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FullAngel Alchemist

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Chapter 1

After throwing all of the ingredients necessary to create a human body into a transmutation circle young Edward Elric rechecked his math to be sure that nothing would go wrong. Feeling confident that everything was set he and his younger brother Alphonse kneeled down outside of the circle. "Ready Al?", he asked.

"Ready brother.", replied Al despite feeling extremely uneasy about doing this. The younger brother had also read all of the stories about attempted human transmutations and he knew that nearly everyone of those alchemists ended up dead as a result of such blasphemy. The only reason he was doing this now was because like his older brother he just wanted to see their mother's smile one more time.

Ed set down the paintbrush that he'd used to draw the circle and placed his hands on the outer edges of the circle. Al followed suit and together they triggered the Alchemic reaction. At first everything seemed to be going well as they were surrounded by a beautiful gold light and the body of their late mother began to form, but then something went wrong. The gold light was quickly replaced by a malicious dark purple glow and an unnatural wind swept through the basement nearly knocking the two boys over.

That's when Alphonse felt something strange with his own body causing him to look down. Strange black hands seemed to be latching onto his body trying to tear it apart and he screamed, "Brother help me! What's happening!"

Ed heard the distressed cries of his little brother and moved to help him, but was held back when he felt something. He looked at his hand to see the same black hands attacking his hand in an attempt to remove it. He vainly swatted at the hands trying to stop them, but his hand passed right through them. He turned back to his brother and using his left hand reached out to Al. Just before their hands could meet Al's body just disintegrated leaving Ed with a bloody stump where his right arm used to be.

Not wasting time Ed used his remaining arm to draw transmutation circles on himself and a suit of armor in the corner. "It's not too late. I can still save Al.", he thought as he frantically finished the blood seal in the armor. Placing his hand on the circles on his own body he attempted to summon 'The Gate' again and offered everything he had to bring Alphonse back. He blacked out before the transmutation was complete.

When Ed awoke he was lying in front of 'The Gate' and the doors were closed. "Please, give Al back. It was my fault, not his. He shouldn't be punished for my mistakes.", he pleaded not seeing anyone or anything other than the ominous looking 'Gate'.

-Silence child. You dare to ask for your brother's life after such a blasphemous act? Did you learn nothing?-

Ed was angered by the booming voice that echoed throughout wherever he was now. "It's not right for Al to suffer for something that I made him do. You can't do this to him. Please just take what you want from me and bring him back.", he offered in a venomous tone. He wished he knew who the voice was and where to find it, but since he didn't he just stared at 'The Gate'.

The voice laughed only agitating Edward more.

-I child am the Gate itself, it's essence. And yes I can read your every thought and desire.-

Now Ed was starting to get scared, but he'd be damned if he turn tail abandoning Al when he needed him most. "I've gotta have something to trade for Al's life. Just figure out what this thing wants Ed.", he thought knowing that he'd give up everything including his humanity for Al.

-Interesting idea young Edward.-

Ed paled realizing what the Gate had just read. It was planning something now and he knew that he didn't have a chance of escaping it's cruel judgment.

-Now, now Ed. I'm not completely heartless, but you and your brother did trespass on forbidden ground. I'll attach Al's soul to the armor for you, but the price you pay for such a...generous act will be steep! For the price shall be your humanity.-

"What? What do you mean?", Ed called out fearing that he was about to become a soulless monster.

-Not quite Ed, but close. Your punishment shall be the loss of your mortality...you shall spend the rest of eternity as a fallen angel. You shall no place in the Heavens or Hell.-

As the voice spoke Ed's back felt like a wild animal was trying to break through. He grit his teeth as the pain became more and more intense overpowering all of his other senses. Ed felt two areas in his back begin to split and he cried out in pain despite his best efforts to hold it in. "I'm sorry Al. I didn't mean for any of this to happen.", he thought as two huge white wings tore out of his back. The pain should have caused him to blackout at this point, but he somehow knew the Gate was overriding his body's defense mechanism forcing him to endure the pain as part of his punishment. He felt the wings growing more and the muscles attaching themselves inside of his body to support these new appendages.

When it was finally over and the pain died down to something that he could manage he looked over his wings. His blood now stained the white feathers and had begun to dry. "What's happened to me?", he thought before passing out again.

When he came to a second time he didn't have to look behind him to know that the wings were still there. He could still feel the intense pain and could do little more than let them hang without causing himself more pain. Looking towards where their mother was supposed to be he saw something, something hideous staring back at him with glowing red eyes that bore down into his soul.

He quickly looked away and turned his attention to checking on the wellbeing of Alphonse. Ed gently shook the armor with his remaining hand and it responded, "Brother? What happened? What happened to you? To me?"

Edward could hear the sadness and pain in his brother's voice. It only drove the dagger deeper in his tiny heart. "I screwed up your life so badly Al...'I'm sorry' just doesn't cut it. I'll find some way to put you back in the flesh. I promise.", he vowed before looking up into his brother's soft red orbs. Seconds later he repeated the vow aloud to give Al some small measure of comfort.

Al had been shocked by his relocation to the armor, but that eventually wore off and he noticed something white behind Ed. Taking a closer look as his brother passed out from the blood loss he found that his older brother had two huge wings coming from his back reminding Al of an angel. If only he knew just how right he was. He brushed it aside for now and gathered his brother's small body in his arms before rushing to Winry's to get Pinako to patch Ed up. "Thankfully he doesn't know that I thought of him as small. He'd find some way to hurt me after that.", Al thought reaching the door.

Hearing someone knock on her door late at night Pinako walked over to the door with her pipe sticking out of her mouth and asked herself, "Now who could it be at this late hour." The sight that greeted her was not one that she would've expected to ever see. In front of her was a giant suit of armor carrying a one-armed boy that she knew to be Edward Elric. "WHAT HAPPENED!", she demanded getting flustered and also frightened by what she saw.

Al started begging, "Please, help him." His voice made his fears apparent and it urged the woman to hurry.

"Alphonse?", she asked taking Edward from him, "Good Lord, what have you two done?" She didn't give him time to answer before she called for Winry and they went to work trying to stop the bleeding. Pinako would wait until after Edward was out of danger before she'd rip both Elric's a new one, but seeing the shape that they were in made it hard for her not to cry. When she'd noticed Ed's wings she just assumed that he'd botched a transmutation or somehow he'd fallen into an active circle and been transmuted himself. "But then why would Alphonse be bound into an armor.", she thought.

The next morning when Al was finally allowed in to see his brother the elder Elric managed to sit up with help from Winry who was still snuggling into his wings. Ed not really used to this kind of attention from a girl blushed furiously and all but forgot about his and Al's current situation.

Alphonse was watching Ed's reactions and had a hard time not laughing, but contained himself. "Ed would throw a tantrum if I laughed at him now.", he thought. His resolve not to laugh nearly broke when Winry started petting Ed's wings despite the boy's fierce protests. Winry silenced the protests the way all Rockbells do...with a wrench. "Ouch! When will brother ever learn?"

"Winry knock it off. These are my wings and I don't feel comfortable with you doing that.", said Ed indicating where the young Rockbell had wrapped one wing around her body. For Ed the movements had hurt as his wings were still very sore and would likely be so for quite sometime. "New appendages that have never been used will naturally feel sore. It should fade once they're used to being used.", he rationalized trying to pull Winry off of them.

"But ED!...There so soft and fluffy.", Winry said snuggling into one of his wings again after giving him the puppy dog face. "Jackpot!", she thought seeing Ed's facial expression change to indicate that he'd folded. "He's so easy to manipulate at times."

"So what happened?", demanded Pinako as she entered the room.

Knowing better than to argue with the old lady Ed gave them all a recap of what'd happened the previous night. "...and that's basically everything."

"So...you were cursed to remain an angel for all eternity?", Winry asked.

Ed looked away, but nodded in confirmation. He slowly looked up at Pinako and said, "Old woman there's some money our mother left in our house."

Pinako cut him off saying, "Don't worry Ed. I'm sure that nobodies going to take it."

Ed shook his head, "No, it payment for automail. I can't carry out my plans with a missing arm." Al perked up not knowing what his brother was up to now and Ed noticed this. "I've heard of the 'Philosopher Stone' which could allow me to put you back into your body Al. But all materials related to the stone are in the hands of the military."

Pinako slapped Ed and yelled at him, "SO WHAT? YOU'RE GOING TO BECOME A DOG OF THE MILITARY? ARE YOU REALLY SO DESPERATE THAT YOU'D SALE YOUR SOUL TO THOSE MONSTERS?"

"It's my burden to bare. I got Al into this mess, so it's my responsibility to get him out of it.", replied Ed.

Knowing that arguing with Ed was a lost cause Pinako asked, "Are you sure that you can't do anything for your brother as an Angel?"

Ed knew that she was referring to the 'powers' that Angels were said to possess, but he didn't know if he had such powers and he certainly had no idea how to control them even if he did. "No, not that I know of. Even if I did have a way I lack the knowledge to do so. The Gate just made me like this, it didn't give me a full explanation of any powers I may have."

"Then my favorite nephews are going to become puppets of the state.", she thought. It's true that the Elrics were not her nephews by blood, but that didn't matter to her. In Pinako's mind her bonds to the Elric family went beyond blood relations to matters of the heart.