All Ed knew, felt, heard, and saw—as weird as that may sound—was pain. His head, arms, and legs were throbbing. All he could see was black.

Ed tried to remember where he was…All he could think of was that his life was flashing before his eyes, ending with the memory of the meeting with that new Major that ended…God…How long ago? A decade?

Ed decided to stop wondering how long he had laid there. It hurt to think. Unfortunately, Ed needed to think now. Desperately. Where was he, what was he doing here…He had no idea…He felt like bashing his head against the wall, except for the fact that he couldn't move…

"Brother? Brother?" Why won't that person shut up! I'm in pain… "Brother! ED!" Something heavy fell down next to him, and the vibrations made him shudder in pain. Lots of pain. "ED? ED! BROTHER! BROTHER, TALK TO ME! NOO!"

Oh God…I know that person…It's…Uh…

"Al?" Edward's voice was hoarse and extremely quiet.

"Ed!" Alphonse sounded extremely relieved. He picked up Ed gently, and carried him out of the room, into the cold of the night.

"No." Ed protested, slightly louder then he was before.

"Brother, you need to go see the Colonel." Ed stiffened.

"Al, what the hell happened?" Alphonse slowed down a little bit.

"Don't you remember?"

"Am I supposed to?" Ed asked louder, the arm that was hanging over Al's flapping uselessly and causing something to rub against Al's armor that made a weird noise.

"Well…I thought you'd remember, if you hadn't died." Al looked at his older brother, checking him for injuries. Funny thing was, he didn't look injured at all. "Do you hurt?"

"Like hell," Ed replied, stiffening again as Al sped up.

"Ed, I know you don't like Colonel Mustang, but I think he's the best to see right now."

"Why!"

"Brother… We were experimenting, remember?"

"N—" Ed stopped short, the memories kinda… flooding back.

"See Al?" Ed asked, "Even if we use the Philosopher's Stone to get our bodies back to normal, we should probably still be able to perform human transmutation." Ed finished drawing the last intricate sign on a huge transmutation circle in the ground.

"So, we start with animals?" Al asked, holding onto a bird.

"Exactly," Ed grinned and stood up, glancing back over his work. "Okay, Al, set it down." Alphonse hesitated, holding the bird closely to his chest.

"Will it hurt him?" Ed sighed.

"I don't know, Al, probably not!" He added in a hurry. "Anyway, we need to do this!" Al sighed slightly and placed the bird in the middle of the circle, whispering to it.

Alphonse and Edward placed their hands on the edge of the circle and slightly pushed down, the circle lighting orange with energy.

Suddenly the bird flapped its wings and began to walk out of the transmutation circle.

Ed lunged forward and brought the bird back, but fell heavily, hitting his head on the ground.

"Aw, fuck," Ed muttered, bringing up an arm gingerly to rub his aching head.

"You remember?"

"Yeah…Al, what happened?" Alphonse sighed again and stopped outside of a door Ed could only see half of from his position in Al's arms. Al carefully slipped an arm out from under Ed and knocked lightly.

"Come in," Mustang called. Al opened the door and walked in.

Everyone's faces dropped. Havoc, Hawkeye, and Mustang walked over to where Al was. "Omigod…" Mustang said quietly, looking at Ed.

"What's wrong with me!" Ed said loudly, trying to get away from Alphonse. The movement sent a spasm of pain throughout his body and he winced.

"Are you in pain, Ed?" Roy asked, looking him over quickly. Ed glared at the Colonel.

"No, I'm fine." He grimaced again as something that was being pinned by Al twitched and hurt like hell.

"You don't look so good chief," Havoc told him, tweaking the ever-present cigarette. Hawkeye's mouth was slightly open and she didn't say anything.

"What. Is wrong with me?" Ed said through gritted teeth.

"Alphonse, set him down." Mustang commanded. Al obeyed and then Ed had four heads swimming above him.

"I'm gonna puke…" He muttered. The Second Lieutenant's eyes grew wide.

"Uh…" He said uselessly, rubbing the back of his head.

"Hawkeye, get a bucket or something," Mustang said, slightly disgusted. "What were you boys trying to do?"

"A transmutation, dumbass," Ed muttered, looking away from the Colonel.

"With a bird, I'm guessing? And Ed fell in?" Alphonse nodded and Ed still looked away. "Does Ed know what he looks like?"

Ed and Al shook their heads simultaneously. "Hawkeye, do you have a mirror or something?" Mustang called. Riza returned a couple seconds later with a mirror and a bucket.

"Here you go, Ed," Mustang said, handing him the mirror, looking amused. Ed took one look and threw up into the bucket next to him.

Ed had transmuted himself into…A bird thing. An avian chimera.

"Is FullMetal gonna start laying eggs now?" Havoc asked from somewhere above Ed. He threw up again and blacked out for the second time that night.

Short but sweet…Or at least entertaining, right? Not really sweet…And I think my grammar was way off, but oh well…I feel bad about posting this… Ah, Havoc. I love Havoc.

The Feral Alchemist: How about something constructive next time?

Freanch-fri-freak: I love short and sudden ending first chapters! Ed is a cute bird. Thank you, is this soon enough? Mustang is a huge suck up!

NC Ace: Thank you so much! That's one of the nicest reviews I've ever gotten! Now, I know I said I was going to update "Downhill" but I started writing this and…Does this satisfy you?