Chapter 1: Beginning of...an odd year

Disclaimer: Well, if I owned FMA, I wouldn't be typing this, now would I?

(Ed's POV)

I seriously don't get what's so special about being a Junior. Can we say...NOTHING! Plus for the fact that I was a new kid wasn't helping much either.

I still have no clue as to why my parents moved my brother, Al, and I here...to this place...

"...I hate it here."

"Brother, it's not that bad." my younger brother said to me.

Al was only a year younger than me, but everyone swore he was the "mature, older" sibling...not to mention the fact he's taller than me.

"Brother, I'm going to go find my homeroom. So, I'll see you later."

I nodded, only half paying attention.

I've always been like that, I never really pay attention unless I wanted too...which was rare.

It just dawned on me that moving here may have been a good thing. No one here knew me, which is a good thing, right?

Frustrated, I started snapping the rubberbands around my wrist. I thought I'd get something out of this...I didn't. So I stormed off to find my homeroom too.

(Normal POV)

Even though the school building looked big, Ed found his homeroom really easy.

His homeroom teacher was blabbing about schedule changes and err...stuff like that. The whole class jumped when the door burst open and bounced off the wall.

The teacher sighed, "Well, Envy, what a nice way to start off the year."

Ed stopped snapping his bands and watched the tall, green-haired, punk-like guy walk down the row he was in. The guy took the desk behind Ed.

Not even five minutes after Envy sat down, the bell rang for first hour.

Ed got up slowly and grabbed his bag.

"You're new, aren't ya?"

Ed turned around and saw the Envy-person still sitting in his seat. Ed didn't answer.

"Nice bandages." Envy commented.

"What do you know," mumbled Ed.

"Whatever you say, Chibi."

Ed growled as Envy soon walked out the door as well.

The first two hours were a bore. Third hour...was interesting. Ed still had no clue how or why he was in a Foods class, but he was.

Ed quietly saw down at a table and continued snapping the bands around his wrist. As he started to get into it, a gasp made him stop.

Ed looked up and saw a black-haired girl standing behind him, staring.

"I...I...Um..." he stuttered.

The girl's face brightened, "Sweet, you're a snapper."

Ed nodded slowly.

"My cousin would love you. He's into that kinda stuff, he's never done it...yet, but he'd like you. In fact, he's in this class, so you'll get to meet him." The girl said, still smiling.

Ed nodded again and the girl sat down.

A few minutes passed and Ed was still snapping. That is, until the girl next to him started tapping his shoulder.

"That's my cousin," the girl said, motioning towards the door.

Ed's jaw dropped. It was...

"...Envy's your cousin?" screamed Ed.

The girl laughed at the blond's out burst.

'How ironic.' she thoughtto herself.

Envy made his way to the table his cousin and...the Chibi from homeroom was at.

"Hey Sloth...and Chibi."

Ed sunk down in his seat, mumbling and Sloth shook her head.

"When the snapper said your name, I mean...DAMN! You'd like him Envy." Sloth said while Envy sat down.

"Snapper?" asked Envy, now suddenly interested in the blond chibi.

Ed peeked through the hair hanging in his face and nodded.

Envy leaned forward and motioned for Ed to show him his arm. Ed put his arm up on the table, Envy grabbed the right sleeve, and gently rolled it back.

"Holy Shit!"

Envy slapped his hand over his mouth. Luckily the teacher had stepped out. Ed shifted as Envy delicately ran his fingers over the bruises and welts that covered Ed's pale forearm.

Envy felt someone poke him in the arm. It was obvious as to who it was.

"Is my dear cousin crushing over the new guy?" Sloth whispered as quietly as she could to Envy.

Envy quickly pulled his hand away from Ed's arm.

"That's pretty brutal."

Ed looked up then back down, then he shrugged.

"So, uh, how's Greed?" Sloth asked her cousin.

"How should I know?" Envy asked, sitting back.

"He's your dad..."

"Adoptive, remember. He's still uncle Greed to me, no where near dad."

"Okay...then how's Wrath?"

Envy just turned his head at Sloth and growled.

Ed lifted his head, "You have a little brother?"

Envy shook his head. "Adoptive brother, cousin really. He's Greed's kid, but he's always latching on to me."

Ed nodded, "My brother, he...doesn't know about my problem. I can't tell him, he looks up to me too much for me to tell him."

Just then, the teacher walked back in.

"Good morning, this is foods class. Yes, we will be cooking and...Envy...I see you're back."

Envy only gave a half-hearted wave.

The teacher continued, "Envy here, is an example of what happens when you fail four times."

Sloth laughed. Ed had gone comatose and was staring at his notebook. Envy, well, he had gone from picking at the table to playing with Ed's braid.

RRRRRRRIIIIIIIIINNNNNNNNNNGGGGGGGG...

When the bell rang, everyone had left, except Ed, Envy, and Sloth.

Ed groaned, "I don't wanna go to study hall...so boring."

"What room?" asked Envy.

"Um, 102, I think."

"Okay Chibi," Envy said grabbing Ed's arm, "I'll take you."

While pulling Ed to class, Envy remembered that he had left Sloth back in the classroom. He just shrugged and went on.

"If you have 102 study hall, you have Havoc." Envy began, "He's cool, layed back. They always threaten to fire him, but it never happens. He's too liked."

"Yeah, sure."

"What lunch?"

Ed looked back at Envy.

"What lunch do you have, Chibi?"

"Oh, the first one, I..."

Envy cut Ed off.

"Wait outside of 102, I'll come. If you're not here after class...well, you wouldn't want to see my for the rest of the month, maybe year."

"You just a little possesive," asked Ed.

Envy shrugged, "Maybe...who knows."

Ed sarcastically rolled his eyes.

Before Envy walked away, Ed felt a tug at his braid. Envy pulled the holder out of Ed's braid and dangled it in Ed's face.

"Don't take it the wrong way, the braid works for ya, but a ponytail or having it down works better." Envy said, leaning towards Ed.

With that, Envy walked off and Ed went to class.

Ed sat himself in the far back corner to seclude himself...that didn't last long. A blond girl made her way over to the seat to the left of Edward's.

The girl leaned towards Ed, "I'm Winry Rockbell...and you...you're Edward Elric."

Ed gave Winry a "How-the-hell-did-you-know-that" look.

"I know that because you hang around Envy. Saw you in the hallway."

Ed shook his head, "Why does that matter?"

Winry sighed.

"The truth is, Envy doesn't have alot of friends. I mean, freshmen year he was...an outcast, sorta. He...never included himself, ever. Sophmore year, his cousin Sloth came, so he finally associated with someone, but then it got out that he...you know, swung the other way, possibly both ways. No one really knows," Winry sighed again, "Don't ask me what's up this year. He seems more, I dunno, angry."

Edward started sorting everything, '...Envy...loner...rebel...hung out with Sloth...possibly gay or bi...anngry...and possibly obsessed with me.'

Ed nodded at Winry slowly. As if that were a signal, Winry kept talking. Though, Ed payed no attention. Hell, Havoc even fell asleep. Ed had eventually zoned out and stared at the back of the chair in front of him.

When the bell finally rang, Ed jumped.

"...Ahh, well. It was nice to meet you Ed and I hope we talk soon." Winry said, getting out of her seat.

Obviously she hadn't noticed that Ed was never paying attention.

He looked over at Havoc, who...was still asleep. So Ed got out of his seat and moved to the part of the room out of the view of the door.

Ed just didn't want to deal with Envy right now.

When the late bell rang, Ed walked out of the room, leaving the still sleeping Havoc. Ed trudged his way up the stairs to the second floor. Instead of going into the cafeteria, Ed walked himself into the bathroom.

Ed walked past the sinks, dropping his bag on the ground, and walkedto the far side of the bathroom that was out of site of the door.

He quickly tied his hair into a messy ponytail. He hurriedly looked around the corner and when he turned back, he rolled up his sleeve.

Ed hesitated at first, but then lefted the two of the bands on his arm and snapped them hard against his wrist. He continued this, snapping the bands harder each time.

After a couple minutes, Ed snapped the bands one last time. Only this time, they snapped a bit too hard.

"Shit," Ed hissed.

The final snap broke the skin and was now bleeding lightly.

Ed ran to the nearest stall and grabbed a fist full of toilet paper. As he stood over the sink, putting pressure on the wound, he looked up in the mirror.

'What am I doing to myself,' Ed thought.

When Ed heard the bathroom door start to open, he paniced. So he turned his back to the door.

Ed cringed at the voice.

"What the hell Chibi, that was some stunt you..." Ed heard Envy stop right behind him.

Ed slowly turned around, hand still clamped over the wound on his arm.

Envy sighed.

"You stay here, I'm gonna go...get something. Don't take the pressure off."

Ed nodded and did as he was told.

A few moments later, Envy returned with a handful of gauze, athletic tape, and ointment. Ed raised his eyebrow.

"I...borrowed these." Envy said shrugging.

"Uh-huh, sure." Ed stated sarcastically.

Edward sat quietly as Envy bandaged up his wrist. When Envy was finished, Ed pulled his arm back and cradled it.

"Here."

Ed looked up at Envy who had taken off his arm warmers and was now handing them to Ed who just stared at them.

"To cover up the bandages so the idiots out there don't get suspicious." stated Envy.

Ed nodded and put the black arm warmers on.

"Would I be allowed to wear these in P.E." Ed asked quietly.

"You have P.E. next?"

Ed nodded.

"With who," asked Envy.

"...Um, Curtis...I think."

Ed watched as Envy gave him this creepy smile.

The next thing Ed knew, Envy had grabbed his non-wounded arm and was pulling him out of the bathroom and down the hallway.

What the hell was he in for?

Yep, I'm stopping now. Hehe...especially since I've been writing this for about a week...almost.

This is a totally AU, non auto-mail, no Al in armor, no Homunculi, Sloth and Trisha are two different people...yep, I do realize some characters are OOC, but yeah...my mind is "kinda" warped/retarded. I'll eventually sort things out, but for now...BLEH! LOL!

Oh, Ed's not...exactly...a mental case, it's just...yeah, it'll be explained in later chapters.

This was a request by some of my friends. They hear me talking about EdXEnvy pairings all the time and suggested that I write one myself...and here it is.

ENJOY!

Review and I give cookies.

-Jen :3