I am so sorry eternalflamingdragon! I can't believe I forgot to reply to your review! Forgive me! I am a worthless author who forgets to check over stuff! Please forgive me. If I forgot anyone else then please tell me because I'm an idiot.

To eternalflamingdragon: Computers are evil aren't they. Sorry I missed your review, but I'm really grateful that you like my story.

To Elric329: Here's your update. I was sick all week and school got in the way, so I couldn't get it up as soon as I hoped.

To The Teenage Writer: O.o You bit your roommate? Wow. You grovel at my feet? Of course you're worthy to read my story, who isn't? Yay for angst! –glomps back-

To madamwolf: I'm a great author? –sniff- Thank you so much! That makes me happy!

To Prides Tears: Yay! I have my own stalker! Wait… That's not very good is it? Ah well, I will try to update as much as I can.

To Jen: Heh, you can try and bet, but I'm not gonna tell you a thing xD

To Hikari-Aoi: Hughes will live on forever! You like RoyxEd too? Yay! GO ROYXED! –falls over-

To Anan Koroku: Don't hurt me!

To hittocerebattosai: I'll try my best.

To Fullmetal Limbs: Eep! Why do you all threaten me so –sniff- I ish scared.

To HagarenFanGirl: Ed's a cute little bean 3 He and Roy are made for each other. Poor Riza. I felt so bad for killing off Hayate, but I can't change what has been done.

To sailorstar14: I'm taking long to update now aren't I? Sorry TT –feels like such a bad person- I'll try to update faster.

To Caelistes: Lemon? Heh, I'd probably mess it up. Plus my dad reads this, so yeah… Anyways, I'll try to get some more fluff in for ya and I'll try to update faster.

To roze: You sound kinda sadistic when you say that, but aren't we all sadists, so it doesn't really matter xD Thanks for all the reviews.

To tennis-tensai: Yay! Another who loves RoyxEd! You rock! I will try to update faster, but my teachers aren't helping.

To Not a Shorty: Meh. I'm lazy, so I don't update as often as I should xD I'll try to be faster with my updates.

To Yuna: Hullo 3 I'm glad you like my story and your English is fine. Heh. I really need to update more often don't I?

To CuriousDreamWeaver: Yes, poor Black Hayate and poor Ed. I like to torture the characters xDDDDD

To BestNGameHistory: Heck, if you're just going to send me a review saying "OMG! ROYXED IS SO WRONG!" then you can go take your comment and shove it. I really am getting tired of getting reviews like this. If you hate the pairing then, WHY ARE YOU READING THIS? I clearly stated it was RoyxEd. If you're going to criticize me about something then do on something more pertinent like spelling or grammar. These types of reviews are really starting to tick me off. If I keep getting these then I'm just going to stop writing this story and not write again until some people grow up and gain some maturity. Whenever anyone tells me "for the love of all that means anything in the world, don't pair Ed with a guy", I think that you're a closed-minded dumbass who has nothing better to do with their life than flame people who write fics where Ed likes a guy, or I think that you're some crazed fan girl/boy who is insanely in love with Ed and can't stand the fact that another fictional character that just happens to be a guy is going out with him. You see that you wasted about five minutes of your life writing this to me. Was it worth it? Did you gain something? I'm not trying to be mean, but seriously, stop complaining about the pairing! I think I'm going to put the RoyxEd part in bold.

To inuyashalover: Thanks, but I suck at updating and how long has it been since I last updated? A month? I'm just really lazy, so I'll try harder at updating at least once a week.

Yay! I got 117 reviews! w00t! Thanks so much you guys! I really appreciate it. How long has it been since I last updated? A month ago? Well, here's Chapter 13 ((finally))

Disclaimer: I do not own Full Metal Alchemist, but I do own a little bit of Navarre, who owns Funimation, who makes the Full Metal Alchemist DVDs. If you add it up, I still don't own Full Metal Alchemist. I do own Seth, Lilith, Raith, and of course Siba who is currently locked up in a closet.

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Crimson Sin

Chapter Thirteen – Torment

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Birds twittered outside and sunlight streamed in through an open window, waking Ed out of his peaceful slumber. He cracked open one sleepy eye and glanced around. Groaning, Ed rolled over and scrunched his eyes shut. His head hurt, he felt disgusting, and all he wanted to do was sleep, but the sun seemed to be opposed to his last wish.

"Fine! I'll get up! Stupid sun," Ed grumbled as he groggily got out of bed and looked around. This is definitely not my room, he thought has he finally started to process what he was seeing, If this is not my room then where the hell am I? Wait, I fell asleep at a table in Roy's kitchen, but how'd I get up here and more importantly where'd that Bastard Colonel go?

Ed began to mutter angrily about tying the Colonel to a tree as he slipped on his boots and walked downstairs – apparently he'd fallen asleep in his clothes, thus no need to get dressed. The smell of something burning wafted through the air and made Ed sneeze. Figuring that if he found the source of the smell, he'd find Roy, Ed began to creep through the house. The smell steadily began to get stronger and stronger as Ed neared the kitchen and black smoke poured out of the doorway.

"What the hell are you doing Roy?" Ed asked as he walked into the kitchen.

"I'm making you breakfast," Roy said happily as he walked over to the small table located in the center of the room and put a plate down. Ed's jaw dropped when Roy turned so that his back was no longer facing forward. Behold! The great Flame Alchemist, womanizer extraordinaire, was wearing a frilly pink apron.

"Okay, seriously, what the hell?" Ed said as he stared at Roy new attire.

"What you don't like it?" Roy said as he spun around, flaunting his girly apron, a smile plastered to his face. Ed just shook his head in disappointment and sat down at the table, trying his best to ignore the apron.

"You're a disappointment to men everywhere," Ed muttered as he gazed at the food in front of him. Plates filled with eggs, pancakes, and every other breakfast item you could possibly think of covered the table; and each and every bit of this food was burnt to a crisp. "You really can't cook can you," Ed stated as he prodded a black blob that was probably an egg with his fork. After being prodded twice, the blob snapped in two and large chunk fell off.

"Well considering the fact that I've never cooked once in my life, this is pretty good first try," Roy said admiring the feast he had prepared. "Okay, I can't cook," he admitted when the chunk of burnt egg fell off onto the table, "And as for the apron. It was the only one they had left in the store and I can't go and get all my clothes dirty. I don't fell like washing them again."

Ed grunted in reply and stuck a bit of a pancake in his mouth. This isn't half bad, he thought as he chewed and immediately regretted it. "Water!" he rasped out and began to cough. The blond teen rushed over to the sink and turned on the faucet. He quickly downed the water and his coughing ceased.

"Are you okay?" Roy asked as he poured some red liquid into a cup and then began to drink it.

"You put pepper in the pancakes!" Ed said as he spun around. His face immediately turned quite pale when he saw the red liquid in Roy's cup. "What the hell are you drinking?" he demanded, his voice shaking slightly.

"Tomato juice, want some?" Roy replied and then drank the last bit. "Is something the matter Fullmetal?" he asked when he saw how all the color had drained from Ed's face.

"Are you mocking me?" Ed demanded, trembling with rage. After last night, Ed decided that Roy wasn't as big of an asshole as he had thought, but once again the Colonel had proved him wrong.

"Whatever do you mean?" Roy asked in an innocent tone.

"I know very well that you know that I'm a vampire," Ed snapped and folded his arms across his chest.

"Sorry Ed, but I couldn't resist," Roy said and sat down at the table. Ed just glared daggers at him as the Colonel took a bite out of the "food" he had prepared. After a couple moments of thoughtful chewing, Roy began to cough uncontrollably. He darted towards the sink and drank as much water as he could. "You're right, my cooking sucks," Roy said when he finished drinking. He then walked back to his seat, Ed still glaring at him.

"You're an asshole," Ed stated in a monotone voice as he sat down opposite Roy. The Colonel shrugged in response.

"Edward," Roy began, his face becoming more serious, "Last night, you told me you were a vampire and from what I've read you need to drink blood every night to survive, or at least almost every night." Ed nodded sadly. Roy sighed and said, "I know you don't want to, but to keep something like what happened at the Grand Neko Hotel to happen again. The reason that happened was because you didn't drink any blood for a long period of time."

"But-" Ed said, but was silenced by Roy.

"No buts Edward. I understand that you think you're a monster, but I don't want anyone else to get hurt, especially you," Roy said sadly.

Ed immediately felt his cheeks heat up as a blush began to creep over them. "I'll be right back," he said quickly and darted out of the room.

Why'd I get so worked up about that? Do I love Roy? Psh. As if. But if I don't love him then why do I feel so funny inside? I'll just forget this ever happened. Okay, good plan.

Ed tried to reassure himself that he didn't love Roy, but he knew deep down that he was only lying to himself. He took a deep breath and walked back into the kitchen and saw that Roy was busy cleaning up breakfast, which looked more like a science experiment gone awry.

"Ed, are you all right? You're a bit pale," Roy said when he saw Ed's face, which looked like all the color in it had been completely sucked out.

"It's probably just your shitty cooking 'cause my head hurts and your yelling isn't helping," Ed said while squinting, "And when the hell did it get so goddamn bright in here?"

"Ed, it's not really bright in here considering the fact that all the curtains are closed and I'm not yelling," Roy said as he pressed his hand to Ed's forehead. Ed's skin felt clammy and cold and it seemed as if the young alchemist would faint at any moment.

"I'm fine, so stop worrying," Ed said as he brushed Roy's hand away. "I feel perfectly fine," Ed repeated when he saw the who-are-you-trying-to-fool-with-that-crap look on Roy's face, "I mean it."

"Whatever you say," Roy said and shrugged. "Well, I guess we better get you back into your dorm room before someone realizes that you've been gone all night."

"Erm… Could I stay here in your house instead? The last thing I want is for someone at HQ to get hurt and then have everyone find out that I'm a vampire," Ed said as he looked up hopefully at Roy.

"I don't mind, but you're sleeping on the couch this time," Roy said and headed towards the front door. "Ed, let's go get your stuff from HQ!" the Colonel called out as he opened the front door.

"Wait! Dammit Roy!" Ed yelled angrily as he ran out after Roy.

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Ed sighed as he and Roy walked down the street back towards Roy's house. He carried a large suitcase filled with clothes and other necessary items. It was probably almost 3 o'clock in the afternoon and the sun had been beating down upon them mercilessly for a while now.

"Are we almost there yet?" Ed whined, irritating Roy even more. They had somehow gotten lost on the way back and had been trying to find their way back for over an hour.

"Shut up Fullmetal!" Roy snapped as he looked around hoping to see anything that looked remotely familiar.

"You suck," Ed replied and crossed his arms across his chest. The blond sighed and looked up at the blue sky. Why did all the clouds have to go? Ed thought sadly as he continued to walk. His head hurt and he was constantly shivering, not that anyone else could tell. His vision was also constantly fading, not to mention that he also had the feeling that someone was watching him.

"Ed?" Roy said when he saw that Ed had suddenly stopped, "Is something the matter?" The concerned Colonel took a couple of steps back towards Ed.

"It's nothing," Ed replied when he looked around and saw no one, "It's… nothing…" Ed's eyes then closed and he fell into Roy's open arms.

"Ed? Ed!" Roy cried out when Ed's collapsed in his arms.

Unbeknownst to Roy and everyone else that was currently wandering the streets, two cloaked figures sat atop a large brick building.

"Well, it seems that our little bat's blood has finally begun to act up. The full moon is drawing even nearer and then he will truly become one of us. Then we can finally use his powers to fulfill our own needs," Lilith murmured as she wrapped her cloak even tighter around her.

"It seems that we need to continue carefully nudging him until he falls over the edge," Raith said, unhappy to be out in broad daylight.

"That's why we constantly invade his dreams," Lilith said as she leaned her head against Raith's shoulder.

"It's quite fun," Raith said grinning evilly, silver fangs glinting in the sunlight, "I never realize how much fun it is to torment others."

"Though the Colonel finding out the truth wasn't initially part of our plans, it could prove to be quite useful," Lilith said and snuggled closer to her lover. "It's time to pay our little bat another visit."

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"Great, another one of these dreams," Ed muttered as he looked around only to find that he was in a poorly lit hallway. He could hear the soft pitter-patter of the rain droplets against the glass windows. Dim lamps that constantly flickered on and off lined the hallway's otherwise barren walls. The wooden floorboards creaked beneath Ed's weight as he began to walk down towards the large wooden door at the end of the hallway. He passed a couple of windows, but it was so dark outside that he couldn't see anything.

Soon Ed was standing in front of the door. He didn't know why, but something compelled him to take hold of the brass doorknob and open the door, so he did so. The wooden door creaked open and stepped inside the dark room.

There was no light in the room and the door immediately slammed shut behind him. Making Ed's heart began to pound against his rib cage. The blond alchemist took two steps forwards and ended up tripping over something.

"Ow," Ed groaned as he pulled himself back up. "Wait," he said suddenly, "If this is a dream then why did that hurt?"

"Because I wanted it to," said a familiar masculine voice. The lights then snapped on, filling the room with light.

"Raith," Ed said as he spun around to face the figure that constantly haunted his dreams.

"Glad to see that you remember me," said the cloaked figure.

"Don't tell me that you forgot about me?" said another familiar voice. This was belonged to girl though.

"Lilith," Ed muttered when he turned his head to see her standing in a corner. She giggled and waved at him. "What do you want? Why can't you just leave me alone?"

"What we want? Well, we want you," Lilith said simply.

"We can't leave you alone because we control your dreams," Raith added, "Plus we're curious to see how much of a monster you've become."

"Many people have already died by your hand and only more will die as long as you continue to live," Lilith added happily, "Why don't we show him what will happen in the future."

"What a wonderful idea," Raith said and snapped his fingers. As if on command, the room surrounding Ed shattered and all three of them were hovering above an endless abyss of darkness. "Now, who will be the next one to go?" Raith asked.

Pictures of the corpses of many people flashed before Ed's eyes. Each one was covered in blood and stared at Ed with lifeless eyes. Suddenly the images stopped at one body. Ed's breath caught in throat because lying in front of him was the broken and battered body of Roy Mustang. Blood pooled around the Colonel's limp body and his dull black eyes starred back at Ed. There were large gashes across Roy's chest and his blue military uniform was soaked in blood, making it no longer blue, but an ugly dark red. More blood ran down the side of his forehead and two puncture marks were visible on the bruised flesh of his neck.

"Stop it!" Ed cried out as he shut his eyes. He wanted to cry, but tears wouldn't come. "Make it stop! Stop! STOP DAMMIT!" Ed then felt himself start to fall into the darkness, Raith and Lilith's laughing echoing in his ears.

ED! ED WAKE UP!

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"Roy?" Ed murmured when he opened his eyes to find Roy sitting at the side of the bed he was lying in.

"Ed, are you alright? You were crying in your sleep," Roy said softly.

"Roy, do you think that I'm a monster?" Ed asked in nothing more than a hoarse whisper. His throat was dry and it hurt to talk.

"Ed, why would I think that? You will always be the short-tempered shrimp that never passes up the chance to call me an asshole," Roy said.

"Thanks," Ed said happily as he closed his eyes and drifted off to sleep once more.

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Whoo! Chapter 13 is done! Dance with me! Sorry that it took me like a month to update again. I'm a lazy bum and I'm proud of it! I have a bit of writer's block, so don't mind the crappiness of this chapter. Don't forget to review!

Next Chapter:

Chapter 14 – Fading Sanity