Hey everybody! I decided to write a crossover of Fullmetal Alchemist and Kingdom Hearts! YAY! Heh heh hope you enjoy! Don't forget to review!

Disclaimer: I got Kingdom Hearts for my 14th birthday but I guess that still doesn't give me legal ownership of the story. … (It doesn't trust me, no guessing involved. I don't own it.) … ((cries)) I don't ((sniff)) own Fullmetal Alchemist either ((sniffs again)) If I did there would lots of yaoi all over the place. Nor do I claim any rights to the characters or names or storylines therein. Look I don't even own this computer ok It's my moms and she hesitantly lets me use it. (She thinks I'll break it… or try to take it apart if it doesn't work heh heh Ever since I took apart the TV she worries about these things … I'M INNOCCENT I SWEAR! j/k I did fix the TV though…)

Shadows Descent

Chapter one: New Friends

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'That's him. That is the boy I have been searching for. The Queen will be pleased. After all these long years she will have her chosen. She will finally be free, and she'll forgive me for previous mistakes.' A figure thought with a smug smile.

The dark figure watched a boy with long golden hair sleep from a branch outside the window. The shadow's smirk quickly faded as the boy sat up in bed looking strait at him. He could not see the shadowy figure but he had sensed something. There was no mistaking it this time. He is most defiantly the queen's chosen.

'Damn, the boy's powers are already awakening.' The creature thought as he fled to his mini portal and disappeared into its violet light. 'I will come for you soon.'

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Ed waited calmly beside his brother, Al, for the bus to arrive. Something had been outside his bedroom window last night, he was sure of it. He had told Al about it, and Al had told him he imagined it. 'I didn't imagine anything I know what I saw.' Ed thought defiantly. Ed was so wrapped up in his thoughts he didn't even notice the bus had arrived until Al yelled at him to get on.

Ed was abruptly snapped out of his thoughts; he climbed on the bus and sat beside his younger brother. This would be the Elric brothers first day at this school. Neither of the boys had any friends here. 'That's the trouble with moving. You have to start all over. Damn it! I hate this!' Ed thought bitterly, as images of his old friends sadly waving goodbye flashed through his mind.

Ed ignored the stares he was receiving from the bus's other passengers and sulked angrily. Finally Ed got fed up with their stares and the whispering.

"WHAT!" He screamed. Everyone stopped talking immediately. Every occupant in the bus was staring at Ed.

"Brother, that's not the way to make friends." Al whispered. One boy with spiky brown hair and chocolate eyes stood up and sat down beside Ed. (yes the bus is moving. But the guy has good balance.)

"Hi, my names Sora, and this…" the boy smiled and gestured to the boy with long silver hair hanging over the seat in front of them. "… is my best friend Riku."

Sora was giving Ed and Al a huge smile as he waited for them to reply. The boy had a cheery air about him, like nothing bad could ever happen while he was around. Ed shook the boy's outstretched hand and shook it.

"The names Edward Elric, call me Ed. This is my little brother Alphonse." Ed told the spunky boy.

"Little brother? But he's taller than you." Sora said looking a little confused.

"WHO ARE YOU CALLING SO SMALL YOU CAN'T SEE THEM EVEN UNDER A MICROSCOPE!" Ed raved. Al had to hold him back as Ed tried to hit Sora. Sora stared at him for a moment before falling over backwards laughing his ass off. Ed started sulking again and looked away from the kid rolling on the floor in laughter. The indecipherable chatter slowly started up again. When Sora was finally able to stop laughing he pulled himself back up onto the seat.

"Wooo, you're funny. Your new here right? You can hang out with me and Riku at lunch, if ya want." Sora suggested. Ed's spirits soared, had he made a friend? He always had trouble making friends before. So how come he was able to make a new friend within five minutes?

"Sure, sounds great. Where should I meet you?" Ed asked, forgetting he was supposed to be mad about moving still.

"Grab your lunch and meet us by that big oak tree outside. Do you have your schedule yet?" Sora asked excitedly.

"Yeah, it's right here." Ed removed the small crumpled piece of paper out of his red trench coat's pocket. "Here." Sora took his schedule and looked it over.

"Hey awesome! We have three classes together! See look first, second and fifth. That's art, science, and math!" Sora beamed. He gave the piece of paper back to Ed.

"But you have five whole classes with Riku! He has science and math with us. You also have English, History, and Engineering Advanced with him too!" Sora said, partly talking to Ed partly to Riku. The boy known as Riku gave Sora a bored thumbs up, before turning around and sinking back into his seat.

Remembering his brother Ed turned around to apologize to Al for ignoring him. But Al was turned around in his seat talking to some kid.

The bus made a shrill squeaking sound as the bus came to a halt in front of Traverse Town High school. The passengers filed out of the bus and scattered. Ed looked for Al to walk him to class but Al had already taken off with the boy he was talking to on the bus.

"Come on Ed! Let's get to class." Sora called to Ed, who was feeling a little lost in the thick crowd. Ed followed the sound of Sora's voice and found the taller boy leaning against the red brick wall, waiting for him. Sora led Ed around the side of the colossal structure where only a few students strayed. The two passed many windows as they walked. Inside each window the classes were filling up fast.

After what seemed to Ed like an eternity of walking, he and Sora reached an emerald green field of grass that reached a long ways off. Ed gaped at the lengthy green expanse for a moment before hurrying after Sora.

"This is where we usually have gym. When it's not raining of course. We have to have it so big because we have gym only once a week, and then the entire school plays at once. It goes on all day long. You just barely missed it we had gym day yesterday." Sora explained cheerily.

"That's kinda weird…" Ed said.

"Yeah, I know but I don't make the rules." There was an awkward silence as they continued on across the grassy expanse. They were headed for a small brick building on the other side of the field. Ed still couldn't figure out why the art building was separated from the main school building. He didn't dwell on the thought long, his new friend Sora was telling him what teachers he should avoid pissing off at all costs.

The class itself was truly boring. The teacher didn't even mention art he just rambled on about some stupid unimportant life stories. Before long Ed found himself starting to nod off…

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He was running. He was running fast… he had to get away… from…them…away from the… Shadows. Vile, black, little creatures were all around him. Ed felt his terror grip him… felt it take control. A tall dark figure appeared and loomed over him. "I'm coming for you Edward Elric, Queen Lust's chosen. I'm coming to take you away…" The creature said in a voice that sent shivers down Ed's spine. 'How does it know my name?' Ed tried to scream, to flee. But the shadow creatures had pinned him down. They were laughing at him, clawing him, choking him. He couldn't breath. Ed panicked but there was nothing he could do. He was… helpless. Suddenly a flash of light erupted, slicing through the shadows as if they were nothing. The remaining shadows snarled and dispersed, the evil figure was nowhere to be seen. Ed looked at where the light had been; Ed looked at his savior. He could not see the persons face, but he knew this one was a friend. The boy, for he was obviously a boy it was in the way he stood, held a long white sword. No, not a sword but a key, a huge key/ sword. A… Keyblade…? As the figure stepped forward the image faded.

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Ed was woken up by a loud ringing sound that seemed to come from all directions at once. He shot up in his seat and noticed everyone in the classroom was leaving. 'Dammit! I fell asleep, and on my first day too. What am I saying? I don't care I just wanna go back to my real home, my real school, and my real friends!' Ed thought, remembering his promise to be angry.

The promise was once again forgotten as Ed saw Sora motioning for him to hurry up. They met up with Riku at the schools back doors. He mostly ignored Ed and quietly talked to Sora about something Ed didn't understand.

"Midnight, on Friday. He said to meet him at the old junkyard." For once Sora's smile faded and he nodded grimly. They made it to science in no time. The usual teacher was on vacation so they had a substitute. So they all had to read silently out of their textbooks. Ed being a new student didn't have a textbook, so he and Sora shared. Before long Ed felt someone tug on the sleeve of his coat. It was Sora he was looking from Ed to the book and back again with a confused look on his face. Ed smirked; the poor guy probably didn't have a clue about what the text read.

"Ed, what's sodium chloride?" Sora asked, looking embarrassed.

"You don't know? Why it's a prime component in your body buildup." Ed teased.

"Oh, quit it. It's written all over the freakin' page and I still can't figure out what it is." Sora whined.

"It's salt." Ed laughed.

Sora smacked his forehead. "Oh, duh! I knew that."

"Sure." Ed said over doing the sarcasm.

"Well, then what's chromium used for?" Sora challenged, but at the same time seriously wanting to know.

"It's pretty much just chrome. It's used to as a plate that goes over steel to prevent it from rusting. They mainly use the plating on cars and automail." Ed stated without a moments hesitation.

"Wow you really know a lot about this science stuff."

"I haven't even scratched the surface. Those two are just some of the many from the periodic table."

"… Very few people know much of anything about automail. You are much more than you let on… aren't you?" Riku Stated more than asked.

"Well my aunt runs an automail shop and this…" Ed pulled back his sleeve just enough for the two to see some of his metal arm. "… pushes my knowledge of automail even further. I had to have my right arm and left leg amputated after I was hit by a car."

Sora looked at him shocked, and Riku jumped forward and whispered harshly in Ed's ear.

"People around here think automail is a sin. An obstruction of some 'god' and his natural ways. To go against fate. You will make a great many enemy's if you start flashing that arm of yours around." Riku growled. Ed nodded and Riku calmed down and returned to his seat.

The rest of the lesson was carried out in silence. At lunch the three boys were in high spirits. Riku had apologized to Ed and explained that his father had an automail leg so kids at school had always been mean to him because of it. They had found that they both shared a love for sciences and had friendly arguments about different physical and chemical reactions to a wide variety of objects and liquids.

They met Sora by a big oak tree outside. The three boys laughed and joked the whole time and when it came time for class to start again, they walked Sora to his class. After school they all got on the yellow school bus and sat down. They all had to squish into one seat for them to be able to sit together, so they did. Ed suddenly remembered Al. But as soon as he thought his little brothers name, the younger Elric boy stepped onto the bus.

"Brother this is Fletcher, he's my new friend!" Al said exitedly, gesturing to the boy behind him.

"I'm glad you're making friends Al." Ed said.

"Looks like I'm not the only one who made some friends." Al replied cheerily. Before Ed could say anything back he and Fletcher found themselves a seat near the back.

"Your brother, what grade is he in?" Riku asked.

"He's a freshman." Ed told him. "You're both juniors like me, aren't you?"

"Well yeah." Sora said in a tone that said 'what else would we be?'

Ed elbowed him playfully. "Shut up! It was just a question." Ed laughed.

When the bus reached their stop Ed's new friends waved goodbye and started walking in the opposite direction. Ed and Al walked home together, excitedly telling each other about their day. When they got home Ed went to bed without speaking to anyone. He wasn't going to talk to his mother for a while. He was still mad about her making them move.

'It's not too bad she made us move I guess. Now that I have two new friends I'm not as mad at her as before. But I'm still not gonna talk to her until at least tomorrow.' Ed didn't eat dinner that night, he just wasn't hungry. He lay in bed for a long time thinking over the events that had taken place that day. Sora and Riku both accepted him and liked him for who he was. It made him feel good knowing he had a reason to look forward to the next day at school.

Ed smiled as he thought of Sora's goofy smile and Riku's arrogant smirk. They were both so nice. 'We'll be best friends. Just the three of us.' A memory came to the front of Ed's mind. It was an image of his old friend. The one he had nicknamed Flame because the boy had a strange obsession with fire.

He and the black haired boy had been best friends until four years ago when he moved away. That had been the worst day of his life. Ed frowned, he hadn't thought of his old friend for a very long time. 'So why did I think of him now. When I have new friends? A new life? Everything has changed so much since then.'

Hold me,

Whatever lies beyond this morning,

Is a little later on,

Regardless of warnings,

The future doesn't scare me at all,

Nothings like before!

Ed drifted off to sleep singing the song his old friend had taught him all those years ago. His dreams were haunted by shadows and dark figures coming after him. He woke up in the middle of the night again. Something was outside his window again. Ed got up and looked out the window but saw nothing. He still felt uneasy so he took his pillow and blanket downstairs and stayed there the rest of the night.

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'He is becoming more and more aware to my presence. He is uncomfortable, that is bad if he does what we need him to do his life will be spared. If he is killed Kairi will be angry with me. I don't know why she still cares for the pathetic whelp. But I'll do anything for her as long as she is happy'

'He found them already, he found his protectors already. Damn if he finds the last one again it will be nearly imposable to manipulate him. If only I could strike now. Alas I cannot. His powers have not been fully awakened yet. Until then I will wait.'

The green haired figure exited the suburban street through his portal and to the center of the earth. When he emerged he bowed to the statue in front of him. The statue was bound with a great many spells. His queen, could only be free of these spells by her chosen one. Only he could release her.

"Your majesty, Queen Lust, the boys powers are awakening rapidly."

"You had better be right this time, my faithful servant. I will not tolerate any more mistakes." A rich female voice said, it was said as more of a threat than a warning.

"Have no worries my queen, I'm positive this is the one." He told the statue.

"Hmm… you have done well my dear servant… Envy…"

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So yeah that's all I have so far. Do ya like it? I hope so. If ya do review and tell me so. Otherwise I'm probably gonna give up on this story. Even though I like it. I want to make this a yaoi but who should end up with Ed? Anyway thanx and review!

DarkDragonofChaos!

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