Roy's P.O.V. again. This is the chapter inspired by a bit of HP (which I don't own).

One word... Christmas...

Unfortunately, Roy and his staff didn't have the day off for Christmas. It had snowed the night before too. Roy would have much preferred to stay at home during this white Christmas, but he somehow managed to make himself go to work. Hawkeye came at her regular time, but as usual, before the others. Roy came in and said, "So, what about this Christmas surprise?"

"I'm surprised you still remember," she said without looking up from her work, "Well, Noelani said to come to the courtyard during lunch."

Roy nodded and said nothing else. He got to his work wondering what on earth could take almost a month to prepare.

After what seemed like ages of working in silence, it was time to go to lunch. He rounded up the others and Hawkeye led them to the courtyard where they saw Noelani. She was standing in the center of the yard, and she smiled at them. She wore a long black coat and some jeans. Her snow boots were also black, and she had a red scarf around her neck. She was fidgeting out of excitement.

When they got to her, Roy asked, "Well?"

"Just a second," said Noelani. Then, she whistled loudly. The whistle echoed off the buildings several times over. At first nothing seemed to be happening, but then-

Flap… Flap… Flap...

They all looked behind them to the source of the noise, and Fury, Havoc, Breda, and Falman all pointed to the reindeer and said in unison, "See! We told you!"

The reindeer flew over the rooftops and was coming in for a landing. When it landed, it had to gallop for a few meters before it could stop. Then it trotted over to Noelani. The reindeer stood patiently, not looking at any of the others.

"This is Aurora," she said. Aurora was a dusty brown color. Her huge wings were the same color, except for some gray feathers. Her wings must have had a total thirty-foot wingspan. Her neck was covered in shaggy gray fur, and her tail was that of an overgrown eagle's. Feathers also ran across her back to form a bridge between the wings. The antlers had many points, indicating that she was in the prime age of a reindeer. The last and strangest thing Roy noticed was that the reindeer had golden eagle eyes.

"Is that a she? I thought only bucks had antlers," said Fury.

"No, both genders in reindeer have antlers," Noelani corrected, "Have you ever noticed that one of Santa's reindeer was named Vixen?"

"Good point," said Havoc amused at her tone.

"What the hell have you two been doing!" Roy asked loudly.

"Training," answered Hawkeye.

"I know how well Hayate is trained, so I thought I could use her help," Noelani added.

"Where did you get this thing?" Roy asked a little less loudly but still extremely irritated that he didn't know about this chimera.

"It's a long story. Besides, I don't have to tell you, do I?" Noelani teased.

Roy narrowed his eyes. This was one of those rare moments when she wasn't shy.

"Who wants to say hello?" Noelani asked.

Havoc, Breda, Fury, and Falman all backed away. Riza and Noelani smiled, but Roy didn't understand why.

"Well done, sir," Riza said.

Roy looked behind him and saw they were now quite a distance away, "Traitors!"

"Don't worry," Noelani started to say, "She won't bite."

"No, she'll just impale me instead…" Roy mumbled and glancing nervously at the antlers as he approached.

"Go on, let her smell you," Noelani seemingly was excited about this whole ordeal.

Roy held out his hand and Aurora quietly sniffed. Then she put her head under his hand. She was just like a dog! Roy scratched behind her ear and thought, "What on earth have they been doing?"

"I think she'll let you ride her now," Noelani suddenly stated.

"What-?" Roy started to say, but Noelani had already used alchemy to lift him up on to Aurora's back. It felt weird to be lifted by nothing but moving air and then plopped onto a steed.

Aurora shook her head in protest at the sudden change of weight, but didn't move otherwise.

"Don't pull any feathers, sir," Hawkeye seemed to find this highly amusing. Roy just glared at her, but this just made her smile even more. What was wrong with her lately?

Noelani started to say while Roy was still glaring, "Now, to steer her, just press onto one side of her withers, like this," Roy turned to see her press her knuckles on the withers, but not enough for it to have any real effect, "Except harder. To make her land, pat her rump three times."

"Land? Wait-!"

"Fly!" cried Noelani.

Before Roy could protest, Aurora was running as fast as she could and extended her wings. Roy hung on to the shaggy fur on Aurora's neck for dear life. She started to flap, snow flew everywhere from the force of the wing beats, and then they were in the air. Aurora tucked in her front legs. Roy could feel his stomach being left behind, but once in the air, he never felt more delirious, except for when he was drunk. The wind was freezing, but it was nothing compared to the sensation of flying. He pressed on her left side, and he felt her turning her tail to steer to the left. He looked down at his friends, tiny as bugs. He couldn't help grinning; he felt like a kid again, something he had almost forgotten to feel. When he felt his entire face going numb, he patted Aurora's rump three times. She dived down and then she put out her feet like a goose landing in a pond. Roy felt himself being flung forward from the force of the landing. Like before, Aurora had to gallop before she could stop. When she halted, Roy slid off her back and fell face first into the snow laughing.

The others ran to him, but Riza got to him first and said, "Are you alright?"

Roy turned over, still laughing, "Never… again…" he picked up some snow and threw it in her face. He laughed even harder.

She recoiled and said while wiping the flakes off her face, "I'll take that as a no," and then she got down, made a large snowball and threw it in his face before he could get up.

"Hey!" he said, still laughing a little. He threw a snowball back at her.

"Snowball fight!" cried Noelani from behind them. When Riza and Roy looked, Noelani had transmuted several snowballs, and they were hovering beside her. Before they could react, the Icy Balls of Doom flew through the air and piled them both in snow. Hawkeye fell to the ground beside Roy.

The fight continued for a few minutes after the rest had joined in. Roy, Riza, and Noelani had teamed up, which was highly unfair. They had an alchemist made for the snow, a great sharpshooter, and an alchemist who could melt incoming snowballs. However, Noelani betrayed the other two and piled not only them, but also everyone else in snow. After they climbed out of the snow, Hawkeye said, "We better go. We don't even have time to eat... and we never speak of this again!"

Noelani sent off Aurora, to who knows where, and they started to head back to the office. Just before reaching the front steps, two people came up to Roy.

"Hey, Mustang," said the smaller boy. He had blonde hair tied up in a braid, with some hair falling beside his face. He had bright golden eyes and also wore a red coat over a black shirt and black pants. This was Edward Elric

"Hey, Colonel! Merry Christmas, everyone!" the person in the suit of armor had a surprisingly young voice. This was Alphonse Elric, a walking suit of armor.

"Hey, Fullmetal, Alphonse," Roy replied, and a look of realization flew across Noelani's face. Despite their constant searching for the Philosopher's stone, they were willing to pay a visit. However, Roy said nothing of this.

"Who's that?" Ed asked, indicating Noelani.

"Oh, that's Noelani," he replied.

Noelani smiled slightly, but like before the smile was mostly in her eyes, "Nice to meet the famous Fullmetal Alchemist and his younger brother."

Edward immediately was friendly with her, "Nice to meet you, too,"

Roy thought he must have appreciated she knew who was the older brother.

"Erm, why are you guys covered in snow?" Edward asked, looking at everyone. Oddly enough, everyone started wiping off the extra snow.

"Mind your own business, Fullmetal," Roy replied when he finished. He knew Ed would never stop going on about how they skipped lunch to have a snowball fight.

Edward turned to Mustang, "Mind if we stay with you guys for a bit? We won't stay too long, because we have to visit Winry tonight, too."

"Sure, fine with me. More people to help me with my paperwork."

End of chapter 4

You think X-mas is over? Nope! I have one more X-mas chapter to do! Mwahahaha!