Oh, ha ha, this was hilarious. Freaking hilarious. Oh, but he'd be smiling a lot more when his fist connected with someone's face. That'd be funny.
But first, he'd have to trace everything back to the source. Sure, Armstrong had done it, but someone must have convinced the Major that he wouldn't have a problem with the action.
The problem was, Edward Elric did have a problem with it.
It may have been Hughes, but part of Ed doubted the father figure would really be that cruel. On purpose, anyway. A few short seconds after he thought of Hughes as the culprit he scratched the idea.
It could have been someone like Havoc or Breda, maybe they would think pulling a stunt like this was funny. But again, he removed them from the suspect list.
Which left Mustang. Or Hawkeye, but the thought of Hawkeye coming up with it was incredibly unlikely, so Ed didn't even consider her.
But Mustang... There was no reason the colonel wouldn't degrade Edward in any possible way. Calling him short day in and day out was bad enough for the young alchemist, but apparently not for Mustang. No, there was never enough for Mustang.
Ed shifted, adamant in his suspicions, to stop a branch that was currently stabbing him in the back. He sighed, looked down, and pondered a way out of his predicament. He was a little too stuck to simple jump out of the tree without catching on a branch and rolling the whole, unpleasantly spiky way down, but the branches were also a tad bit flimsy yet to just climb down. With another resigned sigh, Ed admitted his defeat (only to himself, he would never admit something like that out loud) and decided to wait for Armstrong to come back and fetch him out. At least being stuck in the tree gave him ample opportunity to plan revenge.
And a Shorty in a Pine Tree.
Well, it's done. It's not Christmas anymore, but it's done. I could spout off my usual excuses, but I won't bother, cause they're not very good. This isn't the greatest, all twelve have their weak spots (open fiiire! perfect for constructive critisism, yo, just not too harsh XD) BUT! I can now say I completed something. For the first time in my internet career, I can say I completed something. And the cat on my arm is seriously not helping...
ANYWAY! I hope you enjoyed it, thank you my few reviewers for reviewing, it makes me happy and bouncy without the normal required caffeine!