Disclaimer: I do not own Fullmetal Alchemist, The Wizard of Oz, and Sleeping beauty or any of the characters.

A/N: I'm not sure if The Wizard of Oz is a fairytale or not but since it reminds me of fairytales, I consider it a fairytale.

Prologue:

Roy Mustang went to the underground city to seal the gate. Edward and Alphonse Elric already left and he was about to do the task when he noticed that someone is in there besides from him.

"Lt. Hawkeye." Mustang guessed. After all, who else, besides from her, would follow him into such a depressing place? "You better head back to the surface. I'll be back in just a few moments."

"I don't think that is an order that I would follow, sir." Riza Hawkeye replied, "It is a dangerous task, after all."

Mustang sighed and looked behind him and true enough, she is standing there, right behind him, as always.

"I never thought that you'd be so stubborn, Lieutenant." Mustang stated and smirked, "Although, you really need to head back. There is nothing to see here."

"Your safety is something worth watching, sir." Hawkeye replied.

'Smartass woman.' Mustang thought.

"I'm quite certain that I will be fine." Mustang assured his worrying aide. "Nothing can go wrong in sealing the gate, Lieutenant."

Hawkeye isn't convinced though. She knows better than to believe that sealing the gate is a simple task. After all, it is the gate... some people look at it as hell and some see it as something that has all the knowledge of Alchemy. She is not an alchemist but hearing all those convinced her that the gate neither is "safe" nor is it "simple."

"We cannot be sure of anything sir." Hawkeye stated, "I must see that you will be out of trouble. Let me stay."

Mustang cannot reason with his stubborn subordinate, no, not this time. After all, he has done a lot of reckless things, the hot air balloon incident included. He really couldn't blame her if she doesn't want to leave him alone now.

"Alright," said Mustang, "You may stay. But may I request you to keep your distance."

Hawkeye did what she's told. As long as she could watch Mustang, that's enough for her.

Mustang started sealing the gate. Again, the array illuminated the area and started working, flashes of light surrounded Mustang and the gate. Suddenly, vines of shadow came out of the gate and started pulling Mustang in. The vines wrapped themselves around Mustang's torso. His eye widened. He didn't expect any of this to be happening.

"What the..." Mustang muttered to himself.

Hawkeye, seeing the situation, charged towards Mustang. Despite the blinding lights and the risk of death, she struggled her way in to the circle. As soon as Mustang realized what his Lieutenant is trying to do, he tried to stop her.

"Hawkeye, get out of this damned place!" He yelled, but she didn't listen, "That's an order, Lieutenant!"

But that didn't work either.

"Sir!" Hawkeye called.

She saw the vines of shadow holding onto Mustang. Her eyes widened in horror when she realized that her superior is being taken away by the shadows. She tried to reach for him but the vines of shadow caught her. She struggled to escape, she struggled to help Mustang but she couldn't. Mustang, using his arms, reached for Riza and pulled her into an embrace. He tried to hold on to her but as soon as the vines tore them away from each other. The shadows fed them into the gate and it closed, sealing itself from Shamballa.