Okay, he's the second chapter. Man I love the weekend. I have time to do whatever I want. Now, enough about my life. On with the story.

Disclaimer: I don't own any of the characters, except for the ones I made up. So sadly, I don't own Edward.

{Three days later.}

Ed's POV-

Al and me got off the train. Al looked around us at all the stores, alchemy books, and alchemists.

"What if they have something on the Philosophers Stone?" I asked running towards a library in the distance.

"Brother, we can't do that yet, even if we wanted to. Remember the Colonel told us to head straight to the castle," the suit of armor named Al reminded.

"Do we have to listen to him?" I whined as Al grabbed the hood of my red coat.

"Yes, we have to meet with the King," Al said, letting me go.

"Fine, but it better be worth it," I said walking towards the castle with my arms crossed.

When we both got inside of the castle, two guards stopped Al and me.

"State your business," one said.

"We were sent here by Colonel Roy Mustang to come here and speak with the King. I was sent here to receive a mission," I said boredly.

"Very well, wait here," the other said, going inside the big doors.

He came out a few minutes later.

"Please wait out here," he said.

"We have been waiting," I mumbled, obviously irritated.

"Brother," Al scolded.

"Please excuse the inconvenience then," said the guards, bowing.

{Meanwhile...}

Hikaru's POV-

I was relaxing in the bath tub, letting the sweet aromas of scented candles fill my nose. It was flower scented. My hair was tied up into a bun, so that it wouldn't get wet. I heard a knock at the door.

"Who is it?" I asked.

"It's me, Rosa," she said.

"Come in."

The door than opened to reveal Rosa holding a white short dress thing. There was a baggy long sleeve that went up to my wrist on the left side and the right side was sleeveless. It was about seven or eight inches above my knees.

"Get out and get dressed," she said.

"Why?" I asked getting out of the tub, drying myself off, and taking off the bun so my hair fell down as I put on the dress.

"Someone has requested to see your father and was sent by Mustang," she said pushing me into my room and into the chair of my desk.

"Then why do I have to go if it's just for my father?" I asked.

"It involves you."

She took out a gold headband and put it on my head 70's style. She then combed the bottom of my hair to make sure that it wasn't tangled. She put on my tiara and these shoes that look like sandals, on my feet. They were flat and it was tan as the base and gold for the straps.

(A/N- I don't know what they're called. Hopefully you understand what I'm saying.)

I put on my gold bracket, like usual, and I was dragged out by Rosa. Literally.

This isn't very respectable. This person must be very important.

When we got to the thrown room, I sat at my thrown, while Rosa went to the door.

"Wondering who they sent?" asked my dad who was looking through a book of state alchemists and their information. The military always sent a book of all of the recent state alchemist every year.

"Yes," I said.

"Me too," said my father.

"Why are they here anyways?" I asked, curious.

"Because I asked Mustang if he could send you a bodyguard," he said.

"Bodyguard? Why do I need one? I'm a great alchemist and fighter," I said, raising a brow.

"Someone is after you and I want you safe. I'm just being cautious," he said.

"I understand," I said, leaning to my left on my elbow, staring to the left, as the doors opened to reveal a giant suit of armor and a small blonde haired boy. They walked up towards us and bowed when they got a bit close to the steps.

Wait, someone's after me? Isn't someone always after princesses and princes? What makes this time so different?

I didn't pay any attention to them though as Rosa walked next to me, blocking my view of whatever I was staring at. She glared at me to look at the two boys and be respectful. I looked away from her face because it was scaring me a bit. I still didn't face forward, I was just staring at Rosa's maid outfit.

Maybe I should get my own maid outfit…

Ed's POV-

A maid opened the doors and stared at us.

"Are you two the boys here to see the King?" she asked.

"Yes," I said, wanting to get over with this already.

"Brother be polite. This is royalty we're going to meet," said Al.

"Fine," I sighed.

The maid giggled then said, "Please come in. She'll love to meet the two of you."

"Who?" I asked walking inside.

"The princess of course," she said, walking ahead.

Hm...a princess huh? Wonder what she looks like... Nah, still bored.

I grinned.

Al and me got quiet and walked in front of the King and who I guessed was the princess. She wasn't even staring at us. She was staring off to the side, till the maid we saw earlier blocked her view and glared at her. She just looked away from her face and looked at the maid's outfit.

She wants to meet us? Doesn't look like it.

I wasn't able to see her face, just her brown hair.

"Please stand," said the King, flipping through a book, then stopping at a page and pointing at it. "You are the Fullmetal Alchemist I presume."

"Yeah, how did you know?" I asked a bit surprised and flattered.

"I'm smart and I know everything," he said, smirking.

Al and me gaped at him.

He must be like a pro at alchemy or maybe he can read minds or-

"He has a book of state alchemists on his lap and it has a picture of all of them too," we heard the princess say as Al and me shut our mouths, or should I say, I did.

Or not.

She still wasn't staring at Al or me.

"Did you really have to ruin the illusion?" the King said. "Now state your business."

"We were sent here from Central by Colonel Roy Mustang," said Al.

"And who are you?" the King asked.

"Alphonse Elric. Edward's little brother," said Al.

The King stared at us both in disbelief. I knew what he was thinking though. If he wasn't royalty, I'd of kick his ass by now. I then heard laughing coming from the princess's direction.

"What's your problem?" I said coldly.

"Brother," Al whispered loudly, elbowing me in the stomach.

"Ow. What was that for?" I said as the princess laughed again.

"It's just funny. You two are funny," she then faced the two of us, but I didn't see because I was bending down, clutching me stomach because SOMEONE, Al, elbowed me a bit too hard.

"Wow you're pretty," I heard Al say.

"Thank you," she said, standing up, walking over to Al and the bending me.

I still didn't see her.

"Is he alright?" she asked, pointing down at me.

"He's fine," said Al looking in-between me and the King.

"Does it look like I am?" I asked.

"Stand up," she ordered in a nice way.

I did then that's when I noticed her. I did wonder why her voice got louder. She was standing right in front of me. We both looked into each others eyes and she looked surprised, but I didn't care about that. I was lost in her eyes. They were golden like mine. I was so lost in them somehow.

Hikaru's POV-

When I saw Fullmetal's eyes, I was shocked to see that they were golden. Not only that, but his hair was a golden-blonde.

Is he Xerxesian?

I was staring into his eyes for awhile, lost in them. I was never lost in anyone's eyes before, who had gold eyes. What's so different about now? This was starting to get awkward, so I tried to look for something to break the silence. I could hear Rosa giggling, she knew. She could of told me. Then I noticed that I was two inches taller than him. I smirked to myself.

"How old are you Fullmetal? Unlike my father, I don't have military records to stalk everyone."

"Fourteen," he mumbled.

"Really?" I said surprised a bit.

"Yeah, how old are you?" he asked.

"Fourteen, just like you," I said, rubbing my chin in a thinking way. "So how am I taller than you?"

Then I noticed Fullmetal grow a vein. Alphonse seemed to noticed too.

"If that is a sensitive subject, then what's your name? Unless you want me to call you Fullmetal," I said, backing up from him, so he wouldn't be so mad about him being shorter than me.

"Edward Elric," he said, clutching his fists in anger, twitching.

"Ahh."

"You can get to know each other later. Now for you mission," said my father big voice from behind me.

I walked back to my seat and sat down.

"My lady. It's already time," Rosa whispered to me.

"Shit! I forgot all about it," I whispered back.

I saw that everyone was staring at me after I finished my whisper.

"Uh...father I have something that I'm already late for," I said sheepishly.

"Very well," he said, motioning me away with his hand.

I took off my tiara and handed it to Rosa.

"Thank you. Bye," I said running pass Edward and Alphonse, out the doors they came through, and a few more doors to the front door. I then ran out into town towards the park. When I got there to the big fountain, I looked around and saw a boy with blonde hair and gray eyes.

"Billy!" I yelled running over to him.

"You're late," he said standing up.

"Sorry, I'm missing an important mission about me, but oh well. I'll find out about it later."

"Well now that you're here, watch this," he said clapping his hands and placing them in the circle he was drawling. Purple sparks came out and when they faded, there was a silver statue of a cherry blossom tree that glistened pink where the flower would be.

"It's beautiful," I said amazed.

"Yeah, well I knew how much you loved cherry blossoms, so here it is," he said earnestly.

"Thank you, but...did you have to make it in the middle of the park?" I asked, sweat dropping.

"Oops. Oh well, it looks better around the cement than in the grass," he said.

"True, and all of the cherry blossom trees here make it even more beautiful," I said, looking at the unbloomed Sakura trees.

"What's it made of?" I asked putting my hand on the trunk.

"Metal, rock, steel, iron, and diamond," he said.

"Wow."

"Yeah, the pink stuff is the diamond that I colored pink. It's suppose to represent the flower."

"Look at how it glistens in the sun," I pointed out.

As we were admiring the tree, someone ran into me. I didn't fall though. I looked to see who it was, and it was a little kid.

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