Hello! New Story! This is a Medieval Au I had floating in my head for a bit so I got some of it down! I'm still working on the next chapter of Doppelganger so have this in the meantime! Also note that this is just the first chapter and the fun stuff will begin in chapter two. Enjoy!


Roy Mustang felt he was in too high of a position for the task he was given. He squinted as he gazed down the road, looking for any signs of his targets. He considered asking around, but he felt it best not to let other people know of the escaped troublemakers that were out on the streets. He wandered towards the marketplace as people bargained prices of foods and other goods.

To his left, he could see children gathered around a fountain splashing water at each other, trying to beat the desert heat of Xerxes. His eyes scanned the area of the fountain and found the targets nowhere near either. Mustang was getting sick of the search already. He was captain of the guard for god's sake, not a damn nanny.

He continued to search the area for a pair of golden heads in regal clothes, but knowing the boys he was sure they would be blending in. He rubbed at his temples in frustration. The search was surely going to take all day at this rate, why couldn't the boys just listen?

He slowed his pace as sweat began to gather on his forehead, he continued to scan his surroundings at a slower pace, looking in all the nooks and crannies. He figured he could rule out shops since they had no money. Any place that it would be odd to see children wandering around would most likely be out as well since they would look out of place. They were smarter than that.

Mustang's hand traveled up to his chin in his thoughts, looking straight ahead but stopped in his tracks when he heard two familiar voices from behind him.

"Look at him! Isn't he cute brother!?"

"I think that's a she actually." another voice responded.

"Fine, she then, either way her name is Fluffles." a little giggle was heard.

"Really? You are calling her th-"

"Prince Edward and Alphonse! You get back to the palace at once!" The shorter of the two boys gave an irritable frown.

Prince Edward, the older brother shrugged as he turned to the taller boy, "Welp, looks like the cat's out of the bag."

"No! She's in my arms!" Alphonse replied with a grin at the pun he'd made. Mustang however was not amused as he motioned for them to follow. Al reluctantly bade the cat farewell, following his brother and the captain.

As the boys were escorted back to the castle they laughed about the day they'd had, Mustang only sighed and muttered, "What are we going to do with you?"

At their arrival a chestnut haired woman was waiting for them, a stern look on her face.

Edward and Alphonse offered sheepish smiles, "Hi mom." the two voices were dripping with anxiety.

"You two have a lot of explaining to do." she sat down on a couch, offering her sons a seat as well. After the boys took their seats, a few tense moments of silence followed.

Alphonse swallowed anxiously and bit his lip, not liking the feeling in the air, "We're sorry."

Queen Trisha patted his head, "It's okay, but I don't know why you two keep on disobeying your father and I."

Edward huffed and crossed his arms, "Other kids get to go out onto the streets and have fun, they have like eighty two percent more friends than Al and I will ever have. I just don't think it's fair."

Trisha frowned, "You know it's dangerous out there for two young princes, people could try and hurt you to try and get something from your father. We don't want that do we?" she stood and crouched in front of Ed, running her hands through his hair.

"No, we don't." Ed admitted, kicking his feet a bit. "It just gets so boring here, we don't have any friends."

The queen chuckled, "Well you have each other don't you? You also have Winry."

Ed groaned, "Playing with Winry is no fun!" he turned to Al, "Doesn't she just blab about her tinkering stuff the whole time whenever we ask to play?"

Al shuffled, "Well she does play with us, but she does get distracted from time to time…"

"Exactly!" Ed exclaimed.

Trisha sighed, "I know you want to get out there and have fun in your kingdom, but you are going to have to wait until you both are older, okay? We can't have an eight and nine year old wandering around unprotected. I don't know what I'd do with myself if something bad happened to you. Understand?"

The boys looked down and solemnly responded, "Yes mom."

Green eyes sparkled as she ruffled the boys' hair, "Alright then, you need to get washed up, dinner is soon. We're having Stew."

Ed's eyes lit up as he dragged Al behind him to the washroom, "Okay! We'll be down soon!"

The princes were soon downstairs and seated at the table, waiting for their father to arrive.

Trisha arrived at the table and hadn't even completely sat down before Ed whined, "Where's dad!? I'm freaking starving!"

"Brother be more patient, dad's just finishing up some stuff right mom?" Alphonse turned to his mother who nodded in response.

Edward huffed a little as his stomach grumbled, "I hope it's soon."

At his words two figures had entered the room, Captain Roy Mustang who was accompanying the king, Van Hohenheim.

"Finally." Ed exhaled in relief as he laid his head on the table, ready to eat.

Hohenheim took his seat as he looked towards his sons, "I was informed of your outing today.

Edward's happy mood immediately sank, "You can save the lecture dad, mom already gave us the speil."

"I wasn't going to lecture you boys, I was simply going to ask about your day, was it fun?"

Al grinned, "Yea! Brother and I had lots of fun! We went down to the market and some lady recognized us and gave us free moon buns! And then brother and I went walking around until I heard a meowing sound! I went to check it out and a big kitty was there!"

"Oh really, well it sounds like it was eventful."

"Yea, it was." Ed sounded distracted as he scanned for any servants entering the room.

"I wanted to take Fluffles home but then the Captain found us." Al pouted a little, "It was the biggest kitty I'd ever seen! I really wanted to keep her."

Trisha gave him a sad smile, "Well maybe we can find someone who's cat had kittens then Al."

A whine escaped the princes mouth, "But I want a big kitty! I'm sure that the one I found was the absolute biggest and the fluffiest, nothing will ever compare."

The king chuckled at his son, "I'm sure that there's another cat like that one out there. We'll see about getting a royal pet."

Al frowned but nodded his head in acceptance as a cart was rolled into the Dining Room. Ed could smell the food's call and his stomach was more than happy to answer.

The servant, a short woman in stature with light brown hair and green eyes pushed the cart closer to the table. "Looks like somebody is hungry. Luckily Chef Curtis made a lot today." She smiled and ladled the stew into a bowl before handing it to the young prince who graciously accepted it.

She passed around meals to everyone before returning to her cart with words from Trisha, "Thank you Gracia."

"No problem at all your Majesty." she replied with a smile, taking her leave.

Ed happily gulped down his stew as Alphonse kept going on about the cat while their parents smiled and listened.

Though Ed's grateful stomach was soon full and his bowl emptied while everyone else was still conversing. Ed kicked his legs, he didn't really feel like talking much.

Ed sighed and spoke up, "Mom, dad? Can I leave? I wanna have some down time before my Alchemy lessons."

"Brother, you have to ask 'may I be excused', it's the proper way." Al spoke up.

"Why? It means the same thing?"

"It's more polite-"

"You can go Edward." Trisha interrupted.

"Thanks mom!" Ed abandoned his seat and ran out the door heading towards his room. He dodged the taller Adult's legs that he passed by. He turned a corner, only to smash into someone his size.

"Ow! Ed…" the blue eyed girl trailed off, rubbing her head, "That hurt."

"Yea Winry? Well it hurt me too." Ed grumbled, rubbing his own aching head that had collided with Winry's.

"Where are you going in such a hurry anyhow?" she picked up her toolbox that she'd dropped.

"I was heading back to my room to read that new book your mom got me and Al for Solstice." Ed explained, eager to get reading.

"Oh! I think I got a chance to read it before my mom gave it to you guys! It's a really fun read!" she swung her toolbox around, "I'd join you but I'm tinkering with a clock." she explained, swinging her box around. "Unless you wanna join me?"

Ed shrugged, "Nah, I'd rather read my new book than watch you play with gears."

"I'm not playing, I'm tinkering Ed!"

"No wonder it's no fun then."

"Says the one who thinks books are more fun than reverse engineering a clock…" Winry crossed her arms and turned away.

"Well then ma-"

"There you guys are!" Al cut off Ed's words as he ran over towards them. Though he caught on to their expressions, "You guys okay?"

"Yea, I just butted heads with Winry." Ed shrugged.

"Do you need to see her parents?" Al asked anxiously.

"No we'll be fine, we don't need to see the Royal Doctors over a whack on the head." the older prince responded, "I'm heading to my room to get started on that new book, wanna come?"

"Sure!" Al turned to the other blonde, "You wanna come too Winry?"

She smiled, "No thanks, I already declined." I've gotta get started on my clock! See you boys around!" she rushed down the stairs to her destination while the golden princes ran to Ed's room.

Alphonse sat on the soft bed as Ed grabbed the book off of his desk. The older boy hopped onto the bed beside Al, earning a chuckle from the younger boy beside him.

They both shifted their positions until they were comfortable and began to read. It was a fictional story in which a knight had to defeat a dragon in order to save a princess, which Ed was greatly disappointed by.

"Damnit." Ed groaned, "Just another cliche book. Good read my ass."

"Brother, watch your language! I can see why Winry enjoyed it, the dragon looked kinda cool in the illustrations."

"I guess but it really could have been better." Ed reasoned, laying next to Al and patting his head in silence.

"Well maybe all the stories are the same because its all people have to work with, nobody had really been through much else so they have no other adventure tale to tell." Al offered.

"Mnn bullshit excuse." Ed huffed, "One day I'm gonna go on an adventure three thousand times as cool as the one in the book, and I'm gonna write all about it, just out of pure spite."

Al chuckled, "Well you better take me with you then."

Ed grinned, "You can definitely count on that."

"Hey brother?"

"Yea Al?" Ed mumbled tiredly.

"Doesn't it feel like we're forgetting something?"

"Mmm, maybe?" Ed drowsily replied, but suddenly stood alert and surprised as the door slammed open.

"You boys are late for your Alchemy lessons!"

"Ah! We're sorry teacher!"

Izumi Curtis was their teacher though she did not actually work as part of the royal staff, so her clothes were not servants clothing. Her dreadlocks went well with her intimidating eyes that meant business no matter what setting.

The boys were quite skilled in Alchemy for their age under the guidance of her and their father's research for he had not much time to teach his sons had discovered her skills due to being the chef's wife and had immediately begged her to be their teacher.

They quickly followed their teacher to their newest lesson as Ed wiped tiredness from his eyes, he'd be sure to dream up a better adventure tonight once he finally got to sleep.


There is gonna be a lot more going on here so stay tuned, cause this is just an introduction! I hope you enjoyed! I would really appreciate any feedback you have for me! Thanks for reading.