I appreciate the nice reviews people have been giving my first story on Now here's the next part!
Disclaimer: I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist or Alice in Wonderland.
Ed tried his hardest to keep up with Al, but he was far too small to give chase. Al was soon lost to his sight and he was soon lost within the jungle of grass. He stopped running to catch his breath.
"How could things get any worse?" He said to himself.
Now, it's a well known fact not to say these things out loud because as soon as Ed finished saying this, a booming bark filled the area. Ed turned around and saw Lt. Hawkeye's little dog staring down at him with interest. He wasn't a very big dog by any means but to Ed he was enormous. He wagged his tail, tongue hanging out, and advanced towards Ed. Ed looked wildly around for anything to use to distract him. But there was nothing that was small enough for him to use. Soon, the dog was chasing after Ed as he ran behind a thistle plant. The dog ran straight into it however and he bounced back pawing at his hurt nose and whining. Ed felt bad for the dog and walked over to him. The dog was bent over, trying to get the thistles out, when Ed clapped his hands and placed them on the dog's nose. Instantly the thistles all fell out in a crackle of light. The dog licked Ed and bounded away, happy again.
"That's…disgusting…" Ed said, covered in dog drool.
As Ed continued walking through the grass, he eventually dried off. But he was still lost and was starting to think he'd never find his way out of here.
"If I could find something to eat or drink maybe I could change back to normal." He thought.
Ed paused for a moment as he realized how absurd that sounded. Just a few hours ago he would've laughed at himself for thinking that eating or drinking something could change someone's size. But that was before this whole ordeal began.
As he mused on, he was unaware of a smacking, garbling sound coming from far away. It soon became to loud to ignore, however, and Ed followed the sounds to a small clearing in the grass. In the center of the clearing was a large mushroom. On the top of the mushroom something was eating away at it. Ed walked over to the edge and tried to see over, but was too small. Growling in annoyance, he clapped his hands touched the mushroom. The stem instantly grew steps for Ed to use to climb on top. Once there, he saw Gluttony eating the mushroom. Ed remembered his last encounter with a homunculus and wasn't about to deal with another one! He turned to leave when Gluttony said, "Wait. I have a question."
Ed turned around and said, "What is it?"
"Who are you?" Gluttony said, putting his finger in his mouth and tilting his head.
"You know damn well who I am!" Ed yelled.
"You don't have to be mean. Just a question." Gluttony replied.
"Well, if that's all you wanted to ask me then I'm leaving."
"Not yet. One more question."
"What?" Ed asked.
"Where are you going?"
"I'm trying to find my brother, who is currently over twenty times my size and get out of this freak show!" Ed shouted, losing his patience.
"Stop yelling! You're mean!"
"I don't care! I'm outta here!"
And with that, Ed left in a huff. When he was a ways away from Gluttony and the mushroom, he heard Gluttony yell out, "Wait! I forgot! Something important to say!"
Ed looked back and saw Gluttony waving at him from on top of a flower stalk. Ed really, really didn't want to go back, but he couldn't shake the feeling that he did have something important to say.
"I don't have any other leads right now." He thought. "I guess it couldn't hurt to see what he wants."
So he trekked back and found Gluttony serenely munching on more of the mushroom. He turned to look at Ed as he approached the top of the mushroom again.
"So, what is it?" Ed asked.
"What's what?" Gluttony said.
"The important thing you wanted to tell me." Ed replied, getting angry all over again.
"I forget." Gluttony said, shrugging his shoulders. "I'm leaving now. Bye-bye."
And with that, he jumped off the mushroom and waddled off.
Ed was preparing to leave as well, when he noticed a note tacked onto the mushroom. He picked it up and read it.
"Gluttony-
Don't forget to tell the Fullmetal Pipsqueak about the mushroom. If you do, I'll twist your arm off and beat you over the head with it!
Don't screw up!
Envy"
Ed sweat dropped at the threatening note and looked the mushroom over.
"Maybe this thing will help me get back to normal." Ed said to himself.
He grabbed a chunk of it and tore it off. He took a very small bite and waited to see what would happen. If anything. Nothing did. He ripped off a chunk from a different part of the mushroom and was about to eat some of that, when he felt himself growing again. He jumped off the mushroom as he swiftly returned to his regular size. He still had the two bits of mushroom so he stored them in his pockets and moved on. Within minutes he saw a small house, more like a dollhouse, that was only a foot high. The door opened and Ed saw Al, now only a few inches tall, run away from the house. Ed tried to see where he was going, but he disappeared in the grass. He sighed and looked down at the house. The door was opening again and this time Maria Ross exited. To make things stranger, she appeared to be in military uniform but it had been tailored into a miniskirt. She also had knee high stockings and little black shoes as opposed to military boots. Ed pulled out a bit of the mushroom and took a small bite. Almost instantly he began to shrink until he was "normal size" to Ross. He approached her and said, "What are you doing here?"
"I was delivering a message for the Fuhrer to the teacher who lives here."
"Why are you wearing a miniskirt if you're in the military."
Ross blushed slightly and said, "This is new standard military dress! I'd thank you not to make fun of me!"
With that, she moved around Ed and left. He couldn't help it. As she left he laughed his head off at her. Seeing someone like Ross in a miniskirt was hilarious!
"The only thing funnier than her in a miniskirt would be Lt. Hawkeye in one!"
His laughing abruptly ended as he heard a yell and a crash inside the house. He knocked on the door, but no one answered. He knocked again, louder. Still nothing. So he opened the door and went inside. It was extremely hot inside the house and the yelling was even louder. It seemed to be coming from the kitchen. Ed peeked inside and saw a terrible sight!
Ending Note: That's all for now. Once again, I'd like to thank everyone who's read and reviewed this, my first story on I'll get the next part up as soon as I can.
