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FMA/ Eragon/Eldest/Empire

Fail Proof Transmutation

"This is it, Al! We can finally bring your body back!" Edward Elric was drawing a large scale design of a transmutation circle. His younger brother, Alphonse, watched from the door way.

"Brother, what if something happens again? We could die for sure. Or you could die, and I would be left to fend for myself, or I could-"

"Oh stop it Al. This one has to be fail-proof." Edward finished the design. "Come on, Al. Step into the circle."

Al gave his brother a doubtful look, but stepped into the circle anyways.

"Okay, Al. Prepare to have a real body again!" Ed yelled joyfully. His yell brought an uninvited guest to the door. Neither Ed nor Al saw him.

Ed gave his hands a clap, and then he touched the edge of the circle. It began to glow. A burst of light illuminated the darkest corners of the room. Without warning, a blinding flash hit the three.

When the lights died down, Alphonse opened his eyes. He felt the floor beneath himself. He looked at himself. He had a body again!

"Brother! It worked! See-"Al turned around to see no one behind himself. "Brother…?"

"Al! Where are you!" Ed shouted, sitting straight up. An older woman, one he had never seen, poked her head around a thick curtain.

"Sorry, my name's Angela, not Al." she spoke, "And you are…?"

"Edward Elric, Ma'am. Where am I?" Ed asked.

"You are in the great City of Tronjheim, Home of the Dwarves." She answered. As she finished her sentence, there was a knock at the door.

Angela turned her head to the curtain. "Who's there? Solembum?

Someone worth taking to?"

"It's me, Eragon." The voice answered. Angela scowled and disappeared behind the curtain. A door opened, and Angela made a bigger scowl. "Sorry, but Saphira wanted to check on the boy."

Suddenly the curtain was pulled away, showing another boy, and a dragon-chimera thing.

Ed's jaw dropped. "Is that a chimera?" he blurted out.

Silence. And more silence.

"What?" the boy asked. "What's a chimera?"

I'm no chimera. Edward heard in his head.

"Ack! Who said that? How did they get in my head!" Ed freaked out.

The boy looked to the dragon-chimera thing. Then he turned to Ed. "I'm Eragon, and this is my dragon, Saphira. Apparently you can talk to her and hear her. What is your name?"

"Edward Elric." Ed stood up. He quickly noted that he was still fully dressed, and none of his artificial limbs were visible. "How did I get here? I've never heard of Tronjheim."

"Are you with the Empire?" Eragon scowled.

"Empire? What Empire? What country am I in? I'm fairly sure I'm not in Amestris anymore…"

You are from a place called Amestris? I have never heard of such a place. Saphira commented. Ed twitched at the connection.

"You don't know about the Empire?" Eragon and Angela asked, amazed.

"No. I live in Amestris, which your dragon says she's never heard of." Ed replied. "Should I know about this 'Empire'?"

"I have heard of Amestris! I once knew a man, very much like yourself, who came here through what he called a "Gate". I believe his name was-"Angela started.

"Hohenheim, right?" Ed finished.

"Yes! That was him. Did you know him?" Angela asked.

"Yes. He is my father. But if he went though the gate, then I must have too…" Ed answered.

Suddenly, the foursome heard clanking of armor, and another man and a tall, slender girl appeared behind Saphira.

"Angela! There's another injured person!" the girl called. Ed and Eragon peered closer to a bundle in the man's arms. What Ed saw made him sick.

"Who found him?" Eragon asked.

"Both Murtagh and me." The girl answered.

"Arya and I were checking the Urgal holes when we found him at the mouth of one." Murtagh answered.

Ed stepped back and sat on the bed, as if winded. That was when the two noticed him.

"Ah! He's awoken!" Arya exclaimed.

"So, what's your name?" Murtagh asked.

Ed didn't answer, so Eragon answered for him. Angela motioned for the bundle to be put on a cot she had set up.

"What's the matter, Ed?" Eragon asked.

"Envy…" was all Ed said.

"Envy? Isn't that a sin?" Arya asked no one in particular.

"No! The person you found… he's my half-brother Envy!" Ed exclaimed.

Edward rushed to the cot. "Envy! You idiot! Why are you here!"

Envy seemed to wake at Edward's voice. "Hey chibi. How's life been for you?" he rasped.

"I think he was attacked by Urgals." Arya commented.

Eragon and Murtagh grabbed Edward's arms and pulled him away from the injured sin. "Angela, we'll take care of this one!" Murtagh called back. They drug him out the door and to a great, grey war horse. Saphira followed them, trying to comfort Edward, but to no avail. Murtagh took Edward down to the gates of the city on the war horse, with Saphira and Eragon flying over head.

"Take me to where you found Envy." Edward demanded. Murtagh shrugged and started for a gaping hole in the middle of a vast field that stretched ten miles in either direction. Saphira landed near the hole, tensing up at the nearness of it.

Once Murtagh and Edward reached the hole, Edward jumped off the horse and examined the hole. It was deep, and probably hard to climb out of. He got one step closer, then felt a strong force pull him down into the hole. He screamed, and heard Eragon and Murtagh yell something.

Murtagh yelled, "Use it!" while Eragon yelled something like "Huildr". Then he was in darkness.

This is my first Fan fic! So please don't flame me, I've already choked and burnt myself today!
For those of you who liked it, chapter two will be up ASAP! Chapter 2: Stone Shell