Hi. Its me Miss. Mer.
so the first part of this was a little intro
its kind of confusing at first i know because its just sort of thrown at you.
but that was the OC's present time view.
and now we are gonna go back in the past to pick up the story line.
now i know a lot of you just skip this over head part, so ill make it clear in the story that we go back in time from the intro.
Disclaimer: I do nooooooooooot own FMA or any of the characters in it, although i wish i did, but i do own the OC! 3
envy:.....shes weird
me: SHUT UP!!.....oh by the way, to clear things up, you find out later in the story but the Characters name Is Catherine. Or Cat for short. =]
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It was the brightest of morning's
I couldn't believe how hot it was outside
But I couldn't believe a lot of things lately.
I walked down the steps from the military building. Trying to run over in my head all of the crazy non-sense things that just happened in my Fathers office.
I saw him.
The golden haired boy, the one that i had convinced myself was only a dream, and i would never truely see him again.
I had tried pushing all the memories of him and his younger brother out of my mind about three years after i came to live here in central with my Father. Since my mother died....
I entered a small park and sat down under a big tree for the shade.
Six years.....Six long years and I finally saw him again....
it wasn't the most pleasant way to reunite, I'll give you that. Finding each other after so long...
Me yelling at him for not having the nerve to call, write, visit over the past eight years of my life.
Even though he promised me he would.
I closed my eyes and tried to relax.
I had bolted out of my fathers office so fast I didn't even give him another chance to yell at me
that's what we did the whole time of coarse.
for the whole 2 minutes we saw each other, we were yelling down each others throats.
But i know what i was really feeling inside
So much joy it overwhelmed me.
I wiped my forehead feeling the sweat drop off of it
...it was this hot back then In Ressembool
it was hot that day just like it was today...
I can still faintly remember back then, when we were younger.....
Hot. Extremely hot I thought walking down the long road.
My long black hair flapping behind me
"I wonder if momma made her special strawberry pie. we're supposed to have our big church dinner tonight, shes supposed to bring da pie, oh i hope she remembered" I spoke aloud to no one in particular.
I made it down the long dirt road in one piece amazingly and ran up to my house opening the door. "momma I'm home~!" I shouted running into the kitchen smelling the baking strawberries
"welcome home honey" my mother chirped taking me into her arms kissing my cheek. I smiled.
"what time should i be ready momma?" I asked.
"in about and hour we'll head out, so go on and change." she said placing me back on the ground.
And with that i skipped through my cool hallways into my room. I walked over to the closet and picked out a pretty dress with shoes and lay them on the bed. I turned to the mirror in the corner and walked over.
My black hair pulled into pig tails i tugged at them. I looked over my small 6 year old body and frowned. "I wonder if ill ever have the curves momma has" I wondered turning.
"Uncle Rockbell always said men like curvy women" I giggled. I heard the doorbell ring and my mother call.
"honey, Ed and Al are here". ugh, i didn't wanna see ed, just earlier in school he had been shooting spit balls at me. I frowned and finally brang myself to come to the door anyway.
There stood Ed and Al just down the steps. "hey" Al smiled, I had always adored his smile so of coarse i could help but smile back.
"Hi" I replied smiling till i gazed at ed who was looking away mumbling. Al elbowed his brother " Ed has some thing he'd like to say, dontcha' brother?"
Ed scowled the way 8 year old's do and looked to me biting his lip. Al pushed him up the steps till he was right in front of me.
I looked ed in the eyes and placed my hands on my hips "Well?" I protested. Ed looked at the floor glumly and mumbled " I'm sorry i shot spit balls at you today..."
"whats that?" i asked grinning.
"I'm sorry okay!?" ed shouted blushing.
that was enough for me and i giggled in sweet pleasure.
"Its alright, ill forgive you, eventually". Ed smiled and scratched the back of his head. "so wanna go play?" he asked as mum came over. "boys, i think you should head back home, your mom will wanna get you ready for church tonight" mother smiled.
"awwwwwwwwww" they whined in unison. "bye boys" she grinned retreating back to the kitchen.
"bye Cat~!" Al shouted to me running down the road"race yah Ed!" "HEY!!!" Ed yelled and started but stopped and smiled at me "Bye kitty-chan" and with that he ran after his brother.
I smiled watching them leave and I walked back inside closing the door.
I felt the same smile as back then play upon my lips.
we were so care free back then.......all of us
Ed....Al.....me.....
those times meant more than anything to me.
How could I ever have tried to repress them.
........oh.....that's why....
Even though they were the best times....it happened during the worst time of my life.....six years ago....when I....When I Lost her.....
I stare down at my feet getting soaked in the overflowing rain water in the grass underneath the great willow tree.
"What do you mean your leaving!?" ed questions with a saddened expression on his face."..well...now that mums......gone.....The state is taking me to the city...to live with my father...." I keep my eyes to the ground too afraid to face him, for fear of bursting into tears.
"no! this guy! your so called father hasn't even given a Dime to take care of you and they're just shipping you off to him!? you can stay here with mom and Al and me! we'll take care of you, you don't have to go!" He shouts fighting the pain hes feeling from overwhelming him.
"I have to go...i-i don't want to leave...but....I-I" and with that i burst into tears.
Everything was going wrong every since mom died.
Everything.
and now i was leaving behind everything and everyone i ever knew.
I felt eds strong 12 year old arms wrap around me and i let myself fall into his chest sobbing like a 3 year old.
I stayed like that for a long time, crying through the rain pouring down. The level growing higher to our ankles.
I quieted after a while, and stood there in his arms, listening to his heart beat. After a while we both knew someone had to break the soft silence. In the end it was Ed.
"so...when are you leaving?" Ed asked softly, a sorrowful tone in his sweet voice. "..Tonight" I answered regretfully. I felt his grip on my body grow tighter
I blushed
enjoying every moment of it.
And there we stayed for a long time, just like that. I love the smell of him....I was going to miss it...so much.
We promised to write, to call, to do whatever it took to stay in touch, we pinky swear it. making each the other know, we meant it.
Ed walked me to the train station where a man named Hughes was to pick me up and bored me on a train to central city. To meet the man who was my father. apparently too busy to come himself.
sounds great already.
we sat on the bench waiting for the train to arrive, his hand closed around mine reassuring me everything would be okay. It felt like goodbye for good. so i sat there wishing it wasn't. that i could stay...come back, something, so i wouldn't have to leave Ressembool or any of it.
Trisha told Ed to take me with out Al. Al was too upset when ed and I had returned home earlier to report the bad news.
The train came and the man came to get me. I stood and he took my bags loading them.
I hugged Ed,
holding him for dear life.
We stayed like that until the train messenger called that all passengers where to board the train now.
I looked up into eds soft golden eyes, my own wet with salty tears.
He brushed the bangs out of my face and smiled weakly re-assuring id be okay.
I pressed from my tip toes
and kissed his cheek
entwining my fingers in his.
Ed turned about 5 shades of red then
I smiled back "Goodbye Edward Elric" I whispered in his ear and turned following the man onto the train.
I took my seat and peered out the window at ed. he was looking at me with an unreadable expression.
I placed my hand to the glass as the train started. Ed raised his hand waving as the train pulled away.
Once the train was out of sight he let his arm down and stared at the ground sadly and walked home
in the happy rain.
I opened my eyes to see the sun down just a bit lower
because now instead of feeling it through the trees
I saw it peeking right at me below the lowest branch
I stood up and wiped the dirt from my skirt
well, better go face facts
Ed was here in Central
and I couldn't be happier
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YAY!
first technical chapter done
pretty much half of it flash backs
pretty much the other half explaining that ed was in central.
the next chapter we'll actually get some dialogue between Cat and the elrics and well between other people than herself. ha ha.
well, please review! 3 thanks!
-MER