Disclaimer: If I owned Full Metal Alchemist, I think I'd be out spending all the money I got from it instead of writing fanfics about it.

A/N: I've been getting lots of reviews saying that ya'll are confused, and I don't blame you. So I decided to sum up the last four chapters in the A/N. Ok, so technically, there is a girl named Ash. Anyway, she meets two brothers by the name of Elric who are into alchemy. The night after meeting them, she starts hearing voices in her head, which she only did after someone died. So, she falls ill and then is kidnapped, and it turns out that Mustang was the one who captured her so she's trapped in a room caught by Mustang, Hughes, and Hawkeye. Now the Homunculi are after her as well because you supposedly have some freaky power that they want. If that was still confusing then my deepest apologies. Anyway, here's chapter 5! REVIEW! Oh also, I have NO clue of the homunculi's names, except for Lust and which name goes with who. So if anyone knows, please review and tell me!

Lessons in Alchemy

Chapter 5: Betrayal and Heart Aches

"Brother, are you alright?" Asked Al, staring over his brother as Ed's golden eyes flickered open. Every time Ed moved, or even breathed, sweltering pain flowed through him, like blood to his organs, and he could only lay motionless, breathing calmly and slowly.

"…Al…" he whispered, trying to look over at his brother, but it even hurt for him to move his eyeballs, so he stared straight in front of him, trying not to blink. "…what…about…" he grew silent.

"About what Brother? Are you okay?" asked Al, his suit of armor clanking a little with every move he made. He felt helpless, as he could only sit and watch Full Metal lay in pain, a gaping hole in his stomach.

Ed tried to sit up, but only fell back down in agony, the pain becoming unbearable. "Ash," he finished a little easier, his chest rising and falling heavily with every breath. Outside wasn't the only thing hurting; inside he felt alone, because he had abandoned her, left her alone and on her own with some strange woman. Being alone was the only thing Ed was scared of, and that had only been since his mother died, and now he had left her alone and probably scared.

Al turned to look out the window, unable to look at his brother. "Mustang went looking for her. Well not him, he is too busy working towards a promotion. But he sent some people looking for her. You've been asleep for three days Brother. No one's found her yet. Mustang says it'll be a miracle if they ever do…" his voice had been normal at first but began to fade out towards the end.

"Oh…" whispered Ed painfully. He pulled the covers off of him and stood up; pain shrieking and spreading through is body. His wound was now stitched up, well sort of, though it still bled a little. He ignored all of this and pulled on his red jacket and braided his hair back up.

"Brother! What are you doing? The doctor said not to leave for…" Al protested, trying to push his brother gently back onto the bed.

"Listen Al, I don't give a damn on what that fucked up doctor said. I don't care if no one else cares about Ash, I'm going to go find her," it had become easier for Ed to talk and breathe, but still the pain was almost unbearable.

He walked out the door, not giving time for Al to object again. Al sat down on the edge of the bed and sighed. "I guess I better go with him." And he rushed out the door after his brother, who left little puddles of blood down the halls…

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"Dammit. How'd he know I was here?" she thought, standing up from behind the bookcase; her back starting to hurt. She looked at the military people in front of her and couldn't help but wonder:

"Why are you all after me?" she shattered the silence with her question, then continued. "I mean, I know it has something to do with my blood or whatever, but what's so special about me, and why are you after someone on your own team. I'm not a state alchemist or anything, but I'm on the Elrics' side…" Her voice faded out and she looked at her feet…

Mustang walked over to his prisoner and pushed a strand of her loose hair from her now-amber eyes. "You know, you are very pretty. It's a shame about what's going to happen to you. Hope you will put it past you and not hold a grudge against me."

He paused and leaned closer to her and she could feel his breath on her face. Ash wanted to gag but before she could shoot back any remarks he continued. "Why don't you hurry back to your room and I'll meet you up there in a few minutes and we can…you know…"

She practically threw up this time. Although he was Ed's friend and all, well more or less, she couldn't stand this anymore!

"No I don't! And I don't think I want to know either!" She yelled, kicking him as hard as you can in his "tender" area.

"And it's kinda hard for a girl to kiss a guy while she's VOMITING!" She retorted, before turning away and running out the door.

Ash didn't know where she was running too, only that she had to get out of there somehow. She knew that they wanted her for more than her looks, although she never really thought of herself as pretty before, but whatever, and Ash wanted to find out what it was that was so special about her, but didn't know how. She had already been there three days, and was starting to feel irritated.

"Hello Ashton," said a voice behind her. Although she wasn't used to being called Ashton, she still answered to the name. She turned around to see a woman sitting on thin air in front of her. Her hair was long and black in wavy locks, and her nails were unusually long. On the top part of her chest was a very alien tattoo.

Ash took a step away from her and looked the weird woman over carefully; she was like nothing she'd ever seen before. "Do I know you?" Ash asked coldly, not afraid to not show this strange lady any respect.

The lady smiled at Ash. "Not nearly as well as I know you. You're name is Ashton McNill; Age: 13; Height: 5 feet 2 inches; weight: 103 pounds; blood type: AB. Anything else that I forgot to say?"

"Yeah, how creeped out I am," Ash shoot back, trying to learn about this strange woman.

Her smile faded. "Oh come on now. Why are you being so mean?"

"Why do you know so much about me?"

The woman stood up and walked closer to Ash. "Everyone knows about you. You're the most important person around."

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Mustang got up from the ground and glared at Hughes and Hawkeye. "And why didn't you follow her? What if she escapes! Dammit! Must I do everything myself?"

Hawkeye rolled her eyes and muttered under her breath, "I hope she gets out now, after how nasty you were."

"Shall we follow her sir?" asked Hawkeye, but he had already pushed passed them and rushed out the door.

Hughes looked at his picture of Elicia and frowned. "I miss my little girl. She's so cute huh? I bet you wanna meet her don't you Riza?"

"You know how many times you asked me that? And I've already met your daughter. Now put that picture away, we have a job to do."

Hughes raised an eyebrow. "What job would that be?"

"Tonight is the night of the Red Moon, remember? Tonight's the night we have to carry out the plans or we'll have to wait another sixty years!" replied Hawkeye impatiently.

"Oh that's tonight? But are you sure we can kill her Riza. You are pretty soft hearted," replied Hughes, thinking of Elicia.

"If we don't kill Ash and drain all her blood then we'll be dead, because Mustang will be mad!"

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"What?" Ash asked, but the woman seems to be talking about something else because suddenly Ed is brought into it.

"You know Ed is behind this all too. He wants to help Mustang. Do you think it was a coincidence that you suddenly ran into him one day?"

"Oh I'm sorry," said a boy, his deep gold eyes catching hers. "Oh it's okay," the girl reply, picking up her spilt bags of groceries.

"Lemme help you," he said, picking up some of the groceries then taking one of the sacks from the amber orbed girl's hands. "Where are you headed?" He asked, obviously intending to carry the groceries all the way to her house for her.

Ash didn't want anyone to know where she lived so she took the sack back from him. "Oh, thank you but don't worry about it. Maybe after I put these up we can meet back here?" she proposed, this guy was nice, and handsome, but she didn't think she was falling for him. What she needed now was a friend, and he seemed like a good one.

"Alright, see you soon then!" he replied, smiling at Ash before you hurried away.

The memory from what happened almost five days ago still stayed deeply in Ash's mind, carving itself a little crevice. This lady was making sense, how odd was it that a stranger would want to meet her? She sighed and rubbed your temples.

"Is Ed really behind this as well?" Ash asked the woman and she nods. "Ed is a state alchemist on a search for the Philosopher's Stone. He'd do anything to find it, even betray people. He's strictly business."

But before anything else can happen, Ash heard a door open loudly behind her and the sound was replaced by the sounds of armor clanking and heavy breathing. She turned to see Ed and Al, and noticed a new wound in the same place as the old one on Ed's stomach.

Ash stared at Ed, standing in front of her. He had come all this way to find her, even with his wound. "Ash, I'm so happy that you're safe." He walked towards her.

"Get away from me Ed, I figured it all out!" Ash retorted angrily, turning herself away from the Elric brothers.

"Figured what out Ash?" Asked Al, walking closer to her. He spoke quietly, as if he was hurt by her actions.

"Your own team members are after me. You never wanted to be my friend; you just used me to get whatever it is Mustang wants. Why else would members of your own team want me dead?"

Ed stared at her, and his eyes grew sad. He stared at his feet and then walked closer to her. "Ash, that's not true. Yes it's true that Al and I are looking for the Philosopher's Stone, but we wouldn't betray you. Wait-members of our team?"

"Yes, Mustang, Hawkeye, and Hughes, are the ones keeping me here," she replied. Al walked over to the lady.

"Lust? What are you doing here?" he asked, staring at her. "You know her?" Ash asked, but before she can say anything else, Lust snatched Ash and jumped out a window that was seven stories up. Although it shattered, it didn't make a sound, and she scurried across the lawn.

Ash struggled in her arms and freed herself from her grasp just after Lust started running. "I dunno if what I did before was alchemy or not, but here goes nothing." She thought, and shoved her palms to the ground. Vines appeared in the air, leaving holes in the ground, and fly straight for the lady.

"I'll be back!" She says, and disappears before the vines can hit her. Ash turned and looked at the building and see Ed and Al staring at the window at her.

"They were telling the truth. How could I ever have doubted them?" she asked herself, staring at her booted feet.

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Ok, things are probably even more confusing now. Well Lust was trying to brainwash Ash and it didn't work. But why is Mustang after her? And how can he have been looking for her like Al said? Find out soon! Review if you're here cuz obviously you've read!

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