I knew this wouldn't be easy but come on. It seems like I've checked every book in this library but there's still no sign of anything relating to the Philosophers Stone! And I can't look it up on the internet; they won't have anything on it since it doesn't exists in my world! I flop backwards on the ground in defeat, looking up at the ceiling with hatred.
"Stupid Amestris and no technology…" I grumble as I close my eyes, sighing. Laugher reach my ears and I suppose that it was Nina and Alphonse playing horsey or whatever. I choose to ignore them, too frustrated in my findings. It was still the first day that we are here but I would've thought that the stone would be famous in the Alchemist's eyes!
But I'm kinda surprise that Ed hasn't said anything to me. I know that he doesn't trust me and doesn't like me, but why would he let me into secret resources? He probably just forgot about me, seeing all the possibilities in these books. Or he's still mad about the train incident…
"I WILL NOT LOSE THIS TIME! I, EDWARD ELRIC WILL USE MY CONSITERABLE POWERS TO VANQUISH YOU! YOU MANGY MUTT!" Ed screams out of nowhere, causing me to jump and hit my head on one of the shelf's.
"Ow…" I mumble, rubbing my head and I sit up. A few minutes later, something big and white hits me and knocks me to the floor. "Alexander…" I grumble as he answers with a woof, staring down at me playfully.
"I got you now!" Ed yells again as Alexander runs off. Ed runs past me in a furious blur, not paying attention to me at all. I sigh and roll my eyes, getting up and walking to where ever Nina and Al were. Maybe I could forget about my frustration by hanging around a couple of goody two shoes.
"Hey guys…" I say once I found them playing horsey or something.
"Big sister!" Nina exclaims.
"Hi Bree," Al greets me.
"Can I hang with you guys for a bit?" They both nod their head as we hear Ed and Alexander running around, screaming.
"Hi Bree! Long time no see!" Havoc greets me in the doorway to the library.
"Oh, hey Havoc." I force a smile.
"Wait, Ed. What are you doing?"
"Just taking a break from a long day of research…" Ed mumbles underneath Alexander.
"After all of that you must be dog tired," Tucker comments as Ed sweet drops, "You can come back tomorrow." He waves his hand dismissively.
As we start to walk out of the house with me at the back, something caught my eye. In a small room off of the main hallway, there stood a beautiful grand piano. Made of polished black wood, it stood at the side of the room where the window was; its keys facing the door. I stop for a second admiring its magnificence, forgetting about the others.
"Hey, are you coming or what?!" Ed yells back at me, annoyed. I snap out of a trance when I look up to them.
"What? Oh yeah, I'm coming!" I take one last glance at it and then jog up to the front door where they were waiting. Maybe I could try to play it tomorrow…
We said our goodbyes, Havoc reminding Tucker about assessment day, and then we were off to a military hotel. I got privileges up in front again. Ha! The first few minutes in the car was silence, until Ed had to interrogate me some more.
"Why were you in the library? What were you looking up?" Ed asks, leaning up so his head was beside my seat.
"Alchemy, what else?" I look over to him, dismissing the idea. He slinks back into his seat, clearly disappointed with my answer.
"Hey Bree, why did you stop in the middle of the hallway? Did you see something?" Al asks.
"Oh that…I, um," I stumble with embarrassment, "I saw a grand piano in one of the rooms."
"You like the piano?"
"Kinda…"
"Can you play?"
"Well…yeah."
"Maybe you should play for us tomorrow if Mr. Tucker lets you."
"Um…sure?" I hate playing in front of people. It just that I'm always worried that I'm going to mess up a beautiful song and ruin the whole piece. But I have sheet music in my backpack! If I have music maybe I won't mess it up as bad!
But I always mess everything up.
I slump down in the bed once we got to the hotel. Why was I so tired? All I did today was read. Or maybe it's that I haven't gotten a good night sleep lately… I open my laptop to do something productive on the internet. Maybe I got some views or reviews for my stories on Fanfiction. Ignoring Ed and Al's conversation about Biological Alchemy crap, I open my browser to let out a gasp.
"WHAT!" I yell as I look at my screen in shock. The Elrics both jump from the couch they were sitting on.
"What's wrong?!" Al asks, startled.
"How…how…" I try to form the words and then let out a groan as I flop back on the bed.
"What the hell is wrong?!" Ed yells at me, probably annoyed about my mood swings or whatever.
"I lost a bet…" I mumble.
"What bet?"
"That the Broncos would crush the Sea Hawks." Yeah, I forgot about the Super Bowl. It's the only time of the year that my mom would watch football and tolerate dad and I's screaming. And I made a bet with one of my friends that the Broncos would win. Man, I lost twenty bucks…
"What the hell are you talking about?"
"Football."
"Which is…" Oh yeah, they don't have football here.
"It's a sport."
"Pft, it's just a stupid game."
"It's not just any game," I sit back up and glare at Ed, "It's the biggest football game of the year! It's the Super Bowl where the two best football teams in the country go head on! And the Broncos lost miserably…" There was a moment of silence.
"So…how much did you bet?"
"Twenty dollars…"
"Wow, good job."
"Hey! The Broncos had a great team and they did really well this year considering years past! I thought they could pull through!"
"Yeah, and look how well that went."
"Oh shut it, Shorty!"
"Look who's talking, Bigfoot!"
"What the- what's with the name Bigfoot?!"
"Cause you have big feet!"
"Yeah, big enough to kick you down to size, Shorty!"
Back at the Tuckers the next day, I decided to look up Alchemy. I thought there's a book like 'Alchemy for Dummies' or something. But no, it has to be like 'Alchemy, cell division' or some crap like that. But I was not going to ask for help! I can figure it out! Even if I suck at science. But I end up giving in and just lay on the floor in defeat. I start to doze off with a book over my face and others all over my body for a while, until something hits my stomach with a soft thud.
"What!" I flip out, throwing the books off of myself. Looking up, I find Ed smirking down at my reaction with Al and Nina behind him. I glare at him. "What do you want?" I growl.
"We were going outside and Al forced me to ask you if you wanted to come." Ed says, still smiling mischievously. I mumble a 'fine' and follow them out to the front yard.
Climbing a tree, I watch as Ed chases Nina and Alexander around with some toy thing he transmutes out of his arm. I perch on a branch and start thinking. How am I going to save Nina? I finally know that I'm in Brotherhood since we aren't staying at the Tuckers. That means that Tucker will transmute Nina and Alexander tomorrow before Ed and Al come to his house. Maybe I could get them to come earlier? But if Tucker finds out then he'll just transmute her before then. But what if I told them that I overheard Tucker saying that he's going to transmute a Chimera tomorrow and I want to watch? That could work! Ok, that's my game plan!
"Hey Bree?" I look down to see Al peering up at me. "Do you want to play the piano for us?" Oh yeah, forgot about that…
"Uh yeah, sure." I say as I jump down. We call the rest of the gang over and we head inside. "Ok, I got to grab my bag real quick. Wait for me at the piano." I call to them as I run over to the library. Ok, calm down. I'll play a few pieces and then I'll be done right? It's not some big performance in front of a lot of people. I'll be fine! I jog back to the room and find everyone waiting for me. Nina was sitting on the piano bench; Al was standing with Ed in the middle of the room with Ed looking bored out of his mind. Alexander was lying underneath the piano bench, wagging his tail at the sight of me.
"Big sister is going to play us a song!" Nina exclaims with excitement, swinging her legs back and forth in the air. I force a grin as I sit next to her, digging though my bag for my Band Folder. Looking through my music, I decide to play the Jurassic Park Theme song. It's one of my favorites, and although some people play it non-stop in band, I've always loved Jurassic Park.
"What's that?" Nina asks, looking at the music as I put it up on top of the piano.
"It's a song called Jurassic Park." I explain, cracking my fingers.
"What's Jurassic Park?" Al asks.
"It's a book and someone decided to write a song for it." I can't tell them it's a movie, they don't have movies here! And I don't really want to explain the story to Nina; it might scare her half to death. I lay my fingers on the smooth ivory keys. It's such a nice piano. My piano sucks at home. The pedal doesn't work that well so I can't connect the notes. But this one seems completely new! I glance over to Ed to see him sprawled out on a chair bored out of his mind. I sigh, typical Ed. Then, I start.
It starts out with a few long notes and a slow rhythm. As the song wears on, it gets faster and more energetic. Just like the movie. But it always stays majestic and mysterious. I start swaying my body with the music and the movement I have to make to reach certain keys. Nina was watching me with awe, amazed at my talent. I hold the final note and slowly lift my fingers from the keys. I take a breath and look over to Ed and Al for their reactions. Nina was clapping like there's was no tomorrow and Alexander was barking in pleasure.
"That was really amazing Bree!" Al exclaims. I smile at him and look over to Ed. Was he… asleep?! I huff in irritation.
"Are you kidding me?!" I hiss at him as he snores softly. Stomping out of the room, I grab my things and head for the library. Was I really that boring! I thought I was doing well enough not to put people to sleep! I throw my bag against the wall and sit in a chair.
"Why do I even bother!? The only person that appreciates me is Alphonse!" I mumble profanities under my breath. This is why I hate playing in front of people. I'm always afraid that they'll hate my music. That they'll hate me.
I didn't see them until it was time to go back to the hotel. They probably already talked to Tucker about his life story and that crap. Al peers around the side of the book shelf at me. I was sprawled on the chair thinking over my plan of attack for tomorrow.
"Bree?" I look up to him and gather my stuff. "I'm sorry about Ed…"
"Don't worry about it." I brush him off, walking past him towards the door. Why does it seem like every time Ed and I have some sort of quarrel that Al is always the one checking up on me? I feel like such a brat.
"But you do play beautifully." Al tries to cheer me up.
"Meh, I'm not that good." I side-step the compliment.
"No really, you are." I sigh in defeat and mumble a 'thanks'. I never really like the piano anyways. My mom forced me to do it and I don't like to be forced to do stuff for unknown reasons. We reach the awaiting car…with Ed in the front. I don't really care anymore. He smirks up at me in triumph, but I just slide in the back with Al. I've only been with them for a couple of days and already I'm sick of him. And even if I did cared, I wouldn't' give him the satisfaction of me being angry at him.
The whole ride there was an awkward silence as I stare out of the window. I got to put my plan of action into gear late tonight. I got to save Nina and Alexander.
Cause I have to do something right at least once in my life.
A/N: Hiya guys! long time no see! hope you like this chapter cause i think it was fun to write! And im putting in too many exclimation marks!
So what do you guys think? I wrote this during the Super Bowl which was a freaking long time ago! But i was playing the piano one day and i was thinking what Ed would do if Bree could play the piano. Do you peoples think i did a decent job on that part? Its hard to try to explain playing a instrument!
But school is almost out! Yeah! Summers almost here and so is freedom! Are you people excited? Please leave a reveiw cause i love to hear from you guys!
But i'm thinking about posting your guys pennames in the A/N if you leave a reveiw...Think its a good idea? Also, i still have the poll up on whether you guys like 'What I'm Not' or 'Fading into Truth' better. This will determind which one i will devote my time on these upcoming weeks. I'm still going to end it when school ends so get voting!
Well i think that's about it...But the fateful day is coming up soon! Dun dun duhhhhh! Next weekend is when i'm going to post it so watch out! It's going to be interesting! So please leave a reveiw cause my last post i didn't get any D:
Thank you awesome people!