Hi everybody,
I am in desperate need of a Beta reader. If anyone is interested (or if you happen to be bored and want to say hi) PLEASE leave a message on the reviews page. Any help would be greatly appreciated.
I have made some edits to this story since I posted it. I'm pretty happy with it now.
Sorry about not adding a chapter though. To partially make up for it, I will give you a bit more info about the story.
A couple of friends of mine were born dangerously premature. Neither of them weighed more than a pound at birth. Both of them had extensive, invasive surgery just so they had a chance to survive outside the womb. They were in the Neonatal ICU for weeks. One of them even had a twin sister who didn't make it. Both of them ended up very short. I figured that there was no reason it couldn't have happened to Ed too. Then I wondered, if Ed really had been that premature, would Amestarian medicine be enough to save his life? If that had been the case, what kind of measures would his father have been willing to resort to to keep him alive? Did he still have any pieces of philosopher's stone? We know Hohenheim was willing to sacrifice human life to obtain a philosopher's stone. He may have decided to stop trying to be immortal, but could he bear to stand idly by as his son fought for his life? What kind of effect might that have had on poor 'widdle Ed, or on his mom for that matter? rubs hands together and cackles evilly.
I also figured that Ed and Winry would probably have been very fussy babies. A sense of independence like that would show itself very early (imho). Plus I think they belong together. She throws wrenches at him for cryin' out loud! If that's not classic anime love I don't know what is.
Anyway, reviews are always appreciated and I hope to hear from some of you soon!
Thanks to everybody for reading,
-Trish
P.S. you guys (and gals) rock!