A/N: So, how'd you like chapter 3? Bet you weren't quite expecting all of that! Oh, and I know that a lot of what happened might not make a whole lot of sense, but just keep with it – that and be open-minded and imaginative!

Oh, yeah! Thanks to WinterhartZahneelCalina for posting for me while I was waiting for the 3 day "abstinence" period to be over!

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I do not own FMA – the DVDs, on the other hand…

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Chapter 4: "The Curse"

"Edward's daughter! Roy, you're kidding me!"

"No, I'm afraid not – at least, I think not, unless it was all just a dream – I have been pretty stressed lately… what with work and… everything…" Roy sighed, telling his wife the events of that afternoon.

"But, Roy," Riza pleaded, putting down the book she had in her hands, "you're seriously not going to let her go through with this, are you! Letting her become a State Alchemist like her father – it's too dangerous! You can't!"

"You know that the military has changed, Riza – State Alchemists aren't faced with the same dangers as we used to be," Roy said, blankly staring through the window at the small garden located just behind their house. "Besides," he said, turning to her with a sad smile, "she has no one left."

Riza sighed. "It doesn't matter what I say to you, does it? Well fine, then, let her. You're head of the alchemy department, so you do what you want. But at least bring her over here so I can meet her."

"Not until she's passed the exam – that was the deal we made," Roy replied stubbornly.

"Fine – but do you at least have a named picked out for her, then? Because based on these damage reports you've brought home, it sounds like she really knows what she's doing."

"Yeah, I guess she does," Roy quietly laughed. "But, yeah – I think I do know what name to give her…" Roy finished softly.

"Please don't tell me it is what I think it is… and besides, you don't even know if she – "

"I know, but still…"

"If you give her that name you're condemning her to a service like Edward's – half of his problems came from that name – it's cursed," Riza told him, gaining back her usual coolness and reserve.

"Oh, I doubt that," Roy said as he turned towards her with a grin.

"Well, we'll just have to wait and see, won't we?" Riza tersely replied, picking back up the book she had been reading before Roy had come in. 'That poor girl,' Riza thought as she sighed.

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5 more typed chapters to go! History class is a great place to write stories! But please don't actually do that – I am a professional (slacker). Please review! Let me know if anyone is OOC or if there are any passages that don't make sense. Thx! (NO flames, please! Unless they're from Roy! Lol!)