Uh… Star Wars crossover… this time it's around episode 4… First part's rather iffy, but still good…

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"Are you certain the restraints are strong enough?" Darth Vader asked as he walked to the cell holding a small blonde-haired boy. They had taken him from his world by mistake, but after some questioning, some interesting information had surfaced. The boy was considerably powerful. Powerful enough to drastically shift the balance of power from one side to another in the fight against the Rebels.

"Of course, sir. He's been restrained properly this time."

"Good. I don't want him getting loose again."

Meanwhile, the boy inside the cell was pulling with all his might to get his right hand out of the restraint. After a while, he began to make progress. He continued to pull his hand through the iron restraints, shaving off small quantities of metal as his hand squeezed through. He grinned. Automail certainly had its advantages. He would never be able to do this with his left hand, or at least not without hurting himself.

Once his right hand was free, the boy brought it over to his left hand. A flash of light appeared, and in an instant the iron encircling his hand was no longer restraining him. He grinned again and stood up.

The door opened as he stood, and Darth Vader walked into the room. "So, you managed to break free again."

He took a step back as Darth Vader held up a hand. "No matter. You're only proving how useful you can be. I have a deal for you."

"A deal?"

"Yes. You wish to return to your world, correct?"

The boy nodded. Vader continued. "I will allow you to do so if you do something for me."

"And what's that?"

"There are rebel forces trying to bring down this empire. I want you to find their headquarters and destroy it."

"How exactly am I supposed to find it?"

"I'll make sure you meet someone who will take you there," Vader said as he walked out of the room. "Oh, and if you attempt to escape, I will be sure to kill you myself. I don't want you wreaking havoc on this command ship."

The boy sat down as the door closed. He thought of the rebel forces he was supposed to take down. He would have to trick Darth Vader somehow. Working for cruel people had never appealed to Edward Elric, the Fullmetal Alchemist.

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After a long time, Edward found himself being taken through the command ship to a shuttle. From there, he stared through the window at the gigantic metal structure before him. Okay, all of this has to be some sort of prank, Ed thought as he felt a hand on his shoulder.

"You'll stay here until we find a way for you to reach the base. Just to be sure you understand, any attempt to escape will not end well for you. There is no way for someone such as you to get away from this place. You're trapped."

"I'd like to know something. If you don't know where they are, then how exactly am I supposed to get there?"

"There will be a way. Don't underestimate us, boy."

"Well, if you're so powerful, then why are you having some kid you know nothing about do something as important as taking out a rebel base?"

"We have other methods of destruction should you fail."

"Yeah, I'm sure," Ed muttered. As he said this, he felt a hard pressure on his throat.

"Do not underestimate the power of the dark side," said Darth Vader. "I could kill you right now if I wished."

The pressure disappeared, leaving Ed gasping for breath. He was going to say many more sarcastic things, but he decided to hold his tongue. It wasn't worth being killed by a psychotic shinyhead. As the shuttle arrived, Ed quietly walked behind the shinyhead through several hallways to a small room.

"This is where you'll stay. Since you don't have any way of getting out of this place, I'm willing to leave your hands free, but mark my words. If you use alchemy once, your situation will become much worse." The door slammed behind Ed, and he was alone. There he stayed, occasionally receiving food, until there came an opportunity to send Ed to the rebel base.

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As the Millennium Falcon began flying away from the Death Star, Chewbacca found something very interesting in the ship. Han Solo took a moment to look at his discovery: a small blonde boy with startling golden eyes.

Chewie had pinned the boy to the ground and was now holding the boy's hands behind his back. The boy's face was momentarily devoid of emotions. Han pulled out his blaster and pointed it at the boy's head. "What are you doing here?"

Han expected some sob story about how the boy had been a prisoner on the Death Star, followed by some pleading to help with the rebellion, but he got just the opposite. The kid looked straight at Han, and with a completely serious face, said, "How the hell should I know?"

"What- You can't just show up here and tell me you don't know what you're doing!"

At that moment, Princess Leia came into the room. "Hey, shouldn't you be…" she trailed off as she saw the boy on the ground. "Who's this? A friend of yours?"

"No! He just showed up and says he doesn't know how he got here!" The ship rocked as it absorbed the impact of another attack. "Look, I have a job to do. We'll deal with this later." He handed Leia the blaster and ran off.

Leia looked from the boy to Chewie, and back at the boy. "You're not spying for Vader, are you?"

"Why would I want to work for that jackass shinyhead?"

"I don't know, but for some reason I doubt that you made it here by yourself." The ship rocked again.

"Chewie, get over here!" came a call from the cockpit. The wookie looked at the boy for a moment. Leia sighed.

"Go. I can handle this," she said, keeping the blaster pointed at the boy's head. Chewie got off of the boy and made his way to the cockpit. "You can get up now," she said to the boy, who cautiously stood up, keeping his distance from Leia. "So what are you really doing here? And what's your name?"

"My name is Edward. I'm here because that stupid shinyhead thought it would be a good idea to send me with you to wherever your base is and destroy it."

Leia raised an eyebrow. "Do you expect me to believe that?"

Edward shrugged. "No, but that's really what I'm here for."

"How much damage do they think a kid can do?"

"Apparently not that much, because they aren't putting much effort into making sure I'll do what they told me to."

Leia looked Edward over once more before making up her mind. "Give me your hands," she said as she grabbed some handcuffs. Edward obliged quietly, holding out his right arm first. It took Leia a moment to realize that it wasn't a normal arm. It was made entirely out of metal. She didn't think much of it until she remembered something she had been told before being captured. "You said your name's Edward, right?"

"Yeah."

"What's your last name?"

"Elric. Why?"

The ship rocked again. Leia looked over toward the cockpit. "I'll tell you later. For now, just wait here."

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As soon as they had gotten away, Leia went back to talk to Ed. Luke Skywalker joined her after a moment. Ed sat quietly, waiting for one of the two to speak. After a while, Luke began.

"Why did you tell us what you were planning on doing?"

Ed shrugged. "I wasn't ever really planning on following his instructions. I just figured it was better to tell the truth instead of trying to come up with some pointless story you wouldn't believe anyway."

"Where are you from?"

Ed paused for a moment. Leia decided that now would be the best time to share her information. "I think I can answer that one," she said as she stood up. "He's from a planet that doesn't have much technology, or at least when you compare it to other planets. I don't know the name of the planet, but your country's name is Amestris, right?"

That surprised Ed. "Yeah, that's right. How did you know?"

"Your left leg's the same as your arm, isn't it?"

Ed nodded, still looking fairly confused. "How…?"

"I've met your brother. He's back at the base."

There was a flash of what looked like hope in Ed's eyes, but he continued to look slightly confused. Leia continued. "But don't expect us to trust you just because of that."

"I didn't."

Leia was slightly taken aback by Ed's blunt statement. She had expected something less… well, blunt, but of course, Ed surprised her. Everything about this boy was telling her he was trustworthy, but her past experiences told her not to be stupid, so she decided to leave the handcuffs.

Han entered the room seconds later and looked at Ed. "You're not really thinking of bringing him with us, are you?"

"Well, what else can we do?" Luke replied. "He seems a little too young to be part of the Empire, and besides, if he's really working against us, wouldn't he have done something by now?"

"Yeah, that's only because Chewie found him. If he'd had the chance, he would have done something."

Ed rolled his eyes. "Oh, please, you think I couldn't do anything right now?"

Han glared at Ed. "Yeah, that's exactly what I think. You're too tiny to do anything."

Before anyone really knew what had happened, Han was on the ground. Ed had broken out of the restraints and was standing above Han. "I'M NOT SHORT!" He stepped back and sat down again, his arms crossed and a frown on his face. "Oh, and I could have done that at any time."

Han stood up while holding his nose. "Jeez, did you really have to use your right hand?"

"What, you want me to use my left? I can, you know."

This last action convinced Leia that Ed was indeed the person she thought he was. After all, his brother had given a warning that Ed was a little too sensitive about his height, and a reaction like that would be hard to fake.

Han finally let go of his nose and walked out of the room. "You know, even if he isn't intending on leading the Empire to where we're going, he still could have a tracking device on him. Hey, Chewie, help me out here, will you?"

There was an awkward silence in the room for a while. Then Luke stood up. "Well, it would probably be a good idea just to check for something."

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When Han finally deemed it safe to return to the room where Ed was sitting, he was surprised to see the kid sitting on the bench in handcuffs again, and only in his boxers. He saw a lot of scars on Ed's body, but he decided not to comment. It wasn't worth getting punched again.

"So did you find anything?" he asked Luke, who was still checking Ed's pocket.

"Just this," Luke replied, holding out a silver watch. "He's fine."

"You sure you didn't miss anything?"

"Yeah. I checked his arm and leg too. He doesn't have anything like that on him."

"Let me see that." Han grabbed the watch and inspected it from all angles. Eventually he set it down. "Fine. So the kid isn't being tracked. That still doesn't mean I trust him."

"That's fine with me," Ed replied.

"So just what exactly are you going to do with this brat?" Han asked. Ed scowled, but Han ignored it. Luke gave Ed his clothes back and took off the handcuffs.

"Well, his brother's trusted at the base, so I guess we'll just see what happens when we get there."

Han sat down and pulled something out of his pocket. He messed around with it as Ed pulled his clothes back on. "So where you from again?"

"A planet in the middle of nowhere," Ed replied. "Not much in the way of technology there either."

"So how'd you end up on the Death Star?"

"I was accidentally kidnapped."

"Accidentally?"

"Yeah, I guess they were looking for someone who was hiding out in my country, and somehow they found me instead."

"But why would they take someone like you?"

"Because I'm an alchemist."

"What?"

"Alchemy. It's something that I guess you can only find on my world."

"What exactly does it do?"

"It's the knowledge, analysis, and recreation of the laws and the currents that exist within substances. Or, to put it simply, it's taking one thing and changing it into something else."

Han laughed. "Yeah, like I'll believe that."

"It's true," Ed replied, but he didn't argue any further.

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Um, and ignore the slight plothole of how the hell is Vader going to control Ed if they let him run off and stuff, I'll think of something… hopefully…