Silver Wolf, Dark Moon
Ch.1.
..:The Curse:..
THE CURSE
He'd known about it for weeks. This curse…this miserable curse that had fallen upon him so recently…and he recalled it so vividly.
He and his brother, Alphonse, had been hunting down the homunculi; as usual; for about a week when they'd come across something unique…something similar to a human, but not quite an animal-and yet- it was neither all at once.
He had automatically thought it was a homunculus and attacked it blindly.
Big mistake.
The creature-looking similar to a wolf of some sort-did not even try to fight back, but simply clawed him repeatedly-and used every chance it got to sink it's dagger-like fangs into his flesh and somehow…somehow this creature had known which limbs were metal and which were flesh.
After quite some time Ed had gotten entirely frustrated the annoying creature and disposed of it, much to Alphonse's dislike.
But…as that fowl creature died…it died with a smirk on it's hideous face…and left an irreversible curse on Edward. Which Ed had discovered that night under the moonlight.
'No one knew about it. No one would. He'd make sure of it.' He promised himself as he gazed up at the early morning sky, sitting on the steps of the military office, hair tied back in its usual braid, 'Not even Al can know…'
He admitted he did feel a bit guilty about not fulfilling his vow of honesty to his brother, but this problem was too personal to shove onto his little brother's shoulders.
His golden-yellow eyes glimmered dully as he headed back into the military building, thinking glumly, 'Only about ten more hours until…' he cut his own thought off as his eyes flashed, for an instant in the shadow-filtered light, the same reflecting quality of a dog or cat's eyes had…or a wolf's.
When he stepped out of the lit shadows his eyes were now a blinding light blue, brighter than the morning sky above and seemed to glow. With a blink they were golden once again.
He turned a corner and ran smack-dab in to the colonel and lieutenant Hawkeye. Ed crashed to the floor, landing on his rump, as did Roy, only-falling in the opposite direction of the impact.
"Edward?" Hawkeye bent and reached a hand to help Ed up, leaving Roy to get up on his own, "Are you alright?"
"Fine." He said swiftly, brushing her hand away, after he was on his feet, then dusted himself off, "Watch where you're going."
"Same to you, Fullmetal." Roy grumbled as he pushed himself up and glared at Ed. Ed felt his lips twitch back in an annoyed grit of his teeth, grinding his new-found fangs together- resisting the strong urge to make a smart-ass comeback.
"Yes, sir." Was all he said before turning to walk away, then suddenly felt someone grab the bend of his arm, halting him.
"Wait." Came Hawkeye's voice and for some reason, he felt a little bit disappointed, but brushed it aside, "Will you come with us to the amusement park?"
"WHAT!" Ed and Roy chimed at the same time.
"Since when are we going to an amusement park!" Roy's voice cracked, and Ed almost laughed at the high-pitched squeak coming from the so-high-and-mighty colonel, but was able to resist.
"Since we have the day off." Hawkeye said with a smile, hands on her hips matter-of-factly, looking like a mother that could never be proven wrong.
"But, I was gonna use today to get some work—" he fell silent when a bullet flew past his head, "Sure, let's go!"
"Good, you two start-I'll meet you there." She said cheerfully as she tucked her gun into its case.
"What! What could you possibly have to do!" Roy piped.
Ed was still fighting a laugh, having never seen the colonel this way before. It totally thrashed the respectable look he had always received from him.
He was smiling on the inside, anyway…and on the outside.
"What are you smirking about?" Roy snarled as Hawkeye walked off, knowing she had manipulated her commanding officer-but not knowing the consequences.
"Nothing…"Ed said innocently, "Come on, let's go!"
The child within him was sort-of taking over his body he hadn't gone to an amusement park since before mom had died and…
WHY CAN'T THE CURSE JUST DIE?
A sad look shimmered over Ed's face suddenly and his shoulder's sunk.
"Edward?" he said softly as he put a glove-covered hand on Ed's shoulder, "Come on." He grabbed the crest of Ed's arm (Y'know… the bendy part- the inner elbow) and headed towards the military gates.
Ed's eyes gaped as he gazed up at the black-haired man, who had a soft, silent smile played over his lips.
"But…I thought you didn't want to go…"Edward muttered as-for some reason- a light pink blush played gently over his cheeks.
'Cute…' Roy thought to himself-then shook the thought away, face flushing, "Yeah, well…now I do! Got a problem with that?"
"Nope." The answer came swiftly as a hand grasped his own, a smaller hand, but…not too much smaller, "Come on!" the cheer returned to Ed's voice as he tugged on Roy's hand, sprinting off to the gate.
Roy stared at the blonde head running in front of him, tugging him along at a run. He then looked down at his hand, where Edward's hand rest, clenched around his own.
Roy couldn't help but smile at the soft touch and seemed to instinctively hold tighter to the hand, wrapping his warm fingers around it.
He noticed a slight jump from Edward, and noticed that the blonde's ears were now burning red. He dropped the hand and bolted out in front of Ed.
Ed blinked as the colonel raced out ahead of him. Then an instinct, not a human instinct, but one deeply embedded in Edward took over.
The Instinct…To RUN.
Ed's eyes glimmered the bright blue color-like they had earlier- and he burst into an amazing speed. He could feel the wind rushing over his face, running its cool fingers through his hair and against his skin.
Eventually, after much convincing of the military limo driver, they arrived at the amusement park at about one o'clock P.M. and gazed up at the huge rides, the screaming people, the games, the prizes, the mazes, the…everything!
Edward had sparkles in his eyes…Roy, on the other hand was twitching and had a look of dread on his face-hair completely white. 'I…I'm going to die…'
"Come on!" Ed cheered, tugging Roy into the amusement park. One flash of their State Alchemist watches and they were given free passes, wristbands-all of it!
"Let's go on that ride! No, let's go in the fun house! OOH! Look at these!" Ed was jumping from one place to another in excitement.
How the hours flew by…
A/N: Okay! That's it for chapter one…I hope you enjoyed it! I finally decided to make my own Ed/Roy story…mweheheheh…. and I added my most loveable twist…lycanthrope! Hurray!…Ja ne!
TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ARE WEREWOLF NUTS:
If you were wondering like…wouldn't Ed be un-cursed when the original werewolf died…keep reading…you'll see…I'm not stupid…just smart…lol…review too...
(By the way...I don't own FMA...but this plot...this plot is mine!MINE!)