I've started up again on studying Ed's character, along with the other stuff I researched a while back for fanfics. Stuff like witchcraft and psychic abilities. Those type of things highly interest me...I might be studying alchemy soon...let's see if a 14 year old can understand anything, lol.

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"Simple and clean is the way that you're making me feel tonight! It's hard to let it go," I sang slightly off key as I slipped into today's outfit and posed (again) in the mirror, glad that I could see my reflection again. This summer, I started getting obsessed with wearing flimsy outfits. Today I was wearing a long sleeved punk magenta shirt (that was a but small for me, hehehe) and a short purple skort. I pushed my right sleeve up, then pulled the hem of my skort up to see how high I could pull it.

"Damn, it's a wonder you haven't frozen your ass off already."

I blinked, staring at my reflection in the mirror, seeing nothing but myself. "Ed?"

"What?"

"Ah! You're talking in my brain!" I cried excitedly, jumping onto the bed and bouncing around.

"It's called telepathy." He responded calmly. I sensed him sweatdropping and laughed. "So, what did you mean?"

"I meant you wearing such skimpy outfits. It feels kinda...odd."

"Haha, too bad. I happen to look fabulous in tight clothing." I replied in a boasting pose, my hands on my hips and my chest puffed out in mock pride. That's the advantage of looking anorexic. I thought a little too bitterly. Even though I hate when I say that, I kinda think it's true. I'm too scrawny for my good, and I only weight about ninety pounds. And it's annoying when we were learning about eating disorders and people keep staring at me as if I had one...it really bugged me.

"You don't look anorexic." Ed told me reassuringly. I blinked. "You're reading my mind now? That's...kinda creepy..."

"I can't help it if we're in the same body." Ed said sheepishly. "So, it would help if you stopped talking out loud so you won't get caught."

"Aw, but I like making people think I'm insane." I whined playfully. "Like this?"

"That's good." He replied. I smiled. "Great! This is so cool."

"You seem to be adjusting to this well." Ed added thoughtfully. I shrugged my shoulders a bit, jumping off the bed and heading out of the door. "Not really, I'm just not freaking out anymore. I still feel weird 'bout the whole thing." I paused, leaning on the hallway wall. "Hey Ed...since your spirit's in my body...that means your dead, right?"

I waited for an answer, but he only remained silent. "Ed?" I thought anxiously. "I'm not sure." He finally sighed. "It seems I've lost my short term memory up to the point when I found myself inside you."

"Oh...that sucks." I breathed out a sigh. I felt this familiar fluttering feeling in my chest near my heart, caused by the slight escape of blood when pumping into my heart. I involuntarily gasped for breath as I always did when this happened. There was this quick jab of pain when I did though, that vanished quickly. "Ow!" I clutched at my heart and slid to my knees, my hand still on the wall for support.

"Ow...Ayumi, you okay?" Ed asked in a concerned tone. I stood up, breathing hard. I never felt anything like that before. "That...was weird. Ed, you felt it too?"

"Of course I did. We have the same body." He answered impatiently. "What was that, anyway?"

"Oh, it's nothing to worry about. It was only a heart murmur; I've had it since birth." I thought quickly. "It just never hurt before..."

"You sure?"

"Positive. Heart murmurs aren't fatal." I told him and paused. "I think." He was silent after that. I could tell that I had started to worry him and groaned inwardly. "Ya know...this would be the perfect time that while you're feeling sorry about me, you realize just how special I am to you and start falling deeply in love with me." I joked quickly, thinking back to fanfiction. I smiled when I got him to laugh. "You're so weird." He commented.

"Anyway, I think its more important to find out how your soul got into my body and why." I thought hastily to change the subject off me. I heard Ed sigh. "Fine."

"You got a plan?" I asked, continuing to walk down the narrow, beige painted hallway. "Of course I do." Ed hesitated a bit, searching for words. "See...we...um..." I giggled immaturely. "Stop pretending, I know you don't have one. I read your mind," I thought, singing the last part. "Luckily for us, I have one!"

"You do? What is it?" Ed asked in an unbelieving tone of voice. I paused for dramatic affect as I walked to where the computer sat near the stairs, sitting on my usual seat and turning the screen on. I started signing myself into America Online when I heard him say my name impatiently. "Okay, well, it starts by going back to that weird website that I saw before...and we'll see where that takes us."

Ed groaned in frustration. "That's not much of a plan."

"You got a better one?" He shot back. Ed got quiet again, probably deciding what to say. While I waited for him to talk again, I started checking through my emails, delighted at the amount I had. "...what are you doing?" Ed asked slowly. "Checking my emails. I updated some fanfictions yesterday." I said proudly. "...email? Fanfiction? What's that?"

I laughed out loud. "Wow, I totally forgot that you're from a completely different era!" I said out loud. "Um...yes...care to explain?" Ed asked a bit nervously. I nodded, using telepathy to explain him about all the wonders of the internet, email and the world of fanfiction. It took me a while, since I was being distracted by my emails, Instant Messages and fanfiction updates that made me have to explain even more. It probably took a full hour to explain, because he was so confused. Some prodigy! I was showing him around fanfiction when he suddenly groaned. "Ayumi, we forgot about the website!"

"Oh, we did, didn't we?" I replied cheerfully. "Not a problem, I'll get there now." I zoomed the cursor over to my favorites list, opening up the small folder and searching down until I found 'The Secret to Full Metal Alchemist'. I clicked on it, watching the screen fill with sparkling blue stars. The transmutation circle picture and paragraph of weird letters came up afterwards. "It's weird, right?"

"Hmm." Ed hummed to himself. "I think I've seen that circle before."

"Really, where?" I asked excitedly. "Not sure, I can't remember that. I just know I've seen it." Ed replied with a sigh.

"Alright...well, what about the letters?" I asked, pointing to the screen.

"They're definitely strange..." Ed trailed off. "Wait! I think those letters might be in Amestrian."

"In what?" I asked, before realizing it myself. "Oh. Really? Why do they look so weird though?"

"Amestrian is a mix of German and English...they might seem strange when written in a font like this. Besides, how letters are made out might vary from our worlds." Ed explained hastily. I pretended to follow, vaguely remembering that I had to update something, and started thinking of what it is and what I had to do. "Ayumi. I think you'll have to let me get control of your body."

"What?!" I practically shrieked inside my head, snapping out of my thoughts. "Hell no! Absolutely not! It's creepy enough that I have two souls inside me right now, I'm not gonna be possessed!"

"Look Ayumi. Your eyes might not be used to reading Amestrian. It's the only way we can translate what this passage says. You don't have to be scared..."

I felt a small jab when he said that. I hated feeling fear, and I don't like it being pointed out. It's not my fault, this whole thing is really freaking me out on the inside. "You sure this ain't gonna hurt me or anything?'Cause if it does, I swear-"

"It won't hurt at all, I promise. Just let me do it, I really don't want to resort to forcing you to give me control." Ed said calmly. Shivers swept down my spine when he did. "...just tell me what to do."

"It's simple. Just close your eyes and relax as best as you can. I'll take it over from there." He instructed. I sighed, following his orders and closing my eyes, trying to relax. I didn't think it was going to work, before I felt this creepy wave of warmth sweep my body, followed by the same tingling feeling you get when you have pins and needles. I was about to scream and freak out, but I couldn't move. "Ed! Stop it!" I yelled telepathically.

"It'll be fine." He replied. The feeling faded away. I still couldn't move; I was just a small person inside my own mind. It felt so strange. Ed opened my eyes for me and stared at the screen. "You okay?"

"If you weren't in my body, I'd so get you." I muttered weakly. Ed used my mouth to smile slightly before looking at the passage again. The words looked blurred for a second as he scanned them, but they started getting clearer and almost looked like they were English. "The worlds are in danger. To save their own world, certain people gave up their lives for the survival of their people and became lost in the spirit realm, floating aimlessly without a body. Until a body with the closest matching soul energy is found, these important historical figures cannot be freed to live again and save a world renewed." Ed read to me, furrowing my eyebrows. "What? ...it makes no sense."

"No. Just read it differently. It's just like a summary of what happened...like in a fanfic. We just have to decipher it. ...Amestres was probably in trouble, and you sacrificed your life to save it. But you also sacrificed passing onto heaven...and...something about a new world being in danger, and you needed a new body to save it." I stopped as he went over what I said. "Damn, that sounds like a good story to me." I added.

"Heh. Does your mind ever come off fanfics?" Ed teased slightly, smiling slightly again. He then stopped and frowned. "Hey, did you notice these links?"

"Hey look, links." I said in an obvious tone, only making him blink. "What about them?"

Ed clicked on one, and a new page with the same background popped up. This one only had a list of words. "What's that mean?" I asked.

"..." Ed went back and clicked another of the links, but we only got the same results. "Dammit, what the hell's with this?" He growled angrily.

"Relax Ed, we can figure that out later. But, I'd like to have my body back, so..." I trailed off, waiting to see if he got the hint. He did, nodding slightly. He closed my eyes, letting go and the tingling feeling came back, making me feel cold this time. "Alright, open your eyes." Ed told me, and I did, blinking several times. "Let's not do this again, shall we?" I suggested as I closed the window and shut off the internet. "In the meantime...Full Metal Alchemist started!" I shouted excitedly, jumping to my feet and staggering slightly, unused to switching control of my body. I relaxed, running down the stairs while Ed complained more about the website.

I met my sisters waiting for me as the theme song played, congratulating me for getting in on time. I chuckled nervously, jumping onto my couch. "Ed, should we tell them?"

"Um...I don't think so...it'll just get too weird." Ed replied unsurely. I shrugged and nodded slightly, watching the episode in silence along with Ed, who didn't talk either. It made me feel slightly anxious, and tired at the same time. Before the episode ended, I yawned. "What's wrong?" Ed asked.

"I'm tired? Ya know...need to sleep? Ringing any bells?"

"Oh...right...sorry...it's not like I needed sleep when I was...uh...dead..." Ed muttered, more to himself then to me. I sighed. "Well, you're alive now...more or less...and we need to keep my body healthy for the both of us." I winced at how that sounded, making me feel a bit older then I was. Well, Ed is about two years older then me, plus he's from a world that was probably more...sophisticated.

I rolled over, closing my eyes and intending to sleep on the couch instead of my room. "Night Ed." I muttered sleepily. "Goodnight..."

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Mwahaha, now I'm actually starting to have a plot! -evil laughter-

So, like yeah, if you haven't noticed, Ayumi's based slightly on me (what with being too skinny always having her mind on fanfics and all) so...hahaha. I took this test and she's not a Mary Sue...she got a 4 in this fanfic! The Anti-Sue! Mwahaha!

Please review!