AdventureAddict: Wow, I got so many reviews on that last chapter. I'm so happy! I was going to play Sims, but this is a…I guess a reward…for sending so many reviews! That's right, I will give up my Sims time to make you guys happy because you made me happy! Let this be a lesson for the future – REVIEW!!!

Ed: Oh brother.

AdventureAddict: Shut up, midget.

Ed: Hey! You keep calling me a midget when there's someone shorter than me here! (Glares at Frodo)

Frodo: (Sticks out tongue) At least I don't look like a girl.

Ed: (lip quivers) What? Arrgh!!! (Transmutes arm into a blade and attacks Frodo)

AdventureAddict: Yeah…I'm kinda glad that I don't own characters like them…On with chapter, uh six? Yeah, Six! Wow, I never thought I'd get this far!!! (Don't worry; I'll keep it up)

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Chapter Six – Girly-Girl

Ed collapsed on the floor, looking up at the armor in despair. Robyn stared at Ed, unsure of what to do, when Ed suddenly stood up and looked straight up into where there should have been glowing eyes.

"Al?" he asked softly, sounding unsure of himself.

Nothing seemed to happen. Robyn was about to turn away when a soft white glow started deep within the eye sockets.

"Brother?" a small echoing voice asked.

"Brother! You're okay!" Al yelled, while scooping Ed up into a big bear hug.

"Thanks for telling me that," Ed said sarcastically, wincing in pain as Al squeezed him. Al quickly put him down.

"Sorry, Ed," Al looked around the room for the first time and noticed Robyn standing nervously off to one side. "Who is she?" he asked.

"Robyn," Ed mumbled. He looked over at her with a tiny smile, "She helped me find you." Robyn just continued staring up at Al as if she was in a trance.

Al politely stuck out a hand. "Nice to meet you Ms. Robyn," he said kindly. Robyn took his hand a shook it, still in a daze. She was still staring at him when suddenly something snapped.

"WOW! YOU'RE ACTUALLY REAL! NOBODY THOUGHT THAT YOU WERE ACTUALLY REAL AND THEY THOUGHT I WAS CRAZY BUT YOU ACTUALLY ARE REAL!! I MEAN WITH ED IT WAS POSSIBLE TO THINK HE WAS JUST SOME CRAZY KID WHO HATED BEING CALLED SHORT-"

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A PIECE OF DUST SO SMALL THAT EVEN A VACUUM CLEANER WITH SUPER SUCTION ACTION COULDN'T PICK IT UP?!?!" Al shook his head as Ed started on his usual ranting.

"-BUT YOU'RE ACTUALLY HERE! THAT PROVES THAT IT'S ALL REAL!!! I'M NOT INSANE! THE ELRIC BROTHERS ARE REAL!!! HA HA HA HA!" Robyn suddenly stopped and stood still, quivering slightly with an insane grin on her face. Ed stopped struggling from Al's grip to stop and stare at her.

"What's she mean, 'the Elric brothers are real?' Of course we're real," Al said, looking over to Ed.

Ed turned back to look at Al. "Yeah, but over here there's a show called 'Fullmetal Alchemist.' I saw the first four episodes today," he explained.

"ReallY? That's so cool!" Al thought for a moment, then asked, "Is Nina in it?"

'Nina?' Ed thought. He definitely couldn't remember anybody named Nina, and he hadn't seen one in the show, but maybe they just hadn't identified her yet or something. He looked over to Robyn for help, but unluckily for him, she was still in her own little world, grinning broadly.

"Brother? What's wrong?"

Ed looked back over at Al, a defeated look on his face. "Al, the only memory I have left is a little bit of you and mom. Other than that, the only stuff I know is from what I saw on the show."

"You don't remember any of the stuff we did together?" Al asked sadly.

Ed shook his head. "Sorry," he said softly.

"It's okay, Brother, it's not your fault. We'll find a way to get it back." Al said happily. Ed grinned up at him, grateful for having such a great brother. Meanwhile, off in her corner, Robyn fainted.

"Is she okay?" Al asked, looking over at the strange girl.

"Eh, she'll be fine. I'll get a glass of water," Ed said carelessly, walking upstairs. Once Robyn had woken up, the three of them sat down and tried to figure out what to do. They all agreed that Al shouldn't leave the basement, because that would arouse too much suspicion, and it was a safe place anyway, and that Ed should start wearing different clothes at least until Ed and Al found a way home.

A few months ago…

Ed woke up stretched out in a hospital bed. 'Where am I?' he thought as he looked around the room. Lying in the bed next to him was a boy with tousled red hair, a heart rate monitor beeping next to him. Ed looked to the side of his own bed and noticed that there was one sitting next to him too, keeping track of his pulse. He looked down at himself, and noticed that he was pretty beat up himself. He wiggled the fingers on his left hand. They seemed fine. He turned to his right hand and wiggled those fingers, then looked in horror as he saw a metal hand wiggle it's fingers rather than a normal hand. He looked at it closely. It seemed pretty well attached to him, maybe even down to the nerves, since he could control it with just his thoughts.

"That must have hurt," he said softly. He then left the arm alone to see how the rest of his body was. His chest seemed pretty fine, a little sore, but all in one piece. He slowly checked the rest of his body, gently touching (Okay fangirls, enough with the squealing) to see where any bruises or scrapes were. He reached down to touch his toes, and his left hand brushed against metal. He slowly traced his fingers up his leg in horror, metal replacing his leg almost halfway up. It seemed to work the same way his arm did, if he thought he wanted to move his leg, it moved, metal working the same way as bone and tissue. A pretty nurse in a clean white uniform suddenly walked in, and noticed that Ed was awake.

"Oh! You're up!" she said, softly enough so that no one would chew her out for yelling in a hospital, but about as loud as she could get otherwise.

"Where am I?" Ed asked her as she changed the charts hanging on the board across from his bed. Ed noticed that there was a blank where his name was supposed to be.

"Hinsdale Central Hospital," she answered curtly. "Do you mind if I ask you a few questions?" Ed shook his head. "Okay," she continued, "Do you know what your first name is?"

"Edward."

The nurse smiled at him and quickly wrote it on the chart. "Good! Do you know what your last name is?"

Ed struggled with that one a little more. He tried desperately to remember something, but after coming up with nothing, he said, "No."

The nurse seemed a little disappointed. "Oh. Where are you from?"

"I don't know."

"Do you have any parents or guardians?" she asked him.

Ed tried desperately to remember something, and after a few minutes, he said, "My mom is dead."

"What about your father? Do you know where he is?"

"No," Ed said, getting a little frustrated with the woman.

"Please, Edward, we're just doing this so we can try to get you home," she said patiently. Ed stared back at her.

"I don't have a home," he said calmly.

"What makes you say that?"

Ed thought for a second. "I don't know," he answered simply. The nurse sighed and walked out of the room, her work done. Ed sat in his bed for a while, moping, when two people walked into the room and over to the red-haired boy's side.

"Edward," the woman said softly. Ed looked over curiously. Sure enough, the name on the boy's chart read 'Edward Elliott.' Suddenly, the woman looked up and noticed Ed looking at them curiously. Ed grinned nervously, hoping they wouldn't yell at him for spying.

"Hello,' the woman said, making the man look over. "It's good to see you're finally awake. I'm Sherry, and this is my husband, Robert."

"I'm Edward," Ed said casually. "Is he your son?" The woman nodded. "What happened to him?" Ed asked.

The woman took a deep breath, "He was driving home from play practice when his car was hit by a drunk driver." Ed looked at the boy. He didn't seem much older than Ed himself, maybe a year or two. Ed suddenly thought that he must have looked like that just the other day, when he was still unconscious.

"It's nice that he has parents like you two to care for him," Ed said softly.

The woman looked up from her son to look at Edward. "And you don't?" she asked. Ed just shook his head.

Sherry and Robert stayed for hours, sitting silently by their son's bed. One time, Sherry ran off to the vending machine to get food for herself and her husband, and even a granola bar for Ed. (Even though he didn't ask for anything) When a nurse finally came in and told them that visiting hours were over, the two silently got up and walked into the hall, where they started a hushed conversation about the boy in the bed next to their son.

"I'm serious Kar, he really is Edward Elric!" Robyn said as she and Kari walked to gym the next day.

"Yeah, Robyn, and the boy named Harry in my math class is really Harry Potter. Are you sure you're not sick?" she asked Robyn as they opened the doors. Ed was already dressed (HOODIE!) and waiting in the gym, looking very bored.

"He sure is fast," Kari commented.

"It comes from fighting guys like Scar," Robyn hissed back, then walked over to Ed. "Hey, Ed," she said casually, loud enough for Kari to hear, "So how's your brother, Al, doing?" Kari rolled her eyes.

"Fine, I guess," Ed looked at Robyn suspiciously, "You did just see him last night. But he would like to borrow the first disc of Fullmetal Alchemist" Ed added in a hushed whisper, "He wants to see if the camera really does add ten pounds."

Robyn nodded, "Okay, you can stop by my house after school and pick it up." She then trotted back to Kari's side. "See? I told you," she said triumphantly.

Kari looked at Robyn in astonishment. "What you didn't tell was that you were getting all buddy-buddy with a guy! A real guy!" she hissed excitedly at Robyn.

Robyn looked back at her, horrified. "No…I didn't…" she stuttered.

Kari just shook her head, "You told him to come over to your house after school."

"Because he wants to borrow Fullmetal Alchemist!" Robyn hissed.

"You could have given it to him tomorrow at school." Robyn's jaw dropped. Kari was absolutely right, she could have given it to him tomorrow at school. Now Kari was expecting them to start dating in a few weeks, all because Robyn was trying to loan Ed a DVD.

"Fine," she said, deciding not to push Kari, since this was one issue she wouldn't budge on. "Will you at least admit that he's really Ed?"

"He's really Ed."

"Edward Elric?"

"No."

Robyn groaned and threw her arm up in the air. Oh fine, maybe after I do this you'll believe me. She started tiptoeing across the gym, and then suddenly broke into a run and did a roundhouse kick aimed right toward Ed's face. Kari was about to scream when Ed lazily blocked Robyn with his right hand. Robyn fell to the ground, whimpering in pain. (You would too if you hit Ed's automail at top speed!) Ed looked in surprise at his own arm. The reflex had come so easily, so naturally, he didn't have time to react. Suddenly, Robyn leapt to her feet and got into a fighting stance in front of her. Ed looked at her, then grinned and did the same. The gym was completely silent for a minute of two, and then both Ed and Robyn leapt into action. At first Ed just did basic moves to protect himself, not remembering any of the fighting techniques he had learned over the years. But as he kept fighting, he started quickly remembering fighting moves he didn't even remember learning. He very slowly started to push Robyn back, gaining the advantage. The two of them finally stopped when they realized that all the kids in their class and their teacher were gathered in a circle around them. The entire class burst into applause when both Robyn's and Ed's hands dropped to their sides.

Ed looked over at Robyn. "Don't tell me you know all those moves from watching TV," he panted.

Robyn grinned at him, "Nope. I'm a black belt in karate."

Ed walked over with a tray loaded with food and set it down across from Robyn. She had already eaten half her peanut butter and jelly sandwich, and Ed noticed happily that she had packed a Coke instead of buying milk. The two of them were eating silently and happily, when Fred walked past, her hair dyed back and white like zebra stripes.

"Hey!" she yelled, suddenly pointing at Ed, "I know you! You're that kid from anime club!" She quickly ran over and sat down next to Robyn, who looked annoyed. Her look was nothing compared to Ed's, though. He looked ready to kill a thousand of the sweetest, cutest bunnies. Robyn could practically feel the flames leaping off his body.

"Why aren't you wearing your cool costume?" Fred asked, reaching over to poke Ed, "Huh? Why not? Why? Huh?"

"I didn't feel like it," Ed growled.

"Well, you're jacket is way cooler than a stupid hoodie," she said, pulling a pout. Ed looked ready to stab her with the spork clutched in his hand.

"Fred, don't you have somewhere you're supposed to be?" Robyn asked as politely as she could. She normally would have just kept silent, but she was afraid that Fred wouldn't exist by tomorrow if she kept talking to Ed.

"I'm supposed to be in Geometry, but I'm in the 'bathroom,'" Fred said with an insane giggle, holding her fingers up to do air quotes.

"THEN GO TO THE #$ING BATHROOM!!" Ed yelled at her. Fred stood up unhappily.

"Fine, I will Mr. Party Pooper," she said, and with that she got up and walked off. Ed rubbed his temples, his eyes closed.

Robyn was just about to start enjoying the quiet again when a boy in a football jersey came up and leaned on their table.

"Hey, Baby," he said coolly, "How about going to the homecoming dance with me?" It was more a statement than a question, as if he expected that no one could turn him down.

Robyn looked up at him. "Ew," She blinked, "No."

The boy looked at her in surprise. "I wasn't talking to you," he said, "I was talking to your short blond friend." Ed looked up in surprise, and his jaw dropped to the table. Robyn would have expected him to yell something about his height, but he was obviously too surprised at being mistaken for a girl. A pretty girl.

Robyn quickly hid the grin threatening to creep onto her cheeks. "Oh, you mean, Ed?" she said. The boy looked at Ed in disgust.

"Ed? Ew, no way," he said, and quickly walked away. Ed just sat at the table, as silent and still as a statue. Robyn waved her hand in front of him.

"Hello? Ed? Anybody home?" she said, continuing to wave her hand in front of him. Ed sat there for the rest of lunch, not moving or even blinking until the bell rang, when he got up and walked away like a zombie.

Robyn sat at home silently, the first Fullmetal Alchemist disc in her lap. It had been and hour since they got out of school, and after lunch, Ed had disappeared. She was a little worried about him. Who knew what being honesty mistaken for a girl could do to a guy's ego. She got up and walked over to his house and rang the doorbell, the DVD clutched in her hand. She didn't hear any sound coming from the house at all, which seemed a little weird, considering that it was the Elric brothers' house. She slowly put her hand and the doorknob and twisted it, the door swinging inward.

"Hello?" she called out, walking into the house. She looked around, then heard Al cry "Robyn!" from the basement. Robyn quickly ran over to the door and swung it open, then slid down the banister, hoping to save time in case he was in trouble. Al looked up from his spot on the sofa, the TV blaring in front of him.

"Hello," he said calmly.

Robyn smiled at him, "Hi. Do you know where Ed is?"

Al thought for a minute. "I think he's in his room. He was kind of quiet when he got home," he said.

Robyn nodded. "Thanks," she said, and then looked down at the DVD case in her hand. "Here," she said, tossing it to Al, "Ed said you wanted to see this."

Al looked down at it happily, "Thanks," he said, snapping it open, then looked down at the tiny thin disc in dismay. He looked at his own large hands. "Uh, Robyn? Could you put it in for me? I'm afraid I might break it." Robyn smiled and nodded, then walked over and opened the DVD player, then placed the disc in the little holder and closed it again.

"Thanks," Al said happily as the menu popped up on the screen in front of him.

"No problem," Robyn said, heading upstairs. She walked back into the living room, and headed up a second set of stairs, hoping they led to the bedrooms. The first door she opened was an office, then a bedroom with a double bed, then a plain bedroom that Robyn guessed was a guest room. Maybe that was where she would be staying next week. She opened the door next to it and saw a bedroom almost as plain as the guest room, except it had Ed's backpack lying on the bed and his red jacket draped over his desk chair. Robyn frowned, then went to the door across the hall and opened that. That room was the upstairs bathroom, Robyn immediately found out. Ed was standing in front of the mirror, his left hand holding the bottom of his braid tight, the second holding a pair of scissors over the top.

"NO!!" Robyn cried out and leaped towards Ed, knocking the scissors out of his hands and pinning him to the floor. The both quickly got up and Robyn grabbed the scissors. "You can't cut your hair!" she yelled at Ed.

"Why not?!" he yelled back, "It's my hair!"

"Because…" Robyn started, trying desperately to think of something logical, something that would make him not want to cut his hair. "Because…it's cool, that's why!" she yelled, not able to think of anything better.

"Oh yeah, it's real cool to have a guy ask you out!" Ed yelled back.

Robyn sagged. "Ed, is this about what happened at lunch?" she asked softly. Ed just stared at the floor. "You don't look like a girl, " she said slowly, "And football players are jerks and idiots," she paused, "Well, at least that one. I can't think of a single girl who'd like to be asked out that way." Robyn looked at Ed, who seemed a little bit better.

He looked up at Robyn, "Thanks Robyn," he said softly, then added, "Besides, I think my hair would look much better brown, don't you?"

"WHAT?!"

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AdventureAddict: Hee hee hee…that was fun…I can't believe a wrote eight pages…all in one sitting!!! This is your lesson – REVIEW!!! And thank you to Kairi and David who helped me think up the whole 'Hey Baby' scene.

(Ed walks in with a rainbow Mohawk)

AdventureAddict: What?! You weren't supposed to actually cut or dye your hair!!!

Ed: I look much more rebellious this way though, don't I?

AdventureAddict: Frodo, please kill him. (Frodo leaps onto Ed, who starts fighting back furiously) oh yeah, and the part where Kari mentions a Harry in her class being Harry Potter, if you guys are interested in me making that into a sequel, I'd be more than happy to do it…

Frodo: Hey! You're skimping out on me again!!!

AdventureAddict: Shut up.