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"Hello, Major," I greeted, backing away slowly as hoping I wouldn't get one of his bone-crushing hugs. Unfortunately, I was too late, because Armstrong scooped up Ed and I into one giant bear hug, while Al stealthily snuck away. Well, as stealthily as a suit of armor could anyway.
"Major," I gasped, "I'm dying." Soon we escaped from the hug, and I was gasping for breath, holding my hands on my sides as if to hold broken ribs in place. Ed was about in the same condition, except he was stronger than me, so he wasn't as bad. Armstrong beamed, and sparkled.
"WONDERFUL TO SEE YOU AGAIN, MISS LYNETTE! AND ELRIC BROTHERS, WE MEET AGAIN!" Armstrong laughed. I nodded at the Major in recognition, while both brothers looked at Armstrong eagerly.
Once we had all settled down, we gathered to sit around a small table, which Armstrong spread the map over. I scanned it swiftly before locating Laboratory 5. I didn't stick on it for long, so as not to give the Elric brothers a hint. The brothers leaned over the map, also looking over it.
"My hint," I said, pointing to the map, "Look at the locations carefully. You know the ingredients of a philosopher stone, so look for a place you would be able to sneak people out of." I said, doing the waves with my arms in a mysterious gesture. Ed's eyebrows furrowed, and he thought hard, his face hovering over the map.
I twiddled my thumbs as the Elric brothers spoke with Armstrong, until I finally saw Ed get a lightbulb and point to a crossed out building on the map.
"Lab 5 was shut down because of major disrepair," Armstrong said, "It's structure isn't safe, so it was shut down." Ed grinned.
"Exactly! If it was shut down, no one would wander into it, right? Also," Ed said, glancing at me, "It's location makes sense. Look! There's a jail right here. It would be easy to get the people!" Ed exclaimed. I gave him a thumbs up, but kept my mouth shut. Armstrong and Al were surprised.
"That does make sense, though," Al stated, "It would be easy for the military to sneak convicts out of the jail, especially if they were sentenced to death for their crimes…" Armstrong was obviously shocked, but I'd be too if I were him. I could tell he was still trying to grasp the fact the philosopher stones where made of live humans, and I felt really bad for him. The boys, I knew, were still in great distress, and I was going to try to help them. And, naturally, I would be following them closely when they snuck out to go to Lab 5. I mean, I knew I couldn't stop them. And if I couldn't stop them, I might as well make sure they don't hurt themselves really bad.
"I think we should report this to Colonel Mustang and have it checked out. I'll report to Mustang, since he's going to be arriving soon. And," Armstrong said, sending a sharp look at Ed and Al, "I don't want you two to sneak out and explore yourselves. It's too dangerous." The Elric brothers gulped and nodded, reassuring the Major they would not, but I hid a smirk, knowing the real future. Ohh, this would be good.
After Armstrong left, the brothers planned to sneak out, with my help, of course. Once they came up with a good plan, we had to wait for night fall, which was a few hours away, so I was hanging out with Ed and Al.
Of course, they asked about my world.
"So, what's the other side of the Gate like?" Ed asked eagerly. A grin broke out across my face.
"It's the best thing ever! The technology is so advanced, and there's tons of things to do! There are super fast cars, cell phones, and computers!" I gushed. It's been so long since I was able to talk freely about my home, and I was really happy. Especially since I didn't have to hide anything from Ed and Al anymore.
"What's a computer?" Ed asked. I laughed.
"It's a device with a screen, and information chips inside it. There's this thing called the internet, where you can create stuff and do stuff, and its really awesome! You can talk to people all over the world!" I cheered. Ed and Al seemed confused, probably because of my vague explanation, but I didn't care. But, all of a sudden, my face fell, and a strong longing overtook me. That confused the brothers further.
"What's wrong?" Al asked.
"MY FANFICTION! MY BEAUTIFUL STORIES! NOOOOO!" I wailed, holding my face in my hands hopelessly. Ed and Al were stupefied.
"What's a fanfiction?" Ed asked cautiously. I shot up, looked Ed in the eye, then cracked up. Ed and Al, by now, looked distressed at my sudden mood swings, but I had just remembered some fanfictions I had read about them.
"A fanfiction," I started, clearing my throat, "Is a story based on an original work. First, there's the original work, right?" I said, and the brothers nodded, so I continued, "Well, the fans of that work make their own stories, except they include details from the original work, like characters and plotlines and such, but alter it a little bit. They are probably the most wonderful things in my world, you see. People even write about you and Al," I snickered. Ed abruptly stood up .
"WHAT?!" He yelled, causing me to snicker more. I patted his shoulder, and looked at the distressed Al.
"There are things called T.V.s in our world, and people can watch shows. It's a screen that shows the audience images of something like a play here. Except, they have cartoons. Cartoons are when they use some alteration upload thingy on the computer to animate pictures. There is a specific kind of cartoon called anime, which is mostly found in a country called Japan. And, there is this specific anime, called a certain name." I said tauntingly.
"Get on with it!" Ed said impatiently. I laughed slightly before continuing.
"This anime, one people watch on their T.V.s, is called….." I said, with a dramatic pause that I could clearly see was starting to piss Ed off, "Fullmetal Alchemist!" Both brothers' jaws' dropped, and they were staring at me as I got all sparkly, with enough sparkles to rival Armstrong. My eyes turned to hearts, making me seem like myself talking about FMA was like Winry talking about automail.
"It's the story about your life! How you two grew up traumatically, but overcame your sorrow to search for the philosopher stone and get into the military! It's the story of your life, one of the most wonderful things~" I sang, "It's amazing! And when I met you in real life, I thought I was going to explode! So wonderful, magical~ MAGICAL~!"
"And so," I continued after breaking into my magical song, "There are fanfictions about you two."
"…." Ed and Al were speechless, well, until I started laughing hysterically.
"So, when you saw the show," Ed asked, "Did you see yourself in it?" That stopped my laughing immediately. I shook my head.
"No….."
"So, how do you know we aren't in a fanfiction?" Al said. The room was silent.
"PSH, NAHH!" We all said in sync, flapping our hands at eachother. But I still looked around the room for any cameras to make sure.
"So," Ed regained the conversation, "What kind of things do the fans write about us?" Al sweatdropped as I got an evil glint in my eye.
"Haha, they pair people up as couples~" I said, resisting the urge to cackle like a witch. But that made them curious.
"Who do they pair up?" My evil grin widened at this question, making Ed look like he regretted the question.
"Well, I'll start with the more normal ones." I said, having the brothers both sweat drop. The normal ones….? They both thought uneasily.
"Alright, there's Roy and Riza." Ed laughed his ass off while Al shrugged.
"Poor Riza," Ed said, cracking me up. Once I regained myself, I continued.
"There's Ed and Winry." I said, laughing as Ed blushed, and Al snickered.
"Poor Winry." Al said, making me laugh even harder as Ed's face continued to heat up.
"Now, for the stranger pairings." I said, clearing my throat. A mischievous smirk crept back across my face as I tried to hold back snickers. If I thought their reactions were funny before, I knew for a fact they were going to be now…
"Hmm… Alright, there is Ed and Roy." I said, finally kissing my restraint goodbye and rolling on the floor laughing as Ed looked like he was going to kill somebody. Al tried to hide it, but he was laughing really hard too, and, by the look on Ed's face, I could tell he was going to throttle Mustang when he next saw him.
"Funny thing is," I said between snickers, wiping the tears of laughter from my eyes, "That is a VERY popular section of Fullmetal Alchemist fanfiction among the girls." I cracked up even more until Ed gave me a death glare, scary enough to make me attempt to stifle my chuckles.
"Next," Ed growled. I nodded.
"Okay, next. This one is probably the most disgusting within the whole fanfiction, so I'm not sure you would want to hear this. I don't want you to feel uncomfortable." I said unsurely. But this, OOOHHH, THIS, is probably going to have the funniest reaction…..
"I'm sure it's fine, I mean, they just made it up, right?" Al said innocently. Ed nodded, giving his approval. I bit my lip.
"Your funeral." I sighed.
"There are some about you brothers. Ed and Al." It took a moment for that to register in their brains, but once it clicked, their faces were priceless (Well, Ed's, anyway, since Al's helmet stays the same, but I'm pretty sure he would've had the same reaction). I couldn't help it. I laughed, so hard, I even pissed myself a little. If you saw their faces, you'd be laughing, too. It's sick, really, that I'd actually tell them that, but at least I'd get a good laugh out of it, right?
"I AM GOING TO KILL ANYONE WHO HAS EVER WRITTEN THOSE DISGUSTING STORIES! I AM GOING TO MURDER THEM! NO ONE WILL EVER GET AWAY WITH THAT KIND OF DISGUSTING, AWFUL, HORRIBLE WRITING!" Ed roared, and I laughed even more, not being able to help myself.
"Lynette?" Al asked hesitantly, while Ed was ranting and stomping around the room. I went over and patted Al's shoulder, sitting next to him.
"Yes?"
"Have you ever read any of those stories?" Al said. I flapped my hand at him.
"Of course not, dear child! I would prefer not to have my breakfast make a reappearance, my boy." I said, "I found out about those while I was browsing fanfiction." Al sighed in relief.
"What kind of fanfiction do you read, then?" Ed asked, and I turned slightly to see Ed behind me, apparently eavesdropping on Al and I's conversation. A blush rose to my cheeks, and I stood up.
"Has the sun set yet?" I said in attempt to steer this conversation elsewhere, but Ed picked up on what I was doing.
"You haven't answered my question." Ed reminded. And with good reason, too, because the only fanfiction of Fullmetal Alchemist I did read, were the Ed and Reader ones, where you get included in the story, and they pair you up, and in this instance, with the Fullmetal Alchemist himself. But if I told them that, my secret fangirl crush was out. I didn't want to be seen as another mere love-struck fool girl in Ed's eyes. But it was hard to keep it a secret.
"You will know in due time, Edward Elric, you will discover it soon." I said mysteriously, walking to the other side of the room. I knew I couldn't hide it from the brothers forever.
In fact, I predict they'd know soon enough.
Hey guys! SUPER LONG CHAPTER BECAUSE THE LAZY AUTHOR IS BEING NICE BECAUSE SHE DIDN'T UPDATE FOR A WHILE~ Seriously, this was like two chapters are. But, because I know you all are begging for the update, IT HAS ARRIVED! Alright, I pat myself on the back. I have added more humor and fluff! Yay! AUTHOR LADY IS HAPPY!
Hahaha, the romance is going to kick in soon~
Anyway, on the offhand note, have you guys heard about Hurricane Sandy? She's an oncoming category 1 hurricane! Well, thanks to her, I'm probably going to have a power outage for about a week, so I apologize if I wont be able to update. But, in the meantime, I will be typing up more chapters!
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