Previously: It's been two days since Camile was last seen. Bella and Wyatt are visited by police explaining they don't have anything on Camile's mysterious disappearance. Frayed by her missing friend, Bella decides to take a walk to clear her mind. When she stumbles upon a park a neighborhood over from hers, a squirrel antagonizes her. Bella drops the locket Camile had given her two years ago and the squirrel runs off with it. She chases after the squirrel only to find herself tripping into an endless black pit. Luki Shifoy lives across from the park and had seen the whole thing. He crouches down next to the black hole and the squirrel pushes him down with Bella. The squirrel drops Bella's locket in the hole before it closes. Back at home, Wyatt is bored and decides to watch Fullmetal Alchemist since it is storming. The power goes out and he goes downstairs to fix the generator, wondering why it hadn't turned on by itself. He is met by a figure he cannot see in the dark and is beaten badly and finally passes out.
Me: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, although it would be fun, but duh! I obviously don't own it because I'm on fanfiction sillies! NOTE!: I will be changing up the plot of this just a little to avoid copyright and to be more imaginative. I'm mixing the anime and Brotherhood in. Don't like it then don't read. But hopefully you do because I'm putting an arm and a leg into this just like Edward Elric so…have fun reading! (This is only a preview of Envy…it ties together next chapter)
Envy was listening to the bickering of Greed and Father about something. He honestly didn't give a damn. Greed had been getting on his last nerve anyway and Envy even tried out his favorite new knife on the sin. He lay on his back in his bedroom and looked at the jagged edges of the weapon he held in his hands. Envy smiled; it was the perfect find. He'd gotten it from some military officer in Liore.
One more admiring glance at the knife was cut short when Lust burst through his room. With the door wide open he could hear all sorts of curses thrown by Greed downstairs.
"What?" he snapped. Lust stood in the doorway with all her seductive beauty.
"Envy, we need to go."
"Where?" he asked her still rubbing his precious weapon with a finger. Blood trickled down and he grinned, then it healed back, then he did it again.
"Out. Greed had mentioned seeing something very interesting down the road," Lust filed her fingertips and calmly waited for Envy to get over his little tantrum. He was in no mood to go anywhere.
"UGH!" Envy shouted, throwing the knife into a slit in his man-skirt. "Why can't he bring it here?"
"He's going back to his little hideout," Lust stated calmly. "Father told him he wanted us, being more responsible, to check it out."
Envy gave her a glare with his purple cat-like eyes. "Fine…then why don't we go?" he gritted his teeth.
Lust left the bedroom and waited for him to follow her out. "Gluttony! We're going!"
Gluttony swiftly came around a corner and jumped up the stairs with drool emitting from his inhumanly long tongue. "Can we find something to eat, Lust?" he asked licking the air excitedly.
"Perhaps."
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Luki lay on his back on something rather uncomfortable. After the never-ending fall he was surprised he was still alive. Or maybe he wasn't. He slowly opened his eyes and saw calm white ceiling. It took him a minute to register he was in a monochromatic like room. It was a hospital room, he could tell. It smelled like a hospital, felt like a hospital, looked like a hospital.
"Hello?" His voice was dry and hoarse. He needed water. He attempted looking around but it was difficult since his eyes hadn't yet fully adjusted.
"Ah! You're awake!" He saw two strange looking officers standing in front of him. They were both dressed in blue. One was a man with straw-colored hair and one was a woman with short black hair.
"I'm Sergeant Brosh and this is 2nd Lt. Ross," the young man said waving a hand to the woman next to them.
The woman, Ross, spoke up this time. "We found you unconscious in the street outside and we took you here to the clinic. You're friend is also in pretty bad shape but he should recover."
Luki tried to sit up from the bed. "My friend…?" but a shooting pain in his lower back caused him to squirm and cringe. They didn't mean Bella did they?
"Careful, sir!" Ross said putting out her hands alarmingly. "Yes, Wyatt was his name? Anywho, he should be back to normal soon. He has a sprained ankle and a broken rib and you were found with a chunk of stone from a stairwell in your back. They had to remove it, so you may feel some pain from your scar."
"Oh…" Luki said quietly. He had a scar. "You said his name is Wyatt?" he only recognized that name as Bella's cousin. They met once before in a high school math class, but that was it.
"Yes, sir."
"Well, he is more of an acquaintance…honestly." Ross gulped and nodded.
Brosh stepped in. "Must've been a pretty bad fight you got yourselves into, huh?" he chuckled and rubbed the back of his head.
"Fight?" Luki looked confused. "No, no. All I remember was finding my friend—ok a girl I like, I won't lie and she fell down this hole. I tried to see her, but I found myself falling as well. And then I woke up here. That's all. I don't remember Wyatt."
Brosh raised his eyebrow. A girl? Now he could respect that. "Well, we didn't find any girl, I'm truly sorry, sir. But maybe your fri—er acquaintance knows more about it?"
Luki nodded. "You don't need to keep calling me 'sir'. My name's Luki Shifoy."
Brosh and Ross nodded. "You can call me Maria if you'd like, Luki," she smiled.
"And I'm Denny."
"Hey Ross did you see Al…?" Ross was cut off when a short boy with a golden braid came in the doorway. He had, what looked like to Luki, a robotic arm in a sling and bandages around his midsection and head.
"No I didn't, sir," Ross said. The boy walked closer in the room. "This is Luki Shifoy. He said he isn't affiliated with Mr. Regan."
"I'm Ed Elric," the boy held out his hand that was flesh and Luki took it. "Looks like you don't remember anything either huh?" Luki shook his head.
"Well," Ed sighed. "Maybe you can travel with us. I'd hate to bring you into something like this but looks like I might have to."
Luki tilted his head slightly. "O-ok?"
"Can you move?" Ed asked suddenly. Luki tried to pry the sheets off of him. But he cringed and Ross and Brosh rushed to each side of him, grabbing his arms for support.
"I think I need a crutch, if you have one. Or maybe a cane…" Brosh rushed over to the corner of the room and grabbed a cane for Luki. He gripped on tightly and slowly got up with nervous eyes watching.
Ed's expression dropped into something dark when he realized his head only came to this guy's chest. He had to be at least a foot taller.
"Whew," Luki exhaled sharply. "I think I'm good now. Thanks!"
The four of them walked out of the room and down the hall. They passed some corners and reached a lone room on the left.
"He's in here."
Luki nodded and then blinked. "How long have I been out exactly?"
"Hmm…you were unconscious when we found you, but that was last night…so maybe 16 hours?" Ross said. Luki nodded slowly.
Brosh's hand opened the door that was already open just a crack. Wyatt's head spun around as he lay up in bed.
He looked absolutely miserable. He had a black eye forming, a busted lip, and several cuts and scraped on his face and neck. Not to mention his brown hair was dirty with sweat, dirt, and dried up blood. Even with all that he managed a small, pained smile.
"Wyatt?" Luki said, hopping over to him. "What happened to Bella?"
Wyatt's face twisted a little. "She went for a walk last I checked. She didn't come home, though." His voice sounded as cracky as Luki's own voice a little while ago.
"I saw her fall down a hole…" Luki said choking up a little. Wyatt's eyes widened.
"Oh crap…"
"But I went after her. Did you see her maybe when you woke up?" Luki's blue eyes searched his face for hope.
Wyatt just shook his head. "Look, man. I woke up next to you, before you did and I was bleeding and couldn't walk so there's no way I would've been able to find her."
Brosh stepped in a little closer. "What exactly does this girl look like?" Wyatt and Luki looked at him.
"She has dark hair about here," Luki made a signal with his arms resting on his shoulders. "And she was wearing a black shirt, tan pants, and a red sweater was what she was carrying. Her eyes are brown too!"
"I told her to keep her sweater on," Wyatt grumbled mostly to himself.
Brosh just ignored him. "We could keep an eye out for someone like her."
The boys nodded.
"Hey," Ed said suddenly. "I'm going to find my brother. I'll be back later."
"I'll be in here, I guess," Luki sighed. Wyatt waved goodbye as the three left.
"Do you realize where we are?" Wyatt spat at Luki. He looked shocked at first and jumped back a little.
"Wha—what do you mean?"
Wyatt smacked his sore head and regretted it because of the pain. But he managed to ignore it for the moment. "Those three we just met—Denny, Maria, and Ed—do you have any idea who they are?"
"N-no," Luki said. "Should I?"
"They. Are. From. Fullmetal Alchemist." He said enunciating as though Luki were a little slow at processing, which he technically was at the time.
"We're in a television show?" Luki asked.
Wyatt adjusted himself on the bed. "Well," he said while folding his hands on his lap. "That's pretty obvious." The room was tense and awkwardly quiet for a minute or two.
"Oh."
"It's not just a coincidence!" Wyatt raised his voice a little. "They look like the characters, sound like the characters, have the same names. Luki, we're in Fullmetal Alchemist."
"What do we do?" Luki asked, a little worried.
"Do what anyone else would," Wyatt put his lips in a thin line. "Play along. That is, if you've watched the series."
Luki was rather unfamiliar with the show and only looked at him like a dear in headlights.
"It's fine," Wyatt sighed. He tried to hide his irritation a little. "I guess I'll just give you an insight of what's going on."
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Bella woke up to see dirt in her face and a little in her mouth. She coughed and got up off of the ground trying to ignore the feeling in her sore body. A shiny object fell off her head when she did so.
"Huh?" she looked at it and then saw what it was—her locket! Bella grabbed it and held it to her tightly.
She then looked around and realized she was in a field. It was sunny out and warm and her red sweater was long gone. Her clothes were dirty and a little tattered and was surprised she was uninjured, only a little sore.
"Oh my god this is not happening." She tried to rub her eyes to make the scene go away. The field looked exactly like the one from Resembool in Fullmetal Alchemist.
"I'm dreaming," she said. "Yeah, that's it." Bella found her feet were bare and it hurt a little to walk on the prickly grass, but it wasn't unbearable. She could find shoes later.
After what seemed like a mile of walking in the sun, she came across Winry Rockbell's house.
"Hopefully she's as nice as in the series," Bella groaned. "And doesn't smack me upside the head with a wrench." Bella had to laugh a little at the thought considering what she'd been through already.
Knock—knock.
'Grand, no answer' Bella turned to walk around but the creaking of the door prevented her from taking any more steps.
The famous blond character stared at her, a little dismayed by Bella's appearance. "Hello?"
Winry's eyes widened when she saw Bella. 'Oh I must look like a doll if she's going to look at me like that'. The thought at how she must look disgusted Bella.
"Do you have any shoes?" Bella asked. Winry stared at her a little longer before answering.
"Yeah. Why don't you please come in?" she insisted, rushing Bella into the house. "Are you hungry too?"
"A little…"
"Granny Pinako!" Bella inwardly smiled. That short old lady.
"Yes, Winry?" Pinako came in while polishing some sort of metal thing. Den came over to Bella and sniffed her leg.
"We have a guest and she is very hungry!"
Pinako shrugged. "Ok." And she left into the kitchen.
Winry turned to face Bella. "I'm Winry Rockbell."
"Bella Regan," Bella smiled. Winry smiled back.
"Don't mind me asking but where did you come from?" Bella thought for a moment and decided it'd be best to lay low. After all, she was in a TV show.
"Oh," Bella said modestly. "Somewhere far away." Luckily, Winry just nodded and motioned her to take a seat on the sofa.
"You can take a shower later…I have some clothes and shoes and then we can help you wherever you're going," Winry said.
"I'm not really going anywhere."
"Well…are you unable to stay anywhere?"
Bella stared down at her dirt-encrusted feet. "Sort of. I just woke up in this field down the road."
Winry just smiled. "You can stay with us for a while if you'd like."
"Thank you," Bella said shyly. "Don't mention it!" Winry laughed.
The phone ringing interrupted the two.
"I'll be right back." Bella nodded and continued to sit stiffly on the couch.
"MY BEAUTIFUL AUTOMAIL!" Winry's eardrum piercing screeching almost made Bella fall right off the couch. "HOW COULD YOU BE SUCH A RECKLESS IDIOT, EDWARD!"
Bella plugged her ears trying to prevent herself from going deaf. The dog whimpered and jumped up. She felt bad for the dog; it couldn't plug its ears. Once the screeching subsided, Bella unplugged her ears and sighed. Her heart was going on like a racehorse.
"Heh…heh," Winry burst in the room and chuckled nervously. "Um…is it ok if you come with us to visit some friends tomorrow?"
Bella raised an eyebrow. Edward Elric. He had broken his automail in a fight at Lab 5. She'd already seen this episode. Now that she knew where she was in the show, it was easier to depict what was coming next.
"Sure."
Later at night once Bella had taken a shower and changed into Winry's clothes (which surprisingly fit her nicely considering Winry's slim figure), she took out her contacts that were burning her sensitive eyes and tossed them in the garbage. She figured they weren't going to be useful if she didn't have a case. Bella would figure out something later…right now it was dark and she was as blind as a bat.
She looked over at Den who was sleeping on the floor next to the couch and wondered how she had gotten into this strange predicament.
"Camile…I hope you're here somewhere…" she slowly murmered before falling asleep and wondering where her friend was.
Me: YAY! It took me 4 hours to write this! All while listening to OneRepublic, Tears For Fears! And Kanye West when I write about Envy. I don't know why but it's easier to write about him when I listen to it. Haha. Don't ask...
Wyatt: Did you HAVE to injure us?
Me: Yeah! And aren't you supposed to be giving Luki the talk?
Wyatt: *blush* WHAT THE ****
Me: Not that talk… -_- sheesh.
Greed: Heeeyyy guys! *Sparkle!*
Lust: Greed…mm what are you doing here?
Greed: Looking for Envy.
Me: OMG HI GREED! *Hugglez* ENVY GET OUT HERE!
Envy: HEY GUYS! *Sexy sparkle!*
Greed: GRRR! COME HERE YOU LITTLE—
Envy: *picks up Greed and tosses him into China*
Envy: Mission accomplished.
Me: Envy! Do you like Kanye West?
Envy: Umm I don't know who that is?
Me: Yes that is true!
Envy: …? Um, I just want to play with my knife…*grumble grumble*
Me: Now now young man that's dangerous.
Lust: Isn't he supposed to fall in love, F.R.?
Me: Yes but that's waaayyy down the road yet. He's gotta meet his darling angel first!
Envy: ****! $*%&( ! NO WAY AM I FALLING IN LOVE! I'M A HOMUNCULUS!
Me: All the more reason to! :D Until next time, folks!
