I hate this chapter. ): I really don't get Roy and Al's personality. I just can't do them! Anyways it's short, but whatever. I ran out of ideas - I'll have chapter five done by Wednesday. Yeah. That's all I've got to say.

Disclaimer - I don't own FMA.

Warnings - Ed, Envy, Wrath, Greed, Kimbley (even if he hasn't shown up), Armstrong (he hasn't shown up either), and Roy. The only real thing to worry about is swearing, and the fact that I can't make Roy look canon. I think. Well whatever. (:

The cucumber war has begun. o-o

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Death of a Believer

A Fullmetal Alchemist Fanfiction based on an alternate continuation of chapter 76

Four

To Oz We Go

"Frightened? Child, you're talking to a man who's laughed in the face of death, sneered at doom, and chuckled at catastrophe... I was petrified. " - from the Wizard of Oz

Enjoy.

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"Colonel Bastard! So here you are, eh?" Ed's voice scared Roy and Al who had been in a conversation as to how Al got his body back, and if the older Elric brother was still alive.

"Nii-san! You got your arm and leg back!" Al cried, delighted to see his brother, and had tackle-hugged him after the initial shock had vanished.

"Good to see you too Al, and in your real body," laughed the blond homunculus, prying the younger boy off of him.

"Why didn't you let us know you were alive, Fullmetal?" asked the Colonel, his voice showing controlled concern for the blond boy.

"Things happened-" Ed was cut off by Wrath as the boy had stopped to get something to eat before following Ed to where the horse and Ed's brother was.

"Hi snap-happy! Hi younger brother of Ed!" he chirped, effectively earning a glare from Ed, and incredulous looks from Roy and Al.

"Oh yeah I'm Wrath nice to meet you!" the hyper homunculus supplied, before sitting down in on the floor and drawing pictures in the dust.

"A homunculus?" Roy asked through gritted teeth, trying not to blow the hyper kid right there and then.

"Sure if that's what you want, but I wouldn't do the snappy-thing, snap-happy pyro dude! It would be baaaddddddddddddd! 'Cause then I'd have to do bad stuff to you, and you don' want that, right?" rambled Wrath, noting the fact that the two hadn't noticed Ed's ourburos tattoo.

"Fullmetal explain-" the Colonel stopped when he noticed the familiar red tattoo on Ed's shoulder his words changed "-What the hell is that?"

"Huh? Oh yeah this, well Colonel Bastard its an ourburos tattoo, I thought you knew that at least. Guess I misjudged your intelligence," Ed answered his voice full of the usual sarcasm.

Roy's eyebrow ticked slightly, "Let me rephrase then- Why the hell do you have that Fullmetal?"

"'Cause apparently I'm a homunculus, courtesy of the Truth and who I used to be," Ed said, not really caring about the Colonel's shocked look, and Al's more or less terrified look.

"So you, you aren't Nii-san?" the younger brother asked, his voice reaching a high level of hysteria.

"S'pose so, Al. I'm not human anymore, but I don't really know if I'm the me from before, or Ed. But since the me from before is dead, I guess I'm Ed," the blond homunculus replied nonchalantly. Part of Pride's smartness (A/N – Pride was alive longer than Ed, so of course Ed would get Pride's smartness... right? O-o) showing up instead of Ed's normal rashness.

"What's the matter with you Fullmetal!? Excepting that you're one of those monsters so easily? It's not like you, so why-" the Colonel stopped speaking when he saw the glare that the blond homunculus was sending him.

"Psh! You're crazy snap-happy! Ed's always been Pride, he hasn't changed one bit, but you're mistaking Pride as someone else, right?" Wrath butted in looking up at Ed.

"That's right Wrath – If you make it simple. Still I told you it's Ed, not Pride," Ed hissed at Wrath, who let out a nervous laugh at Ed's hostility.

"So I guess you came here to resign as a State Alchemist, and tell us you won't be helping us?" accused Roy, his voice laced with hate of homunculi, suspecting that it had been the other homunculi who had made Ed turn into this. Something he really wasn't – a monster.

Ed tossed Al the silver watch that came with being a State Alchemist, "Keep that Al – even if it's not yours, it might prove useful. Well I can't be an alchemist if I'm a homunculus, right?" Ed had decided to keep the secret of him being able to use alchemy as an artificial human a secret, even Wrath could agree with that. "But that doesn't mean I won't help you guys, I just won't be able to help you in the open. I'll leave 'subtle' hints, well bye." With that Ed and Wrath walked out of the small house the Colonel and Al had been staying in while they had been investigating Ed's disappearance, and Al being put in his human body. Roy did his best to comfort Al – who had broken down into hysteric tears, apparently losing his brother was worse than losing his body. Roy swore he would kill the blond homunculus if he tried to pretend to be Ed – that monster couldn't have been Fullmetal. He had to find the real Fullmetal, even if meant killing again.

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"You sure it was alright to do that, Ed?" asked Wrath after they were a while aways from where the conversation with Roy and Al had taken place.

"I'm sure, it had to be done – with what we'll be doing we need as little connection with the military as possible," the blond confirmed, still he had his doubts about if that decision had been right. Still he couldn't hurt Al more than he really had, and he needed to confirm if he really was Pride. And if Envy... really cared about Pride. He had to know. Just had to.

"Ok-ay, if you're sure, Ed," Wrath chirped with a grin on his face, "Anyways where are we off too?"

"First we have to find either Envy or Ling/Greed, and convince one of them to help us," Ed said.

"That sounds fun, so we're off to Central, or something?" asked Wrath.

"Yeah – we're going to Central," answered Ed before heading in the general direction towards Central.

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Greed gave Pride (A/N – This isn't Edward, it's the Pride that Father created. Just... Ed's Ed, not this one. Alright? Don't confuse the two!) a long look before turning to Envy – who was down right pissed at the hyper Wrath's reminder of the blond homunculus Pride.

"Calm down Envy – stop destroying the place," Greed growled at Envy.

"Why should I!? The hyper rat brought up something I didn't want to remember! I have every right-" the ranting homunculus took a breath "-to be angry with it! I told you before that I'll destroy what I want, and I can really only destroy this place because destroying anything else would attract to much attention! So-" he took another unneeded breath - "Fuck off Greed! Pride!"

After his rant, the wild haired homunculus left the underground hideout with means to take his frustration out on something. Anything. He didn't even notice he had passed Ed walking alone until Ed had turned the corner.

"Chibi Pride?" mumbled Envy, staring after the blond homunculus with an incredulous look on his face. If it was a hallucination he had definitely snapped for good, if it wasn't... well... He didn't get his hopes up as he turned to follow the blond.

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Yay for cliffy! -dances-

Wow. That was short. D: I wish I could write longer chapters, but I don't have the attention span. One of my uber cool friends might be helping me with the next chapter, 'cause Silv's cool like that. She'll be helping me make it longer than normal.

R & R peeps. Ask for Wrath to do something, and say hi to Silv!