The Truth

He woke up with his wounds wrapped in bandages. All he had on were his pants. He looked around and saw the three boys that found him along with another elder man. "You woke up." said the eldest man.

"Where am I?" asked Scar.

"In an Ishbalan Camp." said the man.

"Oh, well, thanks for helping me." said Scar.

"No problem. I'm Fred, the leader of this camp. These young boys brought you in."

"Oh, thank you too boys, I was in trouble." They boys nodded and they ran off.

"The transmutation circle on your arm, you know Ishbala forbids it, why do you have it?"

"Before my brother died, he gave me this. It's a curse and blessing. I use it to punish the State Alchemists for their wrong doings."

"But to punish them you too use alchemy."

"I know, that's the curse."

"I see. May I ask how you got injured?"

"Well, in a fight with these 2 people. They strangely have powers and seem to be...immortal."

"Alchemy perhaps?"

"Perhaps, but doubt it. Human alchemy is forbidden, consequences to be paid if you do it."

"I may be of assistance. There was and Ishbalan Alchemist here, and he had a library about alchemy. He was thrown out but I found a couple of books. You might find them useful."

"Please, take me to them." The old man nodded and lifted Scar to his feet. He had a limp so he helped him move. They got out of the tent and walked down the road. They got to a tent quite bigger than the others and they walked inside. It seemed to be the old man's tent. Scar sat down on a chair. Fred walked over to the medium chest he had next to his sleeping mat. He grabbed a key from his pocket and opened the chest. He grabbed a stack of 5 or 6 books and walked over to Scar. He gave it to him, and Scar thanked him. "I am sure you might want privacy. I'll leave you here alone if you'd like."

"That's okay, you can stay." The old man nodded and sat down next to Scar.

"Forgive me Ishbala for reading this." said Scar as he opened the first book. It was thick and had a green leather cover with the transmutation circle Al used on it. He skimmed threw it and saw nothing of use. He grabbed the next book and it was red with the writing "The Guide to Learning Alchemy." He looked threw this too and still nothing. He grabbed the next book. It was skinny and black. On the cover was the sign of the Oruboros. Scar shriveled in fear. He opened the book. He read it and at the end he knew the truth. That woman and that fat chubby guy were homunculi. They were semi-immortal. The Oruboros sign was to identify them along with the ability to alter a its mind. "I know now." said Scar.

"What?" said the old man.

"Those things are homunculi, not human. They are born from failed human transmutations, and they have eaten the incomplete Philosopher's stone, giving them extra lives. That's why she looks like her." said Scar.

"Like who?"

"Like my brother's wife." said Scar closing his eyes.

-At Central-

It was the afternoon and Lust walked down the street, Gluttony on her right. Many people stared at her and they all seemed to be frightened by her. Then one little kid bumped into her. He looked up at her with tremendous fear. "S-s-sorry ma-ma'am." he said. She grabbed him by the throat and lifted him up.

"Watch where your going brat!" said Lust to him as she dropped him again. He ran off into a house where she guessed he lived. She smirked and kept walking down the street. She then spun around quickly and everyone flinched. "What the hell are you idiots staring at?" she yelled. Everyone turned around. She spun around again and walked towards HQ. A guard stopped her and Gluttony. "I'm here to meet with the Fuhrer." she said.

"Sorry, only State Alchemists allowed in due to the certain alchemists genocide." he said.

"Well, can he meet me out here?" she said.

"Yes, I'll try. Who should I tell him it is?" said the guard uncertain about her whereabouts.

"Just tell him it's a fellow friend." she said. He stared at her and went inside. The other 3 guards kept watch of her and her fat friend. 10 minutes later the guy came back and said "He said to come inside." She followed him in ordering Gluttony to stay out. He led her up the stairs and past the beautiful halls. She entered a huge room with a wooden desk facing her at the far wall which had five grand windows letting light flood inside the room. "Pride, I must tell you something." she said.

"What?" he asked.

"Envy has asked me to get rid of Fullmetal." The Fuhrer spat out his.

"What!" he yelled.

"He said he can't kill him, and he says he's leaving it to me. I shall gain the Philosopher's stone if I do what I am ordered to do."

"Hm, Envy, who would've thought? Well, don't dispose of him yet, I need him still."

"What is that?"

"He is our only lead to the Stone and Dante heeds it. Trust me, Envy won't get it for you."

"But I have this." she said taking out a skull from her jacket.

"I see, blackmail. How did you get it?"

"I stole it from Dante."

"You stole from Dante!"

"Who needs that old bitch anyways. I'm doing my own thing. I'll become human and nothing more."

"You always were a rebel." said Pride. After that there was a moment of silence. Then Lust spoke up.

"Where's Sloth?"

"Checking if a hired Alchemist got rid if a nuisance who was coming on to us." Then Sloth walked in.

"Ah, Lust, you're here." she said.

"Did that Alchemists do what he was told?"

"Nope, Anna got away." said Sloth.

"Did you punish him?" asked Lust.

"Of course, I drowned him."

"The usual." said the Fuhrer. They talked on for some time til Lust decided to leave. She walked out and saw Gluttony standing on the stairs. "Let's go Gluttony." she said. They walked down an alley and she opened up the waterway entrance and walked along the edge. She got to an aqueduct where she went up a ladder and seemed to be in another alley. They walked down the alleyway onto a street. It was now quite late, probably around 9 o'clock. Then she saw him. There he was, Fullmetal.