The clock tower struck the ears of the Elric family. The steady clanging of the well-worn brass bell echoed the town as it announced to all that would listen that it was three in the morning.

The car eased into the driveway, the gentle lullaby of humming mechanics fading into cold silence. The Elric family was finally at their new home. Central would be their new more solid home.

Hohenheim opened the door curtly and coldly, wrinkles were etched into his skin from old age withering his form at every flicker of emotion from stress, anger, sorrow. He crudely remarked to his wife, Trisha, to keep up. Trisha was busy holding her bundle of joy cooing soft nothings to calm her innocent babe.

Hohenheim disappeared behind the car snatching up a seemingly heavy cardboard box from the trunk.

Already leaving Trisha behind, he opened the ancient white door that begged to have its history cleaned away soundlessly with the cardboard box under his arm and breached the house. Dust littered the air with the taste of stale air on his tongue. It's smell was depicted from rich wood to lemon scented polish. His feet then slammed into the deep wooden floor and walked up the stairs.

He then faced a hallway and was greeted with multicolor doors. The first door that his eyes saw was a deep pink on his left following it was a hot, molten lava red door, and finally a blue that rivaled with the sky blues hue in loveliness ended the trailing doors on the left of the great expanse of the hallway. His eyes then scoured the right and was first meet with the first door that was an intoxicating yellow that glowed on its own accord, then following not to far by it was a bright violet that border lined pink, then the last door on the right was an orange yellow door. Lastly, at the end of the hallway was a green door that strangely had forbidding feeling.

He picked the dark green at the end of the hallway randomly. It just seemed right to pick it for some reason.

He set down the crib kit roughly at the sight of the room. Black and green were everywhere. Green walls, black carpet even a black closet and bathroom door. They bought this damn house from an old man he thought a little freaked out. Whatever, he didn't care if he had a goth kid. He didn't want anything to do with the child in the first place.

He looked around some more and was pleasantly surprised that there was some good furniture in here, dusty but good quality.

There was a Victorian king sized bed made of coiling iron vines that was embellished with green silk bedding. It was against the wall opposite of the door. The wall to the left of him held the door to the bathroom and door to the closet, both in which were onyx. A black bookcase full of books was squeezed between these doors. On the right was another bookcase but in this case was a deep green, a TV and a black dresser. And the last wall was completely covered with a huge mirror that left no wall space to be seen over there.

He then got to work and laid the cardboard box down and emptied of its contents

~some time later~

He put up the crib finally after his ogling of the room.

He turned around after admiring his work to go get his wife to put his son to bed. But Trisha was already standing their watching him put up the crib. She had a small smile as she rocked Edward in her arms.

"Let's hurry and put Edward to bed. I want to get some sleep." Hohenheim said unexpectedly tiredly from his secret knowledge.

Edward's mom nodded gently and put Edward in his crib gently. She tucked him in carefully and kissed the top of his head lovingly.

When Edwards parents left the room Envy revealed his self. He was sprawled on the bed with his chin in the palm of his hand looking at the crib distastefully.

"Your damn lucky shrimp that I can't lay a finger on your scrawny ass or I'd kick you out of my room through the window." He growled.

He was still pissed at Lust for letting these humans live in THEIR house. He didn't care if Hohenheim was such a amazing alchemist that could help them get out of this accursed house.

"No." Lust said sternly. "We need him so he can get us out of here. You are not to kill or hurt any of them. Understand. No matter how foolish the humans are and this goes for the rest of you too" Lust said firmly eyes locked with Envys with her hands on her hips glaring down at him. Envy growled. "Whatever."

He sighed and ignored the unwanted presence opting to just hang out with the others for a while.

~Few hours later~

Edwards wails echoed the walls, piercing into everyones ears like daggers.

Envy was walking to the bathroom when her heard the blonds annoying wailing. He was about to ignore the infant when he had the mere thought of more people going into his room. Envy then snarled and turned straight around and went upstairs to his room. Screaming at the blond to shut up all the while even though he knew they couldn't hear him. When he finally got into the room and to Edwards crib, the blond was quiet.

Envy growled at the baby and stuck his face nearly up against the blonds face. "You gonna cry again pipsqueak." Envy's green hair fell across Edwards face. The blond pulled his arm up and grasped some of his green hair and started giggling. A big smile framed Edwards face "p… p… prut… prut prut… prutty." He garbled out to Envy while still fisting his hair.

Envy's eyes got huge for a second before narrowing again "Yea I know I'm hot. But if you even try to pull my hair even once I'll shove you down the fucking blender. Shrimp." Envy threatened as he picked up the little bundle of cuteness. He held the blond in one arm easily while stroking the Elrics hair carefully as if he could break the blond into a million pieces with a wrong move. "I didn't know kids could get this damn cute…" Envy said off handily. Now that he had the child in his arms he didn't know what to do.

"Now what" he muttered aimlessly. The thing in his arms was already falling asleep along with his arms. He didn't even know why he picked him up in the first place.

Growling he dumped the glowing blond back in his crib so he could leave. Though the second he set him down, Edward started bawling his eyes out again.

"Damn it shut up!"

He picked up the baby back up again, growling. After picking up the blond again Edward went silent. It seemed that he only craved attention. Holding him was enough to put the toddler at ease. "Don't expect me to hold you all night pipsqueak." He mumbled pissed off but giving into the childs wishes.

He sighed uncomfortably looking at the childs evergrowing eyes staring up at him. Then briskly headed to his bed carrying the blond looped in one arm. He held Edward up and sat down on the bed in a loose criss cross and then began adjusting so Edward was lying on his lap comfortably enough. He grabbed the TV remote from the middle of the bed and turned it on. He adjusted the blond again so he could sit with his back against the head board to watch the TV better.

After watching the TV for a few hours he looked down to see what Edward was doing.

The shrimp wasn't even there.

His eyes got huge and then he furrowed his eyebrows angrily. Where the fuck did this pipsqueak go? If he fell off the bed and hurt hurt himself then Lust would have his head. He looked around frantically for the cute blond and relived to know that he was still on the bed. But was still about to fall of the edge of the bed. "Damn it get back here." He growled at the blond. He already scooped up the blond in his arms.

He rolled off the bed with Edward comfortably and protectively on his chest.

He padded over to the crib and set the blond back in there. "Sleep" He commanded as if talking to a dog and as if Edward understood what he was saying. Miraculously Edward's eyes were drooping down. Envy sighed with relief at the sight of the blond going to sleep.

He sensed this was gonna be the start of a usual thing.

Groaning he left the room to go join the others.