Disclaimer: Don't own FMA or any of the characters.

Note: Anime-verse. Basically a rewrite of the last episode, making it an AU.

Warning: One-sided DantexEdward, angst, H/C, violence, etc.

Mind, Body, and Soul

By: Lost-Remembrance

Chapter One:

Dante had Edward. She had wanted Hohenhein but his heart would never be hers once again after the stain of Trisha Elric tainted it. Edward was his son. He was more golden and brilliant than Hohenheim could ever hope to become. He burned as bright as the son and now, he was all hers.

Envy, her wayward "son" was hardly pleased with the decision and her command to stop his assault on what was essentially his half-brother. Alphonse Elric, so gullible and easily manipulated, was still subdued by Gluttony.

Chaos ensued. The stone was meant for Dante to jump to another body, namely that of the young girl named Rose. With the unstable nature of the stone, and the fact that Alphonse was the carrier of the stone, made her assume that the elder Elric wouldn't attempt anything. She was wrong.

With a flash of brilliant alchemy, Envy recoiled with a shriek of pain. Edward rushed forward. Dante frowned, watching as he didn't make a rush at her. She realized too slowly what was occurring before her very eyes.

His hands were already clapped, alchemic arrays streaking through his mind, as his hands hit the floor in front of his brother. Black markings flooded from his fingertips, marking the surface. Alphonse let out a shocked cry before the ballroom was filled with blinding light.

When the light fades, Dante allowed her eyes to adjust. She snarled at the sight of Edward Elric, panting on the ground where he was. In front of him, pieces of a suit of armor were scattered around the array and a smaller form. His brother's body was back from the gate.

Dante moved forward, her Sins closing ranks around the Elric brothers. Edward apparently was running low on energy, exhausted and panting as he attempted to shift his body around to face them and guard his unconscious brother.

"That was very naughty, Edward. Whatever am I going to do with you now? Or perhaps your brother… with that stone I'm sure that the gate asked for nothing in exchange. After all, he was only caught in limbo. Nothing like pulling a soul back from the other side…" She hissed, edging forward like a cat stalking her prey. Edward shuffled back only a little bit, making him closer to Al.

Dante looked down, seeing a part of Alphonse's armor at her feet. A puddle of red water remained in it, emitted alchemic power. She stooped down, grabbed the metal, and tipped it up to her mouth. She eagerly gobbled up the contents. It was nowhere near enough to jump to another body. However, it would sustain this body—Lyra—for an acceptable amount of time. Another fifty years or so would be about right. She didn't need to feel her skin to know that the aging bits were renewed.

"Pipsqueak, I'm going to enjoy this…" The look on Envy's face was positively feral.

Dante shushed him loudly. He looked furious, before lowering his head in submission to her. She moved closer to Edward, power thrumming through her veins. "I suppose I'll have to settle for the next best thing, won't I… my dear Edward." Smirking, she pulled back and snapped her fingers.

Gluttony moved forward, raising a giant fist, and with speed that defied his size, rammed it into Edward. The small teen didn't have a chance to move out of the way as he was thrown violently back into a nearby pillow. His back and head collided with the rock. He felt his ribs, already cracked and damaged from Envy's assault fold under the pressure. He let out a cough, blood spilling from his mouth as his eyes lost all sense of cognition. He had succumbed to the calling darkness, with his last thoughts of his little brother.

"Envy, be a dear and grab Edward. We had best be on our way. With all the racket, I'd be surprised if those Dogs aren't already on their way down here."

Envy looked at the two unconscious brothers. Gluttony stuck his finger in his mouth, his rampage and bloodlust quieted. "What about the younger brat?" Envy questioned.

"Leave him." Dante commanded, turning on her heel. "Hurry it up. Come Gluttony." Wrath remained on the floor where he was, a quivering bloody mess after the gate retook his stolen limbs.

"Lust… where is my Lust?" Gluttony mourned as he lumbered after Dante, fists trailing on the ground with his shoulders in a depressed slump.

Dante cast the Sin a fleeting look. "Don't worry, Gluttony." She assured, "We'll find a new Lust… a better Lust." And with that, Dante and the Sins left the crumbling ballroom with an unconscious Rose and Alphonse on the floor.

TBC

Author's note: I couldn't resist. I hope it was enjoyable and suspenseful.