Author's Note: Thankyou reviewers for reviewing! And to answer one author's question. Ed's a fox because he's small.

"WHO YA CALLING SMALL Y-"

"Moving along"


Chapter 2: The Escape

Link blinked his blue eyes. His vision was blurry but it soon came clear as diamond. The room was square like with grey walls and torches. 'Am I in a prison?' Link felt slightly dizzy from the whole ordeal with the creepy-humanoid monster that he lifts his hand to rub his head... but it wasn't a hand, it was a paw! Link gave a wolfish-gasp, and then looked to the side and behind. He was black with creamy-yellow symbols. 'H-how is this possible? I've transformed into a wolf?'. Link soon heard a groan from someone else to the right so he turned to the direction.

It was a golden fox with two small fringes on his scalp, a long tail, two grey legs that Link couldn't make out and yellow eyes. The fox got up and growled a bit

"What the hell happened? Wait till I not only kill those goblin jerks but I also pummel those ##$%* black creatures!" Link recognized the voice, it was the boy from early that performed that magic.

"Hey, are you that guy from before?" Link asked as he gestured to Ed.

Edward snorted a laugh. "Well, duh! What have you got amnesia?" He asked coldly.

Link didn't seem to feel too offended. "But, you don't look like yourself"

"And how may that be?"

"Look down" Link advised

Edward raised an eye brow but reluctantly looks down and gave a gasp. "I'M A FOX!" Then looked at Link to realize he's a wolf. "How is this-how are you a wolf! What's going on here?" He demanded.

Suddenly a giggle was heard from the distance. Edward and Link turned then growled at the sight. Behind the bars was an imp, female by the looks of the slimness. She had a huge helmet, black and aqua symbols and a ruby-colour eye. She smirked, showing one canine tooth.

"Found you two!" She stated childishly, and went over the bars. Edward and Link growled.

"Who the hell are you?" Edward demanded.

"Oh, so scary!" The imp taunted, making Edward growl more. "Are you sure you two would want to do that? I was planning on helping you two, but I may reconsider.

Link stopped growling. 'She's trying to help us?' Unlike Link, Edward snorted and growled slightly.

"And why should we listen to you!"

Midna went up to Edward and gazed into his surreal eyes. "You know, I can't understand you; but I SURE can tell that you are angry," She paused. "You want to help the tin man, do you?"

Edward froze at his spot and stopped growling. 'Alphonse!' He thought. How could he forget about his brother? Was he also turned into a canine? Is in the same prison, but the most important question... Was he ok?

"I also know that you two are humans," She giggled, then patted her palm under Ed's and Link's temple. "Oh, but I forgot, you aren't humans anymore, you're beasts!"

Link growled at this and snapped his jaws at the imp, who swiftly dodged, then gave a little twirl. She then smirks.

"First of all, I need to help you get out of those chains attached to your leg"

Link and Edward stupidly looked down to see a chain attach to their front left paw. Suddenly the blond fox had an idea. 'Hey, maybe I can use Alchemy!' Edward tried to clap his paws but nothing happened at all. He gives a throw. Suddenly a spark was heard which made him look up to see the imp form a little ball of black and orange. She extended her arms out, and in a blink of the eye it broke the shackles, making Link shock and Edward impressed. 'Was that alchemy she formed?'

"Now then," She paused as she floated through the bars by disintegrating into bubbles and reformed. "You two will have to find a way out and maybe I might tell you more" She yawned then relaxed her arms.

"What kind of help is that? When did WE have to do this?" Edward growled.

Link gave a wolfish sigh then trotted around. Edward noticed and raised an eye. "What are you doin'?"

Link still eyed around the area. "Trying to find a way out, what else?" He replied simply.

"Why should we do this?"

"There's no point arguing, so we might as well help each other" Link angrily said.

Edward snorted but also trotted to the bars and gazed around the area. He didn't think his metal leg would barge these bars, nor could he fit through them. He trotted around the corner and noticed a box. Link soon noticed and went over it. The wolf tapped his paw to feel the strength. It wasn't quite strong.

"I think we found our exit" Link stated and backed a distance.

"Well? How do we get out?" Edward asked impatiently.

Link quickly charged and broke through the crate, which broke instantly. "I thought there was an exit..." Link thought glumly.

Edward eyed the bottom to see dirt and grinned. "Actually, I think you found it"

He then went to the dirt and dug as fast as he can. He was surprised that he was that fast that he was on the other side. About a few seconds later, Link followed and was beside Edward. Link was about to complement Edward but grunted and glared behind his back to see the imp laying there.

"Well done you two, you both figured it out" Midna complemented.

"Likewise" Edward mumbled.

Midna then slump on Link's back and looked up in thought then looked at Link and Edward. "Look, I starting to like you two, so I think I'll help you along the way" She declared.

The imp then gestured Ed to come by Link. Ed reluctantly trotted beside Link, then after that Midna pulled on Link and Ed's ears.

"Ow, Ow! What the hell is that for?" Ed demanded madly.

"You two have to do EXACTLY as I say, understood?" Link nodded while Ed muttered curses under his breath. "Good, so let's get out of here"

Edward growled at the imp. "What about my bro? I'm not leaving him!"

The imp scanned his face and snapped her fingers. "Oh, I almost forgot, we need to get the tin guy," She said and Ed rolled his eyes. Then the imp kicked Link's side like a horse's, which made him growl slightly.

"I'm not a horse, imp, I'm a human! Or wolf however you say" Link said.

"Off we go now!" The imp declared.

As they began their pace Link looked at Edward with a smile.

"Thanks for breaking us out of the cell" Link complemented.

"Actually it was you who found the exit, I just did the finishing touch" Edward replied with slight cockiness.

"I'm Link, and you?" He greeted.

"Edward Elric, but call me Ed if you want" Edward replied with a greeting.

As the two canine travelled through the cells, Edward turned and noticed out the ordinary... Well, beside he who is now a golden fox, another person who is a wolf and an imp, another creature was in the next cell.

The creature was a grey armoured dingo with a white stripe coming down its scalp to the back, yellow eyes, a huge chin and a spike on its fore head. Edward got close to the cell and narrowed his eye brows.

"Al?" Edward called.

The armoured dingo looked up in shock. "Ed?" He said as he approached to the cell and made eye contact.

"Alphonse! You're ok!" Edward happily said.

"Edward! Where are we? What happened to us?" Alphonse asked curiously as he scanned himself and Edward.

The golden fox sighed sadly. "Weird story"

Soon Link approached beside Edward and eyed the armoured dingo who turned to the wolf and tilted his head, but grew suspicious at the imp. Edward glanced over his shoulder to see Alphonse looking at Midna, and then turned back to his brother.

"It's alright Al; she's with us" Edward sighed.

"Since when?" Alphonse asked.

"Let's say now"

Link soon approached then eyed Alphonse and gave a sly grin. "Hello, are you the brother of Edward?"

Alphonse nodded and smiled. "I'm the younger brother, Alphonse Elric, and you are...?" He paused waiting for a name.

"Link, nice to meet you" He greeted back and extended his paw to shake Al's.

"I must say, the iron one is much bigger then the little fox" The imp smirked.

Edward twitched, turned and started growling at the imp, almost making her fall off Link, who was also startle.

"WHO YOU CALLING SMALL YOU MINI BUG!" Edward shouted, which made Alphonse sweat drop and sigh.

"Wow, you have quite a temper. Now then, let get into that cell and get out of here" She said almost mockingly at Ed who snorted and turned to the cage.

The imp extended her hair which transformed into an arm that broke the key hole, and opened the door. Everyone stared at her in amazement and wonder. Edward just trotted and muzzled his brother, who did the same.

"I never seen anyone use magic before, apart from Edward" Link stated as he entered the cell.

When the imp saw Edward and Alphonse happy she spat. "This is all very touching, but you doggies better get out, before we get caught.

"So what do we do now? We can't use Alchemy bro," Alphonse asked then gazed around the dull grey cell. "All I see is a chain hanging and a couple of hay"

The imp smiles and then leaned over Link's head, which made his head feel heavy like a stone. Edward and Alphonse still keep looking around until they heard the imp talk.

"Hey, if I and wolf-boy can jump and cling to that chain, we may open a passage to the sewers" She stated, showing off her fang.

"What kind of idiot would built a dungeon next to a sewer way? E-C Flecher?" Edward said out loud with slight disbelief.

"Well, at least we'll escape without anyone following us" Alphonse replied to Edward in a positive manner.

"Now then wolf-boy, I want you to jumpat that chain, and then I'll use my magical hair power to weigh it down" She explained closely to Link's ear, a little bit too loud. Her voice sounded like screeching black boards.

Link nods, backs away then leaps at the chain and in great timing and reflexes; the female imp attaches her hair to it, leaving her and Link dangling at the chain, levelling it down. After that a door opened, and the smell of sewerage water was strong to everyone's canine noses except Midna. She let go and Link approached the way followed by Edward and Alphonse. They trotted in and then stopped at the sight of a neon green Foxfire.

"Oh? Hee, hee, this is very interesting. How about you three try to hone your senses and see what that thing is" Midna chuckled.

'How the heck are we supposed to do that?" Link, Edward and Alphonse thought curiously.

Slowly, Link just closed his eyes, his face looking calm as if he were meditating. Edward raised an eyebrow at him and was about to make a remark to his brother, but he mimicked Link which made Edward do a double take. He sighed and did the same. Soon when Link and Alphonse opened their eyes they could see a knight, shivering as if it was the coldest weather in history; he was also a neon green colour.

"Have you guys opened your eyes or something, or do I have to keep them shut?" Edward demanded, his face mixing between anger and impatience.

"Go ahead bro" Alphonse replied, still looking at the man.

Edward opened his eyes and gasped at the sight, his fur going up like a cat. His face was agape like a fish.

"Th-that's a spirit!"

"You just figured that out?" Midna stated sarcastically.

Edward backed away more like a frighten puppy. As a kid he never believed in ghosts or magic. He always said that science solves everything, but yet he sees a spirit; why didn't he ever see his mum! True, Alphonse has a soul trapped in a human body, but to actually see it in front of you?

"HOW CAN THIS BE? I NEVER SEEN MUM AS A SPIRIT, SO AFTER ALL THOSE EXPERIMENTS, THEY WERE FOR NOTHING!" Edward screamed in a sad tone, making his face look like it was possible for a fox to cry.

Alphonse trotted slightly to his brother and muzzled his elder brother tenderly and narrowed his eyes in sorrow. Edward looked up at him with widen eyes and his teeth bearing as if he was a kid trying to hold back the tears.

"Bro, I am equally sad as you are. But it shows that no matter what, mum will always watch us and she would want us to move on" Alphonse explained.

Edward lightens a bit and muttered something to his brother in a soft tone. Link was clearly confused by this that he tilted his head but then heard the quivering solider speak. The imp was more interested in the solider then Edward's tantrum.

"W-what is going on? What are those black creatures?" The guard quivered and held his head to his chest.

'Black creatures? If those are the ones that kidnap me and my bro they are dead!' Edward thought madly and a bit happily.

"That was a solider spirit," The imp answered simply. "Maybe it's someone from the other world. Ee, hee!" She chuckled.

Other world? This made no sense to either of the canines so they just decided to leave the guard without a word.

"There a lot of other spirits roaming about here, you know" The imp continued. "Hone your senses to see them. They might know things..."

'Oh joy, we'll be speaking with the dead' Edward sarcastically thought and rolled his eyes but then smirked. 'This used to scare Al alot. He, he'

"Scared of the Boogie Man, Al?" Edward mocked.

Alphonse sweat dropped and glared at his brother. "Bro, it isn't even funny"

Edward chortled but was cut off by Link who called to them. "Hey, are you guys coming?"

The two brothers nodded and trotted to Link, who then began moving. The structure of the water way was widen, and water was actually quite clear yet it was green like a swamp. Everything was arched a bit on the top. Everything was grey giving it a sad feeling. The group moved through the sewers but stopped at the sight of a creature that was a black spider-like creature with red symbols. Link yelped as the spider creature leaped at him, and backed off, while Edward and Alphonse growled.

"I doubt you're all used to your new bodies, but it still doesn't make you completely useless. Just think about how you all thought your enemies when you were human, even tho your shape has changed!" The imp explained.

Link nodded then tackled the spider creature with his jaw. The creature was in his jaws, so he shook it twice and chucked it at the stone way.

"Not bad" Edward complimented as he tilted his head to the side.

Link gave a grin, showing his white fangs and soon continued with Ed and Alphonse behind. Everyone soon turned right and came to a halt as if they were magically turned into stone except Ed.

"What's going-" He paused as he pricks himself slightly whimpering in pain making everyone laugh at this.

'There's got to be a way of walking past those spikes. We have no other way. Maybe if we could raise the water level... That's it!'

Link turned around and glanced around the air, and saw a chain in the distance. He charged like lighting making the imp grunt in surprise which made Link smirk a bit. Edward turned and saw that Link cling onto the chain that started to open the hatch door. The water came in like and avalanche and soon Edward was dog paddling on the surface. Apparently there are three spider creatures were actually on water charging at Link who grunted in pain. Edward swan but Alphonse bolted faster than rammed his horn like a ram into one creature, making it disappear in squares. The two other were distracted by this that they soon got trampled by Ed, killing them too.

"Thank you" Link thanked by bowing his head a bit.

"Eh, anytime" Edward shrugged.

The group soon began swimming over the spikes, except Alphonse, considering he was metal, so he basically walked over the spikes. The group swam and soon saw some spiralling stairs behind some metal bars. After that the imp leaped, disintegrating into bubbles pass the bars.

"This way! Over here! I'll be waiting for you three, but you'll have to figure this out for yourselves" She giggled.

Everyone glared at her, knowing that she wouldn't understand any smart remark. Alphonse looked to the left and saw a hole and went through which caught Edward's attention.

"Looks like there's a hole on the left" Edward stated.

Link snapped his head as if his neck was snapped and saw the hole under the clear water. He knew what to do and Edward noticed the gleam in his eyes. Link swam to the opposite direction and saw a chain with the door. 'This should lower the water level' so he went onto the grey surface then leaped on to the chain and gripped it with jaws like gripping the reins of a horse. The chain lowered and water soon gushed which made the water level lower. After that he let go and trotted to Edward who grinned.

"Huh, not bad kid" Ed stated cockily

Link glared at the blond fox. "You do know that we are the same age" He growled.

Edward just turned around then went through the hole with Link following. They encounter another spirit muttering about the black creatures which made Edward sigh and leave quickly. They soon encountered with the metal dingo and the imp who landed on Link's back like doing a cannon ball in water.

"Ee, hee! Aww, did the detour tire all you doggies? By the way... are you honing your senses? Looks like all spirits are soldiers. Where in the world could we be?" She giggled.

A vein popped out of Edward's fore head and he growled. "Can't you just tell us?" he demanded.

"Well, don't you all want to get out of here? Let's go!" The imp declared, changing the topic.

The three went up the stairs and saw that one part was broken off. Knowing they could leap like dear to the edge they did, but it fell making them grunt in surprise. Good thing there was water below.

"Ugh... What are you doing?" The imp growled in annoyance.

"Like you could do better..." Ed muttered.

All dogs went up the stairs again but knew they couldn't jump that distance making them tense. They all heard the imp sigh.

"Guess I have to do EVERYTHING for you three! Look, just leap were I am" She stated and floated to the other side.

They all looked at each other and sighed then jumped and actually made it. All were shocked but they proceeded up stairs, taking out a few bats until they reached the very top. It was a tower no doubt. They turned and saw a door but it looked locked. Not even Alphonse would break it down.

"So," The imp paused. "Do you three know where we are?"

"No, but could you please tell us?" Alphonse pleaded.

"You all may see if you go outside," She paused again and looked up. "Just jump to me until we reach the top"

They all nodded and jumped up the ledges and were outside.

Author's Note: I am sorry for not updating! It was Christmas, New Years and Holidays!