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"There was once a hero who tried to fly too close to the sun. His wings of wax melted and he plummeted back down to earth..."
Human transmutation. Out of all the secrets this red cloak could hold, it had to be something like this.
From what I remember, human transmutation was one of the three things that you should never, and I mean never, do in alchemy. Teacher pounded that into me quite well.
I didn't think to much about it. Surely I didn't need to create false gold, or bring back a human. But to see the effect on someone. To see something so real. It was suddenly a lot more intimidating.
I have to admit, I was curious about the details on what happened. But at the look in Ed's eyes, and Al's slumped posture, I decided against it. Instead, I focused my attention on the fat guy who's power crazy.
"While brother was suffering from the loss of his leg, he still had the power to give up his arm and return my soul by bonding it to this suite of armor." I swiveled my head back to Edward.
That's insane! "Seriously?" I mutter more to myself then anyone.
And by Lei's glance in their direction, I could tell it was true.
"This is what happens when humans try to reconstruct other humans. This is what reconstructing lives mean Rose. SO DO YOU HAVE THE GUTS TO DO IT?!" he demanded.
"Hahaha! Edward Elric, you then became national alchemist! Don't make me laugh!" Uh, he just did laugh.
"Shaddup! With out that stone, you can't do anything, third rate." Ooohhh! Burn!
"I see, I see. And you think with the stone, this time the transmutation will be successful?"
"Don't get me wrong baldy. We just want to restore our bodies to their original form. What I want most it to be like I was before." Ed finally finished.
"So hand over the stone while you're still uninjured." Al added in.
"Hehe, stupid fools... This time I'll have to... SEND YOU TO GOD MYSELF!"
In a swirl of inspiration, I snatch the chalk out of my brother's hands and drop onto the floor. In one swift movement I sketch a transmutation circle, slapping my hand onto it once finished.
A small and narrow wall rose from the ground to protect the four of us. I turn up to Ed and smirk, and he returns it.
"Nope." He then replied to founder dude. "God hates us. Even if we go, He'll send us right back to earth."
Then as the founder was being dramatically shocked, Al used his ninja, armor, whatever the heck he did skills and grabbed rose, taking her up in his metal arms.
"Al! You two!" Edward called out, jerking his thumb at the door "This is our way out!"
"Fools! That door doesn't open from the inside!" He then laughed evilly. But Ed, being the crazy alchemy dude he is slammed his arms onto one of the bare walls and created our own way out.
We dashed away.
"Ahhhhhh! Why are we running?!" I yell as we burst out of ed's huge ass doors.
"Well!" The fullmetal yelled back "Do you have any better ideas?!"
I put on a thoughtful face as I ran, my foot colliding with a bodyguards face. "Well, not really! But if I did, it would be a fantastical idea, much better then this."
"Don't brag about something impossible." Lei cut in, running up next to me.
I glared at him. "Stop being so mean, Lei!"
"Hey, are you guys really siblings? You don't get along that well." Ask Al, also running up next to us, a really scared looking Rose tucked under his arm.
"Uh... now's not the time for that!" I yell quickly. 'Man, this guy's sharp!'
"So what are we going to do? We can't run forever ya know!" I once again yell at Ed, returning my attention to him.
He looked back at me, irritated. "Well, I'll tell you again! Do you have any better ideas?!"
"NO!" I yell back at him. Then all these guys came at us.
"Don't worry!" They yelled to one another. "These guys are weaklings!"
I was quite pissed off at these comments, but just smiled 'innocently' and showed my fancy spike boots to their faces. At the same time Blondie flashed his epic hand turned scythe thing (I'd be lying if I said I wasn't a bit jealous)
As the men that were currently in our way, screamed in pain a their very demise, the next group came along, and also screamed in horror.
"Out of the way!" Lei and Al called together, kicking down the guy leading the next group. Ah Lei... that's my boy.
As we continued to run (Even though I'm pretty sure we've already beat up all the guys trying to brutally murder us.) we came across this conveniently very spacious room with a single desk, equip with a microphone, in the center of it.
Ed was the first to break. He turned to Rose, who was still in the arms of his larger brother. "What's this room?" He asked her.
She looked inside and a look of recognition crossed her face. "This room is the broadcasting room. The high priest uses this room for putting his sermons on the radio."
And just like that, Ed his hand on the chin, chuckling devilishly. "Hohoho~"
The rest of us just looked at him. 'He's totally planning something evil! Before I came up with an evil plan! Dang it!'
"The bell is gone!"
"Huh?"
Lei often asked himself why he got caught up in such ridiculous plans such as this, he really did. Glancing at the strange armored boy besides him, who was lifting the missing bell as if it was nothing, he sighed.
"Are you ok with holding that heavy thing?" He asked Al.
The younger boy shook his head. "It's alright, I got it."
As the two once again fell into silence, Lei sighed. He glanced at Al's strength once more before looking at his own scrawny and bandaged arms.
...Maybe he should start working out or something.
Nah.
"So why do I have to be here with you again, mister 'I have a super fantastic evil plan'?" She looked at the blond expectantly.
In return he snorted. "From what I've seen, you cause too much trouble to be left on your own."
"What's that supposed to mean?" I hiss. "I saved you with my epic alchemy wall. You should be praising me right now. I think."
He shrugged in response. "Well, I saved your butt a lot more. Anyways..." I perked up "If worst comes to worst, I'm sure you'd make a great human shield."
'Why that little-' before I could openly get to the death threats on this jerk, fatso burst through the door, breathing hard.
"You punks! You can't get away anymore!" He called to us.
I sighed.
Ed sighed.
somewhere a bunch of miles away, Roy Mustang sighed.
Sigh.
"So you've given up? The fact that you've lied is going to spread to the people soon enough." Ed commented, breaking the sighing pattern thingy.
"Silence!" The founder yelled back. "My underlings are still in church! There's no way my believers are going to listen to you!"
"I- "I feel sorry for your believers then." I cut off Ed, smirking at him and then glancing at our device. I took the meanie's lines! That'll show him.'
With luck, the old guy went along with it too. "Those believers are just my pawns for war! They don't need pity!"
And here he goes with another long speech... wait- is that national alchemist over there chuckling. Well, that would make scene. He sorta seems like a sadist to me. Oh oops, looks like I zoned out on his rant. But I know who was totally paying attention... Muhahaha!
The blond seemed to think it was funny too (As mentioned earlier) "Buwahahahahaha!"
"What's so funny?"
Ed and I looked at each other and then him. "Because you're a third rate baldy." Then Ed held up his handy dandy on and off switch.
"What's this~?"
Nothing was more satisfying then seeing the look of confusion turn warp into one of fear and rage as he examined his surroundings.
"You di-! You Didn't! YYYOOOOOUUUUU!"
Lei chuckled from his spot next to Al as he heard the voices coming from the giant bell (turned megaphone) echo through the town's streets. You could easily tell who's voice belonged to who.
"When?! When did you push that switch!"
"From the beginning! All uncut!"
"Wait, Ed you bastard! They heard the human barrier thing too! Think about my image now! I look like a total weakling!"
"Of course you'd look something if you are it."
"Why you little jerk!"
"How could this... ?! You brats... I'll kill you!"
Well. Lei decided that didn't sound good at all. ...Nah. Anna would be ok.
Probably.
I strategically observed (hid) the fight from behind the desk as Ed ran towards the man, still acting all cool with his dagger arm. (Edward scissor hands much?) "Too late!"
With a slash, the guy's weapon was cut in two. He scowled. "Told you didn't I? We're different"
"I... I won't give up! As long as I have the stone I can always make more weapons!" He thrust his hand towards the broken gun but instead of the fixing effect I'm sure we all expected, he screamed and fell to the ground.
His arm and the machine in it warped together, and Ed quickly rushed up to him, gripping him at the collar with a look of slight desperateness in his eyes.
"That's only a rebound right? Don't scream 'Gyah' about the loss of an arm or two! The philosopher's stone! Let me see the stone!" Just as the alchemist reached for the shiny red stone on the other man's ring, the red jewel fell from it's confinement and onto the ground.
"It... broke?" Ed questioned, as if he was just in a bad dream or something. He ignored the fatty's begging as he took an expression of disbelief. "a fake? After all this... a fake?"
I watched as the old man approached the fallen boy with malice, just to be stopped by the voice of the boy himself.
"Hey pops..."
"Y-yes?!"
"You've tricked the people in this town." true "You've tried to kill us." also very true. "But you wasted all my time by after all this saying crap like 'Oh sorry about that. This stone was really a fake'?"
Then, the room began to shake, I quickly jumped out of the way as this super huge statue burst through the wall. Hey! That thing coulda killed me!
I tried to voice my anger but the small boy didn't hear me, to busy being pissed off to notice. "Stop screwing around!" He yelled out. "Eat GOD HAMMER!"
"It was a fake?" Al's voice shone with disappointment, I noted. I looked around me at the ruins of the 'battle grounds'
"And I finally thought I could restore you."
"I'm ore worried about you. You're auto-mail has been causing a lot of problems lately." The two brothers sat side by side, discussing their most recent failure to acquire the stone they're after.
As they talked, I sent an accusing look at Lei. "Your my brother, right? How come you don't give me that sort of love?" I ask hum irritably.
He just smiled and patted my head. "You're too restless for me to baby you like that." He replied. "You'd probably be really freaked out if I did that."
I nodded. "How very true."
"Well," Ed sighed, standing up "Can't help it. I guess we'll look somewhere else."
"No!" We all looked over to a fallen rose, who was trembling on the ground. "I was relying on him being brought back to life. He said he could bring him back..."
"Give it up Rose." Edward replied harshly.
'Oh, he made her cry!'
"What should I do now?!" She demanded of him. "How am I supposed to live? Tell me... please!"
He just looked at her, being all cool and stuff. "Think about that on your own. After all, you have two perfectly good legs to stand on." He then walked away into the sunset, his brother trailing behind him.
As I stuck my tongue out as the jerk's back, I turned towards the pink haired female. "He's right you know." I add in. "Only you can really decide what's gonna happen next." And just as he did, I walked past her, off into the never ending desert.
As soon as we were hearing distance away, Lei turned to face me. "You should really follow your own advice you know."
I look down at the ground and nod. "Yeah. That I really should, huh."
Helen gazed down at the two pairs of travelers headed their respectful directions. The plot was finally going down.
About time.
She turned her gaze to the riot left in the Reole and frowned slightly as the homunculus Lust and Gluttony caused their own sort of havoc.
'Let's just hope that Anna and Lei really don't die out their...'
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