Hee hee…I did it! I somehow managed to get an update up! Ha ha! (I took a quiz to see how bad my deadly sins were…There was only one thing I was 100 on. It was sloth)
But I feel bad…'Cuz I've been slacking lately…See, I just got a book from the library, and it should keep my entertained for awhile since there are 500 pages, and it is keeping me entertained; I'm completely wrapped in it! It's Twilight, by Stephenie Meyer. And I didn't realize until Lea pointed it out that one of the main character's name's Edward, and he has golden eyes too! (When he's in a good mood, anyways) What a coincidence, eh? Ha ha ha ha…ha…ha……Well, you probably want to read chapter 2, right? (I just love delaying!) Anyways, please enjoy! (And don't think it's too idiotic to read!)
Disclaimer: If I bought a palm tree and said I owned Envy, would that qualify…?
Sight
By Laine Squirrel
6/27/06
"What are you doing!" Roy yelled at Elliana.
Riza took out 2 guns and pointed it at the angel.
Elliana didn't move.
"Well? What do you have to say for yourself!" Roy demanded.
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Slowly Edward's eyes opened. He looked around and saw flames rushing around and over him, but they felt like cool breezes, even though he was underwater. Still looking around, he saw a heap of gray metal. Al! was the firs thought that ran through his mind. Quickly he swam over and grabbed the suit of armor before trying to get up to the surface. He was running out of air.
--XxXDxxXPxX—
Softly, Elliana whispered, "I did what had to be done. Please, just wait."
"Wait for WHAT!"
As if on cue, the water exploded and when it had settled back down, Edward's head was there. His hair had come undone and was spread around him, the strands tangled together. He was gasping for breath and seemed to be struggling with something under the water. Roy ran forward to help him while Riza kept her eyes on Elliana.
"FullMetal! Are you alright?"
"Yeah," Edward panted. "I'm fine. Help me with Al."
Roy reached into the fire-water and to his surprise felt that it was pretty cool. I thought this was water from the sun? he wondered. He grabbed hold of Alphonse and pulled him out, and when he turned around to help Edward up found that he was already half-way out. He helped him out the rest of the way.
Without waiting to catch his breath, Edward hurried over to the suit of armor. "Al, Al!" he cried. Quickly he took the helmet to the suit of armor off and looked to where the blood seal was.
Or at least, where the blood seal should have been. It had been completely washed off.
"Al!" Edward cried. This couldn't be happening. He stopped crying when he felt a hand on his right hand, which was placed on the rim of the opening of the suit of armor. "Wha?" He looked down to make sure his mind wasn't playing tricks on him. His right arm was back to its original state. He rolled up his left pant leg and saw that it was back to flesh and bone as well. He brought his attention back to the hand on his hand. Peering into the suit of armor, he saw Alphonse's face looking back up at him.
"Hey, Brother," he greeted. "I, uh…I seem to be stuck where I am…It's kind of a tight fit…could you help me out, please…?"
"Al!" Edward threw his arms around his younger brother, ignoring his request.
"Uh…Brother?"
"You have your normal body back, Al!"
"What? I do?"
Edward pulled Alphonse out of the suit of armor. Alphonse was wearing a forest green sleeveless shirt, light beige shorts that went down to his knees, and a pair of white tennis shoes that had a streak of silver along the sides that matched his eyes.
Then Alphonse saw Edward and happily exclaimed, "Brother, you have your arm and leg back too!"
They heard a cough behind them. Everyone turned to look at Elliana, except for Riza, who was already looking at her.
"So, is this why you pushed the Elric brothers into the fire-water?" Roy asked her.
"First of all," Elliana started, "it isn't fire-water. It's just water. It may look like fire, but it's just water."
"Whatever," Roy impatiently brushed off. "Just answer the question."
"Fine, fine. Sheesh, just calm down…Yes, this is the reason that I threw the two into the water."
"But then, instead of just throwing and pushing us in, couldn't you of had just asked us and told us what would happen?" Alphonse asked naively.
To his surprise, Elliana burst out laughing
"What? What's so funny?" Roy and Edward gave Alphonse the "What are you, an idiot?" look.
Trying to suppress her laughter, Elliana managed to say, "Right. 'Please Alphonse, Edward, step into this water that looks like fire and you'll get your original bodies again.' Uh-huh. And would you of had believed me?"
Alphonse didn't know what to say or do. Of course he wouldn't believe her. Logically, something like that happening wasn't possible.
Elliana turned serious. "So do you guys believe me now?"
Edward had a ton of questions he wanted to ask. He started with the one that had him the most distracted. "There must have been another reason that you got our bodies back. It's because it wouldn't be right for 'Silver' to be an empty suit of armor, since the silver is the eyes of Al. And there must have also been another reason. And why did you also give me my right arm and left leg back? You don't need me."
"Ha ha, sharp, aren't we? Maybe a little too sharp," Elliana mused, not noticing the glare she got from Edward when she emphasized the 'little'. Or if she did see it, she pretended not to. "Well, you do have a point there. Can't have 'Silver' not having silver eyes! And hey, just because you're supposed to bring destruction doesn't mean that you shouldn't get your arm and leg back. We angels don't hold grudges, unlike the devils, and there isn't even a reason to have a grudge against someone who never did anything wrong." Everyone's mind instantly thought of the time Edward and Alphonse had broken the forbidden taboo and had tried to bring their dead mother back except for Elliana's. Elliana seemed to know about this. "Uhm, forget that. That's not important right now. Come on, let's go back to Mr. Mustang's office. A lot of time has passed."
Again, once everyone had linked up, Elliana unfolded her white wings and flapped, causing huge gusts of wind to swirl around them. Once they had blinked, the wind was already settling down and they were back in the Colonel's office. 2 hours and 45 minutes had passed. Everyone stood, flabbergasted. Everyone except for Elliana, of course. Even Riza had a slightly shocked expression on her face, but she caught herself quickly and composed herself before anyone noticed.
"B-b-b-b-b-but," Edward stuttered. "We were only at Sun Waters for around 55 minutes, weren't we…?"
"Well, yeah," Elliana said, as if the explanation was the most obvious thing on Earth. "But what did you expect? I mean, we flew to the sun! It takes awhile to get there. It took longer, though, because there were so many people to carry. You guys aren't exactly light, you know," she complained, rubbing her wings. But she continued to talk. "It took an hour and 5 minutes to get there, but only 45 minutes on the way back since I had a slightly lighter load."
Suddenly there was a gun shot. Roy was cowering against the wall. There was a bullet hole right next to his head.
Riza aimed the gun at him. "The next one won't miss. Papers. Sign. Now." Riza wanted to leave on time for once.
Whimpering, Roy made his way to his desk and plopped down on the chair. Mountains of paper on his desk and the floor surrounding almost reached the ceiling.
"W-Well…We'll be going now." Edward just wanted to check in at a hotel, rest, and think about what had just recently happened.
"Wait, FullMetal." Edward paused, dreading what his superior was about to tell him. "Take Elliana with you and keep an eye on her. Come back here tomorrow. All three of you. Dismissed."
Edward opened his mouth to say something, anything, but then closed it after a moment of thought. With a huff he whirled around and marched out the door. Elliana slowly followed, keeping her distance. Alphonse brought up the end, bowing to the Colonel and 1st Lt. before closing the door gently behind him.
Riza turned her gaze on the Colonel. Hastily he reached for another paper and began to scan what it said.
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"Edward…Alphonse has been looking for you," Elliana told him, coming up onto the roof. The rooms they had gotten were on the top floor, so from the window in the room where Edward and Alphonse were sleeping in, Edward could easily climb up to the roof. Elliana had taken the easy way out, flying out the window and floating up, landing safely on the roof. "You're not even allowed on the roof, anyway." Edward ignored her. "May I sit here?" she asked politely. When she got no reply she took that as a yes and sat down next to the quiet blonde.
The two sat in silence until Edward suddenly spoke up. "I always thought that Al's soul having to be bound to a suit of armor was my fault. Therefore, I would be the one to get his body back. But then suddenly you come along, throw us in some fire-water, and we have our bodies back. But I was going to get it back! So how am I supposed to make it up to him now?"
"Edward," she sighed. "You shouldn't worry about something so little."
Immediately Edward jumped up. "WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO LITTLE THAT HIS LITTLE MIND CAN ONLY THINK ABOUT LITTLE THINGS FOR SHORT PERIODS OF TIME!"
"No one…Now sit down." After a pause of just standing there, Edward reluctantly flopped back down. "Now, going back to what I was talking about before you cut in…You shouldn't worry about something so little." She held up her index finger before Edward could explode again. "I'm sure Alphonse doesn't hold you responsible, so you shouldn't either. Does he know that you blame yourself?" Slowly Edward shook his head and muttered a no. "If Alphonse knew, I don't think he'd be very happy with his older brother. Do you?"
Instead of answering, Edward moved on to his next question. "Earlier at Sun Waters, I said that there must be another reason that you gave Al his body back, along with some other questions. You never answered that one."
Elliana frowned. "I was hoping that you would forget that one…But yes, you're right. See, with Alphonse as that empty suit of armor, his power to bring the peace we want cannot be fully utilized. Part of my job in coming here was to return your bodies to you."
"Well then, why did you give me my arm and leg back, then? This means that I can use all my power to cause destruction, doesn't it?"
"As that may be, it's like I said before: Angels don't hold grudges. Besides, the other part of my mission—"
"This was a mission?" Edward interrupted.
"Yes, this was a mission. The other part of my mission was to recruit you two—Alphonse and you—and bring you to a safe place here. I can't bring you to heaven—it's just not possible. It goes against all laws of nature. And I can't bring you to an alternate universe. Well, I can, but it would be too much work trying to keep you guys from meeting your alternate selves. Therefore you must stay here, but it has to be somewhere where the devils will have a hard time finding you. It's very much the same way for them, too. They can't bring you to Hell and they're probably too lazy to bring you to an alternate universe. There are currently some angels and devils down here fighting each other and searching for you. Unlike us, the devils don't care about the two of you. Frankly, they'd kill Alphonse and just take you. The rest of the angels and devils are up in the sky. That would explain your bad weather lately."
"Yeah…But why aren't you just killing me and taking Al? I'm an obstacle for your victory, anyway, right?"
"Edward, we're angels. We are not murderers."
There was silence again. Elliana was waiting for a reply and Edward was thinking.
"I'm not running, if that's what you're trying to tell me to do." His voice sliced through the cool night air.
"Edward, what do you mea—"
"I'm not running! I'm not going with you!" He stood up. Elliana got up as well.
"Wait, Edward, you're going to fall o—EDWARD!"
Edward, backing up as Elliana stepped forwards, unknowingly had come to the edge of the roof. One more step backwards and he was plummeting to the depths of darkness almost 50 feet deep.
—XxXDxxXPxX—
There was some shouting. It came from above. Alphonse looked up at the ceiling. Of course! The roof! Quickly he ran to the window in the room they were sleeping in and climbed to the roof.
—XxXDxxXPxX—
"You…! Give Edward back!"
"Ha ha. No, I don't think so. We need this kid," a man smirked back at Elliana. He had the same black hair and blue eyes as her, except his eyes were icier. A pair of black wings sprouted from his back.
Through gritted teeth, Elliana told him, "Akahoshi, dear brother, since you won't hand Edward over, I'll have to take him back by force." She unfolded her feathery, white wings.
"Really, Elliana," the man laughed. "You think you can take me? There's 4 years difference between us!"
"So what? You're being held down by Edward." She grinned slyly. "It would be just awful if your precious key to victory was hurt, don't you think?"
Akahoshi mock-gasped. "Oh, you're right! What would I do if widdle Edward here got an owie?" he asked, cradling Edward as if he were a baby, ignoring the fact that Edward was conscious. "Dregon would be soo upset with me!" Suddenly a fist came flying at his face. Akahoshi dodged at the last millisecond. "Whew, that was close!" A foot was next.
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO LITTLE THAT IF HE GOT A WIDDLE OWIE HE WOULD HAVE TO BE CRADLED LIKE A WIDDLE BABY SO THAT HIS WIDDLE WOUNDS WOULD HEAL?" an outraged Edward screamed.
While avoiding the barrage of fists and feet, Akahoshi pointed at Edward and asked Elliana, "This little guy's a little battery, huh?"
"I AM NOT LITTLE!"
"Ha ha! Say, how old are you, anyways? You can't be more than 14!"
I guess I better go and help Edward, Elliana decided while Akahoshi was busy avoiding the blows Edward was throwing at him. But before she could get close, someone appeared before her, waving their index finger in her face.
"Nuh-uh-uh, Elliana! Now that's not very fair play! 2 against 1? I thought you knew better than that!"
"A-Aki…You're here too?"
Aki smirked. "But of course! I wanted to see how my little sister was doing. So how are you, Elliana?"
"Cut the sweet talk, Aki. You and I never got along!"
"Ha ha, you're right." Aki brought out a whip. "You were always a waste of time to talk to." She lunged.
—XxXDxxXPxX—
Up on the roof, Alphonse stopped dead at the sight before him. Edward was fighting a man that had black hair that hung shaggily down a little past his ears and icy-cold blue eyes. He was wearing black shoes, black pants, and a red T-shirt with a big black skull on the front.
The woman fighting Elliana wore black leather boots that went to her knees, a black leather miniskirt, and a red leather tube top. Even the whip she used to attack Elliana with was leather. Her hair was also ebony black, which came to a stop right before they reached her shoulders, her eyes were also blue, but like Akahoshi they were a frigid, icy cold. Black wings flapped around her. The first thing Alphonse thought upon seeing her was, Wow, I'm thinking maybe she likes leather?
But there were two things that caught Alphonse's attention after he had taken in his surroundings and observed closer. One, the man didn't seem to be trying to hurt Edward, whereas Edward, it seemed, was trying to kill him, and two, the man, woman, and Elliana all looked somewhat alike, the man and woman for sure.
He blinked when he saw that the woman was looking at him. He yelped in surprise when she flicked her wrist out and the leather connected to the handle she was holding flew out and wrapped itself around his neck, loose enough so that he could still breathe perfectly but tight enough so that he couldn't get loose. His cry, along with the yell of his name Elliana had given when she saw what was happening, had gotten also the man's and Edward's attention.
"Al!" Edward screamed. He started to run to his little brother's aid, but Akahoshi took advantage of the distraction and, grabbing Edward's arms, twisted them behind his back.
"What a predicament for you, huh, Elliana?" The two devils smirked at their little sister.
Elliana wasn't sure what to do. If she went to save Alphonse, she couldn't guarantee that Aki wouldn't just strangle him. And then Akahoshi would get away with Edward. But then if she went to save Edward Aki would most likely snap Alphonse's neck in two.
Just then there was the sound of flapping. From the look Akahoshi and Aki exchanged, it wasn't someone that they knew or had planned on coming. Gray wings came into view. A man with long black hair that went to about the middle of his back landed on the roof gracefully. He looked at everyone with reddish-orange eyes. He looked like he had just been fighting. He was a fallen.
As they stood there, everyone looking at the newcomer (except for the newcomer, of course), Aki's whip around Alphonse's neck, Akahoshi holding Edward, Elliana in the middle, they all asked themselves, Which side is this one on?
Wow, I just wrote this last part on a whim…Sorry if it sounds stupid, idiotic, or whatever. I'm not really thinking. I'm really mad at somebody right now, and I'm not going to say who, but I still felt like I needed to update. (If I don't update for awhile, I start to feel really bad and then I start to completely slack off on everything I do. It's sad, really.)
Umm…Yeah, I think I'm going to have to do some more explaining in the next chapter…I apologize if it's confusing…And if it's confusing, please tell me how and where, and I'll see what I can do to explain in the next update.
Oh, and by the way: I'm having trouble coming up with a name for the fallen that has just appeared. (I was going to make him an angel, but then I suddenly changed my mind. I'm still trying to figure out why I made him a fallen...) I'm not sure what I should call him, and I really do suck when it comes to coming up with names, so if you wouldn't mind possibly giving me some ideas…? Please? I would appreciate it! Arigato!
Laine of the Squirrels! (Heh, sorry, I've wanted to try that for awhile now…)