The two weeping girls looked down at their parents grave. Sixteen, soon to be seventeen, year old Arianna and Five, soon to be six, year old Elysia stood out in the rain. The younger one clung onto the older one's skirt and cried. The older one stared at the graves. She couldn't believe they were gone. That Elysia and she were now being sent out to East Command to live with Roy Mustang. She couldn't imagine life without them...she couldn't imagine living with Mustang. Why did they have to go?
Arianna felt a hand on her shoulder. She turned her head to look at Roy Mustang. He seemed to be pale and extremely sober looking. He picked up the sobbing Elysia and held her as she cried hardly. He started to walk off, but when he heard Arianna not following, he looked back. She was staring soberly at the graves, with the silent tears running down her slender cheeks. He noticed her jaw quiver and the several tears that fell rapidly. He decided to leave her for a bit to say what she wanted.
Arianna didn't notice the two leaving before she spoke. She didn't care if they heard her say what she wanted to say. She was so out of it, she really didn't care what she actually even said. This was the third person she had deeply loved that had died. Now...she was afraid for Elysia. She had to protect her. This might mean her death, but she couldn't let the little girl off into the world with no one to be her confidant. No one to come to besides Mustang. Elysia needed her sister. Arianna needed her sister.
"Hey Maes and Gracia. I did as you said. I had you two buried next to each other. I know that would make you happy. I'm so sorry...I didn't mean for you two to die. If I did this to you, I'm so sorry. I just cause death...I know I do. I told you that before Maes...you yelled at me for it. Let's hear you yell at me now for saying it...Well, you can't because...I killed you. No, it wasn't me personally, but it was that homunculi. It was my karma. Maroto was right. It was my karma.
"I promise you both, I'll do what ever it takes to protect Elysia. She is so helpless and I don't trust Roy too much. I don't want to know how its going to be out there and I'm a bit afraid to find out, but I know this is what you two wanted," her lip quivered and her dropped to her knees, she hid her eyes as the tears fell, "I don't want anything to happen to her. You've already left me and I don't want her to. I feel so alone in this world. As if, everyone is against me. I just need to have someone.
"I don't think Mustang wants to wait for me much longer so I'll leave you two here to rest in peace. I'm going to make several promises to you both here. I know I can't break them because they are on your graves. I am going to protect Elysia the best I can, I am going to get a job down there, I will put up with Mustang the best I can, I will make some friends my age, I will get along with the others in the office, I will not be so distant, and I will not move back to my village. Now I must go. I love you both with all my heart," she kissed the two gave stones and walked off over to Mustang.
Things changed a bit since the two girls had last been to the East. Roy and the others had all be promoted up at least one possession, Roy and Riza had been going out for about a month, Havoc was having an attempt to quit smoking, there were some new faces in the military, and many weapons were in the office from katanas to pistols. Though, many things were still the same around the office. Sepia still had a major crush on Cain, Riza still ruled, Sepia's knee was bad, Roy was still an ass, they still had lunch in the office, and Breda was still horrified of dogs.
Arianna was proud to see the group again. They always gave her a bit of hope. She walked in to see the friendly and comforting smiles and greetings two the sisters from Riza Hawkeye, Cain Fuery, Heymans Breda, Vato Falman, Jean Havoc, and Sepia Noramegi. There was only one face missing from their last meeting when the girls walked in. The smiling face of their father. It was something Arianna thought she saw when she entered with a small case of something called de ja vu or whatever.
"Hi, Elysia, how are you?" Riza said while picking the yawning child up. "Wow, you've gotten so big since I've seen you last!"
"Riza! I'm good," she smiled tiredly and rested against the woman.
"She hasn't had her nap today so she's tired," Arianna smiled at the sleepy girl.
"What about you, Arianna? How are you holding up?" Havoc said looked to the girl.
"Not as well as I wish to be, but what can you expect?" she smiled pathetically.
"For you to cheer up, girl!" Sepia said while trying to make the girl laugh a bit. "Now, you get to live with us! Now, think about how much fun that would be!"
Arianna said nothing, but her look to the ground showed that Sepia said something that made her mind tweaked. Her bottom lip gave a small quiver. She shook her head and looked up once again.
"Cheer up, Arianna," Cain said while placing a hand on her shoulder. "Things will look up for you. I'm sure of it. You'll find yourself a boy interest, you'll get a job, Elysia will start school here soon. Things will be better, I promise you."
Arianna looked at Cain a bit shy. He had never said much to her before. He was always so shy and quiet. Now, he spoke up to encourage her. "Thanks, Fuery, that means alot to me," Arianna said.
"A boy interest?" Roy looked at the two with a smirk, "No goddaughter of mine will have a boyfriend! No sir! He shall be cremated alive!"
"Shut up, Roy! Elysia is asleep!" Riza snarled in a whisper.
Arianna did chuckle slightly at Roy and Riza. She knew for a fact that it wasn't going to be as bad as she dreaded, but it wasn't going to be the life she dreamt about five years ago. She definitely wasn't here in that dream. No. Elysia, Maes, Gracia, and she were around the fire with hot cocoa and chatting away. Not just Elysia and she in East Command.
Words said, hands shook, deals made. Brigadier General and Warrant Officer agree that for SilverMoon to have a boyfriend before age eighteen, Warrant Officer must get a girlfriend before sunset. Warrant Officer looked to Lieutenant Colonel for a bit of encouragement, but she had her rosy face covered so not to be seen. Both male Captains looked at each other and shrugged. Female Captain looked at her lover with more of a glare as she held the sleeping girl. The Chief Warrant Officer looked around the silent room. SilverMoon sighed and sat down before she died of embarrassment.
I will not explain in what the hell I just said. You'll just have to figure out military rankings. Its kind of obvious though. I'm sorry if I am confusing my readers by this note not in parentheses or anything, but I've been reading Little Women and the author does stuff like this. I really need to stop reading that book. So I am apologizing now if my language in this story may sound a bit odd. Blame it all on Louisa May Alcott. Read the book, you'll under stand where the hell I'm coming from then. Now back to the tale.
"Arianna, you must be hungry," Havoc said while standing. "Lets go get you something to eat. I'm sure there are so leftover from lunch."
"That's fine with me," she stood up and walked with him out the door, mumbling something like thanks.
Now, watching the two leave, Roy broke out into a laugh. He knew Arianna would kill him tonight for more than one reason: for that bet and that his apartment wasn't clean yet. Sepia threw a pencil at his head, but before he could yell at her, he saw the glare Riza had given him as Elysia wiggled slightly to get comfy again. He picked up the pencil and flung it back at Sepia.
After the pencil war(which was ended when Roy flung the pencil too far and Riza caught it and broke it in half), Sepia left the room after hearing some of the new privates goofing off loudly in the hallway. Fuery, Breda, Mustang, and Falman listened at the door, secretly loving to hear the privates once again get yelled at by either Noramegi or Hawkeye. Sepia scolded them, telling them to take their immature retard games outside for there was a sleeping child in the room. One of them replied with a smart remark of, "the twins are getting bigger every time we see you, Noramegi." They usually would have heard a slap, but instead they heard the female scream and thud onto the floor.
The guys rushed out of the room. Their sites came upon the Lieutenant Colonel laying on the floor, back facing them as she laid on her side, holding her knee which was bleeding severely. Without being told, Falman scooped Sepia up in his arms as the usually strong woman cried and hissed to herself in pain. All the men began to follow Falman to the hospital, but one was sent back to watch Riza and Elysia.
Cain mumbled to himself as he closed the door to the office softly as he entered. Riza looked at him with a bit of pity. He looked to angry and disappointed that he didn't get to go, but he looked...frightened.
"What happened out there, Fuery?" she whispered as Cain took the seat next to her.
"One of those smartass privates kicked her hard in the knee," he grumbled. Riza knew he was upset now. Cain barely ever cursed. "Poor girl," he sighed as he continued, "tried to stop them, but no...they have to make her life a living hell. She didn't want to hurt anyone...so why do they have to hurt her?"
"Wanna know what'll make her feel better?" Riza asked with a small smile, knowing that Cain and Sepia would be happy about her idea.
"What is that?" he looked over as Arianna and Havoc walked in with sandwiches for themselves.
"Ask Sepia to be your girlfriend," she smiled as the two looked at her oddly with mouths full of food, but before she could continue, Havoc swallowed and interrupted.
"I would, but she's not my type," he said while stretching a bit. "Too independent for me...I want a girl who I can take care of."
"Not you, Jean," Riza rolled her eyes. "Cain, she would love that so much. She needs someone by her side. She might be out of work for a bit for this and she's going to need you to cheer her up. Plus, you didn't hear it from me, but she really likes you."
"Really?" Cain blushed a bit.
"Momma..." the young girl mumbled as she slowly looked up, clutching the cloth of Riza's clothes.
"Elysia, did you have a nice nap?" Arianna smiled as she knelt down in front of her sister as she yawned and rubbed her eyes.
"Yes," she smiled as she had her sister pick her up and give her a bite of the sandwich.
"You were tired, weren't you?" Arianna gave up her precious sandwich for the hungry girl.
"Yes, very tired!" she exclaimed while taking a bit of the sandwich in her possession.
"You slept through Sepia and Uncle Roy's pencil fight," Cain chuckled.
"We missed a pencil war?" Havoc looked shocked and a bit mad.
"Didn't last long," Riza reinsured looking at the two sisters giggling with each other.
A/N: Alright, this was quickly, and I mean, quickly written with a lot of research on the show and military. ; Well, I changed the spelling of Alicia to Elysia...If you have any suggestions, then please send them to me. I don't know how fast the next will be written because of school and such, and well, I'm a freshman so this all is so confusing and tiring for me...so yeah...I should be able to keep up well, I just need to keep getting reviews for a reason to right. I'm working on this...its going to be a bit angst, but not as much as I wanted yet. But it will get better. I promise! I might have a bit of fun with some more love, because I really like romance, but it won't be too much. I might have something to do with what's going on in school, my buddy Becky is going to make me hug this guy named Ryan I like and then go, "Do you have a date to Homecoming?" She's a dork. But anyway, back to the point...did I really have one?...And way! Suggestions Wanted! Give me anything! If you want me to add a character or something, give me some description. I want personality, rank(if there is one, and if they are an alchemist, I need title and ability specialty, looks, and other info you want me to know. Thanks alot for reading! I appreciate it much! Much love! Moochies!