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CHAPTER 2: Off we go!

Ed grabbed a stack of neatly folded black slacks and black shirts and placed them in his large suitcase. He then grabbed a hand full of white gloves and dropped them on top of the sea of black. He closed the lid, sat on the luggage and sighed.

"Why do we have to go on this stupid trip?" He asked and looked up at his younger brother.

"Because, Mustang will fail you if you don't go." Al had a slight snicker in his voice. "Plus, I don't think it will be so bad once we get going. It is something new to do." Al said with a glimmer of hope dreaming of a boredom free life. He then sighed happily. Edward rolled his eyes at his brother's hopeless thoughts.

"Al... We need to stay on track. We need to find the Philosopher's Stone and you know it."

"Well, who knows brother, this school might have some new info on the Stone. We aren't getting anywhere now, so we might as well try looking somewhere else... Because, I am sure you won't be willing to take one person's life, let alone a whole group of people to create a stone," Al spoke, trying to find some way to get his brother to be interested in the trip. But all Ed could think about was Al's last comment and the fact that he never told his brother that he had killed something. Greed, human or humunculi, he was still a living thing. He was worried that Al would look at him differently if he told his younger brother, who looked up to him, that he murdered someone. Ed looked up at his brother.

"Right, I guess we could go." He said trying to hide the fear in his eyes.

"Good. I'm glad we got that settled. And try to enjoy yourself over the trip, OK? I think it will be fun." Al said softly noticing something was bothering Ed. He put his heavy hand on his brother's right shoulder, the clank of metal hitting metal echoed in the still air surrounding them. The sound sent shivers of unhappy memories up Edward's spine. He once again looked up at his brother and forced a sad smile. His eyes looked strained because he was holding back his tears.

"BOOOOOOYYYYYS!" Hollered Roy as he burst through the door to their room. Ed quickly wiped his eyes with his sleeve and concentrated on putting on a less sad face. As far as he could tell it worked. "I hope you are all packed up Ed! Because, you're going to bed early tonight!" He walked over to Ed and stripped him of his day cloths (all except his boxers ;P).

"Roy, please! Not in front of Al!" Ed yelled blushing profusely. He looked over to Al pleading for help. Al stood there not knowing what was going on or what he should do to help.

"Hahaha! No Ed, there is no time for that tonight! We need to wake up to catch a 5 a.m. train!" He picked up Ed and tucked him into his bed, and kissed him on the forehead. "Good night!" Roy briskly walked out of the room and shut the door. Ed's face was in a state of complete shock, and Al's was not far behind. He pulled the sheet close to his eyes and trembled, afraid of what Roy might do tomorrow. Al looked over and shook his head sympathetically for his brother's sake.

Riza walked briskly up to the iron gates of Eastern HQ. Black Hayate was behind her chasing early morning butterflies, but still keeping close to his mistress. She climbed calmly up the stairs to the second floor office in which she spent most of her time keeping a close eye, and gun, on its recipient. She chuckled softly to herself as she past Breada hiding behind a trash can.

"Good morning Colone-" She stopped when she noticed the office was empty. She looked around for some sign of life. It was then that she saw a single sheet of paper lying atop of the desk. She walked across the long room passing the short table and the sofa and stopped at the edge of the dark oak desk. She stood, staring at the lone sheet of paper. It appeared to be a note...A note addressed to her. She picked it up; her eyes began running across the lines of ink.

Hawkeye,

I am pleased to inform you that starting today, I will not

be coming to work anytime soon! Ed, Al and I got owls from

Hogwarts and we will be going. Come visit us anytime, I am

sure the old professors would love to see you again!

Have fun with my job,

Roy

Riza's eyes narrowed as she read the note one more time, making sure she read what she thought she read. Her left eye began to twitch and several hairs poked out from her nicely laid hair that she always spent extra time on in the morning. Rage pulled at the corners of her mouth making her scream at the top of her lungs, "DAMN IT ROY MUSTANG! WHY CAN'T YOU TELL US THESE THINGS IN ADVANCE!"

Roy sneezed as a food cart past their cabin door.

"Popcorn, peanuts, or pretzels for you boys?" The woman asked in a sweet tone.

"No thank you," Roy said as he wiped his nose with his finger. "Do you think we should have told Hawkeye in person?" He asked Ed and Al.

"NO! SHE WOULD HAVE SHOT YOU!" They both yelled at him, but he had the feeling she was going to be shot at some point in time anyway. He sighed heavily as the train sped south toward London.

A.N.- Well how was it? It is shorter than the last chapter. I know, I'm sorry. I thought this would be a good place to stop. Sorry it took so long to post this chapter. I had it written in advance, however Roy was OOC in this chapter. And since I had gotten a compliment for Roy being so Roy-like with my last chapter I thought it would be a good idea to rewrite some of it. I know he is still OOC in this but it is not NEARLY as bad as it was before...BELEIVE IT!( -yeah I am making fun of the Naruto dub! XD)

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