Part 6: Discovery

"Dante! What have you done!"

I turned around and saw a man with long blonde hair that was loose across his face and blue eyes that, if they weren't half way down his face, would have been covered up by glasses. He was starring right at me, pinning me down with his gaze. I couldn't tell whether he was angry or sad. I tried to look away from him but there was something about him that seemed hauntingly familiar.

"Ah, Hoenhiem. What a pleasure it is to see you." I turned around to see Dante walking elegantly down the stairs, the biggest smile on her face. She walked up beside me and put a hand on my shoulder. "This is Greed, Greed, this man is Hoenhiem."

I tried to say 'hi' but the words wouldn't come out of my mouth. I was new to this world, but even I could tell that this wasn't any normal introduction. In the end, I just waved at him.

"…Why?" All the anger from Hoenhiem's features disappeared and all that was left was pure sadness. "Why did you do this?"

"Why? You left me no choice when you abandoned me. You probably wanted me to perish in that rotting body you gave me. Blame your own stupidity for you disciple's death.

Hoenhiem started to shake. "But why did you turn him into a Homunculus!"

"Huh…what are you talking about?" I looked from Dante to Hoenhiem. "Who are you talking about? Are you talking about me?"

Dante snarled in frustration. "Don't listen to him Greed! He's only trying to make excuses for himself." She glared daggers into Hoenhiem as she said this. If looks could kill, everyone in that room would have dropped dead. "You fool!" she screeched, her voice cracking. I took a step back from her. This whole time Dante had seemed so calm and patient. To see her face twisted with such anger seemed out of place.

But Hoenhiem stayed firm under her gaze. This made Dante seethe even more.

"Dante, stop this. It will be the end of you if you keep on foolishly seeking after the Philosopher's Stone." Hoenhiem spoke with a soft and solemn voice.

"Hah! Was that a threat? You should know better then that, Hoenhiem!" Dante clapped her hands together and then pressed them against the ground. In a flash of blue light, a metal bow and arrow materialized out of the ground; and Dante took aim at Hoenhiem.

She let the arrow fly, and surprisingly, Hoenhiem was the calmest I had seen him so far. He slowly raised his hand as the arrow came at him and in another flash of blue light, the arrow dissolved.

Hoenhiem started walking towards Dante, an eerie calmness about him. "So then this was planned from the very beginning. You used Daniel because you knew that he was important to me. Not only did you use him…you used Elizabeth as well."

Dante smirked. "Correct, as usual. Though I must admit, it took quite some persuading to stop Envy from attacking you back there."

"…He was the wolf that killed Elizabeth then, I see. It all starts to come together now." Hoenhiem kept on walking forward; with each step, his presence growing stonger.

"So you realized all of this and decided to come here. Why? To exact revenge? That's not like you Hoenhiem." Hoenhiem halted in his steps. "…Or perhaps you wanted to try and save him? Or try to turn Greed into Daniel? With your genius mind I wouldn't be surprised if you succeeded? And then what?"

"…What do you mean?"

Dante's smile widened even more. "Even if you did bring Daniel back, it wouldn't be the Daniel you knew. I new him for a little over half a year of his life after Elizabeth died. He was an empty shell of a man who wanted nothing but to bring his beloved sister back from the grave. He created the stone, not I." Hoenhiem's eyes widened. "Ah, did I say something that upset you? I though you had all of this figured out. It seems you taught you're disciple a little too well." Dante started laughing wickedly at Hoenhiem's shock.

Hoenhiem sunk to the ground, defeated. "I had forgotten what a monster you are."

"…If I'm a monster…what does that make you? Hoenhiem of the Light?" Dante said quietly before leaving the room leaving Hoenhiem and me alone. I thought for along while and then I decided that going to talk to him would be best.

"Hey," I said as casually as I could in our current situation. He just looked up at me, a sad look crossing his features again, and then he bowed his head. "Uh, I don't know how to say this, but…cheer up?"

He looked up at me again with an odd look on his face. I just shrugged. Amazingly, he started laughing. He stood up slowly and then put a hand on my shoulder. It was kind of reassuring.

"Here," he said, reaching into his coat pocket. He pulled out a pair of sunglasses and handed them to me.

"…Cool." I said taking them from him. He started laughing again.

"They belonged to a good friend of mine. I'd like you to have them."

I put them on and again; I felt a feeling of nostalgia. "Thanks but, why are you giving them to me?"

He didn't reply, instead, he put his hand on my shoulder again, gripping it more tightly.

"…Did they belong to this Daniel guy you and Dante were talking about? I didn't quite understand you're conversation but, he's linked to me somehow right? Tell me then!"

And again, I received no answer. He just looked at me, and then left.

I was still a little confused at what had happened. But I just shrugged it off and walked up the stairs to see Dante to see if she could answer my questions. I knocked on her door and she grudgingly let me in.

"Hey I –" But my sentence was cut short by Dante's screams. She was looking at me as if I were a ghost.

"What? Is my fly undone?"

She squinted her eyes, as if she couldn't see me properly. "G-greed? Is that you?"

As if things weren't weird enough around here. "'Course it is. Who'd did you think I was?"

She let out a sigh, "Where did you get those sunglasses?"

"Oh these? That guy Hoenhiem gave them to me. Nice guy. A little strange, but nice."

"For the love of- I thought you were Dan- oh never mind. Curse the Hoenhiem." She literally started growling

"…Riiiight. I'll leave you alone then, give you time to plot revenge and stuff." I heard her let out another exasperated sigh as I exited.

'This place is getting weirder and weirder! Ah well, at least that makes things more interesting for me…Wonder who this Daniel guy was…' I adjusted my sunglasses and headed outside.