The Mercury Alchemist

Chapter 15 - Liore or Riole?

'Everything has to stay the same... it has to...!

If the timeline changes...

I know that something... something awful will happen...

That's I do this... right?'

Chapter 15 ~ Liore or Riole?

-?-

Far in the distance of Liore, I watch as the sun slowly rises to the sky and light up the cool night air. "Its time..." I mutter. I stood up from where I sat, along with my hooded partner on my right side. "What's the matter?" I ask, curious at how the person was acting. I sigh, scratching the back of my head, unsure what to do next to earn this persons trust. "Don't worry. I'm only gonna act like that again after I take you to that place. We're here only for you to see what has happened since the last event 3 years ago," was all I could say in as a way of reassurance.

-Me-

I really shouldn't taken the bet... "Pant... pant... I hate you Elric... I can't believe I ever had a crush on you..." I tried my best to stay on my feet, but the heat was too much for me to take. I don't even know why I said that at all! The sun was too much for my body, especially the heat, and the worst part was that I had to walk in this stupid sand with only a hat and a long coat for cover. "I hate you so much Edward Elric... You just left me behind in a train without making any effort to wake me up! God if only I was an expert in alchemy, which I am not, I could transmute a long ice path so I could skate my way to Liore- Riole... well whatever the place is called," and now I'm talking to myself.

Times like this make me talk to myself in horrible situations, and this is one of those times. "I can't take it anymore!" I scream at the top of my lungs. 'This may seem like a copyright, but I'm going to do what Al did in the movie!' With everything pictured in my head, I clapped my hands and performed alchemy onto the same. A giant well spout out from the ground and water came out of it as well, something that shouldn't be happening in the first place if I want to make sure I wasn't copying a certain young alchemist. 'Copying the original? Smooth move Cat...' a voice echoes in my head.

I sighed and muttered to myself as the water continuously rains on me, "I had no choice... I'm thirsty so deal with it..." Now I'm talking to myself, which is weird, and the next thing that might happen is that I might end up hallucinating. In the distance, there seemed to be a figure of a building, but that couldn't be possible. I'm supposed to be there until the end of the day! I rubbed my eyes a bit, trying to make sure I'm not seeing things. SO I did what all people do in the desert... RUN AND SCREAM MY HEAD OFF! "I'm going to live! Ed better not have kicked Cornello's ass yet!" and off I went. Your probably wondering what happened to me and how I got here. Well, it all started-

\\Earlier this Morning/

"...at...ath...Cat...Catherine... Catherine! Please wake up already! The train is about to leave any moment now we need you to wake up so we can get off to Liore!" I hear a familiar voice plead accompanied with my body being shake all over. I wanted to open my eyes, I really do, but there was something in my body that kept my eyes from obeying my every command. "Leave her alone Al! She'll wake up at the next stop, and by the time Kitty here wakes we would've already found the stone as soon as she catches up with us," I hear Ed's voice, except the seemed a little distant from where I was. "But-" Al had no time to finish his sentence the train's whistle blasted our ears, enough to make my eyes crack open by just a little so I could see the what the two were doing.

I blinked a few times as they step out of the train bit by bit, only when my eyes completely opened up for real was when I found myself sitting alone train with no one sitting beside or in front of me for the first time. I jumped off my seat as I felt a large jolted shake the entire train, ran to the window to see nothing but a vast desert in view and the city of Liore (or Riole) disappearing into the distance. "Waaaah! I can't believe they didn't wake me up!" I cry out loud as I tore my face away from the window. I eventually did find a way to get out of the train, the problem is I have to jump out in order to leave to catch up to the boys. I pull the door by force and almost fell back from the strong blast of wind that hit my body, but I got back on my feet as I prepared to make the biggest leap of my life.