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Warning: Lot's of OOC stuff!

FMA/ Eragon/Eldest/Empire

Shade of Maroon

Tronjheim was the sight of seemingly disaster. People, Mainly old, women, and children, were hurrying for the safety of the higher levels of Tronjheim. Warriors were saying goodbye to their families and hurrying in the opposite direction of the fleeing people.

Edward watched the archers testing their bow strings. He saw their determined looks. They were here to save their city. Envy, on the other hand, was playing with his lance. He swung it in an arc, stopping inches away from the ground. He laughed hysterically, scaring the warriors away.

"Envy, stop that!" Edward grabbed Envy's lance with his automail arm. "Seriously, you need to be more civilized."

"No way, Chibi!" Envy yanked his lance away and headed for Eragon, Murtagh, Arya, and Saphira. Edward followed to watch the sin.

"Hey, what's all the armor for?" Envy asked, looking at Saphira's gold plate armor.

"Dragons have armor too. I still think you two are crazy, going with out armor into the battle." Arya commented.

"We have no need." Edward affirmed. "We've been beat up plenty of times."

"Especially you, Chibi." Envy made an evil smile and made a fist.

"Right, what ever Envy." Edward mumbled.

Suddenly, a dwarf approached them, flanked by body guards. "King Hrothgar of the Dwarves." Eragon mumbled to Edward and Envy.

"Ah, Eragon Shadeslayer, we go into battle once again. It is too bad Ajihad won't be joining us ever again."

"The loss of Ajihad was nearly the downfall for the Varden, but they will go on. We all miss Ajihad all the same." Eragon replied strongly.

"May I ask who these two boys are? They don't look like they should be fighting this war." Hrothgar looked at Edward, who was his own height. Edward was going to comment on this, but decided against it.

"Edward Elric, sir. I'm fifteen and have already fought harder battles." Edward grinned. "Who ever get in my way will be sorry."

"Envy. Bring on the ninnies!"

Hrothgar gave them odd looks. "I'll warn you two on something: some of these Urgals are Kull. Kull are never under eight feet tall, (Edward- Ah crap!)so be extremely careful on the battle field."

"Yeah, right. Whatever." Envy shrugged.

A horn blew suddenly. "Oh, I need to hurry to my place." Hrothgar started walking. "Good luck to all. We'll need it."

Edward watched the other warriors as they settled down to wait. "We have to wait!" Edward exclaimed.

"Yes." Eragon sighed at Edward impatience. "The Urgals will be first to charge. But they haven't even gotten through the tunnels."

"We really need to fill in those tunnels." Arya sighed.

"It would help, seeing as we can't collapse them." Murtagh growled.

"Well, anyone know how to play poker?" Edward asked, pulling out a pack of cards. Eragon, Murtagh, and Arya gave Edward blank looks. "Go fish?" Edward asked again.

"Erm, Chibi, we aren't in Amestris anymore." Envy whispered.

"Oh, right. Wanna play, Envy?" Edward challenged Envy.

"Bring it on, Chibi. But I'll have to warn you: I've played with Greed hundreds of times, so I know a lot of tricks." Envy grinned evilly.

After an hour of poker, (both Edward and Envy were found cheating) the warriors were restless. Edward thought that maybe a tunnel collapsed and killed all the Urgal thingies while Envy kept his awful thoughts to himself. But then, another horn blew, and a swarm of Urgals started poring out of the hole.

"Whoa, here they come!" Envy stood up, handling his lance like an expert. Eragon pulled himself up onto Saphira while Murtagh pulled himself onto a huge warhorse. Edward grinned evilly.

"This will be fun." He followed Envy and Arya nearer to the front.

First, the Urgals charged, only to be fought back by the archers. Arya, Murtagh, and Eragon added their arrows into the fray. The Urgals quickly regrouped and charged again. The archers did their job again. After the third time, the Urgals managed to get to the front line of sharpened stakes.

The front line of warriors frantically fought the Urgals behind the stakes using long pikes and spears. The archers continued to fire arrows, but now the Urgals' archers were firing back. At one point, the man next to Edward was hit. Another arrow hit Edward's automail arm and broke, but no one noticed, much to Edward's relief.

Finally, the Urgals broke through the first defenses and the battle started. Edward stabbed at the first huge monster near him. It almost fell on top of him, but he escaped quickly due to his small size.

Envy was killing every monster near to him like a devil. The other warriors around him made sure to stay away from his lance, which was never still. So far, the two had avoided injuries.

Eventually, Edward was pushed up to Envy. "What's up, Chibi?" Envy huffed.

"More Urgals! Run!" Edward dodged away as Urgals that had been attacked by Saphira came falling on top of Envy.

"Envy! Edward yelled.

Saphira grabbed the Urgal and lifted its bulk off of the sin. Envy was totally flattened. But after a moment, he sprang back up. "Whoa, what happened?" he called to Edward.

"You died." Edward reached his side. "Come on, let's hope no one saw."

Unfortunately, Eragon and Saphira saw. They flew to the rear of the Urgals for their secret attack on the Urgal archers. Did you see that, Saphira?

Yes, that had to be some form of magic. But at the same time, it could have not been. Those two are very different.

Edward stabbed another Urgal. He was getting tired. The lance was getting heavier with each stab, thrust, or swipe. Envy had limitless energy, making this easy for him. He had been stabbed early on due to his carelessness, and died because of it. Arya saw him fall, then rise again, cursing.

Edward had been stabbed numberless times in his arm. He swore that it must be scratched beyond reconizition. Winry's gonna kill me next time I see her. Edward thought, crestfallen.

Edward finally fell back to the back of the fight, tired. Arya and Murtagh were returning to the fight. "Edward, can I talk to you real quick?" Arya called.

"This isn't exactly the time for a chat." Edward huffed. But he waited for her to reach his side.

"How is it that Envy keeps dying then coming back?" she asked, catching Edward unprepared.

"Umm, well, I don't know, he's using… Magic! Yeah, magic!" Edward lied.

"Can he teach us how to use that magic?" Arya asked, loosing her bow on an Urgal.

"I don't think so." Edward responded, and then hurried off to fight again.

Did you ask? Eragon asked Arya.

Yes… Those two are hiding something from us. Arya replied.

We'll have to find out. Saphira looked down at Arya. I sense danger from Tronjheim.

What? Eragon asked

I do not know. Let's investigate. Let's bring Murtagh, Edward, Envy, and Arya with us.

Right. Eragon guided Saphira to where Envy and Edward were fighting at each other's backs. Saphira grabbed the boys carefully, nearly scaring them to death. She felt Edward's arm, which was hard, like steel. Arya was with Murtagh, guiding him to Tronjheim's gates. They flew to the entrance of the city, carefully setting Edward and Envy down.

"What was that for!" Envy shouted at Eragon and Saphira.

"We were doing just fine!" Edward joined in.

"There's been a disturbance in the city. We need to investigate it." Arya answered them, jumping off of Murtagh's big warhorse, Tornac.

"A disturbance?" Edward gave Arya a confused look.

"Yes, that's what I just said." Arya sighed.

Suddenly, an explosion rocked a building close to where Saphira was standing. She shielded the group using her wings.

Standing in the debris from the building, was a man surrounded by fifty Urgals. The man had crimson hair and glowing maroon eyes.

With an evil grin, he said one thing to the group before him. "I'm back."

Finally! Chapter 4 is done! I hope this one didn't take as long as Chpater three. I'll update as soon as humanly possible!

Chapter 5:

Revelation of Secrets

Cya!