I do not own Full Metal Alchemist.

The 4 children mentioned throughout these chapters are from Her Knight In Shining Armor. They take place during childhood. For those of you who haven't read the story here's the family tree:

Father: Edward Elric

Mother: Winry Elric

Children: (Set of twins) Edward Jr. (Eddy), Al (little Al)

Father: Alphonse Elric

Mother: Lorna Elric

Children: Elizabeth Elric, Hope Elric

(Elizabeth is a year older than Hope and her cousins.)

This one will be based on what my niece did to her ex-boyfriend a few weeks ago when we were at my sister's house. No my family isn't rich. My brother has horses because he was given sick one that he nursed back to health!

Horse Sense

Elizabeth glared at the horse before her. She'd fallen off in the past and at the age of eighteen wasn't willing to go through that again. She didn't like horses, didn't want anything to do with them. But the twins wanted to ride, which was exactly what she didn't want them to do.

"You're going to fall." She sneered at Eddy who was already mounting the steed his brother held by the reigns.

He flashed that grin that both twins possessed. "Don't worry about it girl! I'll be just fine." In all truth he'd never ridden in his life. But the guy's whose place they were at said this particular horse was genital and they were in a fenced off area of about three acres.

"Don't worry sis, I'm sure nothing will happen. You can't tell him how to live his life anyway." Hope was trying to be reassuring. She knew Elizabeth felt that she had to protect their group since she was a year older than the rest of them.

Al laughed as his sibling tried to steady himself. "The guy said to remember and pull back on the reigns when you want her to stop. And if she won't do that force her to go in a circle. She'll get tired it and stop."

"I'll tell you when you fall off." Elizabeth was in a sour mood about this. Their parents would have her hide if anything happened to her cousins. Or at least that's what she thought. In all truth they'd given their approval.

Looking down at her Ed gave her a grin he'd seen his father give his mother in pictures from when he was their age. "I think I'll know if I fall."

"Yeah." Hope chimed in. "I'll be he knows it before he hits the ground." Everyone but Elizabeth laughed. The younger sister was holding a camera, taking pictures of the whole event.

As Eddy began to ride around the perimeter of the fenced in area, Hope leaned over and whispered to Al. "I'll get a picture when he falls." Both of them snickered, leaving the older sister to glower at them both.

Joking around Al said in a whisper so only he and the girls could hear. "Run horse, run." As if having heard his words, the stead took of for a short distance. "No!" They all laughed, watched Ed who was obviously unnerved by the ordeal. But it did come to a stop right in front of them.

Laughing aloud the rest of the group watched as he dismounted. "Well, who's next?" Glancing between them, he could see that both girls were looking away. "What about you Al? You gonna give it a try?"

"Uh" He looked up at the horse and then at the hard ground below. "I think I'll pass on it this time. Come on, I think lunch is ready."

Authors note:

And that's the story of what really happened between me, my niece, and her ex-boyfriend. My part was Hope, except where Al told the horse to run faster. That stupid thing couldn't have heard me, but it did take off running. Luckily he didn't fall.