LunarFallenStar: Hey guys! Updating late at night right now because I just got home from a HUGE basketball game. It was SO much fun because it's Hawaiian Night and our whole school dressed up in Hawaiian garb and went to the game and cheered for hours in the Cheer Block… I think I overdid it. I was helping lead all the cheers and I kinda lost my voice… not to mention the pep band… so now I can't talk and decided to update, it's probably gonna be a pretty short chapter though… Now, let's read some reviews!

SunshineAndMoonlight: Thanks for the review! I always like reading your reviews. I like how Truth is being soft cause I always liked him so I was kinda' just using the excuse of using Edward to get entertainment an excuse to make him nicer. Your prayers have been answered because I have updated!

Aimiz: Yep, Envy is a sadistic bastard, but I think that's why people like him. Thanks! I love that you think my story is too awesome for words! And you'll find out why a toll wasn't taken from her in this chapter… It's kinda like an answer chapter were secrets are revealed.

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4QuidditchIRideMyDragon: Thanks for your kind review! I'm happy Nina's alive too! I couldn't bring myself to write her death…

PEJP Bengtzone V2: Thanks for the advice… that's a really good idea… I think I'll use that… THANKS! You are awesome my friend!

xJake: Yep, a homunculus fight. Let me think… I'll try to think of lines for your story, but right now, I'm WAY too exhausted to think really… I can't really hear, speak or walk well right now because in the cheer block you have to yell for someone to hear you, yell REALLY loud to start cheers, and stand up CONSTANTLY… the only time we sat down was for the Rollercoaster cheer.

Fionlao: I updated! HUZZAH! (Sorry my History teacher says that a lot)

Okay, I talked A LOT… On with the story!

~Previously~

Lucy slowly opened her eyes more and saw her friends gathered around her worried, "What happened?"

"Well, you got taken to the gate along with me and you passed out when we came back," Edward told her, "We left the warehouse and saw that everyone was gone besides Nina, and that Tucker was dead, apparently murdered by the homunculi when they kidnapped Nina. We went to the mayor's office and saw the reward money on the desk and took it."

"What!"

"Don't worry about Nina," Natsu said, "She's coming with us. Apparently she's a healing mage now."

"WHAT?"

In a hotel on Their Way Back to Magnolia

"What is going on!" Lucy screamed, clawing at her hair, "This is so confusing!"

"Hey, Luce," Natsu said, "It's the same way for us. Edo wouldn't tell us a thing until you woke up and Nina was gone and asleep in a different room. Apparently, he didn't want her to hear."

"Exactly," Edward said, "That's why I'm going to answer all your questions now that Nina is asleep and Lucy is awake. So ask away."

"First of all," Erza said, sitting down in a chair by the desk, "Who were those things, it was like you couldn't kill them even if they were mortally wounded."

"They are called the Homunculi. Pride, Greed, Lust, Gluttony, Envy, Sloth, and Wrath. They each have a philosopher's stone as hearts. Since philosopher's stones are created out of human lives, they have as many lives as there are souls in the stone. They are artificial humans, human dolls."

"Oh, could you please explain more?" Erza looked at him expectantly, "I assume we will be fighting them in the near future."

"Most likely yes," Edward replied, "I will give you details on each of their powers. Lust, the woman with dark, curly, black hair has the ultimate spear. She uses her fingers as weapons by elongating them into spears that can cut anything. She easily paralyzed my friend Havoc by stabbing him through the spine. My superior officer, Colonel Mustang, later incinerated her to death.

"Next would be Gluttony, the really fat one. He has the ability to eat anything, even metal, my younger brother's armor would be an example. He was created as an artificial gate, but the experiment failed and it only leads to some of the old ruins of Xerxes and an endless sea of blood.

"Another would be Pride, the young boy. In Amestris, he posed as the Fuhrer's son, Selim Bradley. I'm confused to why he is hear, as I had destroyed his container and reset him back to his original state, so he shouldn't be here. He has the ability to control shadows, as you saw.

"The old man with the eye-patch is Wrath. He posed as the Fuhrer of our country and led Amestris to the slaughter. He has the Ultimate Eye and is able to foresee an opponents attacks and is an exceptional sword fighter, probably better than Erza, as his attacks are to fast for the human eyes to follow. He was killed by Scar who he injured greatly before his philosopher's stone finally gave out.

"The Oriental looking man is Greed. I'm wondering why he didn't go back to his original form, but anyhow, he used to be on our side, but apparently he is more like the sin he was named for than we thought. He has the ultimate shield where he can change the body's carbon into as strong or stronger than steel or as brittle as charcoal. Father killed him when he continued to help us.

"Envy was the palm-tree guy in the skirt that you saw. He can shape-shift and has a tendency to be quite sadistic and downgrade humans and think that homunculi are far superior. He actually was the one who started a severe rebellion in my world by shooting an innocent child whilst disguised as Military Personnel. He committed suicide by crushing his philosopher's stone so he could escape defeat.

"Finally we have Sloth, the other woman with chestnut brown hair. She used to be a he in my world and had incredible speed and strength and if you saw what he looked like, you'd be pretty creeped out or scared. Since he changed forms to a woman, she might have different powers, but the only thing that really disturbs me about her is that she is in the image of my deceased mother who we tried to bring back."

Everyone gasped slightly at his words. She was what his mother looked like? They were wondering if he really would be able to kill her if need be.

"Ed," Lucy spoke up, "Would you really be able to kill this Sloth person if you were confronted by her?"

"Of course I could," Ed replied, "My mom is dead, that's a fact. She'll never come back and I can't change that. Besides, she's probably going to try and kill me to prove that she's not Trisha Elric."

"Okay then, here's our next question," Natsu asked, "Why were you so rude to Tucker?"

"Well, in my world, Tucker was a State Alchemist known as the Sewing-Life alchemist. He created creatures known as 'Chimeras' by bonding two organisms together to create a completely different being. It's one of the most disturbing kinds of alchemy. He created the first talking chimera and also the second, but they both died shortly after creation.

"If you saw the humanoid animal that Envy morphed into, that was what Tucker turned Nina into so his license as a State Alchemist wouldn't be revoked. He used her to create a talking chimera and he did the same thing with his wife four years prior. His wife died of starvation and Nina was murdered. I guess their roles in this world are reversed."

The others looked slightly shocked and disgusted by what they just learned, but asked another question anyway, "How did you get the power you suddenly got? The air around you began to swirl and everything."

"That was because of the Philosopher's stone in my chest," Ed replied to Gray, "It is different from the one's back in Amestris as this one also infused magic with the alchemy so the alchemy now reacts to my emotions as magic would. The gatekeeper Truth also gave this to me as a beacon to lure enemies from my world whose souls are now in the gate and have me defeat them if I am to return home."

Gray nodded.

"Wait, I went into the gate with you and learned knowledge about my Spirit Magic like how to use the power of your spirits, open many gates at once without hurting yourself, boost your own strength using the stars and even get into the spirit realm," Lucy told Edward, "How come I didn't pay a toll like you did with your leg?"

"Well, considering you didn't wake up in a bloody heap or anything like that, I would think the philosopher's stone paid your toll. Either that or because you are kind of a gate keeper in a way because of your magic," Ed told her.

"Last question, what about Nina's magic?" Lucy asked.

"Well, we figured it out because when she was free, she began to cry. Her magic reacted to her emotion of sadness and she slowly began to heal some of the minor injuries we had. All my stab wounds she couldn't really heal and I couldn't do myself so I have to get Wendy's help. So to refine her abilities, we are going to take her back to Fairy Tail to train under Wendy or Mira Jane who knows a lot about several types of magic."

Lucy nodded her head in understanding, "Looks like our guild is just growing more and more every day!"

"Yea Luce, and speaking of our guild, can we go home now?" Natsu begged, "We've been here for two days because we only came here because there was a hotel and it was out of danger."

"Fine," Erza conceded, "We'll pack our things and leave at noon."

LunarFallenStar: DONE! Woo Hoo! I know this chapter lacked action but it was just to answer questions that may have occurred whilst reading this fanfiction. So bye guys and don't forget to review!