A/N: I edited this chapter because my search and find option screwed up certain words in this fanfic without my knowing. I am sorry if I had confused anyone!
Chapter 2
In Central there are 3 significant places where one must visit. The first being the grand train station, the second is the royal palace where the royal family lives, and the third is Central Command. Central Command was not only military offices; it was also the Royal treasury.
Two men snuck down the empty streets of Central at the late hour of 11 at night. They were not there for sightseeing; they had other intentions in mind.
The first man was a thief with an X-shaped scar across his face; he went by the nickname Scar. The other was an infamous thief called Mustang. He was infamous for his rare ability to wield fire alchemy.
They worked their way past the main gates of Central Command, passing several guards.
They broke into Central and made their way to the treasury, having to knock out the occasional guard or two.
Mustang smirked, this is easier than he expected. They got to the treasury; Mustang melted the locks to weaken them and kicked the door to break them completely. They casually walked right on in.
In the center of the room was the Prince's Crown. In a month, Prince Alphonse was to be crowned as the heir to the throne, in place of the prince who had went missing almost 16 years ago.
Mustang was enjoying the thought of him being the cause of the cancellation of the coronation, due to the crown's disappearance.
Scar destroyed the glass covering for the crown and snatched it from its resting place. "Let's go." He said running out of the room.
Mustang followed Scar, making their escape.
They escaped Central Command and ran down several streets, in the distance they finally heard the sirens sound.
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Edward opened his eyes as sunlight streamed into his room. He sat up and yawned. He slowly crawled out of bed; the stone floor was so cold on his foot as he stood up. He walked into the kitchen and found a note on the refrigerator. He took it and read:
Gone to gets some supplies for you before I leave for Rush Valley. Be good to Envy. I left homework to do on the table. –Father
Edward sighed and stuffed the note into his pocket before looking for something to eat. He ate some toast and sat down on the couch. He skimmed through his homework bored. All of it was simple chemical equations. There was a lot of them, but it would only take Ed a few minutes. He finished his homework and checked it; he found that he carelessly forgot a subscript on a polyatomic ion. He fixed the problem and laid down. There was nothing to do. He sighed and got up to find a book to read. He paused when he heard a strange noise.
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Scar and Mustang took a train out of Central and head to a small town called Resembool. When they got to Resembool, Mustang 'got seperated' from Scar and made off with the crown.
Mustang travelled past the farmlands of Resembool and made his ways into the forest. He was going South, past Ishvall to the surrounding country. There he could fetch a decent price for the crown.
By midday, Mustang became tired. Not only was he tired, but he was hungry and thirsty. He ignored his problems and continued forward. Eventually he stumbled into a clearing and in the middle of that clearing was a tower.
What in the world is a tower like that doing all the way out here? He thought to himself.
Thinking that there might be some food or water he could salvage, he became determined to enter the tower.
He found a door at the base of the tower. The bolt of door was rusted. He melted it to weaken the bolt, he then kicked the door in.
Mustang was surprised to find the stairwell clean and not dusty and cobwebbed. He climbed the stairwell and entered a nice room with a couch and an arm chair with a coffee table in the middle of it. He looked around, it looked like no one was home. He made his way to the kitchen, he paused when something sharp and metallic was pressed against his throat.
"Don't move!"