Hope ꨄ Male Reader x Edward Elric

ꨄDemon Ladyꨄ

Chapter 19
"Miracles in human birth"
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M/R's pov

Yikes, a lot had happened whilst we were at Rush Valley. This is quite obviously a time skip, I mean- nothing really eventful happened.

Okay, that was a lie, we witnessed life being brought into this world! A baby! It was amazing, Winry is amazing. She helped deliver it. Some people just amaze me, she's so talented. Her hands were meant to save people, just like her parents.

Currently, we were trying to catch the train to head over to wherever Ed's teacher lived. Winry wanted to stay here in Rush Valley but she wanted to see us off, so here we were, running to the train.

"Be careful out there!" Winry called out. Edward looked back as he ran, grinning, "You too! You better train hard!" He called back, jumping onto the back railing of the train.

"M/R! Keep an eye on Ed for me!" The blonde said to me.

I chuckled and nodded, "Yeah! Sure thing!" I snorted, jumping onto the train along with Alphonse and Edward. Edward huffed, "Hey. I'm the one keeping an eye on him, not the other way round."

I rolled my eyes and smiled, waving goodbye to Winry and Paninya.

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As we got off the train, Edward took my hands and looked at me. "Be warned, you are about to be face-to-face with a demon lady." He says.

I paused and tilted my head, "Wh- A demon lady? Ed, isn't this lady your teacher?"

Alphonse whined, "Teacher can be a bit scary sometimes."

I nodded in slight understanding but was still confused nonetheless.

Edward pulled me closer towards him, close enough that our noses were touching. "Just stay close to me and Al, okay?"

Heat rose to my face from the closeness as I nodded, "M-Mhm. Got it."

He let go of my hands and started leading us to a meat shop.

"Here? Is this where the demon lady lives?" I asked, sarcastically.

Edward nodded vigorously, holding onto my arm as if he were about to meet face-to-face with the devil himself. Alphonse seemed to be shaking in his armour, a childlike demeanour leaving him.

I sighed, 'These children, honestly.'

I took both Alphonse's and Edward's hands, slowly making my way down to the front door of the shop. Before I could even knock, we were jump-scared by a male with black hair carrying a bag over his shoulders, "Hi! How can I help you?!" He shouted out enthusiastically.

I screeched at the sudden voice, hugging onto Al in slight scare. The man blinked at me then looked towards Edward, grinning. He loomed over the blond, "Edward, is that you? Long time no see!"

"You're...Mason, right?" Ed questioned, slowly getting up onto his feet. He looked towards me and huffed, seeing that I was latched onto his brother.

"What?" I scoffed, "The dude came out of nowhere, what was I supposed to do? Stand there and say 'Salutations Young sir! How has thou been this fine day?'"

All three boys looked at me in confusion, causing me to sigh. "Right, this is Germany. I'm stupid. At least this isn't the real world where we experience the first and second world wars- wait that's already happening in this universe."

We all went quiet, either due to the fourth wall break or simply because no one understood what I said and were trying to comprehend and translate it into what they understand as 'understandable'.

Mason began excessively patting Edward on the head, going on about how big he'd gotten. It seemed to be pissing Edward off, probably reminding him more of how short he is.

Ed instantly looked back at me, growling. I arched a brow and paused, "Oh Crap, I said that out loud, didn't I?"

"Mhm." Alphonse hummed, seemingly holding back a snort.

The shorter male hmph'ed as Mason looked towards me. "So, who's your friend?"

"This is M/R." Ed introduced, lightly smacking my arm to get back at me for calling him short. "He also has a tendency to call me sh- shhh...shorrr..."

"Short."

"Shaddup!" The alchemist huffed.

I smiled and rolled my eyes, "I'm M/R L/N. It's nice to meet you, I'm one of Ed's friends."

Mason nodded, a wide, bright smile on his face. "Nice to meet ya, M/R! Glad to see Ed's making new friends."

"Mhm!"

The older man chuckled and started to lead us to the side of the shop, "You guys are lucky, Izumi just came back from a trip yesterday. You have such great timing."

Edward and Alphonse seemed to deflate from whatever left of their body they had. I can just see the disappointment on their blobby faces, wishing their teacher was still away so that they had an excuse not to see her.

Mason went into the shop as we waited outside. I crouched down and poked at them both, "Edward, Alphonse, get up. You came here for answers, right? You aren't going to get any if you just slither around on the ground like that."

"We are speaking to the ground, such a fine language and conversation we are having. Isn't that right, Al?" Edward murmured.

"Why it sure is, brother! Nice and cold!" Alphonse replied.

"Al, you can't even feel the ground, what're you talking about- besides the ground is warmer in the southern parts of Amestria."

All of a sudden, a big man wearing an apron with a large beard stomped out onto the front steps. He was holding a large knife - probably a butcher's knife since this was a meat shop - and he seemed to have a threatening appearance.

Yeah, no. Now I see why they didn't want to come here. I quietly hid behind Alphonse - hiding behind Ed wouldn't do much, he's too short to hide behind.

"N...Nice to see you again.." The Elric brothers quietly whispered. They were both as still as statues, as if frozen in fear.

"Ed...Right?" The big man questioned, Edward hesitantly nodding in response.

Instantly, the bearded person grabbed onto Ed's head. At first out of instinct, I reached down to transmute a weapon to protect the other as I thought he would be attacked, but instead his head was being patted. I paused at my own stupidity but sighed in relief, standing back up straight and dusting my hands off.

The same scenario played out with Alphonse, causing me to smile. He didn't really seem to question my presence, probably just figuring that I was there as a friend. After explaining why we were here, we were being led to a little cottage/house. Ed, Al and I hung around the front door, chatting whilst waiting for the Elric brothers' teacher.

I instantly perked up at the sound of walking towards the door coming from inside, causing me to move to the side just in case the door got slammed open. Who knows? Maybe this lady really was the devil as Ed had told me?

All of a sudden, just as I had expected, the door slammed open following a kick. Edward flew a few feet, rolling onto the ground as he got kicked, leaving me and Alphonse terrified. What the hell?