Chapter two: Welcome to Central City!

The next day, everyone including Pinako ate breakfast at Ed's house.

"Here you go two boiled eggs with hatch browns and one piece of beacon." Granny Pinako passed the plate to the moroi princess.

"Thank you, Mrs. Rockbell. This looks delicious." Lissa began to eat. Rose appeared behind Lissa.

"Boo!" The dhampir scared the blonde haired girl. Lissa recovered from being scared.

"Rose! Don't scare me like that for a minute I though it was a strigoi." Rose laughed from Lissa's reaction.

"Relax, there are no strigois in Amestris or in this whole continent." Rose sat down. She grabbed three stacks of waffles in the center of the table.

"What is a strigoi?" Pinako asked.

"Uh…strigoi are the nasty, blood-sucking, immortal creatures that prey on anyone." Rose explained.

"Well, they don't sound friendly." The old Rockbell said.

"Of course not, you need to kill them before they kill you. That why I was shipped into a special school to learn how to destroy strigoi while protecting morois." Rose said.

"That's sound dangerous for a young child to be educated in that field." Ed appeared in their view. He sat down and looked at his daughter.

"Well yeah, that's why dhampirs like me were trained to guard and kill because of their traits as half-human, half moroi beings. Did my mom never mention the society she grew up in?" Rose tried to reason her father.

"Yes, she mentioned when we met. If I knew your existence sooner, you would pursue a different career." Ed said.

"Are you implying that I'm weak?" Rose felt offended.

"No, you're not weak. I just believe you have more opportunities to be more than guarding a race that treats you like dirt." The Fullmetal clarified.

"Not all morois are bad. There are some who believes in equality." Lissa spoke out. Edward looked at the princess.

"That's true, but the majority of them don't agree." The State Alchemist made his point.

"Wow, you sure know a lot about moroi's society." Rose said sarcastically.

"Thanks to your mother. I was curious to know more about them." Ed smirked.

Rose returned a smirk at him. Her facial changed to disgusted when Pinako pour white liquid on a cup. Pinako noticed the girl's changed mood.

"What don't tell me you hate milk too?" Pinako teased.

"Fine, I won't tell you." Rose responded stubbornly.

"What you know. She inherits your dislike for milk." Pinako looked at her grandson-in- law.

"You hate milk." Rose look surprised.

"Yup, still do. It looks odd and smells awful." Ed felt grossed out when he talked about milk.

"I feel you old man." Rose pushed the glass of milk aside. Lissa gave her a disapproving look.

"Rose, it won't kill you if you try it." Lissa tried to convince the Elric dhampir.

"No, but it might give me lactose intolerance." Rose was being stubborn.

"Rose, don't be dramatic. You won't get it because I know you eat other dairy products. Plus, it's the same." Lissa was holding the glass.

"Nope, I'm not risking." Rose was few feet away from her best friend.

"Fine, there's no point to persuade you to drinking it." Lissa drank the milk.

"Like father, like daughter." Pinako said. Ed chuckled watching the two girl's argument.

"Wait, where's Keith?" Ed scanned around the kitchen.

"Oh, he left really early to Central City. That boy was about to go with an empty stomach, but I fixed him a breakfast sandwich and coffee to take it with him." The old mechanic said.

"Really, so he's avoiding me now." Ed said. Rose felt horrible ruining her father's family. Ed noticed Rose's mood changed.

"Don't blame on yourself. Keith is just having a hard time to accept this." Ed comforted his youngest child. Rose nodded. Quickly, Edward changed a different topic.

"Well, how would you girls like to visit our capitol?" Ed said.

"Really, that would be exciting. Rose what you think?" Lissa felt happy and looked at her friend.

"I'm down for it." Rose felt excited to get out of this town.

"Alright, get ready in half hour." Ed said. Everyone got up to get ready. Before Lissa gets ready, she helped Pinako to clean up the table.

"Oh sweetie, you don't have to do that. Go on and get ready." Pinako said.

"That's ok, I'm happy to help. Rose come and washes the dishes." The princess put the dishes in the sink. Rose went to the sink and began to wash the dishes.

"Where have you been when hardly any of my great grandchildren won't help me clean unless I tell them?" Pinako praised the blonde princess.

"Are you sure you're not another Ed's long-lost child?" Pinako said.

"Yes I'm sure." Lissa smiled.

"Well in that case I'm making you two my granddaughters." Pinako said. Rose like the idea but she though about Keith.

"Won't Keith and Nina be upset?" Rose said. Pinako went to hugged Rose.

"Don't worry about them. If it comes to that, I'll knock some senses to them especially Keith. One day, he'll come around and accept you. Just give him time that's all." Pinako said. Rose felt a little better. It took 15 minutes to clean up the kitchen. Both Rose and Lissa pack their stuffs.

"I would how big the capitol is?" Lissa was curious.

"I don't know but…hey I found my camera." Rose pulled out a sliver digital camera.

"Oh goodie, we can take lots of pictures." Lissa grabbed the camera and took a picture of Rose.

"Aw, you came out pretty." Lissa showed Rose the picture.

"Oh hello gorgeous." Rose admired her picture. Both girls heard a knock on the door.

"Girls, Ed is waiting for you two outside." Pinako told them. Both girls rush out to meet Ed.

"Come on, we need to catch the train." All three said goodbye to Pinako. The old lady did the same. Once they reached the station, Ed led the girls to find a seat. All three finally sat down from running.

"Phew! That was close." Ed said.

"Don't we need tickets to be on a train?" Lissa asked.

"Yeah but I'm part of the military so I show my watch and they'll passed me. He pulled out his watch to show the girls.

"Yes, but we're not in the military." Rose clarified him.

"Don't worry as long you're with me, they will let you in." Ed said in his cocky tone. Finally, the train leaves Resembool to the capitol. The train ride took four hours to get to the capitol. Before getting out of the train, two government officials asked the passengers for their passports and tickets. By the time they reached them, Lissa pull out her passport. Rose did the same but couldn't find hers in the bag.

"Crap, I think I left mine on the bed." Rose said.

Meanwhile…

Pinako was fixing the guest room from downstairs when she saw a passport on the bed.

"Oh dear, looks like Rose forgot her passport." Pinako looked at it.

Back to Rose…

Rose still searched to find her passport until she heard the officers coming toward her.

"Your tickets and passports?" One of the officers said.

"Sorry I accidently left mine at Resembool." Rose said. Before the officers said anything, Edward stepped in.

"These girls are here with me." Edward was in his authoritative tone. He pulled out his watch and showed them who he is.

"We're so sorry sir. We didn't know you're with them General." Before arriving the capitol, Ed changed his outfit. When he saw the officers asking the girls for passports, he rushes his pace to save the day.

"You're dismiss." Ed commanded. Both officers left.

"Thank you Mr. Elric." Lissa was grateful.

"A General?" Rose was confused.

"Yeah I'm a General. It's been five years since I got promoted to General." He explained.

"Is Keith and Nina in the military?" Rose asked.

"Keith is in the military as a State Alchemist, a Major and Nina is more like her mother, an automail engineer." Ed said.

All three got out the station and found a man with a similar uniform like Ed.

"Welcome back General Fullmetal. How was your trip, sir?" The military man saluted him.

"Hello Sergeant Johnson. It was a pleasant ride." Ed waited for the girls to hop in vehicle. The Fullmetal sat in the front. It was a short ride to the Central Headquarter.

Once they got to the Headquarter, Ed was greeted by his subordinates.

"Morning Sir, how was your day off?" A woman saluted to Ed.

"It was…an interesting day. Oh, these young ladies are Lissa and Rose. They want to check out the capitol. So could you find someone to give them a tour while I'm at work?" Ed said.

"Yes sir, I'll find a volunteer. Come girls follow me." Ed's secretary walked ahead.

"Where do we go after the tour?" Rose asked her father.

"You'll come back here because after my meetings and filling out useless papers, we're invited to dine with the Fuhrer at his manor." Before the girls leave, Ed gave Rose some money.

"What is this?" Rose looked confuse.

"That's for the dresses or something nice to wear for the evening." Rose nodded and put the money in her bag.

The secretary led to them in the lobby. A man about in his late teens or early 20's walked towards them.

"Aw Stacey, just the woman I'm looking for." The man blocked Stacey's path.

"Hello Lt. Mustang, what can I do for you?" The secretary said with an annoyed look. The Lt. smirked.

"Well, there's a lot you can do for me, but sadly I just want to deliver these important documents to General Elric from my father." The young Mustang handed the big envelope to the secretary. Both Lissa and Rose observed the man. He was tall around 6'2. His hair was black and little bit spike. His eyes were chocolate brown.

"Stacey, are you going to introduce me to these beautiful ladies?" The Lt. looked at Rose and Lissa.

"Hello, I'm Lissa Dragomir." The moroi blonde introduced first. The raven haired man shifted his eyes to the dhampir waiting for her to say something. Rose was thinking should she be introduced as an Elric or Hathaway.

"I'm Rose." Lt. Mustang gently grabbed her hand and kissed it.

"Rose…what a gorgeous name. I'm Blake Maes Mustang. What makes you pretty ladies come to this wonderful city? I've never seen you two around here. Are you new?" He said.

Rose took her hand quickly. "Yeah, we're new. We are visiting a relative of mine."

Stacey looked at Blake and Rose. "Lt. Mustang sir, I need to get back to work. Would you take them on a tour around the city if you're not busy?" Stacey saluted.

"Sure, I'll be happy to give them a tour. You're dismissed." He still looks at Rose while waving at Stacey to leave. The secretary left them with the flirty man.

"So where do you want to go first?" Blake asked.

"Show us the spots in Central." Rose gave her infamous man eater smiled.

"As you wish." The black haired man led them on their tour.

Few hours had passed, all three sat at a café for late lunch.

"So what you guys think of Central?" Blake asked.

"It's beautiful. Thanks for giving us a tour." Lissa continued eating her turkey Swiss cheese sandwich. Rose was too busy devouring her Ultra beacon crispy chicken sandwich with hot sauce on it. Blake noticed the grease with special sauce running down to her chin. He handed a napkin to the semi exotic dark brown haired girl.

"Boy, you won't take a break till you devour the whole huge sandwich. Usually, girls don't order greasy food or eating like it's the end of the world. You're not like most of the girls I encounter." He chuckled.

Rose grabbed the napkin and wipes the mess on her mouth. "Well, that because you haven't met a real one." She smirked. Sure the guy in front of her is hot but she's not here to impress him. That cocky Lt. Bastard. Huh Lt. Bastard I like it. She thought to herself.

"Now I met one." He replied.

"Whatever Lt. Bastard." She grabbed her sandwich to finish it.

"Oh so we're now on nicknames base." Blake grinned.

"Ok you're now gobbler girl." Lt. Mustang said.

"Could you take us to a shopping center if you don't mind?" Lissa cuts in.

"Sure, princess I would gladly take you ladies." Blake, Rose, and Lissa left the café to the shopping center.

Once they reached the shopping center, a lady in her late 20's greeted them.

"Hello welcome to Mimi's boutique. How can I assist you?" The lady said.

"We are looking for dresses for a dinner party today." Lissa said. The lady happily smiles and shows them the best dresses.

"This area is for the ball and formal parties." Rose already started searching for her dress. Blake walked to a sofa and sat down. Lissa felt guilty for Blake waiting for them.

"Don't worry about me. I'll just relax and read these newspapers while you ladies get what you need." He waved a newspaper. Lissa nodded and returned searching for her dress.

Several minutes later, the lady came back and asked. "Do you have everything you need?"

"Not really do you have cocktail dresses?" Rose appeared behind the lady.

"Well we do but they're imported from Europe and America." The lady said.

"Could we have a look?" Lissa said.

The lady went to the back to get the dresses.

"Here, try them." The lady said

"Thanks." Rose said. She searched the left pile of dresses and Lissa search on the other.

Finally, Rose spotted a black with gold roses mid thigh dress. She pulled the dress out.

"I hope it fits me." The dhampir walked to the fitting room. While Rose went to the fitting room, Lissa was about to give up on finding the perfect dress until she saw a pale pink short dress with black belt attach around the outfit. Lissa smiled and ran to where Rose is.

Once both girls finished getting to dresses, they paid it along with shoes.

"So just being curious whose dinner party you're going?" Blake asked the girls.

"We're going to the Fuhrer's dinner party." Lissa answered.

"Oh that's sound fun." Blake said.

"Should we get back to Headquarter? We need to be there like now." Rose interrupted.

"Alright, let's go." The young lieutenant took them back to the Central Headquarter.

"Thank you, we had fun you showing us around this city." Lissa thanked Blake.

"You're welcome. If there's anything you two need, do be shy to call me." He wrote his number and give to Rose.

Rose was about to refuse but Blake quickly grabbed her hand to put the paper on it.

"Goodnight ladies, we'll see each other soon." He walked toward to the vehicle and a driver opened the door and he hopped inside. The car left from their view.

"He likes you." Lissa teased her best friend.

"What? No, he doesn't. That guy is a womanizer. He'll be with anything girl then moves on the next." Rose entered the building in denial. Lissa quickly followed her.

A/N: Sorry it took long to update. I just started school. I hope you guys like chapter 2. So please don't forget to review, follow, and favorite me & the story. Goodnight