Hey everyone! This is my first story here, and I hope it will be a good one. I'll try to update with new chapters at least once a week, so stay tuned! Comments are very welcome, so don't be shy! And if anyone has better drawing skills than my fail-skills, then feel free to draw fan art!
The night air was cool against my face as I dashed out to freedom from beneath Central. My auburn hair streamed out behind me as I ran. I was free from my prison in the sewers, captured by the other homunculi. Chains that had bound me to that cold, hard stone wall were gone now.
Suddenly I staggered, pain shooting up my leg. I had forgotten that I was in human form and I couldn't heal. No matter. After I found a good hiding place I could switch back to my true form.
I guess I'm rather different from all the other homunculi. They were either created from humans or their bodies were fabricated through alchemy. Grinning, I showed off my pure white fangs. Though a few of the other homunculi were once actual humans, I was never a real human. I was simply a wolf.
One day I managed to touch my two front paws and transmute a fallen tree branch into a long, sharp spear that greatly resembled a fang. Later on I wondered why I didn't need a transmutation circle. Perhaps it is because only humans, or things that remotely look like humans, need them. Or maybe the wild blood that runs through me simply knows what it wants and will do anything to achieve it.
I was special in my clan because I could use alchemy. Whenever I could I would sneak out and practice, and soon the alpha of my clan appointed me to heal my kin with alchemy. After that I started doing much work and many alchemic experiments, I was able to create a stone from my own blood and power that held much potential for alchemy.
I found some silver and created it into a necklace, and then I embedded part of the chain to my neck. Or more importantly, my soul. It could never be removed as long as I existed. The sapphire blue stone could transform me into a human, or into my true form as a homunculus. Or I guess I was a homunculus, for the stone acted like a Philosopher's Stone.
You see, something went wrong when I was attaching the necklace to my soul. From what I can guess, the stone transferred some of its power into matter that took the form of silver liquid. The liquid got into my bloodstream and duplicated itself, turning all of my red blood cells silver. Somehow that gave me the powers of a homunculus, including being able to transmute without regard for equivalent exchange. I have never tested how many lives were embedded in the stone for fear of my own life.
However, the other homunculi learned of what I had done. They thought I was an alchemy prodigy (I was), so one day they attacked my pack. In the middle of the battle, I converted to human form in hopes to lead the slaughterers away from my pack. But I was unable to do so, and everyone was killed trying to defend me. I am the sole member of the Tsuki Clan, which means I am the alpha.
After there was no one left to protect me, excluding myself, the homunculi captured me. They took me to their lair underneath Central where I was presenting to the thing that calls itself "Father". I was unable to see his face, so I fear I will be unable to hunt him down through sight. He also had no smell. Although he appeared human, I could tell this Father thing was far from it.
On his command, every day I was questioned about my alchemic techniques. I refused to answer any of the questions, dancing lightly around the inquiries when forced to talk. However, the homunculi, though it was usually Envy, would always have horrid new tortures ready to try to "gently convince" me to talk. I didn't budge, but every day that passed it got harder and harder to remain silent.
When Envy got bored of torturing me he would throw me into a cell, and then bind my feet and hands together with chains. I would be in there for hours on end just sitting there hopelessly. In fact, a few times I would briefly lose hope, but then through some force I would recover it again.
This routine would occur daily until one day when Envy was walking me back to my cell. Lust stopped him in the hallway, saying she had some important news. While they were busy talking I managed to slip away. I ran as fast as I could, but my weakened condition did not help me, and numerous security systems were able to cut and burn me.
I got a particularly bad slash on my leg, but I still kept going until I reached outside. The place where I emerged just happened to be right next to the military's main station. Breathless, I sat down to rest a minute. I would convert to my homunculus form, but that would take time I didn't have. Even as I rested my muscles were tense should anything be near and try to recapture me.
My head started to feel light, and I knew that if I was standing I would have collapsed. A wet thing landed on my leg, and I put my nose near it to smell as it was too dark to see. Realizing it was blood, I put my hand up to my face only to realize there were numerous cuts and bruises there. Blood was also pouring out of my leg. Grimacing, I crawled for a few minutes over to a large stone building with a giant green banner on it. It was too dark for me to see the banner's design, but from its smell of ink and gunpowder I could tell this was a government building.
Slumping onto the stone wall, I could tell I would only have another minute before I passed out from blood loss. I tried to focus my mind and convert to my homunculus form, but to no avail. Clearing my throat, I let loose a long howl that members of the Tsuki Clan that howled for generations.
I closed my eyes and hoped that somebody friendly would hear my cry and come and help me. Stars danced in my mind's eye for a few seconds, and then everything went black and I spiraled into darkness.