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It's My Life
I'm going to be going back and forth between German and Japanese. When I switch languages German will be in bold and Japanese will be in italics, for at least the first line of the change.
"Talking"
Thinking
Chapter 4
After getting all their luggage into their house, the boys left to walk to the Rockbells to visit them and find out where they lived so Ed knew where to go to pick Winry up in the morning. They left the servants and maids to unpack all the boxes.
The Rockbells, it turned out, were actually really nice people. They made sure that the boys were happy and the adults spoke German which was helpful to the kids when a word came up that they couldn't translate. It was especially difficult for Winry since she only spoke Japanese. They tried to speak just Japanese so Ed and Al could get used to always speaking it.
Winry, the boys soon discovered, absolutely loved automail. Some day she wanted to be a famous automail mechanic. Her best friend, Paninya, has two automail legs made by Dominic, the man she lived with since her family was killed in a train accident when she was younger. She and Paninya have been friends for years.
When Winry saw that Ed's automail was sticking and squeaking she threw a fit at him for not taking care of it. After threatening to hit him with a wrench and Ed threatening to not let her ride in his car if she did, Winry polished, oiled, and checked over everything to make sure it was alright and that there was no rust in his automail. Then came a huge lecture about taking care of his arm and leg. Honestly, the girl was completely insane when it came to automail.
"I don't see how you can like her, Al." Ed said.
Al blinked in confusion. "You like Winry to, brother. She is nice."
Ed snickered. "No, I mean your crush on her. I saw you blush when you saw her for the first time. I really don't get how you can have a crush on someone you just met."
"Shut up. I don't like her that way." Al said with a blush.
Grinning, Ed poked his brother's flaming cheek. "The blush says otherwise."
Al knocked his brother's hand away. "You don't know anything."
"Uh-huh."
The conversation ended because Winry came into the living room with a box. "Hey guys, are you ready for school tomorrow?"
Al nodded his head with a nervous smile.
"Don't be nervous, Al. Everyone will like you." Winry reassured. "Don't forget, we have uniforms at my school."
Ed groaned at the reminder. That was what he didn't like about this school. The uniforms. "Where are they?"
Winry laughed. "A problem, Ed. When your dad contacted the school to get everything set up for you two, the secretary at each school was supposed to order your uniforms for you guys. Your dad had them sent here since you haven't arrived in Japan yet." She handed the box in her hands to Al. "Al's is in this box, but yours never arrived. My dad contacted the Senior High School earlier today about it. The secretary there messed up apparently and didn't order your uniform. You have to wear regular clothes until it arrives."
Al laughed. "Everything always happens to brother…wait, you want Ed to wear his normal clothes to school? Are you insane? Have you seen the way he dresses? It's all dark."
"What's wrong with it?" Ed asked offended.
"It's too dark." Winry and Al yelled.
"I have to make up for all the gold." Ed motioned to his gold hair and eyes. "Anyway, it's getting late. So," He grabbed Al's arm and dragged him to the door. "It's time to leave Al."
Winry turned to Al before they left. "This is brother for you." Was all Al said to her look before he was dragged outside.
*It's My Life*
Al looked at his brother's outfit in shock. He knew his brother liked wearing black but this was too much. Black pants, black shirt, black jacket clipped at the top with a silver clipping, and black combat boots? [1] Only his brother. Only his brother could actually go to school like that.
"Can't you wear something besides black?" Al asked pleadingly.
Ed pointed to his waist at his wide brown belt. "Brown belt and white gloves." He pulled his gloves out of his pocket and slipped them on.
"Not really what I meant." Al said blandly.
Ed ignored him as he looked at his silver flip phone for the time. "We have to leave now so I won't be late."
Al quickly cleaned up the table, dropping his dishes in the sink, and then ran upstairs to grab his backpack. Ed didn't understand why he didn't just bring it downstairs when he came for breakfast. He grabbed his black messenger bag by the door and waited for his little brother to return.
Once he was back he immediately ushered the younger boy outside. He really wanted to drive his car. He also had to get to school so he could find the office. But mostly he just wanted to drive his car. He wanted to feel how it ran.
Ed unlocked the car and reached behind the seat, searching for the latch that would bend his seat forward so the younger teenager could get in the back.
"I can't believe Dad actually got you a car. It was just a few months ago that he refused completely to get you one." Al said as he dropped his backpack on his lap.
"But we had a driver in Germany so I didn't really need a car. Our driver isn't here with us so we do need it." Ed said as he threw his messenger bag in the passenger's seat and climbed in. He looked at the back seats. "Seatbelt on?"
"Yes brother." Al said with a roll of his eyes. His brother always asked him that when he was driving.
The sound of the engine was music to Ed's ears. It's been a while since he's driven. He didn't realize how much he missed it. He turned his stereo on before throwing the car into reverse and pulling out of the driveway. The car was quickly thrown into drive and Ed was off speeding down the road.
"Runs like a gem, so smooth." Ed said.
"You're going a little fast, brother." Al said, gripping the edges of the seats.
Ed shrugged, but slowed down some for his brother's benefit.
The drive to Winry's was quick. It was only a five minute drive. She was waiting in the driveway for them since Al texted her to let her know that they were on the way. Winry opened the passenger's door and pushed the seat forward like Ed did to get in the back.
"Seatbelt on, Winry?" Ed asked.
Al rolled his eyes again.
"Just checking. I have a feeling Dr. Rockbell would kill me if his daughter wasn't completely safe with me." Ed said to his brother's eye roll.
Winry leaned over to Al. "Your brother does know how to drive, right?"
"Yeah." Al said as Ed turned the car on again. "He just has a tendency to go faster than he should. He stays slow for me though. And he has been going slower the last few times he's driven. He's becoming more responsible, I think."
When they reached the Junior High School, Ed pulled up to the curve and got out of the car so Al and Winry could get out. "I'll see you guys after school."
"Actually Ed, I have a meeting after school. Al can come with me to it. I'll call you when it is over to come pick us up." Winry explained.
"Okay." Ed said as he climbed back into the car. "See ya, Al, Winry."
Ed looked at his phone to check the time. Class began at eight. It was seven thirty now. The Senior High School was a five minute drive from the Junior High School. This was good because now he could get a tour of the school so he had an idea of where to go.
When he got to the student parking lot at the Senior High School he parked his car as far back as he could. He didn't want it to be out in the open too much because he didn't want the crazy teenagers seeing his car and messing with it.
Ed looked around the school with a lost look. How was he supposed to find the office? Shrugging, he just started up the first staircase he found. He would find the office eventually.
And by eventually, he meant easily. The office was right in front of the stairs at the top of the staircase he got on.
"Excuse me?" Ed asked when he came in.
The secretary looked up when she heard Ed. The young boy felt himself gasp. She looked similar to his mother. "Yes?"
Ed rubbed his throat. "I'm Edward Elric, the new student from Germany."
The woman smiled in amusement. "Lost?"
Ed nodded his head. "Do you know someone by the name of Trisha Elric?"
"Sorry, no, why?" She asked.
"Sorry, it's just that you look just like her." Ed replied.
"Well, I'm not her. My name is Juliet Douglas." Juliet said, pushing herself away from her desk. "Bradley-san is in his office. You may go talk to him." She led him to the door and knocked on it.
"Come in."
Juliet opened the door. She closed it behind Ed. "Sir, Edward Elric is here."
Edward's calculating eyes fell on Bradley. He had black hair and mustache. An eye patch was covering his left eye. His other eye was blue. He wore a white dress shirt with black suit jacket that was resting on the back of his chair. Bradley looked generally pleasant and smiled at Ed when he came in.
"Good morning, Mr. Elric. It is nice to meet you." Bradley said.
Ed looked at the nameplate on Bradley's desk. It read King Bradley. Who names their son King? "Good morning, sir."
"I hope you are ready to start classes."
"I am, sir. I just need a tour of the school and my schedule." Edward replied.
Bradley nodded his head. "Of course." He looked at Ed closely. "But where is your uniform?"
"I'm sorry, Bradley-san. That is my fault. I forgot to order his uniform." Juliet interrupted.
"Oh, then you'll just wear your regular clothes until it arrives." Bradley said cheerfully.
Ed smirked. This guy seemed nice enough. Hopefully he could get away with some things with him as his principal.
"Now, Douglas-san has your schedule at her desk. She'll give you a quick tour of the school." Bradley said.
"Okay, thank you, sir." Edward replied, bowing out of respect to him.
Amestris Senior High School Schedule
Edward Elric
Locker #254, combination: 25-42-07
Homeroom (8:00-8:25)- Izumi Curtis-sensei, Room 302
Period 1 (8:30-9:15)- Trigonometry, Tim Marcoh-sensei, Room 205
Period 2 (9:20-10:05)- Advanced Art, Garfiel-sensei, Room 108
Period 3 (10:10-10:55)- World Studies, Knox-sensei, Room 201
Period 4 (11:00-11:45)- Physical Education, Scar-sensei, Gym
Period 5 (11:50-12:30)- Lunch, Cafeteria
Period 6 (12:35-1:20)- Honors Chemistry, Izumi Curtis-sensei, Room 302
Period 7 (1:25-2:10)- Study Hall, Shou Tucker-sensei, Room 400
Period 8 (2:15-3:00)- Academic English, Sheska-sensei, Room 305
Edward returned to the office with Douglas-san after the tour of the school. She showed him his locket first then showed him the floors. The first floor had the rooms with the one hundreds. The second floor was the two hundreds, third was the three hundreds, and the fourth was the four hundreds. She also showed him where the gym, cafeteria, and library were.
"Thank for the tour, Douglas-san." Edward said as he looked at the clock to see it was eight o'clock. He was late to class.
"It was no problem, Mr. Elric." Juliet said as she pulled out a pass. She quickly wrote down the time, excuse, and her signature, and handed it to Ed. "This will get you into class without getting in trouble. I'm sorry that you are late."
"It's only homeroom." Ed said with a shrug.
*It's My Life*
"Listen." Izumi growled as she slammed her hand on her desk.
The students looked up from their conversations to look at their teacher. She was very scary when she was mad so they made sure to always listen to her.
"A new student from Germany will be joining our class today. I want all of you to be nice and respectful to him as he is younger than you since he skipped a grade and is new here. Help him out if he needs it." Izumi said.
A boy in the back with blond hair and blue eyes rolled his eyes. His shoulders were stocky from working out often. A sucker was in his mouth. "Just what we need. A brainiac in our class." He tugged at his uniform sleeve. His uniform consisted of black dress pants, a white dress shirt, a dark blue suit jacket, a black tie, and polished black dress shoes.
A girl sitting at a desk next to him turned away from her friends and frowned at him. She wore a blue knee length skirt, white dress shirt, dark blue suit jacket, black tie, and white shoes. "You don't have to be rude, Jean."
"Whatever, Riza." Jean replied, stretching his arm behind his head. "Why did they wait a month into the school year to change schools anyway?"
"Who knows? And who cares?" The boy in front of Jean said as he turned around in his seat. He jerked his head to the side so his black bangs would move out of his face. Like Jean, he had a stocky build from training. He shot a charming smile at Riza and her friends. "Hello Riza." He said smoothly.
"Roy." Riza replied unfazed. "I've been friends with you for years. You should know by now that you can't charm me."
"I have to keep trying." Roy replied.
"You might want to snap lover boy there out of it." Riza said, nodding her head at the boy next to Roy. He had spiky black hair with a tint of green in it and hazel eyes with glasses.
Roy looked where his friend was looking. He was looking at one of Riza's friends. She had light brown hair that reached her shoulders and brilliant green eyes. Sighing, he hit his best friend's shoulder. "Stop staring, Maes. You're going to scare Gracia away before you can even get a date with her."
Maes looked at his friend with a sigh. "I can't help it. She's so pretty."
"Then just as…." Roy stopped when he heard the classroom door slammed shut. He looked around to see what was going on. A boy a few inches shorter than someone his age should be with gold hair and eyes walked confidentially into the room and up to Curtis-sensei. He looked at the boy's outfit and frowned. It wasn't the uniform so he couldn't be a student but he did have a school bag. "I wonder who that is."
"The new student." The boy next to Jean said calmly. He had black and white hair. He had a little muscle from training a few times with his friends but he preferred not to work out so he wasn't as strong as his friends.
Roy watched as Curtis-sensei and the possible new student talked quietly at the teacher's desk. "He sure wears a lot of black."
"Must be his favorite color." Maes said. He stretched his tensed muscles. "Is there a martial arts club meeting today? I need a spar." Like his friends he was a fighter. They joined the martial arts club in their third year of Junior High School. It was actually how Roy and him met most of their friends that they have now.
"Yeah." Roy said. He clenched his fist and rolled his wrist. "Are you really ready for another beating from me?"
Maes scoffed. "You wish."
"ATTENTION." Izumi yelled.
The boy next to Izumi jumped a little in surprise and turned wide eyes to Izumi. Roy snickered at his reaction, causing Riza to aim a kick at him.
Izumi paid no attention to Ed jumping. "This is Edward Elric, the new student from Germany. Each of you will stand up and say your name so he knows who you are. Starting with you." She pointed to the boy in the corner of the first row.
He jumped to his feet. "Denny Brosh." He said before sitting down.
"Lyra Crown."
"Martel Cran."
"Roa Leny."
"Harris Mange."
"Charlie Ness."
"Frank Archer."
"Solf Kimberly."
"Envy Ouroboros."
Is that a boy or girl? I'll go with boy for now. He and his friends look like bad kids. Avoid them. Edward thought. He may get in a lot of trouble, but he didn't want to be a really bad kid. He just got in a lot of fights. Edward stared at him. But still, Envy. Envy? Who the hell named their son Envy? It is as bad as naming their son King.
"Harris Lang."
"Heathcliffe Arbor."
"Maes Hughes."
Too overly cheerful.Ed thought as he looked at the grinning boy.
"Roy Mustang."
He looks like a cocky bastard. Ed thought.
"Gracia Nalen."
Sounds nice.
"Maria Ross."
"Rebecca Catalina."
"Riza Hawkeye."
She looks too serious. Ed thought. A complete opposite of that Maes guy.
"Vato Falman."
Monotone, much?
"Jean Havoc."
He doesn't look happy to see me.
"Heymans Breda."
"Kain Fuery."
"Alex Louis Armstrong. It is wonderful to have you attend our school, Edward Elric."
Edward stared at the big man who was Alex. He had never seen any teenager that size. Why the hell is there a giant at this school?
"Curtis-sensei, question, why isn't he wearing the uniform?" Heymans asked curiously.
Izumi looked at Ed, waiting for him to answer. When Ed looked back at her with a raised brow, the two had a staring contest. "Douglas-san messed up and never ordered his uniform for him so he has to wear regular clothes for a few days." Izumi said when she got bored of the staring contest.
Edward pulled his hands out of his pockets so he could readjust his messenger bag strap. He had his bag filled with notebooks, pencils, and papers so it was heavy.
"Mr. Elric, you can't wear gloves in school." Izumi said.
Frowning, Ed turned to his teacher. He pulled the note out from his personal doctor and handed it to her. It was a note saying that he had permission to wear them without saying why.
Frowning, Izumi looked at the students. "Ms. Hawkeye."
Riza stood up. "Yes ma'am?"
"Please help Mr. Elric today whenever he needs it." Izumi said.
"Yes ma'am."
"Can I sit down?" Ed asked.
Izumi nodded her head.
Edward walked past the row of double desks, head held high. He did feel nervous with all their eyes on him. Despite how he acted, he did get nervous sometimes. It was especially bad when he was at a new school and knew absolutely no one. It was the same thing when he skipped a grade a few years ago. But he built a mask and this mask hid the fact that he was nervous. He was still human after all so he did have feelings.
The walk to the last double desk that was empty in the back of the room felt like it took forever to get to. He dropped his messenger bag onto the desk and sat down in the chair closest to the window. He rested his head in his hand as he stared out the window. Cars were zooming passed on the road, heading to work or somewhere else the driver needed to get to.
"What the hell kind of nerd is he?" Jean hissed at his friends. "No nerd dresses like that."
"Stop being mean." Riza growled at him.
Jean shrugged.
"Do you guys want to go get some coffee after martial arts today?" Roy asked.
"Sounds like a plan." Jean replied.
Roy looked at Riza, Maria, Gracia, and Rebecca. "Would you ladies care to join us in our expedition to get coffee later?"
"No thanks. In case you've forgotten, Roy, we have a chemistry test tomorrow. You know how tough Curtis-sensei is. We need all the study time we can get." Maria replied.
"You're going to spend the whole night studying? How boring." Roy scoffed, resting his head in his hand in his normal uncaring look that made him look cool.
Riza rolled her eyes. "You should too, Roy. I know you are having trouble in there to. What was it you got on your last test in there? Yeah, I believe it was an eighty-eight out of one hundred."
"And if Roy is getting grades like that, think about the rest of us. We're never going to pass Chemistry at this rate." Maes whined.
"That new kid has no idea of what he's just gotten himself into." Heymans said with a smirk.
"Isn't that a little mean? He's new here and you guys are relishing in the fact that he's going to have trouble here." Gracia said with a frown.
Fuery looked over at Ed and shrugged. "I think he'll be fine. He did skip a grade after all. He has to be smart. So let's not worry about him."
"Germany and Japan probably have different school standards which is why he was able to skip a grade so he could have trouble here." Falman said. "Coffee after martial arts sounds nice."
"So you're coming to the meeting today? You hardly ever come." Roy replied.
Falman shrugged. "I need some more training."
"I say you need a lot of training. I mean Maes can beat you." Roy said with a smirk, earning a nasty glare from Maes. "If you can't handle the truth…."
Maes pushed Roy out of his chair.
"What are you doing back there?" Izumi snapped.
"Nothing ma'am." Roy and Maes replied.
Izumi narrowed her eyes at them, but didn't reply as she turned to Ed. "Elric!"
Edward slowly turned his head to look at her. "Yes?"
"Come here. I forgot to give you your books." Izumi said.
Edward slowly pushed himself away from his desk and walked down to her desk.
Izumi picked up a stack of eight heavy books off her desk and dropped them in Ed's arms. "There are two math books, two Chemistry books, and two English books. You are to take both of them to your class all the time along with," Izumi picked up a literature book. "Sheska-san is having her English class read this book. It is a literature class as well as an English class." She threw the book on top of the book pile in Ed's arms.
"Thanks." Ed grunted. It was only thanks to his years of training that enabled him to stay standing up with the nine books in his hands. Since he was distracted by all the books in his hands and getting back to his desk, he missed the shocked, but approving look of Izumi.
"He's not a weak nerd. That much is obvious." Jean said.
"Still a nerd though." Heymans added.
Ed dropped his books on his desk and took his schedule out to see what books he would need before lunch. He needed his two math books, his art book, and his World Studies books. He shoved those four books into his bag. After homeroom he would put the rest of his books in his locker. Luckily his locker was right outside this classroom so he didn't have to go all over the place to get to it then get to his class.
As the kids filed out of the class when homeroom ended, Ed headed off to his locker. The students pretty much ignored him as he stuffed his books he didn't need in his locker.
"Elric."
Ed slammed his locker shut, spun the lock, and turned to the voice to see Riza Hawkeye with three of her friends. "Hawkeye?"
"Do you need help to your next class?" Riza asked.
"No." Ed replied. He nodded his head at her and walked away.
"Well, that was rude. You keep telling Jean not to be rude to him and yet he's being rude to you." Rebecca said annoyed.
Riza shrugged. "I have to get to Trigonometry."
"Kay. See ya, Riza." Gracia said as she, Maria, and Rebecca headed to Algebra two.
Ed walked up to the teacher's desk when he got to his next class.
The teacher looked up at him. He had black hair that was turning gray. Wrinkles were appearing on his face showing that he was getting old. "Hello, young man. Who would you be?"
Ed smiled politely. He did learn some manners. He needed them when he had such a rich and influential father. With a father like that there were quite a few fancy dinners he needed to be at. Those were so annoying. "I'm Edward Elric. I'm the new student. You are Marcoh-sensei, right?"
"That would be right." Marcoh said nicely. "I guess you would like a seat, right?"
Ed nodded his head.
Marcoh pulled out a seating chart and looked over it. As he was doing that, Ed looked at the students who were in the class. He recognized a few people from his homeroom like Roy, Riza, Vato, Heymans, Heathcliffe, and Alex. There was a girl in the class with long blonde hair and blue eyes that looked similar to Alex. Did he have a sibling?
"Mr. Elric, you can sit in the seat next to Ms. Armstrong." Marcoh said when Ed looked back at him.
Ed's eyes flashed with confusion. He had a guess of who Ms. Armstrong was, but he couldn't be sure.
Marcoh chuckled when he realized the problem. "Ms. Armstrong, raise your hand please."
The girl who Ed thought was a sibling to Alex raised her hand. As Ed walked towards the desk he saw that she didn't look like a particular pleasing person. Note, avoid her.
"Olivier Mira Armstrong." She greeted when he sat down. "How old are you? You looked too young to be in this class."
"Sixteen." Ed said through gritted teeth.
Olivier raised a brow. "Year two student in this class?"
"Year three." Ed asked.
Olivier noticed Ed look at Alex and back at her with a raised brow. "I'm in Year four. I'm Alex's older sister."
Shrugging, Ed turned to face the front of the class as Marcoh began the lecture. He didn't really ask about her and Alex's relation. The rest of the class was spent taking notes on everything that Marcoh said. Ed could tell that this was going to be a hard class, but was confident that he could handle it.
After math Ed headed to Advanced Art. He soon discovered that Garfiel-sensei was an insane, effeminate teacher. He had to make sure to avoid him at all times. The man was creepy.
Next was World Studies. Knox-sensei seemed cool enough. He was of mix cultures which made him a much better teacher for teaching World Studies. He was completely unbiased. When Ed told him about having to wear gloves for a specific reason that he didn't want to discuss, he was completely understanding and did not pry which made Ed like him so much more.
Nothing interesting really happened until he got to gym. His gym teacher, Scar-sensei, was really religious he soon found out and looked to be trained as a fighter.
"Who are you?" Scar asked when he noticed Ed standing to the side of the track field. The gym class was taking place outside.
"Edward Elric, new student." Ed replied.
"I wish I would be informed of new students coming to my class so I can be prepared and have a uniform for you. I'll get you one as soon as possible." Scar eyed Ed's clothes. "It seems you don't have either uniform. Just wear those clothes for gym for now."
Ed nodded his head and deposited his messenger bag on the bleachers. He looked around the class to see it was gender mixed. He expected this school to divide its students up by gender for gym, but he guessed he was wrong. Both Armstrongs, Roy, Riza, Jean, Maria, and a few others he met earlier were in this class.
"You just in time. We are starting baseball this month." Scar said.
"Great." Ed mumbled.
Scar grabbed the baseball off the ground and threw it hard at Ed, who eyes widened and he caught it in his hand.
"Are you crazy?" Ed yelled.
"You caught it. I don't really care that you are wearing gloves even if it is against the rules. Just get to the pitcher's mound." Scar replied as he turned to the rest of the students. "The rest of you will be divided into two teams. Elric over there will be the pitcher for both teams."
"Fun." Ed mumbled to himself as he tossed the ball into the air and caught it while Scar-sensei divided the teams.
Roy, Riza, Jean, Maria, Rebecca, Maes, Denny, Frank, Lyra, and Roa, were on one team. Olivier, Vato, Gracia, Heymans, Kain, someone named Miles, Envy, Solf, Alex, Martel, and someone named Henschel made up the second team.
"Pick team names." Scar said as he walked towards Ed. "Listen, Elric, I want you to throw as hard as you can at them. Don't go easy on any of them. You do and I will deduct points from your grade. I want them to toughen up."
Ed chuckled nervously and nodded his head. This guy was crazy. Why were there so many crazy teachers in this school?
"Ready when you are, shorty!"
Ed felt his eye twitch and looked at Roy who was holding a bat and waiting for him to pitch. "Shorty?" He growled under his breath. This guy was…he was just lucky that he remembered his dad's threat of taking his phone away.
"What? Are you afraid that you can't pitch high enough?" Roy called to him.
Calm down, calm down. Ed thought. He rolled the ball over in his hand as he took a calming breath. He threw the ball as hard as he could directly at Roy.
Eyes wide, Roy ducked to the ground.
Jean let out a low whistle. "Wow, he has a strong arm. Did you see how fast that ball went?"
"Maybe he is less of a nerd than we thought." Maes said with a grin.
"No, he's still a nerd. He just got lucky is all." Jean replied with crossed arms. He would not take back what he said about him.
A/N: [1] I just really love that outfit.
This is the way Japanese school works. The junior high school level is for twelve to fifteen year olds. The senior high school level is fifteen to eighteen year olds. So each school has four years. Al is in year 2 of the junior high school and Ed is in year 3 of senior high school because he skipped a grade.
The only reason why all the main characters for this story are in the same homeroom is because I couldn't think of enough characters from the show to put in that class who wouldn't be important. I mean there were others that could be in there, but I need to save some of the characters to be Al's friends. This is the basic plan: the military soldiers from FMA are in Ed's year. The characters not in the military are in Al's year. Really in real life I know that not all of the friends would be in the same homeroom. Don't question it.
Knox is of mixed races in this story because I was going to use a different person for the World Studies part but I wanted that person to be a student and Knox was the only person I could think of to replace him. I still want the World Studies teacher to be different races so I just kept it that way.
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