How it all Began

Chapter 2

Roy had already, showered, dressed, and grabbed his gloves as a fancy black car pulled up to his home ready to take him to the manchine. He said goodbye to his mother and father, promising to call them when he got there as he walked out the door. He stopped as he ran into someone's chest. He glanced up, getting his balance before smiling.

"Sir!" he said happily as he saw his mentor standing there in front of him.

"Oh, hello, I didn't know you were picking Roy up" His father said as he and his mother walked out of the house.

"I thought it would be nice to get out of that house for a while. Our butlers and bodyguards crawling up our backs twenty four seven, its good to drive out to the country" He smiled. Roy smiled at him, then bit his bottom lip in excitement. "Well we really appreciate this. Roy has a real love for alchemy, and you taking him under your wing will give him a greater chance of making his dream come true. It means everything to us, and him." His father said in his quiet raspy voice.

"I assure you it's no trouble. Roy will have the time of his life living with us. We'll train during my spare time, Ill take him to the Head Quarters, let him get a feel for the building he'll one day maybe even own." he said with a smile. "How does that sound Roy hu?" he asked looking down at Roy who smirked. "Perfect." He answered.

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The ride there was longer than he thought, but it wasn't bad. He looked out the window, sitting on the edge of his seat in excitement. He watched as they passed the expansive fields; a cow here and there chewing on grass or weeds. Mr. Hawkeye turned and smiled at him.

"So, you're seventeen?" he asked. Roy glanced up. "Eighteen" he corrected glancing at him. "You know Riza's around your age; and with me working all the time I have a hard time keeping an eye on her." He sighed.

"I hear she attends all of your parties, and is very respectable," Roy said. "No, that's not what I mean, Riza's amazing. But she's resumed the responsibilities of an adult and she's only seventeen. She takes complete care of herself. But because I'm not there she ends up sneaking out of the house or something and getting hurt. Like right now, she's confined to her bed with pneumonia. She got herself locked out after she snuck out after dark, and got stuck in the rain all night." He sighed.

"Poor Riza" Roy sighed. "She wakes up in the middle of the night from nightmares, some nights she doesn't sleep at all. I'm scared to leave her alone with the staff. Ever since then she hasn't warmed up with any of her bodyguards like she used to. I was thinking, if she had someone closer to her age to bond with, to protect her, then she might warm up, and learn to trust again." He rambled.

Roy looked up at him with a blank face and blinked dumbly. "You want me to be her body guard?" He asked.

"I was thinking while I'm at work you can just keep an eye on her. Right now she needs someone to take care of her since she cant get out of bed, but she wont let any of the staff near her! I thought maybe you could help her. It's a terrible thing to not be there to protect your child. To know she got hurt by someone she trusted." He muttered. "I was hoping you could keep an eye on her." He asked.

Roy contemplated the idea. This would mean he would get closed to Riza, and get to know her. He liked the idea of taking care of such a beauty, and felt bad she woke up in the middle of the nights from nightmares of her rape. He sighed and nodded his head.

"I'd be happy to watch over your daughter, it's the least I can do for you letting me live with you," he said with a smile. "Ohh, that's great to hear. There's a spare bedroom next to hers with a connecting bathroom, you can enter from that door at any time so you can be with her if she needs you; and don't worry, she may push you away at first. She likes being independent, but if you show her authority she'll cave in…after maybe a while…" he mumbled the last part as if he were insecure about it.

"Ahh, here we are!" he interrupted his unsure tone with a happy since of welcoming. Roy glanced out the window to see a large black gate with two guards stationed outside, along with an expensive security system.

"Welcome home" one guard said as they drove by. He raised a hand in welcome, and drove down the long driveway. The house was gorgeous like his father explained, with a vast amount of land all around it covered in vibrant red flowers.

As they pulled up, a man in a black suite came up to them. He opened the door for Mr. Hawkeye and smiled. "Hello sir," he welcomed. Roy shut his door and looked around his new surroundings.

"Ahh, this must be your new apprentice. Roy Mustang right?" the butler asked walking over to him. Roy politely shook his hand and smiled. The man looked older, with white hair and a bony slim body.

"I'm Sam the butler, did you happen to accept Mr. Hawkeye's job?" he asked. "Yes, I'm going to take good care of her." He said with a happy smirk. "I'm glad, if you need anything then Ill be happy to help you while the General and Mr. Hawkeye are at work." He said.

"Alright thank you," he said. "Ill get you're bags, while Mr. Hawkeye shows you to you're room" he said with a smile spread across his wrinkled leathery skin.

Roy nodded, taking the heavier bag himself as he followed his teacher into the house. They climbed a large marble staircase. It was like one you see in the movies, climbing up both sides of the wall at a curve, the foray in the middle leading to another grand room of course.

He glanced around; the entire place was decorated with elegance. They stopped at a large wooden door. "This is your room," he said opening the door. Roy walked inside and set his bag at the doorway. The walls were a royal blue, and the bed a king with satin sheets. There was a large window overlooking the back of the home, along with a balcony outside the window.

He turned to look at the man smiling at him from the doorway. "This is way to nice!" Roy muttered. "Absolutely not, you aren't going to be sleeping in some shake. Plus if you're going to be taking care of Riza I need you as close to her as you can be. She may look like she couldn't hurt a fly, but she's clever, witty, and most of all stubborn." He sighed.

"She's really stubborn" Roy muttered as he looked out the window. The man looked up to see Roy staring out the window. He walked over and groaned as he saw Riza sitting on a swinging bench outside by the Sakura trees.

"I don't even know how she does it, the doctors going to have a fit. I bet she didn't even take her medicine," he groaned as he turned to leave the room and retrieve her.

Roy held his hand up, "wait, let me go get her, we're going to have to start out somewhere to get her to listen to me" he muttered. The man turned and looked at Roy. He smiled and nodded. "Your right. Good luck. Get her back in bed, and have her swallow two of these. Then don't let her out of your site until she falls asleep" he ordered handing Roy a tube of medicine. He nodded and walked out of the room to retrieve the sick beauty.

Maddie Brown

Hey all! Thanks for reviewing. I know I have changes to make in the first chapter and I plan to do that soon so don't worry. I still don't have all the info that I should so in this chapter I called Riza's father Mr. Hawkeye, or just the man… which is really sad but you can live with it for now cus I don't know his real name. Thank you Loyalsoul for giving me the information I need, or at least where I can get it. It'll help a lot if I don't get confused even more anyway… and thank you MoonStarDutchess for answering my question as well. I really only need the name of her father now because most of the story is going to be based on the relationship of the two. Ill add a few moments where they train, but who knows how well ill be able to express their alchemy hopefully I wont fall on my face.

Maddie