Hey Guys! This is a brand new fanfiction I decided to write! I hope you guys like it, I've got to give credit to this great person for helping me with this she basically Beta'd it for me, Her name is Literature Works, she's like twice as good as me, it's crazy! I know I should be working on my other fanfiction but I felt really inspired to write this one so I decided to write it! I hope you like how long I made it.

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bold and italics- German

Bold- transition

Italics- dreams

CENTRAL HQ

Edward sat in Mustang's office fingering the mission files that were splayed out on his desk.

He couldn't believe that the Colonel was sending him on yet another mission after what a failure the last one turned out. It was almost like he wanted to keep him out of the office just to get him out of the way, that bastard.

Now he was trying to put him on this year long mission in a different country. If this wasn't an attempt to get him out of the office then he didn't know what was. All he did was research alchemy, it was his sole purpose of joining the military.

His interests in Xingese Alchemy were peaked but he had no clue what this country called England had in store for him. However, if it had Nicholas Flamel there, it had to be good.

Edward sighed and looked at the mission file, He didn't know how he was going to do this without Al, he was the one who keep him on track, he was his inspiration.

"Ok, I'll do the mission but we have a problem, I don't speak English, I only speak Amestrian, how am I going to learn English so quickly? I may be a genius in Alchemy but I suck at translation" Edward told Mustang

"Don't worry, I don't expect you to learn English so quickly, so I made preparations, you will be living in an apartment for the first 3 weeks in London there you will study English, then we have a house bought out for you in a small neighborhood where you won't attract any attention." Mustang told Edward

Edward stared at him astonished at how much he had already prepared. Truth he was a prick! He hated him SO much it was sickening and annoying as Hell.

"I'll make sure to Hawkeye looks after Al while you're gone on this mission, since Al would attract too much attention being a suit of armor he would stand out in a crowd." Mustang told Edward

Edward sighed "What am I going to do about my Automail? How am I going to hide it? It's kind of hard to hide considering I have and Arm and a Leg of automail." Edward said concerned about his cover being blown.

"Don't worry as long as you don't wear anything like shorts of tee shirts out in public you should be fine, London is a very loud place no one will notice" Mustang told Edward.

Suddenly Hawkeye walked in, "Sir. We need conformation on whether Edward is taking the mission or not" She said.

"Edward is taking the mission, inform the President about Fullmetal" Mustang told her

Hawkeye walked out of the room content with her superiors answer. Mustang looked at Edward and smirked. Edward scowled.

"Now Fullmetal we must do something about your wardrobe, your red coat will stand out WAY too much, so I took the liberty of going out and buying you common clothes in London so you will blend in, if anyone asks your accent is German and you're from a city called Munich, Germany." Mustang told Edward

Edward groaned, "Can I keep my watch on me still? Also what is my back-story since you're so prepared" Edward asked Mustang

"Yes, you may keep your watch on you, and your back story is you're from Germany, your parents passed away in a car crash when you were little along with your brother, and you were raised by your family friends the Rockbells until you were 15 when you started traveling on your own." Mustang told Edward.

Edward smiled that was such a perfect story. It was so easy to remember, and made perfect sense for a teen his age to be traveling Edward was 18 years old.

"So what does my new wardrobe look like?" Edward asked Mustang

Mustang smiled, "You'll see we already packed up your suitcase with everything you need, along with stationary to write Al you will have to send me updates on your research, we have you planed to catch a Train to London tomorrow at 5:30 sharp, don't be late." Mustang told Edward.

Edward saluted him and walked out of the office, in the hallway sitting down on the floor leaning against the wall was Al, Edward closed the large double doors.

"How did it go with the Colonel Nii-san? You look discouraged" Al said

Edward sighed "I have to go on a one year mission to a country called England and research in a city called London, and Mustang told me you couldn't come with me because you would attract too much attention" Edward told Al

Al looked sad, if an armor could look sad. They walked down the hallway passing other soldiers who stared at Al, and Edward sent glares at every person who stared at him and they kept walking.

"Ed, I'll be fine, so don't worry ok? You just focus on your research in this country called England." Al said

They had just exited HQ, and were walking down the cobblestone gray path, the sky was a deep gray and Edwards ports were killing him, it was going to rain soon, but they just kept walking towards the military dorms.

They entered the tall cream building when it started to poor out. The two walked up the pale brown stairs to their dorm door, number 145 the door was a deep red color and the knob was a worn down bronze.

Edward put his key into the door knob and turned the key, the smell of oil and paper filled the room, there were two beds, one was a deep blue color and the other was a gray color. There was couch in the middle of the room it was a deep green color with a dark brown coffee table and a cream rug under the couch and table.

Edward saw his suitcase on the couch and his outfit for tomorrow, he could already tell he won't like his new style in London, Ed sighed and threw off his red coat and black jacket, and he collapsed on his bed and just laid there messaging his ports.

"Edward just try to get some sleep, it's 9:00 Ed, you have a long day tomorrow" Al told Ed concerned.

Edward looked at Al sadness in his eyes. He sighed and striped down into a blue pair of boxers and a white tank top, he got under his covers and just laid there for a while listening to the rain watching the window as the water dripped down it in a combination of small rivers as his ports ached.

He looked up and closed his eyes trying to get some shut eye for his day tomorrow. He had a feeling it was going to be hard without Al.

NEXT MORNING

Edward was dressed in the outfit the Colonel had set out for him, He was dressed in a white dress shirt with black trousers on and brown loafers, along with a Brown trench coat.

Ed stood at the door staring out, "Ed it's ok, I'll try to visit you when I can the Colonel gave me your address in London, you're on a place called Privet Drive number 5, so you know I know where to go so quit worrying.

Edward sighed and walked out of their room and down the dark gloomy hallway, the snores of sleeping soldiers filled the air. Each step Ed took was one farther from his brother and friends.

They saw that Mustang had a car waiting for Ed outside of his dorm building, Hawkeye was the driver and she was all dressed in a disguise but you could tell it was her.

First Al got into the car and sat quietly across the other seat in the car as his armor clanked.

Then, Edward got in the dark gray car first to see that Winry was in the car, Winry looked at Ed with a sad smile on her face.

She knew.

They must have told Winry that he was going on this mission, Edward sat next to her and the moment he did she leaned against him, her head on his shoulder she said, "I heard your going on a yearlong mission in a country called England, So I took the liberty of preparing a little case for tune ups since I won't see you for a while, not like much has changed" She chuckled sadly.

Edward smiled sadly, "Don't worry I'll try to write you when I can ok?" Edward told Winry

Al was sitting across the two on the deep blue seats staring out the window watching the deep orange and pink sunrise over the city building and shops, very few people were out and about, only shop owners just waking up and soldiers heading to HQ.

"Al, how are you doing?" Edward asked him seeing he was staring off into the distance.

Al looked at Ed and said "No I'm fine, I plan to research in the libraries here and spend some time back with Winry."

Then the car came to a stop, they were outside the train station, they all exited the car and walked up the cream stairs to the large platform, they saw all of Mustangs subordinates waiting there to see Ed off.

Ed smiled sadly, when he heard, "THE TRAIN HEADED FOR LONDON,ENGLAND IS NOW BOARDING!" the conductor shouted

Edward hugged Winry, and said goodbye to Al, as he boarded the train, Edward sat in a seat by the window and saluted everyone as waved goodbye as the train started to move.

Edward sat there as the train moved watching the scenery pass by, Trees turned into fields, fields to rivers, rivers to lakes, and soon houses appeared small houses with farm houses, and soon larger buildings and more people, soon Ed was in a city, it was already 5:45 at night, and Edward still had a long way to London it was a 2 day trip on the train.

Edward decided to get some shut eye on the uncomfortable seat of the train the deep red color and the blue rug bellow he was all along in his seat so he laid down with his luggage across from him and slept.

you must pay a toll for seeing what you have my young Alchemist, no one see's the truth without paying a heavy toll.

"What? What do you mean toll?" Edward asked

please don't tell me you didn't know my young alchemist everyone must pay the toll

suddenly Edwards leg started to decompose as he stood, and he let out a bloodcurdling scream and the white figure known as truth laughed

suddenly Ed was back in his house screaming out in pain and agony

"Al... Al... Alphonse!" Edward yelled seeing Al was no longer there

"No this wasn't how it was supposed to happen!" Ed yelled clutching his leg

"Mom? Is that you?" Ed asked seeing the creature in the center of the circle

The creature was a mishmash of organs and blood everywhere it reached out to him and groaned as hit reached out then its arm snapped and blood poured out and the arm fell to the ground

Edward screamed and threw up on the ground.

Edward crawled over to the suit of armor his father kept in his lab and knocked it over. he took his finger and blood and drew a seal in the armor the drew the same seal on himself, on his arms leg, and hear and said,

"My arms, my other leg, my heart take them all you can have them, but give my brother back, HE'S THE ONLY FAMILY I HAVE LEFT!" He screamed and clapped his hands

Edward shot up in a cold sweat from his nightmare. It was 9:30 in the morning and the scenery outside was large buildings with strange language written on signs passing by.

He sat up and laid against the window reading his English dictionary and started reading it to learn the language.

Suddenly the train came to a stop "WELCOME TO LONDON, ENGLAND! PLEASE EXIT FROM THE NEAREST DOOR." the station master called out.

Edward grabbed his things and headed out the metal door towards the exit of the station, He saw a station master and asked,

"Entschuldigen Sie mich? können Sie mir sagen, wie man ein Taxi zu bekommen?"

"Um.. are you German? I can't tell what you're saying" The station master said

Edward realized he couldn't understand him and pulled out his dictionary and wrote down what he said

Excuse me? Can you tell me how to get a Taxi?

The director immediately understood and said, "Just wait out there and wave your hand one should stop for you tell him where you want to go."

Edward said "Danke" and walked out towards the street.

He waved his hand and a car stopped next to him he took his luggage put it in the car and hoped in.

"Hello young man, where would you like to go?" The cab driver asked

"Um sprechen Sie Deutsch durch Zufall?" Edward asked

the driver laughed, "Yes boy I do speak German now tell me why's a young German boy like yourself in London?"

Edward smiled and said "Nun, ich bin hier für einige der Forschung auf einem Wissenschafts Ich bin spezialisiert auf"

The driver smiled and said "Well that's great for you, now where can I take a nice Young man like you?"

Edward smiled and said, "Ich bin zur Wohnung Nummer 3 auf Stephens Straße gehen"

The driver started to dive down the street they passed all kinds of stores with Candy, and other things the red brick sidewalks passed by fast the sidewalks were crowded with people bustling in and out of buildings.

The driver stops in front of a deep gray building with a sea green door, the building is labeled "Stephens Apartments"

"Here we are young man, oh, and don't worry about the cost think of it as a friendly gesture to a fellow country man. Take my card call me when you like, my name is Ambros. Call me when you like" Ambros said.

"Danke" Edward said taking his card and exiting the car.

Edward entered the building and was assaulted with the smell of fresh cut wood, He looked around and saw the building was very cozy, the lobby was a light blue color with family pictures hung up on the walls, the ground was a cream rug, and there was a couch on the left side of the room, it was a tan color with two deep blue pillows on it.

There was a mahogany coffee table in front of the couch, on it was a vase with white roses on it, and a pile of books on the right. There was a small table to the right of the couch with a small glass lamp with a white shade on it.

On the right was a check in desk it was a deep brown color on top was a bell, bellow was a laptop, and a man in his 20's sitting there was a picture of him and a young lady also in her 20's and paperwork, on the wall behind the desk was line of keys to all the vacant apartments.

the young man looked up to see Edward standing there, "Oh! You must be the new guy moving in! Let me get you your key!" The man said

Edward stood there stunned at how quickly the guy had adapted to him, he handed Edwrad the key and put a clipboard out and said, "sign here and your good to go"

Edward signed the paper and headed up the stairs towards his apartment. The stairs creaked under his weight. he reached his apartment.

It had a deep blue door and silver knob with wear and tear on it, Edward put the bronze key in the lock and opened the door.

The apartment was three rooms one was the bathroom, it was colored blue with white tiles on the floor and the sink was a black granite and silver sink, with a single oval mirror that opens and revels a cabinet to put toothpaste and pills. There was only a shower and toilet then a side bar to put a towel on and a rug beside the shower for when you come out.

The other room was a small kitchen with a counter a fridge and freezer with a stove, microwave, and oven, there were light brown cabinets while the kitchen was a light blue color, and one sink with some knifes next to it and under the sink were some pots and pans, and a bowl on the counter that had some red apples in it.

the last room was Ed's bedroom it was a red color with a black bed in the corner with a bedside table with a white lamp on it and a drawer in the table then a dresser at the end of the room with four shelves one for underwear, one for shirts, one for pants, and the last one is for anything you want, there's a small closet for jackets in the room too with a small desk and a book shelf.

Edward collapsed on the bed and sighed "So this is my home for the next three weeks here in London while I try to learn English" Edward said to himself.

He got up and unpacked, he then sat at the black desk and pulled out all his books he had on English he needed to learn the language and fast, so he started by translating simple words like Thank you, and Hello.

Soon after a few days he could write a full paragraph in English, and could have small conversations with the doorman down stairs, he finally met his neighbor it was a young girl around his age and she was very sweet, just like Al.

Edward hoped he could write and see them sooner than the year he was planed and hoped his mission only lasted a year, and that he wouldn't get involved in anything stupid that didn't involve him.

Ok guys! thanks soo much for reading! I really hoped you like it! I tried really hard to make it good and pleasing! I'm already working on chapter 2 so don't worry I don't know when it will come out though!

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