(-Ed-)
The train whistles and smoke began to appear at the station. Inside of it, Major Armstrong, Ed and Leia all sat together. Ed and Leia sat together side by side, while the Major all alone in front of them, since he took a lot of.. space.
Suddenly, the glass beside them tapped. Leia and Ed turned their heads to find Lieutenant Colonel Hughes.
"Yo!"
"Lieutenant Colonel?"
"The folks at Eastern Command are a bit busy at the moment, so I came by to drop a hi instead." He said knowingly. Ed nodded, but then looked at the Major who's reading a book.
"Great, but, do you mind telling me what's Major doing here?"
"For protection." Hughes answered simply and Leia raised her eyebrows.
"I thought the Colonel told me to keep an eye for them." Leia answered, and Hughes shifted a laugh.
"He sure does, but just a reminder that you can't carry a whole of Alphonse's box all by yourself."
Edward sighed. Well, he's actually right.
"Children can be so stubborn." Armstrong muttered slightly.
"Hey! I'm no child! Anyway, are you sure Al made it on board?" Ed asked after recovering from his rant.
"Of course, I thought he might get lonely without some kind of company."
"WHAT THE HECK DID YOU DO TO MY BROTHER? HE'S NOT A FARM ANIMAL!" Ed yelled in annoyance.
Suddenly, the train bell rang loudly, and smoke began to crumble out from the smokestack.
"It's time!
You guys have a safe trip and drop me a shout next time you're back!" Hughes said with a salute. Ed and Mayor saluted back, and Leia followed belatedly.
(-Leia-)
I blinked slowly, while looking at my surroundings. The sun was down a few hours ago, leaving the cresent moon to light up the whole sky.
I sighed.
Ed and Mayor has fallen asleep an hour ago, leaving me all alone. For Gate's sake it's honestly really hard for me to sleep in a train- since well, I've never really been on before.
"Ed..?" I whispered silently, but all I achieved is a snore.
I looked around and stood up silently. Maybe it's best if I checked on Al. We were in the last cabin so it's wouldn't be that hard to find him.
I walked around for around five minutes, until I found a train door.
I opened it silently, and I passed the train garage until I heard a few sounds of ..lambs?
I open the last door and was greeted by numerous of lambs.
And Al was in the middle of it.
He looked up to see me, and I waved awkwardly.
"Uh.. hey,"
"Leia! What are you doing here in the middle of the night?" Al questioned, and I smiled weakly.
"I couldn't sleep. I've never been on train before so it's kind of new to me." I admitted sheepishly.
Al gave me a hearty laugh.
"Ed was feeling the same thing when he first took a trip by train." He said and I laughed.
"I guess everyone is like that." I trailed off.
Al cocked his head towards me.
"Aren't you going to ask about my body?" Al's voice echoed from inside the armor.
I shook my head.
"Nah," I smiled at him, "I'll wait for you to tell me about it when you're ready. And also, my past is still a mystery to you. I think that's quite equal." Giving him a meek smile, he nodded in relieve.
It must be hard for him and Ed.
"You better get back to the cabin; it's really late right now." Al said, breaking the silence between both of us.
"What about you? We still have around 4 hours before we arrive at Resembool, right?" I looked at him with concern and he gave me a chuckle.
"Yes, and I'll be alright. These lambs do keep me as a company after all." I let out a laugh, and he followed.
"Well, let's just talk for a bit more. I'll go back to the cabin after that, he always took one from the streets, and that's where Ed yelled at him. I also told him that I had a cat once, and he went away after finding another female cat. He also told me about Winry, the girl we're going to meet at Resembool. Winry are Ed and Al's childhood friend, and they used to learn alchemy together- although Winry doesn't really care about it.
I was about to get to another topic when a yawn escaped my lips.
Alphonse chuckled, "Seems like your time is up."
I joined him for a sec before standing up and stretched.
"Yeah.. I better get some sleep now before Ed look up for me." I nodded in agreement.
"Alright," I open up the train door, "See you tomorrow, Al."
"See you, Leia."
Giving him a small nod, I walked away, getting back to the cabin.
()()()()
Leia!"
"Leia, wake up!"
I opened my eyes slowly to the sound a rushed Ed.
"W-wha? Are we there yet?" I asked with a sleepy voice, not really care about my surroundings.
"No we're not. But Major Armstrong said he found someone and thought we might want to meet him for some reason."
I blinked for a minute, trying to register things in my head, before nodding.
"Okay. Let's go!" I stood up while stifling a yawn.
Ed ran to catch the Major while bringing his luggage, and I followed after him holding mine. It wasn't long before I found the Major with Alphonse in his shoulder.
