hello. well this story has a new chapter... and it is fairly long. not to much happens in it. but i promise the next chapter will have more action, maybe for both of us.

Disclaimer: I still don't own FMA, and i don't own the OC's and my friends make me question my sanity... wait that last thing isn't about me not owning much...hmmm

"Hey Alex, why weren't you on the bus this morning?" the dark haired boy who was called Matt asked as he walked with Ed down the halls to yoga class.

"I believe I told you already my name is not Alex, its Edward" he growled in response "and I also told you that I don't belong here"

"…right… you know maybe Eric had a point about your brain being taken" Matt said in response.

"Yo Lexie!" a girl shouted and ran over to the two. "Lexie, did you do the chem. Homework?"

"Who's Lexie?" Ed asked Matt.

"You"

"Me?! I told you its Ed—"

"Yeah whatever"

"Well did you? Because I totally spaced out and got way too into Naruto marathon last night and I really need the answers, were friends right?" the girl continued ignoring the conversation between Ed and Matt.

"Look, I have no idea who you are, or what you want from me but I really don't have time for this" Ed snapped at her.

"Lexie? What is with you? It's me Kiki. Matt what is with her?"

"You calling her Lexie for one… she says that her name is Edward now"

"Why?"

"Like I would know, ask her yourself"

"So Le—Alex why are you calling yourself Edward now?"

"Because that is my name" Ed stated wondering if everyone here was like these people he was around.

"Ok me plus big city plus no map equals… I have no idea where I am… shit I hate my life" I groaned cursing my sense if direction or lack there of. "Ok so… if I can get back to HQ then I might be able to get back to the dorm… honestly though it's amazing that I got there without help… but wait I need to get to the Hughes place…well I guess I could…no forget it that is stupid…" I continued to debate with myself out loud.

After I wandered around a little more I stopped near an entrance to an ally and began to bang my head against the wall. "Dammit! What the hell am I doing" I shouted to no one as started to get a headache from the banging. Yah I'm smart like that. Then somewhere around hit number 100 or 200, I don't know my ability to count had momentarily left after number 30 or so… I stopped because I had an idea! "Praise the video game gods!" I whispered as I walked further into the ally, rubbing my head that hurt a lot. 'If your head hurts then this can't be a dream' the annoying voice in my head said. 'Shut up you… I am not normal so why should normal rules apply?' I responded… yeah I talk back to the voices in my head… and drive them crazy sometimes… yah.

Anyway I found what I was looking for only to be thwarted by my stature… "Dammit why the hell do they put the bottom of the fire escape so damn high?!" I shouted as I began to jump for the closest rung on the iron ladder. After a few attempts that ended in failure I remembered my newly acquired ability for alchemy… more head bashing ensued where I had to punish myself for my stupidity…in retrospect that probably didn't help… it rarely does… well whatever.

After that was over I clapped my hands and raised the ground below me up so that I could reach… why didn't I just raise myself all the way to the roof you ask, because I have a thing for climbing… and alchemy takes a lot more out of you than Ed ever lets on.

Once I was up on the roof I surveyed the city… not that it helped… damn I am not a city girl. I continued looking around from my perch until I did manage to see the HQ building… way further than I should be in my mind. I looked down at the streets below me then over to HQ. "If I take the streets then I could easily get lost…" I said out loud pondering my plight. Then an evil grin crossed my face "lets see how acrobatic Ed is" I said to myself as I looked along the rooftops "I've always wanted to do this!" I shouted as I got a running start and jumped to the next building.

"Ok let's see. So your name is Edward… Edward what?" the girl named Kiki asked after she had pulled Ed into the girls locker room.

"Elric" Ed said before he could stop himself he was distracted trying to not look at the changing girls.

"Wow girl, FMA really did, as you say 'eat your brain'" she said looking at him curiously. "Well if you are Ed then I'm Naruto!"

"I thought you were Kiki?" Ed said confused by this girl "and what the hell is FMA?"

"Full Metal Alchemist, Duh" Kiki rolled her eyes as if he should have known that.

"How do you know my state title?!" Ed asked… or rather shouted again forgetting himself.

"Cool down girl, people are looking." Kiki whispered "and aren't you going to dress down?"

"Tell me how you know me dammit!" Ed shouted not really caring at the moment.

"Wow you are dedicated to this… hey you should find a role playing group… but you are still a girl…" Kiki said as Ed seethed.

"Answer me now"

"OK, so let's just say you are Ed-"

"I am Ed." Ed interrupted.

"Whatever, as I was saying, if you are Ed what are you doing in Lexie's body?"

"I have no idea,"

"Hmmm well, before I take you at your word on who you are… I'll need to do a test. Let's see… I can't ask FMA trivia, and if this is a joke you wouldn't answer personal trivia… I know!" she muttered to herself an evil grin crossing her face.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Ed asked warily seeing the grin.

"Lookie what I got!" she sang grin still firmly in place. From her bag she pulled a long silver needle.

Once he saw the needle Ed's eyes widened and he began backing up quickly. "What the hell are you doing!" he screamed. The other girls looked over at the two but just ignored the whole thing once they saw who it was.

Kiki had Ed cornered and had the needle posed to stab him when she stopped "OK, I don't know if you really are Ed but you sure aren't Lexie." She said seriously.

"What the hell was that about?" Ed growled recovering from his panic. "What kind of test is that?!"

"Lexie has a deep rooted hatred of needles and under no circumstances would she cry like a baby when I pulled it on her. She would have jumped me grabbed the needle stabbed me with it for having it and then proceed to destroy it. You whimpered in a corner" Kiki said in one breath. Ed glared at her for the comments about his weakness. "Come on, at lunch we will try to figure this out, till then you have to pretend to be her. I'll notify the others."

"Wait there are more of you? They don't have needles do they?" Ed asked wondering about the girl's sanity and that of the girl whose body he has as she was friends with these people.

"Argh!" that about summed up my predicament as I dangled by my right arm trying to climb the rest of the way up to the roof. I was an idiot and forgot to take the automail's additional weight when I launched and had only just managed to grab the ledge of the next building. "Crap! Why the hell does my brain figure these things out after I commit the stupid act…?" I grunted as I pulled myself up.

After a few minutes of catching my breath I realized that my left arm was bleeding and it hurt. "OK… dammit then this isn't a dream… then that means I could've…" I gulped as I glanced at the ground far below me… "OK note to self, don't do stupid things… right, no problem." I ripped the bottom of the coat and used that as I makeshift bandage for my slightly bleeding arm and then realized that I was having a hard time working the automail now. "Shit… damn I hate my life… damn brain and it's damn chemistry" I sighed as I realized that my ability to coordinate the automail had been partially Ed's muscle memory and mostly my brain thinking that this was a dream. Now that I knew I was not dreaming my brain registered that the limbs were no longer part of my nerve map. And that led to me not being able to stand or use the arm well.

After I spent some time fuming at my luck I decided that though I still felt like fuming, it was not productive. Here I was on a roof top barely able to stand… this was not good. I had to gain as much mastery of the limbs as I could as soon as I could. 'Told ya so' the voice in my head unhelpfully chimed in. 'shut up dammit or you'll be next.' I thought back viciously. I didn't need the voice to tell me that that was a stupid threat as it was inside my head… and most likely was that stupid thing called common sense that I like to ignore.

Carefully I stood up and was grateful that I had a very good sense of balance. I had decided that the leg was priority and so I was going to learn to balance and walk on it. I found my center of gravity while standing but as soon as I tried to balance on the left leg I fell. "Dammit, like this will stop me" I growled to whatever power loves to torment me… damn fates. I got up again and the process repeated over and over again.

Eventually I got the idea to trick my brain. I do this at school as my backpack is so big it extends a distance behind me. To maneuver around large crowds I have to pay attention to the bag as I don't have nerves telling my brain the placement of the bag I have found a way to make my brain think it does. I stood again and focused calming myself down as the limbs had to move this would be more difficult than just a bag. I closed my eyes and then told my brain the dimensions of the limb, then told it that the limb was there.

I took a deep breath and then took a step. It worked and I jumped in the air losing my balance when I landed. I laughed as I realized that it would be a while before I could stop concentrating like this for the limbs but it was a start.

Now finally able to get down safely I did so, and walked the streets back to the dorms, which I found much to my own surprise in only one attempt.

Kiki actually did that... why she carries random hypodermic needles i don't know and probably don't want to know. the story of me jumping her is also true. I let her know that Ed is not me, because one: she and my other Aime obsessed friends are most likely to believe it, and two: i at least have a basic knowledge of the FMA universe but Ed has no clue as to mine. he needed help, and so i gave him some because i am nice.

Ed: nice?! you, hah!

(frowns) shut up you, any way ignoring the dumb blond

Ed: who are you calling dumb, you banged MY head against a wall some 300 times!

(glares) just because I'm in your body doesn't mean you feel the pain i inflict upon it. anyways as i was saying sorry for the lack of action, and i am also sorry that in this chapter i was alone and talking to myself a lot... but that happens way too often.