Rebirth
'If it ain't cow... then its somethin' else!'
AND THE CROWD GOES WIIIIIIIIIIIIIILLLLLLD! -...chirp...chirp...chirp...-
...yyyeaaahhh...o...o' I got nothin'.
SO! whats in store for this chapter? THE ANGST I was warnin' you 'bout? lol... hopefully im not trying TOO hard! -twitch- also, there might be a... -wink wink- rrrrrrromance! just look for the teeny, tiny, lil, iddy, biddy hints! (actually, they are a lot of hints, but da poor guy is much too dull-headed to notice a damned thing! but we still wuv him!)
But yeeeeeaaaaaaaahhh... I want to give a thanx to all who reviewed(I wuv yooooou!) and to xxDreamTheatrexx (btw, a friend of mine LOVES that band. Their pretty good.) for their new character design! YAY! also, I dont need a misery- I've decided, cuz I already have a plot in mind! buahahaha. (plus, much too many female characters. We aren't running a yuri here, ppls! -only ever yaoi!- sigh...yaoi... (dun worry, this is a HET if ever anything cuz I likes ta make em' seperate! ya know? but if you want to enter a couple on fma you'd like to see (no yuri cuz...yeah.) and maybe I'll make a songfic or put them into my future plans of another story, lol. Yeah.
NOW READ! XK ( aka. my pathetic excuse for a vampire- word form.)
Ch.4- To Find A Stranger
Setting out of her inn, she hated going far from it. She was only a frailold lady, not at all like her strongly built daugher- Eliza. Eliza was tough and quite brave to say the least. She ran the inn while her mother ran the front desk, although she usually was just hanging out by the desk, she had gone into town earlier today and had not come back yet, she was shopping for new door locks to be installed by a forty year old carpenter, great with his hands- someone who was secretly fancied by this very old gray haired woman. She blushed lightly on her wrinkly cheeks, sitting down on the bench in the square, she loved nothing better than to feed the pigeons, and the occasional squirrel that came by. She loved animals and children since the very inn she had had been an orphanage only 10 years ago until there were no orphans at all in this whole town, Grace made sure of that.
She smiled as she noticed that she wasn't alone in the square, there were two others. A darkly looking man (although Grace wasn't one to judge a book by its cover) and a young blue haired lady, who in a matter of seconds had tackled this very man. Grace thought at first she was doing it in defense, but then she began laughing and thanking him for something so no longer was Grace alarmed, but started smiling at the pigeons who began to materialize in front of her face as she threw the seed to them from the bag at her side.
Then she looked back at the man, picking himself up. He seemed her type...
"Young man, how would you like to date a pretty young lady. She's single." she said to the man, who looked at her confused, he looked tired too.
"Mother!" a strong, and icy,feminine voice said from behind. The old lady looked around to her daugher innocently, who had two bags in both hands. "Why, if it isn't the very beautiful young lady I was speaking about!" she spun around her daughter and pushed her forwards. "Dont be shy, child, this young man has agreed to marry you!" she grinned.
"WHUH?" Sloth asked in surprise, being pressed against her chest, he blushed like mad and jumped backwards, though the braided woman stayed unmoving.
This whole time the little blue haired girl was fuming, being no taller than below their shoulders, she was not noticed.
"Mother... hes not my type, I mean it. Look at him, he's blank and...weird. Why do you always have to tell all of these men I want to marry them?" she asked in annoyance.
Kali glared at this new girl, looking her up and down, she swooped around her like a hawk (and would havepecked her, onlylack of beak)then stopped in front of Sloth, scowling. 'She isn't that... cute! ...SHE ISN'T!' she reassured herself inside of her mind.
"Although... it seems he has a child... how wonderful! but...," the old lady sighed placing her hand on her cheek,"I suppose he will just have to divorce his wife. He can only have one you know."
"Gah!" the dark haired woman growled, beginning to whisper to her mother angrily. Poor Sloth, who blanked off into space, was almost falling asleep on the spot. The girl turned to him and looked at him coldly, picking up the bags her mother had made her subconciouslydrop,"Contrary to what you learned to think from my mothers nerve?" she demanded.
"Aren't children adorable?" Grace (who was sitting down, beginning to knit)asked , I have no intention of starting a relationship with you, sir, now good day." she started walking off, when Kali finally jumped in front of her like a bobcat.
"You had better say sorry to him, or else!" she warned, clenching her fists.
The woman merely flaked her aside and walked a few feet away.
Kali immediately used the chalk she had clenched her fist around, and within seconds a transmutation circle had formed, she placed her hand upon it and the ground shook- up came dark yellow light with spikes that flew around the woman and trapped her inside like a jail cell.
"Just be happy I didn't make a mallet, god knows you deser- AH!" she yelled, the ground beneathe her had exploded in a spark of clear blue as she fell, her legs enveloped in the ground beneath her.
"Your an alchemist!" she yelled outraged for being caught off guard.
The tombed rock bars seemed to have melted into the ground in the same eerie blue as she stepped out, looking just as angered.
"Yes, and I see you are as well." she glared coldly, "I am Riley Abigail Windston,what is your name?"
Sloth, who was still gaping at the two, had never seen real alchemists do alchemy before and was wide awake immediately.
Kali grabbed the chalk which had fallen out of her hand and drew a circle just as fast as before, making the earth beneath her push her up and out, creating a lump of compressed earth almost as tall as her as she hopped off.
"Im Kali Terrence Andersteppe, and I hate people who catch me off guard, though I'd hardly consider you to be much of a fight!"
Riley looked unphased. "And I'd hardly consider you to be my equal, in which I'll prove you aren't... are you going to the alchemy exam this year, by any chance?" Riley asked, smirking at the look of surprise on Kali's face.
"Yes. And I suppose you are, too, huh?" she asked.
"You realize you wont beat me little girl, so just go home and play with your dolls, because very few pass those big, hard tests, so dont go crying when you fail." she said evenly.
"Ha! dont let my size fool you, im 16, and I'll pass that test in four days if its the last thing I do!" Kali promised, grinning ear to ear.
Sloth's jaw dropped, Grace stopped knitting, and Riley looked about ready to laugh.
"Thats a joke, right?" she laughed when Kali shook her head, "your serious! thats a laugh. You seem to be a little on the... short side, if you catch my drift." she scoffed.
Kali looked at her slyly. "Juuust because your jealous of my cuteness, doesn't mean you need to laugh in embarassment, alright." she grinned, "besides, I love being short! that way you dont run into things, have to crain your neck, and you can actually fit in the shower and bathtub!" she explained, sounding a bit like a shop merchant trying to sell a product, "and besides, my hair is petite and adorable, yours is loooong and ratty. Im serious, dont you ever step on it?" this was her turn to laugh.
Riley glared, furious. Pulling out her chalk she readied herself to strike first. In fact, Kali herself was about to draw the first circle, when the clock on the town bell rang causing the pigeons to uprise... it was nearly dark and the sun had JUST disappeared as everything became shadow and the lights flicked on in the square...this even unnerved Riley, both her and Kali had put down their guard... then... the footsteps began.
Click.
Click.
Click.
Click.
Click... out of the shadows just besides a light nearby was a black boot. Then a red clothed leg, and another leg, an arm, a black cloth cloak...
This was when Sloth felt the chill from this person, just as the patch upon the strangers face was seen, he practically flew in front of Kali. Riley took a few steps back, only a few feet besides Sloth, looking very discouraged.
Then this man began to laugh, only half his face, the one with the patch was seen with half his body. First it was deep inside his throat, then become hearty, then to a total maniac laugh.
"Dear brother. You seem very... confused." he walked the rest of the way, his face was very amused.
"Im not your brother." Sloth said sternly, being angered by the mere thought.
The new guy grinned. "Hm... yes... of course you think that... but,how very rude of me. I am Pride, Sloth, Sloth, Pride." he waved his hands towards him, then Sloth as if introducing an invisible man, he was about to walk forwards when he suddenly stopped, looking at the transmutation circle that had been made on the cobblestone beneath him.
'...Okay, he is definiately crazy... what the hell does he want?' Sloth thought.
Pride seemed very preoccupied with looking at Riley, who seemed choked on her words, but still glared at him.
"You two are alchemists." he said. Simply glancing at Sloth, he seemed to have just sunk back into the shadows, leaving Sloth and the other two confused.
"Ah." Grace gasped, falling to the ground beneath her. She was having a heart attack. Riley looked at her mother in surprise, running to help her, as did Kali without a moments hesitation. Only Sloth still stood there, under the street lights... the yells for help fading into the back of his one-track mind.
Sloth still looked after the shadow, even after his footsteps died down. That had been Pride, the one he had been searching for... but why?
Uhm... so... why... ah, nevermind! REVIEW IF YA WANT TOOOO! (also, maybe a REAL character from FMA will show up... I dunno... UNEXPECTEDLY SOOON?) MUAHAHHAHAAHAAHAHAHAHAHAHA-cough cough- HAHAHAHAH... -inhaler- HAHAH!
But you didn't hear it from me! -shifty eyes-