Authors note:
Alright so I felt kinda bad for how long it took me to get the last chapter done so I went ahead and wrote the next one. This one let's us begin to enter the plot a bit. Thanks so much for reading! I hope you enjoy!
Chapter 3:
The train ride was surprisingly calm... we'll as calm as it could be with that bastard Colonel hanging around. I will admit though it was incredibly amusing to watch his frustrated face when I kept winning in poker. Al almost snitched on my secret but was easily silenced by a glare. It wasn't too long before we reached rush valley and all the craziness that came with it. As soon as I got off the train I hid behind alphonse in an effort to escape those insane mechanics who think it's perfectly fine to strip someone in the middle of the street. Mustang raised an eyebrow at me but I simply glared at him. He wisely kept his mouth shut. Walking down the street towards garfiels automail shop I couldn't help but wonder what winry was up to. It has been a few months since I had seen her after all. A small smile grew on my face. Well first she'll probably throw her wrench at me and scream about my automail. I'd scream back. She'll call me an alchemy freak and I'll call her a gearhead then she'll let us in and fix my automail without complaint.
The smile was replaced with my usual cocky grin as we walked up to the shop. Knocking on the door we waited until it opened. Paninya opened the door with a smile. "Oh, hey! It's you guys! Wait here. I'll go get winry." She said, leaving the door open as she rushed to find her. My nerves began to dance as I shifted my weight uncomfortably. Suddenly the wrench flew out of the air and hit me straight in the head. Funny how no matter how much I know it's coming and try to avoid it, I never can. I rubbed the bump on my head in frustration as I yelled, "what the hell was that for winry!" "Why the hell haven't you called! I told you to call me before coming out!" She cried angrily. I groaned as I got back to my feet. Mustang stood there with an amused look on his face and hawkeye stood beside him, as collected as always. I could've sworn I saw a smile twitch on her face for a moment. Then winry turned to the others. "Hey Al! Good afternoon Colonel. It's good to see you Lieutenant." She said in greeting, opening the door with a smile for them to enter. "Greetings ." mustang said causing me to glare again. " . it's good to see you too." Hawkeye said as she entered with a smile. Al came next, giving her a greeting as well before she finally let me in. "Now what did you do to your automail this time." I laughed nervously before saying, "well... you see... there was an accident with this wall and it kinda fell on it. Hahaha."
By the end of the afternoon I was sporting several more bumps from a wrench. "Why did I get her that stupid thing anyway." I grumbled frustratedly to Al. Lucky for me Winry had already prepared an extra arm for me. The only reason we were staying the night was because it was already dark and it had to be adjusted for my height. Take that Mustang. If I keep growing like this I'll be taller than you in no time. I couldn't help the evil chuckle that escaped my mouth. Al looked at me with concern. "Brother. What are you thinking?" "Oh nothing." I added with a matching grin to go with the laugh. Al shook his helmet. "And that's why you're laughing like a mental ward patient." He said, the sound echoing in the empty armor. I chuckled once more before looking out the window. A strange man walked past downstairs and I suddenly felt this ominous feeling inside my chest. "Al..." he turned, already standing up. "I feel it too, Ed. What do you think's going on?" I shook my head. "I dunno. Let's go find out." I said, getting to my feet as creeping towards the door. Alphonse followed with surprising stealth for a suit of armour. We were about to open the door to leave when we heard a throat clear behind us. Turning swiftly our eyes met that of the colonels. "And where do you two think you're going?" He asked. Edward was about to retort when suddenly a bright light enveloped the house. "Brother!" Al called looking out the nearest window. There was the same man activating a transmutation circle unlike anything Edward had ever seen. Winry rushed down the stairs. "What's going on?! What's with the lights?!" She asked, worry cracking her voice slightly. Then the light grew brighter and before anyone could even respond it circled around them and all they were left with was the feeling of emptiness and the bright white of the light.
"Hey sister. What are we doing here?" Sam asked calmly as the eevee watched his cubone sister dig through some junk In an abandoned house."This is the house that a friend of mines trainor used to live in. He said if I was ever in town again and needed a place to stay I could crash here." He thought for a moment before realizing something. "Oh, so this was Electro's old house?" Max nodded and chuckled. "I see the trainer was a lot less organized than his pikachu." She said playfully but then she felt it. A strong force vibrating from deep within the earth. Something so powerful that she couldn't even imagine what it could be. Trying to find the source of the power she ran through the house to where the basement was. A bright light was shinning through the cracks. She waited a moment for the light to dim before pushing into it. There, in the middle of the floor laid a blonde haired teen and a large suit of armour. "That was definitely not there before." She said to herself but stopped speaking when she noticed movement. The armour had moved it's hand.