From what someone had pointed out, I sorta forgot to mention that Ed, Al, and Winry are in Egypt…I assumed that was obvious thus making it my bad. Sorry! But I will be more specific in this chapter so don't worry!

Chapter Seven: The Palace of the Pharaoh

When Edward came too he found he had been tossed in a rather dark, dry, and dusty room, it was about nine by nine from what he could tell. Ed straightened himself up and stood, brushing the sand off his pants.

"Al? Winry?" he looked around again, then he made his way over to the wooden door that was a few feet away "Hey! What's the meaning of this? Where am I?"

"Shut up!" some unknown dark figure snapped hitting the door. Edward glared through the bars and replied,

"Let me out now!"

The guard didn't answer, he'd been doing this for a living a long time and was used to prisoners ramblings and constant demands to be let out. When their time came of course they learned to be very silent.

"Where's Alphonse and Winry!" Ed demanded.

"Keep yellin' dog, your time will come." The guard replied.

"You know…I can break out of this damn cell anytime I want…" Ed hissed, his frustration growing.

"Just try, if I don't kill you on the spot the other guards will."

Frustration still growing and seeing that his threat fell on ears that could care less, Edward kicked the door with what little actual physical strength he could muster. All he managed to succeed in this was a sudden shock wave of pain run through his right leg, Ed slumped down on the floor cursing.

"Why the hell am I in here anyway?" he snapped at the door, that's when a new voice replied saying,

"Because, you killed two of my men."

Ed starred at the door for a moment then shook his head in disbelief, he then replied,

"I didn't kill anyone, I have no reason too."

The door opened, Ed held up his hands as the light from outside came in and nearly blinded him.

A tall man with a very mean look on his face was standing in front of him. He was wairing long blue and white robes and a tall blue hat, he must have been some sort of high official or something to be boasting around in such an outfit.

"Don't play dumb with me, I personally saw you murder two of my guards in cold blood. There is undeniable evidence of your guilt." The man said.

"Oh really? What evidence is that? Your word?" Ed scoffed.

"Explain that to me then?" the man scoffed back pointing to something on Eds' arm, Ed looked down at his arms and saw that they were covered with blood, his hands too. A look of shock and horror spread across his face.

"W…what the hell is this! Who are you!"

"I am Priest Seto, one of the six high priests chosen to guard, protect, and use the sacred Millennium Items." The man answered, he seemed to have a very smug look on his face now "You will be tried tomorrow, but I can assure you…do not think you will get off so easily. You are my prisoner until then, there are ways of making people confess their crimes."

Priest Seto turned and left, the door slamming shut leaving Edward in the dark again…only this time…it seemed much darker and colder. Ed scooted back towards the farthest wall and wrapped his arms around his knees,

"D…damn…it's you again…isn't it?" he muttered to himself, he then heard himself reply,

"Yes…you honestly didn't think I was going to let them take you away did you?"

"They've already done that…"

"…"

"Did you…hear everything?"

"Still asking stupid questions I see…yes…I heard everything, they intend to torture you into confession."

"Really? Sounds like fun…but…I didn't do anything."

"Yes…you did…like I said, I wasn't just going to give in you know."

"Did you really have to kill them though? Wait…knowing you…maybe I don't want to know."

"Did you know there's someone else in here? She sort of speaks in your defense, at least when I got here she was."

"She? Wait…what?"

"Yeah, really looker too, all I gotta say is…she's been here a lot longer then I have. She knows things about you that only you could know."

"I need to find Al and Winry…"

"Just so you know…they will put you through hell to get what they want…"

"Yeah…"

"I can do something about that…"

"Why so kind all of a sudden? Last time I remember, you didn't like me so much."

"Being locked away for a year with…well you know…changed my perceptive of you. Believe it or not, there are things about you not even you know about. Things you are capable of doing, capable of thinking…Let's just say I don't want to see that wasted."

"…Do what you want…doesn't matter…I gotta find Al and Winry though."

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"Wow, look at this place!" Al gasped astonished, him and Winry where standing just outside large wood, gold trimmed doors of the large stone palace of the Pharaoh.

"Yeah…and Edward's in there somewhere," Winry said, "Let's go Al." She started towards the door, Al was about to follow when someone caught his eye. A young girl with long brown hair and brown eyes, she seemed to be looking for someplace to hide. Alphonse watched her for a moment until she looked up and saw him watching her, the girl tilted her head in curiosity and ran up to him asking,

"Who are you? You look funny, I've never seen someone with gold hair. What brings you to the great palace?"

"Um…well, my name is Alphonse Elric," Al answered, he then pointed to Winry who was examining the door "That's Winry Rockbell…you see, we're looking for someone."

"What funny names, my name's Mana. Who are you looking for?" she smiled.

"My brother, Edward Elric, I was told he was brought here." Al said. Mana raised an eyebrow and asked,

"He looked kind of like you right?"

"Yeah! Have you seen him?"

"He's a murderer, why do you still consider him a brother?" she asked.

"I have reason to believe he wasn't acting of his own free will, my brother isn't like that. He'd never kill someone, with or without reason, so…if you don't mind, could you take us to him?" Al replied.

"Why not, I've got nothing better to do. But just so you know, he's Priest Setos' prisoner and he's not one to be kind." Mana shrugged. Al frowned slightly then went over and got Winry, the two of them then followed Mana into the palace.

"So he's going to be tried tomorrow? What will happen if he's found guilty?" Winry asked, Mana didn't say anything at first, she then said,

"It could be a wide range of things, nothing ever pleasant though."

"We have to help him though, but how?" Al thought out loud.

"Can you prove he didn't kill those men?" Mana asked.

"Well…no…" Al muttered.

"Yeah, that's because we saw him kill them…" Winry sighed, she had a sad look on her face though when she said this.

"I can't make any promises but…why don't you just lie? If you guys love him that much…" Mana suggested.

"We could do that but…it still doesn't change the fact that he killed two men, it's so unlike him." Winry said. Al on the other hand said,

"I think it may have something to do with his darker personality, he's the only one I can think of that would do such a thing."

Mana shrugged and directed them down a flight of stairs. It went down underground for quite a distance, they soon came to a wooden door with a steel bar across it to seal the people inside. Mana lifted the steel bar up and opened the door,

"Come on, it should be the third one on the right."

"How do you know all this?" Winry asked.

"I like to wonder around the palace, I just so happen to be wondering around down here when Priest Setos' guards brought your friend down here." Mana replied. Alphonse and Winry made their way into the dark hallway and came to the third door, Al peeked inside the small window through the steel bars.

Alphonse could barley make out a figure huddling in the fare corner, he then said,

"Brother? Is…that you?"

The figure looked up but Al couldn't see his face, Winry then came forward and sort of shoved Al out of the way and said,

"Edward is that you? Can you hear me? Are you ok?"

"A…Alphonse? Win…Winry?"

Winry smiled and took out a small tool from her pocket and started to pick the lock on the door,

"Don't worry Ed, I'll get you out of there." She said determinedly, she looked up from her work to see if Ed was still ok, he was standing right in front of the door, Winry jumped back surprised. "Wha? Don't scare me like that!" she snapped.

"Don't do that! Stupid girl, don't you know what will happen?" Ed snapped. Winry was very taken aback by this, Al on the other hand frowned.

"What? Why not? We came to get you out of here." Winry protested.

"Like I said, stupid girl, if you try and break me out, they'll hunt us ALL down and kill us. I really don't think I would like that." Ed hissed.

"But…"

"Winry, listen to him he knows what he's talking about." Ed suddenly said. Winry was confused for a moment then understood, it was the darker Ed talking last time, that's why he was so mean.

"O…ok." She said stepping back.

"Don't worry, we've got a plan to get out of here. You two just stay hidden or something till I get out of here ok?" Ed said.

Winry and Alphonse nodded, Mana then piped in,

"We should probably go now."

"Right." The two said, and followed her out. Ed went back to his spot in the corner and held his side as he sat down.

"AT least they didn't notice." He muttered.

"How could they notice, those guards only beat you up a little bit."

"You really know how to cheer a guy up don't you?"

"I still don't see what you see in those two, especially that girl, she's really annoying."

"Don't say that…they're family…"

"That's what's annoying, she could pose a problem with our plan, she better not interfere or she'll get us all killed."

"Don't worry... she won't."

-To Be Continued-

Ta Da! Who hoo! Ok you know I didn't even introduce the Pharaoh yet sorry about that, he'll show up in the next chapter I swear! Anywhozles, red, review, enjoy!