Chapter two, couldn't just put the first one up, that would be cruel...hopefully it sounds good, gets you hooked...um not sure about any pairings, feel free to comment and tell me what you think. Please tell me how I could improve or what is good...ya..that's about it...

Divine Judgment

Chapter Two

Soft eyelashes fluttered open, revealing molten gold irises. Blinking in confusion the eyes began to scan their surroundings. The owner of those eyes, a small, long blond-haired boy, sat upright in the narrow bed he was lying in.

"He's awake!! Everyone, come quickly!" came an excited voice from beside the boy. The boy looked over and saw that seated beside him was another boy. He too had long blond hair, only his was a little darker and little shorter than the other's and was tied back in a low ponytail. This other boy also had darker, greyer eyes than the boy in the bed. At the boy's cry several other people rushed into the small, white room where the two boys were.

The young boy in the bed silently took them all in. He noticed that several other people had been in the room with him as well. A young blond, longhaired, blue-eyed woman was seated next to the grey eyed boy. Seated on the other side of the golden-eyed youth was a tall man with black hair and dark blue, almost black eyes. The first few people to enter the room were dressed in blue uniforms, much like the one the black haired man was wearing. There were three women and seven men in that group. One of the women had amber eyes and long, blond hair that was pulled into a clip. Another woman had short dark hair and dark, worried blue eyes. The final woman had green eyes, black-rimmed square glasses and light brown hair that fell to just above her shoulders. There were three shorthaired, blond, uniformed men that came in, one had long bangs that fell on both sides of his face, another had messy hair and an unlit cigarette hanging out the side of his mouth, the last was very tall, he had blue eyes and only one lock of curly hair that hung in the center of his forehead. A man with short orange hair and a small beard on his chin came in with a tall man with grey hair, and a short black haired man with glasses. Leading the group of uniformed people was a man with short black hair, rectangular glasses and a small beard outlining the lower part of his face.

Several other people not wearing uniforms came in as well, two of them with blond hair stayed fairly close together. They were clearly brothers, the older one was tall with longer blond hair, the younger was much shorter, he had a green hat and he was nervously trying to hide behind his older brother. A short, old woman also came in; she had a thin, long pipe sticking out of the side of her mouth. A fearsome looking woman with her hair in many ropelike braids tied back in a ponytail came in, followed closely by a large bearded man.

"Brother! I'm so glad you're awake!" came the voice of the boy sitting next to the bed, attracting the gaze of the golden eyed youth in the bed. All eyes were on the boy sitting in the small hospital bed.

"…brother?" muttered the blond boy. He gave an apologetic look to the boy sitting beside him, "I'm sorry, but I think you have me confused with someone else…" The grey eyed youth's face fell at that.

"What? Brother! Don't you remember me?" the boy moved closer to the bed and looked at the other with concern written all over his face. The boy in bed slowly shook his head and gave a small apology. Everyone in the room was speechless at that point; they looked back and forth, from one boy to the other, to see what they were going to do next. The youth in the chair made desperate attempts to say something, unfortunately he only managed to open and close his mouth wordlessly. Tears were quickly gathering in the corners of his grey-gold eyes.

The boy in the bed began to shift uneasily since everyone in the cramped room was watching him expectantly; however, he had no idea as to what they expected. "…um…who are you guys? Why are you all in here?" said the boy in the bed as he gave the entire group a scrutinizing look.

Several of the members of the group looked nervous after that was said; they all began to look away from the calculating stare of the golden eyed youth. Many shifted uncomfortably and began to mutter lame excuses.

"Edward…do you really not remember us?" said the blond girl who was seated next to the grey eyed boy. It looked as if she was trying her best not to cry, and failing at it. Already tears were falling from her crystal blue eyes, preventing her from continuing.

"Sorry, I don't have a clue who any of you are. I don't know how you might know me either, I don't deal with humans too often." Said the boy as he tilted his head and took another glance at the room's occupants. When he said that the blond boy seated next to him suddenly broke down. Tears streamed down his face and he got up and fled the room so fast that the chair he was seated in fell to the ground with a thud. The girl who had been seated next to him quickly followed the boy, leaving the golden eyed youth behind in the small, crowded room.

"Alphonse! Alphonse are-are you alright" said the girl as she caught up to the grey eyed boy who was trying desperately to rid his eyes from tears. He had ran down the hall and found himself facing a window overlooking a large river. Rain fell from the sky just as tears fell from his eyes.

"H-he doesn't remember me!" sobbed Alphonse. "I thought that I had finally done something right. I-I thought that we could be happy again!" He was trying to stop the tears that flowed endlessly from his eyes, but to no avail. He kept his back to the girl, trying not to let her see the tears that continued to flow.

"M-maybe this is just something that happens after human transmutation… Maybe it's like what happened to you and to General Hughes…" said the girl as she reached out and put a small hand on his shoulder.

"No, this is different. We just didn't have any memory of what happened after we went to the Gate. He should still remember me…this shouldn't be happening!" he said, resting his head against the cool glass of the window. "It's my fault…I must have done the transmutation wrong…But I thought that it was perfect…I thought that I did it just as Ed did it…"

"Don't blame yourself." Came a cool voice from behind them. They turned and saw the uniformed raven-haired man walking slowly towards them. "This isn't your fault, it just happened. Just consider yourself lucky that your transmutation worked at all. Be glad that he is back, perhaps he will remember in time…"

"General Mustang…" said the woman quietly, "yes, you should be glad that Ed is back! Performing human transmutation never goes as planned, let's just be thankful that Ed is alive and with us again."

Alphonse looked at both of them for a moment; the tears were finally beginning to stop. He then smiled weakly and nodded, "Ya, you're right. I shouldn't have expected everything to go back to normal…I just wanted it so bad…But maybe he will remember soon, just as I slowly remembered our adventures looking for the Philosophers Stone together. Thank you General Mustang."

Mustang looked at them and gave them a small smile, "Alright, now let's go back in there and find out what he does remember." He then began leading the other two back to the room they had left Edward and the rest of their group in.

"Thanks Winry." said Alphonse to the blond-haired woman as he matched pace with her. "Thank you for always being there for me and for Ed…It means a lot to me and to Ed as well…"

Winry blushed at that and began to tuck her long hair behind her ears nervously. "No problem, I'll always be here for you Alphonse…" The three of them then turned and entered the small room where Ed and everyone else were waiting.