Hello hello AGAIN! Already at chapter 3! It's time for a CHAPTER 3 PAR-TAY! puts party hats on Ed, Al, Roy and the gang Yay! Enjoy Chapter 3! It was an honor to write it, er type it. Whatever. On with the Chapter!

Ed continued down the dark hallway, feeling his way along the wall. "Are you sure you know where you're going?" Al asked. "It's pretty dark in here."

"Of coarse I do!" Ed retorted confidently. "After all, I am the one who led us to this rundown excuse for castle in the first place, right?"

"Umm, well, you sorta found it be accide-"

"My point exactly! So just leave everything to me!"

Al sighed. "Whatever you say."

They continued down the long corridor, looking for warm room to dry off in. As they walked, Al began to look around them. Even though it was too dark to see anything detailed, he could still make out the outlines of cobwebs and large creepy paintings on the wall. "Nii-san?" he asked, tapping his brother on the shoulder.

"What is it now, Al?"

"Umm, do you get the feeling that there's something weird about this place?"

Ed was silent for a moment, then began laughing. "C'mon Al, don't tell your scared of some stupid house!" Al looked down in embarrassment, as Ed continued to giggle. "Oh no, Al! The zombies are gonna get you! HAHHAAHA!"

Al jerked up. "It's not funny!" he wined. "I'm being serious!"

Ed stopped his giggling and turned to his brother wiping a tear from his eye. "Sorry Al, I'm just kidding around. And don't worry, because like I said before, we've got me remember? I won't let anything happen to yo!" Ed stopped and fell to floor.

"There's something on my FACE!"

"Ed! What's wrong!"

"My face!" he yelled. "There's something on it!"

Al stood and shock for a moment. Was it just a mean trick? No, even if Ed liked to joke, he'd never pull a joke like that. With that, Al sprinted down the hallway with no clue of where was going. "HELP!" he yelled. "SOMEONE HELP US!" As he turned the corner, he suddenly hit something and fell backward. He scooted back in fear of what he'd hit. He covered his head, flinching when suddenly, he noticed a figure holding a dim light. Al had met up with who else, but Roy Mustang. "Alphonse!" he exclaimed. "What's-" But he didn't have time to finish, because Al had grabbed his arm pulled him back down the hallway. "No time to talk," Al said. "My brother, he's-"

They both stopped in front of Ed and gasped. Ed was now curled up in a ball, grabbing the "thing" on his face. After staring for a moment, Mustang took a deep sigh. "You've got to be kidding me," he said dully. He turned Ed over on his side. "That's pathetic."

He reached his hand to Ed's face and pulled off a small gray, kitten

"So Full Metal, the big, bad, kitty got you, huh?" Mustang teased, shining his dimly lit candle on the kitten which had just let out a high-pitched meow. "Huh?" Ed's face flushed in a mix of anger and embarrassment as he stuttered to make an excuse. "Well, uh. You see it was dark for one thing! I couldn't even see the damn cat!"

"Sure, Edward," Mustang chimed sarcastically, walking away.

"No really, it was hairy, I didn't know what the hell it was! And it had claws too! I mean, c'mon, you gotta belive me! THAT THING'S JUST A PIPSQUEAK!"

"Remind you of anyone?"

Ed's eye's narrowed as a vein bulge appeared on his forehead. "WHO ARE CALLING TINY LITTLE ANT SMALL ENOUGH TO BE SQUISHED BY PEBBLE!"

" Um, I never said that. . ." Mustang answered, a little disturbed.

As Ed finished his rant, Hughes and Riza ran in. "We heard the scream, what happened!" Hughes asked as he ran in. "It was nothing," Mustang reported, handing the kitten to Al. "I found a living room with a fireplace. We can all warm up there," Riza said. "You mean we're not leaving?" Al asked, hugging his kitten. "Not in this weather," said Hughes, as a bolt of lightning struck outside. Mustang approached Riza, handing her his candle "Lead us to the room. We've enough excitment for one night."

Ed watched as the three began walking down the hall. "I'll get you back for that, Mustang," he thought to himelf. "No one makes a fool of Ed "The Full Metal Alchemist" Elric and get's away with it!"

"Nii-san, let's hurry!" Al called, running after them.

"I'm coming, I'm coming," Ed muttered, following his brother, as a smirk slithered across his face.

They all entered the room Riza had found. It was a vast room with rows of towering bookshelves filled with varieties of books and papers. A majority of the room was sheet covered furniture that was dusted over in cobwebs. The reds carpet led them to the west side, where there was a marble fireplace embedded in the wall. Hughes made his way over to the fireplace taking a book of matches out of his pocket. As he went to light it, Mustang grabbed his arm. "Just leave this part to me," he said, slipping his glove on.

While Mustang worked on getting the fire started, Ed approached the bookshelf. "That jerk is so full of himself." He grunted pulling out a thick journal. He looked at confused for a minute, relizing there was no title. He took a deep breath, and blew the dust off the cover, and opened the front page where the words 'Our Family'were written in gold ink. As Ed turned the page, his found pictures of a man and women. As the pages proceeded, there more pictures of young children. He skimmed through to the last page. Blank. "What a waste," he thought to himself, throwing the book over his shoulder. He looked over at the others, at Mustang adjusting logs in their newly lit fire, at Al blushing as he pet his new kitty friend (Awww), and Hughes dangling a spider in Riza's face. She looked up and shrieked "Get that thing out of my face!" she complained.

"What's the matter? Scared of spider, Hawkeye?"

She smacked him the face with her candle, leaving a red imprint on his forehead.

Ed suddenly was sparked with an idea! He looked back down at the journal he had found and grinned. "Gather around the fireplace everyone!" Mustang announced with confidence. Ed and the other's walked over to the fire and to warm themselves. "So what the heck are we supposed to do until the storm let's up?" Al asked.

"Just wait I guess," Riza answered.

"Go ahead and sit down everyone," Ed instructed happily. "We'll pass the time with a story. I've a great one in mind. . ."

That's it for Chapter 3! Party's OVER! Our next upcoming event, Chapter 4! So stick around everyone, and hopefully you're not disappointed! Al (blushing): I can keep the kitty though, right?

kawaii! XD