Crowded Upstairs

Title: Avengers and Alchemists

Author: Lady Norbert

Genre: Fantasy/Humor

Rating: PG-13

Word Count: 6,291 (not counting the author's note)

Pairing/Characters: Team Mustang, Fuhrer Grumman, Clint Barton, Natasha Romanoff, Thor, Steve Rogers, Tony Stark, Bruce Banner, Phil Coulson, Nick Fury, Maria Hill, Odin, Frigga, and of course Loki. Royai and Clintasha implied by the ending.

Warnings: This might not make a lot of sense?

Summary: Based on artwork by Sarlyne. Clint Barton pays a visit to his sister Riza Hawkeye in Amestris, in order to be on hand for Grumman's inauguration. But when Loki escapes Asgard, Amestris looks like the perfect place to hide, so the Avengers team up with Mustang's group in order to bring him to justice... again.

Author's Note: This is, quite obviously, an AU. For that reason, the details of Clint Barton's background will not be presented entirely accurately as they are known in the Marvel universe. I did review his history on Wikipedia before beginning this project, so there will be some details that are right and some that are not. I hope no one is too deeply troubled by the alterations. The ending might seem a little familiar to people who have read my other FMA works. It's possible that at some point in the future, I will continue this, but for now, please just enjoy the silliness. :)



Special thanks to my artist, sarlyne, for giving me such a fun piece to write about; to my friend tk31085, who helped me puzzle out a number of plot points over lunch; and to my wonderful and patient beta reader, bay115, for her many helpful suggestions. Credit for Grumman's first name goes to jellyjay; I stole it from her.



Oh, and Coulson lives. Because I say so.
( Avengers and Alchemists )

The official synopsis:

One fateful night in a rustic inn, a teenaged boy named Tobiah inadvertently gets involved in a fight revolving around a mysterious hooded woman. She turns out to be the fabled Lady Gray, a figure of legend that the majority of people fear. He ends up joining Lady Gray and her companion, the surly warrior Sabastian, on their quest to defeat and capture twelve demons, known as shades, who have escaped into the world. Gradually, Tobiah begins to piece together the truth about the lady, whose history is as tragic as her fate.

The story, which is up to six chapters, is over here. I've also given it a Facebook page and a page on TV Tropes.

Passing this on for a friend of a friend.


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The Dragon, actually. I was a little surprised to realize that it's the Year of the Dragon again, and then I remembered that on my birthday later this year I will indeed be turning a multiple of twelve. We had a long talk about the Chinese zodiac one night in my family, and when my stepfather found out which one was mine, he laughed and said it was utterly unsurprising to him that mine is the only animal in the zodiac that doesn't actually exist.


(he thinks, anyway)

Please spread the word: Tracy Williams, employee of Technorati.com, disappeared on November 2nd and has not been seen since.

Because I have repeatedly proven I do not have the diligence to do these daily meme things, I'm doing it all in one post. ( Try and stop me. )

Please, guys, spread this to your own f'lists. My dear friend naiadea had brain surgery not long ago, and needs help.

http://good-idea-time.blogspot.com/2011/08/home-is-where-you-hang-your-hat.html

So seta_suzume offered to do FMA arts for anyone who sent her one of those 'Help' virtual gifts. (I think it was Help the South.) So I sent her one, and she did a picture from the Elemental Chess trilogy. To quote a commercial that was on for a while, it's so cute it's stupid. XD

( Roy watches Riza making soup )