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A/N: I finally saw the movie. NOOOOOOOOO!!!! AL CUT HIS HAIR!!!! That's it for this author's note.
Dawn arrived too early for Edward Elric. He groaned, grudgingly getting up out of his comfortable bed. His golden eyes were hazy with sleep, but he smiled when he saw his little brother still asleep. Silently, and carefully, Edward got out of bed and walked downstairs while braiding his long hair. Edward took a seat at the kitchen table, and laid his head in his arms. The padding of footsteps brought the blond back into the realm of the waking. Looking up, Edward met a very irritated Alphonse.
Uh-oh… Edward thought to himself, dreading an irritated Alphonse Elric. Even though it was rare for the silver-eyed adult to get mad, nobody really wanted to face the younger Elric's wrath. Steeling himself, Edward went on ahead to greet his brother.
"Gu-tenmorugen, ototo?" The blond greeted, anxiety evident in his voice. An eye twitched, making the older brother even more nervous about his younger brother's mood.
"It is definitely not a good morning," Alphonse replied heatedly, pouring himself a cup of coffee. Edward gulped, but didn't dare to say anymore. He knew full well that his younger brother always got like that when he has a hard time sleeping at night.
The telephone ringing broke the tense silence. Edward excused himself to answer the phone. It wouldn't be very pretty if the Colonel was the one calling and Alphonse was the one to answer it in his mood.
"Aisatsu!" Edward greeted, not really wanting to say the rest. He wasn't as polite as Alphonse was when it came to greeting someone on the phone. On the other line, all the blond heard was a rasping breathing.
Not only did it freak him out, but it also reminded him of those stupid horror books that they used to own (Edward had burned all of their horror books). He furrowed his brows, and before he could say anything else whoever was on the other line spoke.
"You might want to meet me at the clock tower, Edward Elric. If not…well, the consequence will be a surprise, and it won't be pleasant. Come alone," The voice rasped, but it was definitely a male. Before the blond could respond, the thing hung up.
Edward hung up the phone with furrowed eyebrows, and went upstairs to get dressed in his usual black attire. He also neatly braided his golden hair, and laced up his boots. Walking downstairs, Edward noticed that his younger brother was waiting for him. The silver-eyed adult raised an eyebrow when he saw Edward fully clothed.
"I'm going out for a while, kay?" Edward told Alphonse. The silver-eyed brother nodded, getting back to drinking his coffee.
Edward walked outside and headed toward the clock tower. Alarms were clanging in his head, knowing full well that it was a trap he was walking into. The blond had to do it, as he didn't really want to find out what the "consequence" was if he didn't show up.
Arriving at the clock tower, he looked around for the person that had called him. Instead, a letter floated down to where he was. Edward opened the letter and read the parchment that was inside the envelope.
I'm up at the top of the tower. That was all that was written on the piece of parchment. Edward frowned, trashing the letter, and walked inside the tower. Sighing as he saw how far it was to the top, the blond started his ascent.
Once he had made it to the top, there was a lone figure standing there waiting for him. The man had shoulder-length, black hair, blood-red eyes, and pale skin. He was wearing a black, leather tank top that revealed his stomach, black, leather shorts that only came up to mid-thigh, and black, ankle-length boots. Around his neck was a silver chained necklace with an onyx angel attached to the chain. His blood-red eyes glittered maliciously when their eyes locked, and the man smirked at the blond.
"Heh, pretty boy, aren't ya?" Edward just glared at him, making the man's smirk wider, "Spunky, too. Shame, I've got my heart set on someone else."
Suddenly, the man snapped his fingers and a shadow appeared behind Edward. The blond turned around, and the shadow surrounded him. When he was completely surrounded by the shadow, another snap of the man's fingers sent Edward into unconsciousness as an unbearable pain lanced through his heart.
It was around this time that Alphonse was washing the dishes from the previous night. He had just finished putting away the dishes when he felt a sharp pain sear through his heart. Gasping, he held onto the counter, his knuckles were white and his eyes were wide. Cold sweat was dripping onto his knuckles when the pain finally subsided. Alphonse was panting from the severity of what he had felt.
"Niisan…?" Suddenly the phone rang. Quickly, Alphonse answered the phone, hoping that it was Edward and that he was all right. Unfortunately, that wasn't the case. The person on the other line made him certain that his older brother was in danger, as Alphonse knew exactly who it was.
"Ah, hello love! Long time, no see!" A man rasped on the other line, sending shivers down Alphonse's back. He hadn't heard that voice in years, and he never wanted to hear it again. Especially not after what the man had almost done to him.
"What did you do to my brother?" Alphonse demanded, knowing that the man must've done something to his older brother. The man sighed on the other line, as if he knew that was what Alphonse was going to ask.
"Well, I should've expected that question," He replied, making the younger Elric's blood boil, "Anyway, I haven't done anything to your brother…yet."
"What do you want, then?" Alphonse growled. He desperately needed to get Edward out of the man's grasp, knowing full well as to what the man is capable of. The man chuckled, making the silver-eyed adult even angrier.
"All right, love. Just go to the top of the clock tower, and that's where we will be. Have a nice day, love!" The man replied cheerfully. Before Alphonse could say anything more, the man had hung up. Growling, the silver-eyed adult also hung up the phone, and went upstairs.
Hurriedly putting on a white version of his brother's usual black attire, he also went over to their nightstand. Alphonse picked up a box that looked to hold a necklace, and opened it. The box held two necklaces, one of which was a gold-chained necklace with a diamond angel attached to the chain. Alphonse put on the first necklace, feeling more relaxed with it on. The other necklace was silver chained with a white feather attached to the chain. He took this one out and put it in his pocket, planning on giving it to Edward.
Going downstairs, Alphonse walked out the door and ran toward the clock tower. He needed to hurry and get his beloved older brother out of that man's grasp. The silver-eyed adult shuddered when he thought about all of the things that the man could do to the blond.
"Ok, why did you revive me, again?" Edward asked the man. He didn't seem to be bound to anything, but he still couldn't move. So, the blond concluded that the man was using something to prevent him from moving. The man just chuckled at Edward.
"Just for something I'm going to be showing you," He replied. Footsteps echoed around the room, signifying that Alphonse was here. Soon enough, the silver-eyed adult was standing in the middle of the "room." There were no windows in this "room." Instead, there were just stone pillars holding up the roof, and the "windows" were just open space.
"Ah, speaking of which," The man said, bowing to Alphonse, "Nice to see you again, Love!"
Edward gasped, he definitely didn't expect that, and Alphonse just gritted his teeth. Apparently, the younger Elric really didn't like the man like that but did indeed know him.
Probably the opposite… Edward thought to himself, seeing that his younger brother wasn't really happy to see this man.
"What do you want with Ed?" Alphonse growled out through barely contained anger. That was not surprising to Edward, since this man obviously did something in the past that made Alphonse hate him.
"Oh…for now, I just want him to witness something. Just so that he understands us better, Love," He replied cheerfully. The silver-eyed adult gritted his teeth when he heard the "Love" part.
"You know as well as I do that I don't love you anymore, Shadow!" Alphonse shouted. Shadow sighed, and shook his head as if the silver-eyed Elric were just a misbehaving child.
"Ah, well, I was hoping that wasn't true," Shadow replied coolly, suddenly smirking, "Although, I think it was time for me to cut to the chase. To do that, I'm going to do this!"
Edward felt as if a fist had just released him, until he felt the wind pushing against his back. Sudden realization struck the blond; Shadow had pushed him off of the tower.
Translations:
Gu-tenmorugen: Good morning
Ototo: Younger brother