Here begins the last entry into Dante's Twisted Fairytales, at least for now. I hoped you all enjoyed reading them. Please enjoy this last story as much as the others.

"Before you start can I get a glass of water mommy?" Wrath asked politely.

Sloth nodded, smiling, and left for the kitchen. When she got to the kitchen she grabbed one of the glasses out of a nearby cupboard and filled it with ice water from a pitched they kept in the refrigerator at all times. She was just putting the pitcher back on the top shelf when she heard someone else enter the room. She turned and saw Dante walk in. She sighed and sat at the table, looking at Sloth.

"It's been a long night Sloth. Can you make me a hot drink before I go to bed?"

Sloth nodded and said, "What have you been up doing all this time?"

Dante sat up and said, "I was planning on going to bed early tonight but I was in the library looking for a particular book to read when I found it missing! I've been searching the mansion ever since, but it's no where in sight! I'm going to continue looking for it tomorrow."

Sloth nearly dropped the kettle when she heard Dante say this. With a slightly shaking hand she poured the hot water over a small assortment of tea leaves. She passed the cup to Dante who breathed in the warm fumes and said, "This could use a little lemon. I think we still have one in the crisper."

Sloth retrieved the lemon and cut a slice off of it. She casually asked, "What was the book about?"

Dante looked slightly embarrassed and said, "It was a book of old stories. They are purely fictional of course, though I suppose the names might seem familiar if someone in this house were to read it."

Sloth fixed the lemon wedge on the edge of the cup and said, "You don't suppose someone took it do you?"

Dante fixed Sloth with a look of pure venom. "If I ever found anyone in possession of that book I would weave them into a web of nightmares so profound they would beg for death!"

Sloth gulped slightly. If she was this crazy over the book she should've had it under lock and key. Dante smiled her fake sweet smile and said, "Thank you for your time Sloth. Good-night."

Dante moved quickly but carefully towards her room. Sloth waited until she heard Dante's door close before falling into a chair in relief. This was a dangerous venture indeed. Dante could very well kill them all off for listening to those stories. She wouldn't exactly have a tough time replacing them. Sloth grabbed the glass of water and walked back towards Wrath's room. As she passed the front door she heard someone knocking. Wondering who on earth could possibly be at the door at this hour, Sloth opened the door. She gasped in surprise as she saw Edward Elric standing on their doorstep. He didn't look very happy to see her either. She quickly composed herself and said, "What are you doing here at this hour?"

"I got a phone call a few minutes ago from Envy." Ed said. "He said there was something here that I would find "very interesting". I assumed that means he tried to kidnap someone again. So where is he?"

Before Sloth could answer Envy pushed her aside and said, "Well, well, well! If it isn't the Fullmetal pipsqueak! You sure got here fast."

A vein popped in Ed's forehead and he said, "I'll ignore the short joke only because I know you've got someone trapped in here. So who is it? It can't be Al; he's at Teacher's house. Is it Winry again?"

Envy crossed his arms and said, "You couldn't pay me to kidnap that nightmare again. I invited you here on a truce. No one in this mansion is going to try to kill you, and you won't try to kill us."

"You're crazier than I thought. Why should I stay here with you people?"

"Come on! What else could you be doing?"

"Sleeping! I'm outta here!"

"Oh no you don't! There's a book up there and you are going to listen to a story whether you want to or not!"

Envy grabbed Ed's arm and dragged him inside. Ed put up a fantastic struggle, managing to kick Envy into the wall. He was about to leave again when Sloth liquefied her arm and enclosed it over Ed's head. His air supply quickly diminishing, Ed stopped struggling and fell to his knees. Sloth removed her hold on him and he gasped, breathing hard. Envy picked him up and tossed him over his shoulder carrying him up to Wrath's room. He tossed him onto the floor next to Gluttony. The other homunculi in the room all began protesting.

"What is he doing here?" Lust asked.

"Can I eat him?" Gluttony asked.

"What the hell is he doing in my room?" Wrath growled, fingers itching to tear off Ed's limbs.

"Shut up all of you!" Envy yelled. "He's just here to listen to the story like the rest of us."

Lust's eyes narrowed and she said, "What are you up to?"

"Trust me. After this story's first chapter is over, Ed's going to be as murderous as me and Greed."

"This I've got to see." Lust said, smiling. She slapped Gluttony's hand as he reached for Ed's arm. Gluttony whimpered a little before grabbing a piece of broken furniture under Wrath's bed and chewing on it.

Wrath decided he'd let the fact that Ed was in his room go for now. He wanted to hear another story anyway. He could deal with Ed anytime. Sloth put the glass of water next to Wrath's bed and sat back down flipping the book to Sleeping Beauty. Her eyebrow arched as she saw the first picture.

"So that's why Envy wanted Ed to be here." Sloth thought. "This is going to get ugly."

Once upon a time in a faraway land, a kingdom was celebrating the birth of their princess. Everyone in the kingdom was invited to the palace to celebrate and everyone came because the king and queen were kind and generous. The palace was a magnificent structure and could easily hold everyone within the throne room. The baby princess was tucked carefully into a nearby baby bassinet placed under the skylight so a shaft of light shone down on her beautiful head. The herald, Jean Havoc, was reading the names of the visiting dignitaries as they approached the King and Queen.

"Next, from the kingdom in the west, King Bradley and his son Prince Roy Mustang."

"Hold on!" Ed said, interrupting Sloth. "Havoc, Mustang, Bradley? What are they doing in this story?"

"You didn't tell him about the book?" Lust said, eyebrow arching.

"Fine, if I have to explain everything to you people! Someone took some old fairy tales and replaced the characters with us."

"Really…" Ed said mischievously. "And what've you been so far?"

"Dead mostly." Sloth replied.

Ed sniggered as a vein popped in Envy's head. Sloth smiled and continued reading.

Bradley and Roy bowed respectfully to King Hughes and his Queen Gracia. He pushed the young prince forward towards the bassinet. He looked in at Princess Riza who was sitting quietly, staring hard at him. He didn't take too nicely to her cold stare. He dropped a box next to her and walked away without a second glance. Bradley and Roy bowed again and moved off to the side as the next three guests were arriving.

"Next, from the forests outside the kingdom, the three Good Fairies, Izumi, Alphonse, and Edward!"

Sloth closed her eyes and waited for the explosion.

"WHAT?!?!? WHO THE HELL WROTE THIS CRAP, MAKING ME A FAIRY OF ALL THINGS, I SWEAR IF I FIND THE ONE WHO WROTE THIS I WON'T STOP AT KILLING HIM!!!!!!"

Ed stopped ranting, breathing hard, murder written all over his expression. Envy was rolling on the floor laughing his head off, ecstatic to see someone besides himself getting tortured through that damnable book. Before anyone could say or do anything, a knock came from the door and Dante's voice asked, "What's going on in there?"

"Quick! Hide!" Envy grabbed Ed and shoved him into the closet. Sloth tucked the book out of sight just as the door opened and Dante appeared wearing a silk purple nightgown and holding a candle.

"What's going on in here?" She asked, looking around at all the gathered homunculi.

"I was just reading a bedtime story to Wrath," Sloth began. "When everyone decided to come and listen as well for some reason."

Dante raised her eyebrow and said, "I thought I heard Ed's voice. You aren't planning some kind of kidnapping scheme again are you?"

"Are you kidding?" Envy said, "I learned my lesson after the first time. Now if you don't mind, there's a story I want to finish to go away!"

Envy pushed Dante out the door and slammed it in her face. She nearly stumbled and dropped the candle, but managed to right herself and walked away with as much dignity as she could muster. It was too late for this.

The homunculi all waited with bated breath until Dante's footsteps died away. They all breathed a sigh of relief and Envy said, "Alright Ed you can come out of the closet now."

Ed kicked the door open and said, "Ha, ha, very funny."

Sloth cleared her throat and said, "If I may continue?"

Ed just glowered at her while Envy nodded with a grin.

The three Good Fairies all descended from the skylight on gossamer wings and landed in front of the king and queen. Izumi, being the leader of the three, stepped forward and said, "We've come to give a gift to the child. But according to the laws of magic we can only give her one gift each. No more, no less."

The king and queen nodded. They understood. Izumi approached the bassinet and clapped her hands.

"Dear child, I grant you the gift of beauty."

She placed her hands on the side of the bassinet and the whole thing, baby and all, glowed a red color. When the color faded, Izumi stepped back and Al went next.

He clapped his hands and said, "Sweet child, I grant you the gift of song."

He placed his hands on the side of the bassinet and the whole thing, baby and all, glowed a green color. When the color faded, Al stepped back and Ed went next.

"Okay, let's see…what should I give…"

"Brother, I thought you said you were prepared." Alphonse said, sighing.

"Shut up!" Ed said irritably. "I'm always prepared! I just haven't decided which gift would be better!"

"Would you two stop bickering and just get on with it?" Izumi said.

"Alright, alright. I'll give the kid, the gift of…"

Before he could finish saying what you would give, the doors to the castle blew open and all the candles were extinguished leaving the hall in total darkness. A strange green orb floated in through the door and materialized into a woman in the middle of the room. The guests all moved away from her as fast as they could. A small, raggedy looking raven landed on her shoulder. She was dressed all in black and was holding a staff with a glowing green orb on it. Her eyes traveled over the room before settling on the king and queen.

"Well, well, well. What's going on here? I left my mountain mansion today hoping to see the three Good Fairies only to find them missing. And what's more, an invitation was on the table. You can imagine my consternation when I discovered it was to the dear princess's birthday. I, of course, forgive you for forgetting my invitation your majesties."

She bowed mockingly.

"You weren't invited." Hughes said angrily.

"What?" she feigned surprise. "How awful!"

"What do you want here Dante?" Ed asked.

"To bestow a gift of my own of course." She threw up her arms and addressed the whole room. "Listen well, all of you!" She brought her staff down with a crack. "Beautiful and fair of voice the princess will be indeed. She'll be the envy of everyone in the kingdom. But…on the eve of her sixteenth birthday she will prick her finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel, and die!"

Her staff exploded in poisonous green light and covered the baby and bassinet like an acid cloud. The queen ran to her baby and held her close.

"Seize her!" Hughes yelled out.

The guards tried to move in but Dante raised her arms and green fire erupted around her. "Stay back you fools!"

Once everyone was forced back she melted into the green orb and left the hall. The candles flickered back into life and light slowly filtered back into the hall.

"Oh Hughes, what are we going to do?" Gracia said sorrowfully.

Izumi stepped forward and said, "We may still be able to help. Edward hasn't given his gift yet."

"Then you can take off the curse?" Hughes asked hopefully.

"Well, no." She said. "Our power isn't as strong as Dante. She's an ancient witch that's been around for far longer than us and has much more power. But he can at least counter it a little bit."

Ed clapped his hands and said, "Alright. On your sixteenth birthday you will prick your finger on the spindle of a spinning wheel. But you won't die. Instead you'll just fall into a deep sleep until you're awakened by true love's kiss."

"Wow, that's really sweet brother." Al said. "I didn't think you were a romantic."

"I'm not!" Ed said. "That just seemed like the right thing to say."

"Regardless, that's the best we can do your majesties." Izumi said.

"Even so, I'm not taking any chances." Hughes said. "Before the night is upon us I want every spinning wheel in the country destroyed."

And so the guards gathered every spinning wheel and piled them up in the castle courtyard where everyone could watch them burn. Wanting to be of more service, the three Good Fairies were sitting together discussing what they could do.

To Be Continued…

I'm sorry for the long wait for this chapter. I've been really busy lately doing other things. The next part will be up sometime later this week hopefully.