly was impatient. Maybe the soon-to-be-mechanic won't come at all.

"Come on, both of you," Izumi Curtis called out, "The train's about to leave." Alphonse sighed, maybe this plan won't work out at all.

Soon, a girl came running up onto the platform

Winry made up her mind. If she couldn't do that, at least she could do this. She stopped pacing up and down her front porch and ran straight to the station. At least she could go see him off. How long he would be training for, she didn't know. She knew that he would be gone for longer a month, that's for sure. Seems like her oh-so-unreasonable-side won this fight, huh?

Panting, sweating, tired, and shaken, the girl ran up and hugged the elder of the Elric brothers.

"W-winry?" Edward asked. Izumi looked puzzled, chuckled abit, and looked at Sig. Nelly and Alphonse exchanged glances. Well, at least their plan, part of their plan, worked out.

"Take care okay, Edward?" Winry asked, now standing face to face with the boy.

"Yeah..I guess I won't see you in a month's time," He smiled, "Come on, Al. Let's go."

"Suuuree" Alphonse said gleefully.

"Let's go! Aunty, I mean, sister," Edward corrected himself. The four went into the train heading for Dublith. Within a few seconds, the train started to head south wards, toward the city where an island lies.

Winry was sure, that in that train, that boy was still confused, while another one, teasing the first.