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Drabble the Third: Happy Birthday

Scar woke up one fine morning to find a piece of paper taped to his forehead. Wondering who could have possible done this without him waking up, he took it off and read the note written on it.

"Scar, come to the alley in between the Flower Shop and Bakery on 3rd Street at 2:00 PM today. We have Rick, Leo, AND Alphonse Elric, so you'd BETTER show up! Signed, Anonymous"

Scar's eyes widened, and he crushed the note with a snarl. This had to be a trap, but what choice did he have?

It was exactly 2:00, and Scar stood with more than a little trepidation at the entrance to the alleyway specified in the note. After peering into it, searching for any signs of anyone, he walked inside, every muscle tensed for a possible and likely fight. A noise came from behind him and he whirled to see a shadowy figure speeding toward him far too fast to possibly dodge. He closed his eyes, expecting death, but all he felt was something slide under his chin and a slight pressure on the top of his head. Confused, Scar opened his eyes and pulled a brightly colored party hat off of his head. It even had a sprig of shiny plastic string coming out the top. Then there was a veritable explosion of confetti and streamers and the sound of about twenty noisemakers as people sprung out from behind everything that could conceivably hide a person.

"HAPPY BIRTHDAY SCAR!" everyone shouted. Everyone. There were Ed and Al, the Rockbells, Mustang and his group, Hughes and family, Rick and Leo, his master…heck, even all the Homunculus were there! And they were all smiling and blowing noisemakers and wearing party hats.

Scar blinked as Mustang handed him a red balloon, "What is going on here?"

Al stepped forward, "It's your special day, Scar-san! So me and Rick and Leo went and got everyone to help throw a party for you! We even got all of them to agree to a special temporary truce so nobody would fight!"

"How did you know it was my birthday?"

Hughes cackled, "I know EVERYTHING! Muhahahaha!"

"Now, hurry up and blow out the candles before Gluttony eats the cake," Lust brought forth a large crate, on top of which was a gigantic chocolate cake with white frosting and sprinkles and quite a few candles.

"I'll light them!" Mustang offered.

"NO!" shouted everyone else.

Eventually the candles got lit, and the still rather bewildered Scar blew them out. The cake was devoured quickly, and then there was ice cream and a piñata and all sorts of fun party games. Scar had by then given up on even trying to make sense of what was going on. Then came the presents; one from each 'group'. The Elric brothers gave him a new pair of sunglasses, the military gave him back his old trenchcoat (rather bloody and torn and unwearable, but it's the thought that counts), Hughes gave him a stack of photos of Elysia, the Ishbalans gave him a needle and thread (to repair his coats, which, as we know, are constantly getting the right sleeves ripped off of them), and the Homunculus gave him…a tie?

Envy shrugged at the questioning looks, "We couldn't think of anything else."

Once it started to get dark, people began leaving. Eventually Scar was left alone in the alley with a pile of presents. Gluttony had eaten the rest of what remained. Although he was still rather confused about the whole business, he determined to himself that, yes, it had been a fairly happy birthday after all.

A/N: Hehehe, I got this idea on that evil 10-hour plane trip. Yeah, I was bored; I drew Scar in a party hat, and it just went on from there. You know, I think Scar's birthday is on April 27 (I totally made this up, by the way. It just sounds right to me.) , and I'm thinkin' he's either in his late twenties or early thirties. If anyone does happen to know exactly how old he is, I'd appreciate being told. Now to answer reviews!

crazyanimefreak15: Yep, he would. And that's funny in and of itself.
GalacticHitchiker42: Your sister is actually named 'Squee'? O.o Didn't know that was an actual name. Anywho, glad you liked it!
Anasazi Darkmoon: Hmmm…maybe like, Destruction Alchemist or Red Eye Alchemist or something weird like that. -shrug-
LadyRiona: Hehe, glad you liked it. Also…well, of course he has to sleep sometimes. He only actually stops after he sees his master.
no one's friend: I wonder what he'd look like in a uniform…hmmm…