Pandora's Box Arc
Chapter 1: The Search
5 Years Ago
I was the only one living at home. My parents left when they saw what power I wielded... powerful alchemy. I went outside of my house. No one was living in this area. I created a huge circle with details inside. Then I stepped in the middle.
"Here goes nothing," I whispered.
I clapped my hands and then I hit the floor. A giant eye opened and these little black hands engulfed me into the eye portal. I was screaming for my life. I saw a black kid once I got in.
"Hello," the black figure said.
"Who are you?" I asked.
"I am all... I am one... I am the wor-" The figure said before being interrupted by me.
"Yeah sure sure. Tell me your name," I said.
The figure was about to speak again but I ignored him and I was drawn to this gate. I smiled.
"You aren't here for immortality are you?" The figure said.
"Hell no. I don't want to see the end of the world," I told him.
The figure was grinning. The gate opened. A bunch of hands came out like when I first opened the portal. I accepted the hands dragging me in. I was going through, what people called, the truth. I knew what was going to happen. I would have to pay a toll for this. The next thing I knew, I was laying on the floor at my house. I looked at my hand. Then I noticed what was missing.
"A FINGER!... HAHA, A MIDDLE FINGER! This can't be it," I said laughing.
There was more to it what I knew. I felt sudden blood loss. I looked at my right. There was this kid, about the same age as me, with fairly long black hair. He looked almost like me but at the same time, different.
"Hello Jet," the boy said.
I was on the floor with my legs and arms twitching.
"I see... my blood was transferred to an artificial being... also known as a homunculus." I said.
Then I saw the tattoo of a homunculus on the left corner of his forehead. I smiled. Well my dream of turning my body to alchemy was just ruined. I just had to study him... as soon as I stop twitching. I mean my blood will come back. It'll only take a few days. I think another part of my body was taken from me. It was a huge price to pay for exchanging my body for a new alchemy body... but it didn't work.
5 years later
I walked through the street the lead to central with my hands in my pocket. I entered the building with my brother.
"Ah! The 16 year old lightning alchemist!" said the woman walking through the hallways.
Actually instead of gaining an alchemy body, I received the rarest alchemy element... lightning.
"Hey, Jenny," I said.
"It's Riza. I see you've brought a friend," The woman said.
My brother, the homunculus, was wearing a black tank top with white skinny jeans. He also had a headband on so he can cover his tattoo. He still had the same hairstyle as 5 years ago. I was wearing the military uniform but slightly different. It was also black. So much cooler than the other uniform. My black hair was spiked forward. I entered the presidents office.
"Oy, master! Oh wait, your a fuh-fur... furry president now? Right, Roy?" I said.
"Its pronounced Fuhrer. And who's this?" Roy Mustang said.
I took out a cola bottle from my the inside of my uniform. I took a sip. The other toll I had to pay, for the taboo, was getting a craving for cola. I actually liked it.
"My brother, Johnson Litterbox... I mean Johnny Puddlecake," I told the Fuhrer.
Roy Mustang made a weird face. My twin brother hit me on the head.
"The name's Sun Wukong!" My brother said.
"You wish you were a legend," I told him while rubbing my head. "Anyways, he wants to join us," I told Roy.
"Let's see what you got," Roy said.
We were taken to a ring. It was where everyone gets a test to join the military. You pass it and you're in but if you fail you lose. Roy Mustang was going to fight himself. It was rare for him to fight in a testing ring.
"What kind of alchemy do you use?" Roy asked.
The truth was, my brother couldn't use alchemy because he was a homunculus. He was excited for this. My brother and I loved to fight. He was exactly like a ninja. My brother took out a small gold staff. It was painted silver though. He extended the small bar.
The president clicked his hands and unleashed a small fire beam. My brother quickly evaded it. The president unleashed a few more of those really fast but a little stronger. My brother swiftly dodged the attacks while heading to Roy. Then he bounced up on the ceiling and landed right in front of Roy. He was grinning. Roy was surprised. He was about to fire a blast right there but my brother changed the direction of his hands by knocking his hand away with his staff. The president stopped the battle. I was guessing he passed the test.
"Yes, I'm stronger than the president! And I'm not even an alchemist!" My brother yelled.
I started laughing. "He only used 40 percent of his power. You would've been burnt toast if he went full power," I explained.
The thing was, we both loved challenges. We were both excited to train harder to beat the best. Roy left.
"Welcome to central... name?" Riza said, who was watching the whole time.
"The name's Alpen. Alpen Gold," My brother said.
"Let's get out of central, Johnny. It's boring here. Forget you're even assigned here," I told him.
Alpen nodded. We walked out of central. Riza sighed. I drank a sip of my cola.
"Obviously I could have beaten him if I unleashed my real power," Alpen said.
"I surpassed him a long time ago. Your powers are basically cheating," I said. I gave him his military uniform. It was identical to mine. My uniform was tighten like a jacket, sleeveless, that turned into a coat after it crossed my belt. "Do you still remember our goal?" I asked.
Alpen got serious. "Defeat the Elric brothers," Alpen answered.
We went to a metro station. We heard word the Elric brothers were meeting for the first time since the fight with the legendary dwarf in the flask. We headed to Rush Valley. A few hours passed since we left and now we got off the train. We saw a bunch of automail and automail mechanics. I stopped.
"Since we are here, I might as well get my automail fixed," I said.
"But-" Alpen tried saying.
"No buts!" I yelled.
We headed to a mechanic on top of a mountain. We heard she was the best. I opened the door.
"Welcome to the Automail repair shop! I'm Winry," Winry introduced herself.
"Hurry, we don't have time! My automail is damaged badly! IT HURTS SO MUCH!" I yelled.
"Show it to me now! Where is it?" Winry asked.
I showed my right hand. Winry's expression totally changed. She grabbed a broom and hit me.
"What the heck?!" I said.
"Your automail is a finger! It's only partly broken!" Winry yelled.
"Let me show you," I said.
I grabbed Winry by the outside door. I made Alpen stand 10 feet behind me. Then I put my right hand next to Winry's face. She was terrified. I clicked my middle finger and thumb. A bolt of electricity dashed from my hand to Alpen. He got electrocuted.
"That breaks the laws of alchemy!" Winry said surprised.
"I told you," I said.
Winry replaced my automail with a brand new Super RX-77-22 automail. I asked if she knew where Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric were. She told us how she knew them an all. We got a hint that they might be training at the martial arts training academy back in central. We raced out the door and headed to the academy. We entered the door and didn't find the Elric brothers. Instead we found a red headed pony tailed girl wearing a martial arts gi. My brother and I immediately turned around. We started whispering.
"Crap, it's the old hag!" I said.
"Shh! She can hear someone call her an old hag even if she's a mile away, remember?!" Alpen whispered.
We had a feeling something was behind us. We turned around and saw the old hag.
"Who's calling me an old hag?! I'm only sixteen!" The old hag said. When she recognized us, she looked angrier.
"Oh hey Kat! Looking older... I mean younger every day!" I told her.
"DAMN RIGHT I AM!" Kat yelled angrily.
We met Kat 3 years ago. Just a year and a half before Alpen and I left to become state alchemists. She moved in as our neighbor. Then her parents opened up a martial arts academy that specializes in all kinds of fighting, including fighting against an alchemist. Alpen learned for 8 months while I left 2 months after it opened. I only learned the basics. Right now, I'm only good at alchemy fighting and strategizing. I was horrible at hand to hand combat. We asked about the Elric brothers. She said if you want an answer, I've had to take lessons. I took the deal. First I had to fight my brother with no alchemy. This was going to be hard. Kat never knew that my brother was really a homunculus so I had to make sure he wasn't cheating. Though he wasn't the type to cheat.
"Come on lil bro!" I said.
Alpen smirked. He got in his fighting stance. I rushed towards him and gave him a sloppy punch. Alpen easily dodged. Then he gave a quick knee to my stomach. Blood spurted out of my mouth. The I received a spin kick to my jaw. I felt my my jaw break. I took a step back. I brought my two fingers up. I clicked it multiple times, really fast, and a bunch of electricity bolts were headed to Alpen. My brother ran sloppily away from the bolts.
"HAHAHAHA!" I laughed.
Suddenly a sword stabbed through my stomach. It came from behind me. I turned around and saw the old hag.
"Damn, this is what I get for cheating..." I thought.
Then I fainted. The next day we had to do the same thing without alchemy. We ended up taking lessons for 3 months. I was officially an expert at martial arts but I still wasn't as good as Alpen. We walked up to Kat.
"So, remember our deal? You tell us where the Elric brothers are," I told her.
She rubbed her head and started laughing. "Well they were at a mission at Lior but they're probably long gone by now. I forgot to tell you the part about them on a mission," She said. We both grunted and left out of the door. Kat stopped us. "Though, they might be at central with the Fuhrer President," Kat said.
We waved a goodbye. "Bye... old hag," we whispered the last part.
Kat suddenly phased in front of us, holding a two swords by our necks. That's so scary. We ran away from her in the sunset.
-The Lunar Alchemist-
Fun Facts: Most of the character's name is based on candy. Jet is a candy (Not a lot have heard of it), and Alpen Gold is too. Kat is part of Kit-KAT.
Next time on The Lunar Alchemist:
Jet and Alpen fight Edward Elric and Alphonse Elric. Will they be able to defeat them? Will there be more to it? Find out in the next chapter of The Lunar Alchemist
Chapter 2: Homunculus Revealed