Charge: …where's the authoress?

Andro: I think she's in front of the computer staring at Kuroshitsuji.

Blaze: At least this chapter's on time.

Blaze's pupils automatically expanded due to the intake of light, and she glanced around at her surroundings.

From what she could tell, she was in a fairly large room, with a desk in the back of it.

Click.

Blaze looked to the left, and noticed a blonde woman holding a gun to her head.

"Don't move, Chimera." Blaze froze, deciding to obey the woman.

"Good. Now, can you speak?"

"Can you understand me?"

"So you can speak. Interesting. How'd you get here? I saw a flash of light and you ended up here."

"I don't know…where am I?"

"Central. And you're avoiding the question."

"I don't know. The last thing I remember is a white void." The woman's eyes slightly widened; she'd heard about the Gate from the Elrics, but she never assumed that a Chimera could use Alchemy to open them. And there was the fact that she didn't seem at all impaired…

"Two more questions: Who are you, and are you a cat-human Chimera?"

"Blaze. And what's a Chimera?"

"A fusion of two species."

"I don't think I am one, then. I'm just a cat."

"You appear to be a Chimera. You look human, only with a tail, ears, and fur…" Blaze glanced at her body, alarmed.

"But…I was a cat…and I don't have clothes on…" The woman sighed, opening the coat closet, revealing fairly worn military uniforms.

"You can use these for the time being," she muttered, handing one of the smaller ones over to Blaze, who gratefully put it on.

"Thanks…what's your name? And have you seen any weird-colored cats around here?"

"Riza, and I haven't seen any cats around here-my superior doesn't like them very much."

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Eckhart grasped the book and sack, wondering how she would get out of the area. Ever since she got to Shamballa, something seemed to be abnormal, but she couldn't put her finger on it.

Oh, well. It was something blowing boards up with cannons could easily obscure. She touched the ground, watching as a cannon materialized for about the tenth time since she crossed over to Shamballa, reveling in the smell of gunpowder blasting its way around the underground area.

'The technology was certainly advanced here,' she thought, 'the cannons don't even make the slightest noise, even when they go off.'

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Marrow sighed, twitching his tail in annoyance.

The bigots at the church had moved him, though it wasn't an improvement-they'd moved him directly outside the church, where the children could throw sticks and rocks at the 'demon'. At least he'd been given proper clothing, but still, he was pretty sure he'd have an assortment of bruises later.

"What are you all doing?" A girl asked, pushing herself through the small crowd. She was fairly short with black braided hair, up in a bun on opposite sides of her head, wearing a pink robe. She was accompanied by what Marrow thought was a small black and white cat, but it looked just too uncatlike to be one.

"We are cleansing the demon of its sin," claimed a middle-aged man, who Marrow assumed was the head of the church.

"It's not evil," she muttered bluntly.

"It was marked by Hell-its blades are proof enough of that, without having the appearance of a Chimera."

"It still isn't evil."

"You're a little girl; you don't know what you're talking about."

"It isn't evil," she repeated for a third time.

"It's a demon sent from Hell to destroy us! If we don't cleanse it, it will take our souls!"

"Throwing rocks at it won't cleanse it."

"It is still tainted."

"It's just a cat."

"It's a demon. I'll prove it to you-they can't die, you see." He smirked, picking up a fairly plain steel sword, swinging it to test its weight.

"That'll kill it!"

"It's a demon-it cannot die unless we purify it," he said, slowly walking towards Marrow, whose eyes widened in fear.

"STOP!" The girl grabbed something out her robe, flinging several objects at the ground in front of Marrow while swiftly placing several of the same objects on the ground in front of her. Once this was done, she drew what Marrow thought was a circle. She placed her hands on it, and the circle abruptly started to glow a pinkish color.

Suddenly, the ground around Marrow quivered, sending what he thought were pillars jutting out of the ground. The priest halted, bewildered by what had suddenly transpired. The girl took this opportunity to get next to Marrow, sawing at his bindings at what he thought was a spearhead. It took several seconds for her to completely saw through them, but she managed to do it.

"Come on!" She said, grabbing his hand, being careful not to touch his wrists.

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Evidently the Gate's idea of a joke is to throw me in a form I hate. I did not ask to be part of that godamned transmutation, but of course I had to pay the price.

It could be worse, but still, I hate the form of William. I hate my past.

And of course the Gate decides that I have to be trapped in this form. Though at least now, I can get some Stones, which should correct this issue, giving back my healing and shapeshifting abilities.

I glared at my body, which was clad in my preferred form's clothes, unable to shapeshift. But at least I might be able to get some Stones from Dante.

At least Hoenheim is dead. I don't know about Edward, but he should have paid the price, so he'll be dead soon.

And with that, all my human ties are severed. Now if only I could get some Stones…

Another Brotherhood element-for those who don't read the manga/watch Brotherhood-

1- Watch it.

2- Mei can use Alkahestry, a form of Alchemy centered around healing.

*Goes back to secluded corner to watch Kuroshitsuji*

Envy: The authoress is THAT obsessed with Kuro-whatever?

It's a good anime! And it's on par with FMA as my favorite anime!