A/N: Does anyone know if Al was able to do transmutations with out a circle in the Shamballa movie? I feel like he could, but I don't really remember.

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"I have a request for you, Ed," Roy said.

"I'm not interested in anything military related," Ed said.

"At this point, the only way it's linked to the military is through my sister," Roy said. "At least listen to the request. Is that so hard to do?"

Ed sighed. "I guess not." He stepped aside, allowing Roy and company to enter.

He followed us to the living room where everyone but I made themselves comfortable. I stood against the wall, waiting for what would happen next.

It. Was. Silent.

I cleared my throat. "I know you've retired from being a State Alchemist, but if you're still a man of the people, I'd like your help." I was staring at the ground while saying all this.

"With what?"

Before I could speak, the younger boy came in with two trays. One with a pot of tea and milk and sugar on it, the other with nine tea cups. Everyone helped themselves except for me and Ed. The boy brought a cup over.

"Oh, um, no thanks," I said with a smile. So he brought it to Ed, who took it an sipped it. "I need help to get rid of a homunculus."

Ed spit out the tea that he wasn't choking on and dropped his cup. When he finally was able to speak again, he stuttered, "H-h-homunculus? I thought they were all gone!" He turned to Roy for an answer, but I spoke up instead.

"He said that he was a new generation of homunculi," I explained, still staring at my feet.

"It wouldn't be one you knew, Edward," Roy said. "You killed them all. Didn't you, pipsqueak?"

A vein on Ed's forehead popped, but other than that, he didn't show his anger. This was serious. 'Of course I did," Ed retorted.

"I know it's not your job or duty anymore, Ed," I said. "But please, since Roy can't come home and help me, you have to, or else I'm afraid the whole town will be massacred. I can find out who's behind this and what their plan is, but I can't fight them. I'm not skilled enough in alchemy to kill a homunculus. Please, I'm begging you." I finally looked him in the eye.

Our eyes met, and there was… something. I don't know how to describe it. It was like some kind of connection between us.

He sighed. "I, uh, I guess there's no harm in looking into it. But if I find out that there's something military related behind this, I'm out of there. And you're coming in, got it Mustang."

"I'm not part of this negotiation, Elric," Roy said.

"He's got a point, Roy," I said. "As Brigadier General, I believe it's your job, isn't it?"

He sighed. "I guess. But there's no way it's military related," he said. "I would have heard something about it."

"Yeah, like last time?" Ed questioned.

"That was when I was a Colonel, Ed. Now I'm a Brigadier General," he said, somewhat smugly.

I sighed. "Will you help me, Ed?"

"I already told you that I would check it out."

"Thank you," I said. "You have to understand that this is my home, the town's people are like my family. With Mother and Father dead, well, besides Roy, they're the only family I have left. And now some homunculus is running around killing people.

'Wait, your parents are dead?" Hawkeye asked. "I thought you said Roy deserted you and your parents"

"He did," I said. "It's hard to explain, you wouldn't understand. I need to use the bathroom, where is it?"

Ed pointed down the hall. "It's the door at the right at the end of the hall."

I nodded and left, just as I past out of sight, I heard Havoc and Roy talking.

"When did your parents die, General?" Havoc asked.

"She was five, and I was nineteen," Roy said. I froze where I was. What would he say about that time? But he didn't continue.

"After his parents died, he spent a lot more time learning alchemy from my father," Hawkeye said. "He basically abandoned her."

"Why?" Havoc asked.

"None of your bus-" Roy started.

"I think it was to distract himself," Hawkeye said. "But you shouldn't have left her alone like that, Sir."

"She had Shelly, she wasn't alone," Roy said.

"She was alone from true, blood family," Hawkeye said. The room grew silent and I hurried to the bathroom. I was fighting back tears. I thought I had gotten over mom and dad's deaths. Maybe I had. Maybe I still felt abandoned by Roy. After nearly three years of non stop studying, I heard that his teacher died. But Roy didn't even come home to say good bye to me before he left. I did feel abandoned. I still do.

I couldn't stop the tears from coming. Instead of going to the bathroom, I just curled up on the floor and started crying. I guess all the tears I had been holding in for thirteen years came out. After the tears dried up (it must have been nearly an hour) I just laid there. I'm not sure when, but someone came in, picked me up, and carried me down the hall. My eyes were open, but I was so numb I didn't really see anything.

"General, do you want me to take her to your house?" It was Hawkeye.

"My house? Why mine?" Roy asked.

"She's your sister, sis," Hawkeye said.

There was a sigh. "Fine, I'll take her," I felt myself lifted from Hawkeye's arms. Roy held me close to him, and I was somehow able to wrap my arms around him through the numbness. The first hug my brother had given me in years. Well, it was pretty close to a hug. "You two will leave tomorrow, Ed. Okay?'

"Yeah," Ed said quietly.

I knew we were at Roy's house when I was laid down on a bed.

Ed's kind of cute. The last thought I had before falling asleep.

A/N: Sorry for the late update, and sorry if it's kind of short. I hope you enjoyed it, still. Please review! Thank you!