FULLMETAL ALCHEMIST, GOLDEN EYES

By Born of Starlight

Disclaimer:::Sighs: It's still not mine. Though, I'll tell you what I do own... One (1) Edward keychain, one (1) pack of trading cards, one (1) wallscroll of Ed and Al, two (2) Original Soundtracks, fourty-three (43) FMA plot ideas (Only two others are posted so far...I'm kinda behind...?), and one (1) FMA T-shirt. Did I forget anything...? I've got nearly as many works of fanart as fanfiction... Oo! Including this one really cool one of Hughes! It's a giant playing card! I made it in my art class last year, and now it's hanging on my door. This year, I've also done an FMA related drawing in (honors) art. White charcoal on black paper. Ed's pocketwatch lying on the road as it rains. :sparkles: It's one of the coolest things I've ever draw! Though, of course, my poor un-enlightened teacher knew not of its significance.

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Chapter 2

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Screams echoed through the hallway outside the hospital wing. It was about four days later, and the Elric brother had hardly been seen.

However…

Ed stopped as the screams reached him.

"YOU DON'T UNDERSTAND! I'M BLIND! I CAN'T SEE ANYTHING!"

The voice was choked with tears, and Ed felt a surge of pity.

"And why the HELL CAN'T I FEEL MY TOES! OR MY RIGHT ARM?"

Ed winced, guessing now who it was screaming. "Blind, huh…?" he whispered. He didn't figure there was anything he could do to help, but it never hurt to offer. Then he had to stop and grin at that. In actuality, it could hurt very much, depending.

He slipped into the hospital wing and closed the door behind him. The clink of his metal hand on the doorknob made him grit his teeth. He had abandoned his gloves when he'd realized he couldn't get the stain of bloody ashes out of the pale fabric.

Ed tucked his right hand into its respective pocket and kept walking.

She was lying in bed, near motionless. Her face, though, was red with anger and her unseeing eyes were snapping at an unfortunate Winry.

The blonde girl was looking at her with a mixture of anger and amazement.

"Winry, you can leave." Ed's voice was cold. "I'd like to speak to her. Alone."

One look at Ed's face made Winry half-run out of the room. Ed looked dangerous at the moment, and she didn't want to be there when he finally snapped. NOT that she was afraid of Edward or anything…she just…well, she wasn't afraid. But she didn't want to be there, that was all. She went to find Pinako.

Ed walked towards the hospital bed. "I think you know perfectly well why you can't feel your toes."

Tears were welling up in her eyes, but she hurriedly swiped at them with her left hand.

"Just shut up, okay!" she snapped. "Just shut up…"

Ed didn't know what to do to make her feel better, and quite frankly he didn't want to even try.

"Your name is Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist," she said quietly.

"Yeah. And you're an idiot! I know what you were trying to do!" Ed was glaring at her but since she couldn't see, it made no difference. "I saw the circle! Do you even know ANYTHING about alchemy?"

"Sit down, Fullmetal." She sighed and put her head back against the pillow. "You know actually, I'm glad you're here."

"Why is that!"

"Because you're the only one I know of that can do this for me, okay?" The girl reached out her left arm with its wrist showing. An alchemic array was written in what appeared to be pen on her arm. "This circle needs to be placed on each of my eyes. See…? I took precautions…"

Ed looked at the symbol and then back at the girl's face. He opened his mouth to refuse, only to suddenly remember something Al had shouted once…

'You're not even human!'

With a sigh, he leaned over and preformed the alchemy. A wave of dizziness washed over him, but other than that the price of the alchemy wasn't high. Besides, there was a reward…

Brilliantly silver-green eyes were smiling up at him. Well, the eyes were smiling, though the rest of her face was tear-stained.

"Thanks, Ed…"

He started to smile back, then remembered that the girl was an idiot who played with forces she just barely understood. His eyebrows snapped together.

"I have a complaint: You know my name, and I've got no idea what yours is!" Ed didn't like that, and let it show.

The smile faded. "My name…?"

Ed nodded.

The silvery green eyes were wide. Ed twitched as he noticed the alchemic runes painted onto her irises in a bronze color. Ed also noticed that those eyes were looking anywhere but towards her missing limbs.

There was that annoying pang of pity again! Ed shoved it to the side. "What, don't you have one?"

She nearly broke down again, but kept the tears under control. "Yes, I've got a name! It's one of the few things I still have!"

"So, you're not gonna tell me, is that it?"

"I never said I wouldn't tell you!" Her newly restored eyes were snapping at him, alchemy flashing in the light. "You're such a jerk sometimes, Edward Elric! I was going to tell you my name, you know!"

"Oh." Ed didn't know what to say. Which was very nearly the first time that had ever happened. When he finally found his voice, he couldn't think of a good comeback.

"So, what is it…?"

"Korin." A slightly twisted smile appeared on her face. "It means 'Unicorn,' but I doubt any unicorn would want to come near me. I feel kinda repellent at the moment…"

Well, Ed disagreed, but he also knew what she was going through. "They're fitting you with auto mail though, so it won't be so bad," he started. He stopped talking though as a dry sob tore free of Korin's throat.

"Yeah, I'm getting auto mail, but I want my arm back, and my legs back!"

Oh, God, he really wasn't good at being comforting…he didn't even know where to start! As a poor attempt at humor, Edward said, "Well, I just hope you're not right-handed."

"I am." Her eye twitched in annoyance. "Or, I was…"

Korin wasn't crying, though she wanted desperately to. But even stronger than her desire to cry, was her want to be strong.

A smile lit her face.

"I half expected these results, you know. At least I can still do alchemy."

"How? If you were right-handed you won't be able to draw alchemic circles anymore, and auto mail takes getting used to."

"Yes, well, with that in mind I learned to write nearly as well with my left hand. Personally, I think you State Alchemists should consider learning to do the same."

Ed started to say something, but was cut off by the arrival of Winry and Pinako.

"Edward, out," said the old woman.

"What? Why?"

"We're going to get the measurements for her auto mail."

"Oh, right…" Ed turned to go, but turned around again and looked directly at Pinako. "I'm going to be gone for a few days. I'm going to want to talk with Korin when I get back." He turned on his heel and stalked out of the hospital wing.

"Why's he so angry with you?"

Korin had come to like the old lady since waking up earlier that day. "Pinako, did he by any change go to the scene of…my accident?"

"Yes, I think he did. Why do you ask?"

"I think he found something there…" A closed expression appeared on her face. "Something's different about you, Korin. What is it?"

Korin just winked, the alchemic rune flashing in the light. Pinako's own eyes opened wide. "--Edward?"

"I asked. He just preformed the alchemy."

Winry crowded closer to see too. "Is it permanent?" she wanted to know.

"Well, I sure hope it is! I don't wanna suddenly go blind again!" Korin said honestly.

Pinako got suddenly business-like. "Right. Measurements!" She pulled out a measuring tape and went to the bedside. "Now, I'll need to know how tall you were so I can get the proportions right. What was your height?"

Korin muttered something.

"Sorry?"

Korin repeated the height, louder this time.

Winry's mouth fell open. "Whoa…you're even shorter than Ed!"

Korin glared at her. "Don't remind me!" Winry just snickered.

After all the measurements were taken, Pinako and Winry left to start work on the construction of Korin's artificial limbs.

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Okay, and now for the Reviewers...

First off, to all of you: Thank you! In just 24 hours I already had five reviews! (This made me very happy. I got less than that together for my two oneshots.) Now, individually...

dark-angel-rising: Yeah, it's definately not a Mary Sue. I can't stand those! Korin is a character I created at the age of eleven, actually. Back then her name was K.C., and multiple versions of her have been seen in my numerous different fics -- not all of them for FMA. She's also in an original story I'm currently writing, though obviously with some differences. Such as the lack of alchemy, or anything else fic-related.

Ellia-FMA-Addict: Cheez penguins? That sounds painful... :sparkles: It reminds me of this book my friend "Heruseki" is writing! It's full of wonderful randomness. (I've got one too, for that matter... My book has purple monkeys mentioned in it somewhere...)

QueenRini: Is this updating soon enough?

skabs: I can't tell you what she did! That's spoilers! And spoilers are not okay. :twitches: Pay no attention to those countless spoilers I went digging for to find out about the Hagaren movie...

Delightfully Wicked: Hah! Now you have to give me a "real review"! I have thwarted your plan! (I love thwarting plans...)