Disclaimer: I unfortunately still do not own Full Metal Alchemist, or any of the characters that appear in it. I do own my original story, and my original characters.
As an infant, Roy took Calien down to his office with him so that he could work and watch her at the same time. Once in a while some of the other people living at Central would watch her, Riza Hawkeye, Alex Armstrong, Maes, and the others all loved her very much. She took her first steps in Roy's office, he had recently been promoted and the paperwork had doubled. Riza carried Calien in from playing outside and set her down on the floor. The baby looked at Roy and smiled a big smile, she held Riza's pants and pulled herself up. She was very small for her age, being almost one now, but the doctors said that she would always be shorter than the other children because she was born so early. She reached out her little arms toward Roy and with a determined look on her face she took her first step Roy and Riza looked at each other, then back at the baby. "She's..." Riza began, "walking," Roy finished. The child walked all the way to Roy's desk and held onto it. He scooped up the tiny child and cradled her in his arms. "I love you little girl," he said in the gentlest voice Riza had ever heard him use. Maes poked his head in, "Hey everyone, what's happening?" He asked cheerfully. "Calien just took her first steps," Riza said with a smile. "Oh wow!" Maes said with surprise and a slight bit of pride. He made a point of making sure that Roy was alright every day, and he helped Roy learn how to be a good parent. "He really loves that baby, Maes," Riza whispered. "I know, we didn't adopt her because I knew she'd be so much better for Roy. They both need each other. Gracia and I will have our own baby." He said quietly. Maes and Gracia were scheduled to get married in autumn of next year. Calien was going to be the flower girl. Maes and Gracia loved her, and Roy had papers drawn up saying that she would go to them, should anything happen to him.
Calien slept through the night about 5 nights out of the week now, but every time she cried Roy was right there. He had turned out to be an amazing father. Maes felt that it was Roy's love for the child that made him such a good parent. Finally she slept through the night 7 days in a row, and then Roy woke up on his own about the same time that she normally cried, and went to check on her. There she was sound asleep in her crib, sucking her thumb. Roy smiled, and went back to bed.
The next year, Calien was almost 2 years old and it was time for Maes and Gracia to be married. Gracia put Calien in her little white dress and Roy took her to the beginning of the aisle. She was so smart, she could talk now, and she spoke as if she were a grown up. The other day Roy had noticed the circles in the palms of her hands, he knew that they would appear when she was between 1 and 2 years old. They were very similar to James', but hers were slightly different. Usually, if a natural alchemist had a child the child would have the exact same markings as the parent. Unless both parents were natural alchemists, then the markings were a mix between both parents', but Calien's mother had not been an alchemist. Roy knew he would have to look into those markings, but not right now. Now Hughes was getting married and his little girl was the most beautiful child in the world. The wedding went off without a hitch and the whole day was just beautiful. All of the guests complimented Roy on his gorgeous little girl, and he just smiled proudly.
She began school when she was 3. She went to nursery school, and preschool, then kindergarten. She was great with other children, she loved sharing, and she became a very kind person. She made lots of friends. One day, Roy thought of the symbols on Calien's hands, he went and looked up the photographs of James' hands, all natural alchemists in the military had their hands photographed to be kept on file. He had taken pictures of the little girl's hands and compared them to those of her real father. He noticed where the variance was, then headed to the library. When he arrived there he looked up a book on genetics by Dr. Tim Marcoh. The book crashed to the floor as he realized what Calien was. She could save and destroy the whole world all at once.
When Calien was 9, Roy gave her her father's watch. He explained what had happened to her parents exactly, but with less details, she was still young and the details would hurt her. She had always known that she was adopted, but now he told her about how her father had died, and her mother. How much they had loved her. Calien cried when she heard the story. Roy hugged her and told her to just let it all out.
When she opened the watch, she saw a picture of her mother holding her pregnant stomach, and a sonogram of herself. She smiled a little bit and could feel her parents' love around her, they had cared for her so much. She knew Roy had been very close to them and they knew that he'd love her, which is why they gave her to him.
The next year of Calien's life would be one of the most important, she would meet two young people who would change her forever.
Thanks again for reading. I have the whole story written already so I can't help but put a chapter on every few days (the story is 44 pages long in MS Word!). Please review, I love hearing from you guys :) . Next chapter coming soon.