Monday October 2nd

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"GET UP DAMMIT!" I shook my head. Didn't that bitch know that I woke up before she did?

"I'm awake, Mother." I seethed at her. I stared at the door in the hopes of burning a hole through it and then straight through her stupid head.

"Good. I want you to go introduce yourself to the new boys next door." She said.

Who did she think I was? Sloth? My name is Envy!

"I met them yesterday." I told her as I pulled on my baggy black pants. Grabbing a hair tie from my desk, I slapped it around my wrist then walked over to my door and unlocked it. I stepped out into the hallway then began to walk towards my bathroom with that woman following me.

"Well the older one may be in your class. You should show those boys around the school." She kept going on an on.

"I will Mother." I slammed the bathroom door in her face. I herd her stomp away.

"Kids these days..." I heard her grumble.

I looked in the mirror. My eyes were red and puffy from crying. Why was I crying? Umm...a nightmare. Yeah, a nightmare. Anyway, I decided that today was not the best day to wear my contacts, so I took out my black and red rectangular glasses. I ran my brush through my long emerald hair. Thanks to Sloth and Wrath, I didn't have to worry about anyone wandering why I looked like my other identity- The famous singer Invidia. Thanks to them, Invidia has purple hair to match my natural amethyst eyes. I pulled my hair into a high ponytail and let a few strands down so that they hung in front of my face. I stuck my hairbrush and toothbrush into my back pocket and walked out of the bathroom after making sure I looked okay. I was wearing something from Invidia's closet today: A skintight black sleeveless turtleneck that ended just under my ribs, a beige sweater that hung off my shoulders and a pair of baggy black pants with a couple chains hanging from the belt loops. I opened the door to Wrath's room and peeked inside. I didn't see him.

"Maybe he's in Sloth's room?" I though aloud. I walked down the hallway until I reached a large mahogany door that was near my plain door. I knocked using our secret code. I heard various locks being undone, and then Wrath opened the door. He looked groggy.

"Ready to go?" I asked. He nodded his head and followed me down to the kitchen. When we got there he grabbed three mini-boxes of cereal. One for me, one for him and I guess one for one of his friends. After that we walked out to the front door. I grabbed my keychain. It had a key to my motorcycle, a key for my car, and a key for the house. I had a red triangle chain as well. It was the symbol for my favorite band. 'Scandal.' That was their name. I was totally in love with the lead singer. He was also my best friend. Now I don't even remember him. After that woman found out, she beat me until I almost died and shortly after that we moved. I walked with Wrath out to the gate. As we were walking past the Elric house, I heard shouts and one of the boys came running out.

'That must be the younger one.' I thought.

"Wrath! Help! Brother! Father! Help him!" He ran up to us with tears in his eyes.

All it took was 'Brother' and I was racing off. What was wrong with the little shrimp? What I saw when I ran in shocked me.

The shrimp was on the floor, covered in cuts and yelling for his father to stop.

Said man was standing over him, holding a knife.

"YOU LITTLE FAGGOT?! HOW DARE YOU!" Ho-ho something or other yelled. He was about to bring the knife down again when my body moved on its own. I rushed over and grabbed his wrist just as it was about to hit the chibi.

"Don't you dare!" I yelled. My grip on his wrist tightened. He looked over at me.

"And what do YOU want?! Here to save the little faggot?" He looked at me, seething with anger. I snapped.

"DON'T CALL HIM THAT!" I screamed. I used my hand that wasn't holding his wrist and punched him. He went flying. The knife skittered down the hall. I looked over at the chibi.

"You okay?" I asked him. He looked at me. His cute little face was covered in cuts and his shirt was starting to turn a metallic red color.

"En...vy?" He asked. His eyes went wide. He tried to scoot away from me. Sighing, I walked over to him. He tried even harder to to dissolve into the wall, desperately hiding his right arm. I put my hands in front of me to show that I wasn't going to hurt him. I slowly scooted forward until he allowed me to scoop him up and carry him out of the house. I heard his father yelling at us from the doorway after he recovered from my punch. I walked up to Wrath and Al.

"Wrath, go get our first aid kit, kid, go get you and chibi's bags for school." I walked down a little further to the end of the sidewalk and rounded the corner. I started heading towards my base. Wrath knew where I'd be. I looked down to the chibi in my arms.

"Hey, you ok shrimp?" I asked him. He was still trying to hide his right arm. Sometime since I picked him up he had fisted his hand in my sweater. He was holding onto it so tight that his knuckles were turning white. Then I noticed the water drops on his hand and the large wet spot on my sweater. I sighed.

"It's ok chibi. He wont hurt you now. So stop crying already."

He shook his head.

"...not crying..." He whispered.

"Sure." I arrived at my destination.

"ENVY!" Wrath yelled as he came up behind me. He handed me the first aid kit.

"Thanks shorty. You and Al can go in first, I can't exactly open the door." I sighed. Wrath and the kid went inside and held the door open for me.

"Envy? Who the fuck is that?"

"Is he okay?!"

"What the fuck? Did you do that?!"

Dammit...I forgot that my friends were gonna be there today.

"Envy...If it was you who hurt the kid..." I heard a gun cocking.

"I swear, it wasn't me Riza!" I said.

"It wasn't Mister Envy!" The kid said. I looked over at him. He was holding two bags and a shirt. Probably for the shrimp.

"Well then, what happened to him?" said one of my friends, Roy Mustang.

"Our...Father..."The kid looked away. I walked over to the couch and laid the shrimp down.

"Chibs, I need you to take of your shirt." He looked at me. Then sighed and proceeded to to do that but I noticed that he tried not to expose his right arm. Hmmph. I wonder why he was trying so hard to keep it hidden?

"Holy...Is that a scar?" Asked Ling. He's Chinese, and also one of my best friends.

"No...more like a...birthmark?" Ed looked around. He still had a few tears in his eyes.

"We're at my base. Don't worry, you wont be late for school. It doesn't start till nine and its only seven." I told him. I motioned Wrath closer.

"Yeah?" He asked me.

"Your gonna help me bandage him up, 'kay?" It sounded like a question but was more like a command. I looked at the amount of cuts that the chibi had.

"Brother? Are you okay?" The kid asked.

"Yeah, I'm fine Alu. He only stabbed me once this time." He smiled up at his brother.

"What? He stabbed you!?" I looked at him.

"My arm..."So that's why he was trying to hide it.

"Let me see." I grabbed for his arm. He looked a little hesitant. When he finally let me touch it, I could tell why.

Underneath the skin was like metal.

"About 6 years ago, Al, me and our Mother were in an accident. I had to get steel plates in my entire arm or else they would have had to amputate it." The chibi looked up at me.

"Wow..." It was all I could say. I mean, what could I say? I grabbed some antiseptic wipes and began to clean his wounds. I avoided the stab wound and just cleaned around it. It wasn't very deep, but it was bleeding a lot so I ripped a piece of cloth from his discarded shirt and tied above the wound. After I finished patching up all his smaller cuts and wrapping the larger ones with white bandages, I took of one of the wristbands I had on and took the needle from the little patch on it. I attached some black stitching wire to it and tied a little knot at the end.

"This might hurt a little..."I said. It took me a few seconds to close the wound to the best of my abilities. Then I cleaned the area around the wound. I was surprised. The chibi hadn't uttered a single noise.

"There. All done." I said and finished wrapping the bandage around his arm.

"Thanks. Normally its worse...thanks for coming when you did." He looked up at me.

"Hey, Kid." I said to his brother.

"Yes, Mister Envy?"

"That shirt for your brother?" I turned towards him.

"Ah..Yeah...since the other is ruined." He handed the shirt to me.

"Can you put it on yourself chibs?" I asked. He nodded his head before taking the shirt and pulling it over his head. He winced slightly when he put his arm through the sleeve. I noticed it was a sleeveless black turtle neck that was skin tight.

'So he's a fan, eh?' I thought.

"So you copying Invidia or something? That's from his clothing line." I said, smirking. I heard Wrath giggle.

"Umm...no I'm not."

"Whatever, chibs. Hey, are you lards gonna sit there? Introduce yourselves to the shrimp." I flopped down in my usual bean bag chair while they got acquainted.

"My name is Roy Mustang. Nice to meet ya...?"

"Edward...Edward Elric." He said. So THAT what his name.

"Nice to meet you Edward. My name is Riza Hawkeye." She reached over and ruffled his hair. I noticed that his ponytail had fallen and his hair was barely being held together.

"My name is Ling Yao. Good to meet 'cha." They shook hands.

"Did I miss something?" Asked a tall blonde guy. Everyone looked towards the doorway where two people were standing.

"Nice of you to finally join us, Russel. Who's the kid?" Roy asked.

"We're running late, and this is my little brother. Fletcher." The younger boy hid behind Russel.

"Anyone know where Dorochett is?" Russel asked. "Who's these two?"

"Meet Ed and Al. They're new. Envy brought 'em in this morning and patched Ed up. Ed's the blonde, by the way." Riza said.

"Huh...nice to meet ya." I looked at my watch. Eight forty-five?!

"Uh guys, we gotta go! School starts in like fifteen minutes." I said. They all looked at me.

"Seriously?" Roy asked.

"Le duh! Let's go!" Everyone scrambled out of there like ants when the ant hill is destroyed.


We arrived at school just in time to hear the first bell ring and into our classrooms with seconds to spare. I slept first period and woke up only to hear the announcements. I was especially attentive to what was for lunch. Nacho's. 'Bout the only safe thing to eat. After that I was looking forward to lunch so much it came in the blink of an eye. I got lost a few times in the hallways since im still new to this school, and it seemed every time i was lost Envy found me, much to my regret. I was embarrassed about this morning and I really didn't want to see much of him today.

+at lunch+

"Maa...Ed! Hey, Edo! Come eat with us!" Envy caught up to me in the hallway. I was trying to avoid him. I was afraid it was too obvious...

"Please, Edo?" He asked. I looked away.

"Come on!" He stepped in front of me. I looked up at him. I could feel my cheeks turn pink.

"Okay!" I said and followed him to a table.

"Everyone's probably skipping, since they're not here yet. Probably went out for Ice cream again." He started talking about his classes and how he was happy that we had three classes together out of the four. We only had fourth period apart. He has drama while I have Art.

"So? How do you like it so far?" Envy poked me in the side.

"Huh? Oh...it's fine I guess."

When school was over, I noticed that it was raining. I looked out of the window. I saw green standing near the gates of the school.


"Envy! You're gonna get sick like that!" I said after running out to him.

"Hey Edo. I'm waiting on my sis. She's picking me up for practice later."

Practice for what?

"What for?" I asked.

"I go to a studio to train for drama club." He said. I looked up at him.

"Can I come? I don't think my bastard father will want me home just yet." I asked. He looked a little shocked.

"Umm...I guess." He looked at me. "You sure?"

"Yeah."

"Whatever. Oh, there's Sloth. Come on, Edo." He pulled me towards a bright pink pruis.

"Oh my geez..." I said.

"Heh, that Sloth for ya."


Envy's practice consisted of him voice training for auditoriums and reading and acting out lines for various play's and skits, that tested how well/ quickly he could change personas. It took about 2 hours but it was fun I even helped him by acting out roles of my own. Of-course I wasn't very good. After Envy finished I asked him for a ride home. I would have walked but I still don't know the town very well. 30 minutes later we arrived at my place.

"Thanks for the ride!" I yelled to Envy. I went around to the back of the almost-mansion and crawled up the ladder I had put under my window for situations like this. When I got through the window I flopped down on my bed and the moment my head hit the pillow, I was out.


I watched as Ed climbed up the ladder to his room. I noted for future reference that the ladder did in fact lead to his room.

"En! You haven't practiced your songs for tomorrow yet! Get your happy ass over here and show me that you know them!" Sloth called through the wall that separated her room from mine.

"I'm coming!" I climbed out my window and onto her balcony. Opening her sliding glass doors, I saw Wrath watching a movie. Finding Nemo, I think it was.

"Okay, good. These are the ones you're singing." She handed me the program for the concert.

"So I'm gonna sing Stand In the Rain, then Its My Life, after that is Love Addict, then the new single, and after that is Beautiful?" I confirmed. Sloth nodded her head.

"Okay, now lets get going. You owe me each song three times. Don't forget you have school tomorrow."


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