So, I'm moving fast so I don't start ignoring this story like I do a lot of other stories, and I don't want to have a ton of filler for people who probably have read the book and seen the show... that would be kind of pointless.
I wish I was awesome enough to own either of these books/shows (technically FMA is also a book...)
Enjoy!
Ed and Ling left into the maze about three hours ago. Alphonse told me I'd have to help Elycia getting ingredients for lunch and dinner tonight.
He also seems familiar too me. Like I know him but don't. It is the most annoying feeling when the thing you're looking for is just out of reach.
Elycia is really nice, I have to say, I was expecting the girl who makes food for 18 people every night to at east be a little taller. Or not be 11 years old!
I vaguely wonder in the back of my mind what her parents would think.
She keeps smiling broadly at me, and telling me about how scared she was when she first came. Trying to assure me it's okay to be scared, even though I keep telling her that I'm not scared.
"How long ago did you come?" I ask her.
"I was right after Lan Fan, she took care of me for my first week."
"When did she loose her arm?" I ask carefully, trying to make it clear that she doesn't have to answer if she doesn't want to.
"About a month after I came. I remember the look on her face when she came running through the door, clutching the stump with tears running down her face. She looked so scared... Ed was asking her if she had been stung, and at first she couldn't answer. Eventually she said no and everyone was so relieved. It was terrifying." She shakes slightly as she explains this.
"Hey, Elycia?"
"Yeah?"
"This might sound like a weird question to ask... but how old do I look?"
"About 14, maybe 15, why?"
"I just had to know, you know what I mean? It's like a big part of your identity, and I just can't remember it! It's ridiculous!"
"Yeah, I know what you mean. But you'll get used to it."
"I hope so..."
I start to wonder about the homunculi, and what happened before I came. How old were Roy and Riza? How old was Ed when he got here?
"Hey, Elycia?"
"Yeah?"
"Has anyone else here been stung?"
"A lot of people have come close... anyone who has a prosthetic you can assume has either been stung or come pretty close, but the only people here who've been stung are Ben and Tobias, Ben was thrown into the maze after he tried to kill Al, and Tobias died shortly after he saw the truth."
4 hours later...
Al has been standing at the entrance to the maze that Ed and Ling left through for the past hour at least. A few times, Lan Fan or another girl with ink black hair and dark brown eyes has gone up to him and tried to get him to move away, but he wouldn't listen.
Finally he calls for us.
"It's them! They're back!" He calls, wearing a large smile.
Then his smile drops as everyone runs over.
What we see when we look in the maze, is Ling with one of Ed's arms draped over his shoulder, he's carrying Ed because Ed appears to be unconscious.
Everyone is cheering now, chanting for Ling to hurray up, but he appears to be weak as well.
Suddenly the ground shakes, and the doors start closing.
Everyone cheers louder and harder, hoping that Ling will be able to get Ed far enough.
But I know he won't.
I push myself between two kids, a boy with red hair, and Winry. I stand right in front of the closing doors and pause for one second...
...before I dive through.
"What the hell are you doing Emily!" I hear Lan Fan calling after me.
"Don't ask me!" I call back, telling the complete truth.
Once I'm through, I hear the doors close behind me.
Ling falls onto his knees, knowing he is beaten.
I run over to him.
"What happened!" I demand.
"Well, let's just say that Lust is damn good at playing dead." Ling pants, carefully laying Ed on his back.
"What happened to Ed?" I ask, fearing the answer.
"He got stung."
Oh shit
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