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Silent Shadow of Amestria	By : Emereld_Kitten_Tail Category: -Misc Anime > AU - Alternate Universe Views: 1344 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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"Alright so your siblings have already taken my test and managed to pass, if barely. Now you have two choices, you can either hear my riddle and answer it now or stay a month on a deserted island with nothing but a dagger to survive. I didn’t give your siblings an option but I have a feeling you might be able to figure it out. The choice is whether you’re here for the next month or there."
Elfi actually wanted to try the island, it sounded just the thing up her alley. Survival and battles with other predators. She would have the opportunity to sink her fangs into some real prey and eat them fresh. It was a no brainer for her.
"The island, it sounds like the last time I’ll have some true fun for the next few years so might as well have it now." Izumi smirked at her before handing over a steel serrated dagger. From the looks on Al's face he more than likely had to kill a little animal on the island and it probably hurt him more than he would admit. It still surprised her sometimes how gentle he is.
Reaching forward she snatched the weapon off the table and quickly dropped it into the shadows beneath her. As she did this Izumi's smirk only grew in size.
"Alright kids Al and Ed you will stay here with Sig and he will teach you something about knife maintenance. I’ll be back later tonight." Standing up both females walked toward the front door. Izumi turned back to say something before shrugging again and just walking out. Elfi wondered about it for a second before following her.
Once they were outside she noticed they were in a small village, similar but different from Resembool. While Resembool mainly marketed in farming this town seemed to have a major hand in crafting and design. It would honestly be a nice place for her Automail shop. She even saw another nudist. He was old and wrinkly though.
"So where are we going? You never did say?" making a quick stop to pick up some soap and two dozen eggs she was soon walking out. Gently Izumi handed them to her and started heading farther down the road. Seeing as they were breakable she crouched to the ground and lowed them into her shadow. Looking around to make sure no one saw her she ran after Izumi.
"We are going to the Island in the middle of a nearby lake. There you will stay for a months’ time. Either Sig or myself will come get you. You will most likely lose track of time here, everyone does."
when they got to the edge of a hill Elfi's eyes widened. The island she was talking about had to be just as big as Resembool and the lake three times that. She could easily see why people got lost on it. It all looked the bloody same from even this far away!
Wanting to get this stretch done with Izumi started the walk down with Elfi on her tail. Luckily for Elfi her wolf perk gave her a higher sense of balance as well as sight, hearing, and smell. otherwise she would have fallen down at least twice already. By the time the girls got to the bottom Elfi was breathing hard just from the stress of going down the hill. If only she had a pair of rollerblades or a bike and a ramp, then that would be a total adrenaline rush.
Reaching the beach, they easily climbed into the boat and after getting situated they were off. Both holding an oar they paddled across the water. It did make her wonder if Izumi would be able to make it after being sick the day before. Thankfully she didn’t get to think about that too much.
With a heavy thunk their boat hit the shore making them jerk backward and almost fall if it wasn’t for their heightened instincts. Standing up Elfi flipped herself over the boat. It a meaty thump she landed in sand, water, and mud. Been on the Island less than a minute and she was already covered in mud. Looking at her body as she got up she briefly notice that her privates were completely covered in mud but didn’t bother whipping them off. Sure, she needed to keep herself clean there but she would be alright if she didn’t get any dirt or anything inside.
"Alright Elfi, from here on out you’re on your own for entire month. I’ll come for the answer to my riddle then." Izumi sent her a smirk at the look of her apprentice she looked an absolute mess, "All is one, one is all."
The words were easy to figure out, It’s like equivalent exchange in a way. To gain something you must give something, to give something you must have something to gain. In this case, it’s more like Every action you take effect everyone else and how they react affects you in turn.
She could yell it out to the woman but decided that she would use this chance to release her wild side a little. Stretching her body out she yawned massively. With a hungry glint in her eye and a happy smile on her face she walked into the heart of the forest. If anyone was around about an hour later they would have heard a massive roar before a call of distress from all the animals on the island.

0/0

When the month was up Elfi was sitting on a rock on the beach waiting for her teacher. Over the last month she had so much fun on the island. Between all the meat and fresh blood, she got directly from their still beating hearts she had also taken up skinning and now had a nice set of pelts. She had turned a grizzle bears pelt into a blanket, minus the head, and a rather large fox into a body pillow that was stuffed with rabbit furs to make it super fluffy. those had been her first conquests on the island and she had taken the bears cave for herself.
Most of the time she was soaked in blood and didn’t mind it but she made sure to shower once every five days out here. The left-over eggs had turned into part of her breakfast this morning.
Elfie sighed as the wind caressed her body. To think she had been here a month but it was a good month for her. Between letting her animal side out and the escape from other humans she was feeling more at peace than she had in a long while. Now if only she could stop this stupid itch that was constantly burning inside her privates. It had gotten so bad over the month that she had taken to using a freaking stick just to reach it. Hurt like the dickens at first but she had soon gotten used to it. That was going to be the first thing she did when she got good at practical Alchemy. Make a better sex toy for herself.
A blush lite up her face at the thought but thankfully a boat in the distance helped her starve off the thoughts. It was the row boat from what she could see but it wasn’t either Sig or Izumi. So, who could it be?
When the boat finally crashed upon the beach she got a good look at the stranger. He was much taller than her and had a kind face with short spiky brown hair. He was wearing a dark green tank top and black shorts along with wrist bands. Upon his eyes landing on her his face reddened and he tried to take his eyes away from her but they were easily drawn back in. She couldn’t help but smile more at his funny action.
"You Elfriede? Izumi sent me to pick you up. Something about having to fix Ed's messed up transmutation circle. She wouldn’t explain more than that." his voice even sounded cheerful, if a bit thick, but that was probably because he didn’t know how to take her nude appearance.
"Yes sir! I could have guessed it was Ed that messed up." Getting up off the rock she swiped at her butt to get the dirt off before walking over to him and stepping into the boat. She noticed his eyes following her butt as she crawled in but didn’t say anything, he was a male after all. A few good pushes he had them back into the water and moving across the waters.
"So, did you have fun on the island? Izumi said that you weren’t as domesticated as your siblings and tend to be a little wild." His blush was finally starting to fade but his eyes would trail all over her a lot. "Guess that would explain the reason your naked. Does it bother you that people stare?" He pointed down at her crotch but she didn’t see anything negative about it, he was just curious.
She smiled at the friendly man, "It has never bothered me. It a part of who I am and if others don’t like it then they can ignore me. You can look you know, you’re not the only one interesting in my condition." She could see the tension start falling off the man’s shoulders as she spoke, "by the way. I never did get your name?"
He chuckled good naturedly at getting caught in his wondering eyes. In truth, he was glad the girl wasn’t going to yell or hit him for it. So many other women had done just that when they caught him staring for far too long.
"It’s Mason and I’m 16, I work in the butchery but I occasionally do other tasks for the Curtis' when they ask me to. Besides to meet another friendly face, especially one as cute as yours, is always a welcome." she didn’t blush under his flirting but she did smile more. It was nice to know there was going to be such a nice man in the shop beneath hers. Maybe she would have someone nice to talk to during lunch.
"You know I’m gay, right? But feel free to try and practice your flirting on me." this time his face turned tomato red but she didn’t know if it was because of her sexuality.
taking a heavy gulp, he pushed through his embarrassment, "I guess you really are different than most girls, but in a good way. Sorry if I came off as a pervert, I know you’re a kid." she giggled at his awkwardness but then again most boys his age are that way.
She waved him off, "you fine Mason, I knew you didn’t mean anything by it. Maybe if things were different we could have tried something in a few years but they are the way they are. Friends?" she extended her hand and he easily clasped her much smaller hand in his own.
"I’d like that." It was then that their boat hit shore and jerked her out of her seat right into his lap. he jumped at the sudden blow but managed to hold back the groan in his throat. Taking a slow breath, he ignored the flash of pain. "Guess were here, could have warned me you know?"
Looking up at him from her new seat she stuck her tongue out at him which only made him laugh a little, "And where's the fun in that? If I had I wouldn’t have found out that your good at holding back your pain. Trust me I know what if feels like to get hit in the balls." Getting up out of his lap she hopped out onto the beach and stretched. Being on a uncomfy boat for that long was bad for the bones.
"Guess you do, but anyway we have to get going. Izumi wanted you there by 10 and we only have about thirty minutes left." tying up the boat he started walking at a brisk pace. Seeing that he was moving she had to jog to catch up to the boy before he left her in the dust. She may be fast for a human when she ran but she was still 7, so she was short.
their walked up the hill was hard on her cafes and thighs but it was good at toning them if anything. It was making her wish she had a hill like this in Resembool. It made her feel like she was actually working.
Soon the pair were in front of the Curtis' house and they could hear yelling inside. She looked at Mason for a minute to see him frowning at the door. Did this happen a lot when she wasn’t here?
Shaking the worry out of her mind she walked up to the front door and pushed it open. Instantly the yelling got much louder, making her have to cover her ears in pain. With a small twitch to her cheek she strode in to see what was going on.
the first think she noticed was that Izumi was glaring down a figure not two feet away from here with complete irritation. She could see the anger in her eyes about to spill forth if she didn’t step in. The second thing she noticed was that there was a pile of boxes in the corner. Some were opened and there was blueprints everywhere around them. A few were even ripped. Anger of her own started building up inside.
"EDWARD! What the hell did you do!" her voice rolled over the pair as both whipped to look at her. She could see the annoyance and jealousy in her brother’s eyes as he realized just who it was that yelled.
"The old hag sent you things and I wanted to know what it was. Stupid old lady didn’t even bother with anything useful, just all that pointless Automail junk." he sneered heavily at her and she had to admit it was a rather good sneer but it still pissed her off that he would do such a thing.
Having had enough of the brats attitude she decided to reveal a little bit about herself. taking control of the boys shadow she manipulated it to rise up behind him. He didn’t notice it but the others had and instantly went pale. With a fierce glare, she snapped her fingers and the shadow lunged. Quickly they wrapped around his ankles and wrists before pulling them back and melding together until he was hogtied. He never even got a chance to scream before another strip of shadows covered his mouth so not a single sound could escape him.
"Do not call Granny that. She has taken care of us for the last year out of the kindness of her own heart. And it is that same Automail work that happens to put food in your belly and a roof over your head when you are there. If I ever catch you disrespecting her again I will personally show you how good I am with these shadows and have them tare you limb from limb, brother or not." His eyes were wide in fear and confusion as he tried to wiggle out of his bonds but they wouldn’t break until she made them. Walking over to his downed form she crouched down and grabbed him by his face and pulled it up to look at her.
"I don’t like you Ed and probably never will. Your rude and self-centered but I blame that on mother for her spoiling you. And remember, dear brother, that the only reason you are here getting any training at all is because of me. I could have easily left you back home and taken Al with me but I didn’t. So, this is how it’s going to work here from now on." She paused a moment to make sure he was listening, "You will be polite to Izumi and all her friends or I will beat you. You will do as your told while you are here or I will beat you. You are absolutely forbidden from to touch anything addressed to myself or Alphonse or you will be beaten. If I catch you trying to do something against these rules you will be beaten and after the third time I will personally kick your ass back to Resembool and explain to granny just why it is that you are back. Am I understood?"
If there was a way to make him any more fearful of her it was what she had just promised. And from the distinct smell in the air he had peed himself sometime during her talk. she crinkled her nose in disgust at the boy she sadly called a brother. Standing back up she released him of his bindings. not once did she turn around to see the murderous and fearful glare that was pinned on her back.
Looking around at everyone in the room she took note of all their reactions to what she had done. The Curtis' were pleased, if not delighted, by what she had done to the boy. They must have been getting fed up with his attitude. Glancing at Mason she could see the amazement shiny brightly in his eyes. The teen must really not like Ed. It was Alphonse's reaction that struck her the most.
His eyes were sad and there was a hint of worry on his face. She could see the hint of tears building in the little boy's eyes but wasn’t sure what she did that had done this. Walking over to him she knelt down in front of him and ever so gently pulled him into her lap. He looked up into her eyes with those same eyes as before making her heart clench at the thought of him being upset. The boy was to gentle for her own good.
"It’s okay Alphonse, I only said those things so he would behave. We both know how he gets at times, especially if it involves me. It’s just to scare him into listening and acting better. So, cheer up alright. If you start crying, then I’ll start and then we'll both be upset and covered in tears. Tell you what? Tonight, you can sleep in my bed with me. I could always use another snuggle buddy." slowly but surely his smile returned and even giggled at the end with a bob to his head.
"But how will we fit? Your bed is to small?" She paused for a moment wondering how he knew what her room looked like before it hit her. He had probably stayed in there to escape from Ed's snores while she was away.
"I made a new blanket while I was on the island, its super warm and soft. But I guess your right about the bed, you’re just going to have to snuggle up to me real close then." The amazement on her little brother’s face made a small bout of laughter escaper her lips but she quickly hid it behind her hand.
"Okay! oh what were those shadowy thingies? They looked neat." Al was bouncing on the balls of his feet in his wonder.
"Its ability I discovered a few years ago. So far I can store things away like a backpack or hold people down like I did with Ed. Neat huh?" she couldn’t stop the smile at the child’s wonder gleaming through his eyes like headlights. It was just so enduring. Reaching up she ruffling his carefully blushed hair. A pout came to him just like last time but he didn’t say anything having already figured out it just makes her and the curtis' laugh.
Finally, Izumi broke out of her trance with a little shake of her head. This girl was just full of surprises.
Once everyone was sitting at the table once more, including a scowling Ed, they started going over what they would learn for the coming 23 months. First thing Izumi went over was that she believed in strength of the body as well as mind. So, she would be teaching them martial arts as well as Alchemy.
It sounded interesting to her but she also wondered how she was going to have time for everything. She had physical classes in the morning, Alchemy in the afternoon, then bed, followed by Automail work at night. If it was possible this was going to be harder than her old schedule in Resembool. They would be doing all sorts of exercises in the early morning and then moving onto fighting. Alchemy was a mix of studying and practice of drawing transmutation circles as neat and as fast as possible.
Sig had mentioned having her Automail shop open at from around midnight to dawn. He even offered to find her a body guard so she wouldn’t get attacked during those hours by desperate automail bearers or other low lifes. Even though they all knew she could handle herself it was just a precaution. Thankfully it wouldn’t take her all that long to get the shop all set up and the Curtis' had already got the power turned on for her.
After lunch Mason even offered to take here over to check it out and Al decided to tag along.
Soon the trio were walking down the road just enjoying the beautiful road. Al was holding onto her hand as he walking and dare she say it... skipping! This kids was just too cute for her. At one time, she thought she heard him humming a little tune.
"So, Al, how far have you gotten in you little project?" she was honestly curious about it. If he managed to ever perfect it maybe she could use it in other lives to help people.
Al beamed at her from his spot at her side, "Oh it’s been so much better now. Teacher has been helping me understand the difference between boy muscles and girl muscles and how they work differently. She said she would go into other areas when I get a little older."
Elfi couldn’t help but sigh in relief. She had been a little worried that Izumi would go to in-depth for the child to fully understand or too immature to know about. She would have to thank the woman for that later.
"What is this project of yours Al? I hear you going on about it but not what." looking up at the teen Elfi was wondering if he was honestly curious or just pulling Al's legs. He had a soft smile on his lips and a gleam of curiosity in his eyes. She guessed that working for Izumi made him a little curious about what they were doing.
Al looked up him and was positively joyful to blabber about his goal, "I wanna be able to turn boys into girls and girls into boys with Alchemy. Elfi gave me the idea when she told me about her peepee." Mason actually stopped walking and stared at the amber eyed siblings for a long moment. Seeing that he stopped Elfi pulled Al to a stop as well.
He didn’t say anything for a long time before he just shook his head in disbelief, "how would that even be possible? And better yet, why would someone want to change like that?"
Al's face brightened up in embarrassment but before he could say anything Elfi stepped in, "It’s because of my condition, Mason. He thought that because I had a penis that meant I was a boy, even though I’m a girl. It was hard to explain but I said that even if I didn’t have my girly bits I would still be a girl on the inside and it could be the opposite for other girls that are boys inside. Now he's trying to dedicate his Alchemy skills to that and I honestly hope he figures it out."
As soon she finished speaking Al buried his face into her side as he hugged her tightly. Gently she rubbed circles into his back to show her care as he only clung tighter.
"I don’t see the possibility but I understand where you’re coming from, I think? Guess you learn a lot about these things when a sibling is like that." Wanting to end the conversation he started walking again. And soon followed by a grinning Elfi and a skipping Al.
When they finally made it to the shop Mason lead them down the alley on the side of the building. Reaching into his pocket he pulled out a key and slipped it into an old wooden door. As soon as it was unlocked he took it out and handed to her. Not having anything to put it on she shrugged and tossed it into her storage. Mason look horrified as she tossed it in the corner but when it was swallowed by shadows he understood what she did.
Stepping back her motioned for them to go up first. Not seeing an issue with it she pushed the door in and had Al heading up before she could blink. Turning to Mason she shrugged before heading up herself. The entire way up the stairs she could feel Mason’s eyes on her butt and privates.
Looking around she was rather impressed. The main room was largely open with outlets every few feet. There was a rather large bay window that looked out over the street and let in plenty of sunlight. In the back, there was a full bathroom and even a small office that she could easily turn into a bedroom for Al if he ever came with her. The entire thing was made with dark wood so it would be a little hard to see a night but thankfully she didn’t have that problem and if she wanted to she could flip on the lights.
"So, what do you think? Is there enough room for you to do Automail stuff here?" she picked up on the nervousness in mason's voice instantly. Did he do something to this place to make it better?
"It’s plenty, although the first thing I’m getting is a bed and a smaller desk for the office room. Just in case I crash or Al wants to visit while I’m working. He's like that." Walking over to the wall adjacent to the bay window she called up her shadows and had her work bench brought up and with a little manipulation she had it how she wanted. Seeing as she needed a place for costumers to sit while she went over their Automail she pulled up the tall bench like seat that they could use along with her spinney stool.
Most likely she would have to store her granny's books and other such things in the office until she has enough money to buy bookshelves and a lot of those blueprint tubes to place it all. Looking around she frowned at the lack of any personalization to the decor. Maybe she could sew some of the pelt together and make covering for the doors and furry drapes for the window. It would be different but she liked being different.
She needed a sign for the shop or something. Maybe she could use some of her scraps to make something? She would have to give credit to granny though. So, something with Rockbell in it.
Turning back to the boys she gave them a warm smile. this was going to be good, she can feel it!

0/0

Six months had passed in a flash for Elfi. Between her automail, alchemy training, and Martial arts she was steadily working herself down to the bone. She could go on a lot longer than before in anything physical, although nowhere near as good as Persia. She had built upon her alchemy core and now it was freaking huge! It still warped a lot but not nearly as often as it used to.
Now she could cover her entire hand in a dark green colored Alchemy energy instead of just sparks flying of her fingers from when she was four. Izumi had wondered if it was something similar to her shadow powers but she honestly couldn’t say. It was funny though because whatever this was it allowed her to instantly create a transmutation circle on any surface. It was different than Izumi's way of circles transmutation but similar. It seemed that she had to picture the entire circle in her mind before pressing her hands against the surface and seeing it work. More than once it sputtered out like a dying flame in the wind.
It was frustrating but she pressed through it. In the end her Alchemy had gotten much better though. She had also managed to get one of those furry curtains up to block off the hallway to the back, along with one over the front door at the top of the stairs. Sadly, she didn’t have the sign yet but she was working on it. She's pretty sure it would be finished in about a year.
One the plus side her name did get out as a skilled Automail maintenance shop. She even had a few regulars now. Two of them were always into fights and needed constant little repairs and she was more than happy to do it for them. And thanks to those two she had gotten out. Although there had been one time where one of her customers thought that because she was 8 and naked that meant she was open and willing to have sex. He never came back after she put a blow torch to his testicles. It was rather amusing to her how they popped under the intense heat.
It was around 3 in the morning when she heard the chime in her shop ring. A frown filter across her face. Usually when people came they called first to make sure they had the right place and to confirm with her that they were coming. this made it easier to get ready for them. Of course, there were a few clients that didn’t have home phones or were in dire need of a tune up and she happily took them if she was open, otherwise they waited until she was.
Getting up from her stool she walked out to the front of her shop and stopped dead in her tracks. The man before here was well dressed in a brown slack, white button up, a grey vest, and a dark brown trench coat. He was tall with blonde hair, glasses, a little stubble, and warm amber eyes.
It was Von Hohenheim.
"Daddy!" she didn’t even stop for a moment before running and leaping into the man’s arms. She was eternally thankful her guard, Viktor, had the night off tonight.
Tears welled up in her eyes as she buried her head into his chest while wrapping her legs around him as much as possible. She wanted to be as close as she could to her daddy. As soon as she was wrapped around him he held her to him in a tight embrace.
"Hello little Elfi." His voice came out as a whisper but she heard it along with the longing deep inside. He just held her for a long time, not caring that her tears were soaking into his shirt. She could feel his hand as it stroked her hair and drew small circles into her back. It was one thing she loved about her daddy. He knew how to make her feel safe, to feel at home.
When she finally stopped crying she sent small command to the shadows to lock her shop door and flip the sign to closed, she didn’t have any appointments tonight anyways. Sniffling she unwrapped her legs from her daddy's waist. Gently he set her down on the ground before taking off his coat and slipping it on the hook by the door.
For a moment, the room was silent as he looked all around before his eyes moved all over her body. It would have been weird if it was someone else but she knew her daddy was always trying to figure out the secrets to her condition. More than once she had let him examine her without worry of what he was doing.
"You've grown, and still naked I see." a smile lit up his face as he sat down on the ground and motioned for her to sit in his lap. Not even blinking she sat between his legs with her own following his as he stretched them out. It did send a jolt of cold through her body as her slightly spread slit touched the cold wood floors though.
she smiled up at him as she leaned into his chest, "I never stopped being naked Daddy. I just made sure it wasn’t ever around mother or the boys. Alphonse found out about my condition the night she died and I never bothered explaining it to Edward."
Her daddy chuckled at her dislike for her brother, "I expected as much, at least with Ed. So, tell me what have you been up to these last four years?"
Happily, she told him of all that had happened, not missing a single detail. She felt like she spoke for hours before she finally got him caught up to him stopping in today.
"Did you really take a blowtorch to the man’s testicles?" She could feel the pain in his voice at just the thought of someone doing that to him, let alone his own daughter. Elfi on the other hand looked at her Daddy like he was freaking moron.
"Daddy he wanted me to suck his penis for fixing his Automail! Seriously, if anyone was going to get something like that for doing the work it would be me, but I don’t like boys so I’m not going to do that. I don’t know if things were different four centuries ago but I was not going to do that." As soon as the words left her mouth her Daddy froze. She wasn’t even sure he was breathing. Just as she was about to ask if he was okay he spoke.
"How do you know that? you weren’t supposed to learn about it at all." there was worry and desperation in his voice. He truly didn’t want her to know of his past.
Her voice was soft and caring just trying to show to him how much she didn’t mind, "Daddy I found your secret room in the basement. I read all the Xerxes books in there that you translated. And I managed to wiggle out some of it from Granny. I don’t care that you’re really old or what happened back then. You’re my daddy now and will be after I pass away, even if you do not." In all of it she didn’t have any way to be a hypocrite seeing as she was constantly reborn.
At the sound of sniffling she looked up to see tears rolling down her Daddy's cheeks but she knew they weren’t sad, he was smiling so they must be happy tears. Smiling at him she got up a little and pecked him on the cheek. Once she was back down his arms wrapped her up and pulled her even closer. He was warm and she loved how he was holding her.
"Thank you, baby girl, thank you. It means so much to hear that from you." get squeezed her just a little more and she squealed in delight.
Once they came down from their emotional highs her Daddy spoke once more, "So Alphonse wants to create a transmutation circle to change someone’s sex? Do you know why?" There was a hint of something in his voice that just screamed 'I know the reason' but she couldn’t figure it out.
"Not really, at first I thought it was because he wanted to help people that have a similar situation as I do. But the longer things go on the less certain I am." Looking through her memories of Al she could always say the boy was a little different than other boys. He cried more than others and enjoyed doing things most boys just won’t do. Like skipping, she swore that whenever she goes anywhere with Al he's always skipping. And the hair, he hated it when people messed it up after he worked on it, which really didn’t do all that much seeing as its still rather short compared to her or Ed's.
"I think you do but just don’t want to see it. Its normal I guess but you really should think about it more. Or even bring it up in a few years and see what he says. Just make sure you always love him." She easily agreed to that, he was her baby brother after all.
It was few hours before either father or daughter spoke again. The sun was starting to rise in the back ground but she knew that Izumi wouldn’t be up for a little while longer.
"I’m going to have to go to training soon, Izumi doesn’t like it when I'm late." Of course, the woman understood when she got a tricky customer or one that got in just before she closed. So, she was given much more slack than her siblings did, Ed less than Al.
"I know but I must know before you go. Did you ever read the book I gave you?" hope was there but she knew she was going to end up crushing it.
Shaking her head, she could feel him tense up, "It’s not that I didn’t want to, after I finished being angry at you, but I didn’t know anything about Alchemy or its origins. So, I decided to study all that I could before looking into that one. I didn’t want to accidentally get hurt if I messed up. It will probably be a few years before I even open it. With running this shop while I’m here, Izumi's lessons, my own studies, then Granny's lessons back home I just didn’t have the time anywhere."
She didn’t like making her Daddy upset but she really didn’t have much time on her hands. She was honestly lucky to get enough sleep at night, even if she only needs a couple hours.
"It’s okay baby girl, I know your busy. Can’t blame an old man for trying though." Gently he let her go before standing up. If she thought he was tall sitting there it was nothing compared to now, or maybe she's just short. Getting up on her own she realized that she was level with her daddy's crotch. It was a very weird realization.
Blinking her eyes along with a little head rattle she focused on what he was trying to say, "Sorry baby but I have to go. Please don’t tell the boys you saw me. it will only crush them that I didn’t stop to see them." she nodded before thinking it didn’t matter where her face would be, she walked up to him one last time and gave him one last hug. She felt him stiffen when her face hit his privates but both of them ignored it and embraced each other for the last time in many years.
"I love you Elfriede. Remember that." His voice was barely audible but she could hear him.
"And I love you too Daddy."
The last thing she saw of him was him slipping on his coat and going out of her shop. Silently tears leaked down her cheeks and she promised to learn as fast as she possible could so she could read that book.

0/0

A year has passed since Elfi's daddy pulled a surprised visit in her shop one late night. Training and work had picked up for her but she did it all as best as she could. She was actually back ordered a little in the shop and she was on the verge of asking if she could start Physical training a little later than the others.
In that year, she had managed to reduce her needed sleep to about 2 hours a night. It had opened more work time for her but it was getting annoying with having to keep up with both granny's projects and her own orders. She hadn’t moved up past minor repairs yet but they were slowly getting more complex.
She was currently working on finishing the stupid sign of hers. It had to be pushed back a little in her books after granny also start sending her the ones that needed maintenance that usually came to her shop. So, add that to her own list of customers and she was getting a little crazed. Thankfully she hadn’t snapped at anyone but if one asked why her spares were getting more vicious she would just give them a look that screamed, 'Shut the fuck up', For a nine-year-old girl it was getting stressful.
Anyway, she had finished the name a long time ago, but because of her perfectionist ways she decided to do a wolf head in full detail made just out of tiny pieces of metal. Thanks to this she had long since lost feelings in her fingers and more than once had to wash the sign down after working on it to get the blood off of it.
sighing in frustration she leaned away from the damned thing while rubbing her eyes. Her butt was hurting from sitting on the hard floor but she couldn’t put any of her pelts on the floor because there were so many times she has spilt oil on the floor that she would ruin them in a week if not less.
Grabbing her flask from her shadow she pressed it to her lips and took a long fulfilling drink. When she pulled away her teeth were stained red but she didn’t mind. Seeing as she was going to get thirsty again she set it down next to the wolf head before standing up.
Her body wasn’t really changing at the moment but she had gotten a lot more fit since her Daddy visited. The change from when she left Resembool was almost scary. Her body was slim and well-toned, her hair was down to her butt but then usually braided it so it only went down half way. Her eyes were still amber color but if one looked close enough they would see a very faint symbol in her pupil. Elfi had noticed it one night after a long bath while she was checking herself out in the mirror. She really hadn’t gotten much taller in the last year, maybe an inch at most.
One thing she had done was create a machine that would deal with her constant sense desire for sex. She only used it once a week but the delight it gave her usually would make her stay on it for hours. Not wanting to ruin her slit she always used it on her butt. It was about 7 inches long and 1.5 inches thick. The machine would run on electricity and she could speed it up or make it go slow. Most nights when she used it she was left sweat, covered in her juices, and feeling much better than before she used it. Although her butthole was a little lose now, she could put three of her fingers up there now.
More than once she had almost been caught by one of her housemates and had taken to using it at her store.
She wasn’t feeling horny at the moment, just tired of staring at the same thing over and over again. She had been working on this thing two times a week for the last two months. More often than not she thought of just saying screw the wolf but then she would hate herself for giving up on it.
Pacing the shop a moment she looked around and was amazed of how different it really was from the time her daddy visited. The main work room still hade the two furs over the doors but there were also matching ones on the bay window. Then on the walls she had a young but talented artist in town to paint a wolf that looked exactly like Thalia on the walls running after various little creatures in a dark forest with sparks of lightning flying off her coat. The young man had looked at her like she had just made his year, especially when she paid him half up front.
In the back, she had him paint her old ship sailing at sea with a pregnant Persia and Dionysius standing at the bow. She had to go into extreme detail of the image she wanted but he managed to do it really well.
Walking through the store she looked at the wall where she had thrown Ed into when he pissed her off when he insulted one of Granny's automail designs. Long story short he hadn’t talked bad about their grandma again and he never stepped foot in her store again. Of course, she had to pay for the damages but that was okay, it was totally worth it. A smile filled her face as she remembered the scared look he sent her.
Pushing the curtain to the hallway out of the way she cracked open the door to see Al sleeping soundly on the bed she put back here for him. It was cute how he would snuggle into the Fox body pillow as he slept. One time she had borrowed Izumi's camera and snapped a picture or four of him. She gladly put one up at Izumi's and in the store but she was saving the last two for granny's and their old house. She wanted her daddy to be able to come there and see the moments of Al's life if he desired.
Walking in she gentle sat down on the corner of the bed and ran her fingers through Al's wavy golden hair. He had been growing it out for the last year and it was now near his shoulders. It was soft to her touch and looked really pretty when he put it up. She still hadn’t had the courage to talk to him about what she suspected for over a year but in a way, she guessed that she was waiting for him to tell her on his own. Guess Daddy was right, she knew the answer but won’t admit it to herself.
Smiling she leaned down a pecked him ever so softly on the cheek before heading out. She still found it hard to believe it’s had almost three years since their mother died. Life was so much more than it had been back then. Was it because they were older now? No, she didn’t think so but more like they had the ability to do more without her around. If there was one thing their mother did it was hold them, especially Al and her, back from doing what they liked.
Stopping for a moment her eyes wondered out of the room and into the world beyond. The town hadn’t changed much since she came here. Sure a few stores closed down and new ones replaced them but the atmosphere never broke. It was peaceful and full of a little more life than Resembool. She could honestly fall in love with this town and live here. Maybe build a house somewhere outside of town and run her shop out of there.
It was then that Winry came to mind. She didn’t know what her friends was doing these days but she knew she would always love the girl. But would Winry come out here with her? Away from their hometown and granny's place? Elfi knew she could do it but Winry was another question. If push came to shove she would stay there for her but only for her. Either way she had already started up a savings account for herself and a business account with the bank in town. If she had to guess the amounts in there it would be around 19,200 cenz or around $12,000 back in America in her savings account while there was around 28,800 cenz or $18,000 in her business account. It was a lot to her but she also spent a lot of it to fix up her shop and upgrade her equipment. Besides she took about 40% of each job and puts that in her savings while the rest goes to the shop, after Izumi gets her half of course.
Thankfully Izumi was leasing the shop out to her for six years. She paid a month rent when she wasn’t using the shop of about 320 cenz or $200 but she was okay with that. Sure, it would take a chunk out of her bank account here but she could make that up with her customers coming to Resembool, seeing as Granny was going to give her half of the jobs she did which would leave big jobs for the older woman.
Having enough star gazing Elfi sat back down before taking another swig from her flask. Looking down at the wolf she wondered what made her want to have the mental colored. It made the task that much more annoying. Thankfully over the time she had worked on it she had managed to create a transmutation circle that would effectively turn the color of any metal she used, except gold.
Picking up another piece she sat it down on the circle she had carved into her floor before sending a little Alenergy into the circle. There was a small flash of dark green light before it died down and she saw her work.
The metal was the same copper it had been before but now it was pure white with a little red at the tip. Carefully she picked it up and put it inside the wolfs mouth. Once it was ready she started up the blow torch and welded it in place. Once she was sure it was hardened she gave it a little wiggle and it didn’t even move. Grinning to herself she reached for the next tooth.
What she was designing was a bright purple wolf with black lips, white teeth with a little blood on them, and warm amber eyes. It made no sense to most but to her it did. It all symbolized a piece of her in all three lifes. Its why the Sign read: 'Rockbell's Little Wolf Automail Shop'. She had ran with granny's nickname for her and used it while giving credit to her grandma and teacher.
She kept working through the night, only stopping to use the bathroom. If she had to estimate it she was about 4/5th of the way done with it. All she really had left was the eyes and ears. the first was much harder than the second, given that the pieces were much smaller and she had to do it in such a way that it mirrored her own eyes.
when the sun was finally risen, she got up off the ground and headed for the bathroom. She stood in front of the mirror for a moment just staring into her eyes. There was a warm but vicious look to them that she would kill for in her next life but she would have to love them while she has them. Shaking the cotton out of her mind she grabbed a towel and hung it on the shower door. turning on the water she waited until it was warm before hopping under it.
Instantly the stress melted off her. Wanting to enjoy the heat she tilted the nozzle a little higher and leant her body against the shower wall. With each drop that hit her she felt so much better. Knowing that she had grease smudges on her hands and lower arms she reached for her scrubbing and started working on getting them off. Sometimes they were hard to get while others they were easy. this time they wanted to be easy.
When she reached for her shampoo she heard the shower door open and someone step in with her. She would have stiffened but Al had started doing this a little while ago. At first, she didn’t know what to do but after he did it a few times she offered to help him get clean and he happily agreed and offered to do the same. There wasn’t anything wrong about it but it did make them grow closer.
"Good morning Al. Did you sleep well?" Reaching up she tilted the nozzle down a little so it would get his hair wet and not hers. Quickly she had her own all lathered up and ready for her next part.
"Mhhmm...I dreamt that I was in front of this giant gate covered in Alchemy symbols and what looked like a giant tree carved into it. It was amazing. But there was this white figure that was kind of fuzzy. It said I was too early and that it would see me later. What do you think it means?" Seeing that his hair was wet she put some more shampoo in her hands and started working on his once the water was turned away from them.
Honestly that made no sense to her. I could be a warning to the future or just a crazy dream. But this kids always did seem to have a special connection to souls, maybe that’s why? The two of them had figured that out a few months ago, when they were visiting their mothers grave. He had asked her if she would take him and had agreed easily. What she didn’t expect was for their mother’s spirit to rise out of the ground.
They had a long chat into the night but in the end, they had forgiven each other for their hurtful actions against each other, Trisha and Elfi that is. Al had tried to hug her but ended up falling through her. He started crying and instantly both mother and sister were at his side cooing to him that he was fine. She would never forget the woman’s parting words, "in life I had fear and insecurity rule me, in death I let them go and was free. In life, we should all try to be the best we can be so in death we find absolute peace." Ever since they had tried to do just that.
Grabbing her scrubby she squirted the peach soap onto it before turning Al around and working it all over his body. He wasn’t a fan of the scrubby but he dealt with it. once his backside was all lathered up she turned him around and stared on his front. He was much more sensitive than she ever remembered her being at that age and had to abandon the scrubby for this side. With gently motions she moved her soaping hands up and down her chest. If she ever noticed that his skin was softer than expected. Seeing that was done she went lower. with one hand, she held his little pecker while she used the other to clean the area between his scrotum and butthole. He wiggled a little as she grazed his back hole but she didn’t think of it. After his pecker was all washed and making the soap didn’t get near his head she moved to his legs and feet. Once he was all done she had him stand there for a moment before maneuvering the nozzle to spray him down which he always enjoyed. The last thing she did was apply the conditioner.
Seeing that he was done he started working on her. Just like her he did the back first but was extra vigilant with his cleaning seeing as she was the one that was naked all the time. If the scrubby did anything to her it was tickle. When he finally made it to her front she was almost on the verge of falling into a giggle fit. Thankfully he had learned not to use the scrubby on her privates or she would react badly, for his innocence. So once his hands were just a little soapy he carefully went to work on her privates. It would always feel weird when his fingers grazed over her slit but thankfully he stopped trying to find out what was inside after the third try. She became way to horny for that. If anyone asked, and it was entirely the truth, she was preparing him for the future. Most wouldn’t understand what she meant and call her a pervert but those that did would get it and hopefully understand.
When both of them were fully washed, she had him step out for a moment to dry off. He would always send her this confused look at first but now he just does it. She smiled at the steam that always fogged up the door.
Gingerly she moved her hand down to her little slit and lightly pressed her finger in to it. she could feel the wetness already inside and was tempted to try and relieve it before they go off to their martial arts lessons. The more she thought about it the more she felt herself dipping inside herself. She was oh so tempted but instead she just pulled her fingers away and opened the door. Her face was flushed a little from the excitement running through her body but Al didn’t comment.
Grabbing her fluffy towel, she lightly patted herself dry before wrapping it around her body. When she looked at Al she was more than a little amused when she saw he too had his towel wrapped around his chest. After a quick brush of her teeth and a light application of a salt stick she was set for the day.
It was about a half an hour later when Al came out of the back room. He was wearing a pair of spandex shorts and a regular top. The weird thing she always found about this little outfit was that not once could she ever see any sign that he was male when she knew he was. And he wasn’t that small to look flat like a girl. He even had his hair all brushed out and put up in a high ponytail with one of her black scrunchies.
"Nice hair, ready to go?" he nodded with a light pink to his cheeks. Putting a hand on his shoulder she called up the shadows and quickly used them to travel to the large yard behind Izumi and Sig's home.
When her vision finally filled with the backyard she let Al go and headed over to talk to Izumi. Al on the other hand started doing his stretches and some basic yoga that she had taught him.
As she walked up to her friend and teachers Elfi remembered the first time she had seen all in this particular outfit. She had just finished a big job for to fix this guy with a gun type automail. Apparently, he had been attacked by Amestrian solders because they thought he was getting to power hungry by having his arm upgraded. Anyway, she told him she would take him shopping since they he was growing out of his clothes a little bit.

*Flashback*

It was around mid-spring when Elfi was squealing in glee. She had just finished fixing the gun guy's arm and the second half of his money had finally come through. A whooping 4,800 cenz! The moment she started squealing and jumping around Al had run out of the bathroom with his toothbrush hanging in his mouth and his wet hair flying everywhere.
"Wah izr ett!?" His face was a mix of panic and excitement. Giggling a little she showed him the check she just received in the mail that morning. As soon as his eyes nearly popped out of his skull and he nearly lose his toothbrush. Quickly he ran back to the bathroom and she heard him spit his toothpaste out before the sound of the facet running. A second later he was walking back out.
"Wow, was that all from one job? what are you going to do with it all?" She could swear she saw stars in his eyes. Hopefully he isn’t getting greedy like Ed.
"No half of it goes to Izumi and then 1,500 goes to my shops account but the rest is all mine. So ive got about 800 to do with as I please." Looking at the boy in front of her she could see that his clothes were getting a little tight on him. A gleam appeared in her eyes. "Al how would you like some knew clothing? Your current ones are getting tight on you."
Looking at her little brother she could see both trepidation and excitement. She wondered why but when he nodded she easily forgot about it. Grinning she grabbed his hand and dragged him out the door. He wasn’t even fighting it, more like going with it and was soon right by her side.
"So where are we going first?"
Good question. they could window shop until they found something they liked or she could go into a store and ask the clerk about their clothing.
"I think it would be better if we go in and I’ll ask them some questions, I don’t really know the clothing places around here." Now that was an obvious understatement. A nudist female that doesn’t have the time for it.
Thankfully he nodded and she pulled them into the first clothing shop. The store wasn’t all that big but there were racks of clothing. Gently she pushed him toward the clothing and when he looked back at her she just shooed him forward. As soon as he was gone she headed over to the counter, it was a teenage girl with a gothic style but not Victorian era goth.
"Hello? I could use some help." the counter girl ran her eyes up and down her body and smirked.
"You sure do sweetie, Your naked. so here for some clothing?" the girls smile still wasn’t going away.
"Well no I’m fine, it’s my sibling that I’m looking for. Their clothing is getting a little small; so, I brought them here hoping to get them some. Think you can help?" She stared at the older girl for a long moment before she nodded.
"Sure thing, is this sibling of yours a boy or a girl? and how old?" Getting out from behind her counter she shut the door and switched the sign to closed. "I have a funny feeling that you’re a big spender and I don’t need busy bodies getting in my way of making a deal." Elfi couldn’t even deny that.
"Well they are seven going on eight as for gender...well I don’t know to tell you the truth. He certainly doesn’t act like a boy. Got anything unisex?"
Tapping her chin in thought she looked around in thought before sighing with a shake of her head, "Frankly I don’t think we do. The only stuff like that are supper baggy and get in the way. Even my aunt doesn’t get them and she's like a beach ball."
Well sugar! What was she going to do now?
"Well that stinks, what do you have for exercising clothing? We both are learning under Izumi Curtis and he needs clothing for that. I highly doubt he would be comfortable in the buff like I am."
Instead of answer the girl walked off to the back and came back with a box of things. When she finally got it opened Elfi was a little confused. Reaching in and picking the piece of clothing she was surprised to find it was like the spandex that they had in her last life. The entire box was full of them. All different lengths in the legs and types, even color. Of course, they all had the Flamel mark, like Izumi had on her breast, in the bottom corner.
"these have been in stock for the last year or so. Mrs. Curtis came in and ordered them saying that her students might need them. Guess that’s your sibling." Putting hers back in the box she quickly connected to the shadows and when hers rose up Al popped out. The gothic girl just blinked at few times, even rubbed her eyes, to make sure she didn’t just imagine that.
"huh? Oh, hey Elfi. What did you find?" he didn’t even wait to hear her answer before crouching down and shuffling though the clothes. "Wow these are pretty neat. And so many colors! ooh this one even has teachers symbol in Lilac! Can I get this one?"
both girls just blinked at the boy as he flashed his puppy eyes at Elfi. Nodding her head, she easily picked up the entire box. Al looked at her like she was taking away his new favorite toy and clung to the ones in his hand. Walking up to the front she put the box on the counter and turned back to the pair.
"Al, you go look over there and pick out whatever you want. Don’t worry about the cost, just make sure it fits right. you will also have to get new underwear. Think you can help him with that ma'am?" both nodded and before Elfi could blink both were lost in the section she pointed to. Al in delight as he looked over all the pretty clothing and the employee over the commission she was going to get, neither caring that they were in the girls section.
A few hours later there was a massive pile of clothing on the counter from underwear to jackets. As the two went she was mentally adding up the price in her head. Good thing she told him to make sure there was a little room to grow in them or he might have grown out of them all by the years end. It might take a little out of her savings but she was okay with that. Good thing she made a quick run to the bank to drop off that check while they were having Al try stuff on.
When they finally finished picking out clothing the older woman looked like she was on the brink of orgasm when she saw the pile. For the next thirty minutes’ things were rung up and bagged only to be handed to Elfi before she put them in her storage. Once the final bag was in the girl worked her way through the receipt before offering Elfi a chance to check and to her surprise the older girl was right on the penny.
"Okay that will be 946 Cenz mainly because of the box of exercise clothing that you got." Elfi didn’t know if she liked the cheerful tone of the girl’s voice but quickly wrote out a bank slip and handed it over. "Thanks, do please come again." Not even wanting to be in there a second longer she called upon the shadows and had them swallow them.
When they popped out they were back inside her shop. Sighing to herself she walked into the bedroom and deposited all of their purchases on top of the bed. turning to her happy little brother she smiles at him.
"Just get changed for practice and we can deal with the rest when we come over tonight, okay?"

*Flashback end*

"Hey Izumi! Sorry if we're a little late I got held up working on that damn sign again. Good thing that all I have left are the ears and eyes. Damn things are going to be a pain to put together." As soon as she got near them she was pulled into the older woman’s arms for a hug.
"Hey little wolf!" why was she always pulled into tall people’s crotches? "You’re not late but your brother is. He was supposed to be here for an early training session so make up on those he missed while being sick. Got any idea where he is?" Shaking her head into the woman’s crotch she finally wrapped her arms around her and returned her hug. "Well damn guess I’ll have to beat on him again, more then I already was."
"COMING TEACHER!!" speak of the devil and he will appear.
As soon as his voice hit their ears he ran out the back door with his hair in a mess and only in his tightie whites. Elfi stared at him for a second before she busted up with laughter. She started laughing so hard that she fell down on her butt holding her tummy as the pain from laughing so hard built. Judging by the giggles across the yard Al had seen him as well and had fallen into hystericals as well.
"Well Ed I don’t know what to say about your knew choice of exercise clothing but I guess it will work. Okay everyone today we are going to practice dirty fighting. This is when you use any advantage there is, whether it’s an inappropriate touch of the body, a kick in the privates, or dirt in the eyes. And if by some amazing miracle one of you get turned on during this you lose."
Three…two...one...
"IM DOOMED!!" Elfi's voice echoed across the town of Dublith at the sign of her impending doom.
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