Well I know it's been a while, and I hope I haven't lost too many readers, but here you have it, chapter 28. I'm also going to be posting up to chapter 30, and then wait a while longer for more. Don't worry I'm still going to be working on the story, it's just going to take me time to post it. Thanks for being patient.


Chapter 28

I don't know how I managed it but I dodged a fist to the face by a mere inch. I then quickly do a back flip out of their, and get stricken at the side, making me topple to the ground, a small amount of pain going through me.

"Holy crap Envy, why you give it everything you've got", I hear Winry call.

"Don't blame me that she is out of practice", Envy points out. I look over and see Krystina looking in my direction though the swords are still in the air, Ed and Al are now watching the little skirmish here, which I am clearly losing. Groaning, I get to my feet, then narrow my eyes and rush him, not my strong suit, he easily dodges that, and pins me to the ground, after knocking the air out of my lungs.

"Can't you go a little easy"? I ask looking him in the eyes. He only narrows them and gets up, helping me to my feet as well, the red sparks going around me as he heals the wounds that he created.

"Would those guys go easy on you"? He asks. I sigh and look down, "No".

"Exactly", Envy adds, which feels like a dagger to the heart.

"Look, you can't get some one into practice if you down right kick her ass", Ed says as he walks over to us. Envy glares at him, uh oh this isn't going to end well.

"For your information she had done a good job against me, Lust and Gluttony, so I don't see taking it easy on her is the best bet right now", Envy snaps at him.

"Well for your information that was a year ago"! Ed snaps back, taking a threatening step forward.

"And who's fault is that, who was the one that trained the mind not the body"? Envy asks that cocky look on his face.

"And who was the one that was doing self loathing that whole time? When he could have been helping her train the body while I trained the mind"! Ed snaps, anger evident on his face. Though Envy's dropped and he lets out a growl, before punching Ed in the face, sending him to the ground.

"You want this to be a fist fight, then so be it", Ed snaps then claps his hands together and groans, looking defeated at the ground.

"Whats wrong? Eh Pipsqueak"? Envy asks his cockiness coming back.

"Again, with the name"! Ed yells as he pushes himself off the ground and sends a swing aiming for Envy's face, which he just blocks and sends a kick to his side. Ed stumbles but keeps his balance, and holds his side. I'm sure that hurt, Envy purposely used all the strength he thought was necessary.

"Brother"! Al yells then rushes into the fight too, which Envy just seems to be amused now. His face in a cocky smile, his stance is showing that he is ready for anything. Al claps his hands together and makes the ground into a pointy weapon, which Envy dodges with ease, and goes in to attack Al, who seems to be holding out his own.

Blocking hit for hit, both of them seem equally matched. My eyes widen when Ed decided to get in on the fun, and instead of trying to fight both of them, all Envy does is wait for the right moment, and just when Ed was about to hit him, Envy ducks out-of-the-way just in time for Ed and Al to hit each other in the face, knocking one another to the ground with a groan.

Envy stands above them looking triumphant, his arms crossed over his chest and a huge grin on his face.

"Unlike the two of you, what ever injuries I inflict on her I can fix", Envy then says.

"You're a cheap bastard, as always", Ed says getting to his feet.

"How am I the cheap one, I don't use my stone, and I wasn't the one who teamed up, it was your fault and you both know it"! Envy replies. Envy then walks over to him and grabs his shirt then brings his face just inches away from Ed's and in a very scary tone Envy then adds, "Don't you dare think you know anything about me.. In truth you don't". With that, Envy then turns and walks off.

"Wow, that was intense", Winry cuts in, I look over at her then smile and look up at Krystina, those swords still in place.

"How the hell can you do that"? I ask. She just grins at me.

"Lot of time, patience and practice", she says.

"How about we train your alchemy style", Al adds and he too gets to his feet. I smile and nod my head at him. Envy's way is ok, but Alchemy is the way I really want to go, to better my skills is a good idea, not only physically but also mentally and the alchemy way too.


Laying on the grass breathing heavily I stare at the sky. It's nearly lunch now and I haven't gotten anywhere. I can still only do one animal. Krystina had tried to explain to me it don't happen with in a mere second, but I just wish it would.

"Here", Winry says as she hands me a cup of water.

"Thanks", I reply taking it from her.

"You know your amazing in its own right", she points out. I look at her as I take a mouthful of water.

"I mean, the stuff you can do, its amazing, like art", she adds. I look down at my lap, and groan.

"I just wish I could remember, I wish I could become better in a few hours", I complain. She just chuckles at me.

"It takes time and hard work to become what you want", she says sounding like an old woman. I just give her a strange look, which she smiles oddly at me. Wanting to get my mind off this topic, I then grin evilly, "So Winry, how are things with you and Ed"? I ask. She looks away a deep blush on her face.

"Come now spill it", I command her while sitting up.

"Nothing really has happened", she stats looking up at the sky. I just narrow my eyes at her and ask, "Not even a kiss"? She shakes her head as her reply.

"What about you and Envy"? She asks, and instantly I feel my face heat up. She looks at me and starts laughing.

"So tell me", she stats.

"There's nothing to tell", I try.

"Then why is your face so red"? She then asks.

"No reason", I reply and get to my feet, making my way to the house, the cup in hand. I can hear Winry walking behind me, and I'm sure she has a huge grin on her face. The moment I walk into the house I can smell something that caused my stomach to growl.

"Granny is making stew", Winry says.

"Smells great as always", I add. She nods her head then makes her way to the kitchen. Sighing I start my way to my room, opening the door to find Envy sitting in the widow again.

"So this is where you ran off to"? I ask, walking in and closing the door behind me.

"No, I just got here a few minutes ago", he answers without turning his head to me. Narrowing my eyes at him I just walk over to the bed, and sit down.

"I badly want to remember my past, before I was with you guys", I stat.

"Then try to remember", Envy points out.

"I have been", I groan and let myself fall to the bed.

"Well what is it that you do remember, no matter how small it is"? He asks.

"Lets see... When I was a little girl my mother had forced me to go to the portal of truth... While I was in their I was killing every one on the outside", I stat. As much as I don't want that memory I'm sure it has some significance to this whole thing that is happening now.

"I also know its my people who kept that door hidden, or gone, or what ever", I add. Truly the only memories that came to mind are the bad ones, the one where my brother is killed, the one where I meet Father and watching as my town goes to ruin in a mere second. I remember a few days after being taken in by Father I had over heard the conversation that Envy had with Lust, where he had said he just made it out of their by a second. I look over at him, the sun shining in the window, casting this glow on his skin, through his hair.

In a way I'm glade he wasn't killed, I'm glade I stopped him from killing himself.. But also regret all of it. I wonder if things where different if we would be like this now. We would have shared a moment that no human and homunculus should have ever shared. I have no doubts that he had, had sex with people in the past, and for some strange reason it don't bother me. Should it? Sighing I look down at my hands, and put one to my waist, where that birth mark in the shape of a dragon is.

"I can't remember why I was special", I then say, not actually caring if he is listening or not.

"Lisa lunch is ready", I hear some one call up to me. Sighing I get to my feet and look over at Envy, he hasn't moved, though he looks deep in thought. Deciding not to bother him, I just walk out of the room and make my way down to the kitchen. Ed, Al and Winry are sitting at the table, Granny is bring the hot-pot over to the table. She places it on a hot pad and sits down in her chair, Winry taking the first bowl of stew.

I sit down and wait till every one has gotten something then get my own. I begin eating after buttering a bun, and dipping it into the liquid.

"So you want to tell us what your stat name is"? Ed then asks, as soon as I groan Krystina walks into the room.

"No", I simply answer.

"Why, does it not suit you"? Al asks. I just snort out a laugh and say not in a pleased way, "No, it don't, not at all". Though that day I was attacked it sure in the hell fit their.

"Let me guess, Static"? Ed asks, I just glare at him and he is trying his hardest not to laugh. Sighing I just shove a spoonful of food into my mouth trying my hardest to ignore him.

"What a team, the Static alchemist and a parasite", Ed then retorts, and actually laughs. For some reason I just had a picture implanted in my head, anything I touched would get either a shock or a bad hair day, and on my shoulder is this rather evil-looking parasitic looking Envy.

"I hate you Ed"! I snap, and shove the food forward so I can hide my face.

"Oh come on its to damn funny", he retorts.

"Brother", I hear Al whisper and out of no where I hear a thud, and every one in the room gasps. I look over to where Ed was sitting only to see his feet and hear him groaning. My eyes widen out of confusion, then I look at Winry who signals me to look back, and when I do did I jump. The look on Envy's face is scary. It all so looks like he tossed something too.

"What the hell was that for"? Ed asks getting to his feet. I see a stone in his hand.

"Stop name calling will you pipsqueak"! Envy snaps.

"Your one to talk, if you can't handle it then don't dish it out"! Ed yells back and moves his head to the side as another stone had been tossed at him, hitting the wall causing it to crack.

"Your so in for a whole world of pain, parasite boy"! Ed yells putting his foot on the table.

"Take this outside will you", Granny says annoyed, but I somehow see she managed to grab a wrench, actually make that two.

"How many times do I have to tell you"! I hear Envy growl. Both of them don't even look like they are going to make their way outside, and make a mess of the kitchen.

"Ok that's it I..", Ed gets knocked to the ground a wrench beside him. When she tossed it at Envy however, he just caught it and gave her a nasty look before turning, dropping the weapon to the ground and leaving the room, "This is why I don't hang with you".

"Ow, Granny", Ed stats as he gets to his feet, rubbing the side of his face.

"I'm sorry Ed but I don't want my house destroyed", she stats and casually places a spoonful in her mouth.


Now I'm watching Ed and Al train while trying to remember anything important, anything at all that will help.

"Krystina, do you know why the military tried to get my people to enrol"? I ask turning my attention to her, which she is just standing beside me.

"All I heard was the special abilities that your people can do.. And the destruction it causes", she stats. My eyes widen to that and I remember back to the day I lost everything.

Flash Back

"Brother what you working on"? I ask as I walk into my brother's room, where he is sitting at his desk writing a paper for something.

"School", he simply answers without looking down at me.

"Is it about the bad stuff"? I ask curious about it all. His eyes widen and he puts the pen down then looks at me.

"Lis, where did you hear that"? He asks. I shrug my little shoulders and kick the floor.

"I heard daddy talking about the mark", I answer. My older brother sighs and gets up then walks over to his bed, looking at it for a long moment.

"Just forget it, your too young to understand.. I wish mom wouldn't force you to do any of these things", he says clenching his hands into fists.

"But why, if its going to help you all then I want to do it", I say. My brother looks at me, horrified.

"No, no you don't, just stop with this, stop listening to mom"! He snaps. I take a step back, his face scares me. He sighs after seeing this and closes his eyes, calming himself.

"Look I don't mean to tell you what to do, but just take in consideration, the term death", he stats then turns and walks out of the room. I just stare at his open bedroom door for a long moment before turning my attention to the paper on his desk. Curious about what he is working on, I climb on the chair and take a look at the paper. On it is a symbol, a dragon in the centre of the double circle.

I open my eyes and gasp, now remember that, the dragon looks vaguely like the birth mark I have on my hip.

"What"? She asks.

"I.. Well... I think", no I know.

"What"? Krystina asks. That paper my brother was working on, was about me. Looking at my hands, looking from one to the other, usually I would draw a transmutation circle on them. After remembering what was on that sheet of paper, I don't actually need it. I clap my hands together, and my eyes widen as lightning forms around my hands. With the circle it's usually a faint glow then the static in the air to create what is now bolting around my hands.

Krystina gasps and takes a few steps away from me, I didn't understand why till everything in my vision went black.

Groaning I open my eyes only to bolt to a standing position, right in front of me is that white figure with grey around him. I look around and see no darkness at all in the light.

"What the"? I ask and turn my attention back at the thing. He just grins at me and turns then fades away.

"Wait, why am I here, I haven't been here for a while"? I ask. Though he don't answer as he fully fades away. I look around once more and my eyes land on that black door. I walk over to it, not remembering when it was closed.

"Either your stupid or just plain ignorant", I hear the tone of that Envy look-alike. I turn around and standing before me is that Envy look-alike.

"Wait how the hell are you in the light"? I ask.

"That's easy I just didn't want to fallow the darkness", he simply answers, but then scowls at me. I narrow my eyes at him.

"What now"? I ask.

"You went and did it", he says. I just look at him confused.

"Sure what I wanted was to come out and cause havoc on your world, but this... What you have done is fantastic", he says am evil glint in his eyes. Then he grabs my shoulders and brings himself inches away from my face, and snarls, "To let him claim you is the stupidest thing you could have done".

"What are you talking about"? I ask. He growls at me and I feel his one leg go between mine and he roughly rubs his knee against me, making me groan and feel the soreness that I had forgotten about. Then grinning after realizing that voice I had heard was his.

"What not being a virgin thwarts your plans"? I ask a grin coming to my features. He then grins and whispers in my ear, "Just a minor set back, now that I have two on the outside, and me on the inside it makes things a little easier". I shiver as he lets a breath brush against my ear.

"So you know when I get out of here, I'm going to kill him", he says then pushes away from me, and disappears while laughing. Shaking this odd feeling off, I turn to look at the door and my eyes widen. The shape that is forming on the door is the dragon mark I have, its eyes glowing bright red, and seems to be looking right at me.

"Well now that's creepy", I say. But for some reason I had seen this before, I believe it's when mother had forced me to do what it was I just did moments before. My eyes widening in realization I then look around, for anything, any way out of here.

"Oh no, this isn't good", I then say finding nothing. But that don't stop me, I go rushing around in the endless void trying desperately to get to my body.


"Lisa what is your problem"? Krystina asks dodging Lisa's attacks. Both Ed and Al look over and gasp at the sight. Lisa sends a punch to Krystina's face, which gets blocked, smiling she then sends a hard kick to her side. Krystina stumbles holding her side and looking at Lisa, her eyes widening in terror.

"I have no problem", she answers looking at her hands then over at Ed and Al, smiling remembering something, she then claps her hands, and places one to the ground, bringing a weapon up with sparks coming from it.

"What is wrong with you"? Krystina asks as she backs up, as Lisa advances on her, an evil grin appears on her features.

"Ed Get Envy", Al orders his brother earning a glare but no complaint as Al claps his hands together and creates a protective wall in front of Krystina in time for the javelin to pierce it instead of her.

"She was about to kill me", Krystina says confused and shocked up at Al.

"If you noticed her eyes, it's not her", Al replies. Krystina gets to her feet and the two of them rush back as the wall gets broken down.

"What did she do"? Al asks.

"She clapped her hands together, and lightning formed around her hands", Krystina answers. Al's eyes go wide and he looks over as he sees her clap her hands together. She shows him her hands before placing them to the ground.

"Move"! He then yells at Krystina and with out a second thought she moves only to look back horrified at the attack that the girl just sent their way. The heat she feels just coming from the many sparks that just randomly appeared out of no where, if she where any closer she would have gotten burnt.

"She isn't using a transmutation circle", Al points out.

"No she isn't... Wait, that's not right", Krystina says as she makes her way to his side.

"I know, as far as we know she hadn't done any human transmutation", Al says, the two of them trying their best to back away from her.

"That's because she don't actually need one", Envy says from behind them. Krystina looks back and sighs a relief.

"In using one this does not happen", he says not too phased by the situation.

"Wait, you knew"? Al asks.

"Yes, I've witnessed this once before", he answers then starts making his way toward her.

"Wait, she'll kill you", Krystina says, only for her to look over as Ed places a hand on her shoulder.

"I don't think he'll allow her to kill him", Ed then replies.

After Lisa claps her hands Envy then swiftly moves, letting her try to attack him, then grabbing both her hands and keeping them apart from each other.

"You've forgotten about my legs", Lisa's dark tone says, only for Envy to shake his head. She looks down then hisses, and looks over seeing Al, looking pleased with himself.

"Now dammit, wake up"! Envy snaps at her.

"But I am awake", she laughs at him, he only growls and yells, "The hell you are, I know you wouldn't try to attack me".

"You sure about that"? She asks looking amused.

"Yes", he simply replies.

"Maybe she wants to kill you", Lisa says.

"Why did she just say she and not I"? Krystina asks.

"Maybe because this is an alter ego"? Ed asks, and shrugs his shoulders.

"Your aware that this poor girl is guilt ridden thinking about all you've gone through and forcing you to stay here, for her sake", Lisa says then laughs. Envy however just shakes his head and looks down, if he has to stay like this for ever then he will. After a while of no silence due to her trying to get him to hurt her for believing she wants to hurt him, he looks over at Al.

"What"? He asks kinda scared.

"Bind her arms for me", Envy commands. With out hesitation Al does, and Envy walks behind her.

"What are you going to do"? Lisa asks.

"Forgive me", he says then hits her on the back of her neck forcing her to black out.

"Ah, what the hell? How do you know she will wake up herself again"? Krystina asks.

"Because I did this last time too", he simply answers.


Giving up, I just stop and let myself fall. I can't remember how to get out of here, let alone how I even got here. I know I wasn't sleeping when I got in here.

"Why does these things have to be so complicated"? I ask.

"Lisa", a female voice calls and I look around my eyes wide.

"Mom"? I ask.

"Behind you", and so I turn around, their stands my mother the way she looked before she died. I just couldn't hold the tears back after looking at her.

"I'm sorry we never got a chance to explain a few things", she says and looks down disappointed in herself.

"But I only have enough time to tell you this... You in itself is the circle, but what you unleash you cannot yet handle", she says. My eyes widen and then everything disappears.

Opening my eyes I see Krystina, Ed and Al in front of me and for some reason I cannot move my arms and legs. I look down and freak out inwardly.

"Ah, what the hell"? I ask and look to the side, my arms are bound too.

"Is it really you"? Al asks. I look at him confused.

"What"?

The three of them look from one to the other and then they all look behind me. Suddenly I feel this throbbing pain just shot from the back of my neck. I hear something from behind, the three of them gasp and then I'm suddenly on the ground. I look back and see Envy standing their not too pleased. I just smile at him and rub the back of my head.

"I don't know how many times we had told you not to do that and you do it again"! Envy snaps. I sit on my butt then sigh and close my eyes.

"Sorry I just forgot", I stat.

"So your really you"? Krystina asks. I look at her again confused.

"You just tried to kill me", she then blurts out.

"Oh", is all I manage.

"She isn't going to remember that", Envy points out.

"So its like another her in the same body"? Al asks. I just look at every one confused out of my mind here.

"Not quite, I can't actually explain it, but from what I can tell is she is still the same person", Envy says and crouches down beside me.

"That hurt", I then say.

"Sorry", he replies. Groaning I get to my feet, and look from him, who followed me to the other three.

"I won't do that again, I promise, but first, I had a short encounter with my mother", I then stat.

"What, how"? Al asks.

"I can visit the portal of truth, its one thing that my people are known to be able to do with out a human transmutation... I guess that's also why I can also do alchemy with out a circle", I pause.

"Any way she told me that I am the circle", I say and every one looks deep in thought. Al looks at me shocked, and confused then thoughtful.

"Hey let's try something", he then says and turns to Krystina. She looks at him than at me and back at him, "Why look at me for"?


Sorry for the cliffhanger, but its the 7th page, you'll have to wait till the next one, which won't be too much longer... Tell me what you think so far, I need to know if your still liking the story.