more FMA fic
Doo doo doo, I need to post these fma_fic_contest entries to ff.net. One day! Meanwhile, this was my entry for prompt 96 - "growing up in Risembool."
Title: Promised Joy
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist (manga/Brotherhood)
Word Count: 450
Rating: G
Summary: Trisha couldn't wait to grow up.
Author's Notes: Title is from "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns.
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist and all associated characters, settings, etc., belong to Hiromu Arakawa-san. The only profit I make from this work of fiction is my own satisfaction and, possibly, the enjoyment of others.
Risembool was a town - more of a stretch of countryside, really - made up almost entirely of shepherds and farmers. Trisha Elric had nothing against sheep - she thought lambs were adorable and loved mutton - but she didn’t want to stay in Risembool forever. There was a whole world out there, and Trisha may have been only eight but she was determined to see it someday. Trisha wasn’t sure exactly what she wanted to do out in that wide world, but she would figure something out.
At recess, other children ran around pretending to be knights or alchemists, but Trisha lugged the teacher’s atlas to her favorite spot beneath the old oak tree and read all about the places she wanted to go. She’d visit cold, threatening Drachma when she graduated secondary school, and maybe see a battle or two. It might be scary, but she wasn’t afraid. Next would be mysterious, exotic Xing. The book said the emperor typically met with no foreigners, but she could find a way around that. Then hot and humid Aerugo, Creta with its oceans and forests - she’d visit them all. She might even write a book about her adventures someday, if they were good enough.
Trisha propped her chin on her folded arms, ignoring the shouts of her classmates. She couldn’t wait to grow up and start her travels.
~-~-~-~-
Ed cooed in her arms, making a grab for her hair. Trisha laughed, tucking it safely behind her ear. She’d have to start pulling it back, with the way Ed had begun reaching for anything that caught his eye. She glanced out the window, where Van was looking from the tangle of rope and wood to the tree branch high above in obvious confusion, and stifled another giggle. Their baby wouldn’t be able to use the swing for years but Van was set on building it today.
Her plans had changed as she aged but she hadn’t let go of her dreams of traveling, especially with Van’s stories about everywhere he’d been. He’d never said it, but Trisha knew he’d try to give her the stars as a necklace if she asked. One day, they would go together to the places she’d studied as a girl - but not for a while yet. Ed was only a baby, and she suspected he’d have a sibling soon. Trisha may have traveled far away from Risembool in her girlhood fantasies but she’d never want her children to grow up elsewhere. Ed and his future sister or brother would have the same gentle, peaceful childhood she’d had - and when they were older, Trisha would take them with her and Van.
She would share her long-awaited adventures with her family.
END
Title: Promised Joy
Fandom: Fullmetal Alchemist (manga/Brotherhood)
Word Count: 450
Rating: G
Summary: Trisha couldn't wait to grow up.
Author's Notes: Title is from "To a Mouse" by Robert Burns.
Disclaimer: Fullmetal Alchemist and all associated characters, settings, etc., belong to Hiromu Arakawa-san. The only profit I make from this work of fiction is my own satisfaction and, possibly, the enjoyment of others.
Risembool was a town - more of a stretch of countryside, really - made up almost entirely of shepherds and farmers. Trisha Elric had nothing against sheep - she thought lambs were adorable and loved mutton - but she didn’t want to stay in Risembool forever. There was a whole world out there, and Trisha may have been only eight but she was determined to see it someday. Trisha wasn’t sure exactly what she wanted to do out in that wide world, but she would figure something out.
At recess, other children ran around pretending to be knights or alchemists, but Trisha lugged the teacher’s atlas to her favorite spot beneath the old oak tree and read all about the places she wanted to go. She’d visit cold, threatening Drachma when she graduated secondary school, and maybe see a battle or two. It might be scary, but she wasn’t afraid. Next would be mysterious, exotic Xing. The book said the emperor typically met with no foreigners, but she could find a way around that. Then hot and humid Aerugo, Creta with its oceans and forests - she’d visit them all. She might even write a book about her adventures someday, if they were good enough.
Trisha propped her chin on her folded arms, ignoring the shouts of her classmates. She couldn’t wait to grow up and start her travels.
~-~-~-~-
Ed cooed in her arms, making a grab for her hair. Trisha laughed, tucking it safely behind her ear. She’d have to start pulling it back, with the way Ed had begun reaching for anything that caught his eye. She glanced out the window, where Van was looking from the tangle of rope and wood to the tree branch high above in obvious confusion, and stifled another giggle. Their baby wouldn’t be able to use the swing for years but Van was set on building it today.
Her plans had changed as she aged but she hadn’t let go of her dreams of traveling, especially with Van’s stories about everywhere he’d been. He’d never said it, but Trisha knew he’d try to give her the stars as a necklace if she asked. One day, they would go together to the places she’d studied as a girl - but not for a while yet. Ed was only a baby, and she suspected he’d have a sibling soon. Trisha may have traveled far away from Risembool in her girlhood fantasies but she’d never want her children to grow up elsewhere. Ed and his future sister or brother would have the same gentle, peaceful childhood she’d had - and when they were older, Trisha would take them with her and Van.
She would share her long-awaited adventures with her family.
END