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No one said anything for several minutes as Edward and Pisces locked stares with each other. Finally, Pisces said, "I am Pisces, who are you?"

Edward leaped up and clapped his hands together and formed a blade on his auto-mail arm. He lunged at her, but she just quickly turned into water, so he passed right through her.

Edward landed on his hands and knees and started gulping for breath. Pisces walked up to him. "Why do you want to kill me?"

Edward jumped up and again tried to hit her with his blade, but she just ducked out of his way. "You're awfully slow," she said, "You're lucky that I'm a water sign, or I'd be trying to kill you right now. It would take much effort with your speed."

That remark made Ed mad, so he lunged at her again. She simply converted to into her native elemental form again, and Ed once again passed through her.

He landed on his hands and knees and once again was gasping for breath. He soon started choking and coughing up blood.

"Brother!" yelled Al.

"I'm fine, Al," said Ed, defiantly.

"No you're not; you've been weak all day. You can't fight like this!"

"Stay out of this!" Ed moved his hand toward Al in a "stop" gesture, but it just caused Ed to fall flat on his face.

Pisces walked up to him. "You've obviously in no condition to fight, and I don't want to fight you, so why are you trying to kill me?"

"Because," said Edward between gasps, "I have orders to destroy all the sighs of the zodiac."

"How can you expect to fight in this condition?" she asked.

"I'm not normally like this, okay?" Ed looked up at her and wiped some blood away from his mouth.

"Well," said Pisces, "As corrupt as the military is in this country, I don't think that they would send a child to do something that would even be dangerous to an entire army. Aries probably has something to do with your being here."

"She does not!" Ed yelled as he stood up, "I'm not being controlled by Aries. I was sent on this mission by Colonel Mustang himself."

"Are you sure?" asked Pisces, "Are you sure that is was really the Colonel that sent you? Aries knows someone that can change their shape at will."

Envy, thought Edward. "Even if that's so," said Edward, "That still proves that you zodiac people can't be trusted."

Pisces shook her head, which was still in pain, "You're such an idiot. Some of us are very much opposed to Aries, and want her overthrown. If we can find all three water signs, we can overthrow her. I am one of them. If you want to be truly helpful to your country, you'll help me find Scorpio and Cancer."

"How do I know I can trust you?" Ed said skeptically.

She threw her hands up in the air in frustration. "I'm Pisces! I'm always trying to help others. Didn't you study astrology at all before coming on this mission?"

Edward clapped his hands together and retracted his blade back into his arm. "Heh, any sign can be either good or bad, even Pisces."

Pisces sighed. "Well, would it make you feel better if we got to know each other a little better before you decide whether I'm worth trusting or not?"

Edward shrugged. "It would help a little, I guess." The three sat down by the lake and began to talk.

"As you know, I am Pisces. Several of the signs have other names besides their sign name, but I don't. I was born to a poor family that lived out in the woods on March 17, 30 years ago. When I was 17, Aries found me, and brought me to the circle against my will. I've been trying to escape ever since, but I can't without the help of the other water signs."

"Brother, we need to help her," said Al.

"If she's telling the truth, yes," said Edward, "But that has yet to be determined."

"So, tell me something about you," said Pisces, rubbing her forehead. The pain was beginning to die down, finally.

"We were born in a little town called Rizenbul," said Al. "Our father left when we were very young, and our mother died when I was 10. We studied and learned alchemy, and then Brother joined the military as a State Alchemist."

"He's a State Alchemist, really?" Pisces looked surprised. "He's awfully young to be a State Alchemist."

"He's the youngest on record," said Al, "Having become a State Alchemist at the age of 12."

"Impressive," said Pisces. "Now, I'm curious. When are your birthdays?"

"What does it matter?" said Ed, crossing his arms.

"I'm just curious," said Pisces.

"Brother, she's just curious," said Al, who then turned to Pisces and said, "I was born on July 12."

Edward sighed, and gave in. "I was born on November 3rd." He put up his hand. "Yes, before you say anything, I know that that's only a couple week away." It was funny that he'd done that, because Pisces really was about to comment on that. No one can resist commenting on a upcoming birthday.

Pisces stood up, and said, "My headache's gone, thank you. You two are in absolutely no condition to fight against Aries."

She walked up to Al and whispered to him, "Forgive me." Then, she quickly grabbed him and threw him into the lake.

Edward was dumbfounded. He couldn't say or do anything for a moment. If that blood seal was washed off of Al's armor, he would die. That was why he couldn't go into the water.

He turned to face Pisces, tears of rage running down his face. "You will pay for what you did, you murderer!"

He charged at Pisces, not even taking the time to transmute the blade back onto his hand. He was just so angry, he couldn't take the time to think through a transmutation.

He thrust a punch at Pisces. She ducked, grabbed his arm, and threw him over her shoulder into the lake.

Edward was sinking down into the water. He didn't care to fight it. If Al was dead, he might as well be too, and this was one of the easiest ways to die. So, Edward shuttered one last time, and then everything went black.

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