A Case of Liliane
By: Rikku Himura
Evening dear readers!! Sorry it took so long to update, I've been kinda brain dead. I've looked at all my currently on-going stories trying to update, but I can't think of anything. So I decided to just try and write and see what happens. So..I'm going to try and use Pure Shikon's suggestion. To the zoo!!! J
Chapter 6
Tigers and Giraffe's
Winry shook her head silently as she glanced out the window. Edward had taken Lily off her hands for the day so she could catch up on some auto mail. Usually the toddler spent a lot of time with her uncle. However when Winry suggested sending her to Roy's again Edward's eyebrow twitched and he refused and was suddenly putting Lily's shoes on her feet stating they were going to the zoo. Al laughed after the two had left and said Ed was probably feeling jealous about Roy spending so much time with his daughter.
"I hope those two are okay," Winry stated softly before going back to work. She had tried to worn Ed but he had waved her off stating that if Roy could handle Lily then so could he. However, Roy was used to Lily's energy and Edward wasn't. The last time Roy took her to the zoo, just the two of them, he nearly had a panic attack. The little girl managed to just disappear. She hadn't ran off, she was like Winry. Lily just got caught up in whatever had her attention and followed after it, much like her mother and auto mail.
Al had gone to the library and the grocery store for Winry. He had originally intended with going with his brother but decided against it.
~~~~~~With Edward and Liliane~~~~~~~~~~~~
"What do you want to see first?" Edward asked after they entered the zoo.
"The big kitties!" Lily shrieked trying to run ahead, however Ed kept a tight grip on her hands preventing it.
Ed chuckled shaking his head but let Lily drag him a long. Occasionally stopping to have her read the simpler signs such as zoo, food, or store. Most of the time when they were looking at the animals Ed would point at the signs next to their cages and have her tell him the letters. Ed lost track of time when they finally found the tigers. Lily's eyes stayed glued to the huge cats and she refused to budge.
"Elric," came a voice to their right. Edward looked straight at the speaker while Lily glanced at them and straight back to her current interest, a tiger that had wandered closer to the enclosure. Roy Mustang walked closer to them with a smile. "I see you found Lily's favorite animal shortie."
"What are you doing here Mustang?" Ed asked, only twitching a little at the name.
"Al told me you two were here and I," Roy was interrupted by Lily.
"T-I-G-E-R," Lily stated happily turning and walking to the next area. Apparently spelling out the signs meant she was done here and was ready for the next animal. The two hurried to catch up with her.
"Good job Lily," Ed smiled.
"Teaching her to spell?" Roy asked. "She ran off on me here once."
"She wants to learn alchemy," Edward explained. "She probably wondered off on you because you were flirting."
"No I wasn't," Roy argued.
"Well she wouldn't do that to me, would you Lily?" Ed asked. After getting no response the two males looked around, noting the lake of a certain blue eyed blonde four year old. Ed winced at Roy's laughter. "This is all your fault."
"Let's split up and look for her," Roy stated laughing.
~~~2 hours later~~
It had taken them an hour and twenty minutes to find the girl that was currently fast asleep on Edwards shoulder. Then it had taken him another thirty minutes to get Roy to shut up about loosing his daughter. Edward sighed looking up at the house, perhaps he should of listened to Winry? Shaking his head and adjusting his grip to the snoozing toddler he continued on his way. They had found her looking at the Giraffe's. There had been a zoo keeper standing next to her when they arrived who had recognized Roy from the time Roy lost the same girl, much to Mustang's embarrassment.
Well, I could do better. But like I stated earlier I couldn't think of anything lol. And I like this zoo idea, thank you for the suggestion J I'm a Mustang fan also! The Vampire Alchemist, I'll try to start making these longer, sorry they've been so short.