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.
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"What if it's decomposing?" Al asked out of nowhere. "Then what happens?" It took me a second longer then it should have to realize that he was talking about his body. Winston and I just looked at him, I could feel concern coming from Winston but I stayed cool and hoped my theory was true. "Even if my body is there, it hasn't been getting any sleep or nutrients. What good will it do bringing my body back if it's going to be like Barry's?" That gave me a nice mental image of Al's body alive but looking dead. It made me cringe, I really hoped my theory was right. Before the panic rose any higher I started speaking.
"It's just a theory." I said to also get no ones hopes up. "When we transmuted mom we added our blood as a replacement for the soul. And later both of us where taken to the other side and were separated from our bodies. I'm wondering if it's possible that our spirits were mixed together."
"What are you trying to say?" Al asked obviously not getting the point.
"Well it's possible that Al's soul on that side got mixed with mine on this side. I'm mean look at my height it would explain why... I'm... So ... Small." I admitted it I was small, I still hung my head at the end of the sentence.
"So you are trying to blame your height on Al?" Winston asked.
"No I'm saying that it's the only logical excuse for me not growing more then two inches in three years!" I answered.
"No you not drinking milk is the reason why you are small." He clarified. I wrinkled my nose at him.
"How does me not drinking milk effect my size?" I asked angry that the subject has stayed on my height. I looked at Al not listening to Winston, even though my brother didn't have any facial expression I could tell that he was in deep thought.
"Well it's good to know that we share the same blood." My little brother said. I smiled at him then I realized something.
"When you get your body back I'll be able to grow taller." I smiled more at that, glade that I wasn't going to be small forever. Winston just laughed at me.
"Now that we solved the question of Ed's height I can go back to Mr Garfield's tomorrow and get back to work." He stood up to go back to his room.
"Wait your leaving?" I asked not wanting my mechanic to leave.
"I'm not Al's babysitter, and I'm not your either. You two can take care of yourselves." He opened the door. "And besides if I stay any longer people will might start realizing how small you are compared to a real boy." And with that he left, I wondered when the next time I'll see him.
"The question is how do we open the gate?" Al asked now that we were alone. "I mean we could open it if we had something to pay the fee with." I started cleaning under my nails with my teethe when I was done I just looked at my hand, 'maybe my other two limbs will be enough.' I couldn't help but think. "You aren't going to give your other two limbs for me. Didn't we promise that we would regain our bodies together?" Al could read me like a book sometimes. I gave him a half smile trying not to shake my head. 'I promised that I would get your body back no matter what not mine.' I knew that even if it did come down to me losing my other limbs if it got Al's body back I didn't care.
"Yeah we did." 'Not.' I said only thinking the last part.
"The only way we could do this is with the philosophers stone." Al said in defeat.
"I thought you said you didn't want to sacrifice other peoples lives." I countered.
"I don't."
"But we need humans soul or a vessel to open the gate." I was getting frustrated with myself. "If only I made that deal with Greed." I hit my hand on the couch and pushed myself up so i could collapse on the bed. My head was buried into the pillow.
"If you did then the president would have killed us." Al reminded me. I lifted my head up a little.
"You know for an old guy he's pretty strong, and fast."
"Maybe he's a homunculus." Al said. There was silence in the room. I tried to hold back the laughter but it didn't work. Al and I were both laughing at the idea of fuhrer King Bradley being a homunculus.
"What ever we do we are going to have to ask a homunculus they seam to know what's going on." I said. I stood up "Come on let's go." I put my hand in my pocket and wrapped it around the pocket watch. Al tiled his head confused. "If we don't go now I'm going to fall asleep and it wont get done until morning." I explained hoping he thinks it's a good enough reason. He stood up and followed me to the door.
"Okay but only for a hour." He said as we walked down the hall.
"Why an hour you have somewhere to be?" I smiled at the idea of my little brother having a date or something.
"We basically found out that you are eating and sleeping for two people."
"And what you want me to get you your beauty sleep?" I joked walking down the stairs.
"I just don't want you over exerting yourself." I started laughing at that. The night air was cold and the wind hit my face.
"First of all I'm not pregnant so stop treating me like I'm growing the child. And second why does it matter all of a sudden? I've done it before and we've both gotten out fine, you need to stop worrying about me."
"If I don't then who will." He said under his breath not meaning for me to hear it. I smiled and answered.
"Winston worries plenty." We walked in silence until we reached the third laboratory. Al waited by the gates and I went in a flashed my state pocket watch. I was given a tour around the building, I kept looking for an entrance to the underground section but I could find any. What I did find was a wall that had tiny transmutation lines on it. I smirked to myself and when the tour was done I ran outside to met Al to tell him the news.
"What are we going to do now?" He asked talking about the homunculi but I wanted to get my mind off of it right now.
"How about we visit Colonel Bastard?' I started walking towards the military hospital. "And Hughes while were at it."
"Hughes was discharged the other day, but we could visit the Colonel I guess." Al followed behind me and I stopped.
"Wait we will be out for more then an hour is that alright with you?" I asked in the most over dramatic way I could. He pushed me with his arm.
"Just keep walking." Oh I was going to make him pay for that comment. We got about half way to the hospital when someone ran up to us. It was Brosh
"Edelle, I've been looking for you everywhere." He said panting. It felt vaguely familiar the situation. "I think it's best for you to go back to your hotel. The truth is Scar's alive." I felt the hairs on the back of my neck stand I looked everywhere around me to see if he was in the area.
"Does the Colonel know?" I asked. The Sargent shook his head.
"I don't think so."
"Then you can escort us to the hospital and inform him when you arrive." I said trying to keep my voice calm. The three of us walked the remaining way to the hospital in silence. When we got there I went straight to the front desk. "Is state alchemist Colonel Mustang here?"
"No he checked himself out early yesterday evening." the lady at the front desk informed us. I rubbed my temples. I may not need a babysitter but he sure does.
"Thank you." I said and left the building heading back to the hotel. When we got to the door Brosh spoke again.
"The most recent description of Scar is that he has a scar on his forehead and tattoos covering his whole right arm." I thought about what the Ishvalans said in the desert, Scar fit that description to a tee. I nodded at Brosh to dismiss him and walked back up to our room.
"Al I need to tell you something." I stripped off my jacket and sat on the bed. "Scar killed Winston's parents." I said not beating around the bush. The murderer made me mad, wait murderer... I could feel a smile growing on my face.
"Why haven't you told Winston?" Al asked.
"He would only get in the way." I dismissed what he said. "Al I have an idea, the homunculi want us alive and Scar wants me dead. Maybe we could trick the homunculi out of their hiding spot so we could interrogate them." I started to pull my pants off so I could sleep, never again was I going a day without sleeping. Al turned around so his back was facing me giving me little privacy.
"But isn't the chance of them coming out very low?"
"It's better then nothing." I said yawning. I took off my shirt so I could undo the wrapping and my bra once that was done I threw the top back on. "Okay Al you're good." I said standing in my boxers and a tank top.
"Most girls wear girl underwear." he tells me.
"These are more comfy. Now the only problem is is how do we capture a homunculus?" I said trying to come up with an idea. The window flew open and Al and I turned to look. It was Ling and Lan Fan. 'He saw everything, oh god, oh god, oh god.' I felt my breathing pick up speed. Al went into protective big brother mode and stood in front of me.
"We heard everything and are here to help." He said.
"Why do you want to help us?" I asked the boy while crossing my arms over my chest.
"Because we want the key to immortality and those things can't die."
"Fine but if we get one you can run away with it." I said stating the rules of our agreement. Ling to a step closer to me and moved Al out of the way. I could feel my face get red because I was in my pyjamas in front of a really hot guy. He took another step closer so he was right on top of me pretty much.
"I'm not going to run away from you this time." He said looking down to me. Now I knew I was blushing. I heard the door get pushed open this time but I didn't take my eyes off of Ling.
"Will you guys just shut up. Some people might actually want to sleep." It was Winston. God how many more people can we fit into this room. I turned to see him and he was just standing there in pyjama bottoms. My eyes grew wide at his body. 'wait why it's just Winston.' I thought to my body 'he's no big deal it's not like you haven't seen it before.' "Listen I have to get up early tomorrow so could everyone be quiet for the next six hours?" He asked angrily. I thought about him leaving town again, hoping he would be gone before we faced Scar so he would be out of the way. Wait Scar, Winston, Leaving.
"Hey maybe you should stick around Central for a bit. You know check out some of the automail stores here, or you know visit Hughes again." I said trying to convince him to stay. He looked unimpressed.
"You're going to break you're automail again aren't you." He didn't sound impressed either. I knit my eyebrows together and bit my lower lip.
"Hopefully not." I said as I shrugged my shoulders.
Hey guys, great news it wasn't a week between posts. I was worried cause my laptop died and my charger broke so I had to order a brand new one so I didn't think I would have finished it in time. So see you next time with Ed trying to be Scar bait.