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Problems, Chapter Two

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Elysse sailed through the air, landed hard on her bottom, and rolled on the solid concrete sidewalk after being thrown. An old man with strength disproportionate to his age standing six feet away was glaring at her.

"I'm ok! I'm ok!" shouted Elysse to Edward and Al. The three of them turned to the man with a frown plastered on their faces.

"So what are you three lads doing here?"

Edward pointed to Elysse, his face contorted in an angry appearance. True, maybe Elysse was a bit like a tomboy at times, but that was no explanation for a stranger this close to her to mistake Elysse for a boy.

"My mistake, what are you three youngsters doing here?"

The man who had thrown Elysse was named Peter. He lived in a mansion which was gigantic and beautiful. The stairs in the house were curved in an elegant swirl, and the gardens exploded with riots of colors of various flowers. I'll leave the imagination to you. Elysse had accidentally trespassed into the mansion, for she had thrown her book into the garden while chasing Edward for stealing one of her other books. Although Peter minded about Elysse running around in his garden, once seeing that three children

would not pose a threat to him, he was more curious as to why Elysse was in his garden.

"Good question" replied Edward. He then mumbled in an angry voice, "But we're not kids anymore..."

"Well, my twin brother was being a jerk" Elysse started, smoothing back her hair.

-Flashback-

"Dang it, Ed! Give me back my book! I spent ten bucks for that!" Elysse screamed after her twin, who was gleefully sneering while running for his life. Alphonse just looked at them, and turned his head, pretending not to notice. It was better to keep out of his siblings business especially since that time he tried to separate them from killing each other, but got his head separated from his body instead.

Oh Ed teased, sticking his tongue out at his sister while running. "You spent tenbucks for a measly BEGINNERS book to alchemy. And I thought you said that Father trained you to the level of a State Alchemist at age ten!"

"Shut up, shorty! Its good to review the basics!" Elysse yelled.

"Dang it, DID YOU JUST CALL ME A BEAN!" Ed cursed out. His fury stimulated his speed. That was a good thing, because Elysse had just thrown another one of her books she bought at Ed. This time, it soared over his head, and landed in someones garden.

"Shoot" Elysse muttered. "That Advanced Book cost me 30 dollars!" She looked around to see if the owner of the house was around, and seeing that he or she wasnt, tiptoed into the garden after her book. She found it, turned around, and bumped into an old man.

"Uh-oh" Elysse whispered, as the man grabbed her and threw her out of his garden.

End Flashback

By the way, we need a place to stay in for the night," Elysse looked around. "Oh yes, your mansion looks like a dump!" Elysse finished the sentence with a little shout, completely forgetting that she had just asked a favor out of the man. Although she knew that the mansion wasn't a dump, Elysse was still pretty pissed off over Ed stealing her book. She began to smooth out a page of her the hardback.

"Sorry sir, my sister is in a bad mood right now," replied Al, deciding that it was time to cut in, or the situation could get much worse.

"You've got that right..." Elysse said between her teeth, and becoming frustrated over not able to physically smooth out the pages, Elysse drew Eds transmutation circle, placed her book inside the lines, and alchemized the pages fresh and new.

"WOW! You can do alchemy? Thats awesome! Anyways, forget about the trespassing and this young ladys comment. I think you all need rest. Let's go to the dining room and eat. I will be glad to have you for dinner with me, but first we have to introduce ourselves!" Peter exclaimed, all in one breath.

"I'm Edward, this is Al, and shes Elysse," Edward introduced as he pointed to his brother and sister.

"What adorable names!" cried Peter, as the three Elric's sweat dropped. "My name's Peter!" Peter was an old man, but the Elrics were still freaking out over how energetic he was! Peter was always cheerful and all smiles. Well, let's continue.

They all ran to the dining room, and were amazed to find that it wasn't just any dining room. In fact, it was spacious and beautiful. Bright colored chairs hugged the edges of the table, and the curtains were fashioned out of gold fabric, a color richer than the hues of Ed and Elysses hair.

"Wow" murmured Elysse. Edward flopped on the couch, (Wow, a couch in a dinning

room. Its possible o.o) while Al sat beside him, gazing at the pictures on the

walls. Peter left them to drink in their surroundings while he set off to prepare dinner. Ed and Al closed their eyes, and began to doze. Elysse snuck around the two, popped out from behind the couch, and scared Edward and Al. Both jumped three feet in the air.

"Oh crap! You scared me-" Edward paused for moment, realizing he admitted he was scared, and did a fake laugh. "I mean Al heh heh Al was scared"

Elysse rolled her eyes. Peter called the trio to the dinner table. Once dinner was served they all sat down and began to tuck into the turkey dinner. Al could not eat because of his armor, and mournfully stared at the food. As they were eating, Peter began to ask ridiculous questions.

"So, are you and Elysse dating?" he asked Edward. The twin Elrics spat water out of their mouths. Al was shocked by this question. The threes expressions turned anime style: O.o

"Aren't you?" asked Peter. He turned to Al. I mean, Ed and Elysse DO fight like couples!

"What? No! I'm an Elric!" replied Elysse. "Edward, you stupid pipsqueak. You forgot to tell him our last name!" she thought.

"E-Exactly! Elysse is an Elric!" agreed Edward.

"So you two are married!" Peter grinned as he said this. He took another bite out of his turkey, relishing the taste and happiness over guessing the truth.

Edward slapped his forehead and Elysse choked on her water.

Elysse began to speak, "What I mean to say is-"

She was interrupted by Edward. "What she meant to say is she's my sister..."

There was a pause. Elysse and Edward's eyes shifted. Elysse struggled to find the right words while Edward continued eating this food. Peter struck up a conversation again.

"Why, Elysse saw you alchemize your book into good as new outside!"

"Yea, my siblings and I study Alchemy. Actually, the circle I drew is my twin, Ed's. I don't have my own alchemy circle, but I'm currently making one. So do you study Alchemy?" asked Elysse.

"No, I'm not born to be State Alchemist's like you youngsters!" laughed Peter.

The Elrics looked at each other and turned back to the man. Al look at Edward, Edward looked at Elysse.

Elysse rolled her eyes and began to speak, "I see, umm…so what do you do in your free time?" asked Elysse.

There was silence once again. Everyone was looking back and forth at each other. Seeing that it was a topic that could never continue, Elysse shrugged, and said, "Well I think that's enough for today". Peter sweat dropped and the two brothers smiled at the old mans reaction.

That night they were all doing their own business; the Elrics were in their separated rooms and Peter was washing dishes, but having a great time doing it. Alphonse was reading the one of the more advanced alchemy texts Elysse bought, and Edward was writing a letter to Winry. Elysse? Let's just say was also writing a letter to her friend.

"Hmm" Elysse started to think of what to write next. She had not communicated with Patricia for many, many years. They had still been kids since that accident, and Elysse highly doubted now that Patricia was serious about killing her.

Edward was curious of what Elysse and Al were doing, so he decided to disturb them. He first walked over to Elysse's room, opened the door and walked up to her, teasing, "Who are you writing to? Your boyfriend?"

"No!" Elysse grew angry at the intrusion, but calmed down. "It's...a very special friend, you wouldn't understand!"

"What do you mean El?" Edward asked in curiously.

"It's not my boyfriend! Her name is..." Elysse paused.

Al heard what was going on and he decided to check it out. "What's going on?" he asked, poking his armor head through the door.

"I'm asking Elysse some questions. It seems as ifshes writing to her boyfriend!" replied Edward.

"Yeah, some 'random' yet 'stupid' questions...AND I'm NOT WRITING TO MY BOYFRIEND!" she yelled.

"Come on El, tell me! Who are you writing it to?" Edward begged.

"Ok, ok! Her name is Patrica, a very special friend whom I haven't talked to in like, a thousand years! She might be annoying, but extremely fun to play with! Yea, she might get over obsessed with the word power, but she's still really really really cool!" But Elysse had babbled, but faltered at the end.

What now? Al asked.

"I accidentally stabbed a knife through her hand when I was eight. And she's threatened to kill me ever since I didnt tell you this minor detail though, when I was telling you how the past years were for me"

"WTF! Thats a MINOR detail! Dont worry, El. With us around, she wont hurt you!" Ed consoled.

I"'m pretty sure that when she reads your letter, she wont be mad at you anymore!" Al added on.

With that, the trio gave each other a hug, and went to bed.

But Elysse had been way too trusting to Patricia in the letter, and gave out a little too much information. A few days later, Patricia received the letter, and smugly whispered, "I've got you, Miss Elric!"

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I would like to thank my friend again for correcting my chapter! God bless you! Lol! Oh yes please review!