Nyago: This chapter going to be one of the few strong ones we are going to write simply because it starts to develop the characters a little more than the last few chapters. So we hope you enjoy!
Ai: ... -still amused by what was written early on in the chapter- xD Sorry, Sorry, please read to find out what i'm so effing amused about!
Disclaimer: What part of Last 6 chapters do you not understand?
Chapter 6: "You can never be mommy"
By: Nyago and Fullmetal Ai
Winry woke up, the sun's rays entering her eyes and making her shut them almost immediately with a groan. From what she had gathered from the day so far, it was most definitely sunny; which usually meant that the snow was going to be melting even further. It also meant that it would be impossible for Winry to get back to sleep, no matter how much she tried... And try, she did. This time, Winry was almost successful in lulling herself back to sleep, when a very sweet, cute, and loud giggle entered her ears.
"Trisha! Trisha, you can't just run around the house naked! Come on, to the bathroom!" The voice of Alphonse Elric rang out throughout the house as he chased a squealing five year old girl around. From the words that Al had spoken, Winry could only guess that the youngest Elric was feeling rather playful today. Just the thought of Edward having a daughter was enough to make Winry's lips curl into a smirk; she could never imagine Edward with children, yet he seemed to be so natural with Trisha.
"Having trouble there, Al?" Winry said, smirking as she saw little Trisha escape Al's arms and continue running around. Al sighed in defeat; he knew that when Trisha wanted to play, it was hard to get her to be serious again.
"Only Ed can control her now…" He spoke as he made his way towards Winry. "If Ed were to say "Trisha Elric!" in a really serious tone, she would stop…although I don't mind playing with her a bit."
"I see…" Winry calmly replied as she saw Trisha standing in the doorway of the hall, sticking her tongue out. "Trisha…I think you may want to stop playing, little one. Don't you have school soon?" Winry pointed out.
"….So?"
"Getting ready should be your main priority." Winry replied. It had been a few days since Winry had arrived, and since then she began to act much more different than Trisha's original mother. She was not as silent or content as her mother; she was more outgoing. She had even beaten her father at times during the dinner table and sometimes would try to help Ed get some things done. Although Ed never accepted anyone's help, having someone as bossy as himself around changed his mind.
Trisha remained there, silently starting at her.
"Trisha, I think you should go get yourself cleaned up .." Winry started, but stopped when she saw Trisha stick her tongue out at her and cross her arms.
"You're not my mommy!" Trisha said, looking to Alphonse and giggling as she began running, hoping to run past him and make him chase her once more, only to be caught by her uncle as she ran past.
"All right, Trisha, no more games ... you have to take a bath, young lady, so you can look pretty for school!" Alphonse said with a grin.
"Aww! But I wanna play, Uncle Aru, I wanna play!"
"You can play during recess at school, then!" Al and Trisha's voices both started to die down as they neared the bathroom. Hearing Alphonse talking about Trisha's school made Winry smile again. She had noticed the way Alphonse always anticipated bringing his niece to school, and she also had a feeling as to why that was; it was the opportune moment to have a little bit of fun teasing the younger of the Elric brothers, and teased him she did.
Getting up from her location, she made her way towards the bathroom as she watched Al wash Trisha's back and dry her afterwards.
"Come on!" Al said cheerfully as he wrapped her around in the towel and lifted her body. "Let's get you nice and dressed up!" He finished, walking out of the bathroom and winking at Winry as he passed by.
Winry just smiled and followed. She hadn't seen anyone with so much energy in a long time; Not since she was little and she, Al and Ed used to play together almost every day. How long has she missed those days? She sighed, shaking her head and looking at the image before her. Times have changed and so have people…not everything can remain the same.
Giggling and settling herself, Trisha ran out of the room excitedly. She was clean, dressed and almost ready to go to school.
"Come on uncle Aru! We are going to be late!" She yelled as she ran down the stairs.
"Who's fault is that?" Al followed along. "Trisha! Don't run while going down and up the stairs, you know your father doesn't allow it and neither do I. You could fall and get hurt."
"Aww!" Trisha whined.
"I'll grab my jacket," Winry said as Al passed by her, and Al smiled. Winry had been walking Trisha to school with Al for the past few days, and even though it had been such a short amount of time, it had become routine for the three of them. Every morning, Trisha would be awoken by Alphonse, and then she would run around the house until she finally subjected to taking a bath and getting dressed. Then, Winry would go get her jacket and the three would head off to the school. Once there, Alphonse would see Trisha's teacher (Who Winry had only been briefly introduced to, though she had a feeling that she would be seeing a lot more of her soon) and immediately blush. It happened every day, and she had no doubt in her mind that it would happen again today.
"Uncle Aru, aren't you and Miss Aiyia going to get to know each other tomorrow?" Trisha asked innocently. Alphonse turned so bright a shade of red that he was unable to speak for the next few moments. Winry laughed at Al's expression.
"When was this planned, Al?" Winry said with a smirk, winking at him and causing his face to redden even more.
"The day we found you," Al mumbled so softly that Winry almost didn't hear it.
"When were you planning on telling me? Or Edward, for that matter? Have you even been on a date before, Al?" Winry smirked in satisfaction as Al's face went past the tomato color. She figured that this was enough for now, and that she would learn all about it when they returned home.
Grabbing their nessecary belongings, the three of them headed out the door, Al locking the door behind him once everyone was out.
"Um…Winry.." Al began as he saw Trisha run to the gate of the house to greet the old mail man. "Today I am working late…do you think you can pick up Trisha after school?"
"Eh? No, not a problem. All I am doing is checking the area more. I swear, technology here is so advanced that it's driving me insane! I can't do anything with it!" She teased as she walked side by side with Al. He left a short giggle.
"Thanks," came his reply. Winry smiled.
"Run!" Trisha yelled as she ran towards her school. She was going to be late today for sure!
"Ready?" Al asked.
"Ready!" Winry announced as they both ran behind little Trisha, hurrying to get to school on time.
As Al, Winry and Trisha made their rush to their respected places, Ed was currently busy teaching his next class. He didn't notice that there were several men around the corners of the room, watching him as he taught.
Many of the students raised their hands and Ed pointed each and every one of them to answer their questions. It was a long progress, but for some it was short and with the amount of time they had, class ended much too quickly for their liking.
"Remember, read pages 194 to 200. The essay on macrodomes is due next week, so if you have any questions feel free to see me during my office hours. That is all, class dismissed!" He announced as the students began to grab their belongings and hurry to their next class.
Sighing tiredly, Ed sat back down in his chair.
"That was a highly educational class, Mr. Elric," Someone spoke. Turning in his chair, his eyes focused on the person standing in the doorway.
"Headmaster Ryu!" Ed scrambled to his feet and extended his arm to greet him.
"What are you doing here sir, if I may ask?" Ed asked.
Headmaster laughed as Ed made the attempt not to fall on his butt as he saw his face. "Well young lad, I came to congratulate you. As a fine and educated professor such as yourself, you deserved a bit of a bonus didn't you?" He smiled.
"Bonus?" Edward asked, confused by the entire concept.
"Yes, Mr. Elric. Your class loves you, and you present the information in an entertaining, yet informative way. You do deserve every bit of the bonus we have here for you," Headmaster Ryu stated with a warm, friendly smile on his face. Edward smiled as well.
"Thank you, Sir .." He replied. There had been disadvantages in his decision to stay in Germany .. for example, missing his friends, and the common way of life of Amestris; but there also came advantages to leaving .. having a boss who didn't have a problem showing that he cared was one of them.
After a bit longer of talking, Headmaster Ryu had left to attend a meeting, leaving Edward to grading papers once again. He sighed. He would much rather be home, with his daughter, his brother and .. Edward smiled a small smile as he realized.
And Winry, he thought to himself. Winry's part of our family now, too. With that thought, he returned to grading the papers that he was to hand out tomorrow.
Winry waited patiently for Trisha to be dismissed from school. She, Al and Trisha had run down to her school that morning just in time to see Miss Aiyia greet them, whispering something in Al's ear before leaving to take Trisha to class. Winry was beginning to like Trisha's teacher; She was kind enough to wait for them before class began. She shook her head, looking around for a small, blonde and energetic Elric running around. Finally after a while she notices the blonde hair running towards her at a great speed.
Taking a deep breath, Trisha sinks to the floor and looks up to see Winry kneel down to meet her eyes.
"Ready to go home?" Winry asked.
"Yeah.. hey, where is uncle Aru?" She asked.
"Well, Al couldn't make it today so I told him I would pick you up…."
"I don't need anyone's help!" Trisha yelled as she began to run toward the nearest corner, only to be stopped by few of her friends. Winry sighed. She can help Ed at times, but when it came down to Trisha, she was helpless. Trisha wanted nothing to do with her. From the bits and pieces that she heard from Al, Trisha's mother looked like her. So whenever Winry tried to help, Trisha would kick and scream to get away from her, Saying "You are not mommy!" and running toward Ed's arms, crying.
Winry once again found herself sighing.
Miss Aiyia saw Winry standing by herself and smiled gently, walking over to the blonde woman and standing next to her, watching the children at play as they waited for their parents and relatives to pick them up. Winry noticed after a few moments that Miss Aiyia was standing next to her, and spoke.
"They're a handful, aren't they ..?" Miss Aiyia smiled, looking toward Winry and nodding.
"Yes. I don't mind it, though. It keeps me occupied, and I love each and every one of them as if they were my own .." She sighed softly, looking back toward the children.
"You really want one, don't you?" Winry teased, making a pink tint come to the brunette woman's face.
"With the right man, yes ..." She admitted in a tone so soft that it was almost a whisper.
"With Al," Winry said rather than asked, grinning as she did so. Miss Aiyia smiled at her.
"Very Perceptive," She replied with a small laugh, making Winry laugh as well. There was another moment of silence before Miss Aiyia spoke once more.
"The truth is .. I barely know him. I mean, I know him enough to know that he's very kind, and good with children... and... Well... I don't really know why, but... I'm sort of... infatuated with him ..." Winry patted her on the back gently.
"You two seem to get along pretty well right now, and I've known Al almost my entire life ... I'm sure you'll like him even more after you 'get to know each other' tomorrow." Winry grinned as Miss Aiyia's face became a darker shade of pink. It was then that she realized that they had only been briefly introduced; and she could barely remember her name. She held out her hand for her to shake with a smile.
"I'm Winry. Winry Rockbell." Miss Aiyia looked to Winry, then to the extended hand, smiling and taking Winry's hand with her own, the two shaking hands; a very unladylike gesture, but she supposed it couldn't hurt.
"I'm Rebecka Aiyia ... it's a pleasure to meet you, Miss Rockbell." Winry turned back toward the children and sighed.
"I've got to get the little Elric home ..." She said.
"I've noticed that she doesn't particularly like you .." Rebecka said quietly, and then smiled, calling for Trisha to come over. At first, Trisha had hesitated, but she soon made her decision to go see that her teacher had to say to her. Rebecka kneeled down, placing a hand on Trisha's shoulder.
"Miss. Rockbell needs to take you home now ... I know that your Uncle usually takes you home, but since he's unable to come, do you think you could let her take you home? Just for today?"
Trisha nods.
"Alright, then see you tomorrow, sweetie!" Rebecka smiles as she sees Trisha and Winry off toward home. With a sigh, she turned back to her classroom to continue aiding some of the other teachers.
The walk home was a quiet one. Neither Winry or Trisha spoke a word along the entire road home. Winry was just content with being able to do Al the favor, but at the same time she felt rather…odd being around here. She didn't belong here. She may know Al and Ed well, but It didn't mean complete happiness, and with Trisha disliking her…it wasn't making it any easier.
Sighing, Winry decided not to think about it. If Trisha didn't like her, she couldn't blame her. She looked like her mother…what else was Trisha supposed to do?
"How come you look like her, but don't act like her?" Trisha said, breaking the silence.
"…Trisha, I…I am not your mother…I might look like her, but..."
"Why did you come here, then? You torture daddy whenever he looks at you. You remind me of my mommy. Why can't you just go away?"
"…I wish I could." Winry whispered to herself.
"You are just hurting us…" Trisha began to cry.
"…I don't mean.."
"Just go…AWAY! You are not MOMMY!" Before Winry could respond, she saw Trisha run away from her.
"What's going on?" came a voice from the side corner of the house. It was Edward. He was home earlier than usual.
"Daddy!" Trisha turns around and runs towards her father's arms, tears filling her eyes.
"Trisha…what?" Ed caught her in time to lift her into his arms.
"She isn't mommy, daddy! Why can't she go away!"
"Trisha!" Ed voice shook.
"Ed…it's ok," Winry began. "I'll let you two be, ok?" She smiled, walking past them and inside of the house. Ed just stares from the small girl in his arms and then back to Winry, who was currently inside the house. He didn't know what to do, and the worst of it was…the chaos that was just forming right now would get even more dangerous as time continued to pass by.
- To be continued -
Nyago: BWHAHAH DONE:D Plot finally getting back to angst! YAY! Review. OR ELSE.
Ai: Hey! Now we can stop calling her Miss Aiyia! We have a first name for her! I'm going to make a huge, gigantic proclomation thing here .. hehe ..
AND NOW ALL SHALL CALL HER REBECKA! Okay, I'm finished. xD Review! Rebecka needs reviews so that she won't be nervous for her date with Al! Al needs the reviews more, though. xD Review if you believe in the angst and the fluff! -shot for Peter Pan parody-