Ficlet- Bad Aim

[cornerofmadness]

Bad Aim
Author – cornerofmadness
Disclaimer – all rights belong to Arakawa
Rating – PG
Characters – Ed, Al, Winry, Pitt
Series – Manga/novels
Timeline/Spoilers – no spoilers, set in the brothers’ childhood
Summary – Ed’s aim isn’t as good as he thinks it is.
Word Count - 250
Author’s Note – written for the fma_fic_contest's prompt 'cow.' Thanks to evil_little_dog



“Ed, stop that and come help,” Winry said, standing calf-deep in Mr. Gray’s creek.

“It’s fun.” Ed whipped a stick next to the Mr. Gray’s herd of cows. Whenever one of the sticks landed, some of the cows protested loudly.

“So is catching crawdads.” Pitt snagged one.

“Besides, brother, you could hit a cow,” Al said.

Ed rolled his eyes at his little brother. How could anyone be so wussy? “I have perfect aim.” He scrounged for another stick.

“I’ve been in the bathroom after you, no, you don’t!” Al said and Winry giggled loudly.

Ed’s face burned. “Al!”

“Here they go again.” Pitt nudged Winry, offering her his crayfish. Smiling, she popped it into her water pail.

Ed poked Al in the backside with the long twig he found. His brother slapped his arm. Frowning, Ed tossed the stick toward the cows. A good wind caught the twig, dropping it down in the middle of the herd. A startled lowing echoed through the air, the herd parting to reveal an irate young steer. “Run!” Ed screamed.

Dropping their pails, the children sprinted toward the nearby fence as the steer charged. Pitt and Ed cleared the barbed-wire as if they sprouted wings. Winry made it over, tearing the hem of her dress but Al landed in the coil of barbed-wire Farmer Gray had been using to replace bad sections of fence.

“Ed, you’re stupid,” Al cried as Ed freed him. “I’m bleeding!”

“Granny is gonna kill us!”

Ed had no defense.

Author’s note – This really happened. Seriously. I was Winry and my idiot friends were the rest of the boys. B managed to hit a Black Angus steer (which are temperamental as far as cows go) and we were racing out of there. I was the one who landed in the barbed wire though and got really entangled. Still have the scars…

Comments

[tehlobster.livejournal.com]

“I’ve been in the bathroom after you, no, you don’t!” Al said and Winry giggled loudly.

HA!

This was cute! <3

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thanks!

Boys have such dubious aim

[mulzrule.livejournal.com]

“I’ve been in the bathroom after you, no, you don’t!” Al said and Winry giggled loudly.

Ed’s face burned. “Al!”


Bwahahhaa! Love the boys.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

thank you very much