A/N: Alright, I'm sorry for how late this is, I just didn't know where to bring this chapter... but I built a bridge and got over it and finished! So I want to warn you Al uses my education head canon for Risembool and other small towns in Amestris in this chapter, if you don't agree, that's fine but I don't want any flames about it.
~Enjoy!
Al stood outside the train station with Alicia, she was wearing a dress Riza had bought her at the store and she was smiling brightly. Al smiled down at her before looking around the station looking for the hosts. Al saw a man carrying a small baby and a woman following him and saying something about how the child needed to be fed. There were other odd people around the place, like a man selling cabbages. The area smelled like oranges and cabbage. Then there was a random police call box, Al didn't think those still existed. And the there was a girl with the strangest hair ever, it was teal and was pulled into two twin pigtails. There was a squealing of trains on the railway tracks.
"Al! Al!" Al and Alicia turned to see the hosts in commoners clothing and waving at the two. Al waved back and then took Alicia's hand to lead her towards the group. "Hey, you got your tickets?"
"Of course! Where's our train?" Hikaru asked as he looked around for the train. Al pointed to the train that just pulled in and the group headed off towards it. They got on the train and there weren't very many people on it. There was a young child with her mom and an old man.
There was a small blonde girl sitting with a whiter haired girl in a fedora, a boy with black hair and was really pale and there was a brown haired boy who looked really excited to be on the train. They were arguing about whether or not Emily should be trusted with driving the boat ever again. Alicia was finding their conversation very entertaining and started to watch them argue.
"Alright, step one of the field trip has been a success! Now, roll call!" Tamaki whispered excitedly. Everyone groaned, except for Alicia who was busy standing next to the odd group arguing.
"Al?!" Tamaki whispered.
"Here." Al whispered back, he was humoring the upperclassmen.
"Hikaru and Kaoru?!" Tamaki whispered.
"WE ARE HERE!" They screamed, making Tamaki start scolding them in a whisper voice. The whole scene was quite hilarious and lasted about ten minutes of scolding, snickering and smacking the twins on the head.
"Alright, now, Kyoya, Mori and Honey?" Tamaki asked, speaking with a normal volume.
"Here." Kyoya and Mori said in monotone unison. There was one voice that wasn't heard, Honey. They started to look around the train car for the small third year but had little luck. After about half an hour of unsuccessful searching Mori's cell phone rang.
"Hello?...Yes...Uh-huh... Bye." He shoved it back in his pocket and left the train car to go help Honey find his way back from the snack car.
~Time skip! AMESTRIS!~
"THIS IS SO COOL!" The hosts all shouted as they got off at Risembool train station.
"Yep, a total commoners' town. Men take note of the commoners' ways." Tamaki informed the hosts as Al led them out of the train station. The twins and Honey followed Tamaki closely and nodded their heads as Tamaki pointed out interesting things about a commoners' train station.
"Alphonse! It's so good to see you, it's been awhile hasn't it?" Al turned to see an older woman talking to him through the ticket window.
"Yes, it has been quite some time, hasn't it? It's good to see you!" Al greeted her with a smile, she laughed good naturedly and Al waved as they walked on and left the train station.
"Al-chan? Who was that?" Honey asked as they walked on the small dirt road.
"Who, her? That's , she's the school teacher here in Risembool." Al explained.
"There's only one teacher?" Tamaki asked, he gazed at Al curiously.
"Yep, since most people stop going to school at the age of ten." Al explained.
"Most people here are uneducated?" The twins asked in unison.
"Well, jobs around here usually deal with farming or livestock, we learn everything we need to get a job by the age of ten. Including my brother and I."
"Wait, you have a job?"
"Yes, but I didn't exactly choose my job. Oh, we're here! Alicia, we're at Sissy's house." Al told the young girl as he took her hand and led the way up the steps. They knocked on the door and waited for a moment. Inside you could clearly hear Den barking at the door and Winry shouting that she was coming.
"Hello, and welcome to... Al!" Winry practically tackled Al in a backbreaking hug. She started to cry out of sheer happiness.
"It's good to see you Winry. Did you get Gracia's call?" Al asked, he was out of breath and was turning an interesting shade of red but didn't want to hurt the older girl's feelings by telling her to stop hugging him.
"Oh, is that why you're here? Not to say hello to your almost sister-in-law?" Winry asked as she let Al out of the hug and grabbed the wrench out of her tool belt.
"NO! I've been meaning to come visit you, but I sort of had school and other things related to Roy." Al explained quietly so the hosts wouldn't here. Winry nodded and stuck the wrench back in her belt. Winry's jumpsuit was all the way on unlike her usual tied around the waist look. Her hair was pulled into a bun and tucked under a black bandana. Her eyes held bags under them as if she hadn't slept in days.
"Well, come on in I guess. Your friends too. Gracia won't be here until around supper so you just have to wait." Winry explained as she led the way into her house and into the messy living room. "Sorry about my mess, I'm having such a difficult time with this metal! It just doesn't want to work!" Winry said with a sigh as she started to tidy up the mess.
"Here, let me help you." Al and Tamaki said in unison as they knelt down to help move the scattered wires and pieces of metal onto a table.
"Thanks guys! My name's Winry, and you six are?"
"I'm Tamaki, this small lovable one is Honey, the tall one back there is Mori, the one with glasses is Kyoya and those two are the twins Hikaru and Kaoru." Tamaki introduced everyone in turn.
"Nice to meet you. Al, Alicia and I are making supper for when Gracia comes. Would you mind showing your friends around town?." Winry asked as she took Alicia's hand and led her to the kitchen, showing that her question wasn't actually a question.
"Sure, come on guys." Al led them out of the house and down the road to a large grassy hill.
"Where are we?" Hikaru asked as he plopped down in the grass.
"This is a hill. I used to come here all the time when I was younger. It's actually where Ed and I met our Alchemy teacher." Al laughed slightly at the memory. He remembered when he was about eight when it had happened. Risembool was having yet another flood and their teacher happened to be in town. She had made a wall so the men had more time to get the sandbags placed. Ed and Al had been fascinated by her amazing alchemical powers and begged to become her students. For their first month of training Ed and Al had been stranded on a deserted island for a month, those were the days Al cherished most.
"Actually this place is still the best place to play and hang out." Al laughed as he plopped down next to Hikaru and gazed at the river, it was flowing lazily by in the cool spring air. It was good to be home.
A/N: Alright, love it? Hate it? Review me on what you thought! But if you're going to hate make it CONSTRUCTIVE! Alright that's it.
Disclaimer: I don't own FMA or OHHC or any of the hidden Easter eggs in one of the first paragraphs.
Referring to that, how many did you find? 1, 2, or all three? They are NOT from either of these animes, actually none of them are technically from animes... Review/PM me which ones you find! Next chapter I'll tell you what they're from next chapter!
Have a wonderful night!
~Usachan!
