Family Secrets!
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Chapter 9: Second Exam.
Roy posted the test scores in the glass case in HQ's main hallway, by getting up only a few short hours after he fell asleep he managed to finish the papers just in time for him to go to work. Unfortunately he actually had to do something and couldn't skip out and sleep.
"Come on Ed." Roy said sleepily. He knew Ed was tired too because when Roy got up at 5 am, which was only three hours of sleep, Ed had woke up and stayed up with him. Ed yawned and followed him into the interrogation room. Roy could tell that Ed was getting tired of being moved from one place to another. As soon as he sat down a soldier came into the room.
"Furher sir we are in need of your assistance." Roy sighed.
"Here watch him will ya." He handed Ed to the person sitting next to him.
"But Sir-,"
"He's tired he shouldn't give you too much trouble." Roy said as he walked out the door with the soldier.
"I'm really not good with kids." The man protested. It was too late Roy was already gone. Ed looked up at the man timidly. The soldier smiled nervously back. Ed looked around not liking the fact that he was alone with people that he didn't know and not to mention they all were staring at him. Ed's lower lip trembled.
"Oh no….Please don't! Don't cry!" The man pleaded when he saw the tears gather in Ed's eyes. With that Ed began to sob. The man desperately tried to calm Ed but he knew he was no good with children and ended up only making things worse.
"What do I do? What do I do?" The man asked repeatedly.
"Check that bag Furher Mustang brought in. There's bound to be something right?" Another soldier said. The soldier holding Ed grabbed the bag and unzipped it. FullMetal lay on top. He grabbed the doll and shoved it in Ed's face. Ed whimpered and grabbed FullMetal but kept crying. The soldier reached in and pulled out Ed's blanket. Ed took that but continued crying still.
"It's not working!"
"Give him something to eat or chew on… something to keep his mouth full." The other soldier said. The soldier frantically dug through the bag looking for something when he discovered the hard chew toy. He put it in Ed's mouth efficiently stopping the crys of the small boy. Ed chewed and gnawed on the toy causing less pain for his mouth.
The man sighed in relief.
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Al sighed. It really was pointless to fight over such a trivial thing. Honestly. If people just waited their turn to see their stupid test scores to see who went on it would be much simpler. Al sighed and grabbed a guys collar and pulled him a side then pushed him to the ground.
"Stay there will ya." Before Al could do anything else flames erupted through the air.
"What is all of this ruckus about."
"Hello Uncle Roy." Al murmured. Roy looked over to him.
"Alphonse you mind telling me what's going on?"
"Stupid really. I'm not quite sure but apparently they feel the need to fight over who gets to see their test scores first." Al sighed. "Pointless."
"That's what this is about?" Roy asked. "Oh dear gate."
"That's what I thought."
"You can take care of this." Roy said to the soldier who brought him. Roy walked away while shaking his head. He walked into the interrogations room to see Ed chewing on his red toy and hugging FullMetal and his blanket to his small body. Roy also noticed that Ed had tears still on his cheeks. Roy frowned at that. Upon seeing Roy Ed reached his arms out for him. Roy picked him up.
"Why was he crying?" Roy asked as he thumbed Ed's tears away.
"I honestly don't know sir." The soldier said with a salute. Roy took his seat just as a soldier escorted a man in.
"Go ahead and take a seat." Roy said sternly the now sleeping child in his arms did nothing to help his 'scary' image.
"That chair has three legs there's no way it can support a person."
"Well if you're a true Alchemist them the chair won't reject you." Roy said. The man nervously took a seat….and fell flat on his face.
"You can go thank you." Roy said.
"That's it?"
"That's it." Roy said. The man looked rather proud of himself. Idiot. Al was next. He raised an eyebrow at the chair but after studying the circle-which caught most of the Generals attention and brownie points- he sat on the chair after being directed to by Roy. He didn't fall.
"So, kid, why do you want to be a state Alchemist?" One of the Generals asked leaning in and putting a thoughtful hand under his chin.
"I need to take care of my brother."
"You do know that you can be called off to war at any second right?"
"Yes."
"And you're prepared for that?"
"I will be." They nodded as if agreeing with what he was saying.
"How old are you?"
"13." Al said.
"How old is your brother?"
"Four." Al said.
"I see." Al kept his gaze straight and unwavering. They seemed to like that.
"It says here that you have an automail leg. Care to explain?"
"My father." Al said.
"Carry on."
"My father is abusive. That's why we left, I suppose that's another reason why I want to join. After my mom died he just got all crazy and started to beat me and Ed up. I got automail from our neighbors and started to train." Al said.
"I see. So this has been over the span of three years."
"No sir."
"I thought it took three years for someone to recover from automail."
"It does for most people sir, I did it in four months."
"That's impressive."
"Thank you."
"Well we have all we need you may go."
"Thank you sir." Al said. He stood and gave a polite bow before leaving. Roy knew the Generals were deeply impressed with his civility.
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Al walked out of the room and was surrounded by people.
"Was it easy? Did the Furher himself ask you questions?" One man asked as another was led in.
"Yeah they just interview you. No he didn't ask me questions but no doubt that he'll ask you."
"Why would he ask us but not you?"
"Simple. He wasn't aloud to."
"Why not?"
"I'm his nephew. The Furher is my Uncle Roy."
"That's some crazy shit."
"Yeah." Al said. "If you'll excuse me I need to go find my Aunt."
"Wait the Furher is married?" One of the female soldiers asked.
"Yes."
"Damn."
"I wouldn't even try to get close to him. Aunt Riza is trigger happy." Al said. There were many gulps from the ladies. Al left in search for Riza.
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Roy sighed. Sure this was semi interesting but he was bored. Even Ed had woken up and gotten bored listening to the interviews and had gone to the floor to play. Roy looked down to see what the youngster was doing and nearly jumped out of his seat when he realized that Ed was gone. Yes G.O.N.E. Gone. Roy looked around the room for the young child but only saw exit places where Ed might have left. He couldn't leave though. Roy motioned for two soldiers to come over.
"Find Ed." He whispered to them scaring the shit out of the man they were interviewing. He looked back and forth from Roy to the soldiers hoping that he didn't do anything wrong.
"Yes sir." They said. They saluted and left in search of the small boy. Roy noticed that FullMetal and Ed's blanket were also missing.
"So why have you decided to become a state alchemist?" Roy asked.
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Ed walked along the large halls of HQ. FullMetal and his blanket dragged lightly on the ground behind him. Ed sniffed not knowing where he was going. He was so bored with Uncle Roy. He wanted to go find his brother or Aunt Riza at least they were interesting but so far he had only gotten lost. Ed whimpered when he didn't see anyone in the halls. He didn't want anyone but Riza or Al to find him but he didn't want to be alone. Ed looked behind him hoping to see one of them or Roy but no such luck. Ed whimpered and walked on hugging FullMetal to his body. Ed jumped at the smallest sounds that came from open windows or crack office doors. The sound of military boots was heard running down the hall. Ed looked behind him hoping to see Riza or Al hell even Roy but no. He saw two soldiers that looked bent on getting him. Ed shrieked and ran for the life of him.
"No! Kid wait!"
"Ed! Call him Ed!"
"Ed! Come back!" Ed accidentally dropped his blanket and FullMetal but he was too scared to go back and get them. One of the soldiers grabbed them hoping to use them as coaxing material if needed. Since Ed had much shorter legs then them they quickly gained up on him. Ed ducked into a tight space and went back far into it. The soldiers could only get their arms in.
"Come here Ed." One of the soldiers coaxed. Ed shook his head. He was shaking and tears started to flow down his cheeks.
"Oh don't cry." One said. "Jim give him the toy or something." Jim held FullMetal up. Ed reached out for him timidly but pulled his hand back sharply when a soldier reached into grab his arm.
"Here Ed you want this?"
"Y-Yeah." Ed said scared.
"Well come on out and you can have him." He said softly. Ed shook his head and wiggled back further. With a surprised yelp from Ed the two soldiers became worried. Ed did a backwards summersault and fell into a room. Ed sat upright and sneezed. He looked around to see that no one was there. He could hear the two soldiers freaking out and trying to see if they could figure out where he went. The door creaked open and Hughes walked in. He looked surprised to see Ed but quickly regained his composure. Ed's lower lip trembled. Maes quickly scooped him up.
"Well what are you doing in here? You should be with Roy." Maes soothed as he tickled Ed's stomach efficiently getting the tears to disappear from Ed's eyes. "Come on lets go find him okay."
"No." Ed said quietly.
"No? You don't want to go back with Roy?" Maes asked confused. Ed shook his head.
"I wanna go see Aunt Riza." He said.
"Does Roy know you're out here?" Maes asked knowing the answer. Ed fidgeted and slowly shook his head.
"Trouble?"
"Not by me." Maes said. "Come on lets go find Riza then." Maes took a tissue from his desk and wiped Ed's face off with it. Maes walked out of his office with the small boy and turned to the right. He jumped in surprise of two soldiers.
"I'm sorry sir but Furher Mustang ordered us to bring Ed back." Jim said with a salute.
"Tell Roy that I have him and he's going to go see Riza." Maes said. He took the blanket and the toy from them and gave them to Ed.
"But sir-,"
"Roy will understand." Maes interrupted. The two looked uncertain but Maes walked around them and walked down the hall. They eventually left and went to tell Roy. Maes knocked on Roy's office door and walked in to see Riza and Al sitting on the couch talking.
"Aunt Riza!" Ed said excitedly.
"Edward!" Riza said surprised.
"Brother!" Ed said. Al blinked in surprise. Ed didn't add the unnecessary F or W.
"What are you doing here?" Al asked as Riza took Ed from Maes.
"I just found him in my office." Maes said. "He got bored and went looking for you guys."
"Ed don't go out on your own! That's dangerous!" Riza reprimanded.
"Sorry." Ed whispered as he snuggled into Riza's warm arms. Maes left the room. Riza shut the door and brought Ed over to the couch.
"You look like you've been crying Ed. What's wrong?" Al asked.
"I got lost." Ed murmured.
"Oh you must have been scared." Riza said as she stoked his hair unknowingly lulling him to sleep. Ed nodded tiredly. Al snickered.
"You're making him tired." Al chuckled noticing that Ed was having trouble keeping his eyes open.
"Well he hardly got any sleep last night." Riza said. She continued to run her fingers through Ed's hair until he fell asleep. She laid his blanket over him and gave him FullMetal even though he was still asleep Ed hung onto the small toy.
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"I don't know. If you look at his brother then you know that he's going to be great. I can feel it now."
"Envy, he's just a kid."
"Yes but if we took him and raised him now he could create the stone."
"Or we could let his brother raise him and teach him alchemy."
"Or we could get them both. We could take the kid to get the older brother."
"You know we have to bring it up with her correct."
"I am aware of that Lust."
"You'll move out tomorrow." Both Envy and Lust turned to the source of the voice. Dante stood in full view. She was dressed in a large poofy purple dress.
"Alright then." Envy said with a sneer.