Fullmetal Alchemist Fan Fiction ❯ Dungeons and Dragons ❯ Dungeons and Dragons ( Chapter 1 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

It was a dark and stormy afternoon in Central(1) as Edward Elric walked into the military office
Once inside he could hear the heavy rain that had just moments ago pelted his body, then the sound of thunder and sight of lightning flashes appeared and were heard
Why in hell was I called to the office today?The weather is horrible and it's not like I have anything to report, I haven't been on any missions didn't the message say something about a mission today though?
He had simply woken up and found a message on the answering machine that said, "FullMetal, report to the office today at O' Seven Hundred Hours sharp for a new if you happen to have any spare dice
lying around bring them" the Colonel had been the one to call
What was that about bringing any spare dice though?I happened to find one hidden under my bed from who knows what but I still don't understand why I need a die(2)
He pulled off his soaking wet red jacket and left it there in the middle of the floor, he didn't expect to be here very long and would come right back for it
Accept for being a bit damp he was dry, unlike his jacket that held an ocean of water inside of its seams
He looked at the closed office door, he saw that no light was illuminating from the door he found everyone gathered around the table that was lit by small lamps
The lamps were big enough to light up the table but small enough not to illuminate the rest of the room
Breda, Falman, Havoc, and Hawkeye(3) were holding small stacks of white sheets and were standing up arguing while Roy sat at the head of the table
He was smiling to himself and wrote something down which couldn't be seen because of the border blocking the looked like a piece of cardboard with a picture of a dragon and soldiers on it(4)
Lightning flashed, lighting up the room for a brief second before the lamps were the only light once again
Edward cleared his throat making his presence known as everyone looked over to him once they'd stopped arguing
"Glad you could make it FullMetal" the Colonel said smugly
"Sure whatever, what's this mission crap about?"
"Hawkeye please give him his chart to help with his mission" he politely requested of her
Walking over to Ed she handed him three sheets of paper stapled together
What is this?It's like a game sheet for a character, character name- blank, player name- Edward, Class- Wizard, Race-.....Halfling!?
"What the hell is this character sheet for?Why does it have my name on it?And why am I a frickin halfling!?" Ed shouted, "Who made this!?" he added
"I did FullMetal, who else but the Dungeon Master?Fuery couldn't make the game this week and we needed a Wizard so you're playing" he laughed evily
Trying to overlook the halfling joke Edward continued, "I don't know how to play...what is this game again?"
"Dungeons and Dragons or D&D for short" replied Riza
It only took a prodigy like Ed about 15 minutes to understand the basics of the game and he would learn the rest as they played
Basically you had all of your character information on the first sheet, name, class, race, level, and weapons on the first second sheet held information on your armor and inventory
And you should always keep an extra plane piece of paper to keep track of any summon creatures, your health(hp), and your experience(exp)
So this is why he wanted me to bring dice, wow!I didn't know there were so many different types, 4,6,8,10,12, and 20!I only have a normal 6!
After spending a little for time learning about how to use his Wizards magic skills and working with his teammates he continued to ask about this mission
"So was this mission you were talking about on my machine a mission in this game?" he had only asked Roy but everyone nodded in agreement
"We've entered the Hell Spike, from a source we've collected information on this Hell Spike, apparently creatures have been entering and leaving it and causing terror all around, the city we entered to get to it
was completely deserted" said Havoc
"What are you all playing as then?" Ed asked curiously
"Elf Monk" said Falman
"Half Elf Healing Cleric" said Havoc
"Human Fighter" said Riza
"Half Orc Barbarian" said Breda
"And you're our Wizard this week Ed" added Riza
"What are you then?" he asked Roy
"I'm the Dungeon Master or DM, pretty much God in the game, I control ev-er-y-thing" he said slowly and dragged out the word for full affect and ended with another evil laugh
"Of course that's what you are" he said non-enthusiastically
He started playing and after an hour he found he couldn't stop, he was completely hooked on the game that was Dungeons and Dragons!
They played all night long, until around midnight when the thunder was the loudest outside and the lightning was the brightest
After killing 20 giant lizard people, 10 orcs, 3 diar rats, 1 diar bear, and one fire elemental they were finished for the week
Roy had succeeded in almost killing Riza once, Breda twice, Havoc three times, Falman three times, and Ed twice
Edward had played very well for a first timer
"Ok everyone, wrap it up I think that's enough for this weeks game" said Roy finishing up
Everyone cleaned up their sheets, map, and dice then proceeded in walking out of the office together chit chating about there adventure
"Did you see the way I finished that Fire elemental off!" bragged Breda
"Which you couldn't have done if I hadn't healed you up!" replied Havoc
"Or without me weakening it up first!" added Riza
"Yeah sorry I was a bit useless in that fight(5)" said a sad Falman
"But Ed did great for a first timer, he was quick with using his water and ice spells on a fire monster plus he killed 3 of the lizards, 2 orcs, and the dire bear almost by himself!" said Riza happily for him since he
wasn't feeling up to bragging for himself
They must have a lot of fun doing this every week to brag like this, it was really fun I have to admit that.I wonder if I could play with them more often...if they want me only invited me tonight cause Fuery couldn't
come so I was just a replacement
The Colonel, noticing Ed's quiet nature at the moment which was very unlike him, not to mention the drowsy sad eyes, decided to confront him about it but not quite yet
After dropping everyone else off at either their house or transportation it was just the Colonel and his subordinate, alone.
"Ed, what's wrong?Did you not have fun tonight?I invited you because I thought you would enjoy it" he admitted and asked concerned
"No!It was really fun!" he started happily then drooped back to sad Edward, "but I guess I don't get to play next week huh?Fuery will probably want his spot back right?"
"Of course you can play!It's a 6-8 player game and we invited you for a reason!It's just we never invited you before because you and your brother are always away on real missions, but whenever you're around
you can feel free to be part of the weekly adventures"
"Really?"
"Really"
Ed now stood in the doorway of his dorm room and faced the Colonel one last time before he left, "Hey, Roy" he got the black haired mans attention using his first name for once
"What Ed?"
Ed leaned up and kissed the Colonel lightly on the lips then stood back and mumbled a small, "thanks...for inviting me tonight" then turned to leave but his wrist was caught a hand that was larger than his own
and spun around and kissed roughly
"I don't know where this all came from but it's...'ll talk about this tomorrow in my office" he kissed Ed roughly again, this time for wetly with tongue
After being released before he closed the door saying good bye to his superior officer he heard, "And don't forget FullMetal I won't go easy on you next week just because we kissed, for I am the Dungeon
Master and you are my lovely little pawn"
"I'm not little!" Ed yelled from behind the door then stopped and smiled to himself before going to bed a very happy person
Yes D&D completely rocks...for multiple reasons

(1)-Sorry for the old D&D cliche of dark stormy nights in a basement dressed in olden clothes but I thought that would add a little humor to the story
(2)-I don't know how to spell the singular form of dice, I know its pronounced die but I don't know if that's how you spell it, if you know let me know I'm curious now
(3)-Fuery couldn't make it and Hughes hasn't played since his daughter was born
(4)-I don't know what they're called and that's what mine looks like, or the picture at if you know what there called please let me know, again I'm curious
(5)-He's a Monk which means he fights with his hands, feet, basically his body (no dirty people or I will hurt you) and with a fire elemental obviously if he'd done that he would've hurt himself so he was limited in
that fight