I should have mentioned this last chapter- A lot of the sources and people I asked said that May was between 10 and thirteen, so I made her ten in this fanfiction. Also last chapter took place a few weeks after the one before.
Anyways this chapter is just a little thing, not really much with the plot, it's just there for the sake of an update.
I do not own FMA or any of the characters.
Envy yawned as laid against the tree and watched as May and Xiao-Mei did their fancy martial art moves. Turns out those two had some kick ass moves.
It was surprising how good of friends they had become over the two weeks they had known each other. He did end up having to introduce her to Roy and Riza but left out the part that she was an illegal immigrant. Common sense to not tell them that when they are part of the military.
He also found out she had no place to live so he had to do some digging around for one of his and the other homunculi's old hideouts for her. He'd forgotten just how many were in Central, but in the end he opted for an apartment that they used. He used some of the money that he got from Dante being her 'only heir' to pay for it.
He also gave some of the money for her to buy food and other things. He was practically loaded with all the money from Dante he had. Though he never told Riza and Roy about it, better they not know that he was rich thanks to the dead bitch.
Almost every day they would go down to the park and hang out, he would watch her practice her martial arts, he'd show her some of his moves, and so one. One of the first days they hung out Xiao-Mei bit him, she then learned that he was higher up in the food chain them her.
She would tell him things about Xing, though he knew them already, he did spend a bunch of years there, but he never told her that. She would also tell him about the Dragons Pulse, and her martial arts. Sometimes they would even spar, though she sadly kicked his but.
"Hey, Envy," May said, jogging up to him, "Can you tell me the secret to your immortality now?" She asked.
Envy sighed but smirked, "Alright, failed human transmutation," He said.
May just tilted her head to the side, not understanding how gaining immortality was the result of a failed transmutation. "I don't get it," She said.
Envy just stood up, "Homunculi are created from failed human transmutation. Most die soon after their creation if they don't get Red Stones to eat, Red Stones are basically incomplete versions of Philosopher Stones."
He smirked, "We used to have a homunculus that produced those. Gluttony would eat so many humans, and then their souls would be used to make the Red Stones," He said, "But you see, before we get red stones. We're basically grotesque humanoid things that are often abandonded instantly because of that."
May widened her eyes, "Really?" She asked, "So, you are the result of someone failing to bring a person to life," She siad.
Envy shrugged, "Hoenheim and Dante, my birth parents, son died, they tried to bring him back, and I was created. Hoenheim ditched us because of that, Dante kept me."
May sighed falling to her knees, "So it's impossible for a human to become immortal," She said.
"Unless they were to become homunculus...then yeah," Envy shrugged.
May just stood up, "Well then, I have to find a way to turn humans into homunculi then!" She said in determination.
Envy laid back down, "Good luck with that," He said gazing at the sky but then was yanked up.
"Your going to help!" May decided.
"What? WHEN DID I AGREE TO THIS?" Envy demanded as May dragged him off to god knows where in Central.
May was still dragging them when the two almost ran into Riza.
"Whoa there," She said picking them both up, "What's with the rush?" She asked.
Envy and May exchanged looks before putting on 'I-am-going-to-fake-innocence-but-you-know-I'm-up-to-no-good' smiles.
"Nothing," They said in unison.
Riza just put on a slight smirk, "Oh really?" She asked, "Well, you wouldn't mind if I brought you guys into our office so we can question you guys a little?" She asked and both the kids had a panic on their faces, "But you know your innnocent, so it shouldn't be that difficult?" It wasn't anything new, whenever they were running and ran into Roy or Riza, they would do that to them.
"No, Officer, your right, we're innocent," Envy said in a sickly sweet tone. Even as a kid, Riza had to admit he did have his creepy moments.
Riza nodded and began dragging them to the Central Command base. As they walked in the direction of the base, Envy noted the strange looks that both May and Riza had. It was a look he had seen a lot on Dante, Sloth and Lust. It was the look of woman plotting something, and in his experience, it was always something bad. He, Wrath, Gluttony, and even Greed knew to be wary when they had that expression.
Instead of pointing it out, Envy just stayed quiet, not entirely sure what they had in mind. But the longer the walked the more his old paranoia started to resurface. Did he do something bad and was Riza taking him to Central Command to execute him? But that didn't make much sense, why would May be here too then? As far as he knew, May knew nothing of what he'd done while with Dante. And it didn't seem like Riza would kill him, she was more like the protective mother then the killing kind.
He gritted his teeth a bit as all these thoughts flooded through his mind. They were up to something, that had been confirmed when the two would exchange looks and smirk slash smile and giggle on Mays part. But what?
They were in Central Command now and were walking down the halls and his silent question of what was going on was answered upon entering Roy and his teams section.
"Happy Birthday!" Everyone in the room shouted when Envy entered the room.
The stunned sin just stood there as Wrath wran over placing a Birthday Boy hat on his head and dragging him to the table.
Ed grinned as he walked over, slapping Envy on the back, "Happy Birthday, Envy," He laughed.
Envy just stared at them, "How did you guys know today was my birthday?" He asked them and shook his head, "I mean, I didn't even remember what today was, how did you guys know?"
Roy shrugged as he walked up, "It wasn't easy, we had to look through a lot of old letters and journals that Hoenheim and Dante had. We also had to ask Wrath a few things since he worked under Dante too. Took us about a month but we figured it out," He said.
Elysia giggled as she climbed out of Gracias lap and ran up to Envy and hugged him.
"Happy birthday Big Brother!" She squealed as Envy picked her up and placed her on his lap.
He grinned, "Thanks, Elysia," He said and looked at them, "How did you get them to let you host a birthday party in a military base?" He asked staring holes into Roy and Riza.
Roy just rubbed the back of his head, letting out an awkward laugh, "Well...about that..." he said.
Riza answered for him, "Roy has to do more paperwork, as well as hand them in right on time, and go and help train the cadets at the Southern Academy for a month," She said and when Envy raised an eyebrow at them she added, "The Academys been asking for the 'Hero of Ishval' to train some of the cadets there."
Envy kept a straight face before bursting out laughing, "Roy, I pity you, I really do, if I've learned anything, it's that military cadets are arrogant idiots that are an annoyance to work with," He said.
Roy just sighed in depression, "I know," He said.
Izumi slapped Roy on the back, "Straighten up, Mustang," She stated, "This is not a day to be depressed."
Wrath laughed, "Yeah, Mommy's right," He said.
Envy grinned then blinked, and gestured for Riza to walk over, when she got to him he whispered to her, "So...Um what exactly do I do here?" he asked.
The Lieutenant blinked, "You mean you've never actually had a birthday party before?" She asked.
Face taking on a pink shade, Envy looked away, "Hey, I was living with Dante, remember?" He muttered.
Riza ndoded, "Good point," She agreed, "But basically you have fun, talk to people, play, eat cake when we bring it out, open presants when it's time," She explained.
The sin nodded and before Riza could finish explaining, Wrath dragged Envy off to play with him, Elysia and May.
It was about an hour until Riza dragged him to the table to blow out the ten candles on the cake.
"I know your not ten, but since it seems your body is still ten years old, well you know," Roy explained.
Envy nodded, he knew what Roy meant, his body was still adjusting to the changes and keeping from aging was the last thing that his homunculus abilities were allowing him to do. It sucked he would be ten years old for the rest of his life or at least until his body finally started aging. He had no idea when It would give out an start aging, the healing factor had gotten so weak that he heals as fast as humans but the aging factor was putting up a good fight.
They started to eat the cake and he opened up presents which most he loved, some just confused him. He got a;
Toy train set he had been eyeing last week from Roy,
A medival puzzle from Riza, she seemed to be the only one to notice he liked puzzles,
Some books from Ed who seemed intent on making him a science nerd like him,
A stuffed kitten from Al,
A toy soldier from Wrath,
Some coloring books from Elysia
A martial arts manuel from Izumi who claimed he needed to learn to fight better, Riza seemed to agree,
May got him a small dragon statue that she said was made in Xing,
Gracia made the cake so that was her present.
The other soldiers who were there gave him candy since they didn't seem to know what he would like.
By the time the party was over, it was late at night. Riza carried Envy to the car while Roy carried the presents.
"You alright, Envy?" Riza asked as she placed him in the car.
Envy yawned before nodding, "Yeah," He said then laughed a little. Riza raised an eyebrow at him and he shrugged, "While we were coming to Central Command, you had the same plotting expression that Sloth, Dante and Lust always had so I thought you had something bad in mind, it seems really funny now though," He explained.
Riza smiled and laughed, "Yeah, you know Roy and I wouldn't hurt you, right?"
Envy nodded, "Yeah, you guys are way to soft hearted for it," He teased and Riza just gently hit him on the head causing them both to laugh.
Well there you go, Review and tell me if I had any errors or what you liked about it.
