"Meow...." My black cat, Ebony, meows at me. I ignore her and roll over. She jumps onto the bed and strolls over to me. All of a sudden, I feel something that felt like sand paper against my cheek. I jump which causes me to fall out of bed with a startled squeak. "Meow." Ebony meows satisfied.
"You freaking cat...." I groan. I sit up quickly and send a glare at her, "I hate you so much right now." She stares back at me with her yellow green eyes and her tail flicking back and forth. She meows again and jumps off the bed. She rubs up against my side.
"Don't think I'm going to forgive you." I glare. Today was Saturday. Sat-ur-day. One of two days I get to sleep in. But then my freaking cat comes along and wakes me up. I'm surprised I haven't killed her yet.
She rubs up against me again and I sigh. I let a smile grace my lips and with another satisfied meow she pounces off. She's cute, what more can I say.
I get off of the carpeted floor and walk out of my parents room. I had to stay in there the night before because the two I picked up yesterday hadn't woken up. Speaking of which, they were still asleep. I could've stayed in my sisters room but I'm pretty sure she's still sticking to her old rule. 'Go in my room and die'.I'm too young to die so I don't go anywhere near her room. Hey, my sisters freaking scary when she's made. Hell, she hit me with a magazine when I was eight.
I place a green mug on my counter and turn on the coffee machine. I take after my mom. If I don't get caffeine in my system I will kill somebody. A loud growl is heard from my stomach and I place my hand over top of it.
"Shut up, I'll feed you in a minute." It growls again. "Don't talk back at me mister."
Grabbing a random rubber band that was lying around, I pull my short hair into a pony tail. No, it didn't even classify as a pony tail. I'm still surprised I'm even able to pull it back. My hair in the back went down to the middle of my neck but the front was longer. Maybe to the top of my shoulders.
I pull down a bowl from the same cupboard I grabbed the green mug from and lay on the counter as well. I grab the Lucky Charms cereal box that was sitting next to my microwave and pour it into the bowl. Then for the milk. That craps nasty but it's what makes cereal, cereal. I pour myself a cup of coffee before heading into my living room to watch Saturday morning cartoons.
*Nobodies POV*
Slowly, Edwards eyes flutter open. He was in a room unfamiliar to him. The walls were wood and the bed he was in was pushed up against the wall by the door. There was another door across the room beside and desk, a dresser and some type of box thing in the corner (a.k.a. a t.v.). Where was he? But more importantly, where was Alphonse?
Edward quickly sits up and looks over into the bed beside him. There his brother lay. Edward jumps out of the bed and to his brothers side. He frantically shakes his shoulder. He didn't know where they were let alone how long they've been out. That could definitely worry a guy. Alphonse's eyes open and Edward let's a relieved sigh escape. Alphonse sits up and looks at his brother confused.
"Brother...where are we?" He asks.
"I really don't know, Al." Edward replies honestly. But he was pretty sure he was going to find out soon enough. A loud thump and scream is heard from outside the room. The two brothers look at each other, their expressions of worry and confusion.
"YOU STUPID CAT!!! GET BACK HERE! GIVE ME BACK MY FREAKING PENCIL!!!! YOU KNOW THAT'S MY LAST ONE!!!" A girl, they asssumed, shrieks.
Feet padding against hard floor is heard amidst shrieks. Edward was the first to get to the door and slide it open. Outside was a girl maybe a little younger than he was holding a black cat at the back of it's neck. In the cats mouth was a pencil. The girl had her brown hair pulled back into a very short pony tail with a black button up shirt on with the very top and bottom buttons undone with bright red shorts that went to her knees. Her green orbs glared at the cat in her hand while Alphonse came to his brothers side.
"You stupid cat. You must live to make my life horrible." The girl hisses. "And do not give me the innocent look."
She snatches the pencil out of the cats mouth before dropping the cat. The cat lands gracefully on it's feet, meows and trots off. The girl mumbles some inaudible things under her breath while walking over to the sink located in the kitchen.
Edward was starting to get annoyed. The girl had yet to notice himself and his brother standing in the door way to a room just beside the kitchen. He crosses his arms over his chest and clears his throat. The girl jumps about a foot in the air and let's out a startled squeak. She whirls around and spots the two standing there.
"Holy crap, you're finally awake!" She exclaims. She places her hand over the area where her heart was and releases a deep sigh, "And scared the living shit out of me as well..."
"I'm sorry if my brother scared you." Alphonse apologizes for his brother. After all, he usually had to.
The girl waves her hand, "Nah, it's fine. Happens all the time." She pauses, "All the time..." She repeats with a sigh. She shakes it off and walks up to the two boys. She sticks out her hand and smiles, "My names Katrina."
Edward grabs her hand, "I'm Edward and this is my brother Alphonse."
Katrina stops, her eyes widening and a gasp escaping. Questions whirled around inside her head, most of which were about the two boys standing in front of her.
The two brothers exchange worried glances. Why were their names so much of a shock? Well, besides the fact that Edward was the great Full Metal Alchemist. But didn't alchemy not exist in the world they were in?
"By the way.." Edward began, catching the young girls attention. She looks over at the boy to tell him to continue, "We were hoping you could tell us where we are and how we got here."
Katrina sighs and motions to the table, telling them to take a seat. "Well, right now you're in my house. I found you guys yesterday when I was walking home from school. Both of you were out cold in the snow. I couldn't just leave you there so I brought you here. And trust me, it took me forever." Katrina explains.
"I'm sorry we put you through that." Alphonse says before his brother could say anything.
Katrina shrugs, "Like I said before, nah, it's fine. What's important is that you two are okay now." A small smile grazes her pale face. All too quickly it faded and she looks down at the table, "Now, there's something else you should know. If you are them then I'll know how you'll react." She looks up at the brothers and they nod slightly, looking confused. Katrina sighs, "You're in a town called Sylvila (A/N: This town does not actually exist as far as I know). It's located somewhere in a country called Canada. And the year is.....2008." She finishes hesitantly.
She was nervous. She really thought that they were Edward and Alphonse Elric from her favorite anime called Full Metal Alchemist. But how could she be so sure? They did look identical to them and had the same names as them. But could it just be two boys who wanted to do a really good cosplay or the real thing? She always wanted to believe that they were real, so were they? Either way, if they were real or they were somebody in costume, they were definitely going to think she was insane.
"...2008..?" Edward repeats and Katrina nods her head. Edward was confused. How could the year be 2008? Wasn't it just 1924 (A/N: I forgot what year they're from)? So how the hell did they all of a sudden appear in the year 2008?! Edward jumps up, slamming his hands down onto the table, "How!?"
Katrina sighs, "You tell me, Edward Elric, the Full Metal Alchemist."
Her green orbs stared at Edward, watching his reaction. Both Alphonse's and Edward's eyes widened. Nobody, besides Alphonse, knew his state name. So how come this girl he just met knew?
"How did you....?" Alphonse started before Edward interrupted him.
Alphonse watches his brother storm up to Katrina and grab her collar, hoisting her to her feet. His golden orbs glared at her but her expression remained calm. She figured he would react this way. He always did over react about some things.
"How do you know that?" Edward growls.
"....Let me go, pipsqueak..." Katrina says simply.
That's when Edward blew his top. Alphonse, as quick as he could, grabbed his older brother by the arms and restrained him as best as he could while Ed went on one of his famous short rants. While this happened, Edward had let go of Katrina's collar and she was stretching her arms above her head.
"Boooorriinngg...." She chimed with a smirk. Both brother's paused, staring at her in shock. She pokes Edward in the forehead, her smirk never leaving her face. "Do you know how many times I've heard short rants? Both from you and Melina?"
"You just met me!!" Edward exclaims, struggling against Alphonse's grip, "And who the hell is Melina!?
Katrina shakes her finger disapprovingly, "Temper, temper ."
"Screw you!"
"Rather not."
Edward growls, his glare so intense that if looks could kill Katrina would be sushi. Katrina just couldn't help. She's seem him angry before in the anime but she just wanted to see how far she could push him. She did this with her friend, Melina, as well. Since Melina was short for her age, Katrina teased her about. It usually ended with Katrina getting punched in the stomach.
Releasing a sigh, Katrina figured she's tortured him enough. Right now, she didn't need him to hate her. She needed him to trust her.
"Alright Ed, I'm sorry." She apologizes, bowing slightly. "I'll tell you as much as I can, starting from the beginning."
Edward calmed down. His glare wasn't as intense as before, but still remained. Alphonse released his brother and the two took a seat at the table again while Katrina walked into the room they had been resting in. She came back out, boxes and books in her hands.
"Now, you two have to promise me that when I tell you this you won't freak out." She said sternly and the two nod. Yeah right, Kat, she thinks, Course they'll freak out! She gulps, "Alright....y-you see....the thing is...you'renotsupposedtobereal!" She quickly says.
"Could you repeat that?" Alphonse asks.
"Slower." Edward added.
"You're not supposed to be real." Katrina repeated, slower this time. That was when she realized how retarded it sounded. Before Edward could open his mouth to go on another rant, she continued, "I mean, not in this world anyway. I know this is going to be really surprising and hard to believe but you're not in Germany or Amestris anymore. The year is not 19- whatever year you were living in. I don't know how or why you came here. It could just be Truth screwing with us." Edward mumbles something under his breath. "Anyways, this is how I know who you two really are."
Katrina laid the things she had in her hands onto the table in front of them, all the things with the tittle Full Metal Alchemist. The brothers stared in amazement at the things before them.
"In this world, you're a book. Someone, somehow, found out about you two and decided to write about you. Then later came the t.v. series. I've seen the whole t.v. series so I know practically everything about you. How you attempted human transmutation, Edward joining the military, the humonculi, etc etc." Katrina explains. Everyone was silent. Well, at least they're not freaking out, Katrina thinks.
"W-Where did you get this?"Alphonse asks.
"A store." Katrina replies. "See? What did I tell you? You're not supposed to be real! You're a book, a t.v. show, that's it! I just don't get it! Yesterday, I was telling myself that you'll never be real. That there's no such thing as Edward and Alphonse Elric. And now, I'm trying to convince myself that you are real. That you're right here in front of me." She lays her head on the table, "I just don't know anymore."
They were all confused. Edward and Alphonse had no idea somebody made a book on their lives. And now they had how many people knew they're deepest darkest secret. Barely anyone had known their secret. Well, that's what they thought. Katrina was confused in another way. The two people she had idolized were sitting in her kitchen. Now, that would usually make any fan girl happy and giddy but Katrina wasn't exactly like other fan girls. She didn't know if she was hallucinating or they were really there. She needed proof. And fast.
Edward sighs, sliding down into the chair and laying the back of his head against the back of the chair, "You're not the only one confused Katrina." Said girl looks up at him. "As much as I don't want to admit this, we need your help. We don't know anything about this world and you're the best we have right now."
Katrina jumps up, standing to attention and saluting, "Yes sir, Full Metal Alchemist sir!" She smirks. Alphonse chuckles at her strange attitude change and Edward just smiles. She drops her hand, "But I guess this also means you two need a place to stay. I have enough room right now, you can stay here. My house is small but it's cozy! So what do ya say?"
The brothers look at each other before nodding to Katrina.
"That would be nice." Alphonse smiles.
Katrina smiles back while mentally squealing. She always did think Alphonse was adorable when he smiled. Now she got to see it in person. So, maybe they were real. Maybe they weren't just a part of her wild imagination.
Katrina's back door slams open and a short blonde girl comes around the corner, waving her arm in the air, "HI!!"
"And the peace is ruined...." Katrina sighs while turning to the girl, "How many times do I have to tell you, knock before you come in!!!!" Katrina yells at her best friend.
Her friend pouts, "But then that's no fun...."
"I don't give a rats ass. My house, my rules."
"Technically, it's your parents house."
"They're not here right now, are they?"
"No, but two guys are- Wait! You have two guys in your house!? You naughty, naughty girl."
"You have a sick mind."
"You gave it to me."
"Ummm...." Alphonse interrupts, making the two teenage girls to look at him, "Who's she?"
"Ah yes, you don't know her." Katrina says, "Guys, this is my friend, Melina." Katrina grabs Melina's shoulders, forcefully making her look at the two boys sitting at her table. "Now, just to make sure I'm not going insane like my sister knew I would, you can see them, right?"
Melina shoves Katrina away, "Duh, I'm not that blind. Why?"
Katrina shrugs, "You wouldn't believe me."
"Try me."
"Nah, you'd think the same that I did."
"Kat."
"Uh-uh."
"Ya huh."
"Nope."
"Katrina Louie Kalisneigh!!! Tell me now!!!"
"Ohhhhh, the full name. I quiver in fear." Katrina's voice was practically dripping with sarcasm. She hears a snicker come from Edward and smirks. She knew she getting on her friends nerves, but doesn't she always? "Oh and no."
What she didn't expect was Melina to grab the closest thing and throw it at her. That thing just happened to be a frying pan. The flying object hits her in the face, before falling to the ground with a clang.
Edward and Alphonse look at Katrina in worry to notice her right eye twitching. Her face was red from getting hit, but other than that, she seemed totally fine. Looking over at Melina, they expected her to be concerned. But what they didn't expect was to see her sticking her tongue out at her friend.
This was normal for Katrina and Melina. They were the best of friends but they fought over the dumbest things. Once it was who ate the last cookie. Another was which was better; a ninja or a pirate. It's still a mystery.
"Nnnnn! You have no brain cells left to be affected anyway!" Melina teases.
Katrina charges at the blonde, "Shut up, half a brain!" Melina steps to the side and watches as Katrina falls fast first onto the kitchen floor. She sits down on the brunettes back, a smirk of triumph on her face.
"Look who's talking, no brain."
Edward watched in amusement as Katrina spat colorful words at her so called friend. The girl interested him. He didn't exactly know why. He's never really took an interest in a girl before. But Katrina didn't seem like other girls. She seemed more down to earth and she definitely had an interesting personality.
Katrina groans. Melina was small, yes. But she definitely not light. Her back was sore and almost numb from having the blonde sitting on her. Her spine was pulsing with pain and she couldn't do anything that might help her poor back. She was a damsel in freaking pain.
She turns her attention to the alchemists sitting at her kitchen table. Alphonse was looking at her in somewhat worry. While Edward looked like he was ready to burst out laughing. A smirk was spread across his face and his golden eyes held amusement.
She glares at the blonde, "Oi! Aren't you supposed to be hero of the freaking people!? Well, I'm pretty sure I'm a person and I sure as hell need a hero!"
"Nah, watching is more fun." Edward shrugs, if possible, his smirk growing.
"Edward Elric! Help me now! Or I swear, I will make you sleep outside in a tent with nothing but the clothes on your back!!" Katrina hisses at the boy. If Melina wasn't on her back, she'd be strangling the boy.
"The heck are you talking about?" Melina looks down at the brunette with curiosity. Why did she just call him Edward Elric. Yes, she was a fan of that show too. Katrina was the one to show it to her and she's liked it ever since. She wasn't as big as a fan girl as Katrina though. Katrina had the whole t.v. series on DVD and a few volumes of the manga. What did Melina have? Jack squat. Oh well, she usually took the stuff from Katrina.
"Uhhhhhhhh, nothing, oh mighty leader. You must be imagining things. You shouldn't worry you're pretty little head about it." Katrina replies, sarcasm fitting into her sentence.
Melina growls, "Don't say little."
"Bite me, shrimp."
Melina smacks her friend upside the head. Hard, I may add.
"OW! Why you little-" Katrina starts just to be hit upside the head again. "Quit that!!!"
"Why did you call him Edward Elric?" Melina asks suddenly. Katrina tenses, as does the two boys sitting at her table. "And don't lie to me young lady. I know when you lie."
"Errrr....Call which boy Edward Elric? Who is this Edward Elric that you speak of? I sure as hell haven't heard of him!" Katrina lets out a weak laugh which was soon silenced. Melina's glares could always scare the crap out of her. She looks away, "I didn't call him Edward Elric..." She mumbles.
"Liar." Melina says, crossing her arms over her chest.
"I called him uh Edwin Eric." Katrina tries.
"Liar." Melina repeats.
"How the hell do you always know!?"
"Your voice goes high pitched. Now tell me the truth."
Katrina thinks it over before letting out a sigh, "Fine, but you have to get off me first."
Melina obeys, getting off her friend and then help her to her feet as well. Katrina apologetically smiles over at the two alchemists who nod. Katrina turns back to her friend.
".......Your joshing me, right?" Melina asks, her eyes wide in shock. Katrina shakes her head. "He...you....snow....here.....ublah?" Melina was just as confused as Katrina was when she first found out.
"I know you're confused and probably want to beat the crap out of me for not telling you in the first place, but they need our help." Katrina attempts to calm the blonde down. It was silent for a moment.
"Yeah....you're right..." Melina sighs. She smiles, "No point in freaking out anyways. It doesn't exactly get us anywhere. And right now, we have two boys who need help. I'll do whatever I can." She turns to Edward and Alphonse, the smile still there, "Your secrets safe."
Alphonse smiles, too, "Thank-you."
The conversation died out after that. Everyone was silent. Everyone thinking of something they just learned in one morning.
Interrupting the silence was th phone hanging on the wall by the microwave. Katrina sighs and walks over to it. She puts it to her ear, answering, "Hello?" She turns, "Mel, it's for you. It's your Mama."
Melina takes the phone out of Katrina's hand and talks to her mother for a while. After the long conversation, most of it arguing, she hangs up the phone back in it place.
"Sorry Kat, my visits short today. My mom wants me to come home and clean the family room." Melina sighs, heading towards the back door. "Bye bye!!!"
"Toodles!!" Katrina calls back just before the door slams shut. She looks over at the brothers, What now?
A/N: I forgot to do this at the beginning and in the first chapter.
Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist but I do own my OC's
Anyways, thanks for the review steel-alchemist. It made me really happy :) By the way, the word joshing is a word someone made up at my school and it's really annoying. I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please review. This is my first story on here so please be nice.