Joe: Back again. One day and I have two reviews! Oh, the power of journals.

Ciana: Let me get this over with. Joe doesn't own any of the characters from Full Metal Alchemist but she wishes she did. Too bad for her.

Joe: Lovely. You are nothing but a hater.

Ciana: Your fault. You created me.

Chapter 2 – Destiny, or an Accident?

It was a day like any other. Edward and Alphonse were going to see some of the other State Alchemists. They walked up the stone steps. They had their metal bound journals and soon others followed them, they had their journals too. All silver metal, heavy, and yet light. They all stepped into the room, one by one. There were quite a few people in the meeting room, but the meeting was very short. They left in an orderly fashion. As it turns out, Edward and Alphonse were the last two leave. The exited the double doors together and whom should they bump into but Roy Mustang. The journals dropped. All three of them. Roy dropped to the ground to pick his up and so did Ed and Al. They grabbed a journal and nodded at each other. Mustang went to his car (I don't know what it was…I forgot.) and left. Edward and Alphonse (I keep wanting to say Elric) stared for a moment before heading home.

As Mustang was heading home from the meeting, he opened his journal. Inside were words he didn't recall writing.

Mrs. Winry (might've spelt her name wrong) Elric. Mrs. Edward Elric. Mrs. Winry Elric…

Mustang stared at the paper. "Driver, pull over." The car stopped. Mustang got out of the car and started walking to the Elric's accommodations. He knocked on the door. A man opened the door. "Good afternoon, sir, are any of the Elrics at home?" The man shook his head. "Could you tell them to come to Roy Mustang's house when they are?" The man nodded and closed the door before Mustang could get another word in. Mustang shook his head and went home, reading the book as he went.

Dear Winry. No. That doesn't sound right.

Dearest Winry. No

Winry. Nope.

What do I write?

Hi Winry. That's pretty good.

That was all on the page. He turned to the next page.

I love Winry. That's all there is to it. She is the most beautiful person I know. I love her. If only I could see her.

Mustang remembered that he had let the Elrics leave that day to see an old friend. They wouldn't be back for another three weeks. He hit his head stressfully. He turned the page.

Hi Winry.

It's Edward. I'm a State Alchemist now. Thought you'd like to know. Al is doing fine. He's getting along well with his new body. I'm doing fine with my arm and leg. I can do alchemy without circles! Isn't that amazing? I saved a man's life. A few days ago, there was a big problem. Right now there is a serial killer on the loose who only victimizes women. I saw one of the victims and she looked like mom.

Some of the writing was a little hard to make out. Mustang guessed it was about his mother. He had known that she had died and the Elrics tried a human transmutation to bring her back. He skipped the part he couldn't read.

Warning: The following part contains SPOILERS. If you haven't seen the episode or read the part – Night of the Chimera's Cry, and don't want to know what happens, DON'T READ.

There was this man, Mr. Tucker; we stayed with him for a little while. He has…had a daughter and a dog and a wife. He said his wife disappeared two years ago, when he had made the first chimera that made him a State Alchemist. Then one day, he had to turn in this thing in a few days to keep being a State Alchemist. He made another chimera. Nina, his daughter, and their dog disappeared. Al and I looked for Mr. Tucker. He was in his basement. There were a ton of strange chimeras in cages. He was in the back with a pretty chimera. It could speak English. It called me friend and it called Al 'big brother'. That's when it hit me. Mr. Tucker had made this chimera and Nina and their dog disappeared. Two years ago, he had made another chimera and his wife disappeared. Mr. Tucker used his family to make chimeras. What he used for the transmutation. People arrested Mr. Tucker and they wanted to keep Nina and their dog (I'm sorry, I don't remember it's name) for studies. I didn't want Nina to be a test sample so I used my alchemy to bust the truck and let the chimera out. She ran away. Al and I chased after her and didn't find her. We looked into an ally and found guts on the wall. They belonged to Nina and her dog. Mr. Tucker is a sick bastard for doing something like that. He is a…

Mustang found a list of bad words used to describe Mr. Tucker. Why hadn't he known any of this before? Maybe it was destiny that he should have this diary. Maybe Edward had been told not to tell anyone and took his journal on purpose so he could read it. But then again…it could have still been an accident. He shook his head, still unsure, and stepped into his car. As he was riding, he continued reading the journal.

"Here's your dumb diary." Edward threw the metal book at Al's head. "Now give me back mine." He held his hand out. Al stared at the open journal.

"Brother, this isn't yours."

"What? Whose is it then?" Ed stumbled over to where Al was sitting and looked over his shoulder. "Gimme that." He grabbed the book from Al and sat on his bed, reading. "Mustang? Mustang wrote this? I can't believe it."

"Brother, this isn't right. We have to give it back."

"No chance. Not till I'm done with it." He flipped through the pages. "Edward Elric. Kind, caring, everything a woman would want. Alphonse Elric. Separated from his body, kind, loving. He writes this kinda stuff?" He flipped through the pages more and stopped suddenly. "Wait. If you now have your diary, and I have Mustang's…who has mine? Oh my gosh. Mustang has my journal!" Al looked at him. "I write what happened with Mr. Tucker in it!"

"You what? No one is supposed to know that!"

"Gee, I never would've guessed. I'm panicking because I feel like it." Edward started out the door.

"Stop." Ed turned around. "We promised Winry that we would visit for the next three weeks. Mustang has probably read that part anyway." Ed sat down.

"You're right. If they try to kill us, Mustang'll probably make sure we survive."

"What makes you say that? He never helped us much before."

"This." He held up the open journal.

Note to self: Do whatever I can to help the Elric family. They've been through a lot and don't have a home. Find home, protect them, ect.

"Explains a lot. He's trying to be subtle about it. Didn't you ever wonder why when we're in trouble, he makes it seem coincidental that he helps us?" Al nodded. "Exactly. Now let's get some sleep. We have an early start in the morning."

Joe: Yay! I finished chapter 2! Interesting? Not so sure. You decide. Again. If you are lying when you review…I will hunt you down. Okay? Okay. If anyone knows the name of Nina's dog, or any of the characters, like the one State Alchemist that took Mr. Tucker. The one who hates Mustang, tell me please. I am not very good with my memory. Thanx!