Yay, I'm updating! Well now, it seems a few of you aren't sure what catnip does to cats. For the most part, you could call it a kitty drug. It makes them super happy and want to rub it all over themselves. I can't wait for Winry to come in now. You'll all see why if you read this chapter. Oh, I feel like promoting one of my friend's stories. It's a Sonic the Hedgehog fanfic called something like Time Traveling Sonic. My friend's account is liloandsonicfan. Go read it and love it. Try not to flame it because I'll hear about it for hours… seriously, don't put me through that torture. (I hope she doesn't read this 'cause she'd kill me)

A whole lot of chatter, but I must bring in the characters somehow… so bear (rawr I am a bear) with me. lol

I walked straight towards the exit of the Central HQ, pulling my hat back on just in time. Several people had come around a corner just after I had pulled it on.

I was just outside the front doors when Winry and Mrs. Rockbell walked by me. I automatically turned and grabbed Winry by the wrist, thinking that she hadn't seen me.

She turned sharply around and looked me in the face. I was about an inch taller than her. I smiled at the thought. Pinako just kept walking into the building.

My smile had an odd effect on Winry. She blushed and gently pulled her hand away.

"H-hi. I'm Winry Rockbell. You are?"

I blinked. "Um, Winry, you don't recognize me?" Somehow this really seemed to hurt me. Winry didn't know who I was.

Winry's blush depended as she said "Oh, stop it. If you really want to pick me up that badly you should talk about automail."

I gasped. She thought I was flirting with her.

Once again, she took my expression the wrong way. This time she took it to mean that I loved automail.

"You love automail too?! What type is your favorite?! I love that new one that uses aluminum as part of the exterior! Oh, and what about that other one that has a super wired and easy to control function system?!"

"Woah, Winry. Stop. You've lost me."

"Really? On what part? The aluminum one or the easily controlled one?"

"I'm not all that into automail. But that isn't my point, my point is-"

"Not into automail? How can you not love automail with all of its nuts and bolts and wires, and the genius needed to customize great works of art?!"

She started to walk off when I grabbed her again.

"Let me go!" she yelled, pulling out a wrench which she quickly flung into my head.

As it bounced off of my forehead, I started to fall down the stairs backwards. I didn't actually fall to my surprise. Instead I was hanging upside down by a leg, someone holding me up.

I was quickly set upright however.

"Aww, Mr. Armstrong, why didn't you let that pervert fall?"

"I cannot stand by and watch a citizen fall down the stairs from such a height. It would be inhuman."

"Hey, wait a second here. I am NOT a pervert thank you very much. I would never even think of flirting with you Winry. That'd just be weird."

Winry looked seriously pissed, and Armstrong was looming over me.

"W-what?"

"How dare you insult the young lady when you don't even know her."

"B-but I do know her!"

"Well, I don't know you," Winry said.

I felt another pang in my heart.

I looked at her. For some reason, I couldn't look her in the eyes. "Of course you know me. You've known me since you were born."

I didn't know why I couldn't just tell her that I was Edward, but for some reason I felt as if I did, it wouldn't really mean anything. I could deal with Mustang and the rest not recognizing me, but if ever Winry or Al couldn't recognize me, I wouldn't know what to do. Al had already easily recognized me, but Winry was having difficulty.

Armstrong continued to loom over me as Winry seriously looked me over.

She started to say that she still didn't know me when I looked up. Her eyes met mine for one quick moment. She gasped.

"Ed!"

Armstrong suddenly wasn't looming over me anymore.

"Edward Elric? Impossible," he said.

Winry rushed up to me, coming to a stop just in front of me.

My heart fluttered with her so close. I couldn't stand it. I blushed. I figured the effects of the cat nip hadn't completely worn off yet, but that didn't stop my heart.

"No way! You look completely different!" she said before pausing for a moment. A serious look replaced the surprise on her face. "What sort of trouble did you get into this time?!"

"This time? Come on Winry, I haven't gotten into that much trouble."

"Well, let's see, first off, you go off to get beaten senseless by , then you try that thing where you get your arm and leg taken. You've also started a civil war, almost gotten killed many times by homunculus, got sent to a different world for about a week. I can go into details if you want."

I rubbed my forehead as blood started running into my eyes from Winry's wrench. "Alright, I see your point, but don't forget the part about you almost killing me several times."

"Excuse me?!" Winry yelled.

Armstrong started laughing really loudly next to me. I thought my ears would explode.

Pinako came back out of the building just then.

"Enough you two, here I was kind enough to let you two talk without me getting in the way and what do you do?"

"Oh, you recognized me then?" I asked her.

"Of course, how could I not recognize you? I could barely see you though, you're so small."

"WHAT DID YOU JUST SAY?! I'VE GAINED AT LEAST TEN INCHES!!"

"Indeed you have bean sprout," Mustang said, coming up the steps behind me. His voice grew cold as he spoke. "But even so, I believe I had told you to wait in my office?"

Riza was carrying a box of some sort. I wondered what was in it. Hughes was carrying a similar, but slightly larger box.

"Into the office everyone," Mustang said, walking past us. We all followed. I glared at him from behind for a minute, but Winry interrupted my death glare.

"Ed, where are your ears?" she said, tilting her head to the side and looking at where my ears should be.

"W-what?"

"You've got so much hair, I can't see them. It's kind of weird." She reached out a hand, probably wanting to push my hair back behind my ears. Little did she know, the hair she was reaching for actually was one of my ears, just pointed down to look like hair. It was more comfortable than putting them completely under my hat.

Instinctively, I moved my ear out of her reach. She jumped.

"Y-your hair just moved."

"Thanks for stating the obvious. It isn't really hair though."

A confused look came across her face. It was cute. I twitched. That catnip really hadn't worn off yet.

"I'll tell you about it later Winry. I've got to kill a certain person first though." I looked in Mustang's direction. I needed revenge. I started walking again. I motioned for Winry to hurry up. We entered Mustang's office together after a moment.

We found Mustang reprimanding Havoc and the others. They all gave me the evil eye as I walked in. I just smiled and waved.

I noticed Al was back. His hair was wet, and he definitely looked clean. I could only smell soap, and I was sure he had scrubbed like mad in the short time he had had to take his shower.

The office was filled with people and it was chaotic. Winry walked over and started talking to Al and Pinako and the rest were speaking together.

I decided to join Al and Winry. I caught a glimpse of a donut on Breda's desk as I walked by. My stomach growled. I hadn't eaten in a few hours, but I was scared to eat. I knew I would have to, but after what had happened the last time, I'd already made a decision not to eat too much no matter how hungry I got.

"Ed, um, can I call you Big Brother again?" Al asked when I joined him.

"Yeah, of course Al," I answered.

"Stop with the small talk you two!" Winry said, looking upset and worried. "Tell me what happened. If I was called out here like this, it has to be big. I'd figured you were in the hospital or something since Grandma had to come too. So, tell me! What happened?!"

I told her the basic story, leaving out even the mention of the torture chamber. I didn't get into how I'd turned into my current state as I was still needing to tell everyone else that story as well. I showed her my ears but she stayed calm. I still didn't show my tail as it still required the removal of my pants.

I called everyone together and started explaining my new situation. I realized just as I finished that Pinako hadn't been told the beginning yet.

I offered to tell her, but she refused.

"I don't need to know. Besides shrimp, I already knew."

"I'm not short FOR THE LAST TIME!!"

"This just proves my point," she said pointed at me. I blinked, not knowing what she meant.

Laughter came from around the group.

"What?"

"Your ears aren't exactly hidden Fullmetal," Mustang said.

"They give away everything you're thinking!" Hughes said through his laughter.

Pinako turned to Winry as I reached up and touched my ears, realizing they really did move around a lot.

"You must be blind to not notice Winry."

Winry blushed and my stomach growled again.

We all spent another hour or so just talking, the boxes sitting untouched the whole time. I finally asked what they were. My only answer was a "No need for you to worry about it," from Hughes.

Everyone started to leave when five o'clock came around. It was time to go home for Mustang's crew as well as Mustang, Hughes, and Riza.

I suggested dinner to Winry and Pinako, I'd pay. Of course Al would be coming.

So the randomness will begin again next chapter. They'll be finding Ed a better hat before it's time for food. Ed will be starving and dying and stuff. Not literally, maybe.