Chapter 12: The Laws

"Hi, Im Edward Elric. I go to Roy's school. He said it would be Okay if I came over this afternoon, it is, isn't it?" Ed spouted instantly, seeing as Roy momentarily lost the ability of his vocal box.

His mom could see Ed...aw hell.

Roy's mother stared at the two for a moment, sensing something strange (she is a mother, after all).

"It's nice to meet you. Edward...Edward...where have I heard that name before?"

Roy contained his sigh. He'd only rambled about it for two days on end.

"Nowhere mom, you must be thinking of someone else." Roy quickly replied.

"Oh, Oh well. Yes, It would be fine if he stayed. Will he be here for supper?" She said, letting it pass.

"Yes" Ed said before Roy could speak, he seemed to have the whole situation under control anyway.

"'Kay mom, we're going to my room." Roy said, grabbing Edward by his braid and dragging him up the stairs to keep him from talking to his mom any further. Ed talked too much. It wasn't that noticable to people who didn't know him well, but once he started talking, and it was a topic he actually enjoyed, he never shut up.

"So," Roy said, shutting his door and sitting on his bed next to Ed.

"What are we going to do about this?"

Ed shrugged. "Far as I can tell, Im mortal now, so I guess Im going to be required by law to go to school, and-"

"Wait. Why would you go to school? You already know twice as much as I do." Roy cut him off.

"I know, but it's easier to go back to school for me to understand the 'modern age' and all that stuff. And I get to bother you all day" He said, dropping his voice evily, leaning forward so his face was close to Roy's. Roy smirked.

"Not if I keep you occupied with...other things..." He said, his voice extremely low. He bent down to kiss Ed when the door burst open, causing him to hit the floor.

His brother stared for a second and laughed, and laughed until he had to hold the doorframe and tears came out of his eyes.

"Guys-!" He tried to call his brothers, but lack of oxygen caused a coughing fit, and he just kept laughing.

"Get the hell out of my room!" Roy screamed, jumping at his brother. His brother moved out of the way and grabbed the back of Roy's navy blue sweater.

"You can't fight me...(cough)fag!" His brother said, finding his new nickname extremely amusing.

However, somewhere deep down in Ed, gears started turning. Slowly they turned, then turned, and clicked.

"Get out of here you asshole! You probably just call him gay because you want to direct the attention away from yourself!" He screamed, landing a boot in the middle of his face (which was surprising, because he had to jump a whole 3 feet just to reach).

"Holy shit-!" Roy's brother exclaimed, more surprised than hurt, but it still gave him a hell of a nosebleed, none-the-less.

"Fuck Off." Ed snarled.

"What th-"

"Fuck. OFF." He said, raising his voice somewhat. Roy's brother took off down the hallway before anything else was said.

Roy stared in utter amazement.

"Where did that come from?" He said, still staring at the spot where his brother disappeared upstairs to his room.

Edward's face dropped behind his bangs, still panting from the sudden energy exert.

"I...refuse. To let the same thing happen to you that happened to me. I will tear that boy down with every fibre in my body if I ever hear him call you that again. I was called a faggot for every single day of my life, and I will die again before it happens to you." His voice trembled slightly, but he would be damned if he ever let a tear fall in the presence of Roy.

Roy put a hand on Ed's shoulder.
"Don't worry about him, let's find out what's going on with you. You have some books in the attic, let's learn more about that blood seal. I want to learn. Teach me."

Ed looked up. "You'd learn Alchemy just to help me?"

Roy blinked. "Of course I would, I'd do anything for you. It doesn't matter what it is, even if I hated it, i'd do it for you. I want to help you, I want to help." He said, squeezing the blonde's shoulder.

Edward may have been so small he had to stand on his tip-toes to kiss Roy just then, but at the moment, He felt 10 feet tall.

The boys looked through Ed's notes and books until Roy's mother yelled them downstairs for dinner. They looked through everything, relevant or non-relevant, and at the same time, Ed taught Roy what all of it meant. He told him about the laws equivalent exchange, of bloodseals, of the elements, the utensils, the properties, the rules, the taboos, the reactions, the Humonculus, everything that he knew, Starting with history.

"All specific and individual things which fall under a certain class obey the general laws and are referable to the first principles of the class to which they belong. Thus, every animal is the product of sexual union; every plant, of its proper seed; every mineral, of the mixture of its generic earth and water. Hence, an unchangeable law of Nature regulates the generation of everything within the limits of its own particular genus. It follows that, with reference to their origin, animals are generically distinct from vegetables and minerals; the same difference exists respectively between vegetables and minerals and the two other natural kingdoms. Explain."
Roy blinked, re-reading the text over again.
"Each Mineral, Animal, Human or Plant can only come from the same genetic matter. A human can not give birth to an animal, and humans can not come from plant seed. So, every one of those things must come from somewhere, because they can't appear out of thin air, because air is not of the same matter. That is one of the first Laws of Nature."
He spouted.
"Good. Now explain the rules of Chaos."
Roy sighed. "Chaos is the boundaries of all the elements; Earth, Air...Fire and Water. The elements have all four qualities that humans can be aware of, heat, coldness, humidity, dryness. The first is fire, the second is water, the third is air, and the fourth is earth."
"Boys! Dinner's ready!" Roy heard his mother call.
"Food. Bye." Ed smiled stupidly and was gone with inhuman speed. Roy was left to blink and chase in pursuit.
Ed scarfed down his food so fast he was finished before all Roy's brothers (which was really saying something), and spent the rest of the time talking to Roy's parents. Something about it made him feel really uneasy, but he didn't know why. He just kept thinking Ed was going to get himself trapped somehow. Like them asking where he lived, or who his homeroom teacher was. He just didn't like it.
Roy finished up his food and hauled Ed upstairs again, to finish their study on the Laws of Nature, which happened to take until 2:30 in the morning. Because in case you've forgotten, the laws of nature themselves include; Isaac Newtons laws of Universal Gravitation, The three laws of motion, and the groundwork for Classical Mechanics. Then there was his Laws of Optics, Laws of Cooling, his writings on the speed of sound, and of course the generalised binomial theorem. After that they touched on Einsteins Electrodynamics of Moving Bodies, his principal of relativity, and Maxwells equations of electromagnetism. Then there was the rest; Boyle's law of gases, the four laws of thermodynamics, conservation laws, etc.(A/N I know all of these, by the way. Feel free to ask, I can explain them all to you another time if you're bored enough.)

Roy finally crashed on Ed's blankets, and Ed soon followed. Roy found the mental energy to reach an arm around and pull Edward towards him, holding him protectively. Things were perfect for that one moment of time, when all laws and theorys of Maturity, perfect, and imperfect laws were forgotten.

There was no way this could go wrong.
Could it?

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sigh I don't believe it, I spent two hours writing this, and it's so short! Theres a scientific law for you. Sorry if I confused you guys with all the Alchemy crap in there, I really could explain it to you if you wanted. I have enough time. Except im failing math class xO 65 is not good...And don't worry, I went to the shrine, and the Almighty lords of FMA Fanfics have granted me immortality to finish this fic, only if you REVIEW! If I get to 75 reviews, Ill post the one thing Im afraid of XD Yes, thats right, Rei Sanjo has a weakness! Review and find out what it is! grhrhrhrhrhrh And whoever told me about the FreeSpell thing, I LOVE YOU!! I AM AT YOUR COMMAND, GREAT MASTER OF GRAMMAR!!!