Tea Time

Chapter 2: It's got to be a dream

What the hell? I'm a shrimp! Roy thought furiously. He looked around wildly with confusion and a bit of fear. Then it hit him...

He remembered falling asleep after drinking that tea Riza had left him. Maybe waking up was still part of the dream... If that made any sense. "This is all a dream," he reasured himself a with sigh of relief, which sent a stream of bubbles to the top of his newly found tank.

"Errm... Colonel?" Came a familiar voice from the door. Roy floated up to the top of his tank and peered over the piles of paperwork. Kain Fuery stood in the doorway with a very confused expression on his face. "I thought Miss Hawkeye said he was in here... Oh well." He muttered and then hesitated before leaving.

Hmm. This is one weird dream... I wonder when I'm going to wake up. Roy thought, floating back down. Before he could set his mind at ease, he heard footsteps coming down the hallway. Voices soon fallowed.

"He must be in there, Fuery. I don't think he would have gotten up and left for a date at this time of day," Came Riza Hawkeye's strong voice.

"Yes, I know. But he wasn't there when I walked in a few minutes ago," Argued Fuery, politly. Riza gave no reply.

The footsteps stopped as--Roy assumed--they entered the room. Roy peered over the papers again to see a very angry looking Riza standing in front of his desk. She looked back and forth across the room and then finally turned to face the cluttered desk. She folded her arms across her chest and gave a loud sigh. She said, "Where on earth could he be?"

"Maybe he's hiding under his desk," Fuery joked. Riza didn't laugh--as was expected. But after a moments pause she smiled. "Or maybe he's been burried by this paperwork," She said. Then muttered under he breath, "If he did it the first place we wouldn't have to worry about that."

Roy was fed up with the ridiculing from his infirior officers. "I'm right here, woman! And stop nagging me about that damn paperwork!" Another stream of bubbles went to the top of his tank and then he remembered something very important. Shrimps can't talk.

Riza peered over the stacks of paperwork and frowned. She walked around to the other side of the desk and picked up the shrimp bowl. She brought Roy up to her eye level. They looked into one anothers' eyes; red ones peering into beady black ones. Finally, Riza broke the mood. "What's a shrimp doing here?"

"Maybe it's a pet of Edward's," Came a laugh from the doorway. Jean Havoc was standing there, grinning, with his usual cigerette sticking out the corner of his mouth. Riza paid no mind to his joke. She walked over and shoved the shrimp bowl into his hands.

"Take this to Alphonse Elric. I've heard he starting a 'Pet Room.' I'm sure he'd have room for a shrimp." She said and then sent Havoc on his way.

This really is one strange dream... Roy thought.

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Edward sat frozen, looking down as his... his... PAWS! What in the world was going on? Was he dreaming? Well, it couldn't hurt to find out. He heistantly put out a paw and scratched his other one.

"Yeow!" He winched. Nope... He wasn't dreaming. For some reason he had an urge to lick his wound and began to do so. His fur tasted like milk and he immediately stopped grooming himself. BLECK! He thought. I hate milk! Of course, he realised that milk was the least of his problems at that moment.

He closed his eyes and thought. How the heck could this have happened... I'm not dreaming and I have somehow miraculasly turned into a cat. Great. That leaves me with no explanations whatsoever.

He opened his eyes and jumped off the couch. "I'll go find Al. He might be able to help," He reasoned and ventured off to find his brother.

After a long while of walking down hallways and trying to stay out of sight--which was easier than Ed had thought because no one seemed to be looking down--it was Al who found Edward. He scooped Edward up from behind him and hugged him close to his cold, metal chest. Ed yelped and tried to free himself from his captor's grasp before realising it was Alphonse.

"Hey! What's a kitty like you doing in a big place like this?" Al cooed, rubbing Ed behind the ear. Ed began to purr subconsiously. Al continued, "Well, I've got the perfect place for you! You'll have lots of other kitties to play with."

"Wait, Al, it's me! I don't wanna go with some other..." Ed stopped himself, realising that what he thought he was saying wasn't what Al was hearing. Instead of english, a series of meows and growls had just spilled from his lips. Al giggled, "Wow, you must be really excited."

Ed shivered. I've got a baaaad feeling... He thought, uneasily.

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