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Note to SeaLover456: I have to admit, I did use your idea. Sorry! Since Izumi is playing the Duchess, I needed a reason for her to be imprisoned and it was a good idea. Sorry again.

As everyone gathered in the courthouse, Ed was thrown into a jail cell. As soon as the door was slammed shut, Ed jumped up and grabbed the bars, yelling.

"Hey! Let me out of here! I didn't do anything wrong! I was just following my brother!"

"You should save your energy." A voice said from behind him.

Ed turned and saw Izumi sitting on the single bench in the cell and watching him.

"They won't let us out until we've been tried." She said.

"How do you know?" Ed asked.

Izumi sighed and motioned to Ed. He sat down next to her as she talked.

"This has happened to me before." She explained. "That idiotic Fuhrer's been trying to get me to go along with his perverted games for a long time. He always tries to kill me, then throws me in prison, then lets me go."

Ed sighed and looked at his feet. Once again this crazy world threw him a curve ball. It seemed like nothing would ever make sense. Hell, it seemed like nothing in this place could make sense.

"And I'm still missing a boot." He muttered to himself, wiggling his bare toes.

Izumi raised an eyebrow at him and said, "So what's your story? Why are you here?"

Ed looked at her and said, "You wouldn't believe me if I told you."

"Well we've got nothing better to do."

So Ed explained everything that had happened since the morning. He told her about chasing Al into the library and falling down into the Bizarre Room and meeting Envy. He told her about talking with Armstrong and accidentally destroying Al and Winry's cottage. He told her about meeting Gluttony on the mushroom and Lust in the forest, his time at the Hughes Residence and ending with meeting Roy in his office.

"That's a pretty radical story. And you're sure you can get back home through Central?"

"That has to be the answer! 'All roads lead to Central' that's what Lust told me. There must be something here that'll let me and Al leave."

"And you're sure the Al you've chasing is really your brother?"

"What do you mean?"

"Isn't it possible that he's from this world? Does he even act like the brother you know?"

Ed thought back to all the times he'd encountered Al in this world. The bunny ears, the bunny tail, the fact that Al mistook him for Winry all pointed to the fact that this wasn't his Al.

"I can't believe I didn't see that." Ed said.

"It's alright." Izumi told him. "We all sometimes see things the way we want to see them rather then the way they actually are."

Before anymore conversation could be had, a soldier opened the door and said, "It's time for the trial. Follow me."

The soldier led them from the jail house to the nearby courthouse. They entered the building and saw that almost all of Central was seated, waiting for the trial. The judge's bench was situated at the far end of the room with the banner of the military hanging behind it. There was a small chair seated to the right of the bench where the witnesses would give testimony and the jury box to the left of the bench, filled with jurors. Izumi was led to a spot in the audience, next to the other witnesses, while Ed was led to a small platform directly in front of the judge's bench. As soon as he stood on the platform, bars rose to his chest and several guards stood around him. The courthouse was filled with the whispers of the audience. They all quieted down as Al suddenly appeared with a trumpet. He blew it twice to silence the last few talkers and cleared his throat. Ed sighed as another piece of evidence was added to the fact that this Al wasn't his Al. His Al would never have been able to blow a trumpet.

"Court is now in session!" He said. "All rise for the honorable Judge Mustang."

"Pfft. Honorable." Ed muttered.

He glanced over at Sheska, who was the stenographer, and saw she was staring at him. He shook his head to indicate not writing that down. Mustang entered and sat at the judge's bench.

He sat down and said, "Please be seated."

Everyone sat down, except for Ed who didn't have a chair, and Mustang said, "Read the charges of the accused!"

Al pulled open a long scroll and began to read, "Offense 1: The accused, Edward Elric, flooded the Bizarre Room with a large amount of salty liquid."

Ed blushed remembering that embarrassing situation.

"Offense 2: The accused snapped at former Major Armstrong as he told one of his stories."

"I object!" Ed yelled. "Show me one person who's been able to listen to any of Armstrong's stories without getting annoyed!"

"Hmm…He's right. Strike that offense." Roy said.

Al did so and continued, "Offense 3: The accused grew to a giant size and destroyed the cottage Winry and I built. Offense 4: The accused caused Elicia to cry. Offense 5: The accused still has his silver pocket watch despite the fact that all male soldiers have been discharged. Offense 6: He disrupted the execution of Izumi Curtis."

Al rolled up the scroll and picked up a different one as Roy called out, "Call the first witness!"

Al opened the new scroll and said, "The first witness is Izumi Curtis!"

Izumi stood up in the audience and walked to the witness stand.

"And how do you know the accused?" Roy asked.

"He first came to my home shortly after I received a message from the military telling me of a 'special event'. After that, we talked awhile while we were in the jail house."

"And did he seem to have any violent tendencies?"

"Not really. I don't see any harm in him and I find this whole trial to be a ridiculous travesty."

"Fine. You may stand down." Mustang said, waving her away. "Call the next witness!"

"The next witness is Winry Rockbell!" Al announced.

Winry stood up in the audience, clutching a twisted hunk of metal, and sat in the witness stand.

"And how do you know the accused?" Roy asked.

"Well, I never had much to do with him. I came home after shopping and he suddenly grew and destroyed most of my cottage! And then Mr. Armstrong came by and he made things worse, and tore off his boot, and then he suddenly disappeared, Al and Mr. Armstrong left, and I was forced to repair the house."

"Interesting. And what is that metal thing supposed to be?"

"This is all that remains of my latest project! When he grew he utterly destroyed it!"

"Aha!" Roy yelled. "You heard it with your own ears jurors! Write that down!"

The people in the jury box all frantically wrote down the information.

Roy turned to Winry and said, "You may stand down. Call the next witness!"

Al said, "The next witness is Maes Hughes!"

Hughes stood up, bent down again and said something to Elicia, then stood up and sat in the witness stand.

Before Roy could say anything, Hughes pulled out a stack of pictures and said, "Before I say anything, I just thought I'd bring all these pictures from my daughter's birthday and share them all with you! Here!"

Hughes threw copies of the pictures into the audience who just let them fall.

"Hughes! Sit down!" Roy yelled.

"Jeez, you don't have to yell." Hughes said, sitting down.

"Now how do you know the accused?"

"I remember he came to Elicia's seventy third birthday-she's turning three you know!- and he didn't seem to enthusiastic to be there."

Roy sighed and said, "Did he do anything you would find offensive?"

"Yes! He made my darling Elicia cry! Didn't he sweetie?"

Elicia jumped onto her chair and yelled back, "Yes he did! He was mean!"

Ed whirled around and shook his fist at her saying, "Hey! I delivered you, you little brat!"

"See!" she wailed. "He's doing it again!"

Roy banged his gavel and said, "Order! I will have order in my court! You may stand down Hughes."

Hughes slipped a picture into Roy's pocket before taking his seat in the audience.

As Al called more witnesses, Ed started spacing out. He wasn't too worried about what was going to happen. He just wanted to get this over with so he could go back home.

"Having fun?" A voice said.

Ed jumped and looked up. Lust was sitting just above Roy's head in mid-air.

"What are you doing here?" He whispered.

"I thought I'd come by and see how you're doing. It looks like you've got yourself into some trouble." She said with a small smirk.

"This whole trial is ridiculous! I didn't even do anything!"

"That's for the jury to decide."

"If all you're going to do is make fun of me, then go away!"

Ed said this a little louder then he meant too. Roy looked at him and raised his eyebrow.

"Is something the matter?"

"Yes! There's a homunculus sitting above your head!"

Roy looked up and Lust instantly disappeared.

"But she was right there!"

"I'm sure she was." Roy said. "Is there anymore witnesses?"

Al looked over at Roy and said, "No sir."

"Alright then. Jury, please decide if the accused is innocent or guilty."

The jury whispered to each other for awhile, nodded and a man standing at the far end of the jury box said, "We find the accused, Edward Elric, Guilty!"

"What?" Ed yelled. "This isn't fair! I haven't done anything!"

Roy banged his gavel and said, "I sentence you, Edward Elric, to a fight to the death!"

"With who?" Ed asked.

"With the Jabberwock!" Roy declared.

Everyone in the room gasped at the horror of the punishment.

"Throw him back into his cell until the appointed execution time! In just one hour, Ed will battle with the Jabberwock and only one will come out alive! If you want to watch, come to the arena just outside the Central city limits."

And with that, Roy exited the courthouse as Ed was dragged away, kicking and screaming.

Ending Note: The trial is over and Ed is guilty! Will he survive the battle with the Jabberwock? The last chapter if coming up!