Keep The A l c h e m y A Secret...
Chapter 1: The Trouble Begins.
"Jeez it's hot..." Ed groaned as he stumbled down an alleyway, his bag of worldly possessions clutched under his arm, the other hand running through his blonde hair. Of course, he should have expected this stuffy weather from such a big city; it was crowded with people, most of which were almost as rude as him as they shoved past the boy, ignoring his protesting noises.
Camelot was so different from the small village in Amestris he had travelled from. Resembool, yeah that was it. His home village...
"Hey!" Ed protested as a young boy pushed past him, causing his bag to spill out of his hands. He glared at the lad as he giggled loudly, sticking his tongue out.
"Your fault for being such short stuff!" The young boy teased, watching in amusement as the blonde's eyebrow twitched.
"Don't... call me SHORT!" Ed growled before clapping his hands together- and then freezing as his father's words flooded back from the memory of when he had left the village.
"Remember that you can't use alchemy in Camelot, it's forbidden... You'll be killed if they find you."
The young boy simply blinked before turning, fleeing back to his mother. Ed sighed, bending down to pick up his belongings.
It was going to be a long day.
"Hello?" The room seemed to be empty as Ed stuck his head round the door, frowning in confusion. He was sure that he'd been told that this was the way to the court physician's home...
A soft sigh escaped him as he pushed the door open, gold eyes lighting up in interest as he noticed all the open books on the table in the centre of the room. He shifted the bag underneath his arm as he moved closer to inspect them, muttering some of the words under his breath.
"Herbs... Medicines... Wow..." A loud smash from behind him made him jump and he turned swiftly to see what used to be a bowl, now lying in pieces on the floor.
"Dammit." Ed muttered, scowling as he dropped his bag onto the floor, glancing around cautiously to see if anyone was with him... and then clapping his hands together, blue light filling the room as the bowl was made as good as new.
"You know, if I was anyone else, you'd already be dragged off to the king's dungeons."
A voice made the teenager turn round in alarm, catching notice of a woman standing in the open doorway, arms folded and with a stern expression.
He gulped before putting on a hopeful tone, taking a step back. "A-Aunt Izumi...?"
There was a silence in which the woman's scowl only got deeper... and then she started laughing, strolling down the steps into the room and giving the bewildered boy a smile.
"It's good to see you, Ed."
A loud relieved sound filled the room and Ed grinned at her, bending down to grab his bag from the floor. "You too!"
The two embraced in a hug before Izumi clapped her nephew's back harshly, making the boy cough.
Then her expression turned serious.
"Don't let me find you doing alchemy like that again, Edward. I don't want your father's wrath if you get killed for something like that. It may be a gift to you, but it can also be a curse."
Golden eyes widened and Ed gulped, before nodding in agreement with the warning.
"No alchemy it is, then."
"Dammit, why is this place so big!"
Ed was getting frustrated; Izumi had send him on a mission to deliver some medicines to some of her patients, but it wasn't going to plan. For starters, Ed had completely forgotten all the instructions she'd given him, and now he was lost in the middle of Camelot.
He sighed before continuing to wander along the small alleyway he was in, staring at the small bottle of yellow solution in his hand as if it could show him where he was supposed to go.
"... be dead before they even realise."
Ed froze as he heard voices from around the corner in front of him, eyes narrowing in suspicion at the words he had just managed to catch. They didn't exactly sound like they were having a casual conversation...
"Are you sure this will work?"
"Positive. That princess won't know what's hit her! She'll be dead by tomorrow, I promise you."
The teenager's eyes widened as he pressed his back against the wall, an alarmed feeling filling his chest.
They were plotting to kill someone... But not just anyone; they were plotting to kill royalty!
He forced himself to move quietly, inching away from the spot before flinching as he felt his foot hit something hard; the bucket spun across the floor as Ed cursed, the clanging noise it made ringing out and bouncing off the narrow walls.
"Hey, you!"
Ed ran for his life, leaving the man behind him with only a glimpse of blonde hair and a red scarf. But that was enough.
The plotter's eyes narrowed and his mouth twitched into an evil smirk as his colleagues crowded behind him.
"Did you see who it was?" One of them asked, watching their leader nervously as he replied.
"Red scarf and blonde hair. Find him. Find him now."
Author's Note: FMA set in Merlin!verse. ~ None of the characters match up really, but the storyline's there.
More characters to come soon.