ok, so this is one of my earlier fanfictions that i completed around Christmas time. I thought i should put it up, so i super edited it, theres 3 chapters in total, i hope you guys like it!!

Chapie 1

Edward was walking to headquarters one day near the end of December. Alphonse wasn't with him because he was with Roy helping him with gift ideas for the military staff.

Edward wanted no part in it.
In fact he blew up about it...

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"I want no part in this, none what so ever," Edward said strongly

"Why not brother, it's a good idea and besides you're the only one who hasn't used up all your research money. You have to use it some time?!" Alphonse responded so sweetly causing Edward to flinch.

"No, no coning Al, I have plans, besides I'm the youngest of the military and I hardly spend time with them, why should I give them gifts if I don't have to?"

"Because brother it's called being kind."

"Edward, you should listen to your younger brother, you know he is smarter then you." Said Colonel Mustang.

"Shut up, what you know, you just sit around not doing your work. Its no wonder you want to buy gifts, you need to make the furhur think your helping him out, but oh no, Mustang can't do that, if he's not in his chair for at least ALL DAY he can't live."

"Brother, that's the colonel your talking to."

"So what, we're practically living together, he watches over my shoulder like a hawk "are you doing your work Ed, have you found anything on the stone yet Ed, have you had a shower yet Ed." like that's enough, I said no and that's that." And he walked out slamming the door behind him.

"Don't worry colonel, he'll come round, I'll talk to him."

And they went back to discussing what to get the staff...

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So now Ed was walking the dark streets of east headquarters thinking of how to escape the colonels cluches while he still could before Christmas.

It was Christmas eve that night and Edward wanted to go to bed but if he did, Alphonse would talk him into spending his hard earned money.

He walked around a little longer till around 11 pm and started heading back with a smirk on his face.

"I'll just sneak through the window" he thought.
"then Al won't see me walk past the colonels' office."

Edward thought his plan was fool proof and he was right but what was in his room waiting for him, he did not know and he had not planned for...

Edward practically crawled around the perimeter of the building making sure that he was not visible though the colonels window.

As he approached his room that he shared with Al he started coming up with a plan on how to get the window out.

He could use alchemy but that would attract Als attention from the room over.
He could break it but then the alarms would go off.
He wasn't one for easy "take it out and put back in" but because of the present situation it would have to do.

So Edward pulled out the window frame, crawled in and slowly lifted the frame back into place with him on the other side.

"That'll do, now to wash up and eat... I'm starving."
Edward took of his coat and got down into his PJ's (which were his Boxers) and went to the bathroom to wash up.

A few minutes later he walked to the kitchen and looked daggers at the fridge.

"Where'd all the food go...?" Edward wined quietly.

"Oh well this will have to suffice." He said grabbing a bun and heading back to the bed.

He sat on the bed eating his bun when he reached over and pulled out his notebook from the top drawer of his night stand. He opened it up and stared at it.

"Al, I know I promised you a body but that doesn't mean I'm paying for gifts." Edward whispered.

As he crawled under the covers he looked at his watch. 12 pm. Not bad he thought. He put the rest of the bun on the counter and drifted off to sleep...

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What seemed like hours latter Ed heard a clock chime not far form his apartment door.
Wait a minute. When did the military get grandfather clocks
suddenly he heard a creak on the floor and a bang of what seemed like metal.

Edward sat bolt up and stared out into the darkness.

"Whose there?" He squeaked.

He swallowed and looked around, then bolted under the covers hiding his head. After a few minutes he sat back up again giggling

"Funny Al, go scaring people while their sleeping, that's not very nice."

There was no answer.
Ed looked out again beyond his bed and saw a milky white figure standing at the end of his bed draped in chains.

That wasn't Alphonse, not one bit.

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Where Al is..."and so we should get her this, no wait that's what we're getting Havoc, so we'll get Havoc this right colonel?... Colonel?..."

"zzzzzzzz"

"Colonel Mustang, we're almost done please wake up?"

"Huh?" BOOM-FLASH" I'm up I'm up, continue." Mustang said hoarsely after booming Alphonse with his flames. Alphonse had never seen the sign hanging on the door 'never wake the colonel.'

"So, as I was saying..."

"ZZZZzzzzzz" ... Back to Edward.

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"You're not Al, who are you?"

"I'm the ghost of Christmas past" said the figure.
"I'm here to show you what you miss..."

thank you for reading, i'll post the second chapter up shortly, i hope you guys enjoyed it.