The Fullmetal Human : The Making of Friendship

by nb

Chapter 24 - Look Before You Sleep

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Ed was walking around in a white abyss as he kept a forward path towards nothing. Occasionally he would stop and turn in another direction as he neared some kind of memory or idea that took the form of a bubble with some kind of scene in it like a preview. He never payed mind to the random memories here and there as he saw glimpses of his past as he traveled through the abyss with no real objective in mind. He often questioned himself about his dreams and if it was normal to have total control of it when you were inside one. He never really asked someone but just ended up growing up thinking it was a natural thing that happened for anyone. Except the fact that there was a dark blue Alicorn following him in this particular dream.

As neared a memory he would notice that the Alicorn would be there looking at the picture the bubble memory had on it before turning in another direction and walking away from it. He spotted the Alicorn a few more times as he walked past bubbles here and there before finally stopping and taking a good look at the them. He realized that it was Princess Luna and suddenly snapped out from his trance. Luna saw this as she looked his way and smiled.

"Hello Edward" She said casually as she smiled and waved at him as she stood near one of his memory bubbles.

Not wanting to be rude he waved back and made his way over to her stopping as he neared her and the bubble. "So what is the Princess of the Night doing in my dream" Ed asked bowing to her knowing that this was the real Luna and not some imagination in his dream.

"Just visiting my new roommates dream" Luna said as she went back to examining the memory bubble just staring at it with a hand on her chin.

"New roommate?" Ed asked as he tilted his head and looked at the mare with a confused expression on his face.

Reality Land

Ed slowly opened his eyes as he looked up at the ceiling with his head back on the bed. He felt a some weight on him coming from both sides of his body. He couldn't feel his arms as he lifted his head up a little to see what was causing that. His eyes instantly grew wide as he registered what was happening. Spitifre was laying on his arm with a leg resting on his as she cuddled into him. He did a double take as he saw Luna laying on his other arm with her face extremely close to his as she breathed down his neck as she slept.

Ed gulped as he felt his cheeks heating up at the near site of both mares on him and started to get up. That failed. As soon as he tried to get up he ended up stirring Luna in her sleep causing the mare mare to move her leg up close to his waist. Ed was treading on thin ice as he stopped moving and hoped to god that nothing else happened. But something did. Ed saw Octavia suddenly hovering over the group as she stared down at Edward with daggers in her eyes as she remained emotionless.

Ed soon realized that he was defenseless in the position he was in and gulped as he gave a weak smile at the violinist. He was going to say something but stopped as he suddenly saw the mare moving on to the bed. A few seconds later she was laying on top of him with her front down as she rested her head on his chest getting comfortable as she fell back asleep on him. Ed just blinked before sighing.

"I wonder if my dad was the God of Swag or something" Ed said as he chuckled at his own joke before letting out a small cry as he remained trapped in a blanket of mares.

Morning

[Alright thanks bye] Ed texted Princess Celestia as he put his phone back into his pocket and looked back up to the table.

Ed ate his cereal feeling a little tired as he had remained awake the whole night due to his position. He looked over to the other mares at the table and saw all of his room mates eating cereal under the awkward silence that lingered except for Derpy who was bubbly as usual and Octavia who just didn't seem to care. Mostly due to the fact that Princess Luna herself was going to be living here and so will Spitfire till she can walk on her own again. But mostly Princess Luna as she remained on the top of everyone's concern list. Ed didn't see why it was a big deal that the Princess was going to be staying here, everyone except him was acting rather formal around her as they all ate in silence just like the Princess herself. Finished with his Ed got up and walked over to the sink putting his bowl away washing it and turning back around to see the Princess standing behind him staring at him.

"Uhh... Yes?" Ed asked wondering why the Princess was staring at him.

"How does one wash their plate?" Luna asked in a polite tone as he notcied that she held her plate in her hands.

"Oh... uh here like this" Ed said as he took her plate and turned around to the sink and started washing hers out before putting it in the dish washer along with his while he was at it.

"Is this a one of those's dishwasher thingies'?" Luna asked as she knelt down by it and stared at it with awe.

"I'm guessing your still new to this Electric Power stuff" Ed said while leaving the dish washer open for her too see.

"Yes... We do not wash our own dishes back in the castle so one does not know of these things as our schedule is busy still learning current history and such" Luna said while moving the dishwasher door up and down.

"Well there's only one history book if I'm correct" Ed said remembering the first book he read when he was at Twilight's house. Who by the way he hasn't seen at all and should probably visit.

"Yes but 'tis is a long book indeed" Luna said as she closed the dishwasher door and stood back up.

"I'm a have to agree with the Princess, the book is very long" M said as she phased through the wall and floated to the middle of the table where she sat Cross Legged on it.

"Wait isn't the book like a thousand pages?" Derpy asked as she tilted her head in thought.

"Two thousand and seven to be exact" Octavia said as she kept eating her cereal.

"See Edward, the book is very long" Luna said as she nodded to herself sure that she wasn't the only one who struggled with it.

"I only read it in 2 hours" Ed said causally as Cheerilee spit her cereal out all over the table getting everyone's attention.

She quickly wiped her mouth before speaking. "That's impossible! It took me a whole semester back in school to get that whole thing read! Your lying!" Cheerliee said half-yelling at the human as he now shrugged.

"I don't lie when It comes to stuff like this" Ed said as he got a paper towel and walked over to table cleaning up the teachers mess.

"Okay when did Star Swirl the Bearded first perfect the art of Levitation" Cheerilee asked as she calmed herself down and looked at Ed.

"Around the same time Princess Celestia declared the law of 'Thy Rights as a Citizen', furthermore there wasn't really any exact date put in record as Star Swirl always kept to himself in his studies and never revealed the art till around that time when Princess Celestia made that law" Ed said with no falter as he finished up with the cereal on the table and threw the paper towel away.

Cheerilee was at a loss as she chose to give the hardest question in the book to the human who's only been her for at least a week at most and was baffled at his answer. Ed just shrugged as he now came back to the table and took a seat.

"So besides books what's everyone's plan for today" Ed said as everyone became rather silent again as Cheerilee was about to have a malfunction, M was laughing, Vinyl and Beery Punch where leaning away from the teacher in fear, Derpy was finishing her cereal and Octavia already leaving to her room as Spitfire sat awkwardly as she had nothing planned. Luna was the only one to speak at the table.

"Any-" Ed didn't get to finish his sentence as thunder was suddenly heard off in the far distance. The girls all looked at each other before getting up and moving to the front door as they went outside. Ed joined then as he helped Spitfire up as she wanted to see what was up as the Princess did too as they stepped outside and looked up at the sky. There were clouds approaching and fast as Ed looked in the distance as he spotted the dark clouds heading this way.

"Well I should call school and tell them too cancel school" Cheerilee said as she walked back inside.

"No deliveries for today!" Derpy said as she grinned and ran back inside with excitement.

"Guess were staying home, come on Berry we better call work" Vinyl said as she and Berry went back inside.

That just left him Spitfire and the Princess as they all looked at each other and shrugged.

5 Minutes Later

Ed was working on the pony genesis as M was hovering around sleeping in mid air. Luna was reading the history book Ed had so she could catch up to the current events. Spitfire was throwing a ball back and forth as it hit the wall and bounced off the floor and back to her. Ed was switching back to his screw driver to take apart some more of the console before hearing this phone ring. Ed looked at it laying to his left on his work desk before picking it up and looking at the caller ID. Unknown it said as Ed swiped his phone and answered it.

"[Ed?]" A very familiar southern accent said on the other side of the phone prompting Ed to stop what he was doing.

"Applejack? How'd do get this number?" Ed asked curious but also wondering why she was calling at such a time as Ed looked out his window and saw that it was storming outside.

["I got it from Twilight, I think all the girls have it too but listen I need your help"] Applejack said as Ed could hear the storm now in the background of her phone.

"Oh Jeez" Ed said as Ed got up from his desk and got out the weather jacket Rarity made him.

Another 5 Minutes Later

"REALLY! THIS IS WHAT HAPPENS WHEN I LEAVE YOU ALONE FOR 1 DAY" Ed yelled over the storm as Ed tried not to look at Rarity and Applejack in there soaking clothes.

Ed was wrapping both mares in his jacket as he pushed them though the storm looking for some shelter as the rain was getting him soaked now as time seconds passed by. Applejack was going to say something as she turned her head to him but stopped as Ed glared at her causing her to look back forward.

"I KNOW YOU WANTED HELP BUT THIS IS JUST GREAT!" Ed yelled as he then heard some yelling elsewhere in the storm. No one else caught it as he stopped pushing the mares and looked around.

"WHY ARE WE STOPPING" Rarity yelled as she tried to open her eyes but couldn't see Ed as the rain kept them closed.

Ed couldn't see through the rain to but decided to slow time with his eyes as the rain was now just little sprinkles in long lines that Ed could see through. He didn't see anything to his right so he turned his head left. He realized where he was as he looked at a Purple Mare waving at him in slow motion with a hand to her mouth as if she was shouting. Ed let time resume as he began pushing the mares in the direction of the tree house. As they neared the door Ed nodded to Twilight not wanting to yell and entered as he heard the door close behind him. Ed stopped pushing the mares as he took a breath and turned to Twilight.

"Thanks Twilight" Ed said as he bowed a little to her in thanks.

"No problem Ed" She said as she smiled and walked over to the two mares who were still wrapped in Ed's jacket shaking.

"Let's get this off shall we" Twilight said as she lit up her horn and levitated the jacket off.

"Come on you two let's get you two in the shower" Twilight said as she opened the bathroom door with magic and pushed the two mares in still shivering.

Ed watched the three disappear into the bathroom as the door closed and smiled. Ed was still shivering as he looked outside a nearby window and watched as the storm raged on. He clapped this hands together and began rubbing them together as he breathed warm air on to them.

"Man I wish my clothes weren't so dam wet" Ed said as he brought a hand to his chest to see how wet his shirt was.

Then it happened. There was a small surge running through his hand as his clothes suddenly began to dry from the spot where his hand was placed. He watched as his shirt and pants became there original dry color and the wet feeling went away. Ed blinked as registered what just happened. He blinked again then pinched himself in the cheek just to make sure he wasn't dreaming. He wasn't.

Ed just chuckled before giving a stupid grin. "Man this day just keeps getting better and better" He said as he heard the door behind him open.

Ed turned around and saw Twilight coming out of the bathroom and quickly wiped the look on his face and walked towards her. She closed the bathroom door as he approached her.

"How are the two?" Ed asked as he crossed his arms.

"There gonna be fine" Twilight smiled as she turned towards him. "But what about... you?" Twilight said as she looked at Ed with confusion.

"What?" Ed asked sounding confused but really knowing why she was puzzled at his appearance.

"Weren't you wet just a second ago?" Twilight asked as she examined him closely only seeing that his hair was wet and that was it.

"Um... human clothes dry fast!" Ed quickly said as he gave a smile and rubbed the back of his head.

"Oh... wait aren't those from this Rarity?" Twilight asked causing Ed to mentally hit himself.

Ed didn't like to lie to Twilight, her being the one that saved him and all but he'd rather keep his power a secret, just for now any way until he could control it. Just then the he heard two voices sounding very angry coming from the bathroom. Twilight looked between Ed and the bathroom before sighing and going to see what the two were fighting about. Ed sighed as he watched her open and close the door disappearing into the bathroom again. With Twilight gone again he moved to the window and saw that the storm was getting worse. It wasn't as bad when he was with teacher on that island but he didn't want to leave the three mares alone in case anything bad happened because of the storm. He pulled out his watch and read the time. It wasn't even mid day and this storm already made him feel sleepy, or due to the fact that he stayed up all night with threes mares as a blanket. Either way he was staying whether he liked it or not.

10 Minutes Later

"Alright bye now" Ed finished as he hung up the call. He had called the Home residence to see if they were all alright and to his surprise it was Luna that answered. She had said that everything was alright and that he needn't be worried as she would watch over the apartment with her life. Satisfied that the mares at his apartment would be alright, he put his phone back in his pocket and sighed.

"How much longer Rarity?" Ed asked as he leaned his head back as he sat cross-legged.

"Just another minute~" Rarity said in a sweet voice that caused Ed to huff.

Ed looked back to the window as he stopped leaning his head back and stared at the rain. He couldn't really see much outside the window he sat by but he could tell the rain was heavy as he could hear the rain hitting the glass like bullets from a machine gun. Ed got his watch out and looked at it as he sat there waiting. He stared at it for a while before thinking to himself.

"What am I?" He thought as the question made other thoughts pop into his head.

This watch was his father's, he didn't know if the watch was unlock-able back in his world or if it could only be unlocked here in Equestria, but somehow it activated in this world revealing a strange man who seemed to know something about his family that he didn't. And who was the she he mentioned the first time he met him. Was he talking about his mother or somebody else. The next thought scared him a little. He had survived a flamethrower to the face yesterday from a real life dragon. He never got his hand burnt when he touched fire but it went to a whole new level of understanding when he survived that dragons flame. Was he fire-proof? The next thought confused him though, how did the dragon know his name. Could the dragon time travel or did he meet another human named Edward Elric?

Ed shook his head as he kept on staring out the window, watching the storm rage on. He then thought of something that completely made his stomach twist. If Ed was brought here out of time and space, does that mean that he might have screwed up the timeline for everything. Ed thought back to the history book he read when he first got here and the stuck pages at the end. He had a theory he was working on with the book but he would need to confirm it later as he was stuck in Twilight's home right now and the only copy of the book she had was back home in his room. Just then he heard a *ahem* behind him and turned around to see what was up.

Ed's eyes widened as he looked at the mares newly made pajamas. Ed slowed down time for his eyes as he eyed both mares. Both Applejack and Rairty were wearing simple night gowns that showed off the length of there legs up to their thighs which Ed found very hard not to look at. The gowns themselves were white and simple but showed off a lot of there curves as he looked up and down their body's. Ed mentally slapped himself as he put dirty and unwelcome thoughts down before they rose and let time resume back for his eyes. He quickly smiled as he thought of something nice to say.

"You both look pretty" Ed said sounding honest. Of course Rarity giggled.

"Why thank you darling" She said as she twirled in a circle. Ed to looked to Applejack as she was strangely quiet. Of course though Applejack was blushing as she tried to find the right words to say.

"Th-thank you" The farmer said while scratching her face trying to not seemed embarrassed or bothered as she had a thick coat of red on her orange face. Lookly closer Ed saw that her hair was down along with Rairtys and she didn't have her stetson on also. Combine the fact that Ed had some feelings for her and she liked him and the amount of gorgeous she was giving off was making him blush as well. Ed quickly poker faced as he looked to Twilight who was also in pajamas and smiled. She was probably the cutest among the mares in this room with her innocent attire wearing some pants and a shirt for sleeping.

Ed was about to compliment Twilight too but heard a faint scream in the distance. Ed turned to the door and quickly moved to it stopping as he put a hand on the door knob. The mares saw the speed at which he moved and became worried.

"What is it Edward?" Twilight asked as she approached him but stopped as he held a hand up towards her telling her to stop as he stood still waiting.

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"HELP!"

Ed quickly opened the door and moved to the outside closing it behind him as he felt the rain hit his body. He was out in the storm now and it was even worse then before as he felt his body being pushed with the strong wind that went with the rain. He knew that he heard someone shout but he didn't know where and became more worried as he didn't hear anything for a while. Ed slowly moved away from the front door and into the storm as he held a arm up trying to shield his eyes from the rain. He noticed that he had taken off his jacket from earlier and cursed to himself that he didn't take it as he started feeling numb in his body. He walked for about another 5 seconds before stopping and yelling out. "HELLO!?"

Ed waited and waited but didn't hear anything for a while and all but lost hope. Then he heard it.

"HELP ME!"

This time Ed heard it more clearly through the storm as Ed quickly located the direction the shout had come from and started making his way towards the source. He pushed through the storm till he found a tilted over wagon and approached it. Upon arrival he found that the door was being blocked by the ground as it was tilted over on its side blocking who ever was inside. Ed looked closer for a way in then noticed that the wagon was actually familiar and shouted out.

'TRIXIE!?" Ed shouted getting a cry in return.

"HELP ME WHOEVER'S THERE I CAN'T GET OUT!" Trixie cried out making Ed realize who it was.

"DON'T WORRY TRIXIE I'LL GET YOU OUT!" Ed yelled crouching to the wagon and putting his hands under it. He tried to lift the wagon as hard as he could but failed as it would barely budge. Ed took a breather then tried again putting in as much effort as he could to tip it back over. He failed.

Ed fell to his butt breathing hard as he looked at the wagon with anger. "God Dammit just move will ya!" Ed yelled as he clapped his hands getting to his knees and slamming his palms to the ground.

Ed didn't expect it to work but then again he watched as two pillars came out from the ground suddenly and pushed wagon back onto its wheel. Ed blinked before shaking his head and getting up to his feet to approach the door. Ed quickly opened the door only to find that it was sealed shut probably from the fall it took when it tilted over. Ed drew his foot up and sent it fast at the door kicking the door in instead of out like it was supposed to open. Inside he saw that it was wet all over and spotted Trixie shivering in a little blanket on the floor. Ed moved to the mare quickly grabbing her and picking her up. She noticed that she was being held and opened her eyes to see the human.

'Edward?" She quietly said as she shivered in Ed's arms.

Not wanting to waste more time Ed moved out of the wagon and headed straight to Twilight's house. Ed had a hard time not falling over with a the rain and wind pushing him but remained standing as he pushed through the storm carrying the show pony in his arms. Seconds later he saw the house and made his way to the front door yelling out to the mare's.

"OPEN THE DOOR!" He yelled approaching the door. Just as he came in to reach the door opened with a raspberry aura and Ed quickly came inside leaving the storm behind him. He heard the door shut behind him as he came to his knees and laid Trixie on the ground. The mares quickly surrounded him and the mare prompting Ed to think fast. "Twilight get the bath ready! Rarity make another set of clothes! Applejack help me get her clothes off!" Ed said in a fast session that alerted the mares to their jobs as they hopped to it.

Twilight and Rarity dashed to there roles while Ed began to undress the mare. Applejack was just staring at him and the mare before Ed spoke up. "You want her to die or not!?" Ed said flashing a serious look at Applejack before continuing what he was doing. Applejack shook her head before getting to her knees by the two and helping Ed undress the mare. They took off everything until she was full naked. Ed picked her up and began walking towards the bathroom where Twilight was just coming out.

"All... done?" Twilight said as she saw Ed caring the naked mare but then shook her head as she moved out of the way and let Ed pass by into the bathroom. Inside the bathroom Ed slowly sat the mare into the bath carefully placing her against the back of the tub. Ed saw that her shivering went down little by little as she sat in the hot bath. Her eyes were half open for a while before she blinked and had them fully open. She sneezed before shivering and sliding down more into the bathtub. She was fully conscious now as Ed saw her face more relaxed. It took her a second to realize that she had company because when looked over and saw Ed smiling at her she instantly turned red.

"E-Edward w-what are you doing here!?" Trixie said in a embarrassed tone.

Ed just let out a breath as he was happy to see that she was alright and stood up. "Hold on I'll be back" He said as he walked out of the bathroom and looked over to the two mares who were acting like they weren't peeking in the bathroom. Ed just walked past them and to Rarity who was making the finishing touches on the pajamas.

"I just did a quick measure of her body when you guys stripped her and made a guess as to what her size was and what not" Rarity said as she sowed the last thread through.

"It's not pretty but It'll do" Rarity said as she levitated it to him.

Ed nodded and walked to the bathroom again as the lavender unicorn was already there by the door, along with the orange farmer. He walked into the bathroom and saw Trixie getting out of the tub. She stopped as she spotted Ed and quickly tried to cover herself up with her hands but ended up slipping instead. Ed quickly grabbed her hand and a towel as he pulled her to him wrapping the towel around her as he did. She was at a loss as he just saved her from falling and was going to speak but was shushed by Ed as he started drying her hair with another towel.

"Trixie can do this her-" The mare stopped talking as she saw Ed give her a cold stare and shut up.

Ed continued to dry her hair till it was semi-dry and moved to her body parts getting little muffles of sound as he went over her chest and ass. Ed didn't stop till she was somewhat dry then moved to the clothes as he turned around and picked them up on the counter nearby.

"Your underwear is gonna have to dry for now but you should be okay with for now" Ed said nonchalant as he turned back to her and noticed that she was blushing. Ed thought nothing of it as he lifted her hands up and put the night gown on her. Ed wished that Rarity would have made it a bit tighter as Ed saw the night gown slipping past her shoulder like a over sized shirt on a kid. Though she made one on the spot Ed didn't complain as he put the towel back on her head.

"Alright good as new" Ed said giving the mare a smile which caused her to blush some more.

"Umm... I don't know what to say" Trixie said as she fiddled with her fingers averting her eyes to his.

"Just say thanks" Ed said as he grinned at the mare.

"Thanks" Trixie said as she leaned in and kissed him on the cheek.

Ed just smiled at the gesture before turning around and seeing two annoyed mares leaning in to the bathroom. Ed just gave a weak smile before rubbing the back of his head.

"Let me introduce you to my friend Trixie" Ed said as he saw their faces lighten at the sound of friend.

A Few Minutes Later

"So there's nothing between you two right?" Twilight asked as she remained calm and drank her tea that Rarity made her.

All 4 ponys and the human sat in a circle as they talked.

"I don't think so right Trixie" Ed said as he looked over to the show pony next to him and saw that she was blushing slightly.

"Not at all" Trixie said while giving a weak smile though she had other ideas.

Twilight was deep in thought. She didn't know why she was so paranoid about somepony else seriously liking the human. Heck why was she even annoyed by the fact that Ed was helping her dress and such and not her. She quickly smiled to the two before speaking.

"Sorry for asking, just seemed like you two were" Twilight said as she gave herself an excuse to not make her seem rude.

Ed shook his head. "It's alright"

"Trixie accepts your apology" The show pony said while she nodded.

Applejack just sat there relieved that Ed didn't go and get another mare a few days after she and him just hooked up. Ed noticed the sudden relief on her face and smiled causing the mare blush and look away. Twilight didn't notice as she looked to the window and noticed that the rain wasn't going to be let up soon.

"Well you all are welcome to stay but were gonna have to share two beds" Twilight said as she looked over to the group and saw the awkwardness in the air.

Applejack was looking down at the floor and so was Trixie as she noticed that they both had slight blushes on there faces. Rarity was sewing another set of clothes for Trixie as couldn't stand to see the show pony in such rags. Ed was just yawning as he looked to the window and stared at it from afar.

Twilight quickly thought of something and walked over to the book case where she fished through the S section. After quickly scanning the books she found the one she was looking for and grinned.

"So who wants to have a slumber party" She said as she turned around and gleamed at the group.

"We'll do everything by the book" She said as she approached the pony's but didn't notice that Ed was laying on the bed away from the group.

Ed stared out the window as he thought of it all. Who he was and what he was. And how he was going to deal with it all. He watched as the rain went into slow motion as he slowed down time for his eyes and watched as the drops of water splashed against the window.

"To think that it's only been week since I've been here... and I've already got things to do... man this sucks" Ed trailed off as he felt sleepy.

He usually didn't feel this tired, heck he remembered when he stayed awake for an entire three days. Then he thought back to the magic he did and sighed.

"I guess I did use up some of my swag too" Ed chuckled as he felt sleep take him.


Author's Note

So this chapter was a good one :3 I really enjoyed writing it and I hope you readers like it as well.

Give feedback as always :3

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