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Warning: Lot's of OOC stuff!

FMA/ Eragon/Eldest/Empire

Stone Shell

When Edward woke, he was aware of rope. It was around his wrists. He could hear some sort of harsh language off to his right. He opened his eyes and saw monsters. They had black horns, hairy bodies, and were very ugly.

Edward carefully transmuted a steel finger into a knife and sawed the ropes away. He began to sneak away, when he saw a very small bright stone. He grabbed it and snuck quickly off into the night.

He noticed he was outside. The moon shown bright and the air was cold. Very cold. He was shivering after two minutes of running. But he kept going. The forest around him seemed forbidding and dangerous. He soon came across a lake. A huge waterfall cascaded down one end of the vast lake. He made his way to the waterfall. Behind it was a crevice. He barely managed to get into the crevice without falling into the pounding waterfall.

Inside the crevice, heat poured out of a small hot spring. Ed dipped a toe in, and melted inside at the warmth. Then he remembered the rock. He transmuted a light and studied the rock.

It was a bit smaller than his head. The surface was covered with intricate veins of blue, while the rest of it was a bronze color. It felt cold, but their seemed to be warmth radiating from the inside of the stone.

Ed stripped his clothes off, cold and wet from the waterfall, and stepped cautiously into the spring. It was just right. He then made an odd decision. He grabbed the stone and held it in the warm water. He pulled it to his chest, and dozed off.

Edward woke with a start. He got out of the water, which now felt a little too warm. He put the stone down on his now dry overcoat. He dried his automail limbs off to prevent any damage. Edward quickly dressed and grabbed the stone.

It was late morning. The sun blanketed the valley in sunlight but it was still cold. Edward looked across the lake. The monsters he had seen earlier were across the lake, looking for something. Edward froze. He watched them looking about the lake. One monster suddenly yelled and pointed at him.

Oh shoot! Edward thought. He began to back away from the lake and back towards the waterfall. But before he could slip back into the tiny crack, a slim figure appeared beside him.

"Miss me, Chibi?" it asked.

"Envy. Why did I have to get stuck with you!" Edward howled. Envy just laughed.

"Look!" Envy said, pointing back to the monsters. Edward looked.

Eragon and Saphira had appeared from the sky, Saphira breathing blue fire, burning the monsters. From behind Edward and Envy, appeared a very well concealed entrance into the mountain. A small army came through it, and marched to attack the monsters. Angela and Arya came out behind the army, and rushed over to the two brothers.

"Hey, Edward, are you okay?" Arya asked. She continued towards him, until she saw the stone. "Edward, where did you get that!"

"I err, found it." He answered.

Arya took it from him and looked at it. "This is a dragon egg!" she exclaimed.

"A what?" Envy and Edward asked together.

"A dragon egg! They are extremely rare!" Arya continued.

Envy gave her a blank look. "Then why does Chibi have one?"

"Chibi?" Arya looked around. "Edward is the one who had the egg. I don't know anyone by the name of Chibi."

Envy smacked his face. Before anything else could happen, Saphira landed near them. "Hurry, get inside!" Eragon called. The four obeyed and ran into the mouth of the door. Saphira and Eragon followed closely, the warriors behind them.

Once inside, Arya called Eragon over. "Eragon, look what Edward found!" She held the egg up. Envy grabbed it.

"Let Chibi hold it. He found it." Envy growled. He handed the egg to Edward, who gave him a suspicious look.

You'd better not be trying to kill me, Envy. Edward thought.

And why would he do that? Saphira asked.

Long story. About four hundred years long story. Edward replied. Saphira snorted with distaste.

Eragon approached and looked at the egg. He gasped. "A dragon's egg! But I thought the two at Uru'baen were the only ones left!"

Arya shook her head. "Nobody knew about this one."

"Where did you find it, Edward?" Eragon asked.

"On the ground. I was just starting my run from those uglies outside when I saw it. I guess it's a good thing I found it, huh?" Edward laughed.

Suddenly, two bald men appeared from around a corner. "Eragon Shadeslayer and Company. You are to return to Tronjheim. Is that clear?" one of the baldies ordered.

"Yes." Eragon growled. Saphira also let out a low growl. The two faced her, and turned around to leave. Arya stuck her tongue out at them.

"Well, we should get going." Murtagh said, approaching them. His arm was wrapped.

"What happened, Murtagh?" Eragon asked.

"Urgal smacked a club into my arm. Fortunately, it's not my sword arm." Murtagh smirked. With that, the company started down the hall. A pair of Maroon eyes followed them deftly.

Upon reaching the inside of the giant volcano, Edward gasped. Even though he had been and seen the inside of the volcano, he hadn't noticed how beautiful it really was. Even Envy stopped to look.

"Come on, Edward, Envy!" Arya called. She waved to them.

"We're coming! Just hang on a moment!" Envy yelled.

Edward and Envy hurried to join the group. The two walked in silence as Murtagh, Eragon, and Arya talked quietly among themselves.

At the gate, a man stood waiting. Actually, he wasn't a man, but a dwarf, who was fortunate enough to be taller than Edward. Edward made faces at the dwarf while Eragon addressed him.

"Orik, what is going on?" Eragon demanded.

"The Urgals have been regrouped. They are preparing for another attack on the city!" Orik growled.

Eragon, Arya, and Murtagh gasped. Edward (who had stopped making faces at Orik) and Envy gave the others confused looks.

"What are you guys talking about?" Edward asked. He handed the egg to Envy.

"Only a month ago, we were attacked by a giant horde of those monsters you saw outside. And we would have lost if Eragon hadn't killed their leader. But they are coming back! What now!" Murtagh yelled, outraged.

Eragon barely made it out of that battle alive. And Arya and I destroyed a treasure of the dwarves to rescue him. Saphira said.

"Well, if you are all done, I think I will take Edward and Envy back to my place and tell them everything. You three need to start getting prepared." Angela interrupted.

With that, Angela pulled Edward and Envy after her towards the stairs.

Half way to Angela's home, a sound was heard from Envy's direction. Edward turned and looked at Envy, who was looking at the egg. Angela didn't notice and continued to her home.

"What was that, Envy?" Edward asked the sin. He made an accusing face.

"It is the egg thingy! It is quivering!" Envy growled back.

The egg made another squeak. Envy dropped it, startled. It landed on the hard stone and spun around. A large crack appeared, and then a chunk of the egg fell off. A tiny, triangular snout poked out, followed by the head, and neck. The tiny dragonet pushed another large chunk of shell off the egg, allowing its body to slide out of the egg. Its scales were bronze colored, and shone brightly in what sun was coming through the mouth of the volcano. The membrane of the wings were a light blue, matching its icy blue eyes. It turned and stared at Envy.

"Whoa… A dragon…" Envy touched the little dragonet's head. A shock of ice and fire jolted his arm and body. He fell back with a cry, clutching his arm. The dragonet jumped away wearily. Edward rushed towards Envy.

"What's the matter?" he asked the pained sin. "Did the itsy-bitsy dragon bite the almighty Envy?" he cooed.

Envy managed to recompose himself. "N-no, it was s-something else!"

The two boys looked at the little dragonet. What was going on!

Heh heh, I hope that this was okay compared to the last chapter. It took me a little longer to write. Haven't started the next chapter yet, so it may take a bit longer to update!

Chapter 3: Battle Preparations

Cya!