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Okay, this is all I can do for now, guys. I have a lot of homework calling my name, and I have to put my studies before all of this. The rest of the chapters should be reformatted in a couple days or so.

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We finally arrived to the Rockbell's home, where I had to knock on the door because Ed was too scared to face Winry. Who answered the door was a very short woman with a pipe in her mouth. She looked up at me and raised an eyebrow, I stood there in silence and said "Uh, hi! Are you Pinako Rockbell?" Pinako smiled then pulled her pipe out of her mouth and said "Why yes I am, what brings a young lady like you here so late?" I glanced to the left side of me but quickly looked back to Pinako, "Er, well I'm here with Ed-" I looked over to where Ed was but he wasn't there, I looked back at Pinako blushing then I got a glimpse of red and gold. I grinned and stepped to reveal the boy who was sort of crouched down. Ed jumped and then said "AH! Uh, h-hi Auntie Pinako..." Pinako laughed, "Don't worry Ed you guys haven't woke Winry up." Ed slouched and said "Fwew that's a relief" Pinko grinned "Mainly because she's already awake" Ed freaked out again "Ack! Hide me!" This time he jumped behind Al who just took one big step to his right revealing the nervous looking Ed. Ed looked at Roy "Don't even think about it, Fullmetal.." Roy said glaring down at Edward. "Dammit, you all are cheep" he said.

Suddenly a wrench flew a foot past my head and hit Ed square in the forehead "WAHHH!" Her fell over and then a girl with bright blonde hair came outside "So that's how you say hello to me any more?! I don't believe you! You're lucky I have to pull an all nighter tonight" She looked to me with a bit of anger still left over from Ed then she smiled "Sorry you had to see that, its the only way I keep him in check" I was fighting back bursting out with laughter and Winry noticed. She held her right hand out and said "Hi, I'm Winry, what's your name?" I stared down at her hand and I realized that was her right, thus to shake hands with her I needed my left.

"Er, my name is Raven" Winry was sort of confused when I didn't shake her hand but she quickly was over it. Ed grunted and sat up "...She's the reason we came here." Winry looked back at me "What, does she have an artificial limb?" I scratched my head then said "Well, actually I-" Ed interrupted me "She lost her left arm" Winry looked back to me and smiled "Well don't worry, you're in good hands! I can't work on anything tonight though someone came in for maintenance and they need it done by tomorrow" Al came closer "Thus your all-nighter, huh.." Winry looked at Al then she slouched, "Yeah, and it sucks..hmm?" She looked at Sakura who was sleeping peacefully in Al's arms, "Who's this?" Al looked at Sakura then said "Oh this is Sakura" Winry smiled, "..Your girl friend?" Even if you couldn't actually see it, you could tell that Al was blushing heavily. I grinned "Yeah, she pretty much is" "Yeah whatever, like you have any room to talk since Ed is your boyfriend!"

Ed and I both blushed and together we yelled "We are not like that!" Ed and I looked at each other then folding our arms we turned our backs to each other. "..Fangirl" he said, then in response I said "...Midget" Winry and Pinako giggled "Edward you never told me you had a sister!" said Winry obviously poking fun, but Ed never really knows the difference. "Wha? She's not my sister! And she's not my girlfriend either!" Ed yelled defensively. Pinako grinned "Well she could be related to you two, she has blond hair like you Ed, but blue eyes like Alphonse" Which was a good point, my hair color was a lot like Ed's but I had blue eyes and the last time I checked Al has blue eyes.

The five of us went inside and soon we all went to bed, boys in one room girls in another. It wasn't like any of the boys were gonna try anything but I didn't mind, maybe Ed snores or Roy. Either way it was probably better if we were all separate, but I didn't fall asleep until the sun began to come up. I couldn't stop thinking about all the things that have happened to me in the past two months. Really? Only two months? Pft. Man it really feels like half a year But it hasn't been all bad, I mean I really think that this is in a way a dream come true, but it IS a dream right? I've spent these past two months getting in real life danger, living with an anime character who is my body guard and doubting reality. At this point, all I really wanted to do was get my arm back. But what sugury should I get? Auto-mail. Judging by what I encounter almost daily it'll be the best thing for me I cringed at the thought of how painful it was going to be, but I chose to do it no matter what.

I woke at about 8:56 AM to the smell of food cooking, usually I wouldn't be able to smell when Sakura was cooking. I went down stairs, and the moment Winry saw me she said "Morning! Did you sleep well?" I rubbed my eyes and thought Not really "Er, yeah I slept pretty well!" Winry smiled, she looked pretty tired because she had to work on someone's artificial limb. She yawned and I asked "Is Ed awake already?" Winry looked at me in disbelief, then she giggled "No, that lazy bum isn't awake yet. He's such a pain when it comes to getting him out of bed" I smiled "Yeah, he is like that. Er should I go wake him up?" Winry was silent for a moment then she said "Well you don't have to, I was going to go up there myself in a few minutes-" she didn't sound to enthusiastic about it "..Don't worry, I've dealt with stubborn people a lot in my life" Winry smiled tiredly "Thanks, I don't think I have much energy now to put up with him." I turned around and before I went upstairs I said back to Winry "No prob, glad I could help"

I went upstairs and into the boy's bedroom. When I came in it was obvious that they didn't bother folding up their sheets. In the corner was a little lump in the blankets and I had figured it was Edward. I carefully made my way over to him, at first I began to wonder if that lump was just a pile of blankets. When I pulled some of the sheets back I revealed Ed in a tight ball. Ed groaned and buried his face into his pillow avoiding the light that was hitting his face. I softly said "Ed, wake up!" that most definitely didn't work. I squatted down next to him and shook him a bit "Ed c'mon, wake up! Its morning" He groaned again and rolled over facing the wall and pulling the sheets closer to his face. I scoffed then I pulled the sheets completely off of him "Hey, get yer lazy butt up now!" I yelled at him but not too loud.
Still refusing to get up, Ed pulled his pillow over his head. I put my foot on his back and said "Edward.." Ed began to mumble incoherently and I said "Y'know if you took that pillow off of your head maybe I would understand you" He mumbled again and this time I was pretty sure he said "Fine I'll get up.." Seconds later he pulled the pillow off of his head and sat up rubbing his eyes, and for a moment he looked like a child.

That was until he grumbled at me "Why the hell did you put your foot on my back?" I grinned "I guess you'd rather me put my foot on your head next time?" With sleepy eyes Ed glared up at me but soon he stood up and said "..You're lucky you don't have an arm..." I scoffed "Whatever.."

There was a lot of talking over breakfast, I thought I was at a relative's house during a family gathering. It was a very welcoming, considering my entire family was in America. After breakfast, Winry and Pinako did some measurements on me for my left arm and when the time came to pick which kind of surgery I was to get. When I told them I wanted auto-mail they attempted to talk me out of it, but I refused to budge. I made my choice, and I made that very obvious. Winry had stayed up too late last night so before they began she took a three hour nap to make sure she was fully awake for this. When Ed found out I could tell he wasn't at all sold on the idea but wasn't about to stop me.

As they prepared everything I became very fearful for what I was about to go through because I knew there was no turning back now. Throughout the surgery I fought screaming as much as possible but some shouts I couldn't hold in. Now I knew why they say it makes a grown man cry. Just when I thought it all would never end it did and to my surprise I didn't cry once, yelled but didn't cry. I kept my eyes closed in case there was more to come but then I felt someone's eyes on my face. When I opened my eyes I saw Winry smiling at me "That's it, you did great..." I was so glad that it was over I hoped not to endear that ever again. "..Ed had his arm and leg at the same time?" I asked "Jeeze I don't know how he managed to pull that off.." I didn't realize it but I fell asleep.

When I woke I was in the same place I was before only it was daytime outside. I sat up a bit, my arm still was gone but now there was some weight on that side. I continued to shift myself upright into sitting position, I stretched and yawned. The surgery must have exhausted me because I had slept fairly well. I looked around the room a bit, and eventually my eyes fell upon Edward's head that was next to me on the bed. Ed was sleeping, but he didn't look peaceful like he usually does. He looked concerned, almost worried his eyebrows were furrowed but he was completely out of it. I thought that it may have been a bad idea, but I reached out with my right hand to touch his face. I was very slow and gentle, when my hand made contact with his cheek he twitched. I quickly drew my hand away, he shifted a little and rubbed his eye then went back to sleep.

As he did all of this, I thought I may have seen quick flashes of gold from his eyes but I wasn't sure. "He didn't sleep very well last night" The sound of the voice startled me, I looked up from Ed and saw Winry smiling very warmly. She looked wide awake and the sunlight coming in through the window added a nice effect to her beauty. "How are you feelin?" Winry asked. "Hmm? Ah, good actually! Did I keep Ed up?" Winry looked down "No...Everyone slept fine except for him. He refused to go to bed, and he waited outside the door until you were done. He came in right after you passed out, he's been in here ever since" I looked down at the sleeping boy again, "..I wonder why he did that...?" I said quietly. Winry smiled again and said "Oh don't tell me you're clueless too..?" I looked at her and cocked an eyebrow "Hmm?" She grinned wider "Man, this is quite literally the first time Ed has gotten like this about a girl..." I finally caught her drift but I remained silent. I looked back at Ed and began to think about the possibility, the same thought I had been thinking since that day when we met Naroh. Back then I was asking myself, but now I'm wondering about Ed. He never says anything, he's always quiet and doesn't include himself in conversations. Does he feel left out? Or, is he just shy?
Ed doesn't seem like the type I'd call shy. He usually has a lot to say from rude remarks to bellyaching about being bored, but ever since he got here he never says anything rude and the only time he said anything about being bored is on the train As I stared down at the sleeping boy I pondered his actions since he first became my bodyguard. Though I didn't notice, as I watched Ed sleep my heart was racing.

Yet again, he looked like that same angel I saw sleeping on the train. I began to wonder if what Sakura had said to me was true, maybe I did love him. My heart raced faster at the thought of that, I looked away from Ed and figured that there was no way Ed would feel the same.
Winry gave me a much lighter and not so heavy duty artificial limb until my auto-mail was built. She offered to get it done in three days and seeing how exhausted she was I only got her to just get it done in five so she wouldn't hurt herself. I tried to talk her into getting it done in six or seven but she refused to take any longer. Ed finally woke up around lunch time, I supposed that he slept about 6 hours, and he definitely looked like it. He decided to stay up until it was actually bedtime to go back to sleep even though just about everyone offered him to take a nap. Ed and Al both gave me and Sakura a tour around Resembool, introducing us to every person we met along the way. We eventually came around to Ed and Al's old home, that wasn't exactly there anymore. Resembool was a pleasant little town and I would like to live here maybe one day, but that would be years from now.

A couple of days went by and two people came in for maintenance and left Winry swamped and needed to extend the time to a little over a week, I was perfectly okay with it though. Our time in Resembol was nice and Roy eventually had to go back to Central which meant no more hearing Ed yelling at him. That was sort of a relief really.

A week slowly went by and Winry ended up getting the auto-mail done sooner than expected. "Okay this may hurt a bit.." Winry said. I braced myself as Winry quickly connected my left shoulder to the new auto-mail limb. "Ahh!" I briefly shouted from the nerve connection. I looked at where my new left arm hung, it was heavy as hell and made me feel a bit lopsided. I was sure that it would take some time to get used to it, "Well, move it around! How does it feel?" Pinako said. I slowly lifted my left arm then straitened it out flexing my hand and smiled "It's like having my arm back! Thanks a lot!" Winry and Pinako smiled.

We caught a train back home that evening, it was nice to have someone to wave good bye at the train station. Yet again we all ended up falling asleep on the train, some of us from boredom and some of us just from being tired. As I slept I had an uneasy feeling, like when we came home something bad would happen to someone close to us. But it boggled my mind who that someone could be. I finally woke up and the first thing I laid eyes on was Sakura yet again sleeping in Al's lap. The most disturbing thought hit me, What if it's Sakura's family? She's the only one of us that has family in that area, but what possibly could go wrong? I thought. Little did I know, everything could go wrong.

The train screeched to a halt, waking us all up with a start. Outside the skies were gray as if a storm was approaching. As much as I enjoyed Resembol, it was still nice to be back home. I thought that maybe it would be best to stop by Sakura's home...Her original home that is. I threw the idea at everyone, Sakura was excited, Al wanted to meet Sakura's family, and Ed didn't see why not. It wasn't like Sakura just stopped going there and started living with us, she regularly went over there to visit and check up on everyone. She didn't live far from our house, so we quickly got there, but when we came things didn't look to pretty.

To be continued...

End Chapter Seven