Yeah...getting near the end of my patience with this fic . Just the way it goes, I guess.
Disclaimer: Don't own, you know the drill.
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Kaieri awoke from the dream with a start as the train lurched to a stop, sending her flying into Ed's lap.
Ed's eyes grew wide just as his cheeks turned red.
Kaieri scrambled back to her own seat, then groaned, rubbing her forehead.
"I think I hit Al…" She grumbled.
Having overcome the initial shock and embarrassment, Ed chuckled, giving Kaieri a good natured grin.
"Are you alright, Kaieri?" Asked Al worriedly.
"I'll be fine," Kaieri mumbled, feeling for the knot she knew would eventually be on her forehead.
"Well…we're here!" Ed interjected.
As the three looked out the window of the train, the town of Riehl lay before them.
Kaieri looked at the town, her eyes wide with surprise.
The small town she had grown up above had transformed into a bustling trade post in the short span of the three years that she had been gone.
Ed and Al got off the train, Kaieri scrambling after them once she had realized they had left her.
Ed and Al looked upon the town, acting as if they knew where they were going.
Which they did not.
Kaieri raised an eyebrow, deciding that Ed's giant ego needed deflating.
The two brothers began walking off to the right, but stopped and turned when they heard Kaieri give a slight cough.
"You alright, Kaieri?" Asked Ed.
Kaieri grinned. "Yeah. I'm just fine….But Eli's house is that way," she said as she pointed in the opposite direction.
Ed shot her a menacing and humiliated glare as he turned on his heel and walked off.
Kaieri and Al looked at each other for a moment before following Ed, chuckling as they went.
As Kaieri walked by Al's side, the realization hit her that the time to confront her father was near…very , very near.