Chapter 1: Possession

A/N: Hi! This is my first (well, second ((but not on this site))) multi-chapter fic that I will attempt to make. This is a fic about an AU I made on deviantART where... Let's just say episode 62/chapter 106 ended differently. I'm honestly not a great writer, so reviews would be great! :D Also, I'm mixing dialogue from the episode and manga, so bear with me when the dialogue changes.

The five sacrifices stood in disbelief at what was happening. Everything erupted into sheer madness, and it didn't seem like there was much hope left to stop this. There was a god above the ground, with the intention of having the world in the palm of his hands. The godlike figure launched himself above ground on a pillar of hardened lava.

"He's going to replenish his stone supply…" said a man with golden hair, eyes and beard.

The sacrifices and two Xingese warriors stared up at the column erecting into the sky, wondering what to do. Not even exchanging a word, the Xingese man skipped up the walls, holding onto the chain latched on the surface so support. He stopped on the floor above, out of view to those below.

"Ling! Hey, wait!" said a big suit of armor with a young voice. He reached up to the manwho left, hoping that'd he'd stop. He kneeled down to the injured Xingese girl next to him, who was huffing out of exhaustion.

"After him!" a woman said, bringing back order to the confused group. She made her way over to the fifth sacrifice, who was blinded, in order for the homunculi's causes. She kneeled down to him and told him that they'd get him somewhere safe. They didn't want any harm to come to him in his condition. He apologized for being so useless at such a desparate time. She reassured him and helped him get back onto his feet.

The suit of armor turned around, hoping to find his brother standing next to him. He was many feet away, being held by shadows wrapped tight around his right and left arm. A small child stood on the small circle of shadows, covering his right eye with his hand.

"Brother!" the suit of armor called out to his brother, about to try and help him.

"Al, just go," his brother called out him from afar. "This little brat still wants a piece of me…!" The older brother strained his arms so the shadows would lose their grip.

The woman and suit of armor stood, hesitant on whether to help him or not.

"You'd better win, Ed!" his teacher called out to him, whispering to Alphonse to go.

"Right…!" Edward responsed, still struggling to get his arms free.

Their teacher made her way back over to the blind man, making sure he was okay. Alphonse did the same to the Xingese girl. The teacher and student both clapped their hands together and pressed them on the ground, creating two towers to lead them to the surface. The boys' father didn't need any effort into making his own tower, it began to spiral up once he figured the others were ready.

Edward's focused turned again to the homunculus child holding him captive. But the homunculi's attention was not on him. He had a look of sheer annoyance on his face.

"Damn you Greed… Don't you know that you're one of the homunculi too? Where's your honor…."

Edward scowled, responding, "So you should just be a good boy and do what your father tells you?!" He tried to bring his arm closer to him, hoping Pride's shadows would let go, only letting the tendrils cut into his skin deeper. Pride gave him a nonchalant look, not amused by the simple question. Ed felt himself get torn from the ground, only to be reunited with it seconds later. He landed with his back crashing to the floor first, knocking the wind out of his chest. Ed gasped for air, as he lay on the floor.

"That's a stupid question. What child doesn't obey their father's orders?" Pride responded. Ed coughed before he started up again, "You're the stupid one… You guys are brainless zombies who never tried to think for themselves…"

Ed finally got a reaction out of Pride. He lifted him up again and threw him into a wall. Edward's head smashed against the surface. Sliding to the floor again, there was a loud ringing in his ears. His head made first contact, adding to the more pain Pride was giving him. He landed on his forearms, not ready to admit defeat for the homunculus yet. He struggled to get onto his knees to push himself back up. Ed groaned, "Tell me Pride… Why do you follow him?" Pride didn't respond, and Ed knew he got him. "Look at yourself. We've been breaking you apart, and he hasn't even looked back at you."

Pride removed his hand from the right side of his face, revealing a gaping hole filled with tormented souls. "So what if Father doesn't?!" His voice growled with frustration and regret. Shadows emerged from hole, filling the hole from his eroding container. "Don't try to force your flawed human logic on me…!"

Pride spotted a cut on Ed's chin. Pride flashed the smallest smirk across his lips as his shadows rose up behind him. Ed finally knelt on his knees and looked up, only to see a whir of black aiming at his face. Ed could feel the shadow's streaming through his blood. Veins stretched from the wound, up past Edward's left eye and down his neck and arm. They felt like daggers wanting to cut him from the inside out. Ed hissed, trying to contain the agony he felt.

"This container won't last much longer... You share the same blood as my father, so we're basically brothers. So Edward… Your body belongs to me!" Pride pushed the shadows deeper under Ed's skin. Pride made sure that his arms were restrained, so he couldn't attempt to pull the shadows out.

The vision faded from Edward's left eye. He couldn't contain his screams as the pain got unbearable. Pride ignored his screaming as he injected his own Philosopher's Stone into Edward's blood stream.

Pride cracked a menacing smirk as his stone gained dominance over the boy's body. The small homunculus watched as Edward's body convulsed being destroyed from the inside out. His body and determination was too strong to die so easily, Pride knew that his plan would work. Pride felt his body unraveling, a sign of success. Pride moved closer to Ed's face, his skin falling apart, like gauze.

"Do you like the feeling of you losing control of your own body?" he gave off a pleased smile with what was left of his face. Ed ceased his screaming, trying to look the homunculus in the face. He tried to say "Damn it" but the only thing that came out was a stream of blood. Pride turned away from him, the last of his body disintegrating, and his clothes floating to the ground. Edward let out the last of his screams as the rest of the shadows poured through is wound. He tried to keep his hold on his conciousness but blacked out immediately as Pride disappeared.

Edward woke up minutes later, his face pressed on the ground. He slowly got up onto his knees, sweat running down his face and neck, blood streaming from his newly damaged wound. He looked at his hands, covered in sweat. He clenched his hands, which started trembling with laughter.

"Yes, this is good!" his voice had a strange echo, as he snickered under his breath.

His right eye's color was no longer his golden yellow, but a flat purple, and his left eye's pupil was no longer visible, with strange veins protruding from under his eyelids.

Edward was no longer there, Pride had won over his body.

A/N: Hey! You finished the first chapter. That's great, considering my awful, cringeworthy writing. If I do manage to finish this dumb fic, I would say it might be around 5 chapter (maybe less) since I am trying to end this the same way that episode 63 does. (Which means that this is a relatively short amount of time to cover)