I don't own Fullmetal Alchemist or Brotherhood. But there will be some direct lines from the story.
This story deals with a gender-swapped Ed, there will be no Ed/ Roy romance in this story just parental relationship.
This story was also inspired by : A Girl Can Still Hang With the Boys by Ruby Tyra
I encourage you to check it out
It was cloudy the next day when we walked over to the Tucker house. When we got home the night before I bitched Al out for telling Nina our secret, after I calmed down I apologised for over reacting, which was rare for me. Al pulled me out of the past when he knocked on the door.
"It's going to be raining today." I said rubbing where my automail met my body. Al opened the door and walked in.
"Hello! Mr Tucker thanks in advance for today!" Al called into the house. No one was in the the entry way, or the kitchen or the living room. Al and I walked through the huge house looking for the Life Bending Alchemist. We went down to the lab next, maybe the two of them were there.
"Is there somebody here?" I asked as I opened the door.
"Oh it's you guys." Tucker smiled but it felt off not like the other ones he gave us, I felt the hair on the back on my neck stand. "Take a look at the finished product." He gestured to the chimera. "This is a chimera that can learn language." He called us closer to him and the chimera. "Watch this. Ready? This person is Edward." He said pointing to me. The creature looked at me then said "Ed...ward" Tucker patted it on the head like a dog
"I can't believe it's really talking" I said I was so amazed by the chimera that I didn't pay attention to what Tucker was rambling on about I was just listening to it.
"Edward, Edward... Ed... Elle. Edelle" The chimera said. My heart turned to ice and I swallowed hard
"Mr Tucker, when did your research on talking chimeras get approved and when did you get your licence?" I asked there was anger in my voice but I tried to keep it steady
"That was two years ago I think" The bastard responded.
"And when did your wife leave?"
"2 years ago"
"One last question... Where did Nina and Alexander go?" My voice turned to pure rage and Al clicked into what I was implying.
"God I hate smart kids like you." He said. That did it I grabbed him with my left arm and held him up against the wall.
"You son of a bitch, how dare you. You Bastard! Two years ago you used your wife and now you used your daughter and your dog to transmute a chimera!" I stopped using my boy voice and was full out yelling using my usual voice. He tried to say that we were the same. I got angrier one thing that is a sure way to piss me off besides calling me short was trying to assume people understand me no one did or does.
"Fullmetal Alchemist! Take a look at your limbs and your little brother!" That was a low blow. I hit him with my right arm Your the same you and I."
"Your wrong!" I stopped listening to him because I realized that he was right we were the same. "Your wrong!" I denied it even though I knew he was right I kept hitting him trying to make him shut up, it wasn't working I was about to punch him one more time but Al caught my arm.
"Brother if you hit him any more he'll die" I moved to take the final hit but Al tightened his grip I took a breath and let Tucker slide down the wall. Al ushered me to the door not trusting me near Mr Tucker. Shou Kept saying thing trying to make us see his view.
"Mr Tucker, If you keep talking this time I'll shut you up." Al threatened him, I looked up to my little brother wishing that he hadn't said that, that he was still my sweet little brother not some one like me. "Nina, I'm sorry we can't restore you with what we know right now. I'm sorry." Then again maybe he was still my little brother just grown up in a harder body.
"How long are you going to sulk like that?" Mustang asked me. We were outside of HQ sitting on the steps in the pouring rain
"Shut up" I scoffed a him. I wanted to be left alone with Al in my misery.
"You were the one who decided to to take use of the privileges being a state alchemist can give you. Even if they call you a dog of the military of a devil." He paused "Do you have time to take off for something as minor as this?"
"Minor as this huh?" I'll restore our bodies even if they call us devils or dogs but we aren't devils and defiantly not gods. We are human beings that couldn't even save a little girl." I stood at that point shouting my pain. Roy walked back up the steps and grabbed my shoulders he looked me straight in the eyes. His were filled of concern.
"Go back inside and rest. You'll catch a cold in this weather." He gave me a little shake and walked away.
I couldn't sleep that night I kept thinking of Nina and Tucker. But mostly what we believed alchemy was. Then some time around three I fell asleep. I was back in Resembool racing through the fields carrying a small horse that I transmuted, My hair flew as I ran, it was before I cut it short. Mom was standing there in the tomato field picking out tomatoes. I showed her the horse and for once she was proud of my alchemy, she praised my work something she never did went she was alive because she thought that it was a thing for men to do and not women. My dream turned to a nightmare when I saw the creature that we created when we tried to bring mom back. I threw myself awake, painting on the bed I curled up into a ball and tried not to cry.
Because of of what happened the night before we went to the office early the next morning. It was still raining which sucked, the atmosphere pressure made my automail parts ache. We were standing outside of Mustangs office about to go in when I turned around. Maybe I wasn't ready to go back to work yet.
"Edward?" Lieutenant Hawkeye called "You're up early this morning what's wrong?" She was holding her coat like she was planning to go outside a leave the office.
"I was just wondering... What's going to happen to Nina and Tucker?" I still couldn't get the day before out of my mind, Hawkeye looked surprised that we asked
"He was going to get his title removed and put on trial in Central... However the two of them died." 'What no we could have saved Nina' I was crushed Hawkeye started to leave, trying to end the conversation on our behave. "Officially they were murdered. I only tell you this because you were going to find out eventually." I chased after her
"No way by who?" I was running to keep up with her large strides.
"I don't know I'm going to the crime scene now."
"Take me with you." I went to grab her to stop her from leaving when she shot me down. "Why not."
"It's better that you didn't see." After she said that she left, and I let her. When I joined the military everyone treated me differently because I was a child to them. There was only two exceptions Mustang and Hawkeye. Mustang treated us like anyone of his subordinates, but Hawkeye treated us as equals. If she said that I didn't need to see it, I listened because she wasn't babying me she was giving it to me straight.
I was telling Al about last night, why I stayed up so late. He told me what teacher drilled into our heads when we started studding under her. Izumi, she was proof that I could do this, that my mother was wrong that I can do everything a boy could. But then my mind flashed back to Nina. I started thinking maybe I can't do everything.
"I'm an idiot. I haven't improved a bit since we started Al. I thought I learned from the mistake with mom but I haven't." Wow was I throwing a pity party for myself. I looked at Al and reminded myself on why we should keep moving forwards. I have to get his body back.
"Mr. Edward!" a soldier called running towards us 'God damn what now Mustang' "Mr. Edward Elric I've been looking for you everywhere. You need to return to base right away."
"What why. What does that bastard Colonel want now?" I asked him. I was mad that he stopped my pity party
"The truth is that there is a serial killer going around and killing State Alchemist." He said and I was so focused on him I didn't notice the man with a scar walk up behind him until it was to late.
Hey guys just me here, please feel free to review I have pretty think skin so hit me with what you got. And don't worry next chapter I'll start branching off from the manga/anime and start revealing Edelle. Until then