Yeah, here's another crossover for ya'll, I've got a ton of them. I'm not too happy with the last part of this first chapter, but oh well. Um… yeah, that's about all I have to say… Ah, yes, and it takes place during the book Pearls of Lutra so that's where the characters come from…

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It was about noon on a beautiful summer day. Tansy the hedgehog was walking along with Rollo, one of the older inhabitants of Redwall, looking for herbs for medicine. They stopped when they got to the road. Something suspicious was ahead. Tansy continued, and came upon a creature she had never seen before.

It had a strange lack of fur, except for on the top of its head and its eyebrows. The stuff on its head was gold, and mostly pulled back into a braid, except for some that was too short to go that far, and covered the sides of the creature's face.

"What is it? I've never seen anything like this before," Tansy asked as Rollo came walking up.

"Well, as far as I can tell, whatever it is, it's a male. As for what it is, your guess is as good as mine."

"How do you know it's a boy, Rollo?"

"Look closely at the face." Indeed, the strange creature's face gave off some masculine vibes. He was young, but male nonetheless.

Then she placed a hand on the creature's chest. The breathing was normal, but something was wrong. Why was he unconscious? That question was answered when she saw a red stain slowly spreading through the fabric of his clothes.

"He's hurt!" she exclaimed.

Rollo stood up. "Quick, try to stop the bleeding. I'll go back to Redwall and get help."

Tansy pulled off the creature's clothes in order to find where she needed to put pressure. She definitely didn't expect to see what she saw next.

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Edward Elric woke up in a state of confusion. He stared at the ceiling for a while, trying to process what had happened before he had lost consciousness. There had been some things that Ed could have sworn were rats, except for the fact that they had been bigger than him. Either somebody was messing with his emotions, or someone was creating very strange chimeras.

Before those creatures had appeared, Ed had been walking down a path with his brother. It had been nice, until Ed realized that 1. They were lost, and 2. The trees seemed to have gotten much, much bigger. Then those… rats… had attacked them, with swords, and Ed had lost track of events after that.

His chest hurt. He tried to sit up, but it was too painful. He had been wounded. Ed picked his head up slightly to see what exactly had been hurt. There were bandages covering most of his chest, reaching up to his left arm and halfway to his elbow. His neck was bandaged as well.

Ed heard a door open, and once again tried to sit up. Of course, he failed, and fell back again. Whoever it was still lingered in the doorway.

"You're finally awake." It was a female voice. Ed heard footsteps coming toward him, and finally a face came into view. It definitely wasn't what Ed was expecting. First a giant rat had attacked him, and now he was talking with a giant mouse? What the heck was going on?

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He managed to stay pretty calm through this, although that was partially because he was in too much pain to move. Apparently the mouse was a nurse or something, because she ignored Ed's questions as she pulled off the bandages.

"Questions can wait. Right now you need to stay put and heal. You nearly died." She finished up and looked down at him for a moment. "What's your name?"

"Edward…"

"Get some rest, Edward. You're lucky to have survived at all."

Ed heard the door close. He was alone again. He tried to think of an explanation for what was going on. Here he was, severely injured by a giant rat, lying in a bed in what looked like an infirmary, and being looked after by a giant mouse. Either this was a dream, a very complicated prank, or he had been shrunk down to rodent size and was in some alternate universe where animals could talk and such.

Since he had been injured so badly, he immediately eliminated the possibility of it being a dream. You didn't usually feel pain in dreams. Of course, he could be delusional from the pain, but then why would he be able to think so clearly? Also, if this were a prank, who'd go so far as to nearly kill him just to mess with his mind? Of course, there was always Envy, but even so, it was doubtful that even he would go that far. After all, Ed was a precious sacrifice.

Ed decided to just accept the alternate universe theory. It made sense, in a fantasy-ish sort of way. Right now, like the mouse had said, was a good time to sleep.

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Tansy walked slowly up to the infirmary. She wanted to see that creature again, partly because she wanted to know more about him, but mostly because she was worried. He'd been there for several days, and from what the elders said, there wasn't a very good chance of him surviving.

She arrived outside the infirmary just as Sister Cicely was leaving. The Sister looked at the young hedgehog with sympathy.

"You're worried about him?"

"Yes, Sister. Will he make it?"

"There's a good chance of that. Edward's strong."

"His name's Edward? How do you know that?"

"He told me."

"You mean…"

"He woke up just a little bit ago. You'll get a chance to talk to him in a day or two."

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The news of Edward's awakening had spread very quickly throughout the abbey by the next morning. Almost all of the dibbun population was compressed into the hallway just outside the infirmary. They only dispersed when Auma came up the stairs and shooed them away.

"It's a beautiful day outside, why don't you go out and play?" she asked them.

"No, no, we wanna see the Edward! He doesn't have fur!"

"Well, then, how can you be sure that he's not a monster that eats dibbuns?"

They paused for a moment, and then ran away. Soon the only ones left in the hall were Auma, Tansy, and Martin. Sister Cicely was inside checking on the patient. She came out after a moment, closing the door quietly behind her.

"He's asleep right now. Not much left to do but wait for the wounds to fully heal. So, if you want to go in now, you can, but be quiet. Right now he needs rest."

The three of them entered the room silently. Edward was lying on a bed directly next to a window, so the sun was shining on his face. Tansy stared at that face for several minutes. Although this was the first time she'd seen anything like Edward, she thought he was very handsome.

Martin sat down on a bed, all the while watching the strange creature. What kind of animal was he? Would he end up being friendly or dangerous? From what Sister Cicely had said about him when he had woken up, it seemed like he would be on their side, but since there had been problems with vermin lately…

They sat in silence for a long time, waiting for Edward to wake up. There were a lot of questions that needed answers, not just for them, but probably for him too. They had found a suitcase near his body, which seemed to belong to him, but he had been alone. That didn't make sense, since there were two sets of tracks on the ground. One of them definitely belonged to the shoes Edward wore, but the other… It was as if he had been walking around with a suit of armor or something.

Finally, Edward opened his eyes. Tansy gasped slightly as she saw the color: the same as his hair, gold.

Auma went over to the bed. "How are you doing?"

"……" The poor creature seemed confused. Tansy didn't blame him. After all, if she woke up to see something like Edward, she'd be confused too. Finally, he managed to ask something they could answer. "Where am I…?"

"You're in the infirmary of Redwall Abbey, in Mossflower."

"Redwall?"

"Yes, Redwall Abbey. Have you never heard of it before?"

"No, I haven't. And…"

"What kind of creature are you? Nobody's ever seen anything like you."

"Well, I'm a human, but… Usually humans are… well… bigger…"

"So you're small for a human?"

"NO! Well, at least… I shouldn't be this size, and I don't even know how this happened…"

So he doesn't like being called small? And what's with his accent? It's different from anything I've heard… Tansy thought.

"How do you know you shouldn't be this size?" Martin asked.

"Well, we have mice and badgers and stuff back home, but they're a lot smaller."

"How small?"

"Like… If I were normal size, I could fit you in my hand."

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Almost immediately, Ed regretted saying this, because he could tell nobody believed him. They didn't say anything, though. Instead, the badger changed the subject by pointing to his arm.

"Why is it like that?" she asked.

Ed glanced at his right arm. "Oh, it's a replacement."

"Replacement?"

"For the one I lost."

Awkward Silence

"Um, can I see my brother?" Ed asked.

"Your brother? You were alone when we found you."

"Oh." So that means…

Flashback (new memory): Ed and Al were walking down the road when a bunch of rats and such popped out and surrounded them. Before Ed could react, he and Al had swords pressed against them. Ed dropped his suitcase on the ground as one of the rats walked up to him from behind.

"So, what exactly are you?" he asked as he pulled off Ed's red coat.

"What do you think we are? We're humans."

"Well, I've never seen a human before. Where are you from? Are you from that one place?"

Another one walked up until he was inches from Ed's face. "Hey, this one's got nice eyes. Let's take them to the boss. Maybe they're worth something."

"What do you mean, worth something?"

"Shut up or I'll kill you," replied the rat, pressing his blade even harder against Ed's throat. Of course, Ed resisted, which ended up with him being beaten. He fought hard to keep conscious as the rats walked away.

"So we're just gonna leave it here?"

"Well, what use would a corpse be to us? Besides, we've got this one."

"Good thinking, boss."

No, Ed thought. Please, don't take him away from me… Please…

"Edward?"

Ed snapped back to reality as he heard Tansy calling his name. He looked over at her. They were alone.

"Huh?"

"You're crying."

"Oh." Ed covered his face with his right arm. "You can just call me Ed, by the way."

"Why are you crying, Ed?"

"I don't really know. I guess because I miss my brother…"

"Does your brother look like you?"

Ed managed to sit up. He pointed at his suitcase. "In there, there's a picture of us with our best friend."

"A picture?"

"Yeah, of when we were kids."

Tansy opened the suitcase and found the picture. "Is he the one with the darker hair?"

"Yeah."

"Has he changed much since then?"

"Well…" Ed thought about the body he had seen at the doors. "Yeah, he's changed."

"The three of you look sweet together. How did you manage to stay still for so long?"

"Oh, it only took a couple of minutes."

"To make something like this?"

Oh, right, they probably don't have cameras and such here… Ed decided to change the subject. "So, this place is an abbey?"

"Yes, we've been living peacefully here for a long time. There have been some major conflicts, but those were resolved. Redwall's main purpose is to give woodland creatures a peaceful, safe place to live, and to help creatures like you."

"Like me?"

"Yeah, if somebeast's injured, or lost, or hungry, we'll help them out."

Ed looked down at his hands for a moment. "Sounds like a wonderful place to live. Where I'm from is nowhere near that peaceful."

Tansy stood up. "It's almost dinnertime. I'll be back with some real food."

When Tansy came back, Ed was asleep. She set the food down on a table and silently left the room. Once again, there were tears in his eyes.