Ok - I totally meant (well, not really, but I got half-way through and thought this would be really cool instead) to do this! This chapter is short - really short! Almost as short as Edward, but not quite! Oooooh! Things are really getting going now! Also notice that the title of this chapter has less to do with what happens and more to do with a repeating (Ok, so it only happened twice - I ran out of good ideas)phrase in the chapter. Well, read and enjoy! (But don't be angry! Chapter 13 will come along in due time!)
I do not own FMA - but I did buy a Roy Mustang (drool...) key chain at Hot Topic! My mom won't let me have it until my birthday, though... she said she's all out of ideas for what to get me... figures...
Chapter 12: "Once More…"
"ZZZAAPPP!"
A bright light pierced through the darkness, illuminating the bare skeletons of leafless trees, their shadows cast back through the mist, giving the illusion of grasping claws and fingers reaching out to grab at some unknown victim. Seconds later the light was gone, leaving the wooden giants as eerie sentinels looming over the huddled figure of a person on the ground.
"Errr… w-wha…?" the figure groaned as it lifted itself, woozily, into a sitting position. "Wh… where am I?" Through the darkness and mist the figure glanced around, trying to take in what little could be seen from the surrounding darkness.
"SNAP!"
"Huh? Who's there?" the figure called out, voice shaky with hidden panic.
"Heh-heh-heh… So, you join us at last – Trisha Elric!" a voice laced with malice called out from beyond the vision of the young alchemist.
"What? But how did you – ?"
"AVADA KEDAVRA!" the voice screamed as a flash of green light penetrated the darkness a few yards from the girl.
"Shit!" she cried, "Please work!"
"CLAP!"
A bright blue light erupted, charging the air with bolts of alchemical energy, and then – darkness once more…
…
"Bloody hell! Did you see that?"
"What on Earth was it?"
"I have no idea – but it can't be good! Come on!"
The sound of running footsteps grew fainter as the owners of the voices crashed through the thick forest – leaving in their wake silence once more…
…
Was that sweet or what? Ok, I know, I know, it was short... But can you guess who's who and who's where! I was going to include Mustang in this one, but I couldn't think of a really good "once more..." that would fit the style of the first too... Oh, well... Please review! How do you like it so far, is it good? Does something not make sense? If it's a punctuation error, it probably happened when it got uploaded to the sight - nothing I can do about that... for example, there are a bunch of places throughout the story and my author notes where I want to put a question mark followed by an exclamation mark - but the stupid program deletes the question mark, making a question that is supposed to be asked with excitement sound like a really stupid statement! Anyway! Please review! Thanks:)