If you didn't read the last chapter's rewrite, then you will have no idea what's going on so you kinda have to read it. Thanks for reading and reviewing! Beware of the OOCness!

Anyway, I just bought numbers four and five of the manga. It was so sad when Hughes died :( I liked him :( He's going to be alive in this story though. Kay?

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Alphonse grew more nervous as the moments went on, with the Colonels dark eyes staring at him, waiting for an answer.

"My brother's just stressed that's all. Nothing to worry about!" Alphonse answered. Luckily the Colonel bought the excuse.

"Alright, I understand. Just make sure he gets his rest, okay?"

"Yes Colonel Mustang." As Roy walked away Al sighed with relief. He had almost revealed his big brother's secret, but had managed to give an answer without doing so. Alphonse felt bad about lying, but it wasn't really lying, right? I mean, Ed was stressed.

Edward was back at the room, but Alphonse was not. Edward decided this was a good thing. Yes, a very good thing. Nobody there to stop him.

Edward removed his crimson cloak and rolled the sleeve of his onyx colored shirt up to his elbow. This revealed many scars. Some recent, some a bit older. For some time, whenever the stress and worry was to much, Edward Elric would repeat this ritual to make himself feel better.

He removed a single blade from his pocket Without a pause, he allowed the blade to glide across his flesh. Dark red liquid poured from the wound. This made Edward smile.

Yes, young Edward Elric was a cutter.

Perhaps what had caused Edward to do this was being thrown into an adult's world at a young age. A dog of the military was no position for a fifteen year old to hold, and yet, there he was. Edward Elric, Fullmetal alchemist. Perhaps the loss of his mother had caused this behavior.

Whatever it was that originally caused the pain, Edward did not want to stop this anytime soon.

He saw it as a way of punishment. He felt he had let everyone down. If only he had arrived at Shou Tucker's lab sooner, he would have saved Nina. If only he hadn't been stupid enough to try human transmutation. If only he hadn't included Alphonse in his plans.

If only.

"BROTHER! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!"

Edward turned, the blood trailing down his arm to see the suit of armor containing his younger brother's soul standing in the doorway.

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...and we're right where we left off before I rewrote anything. My doggy died today... she got hit by a truck. Im really upset about it. That makes four people either related to me or in my family that have died this year, and three last year. I guess that's the downside to having so many relatives. I never met the three people who died this year in my life, so I wasn't to upset about it. It was all in one week that they died. I felt really bad for my dad because he knew them all (obviously... it was his aunt uncle and cousin).

Sorry... I think that A.N. thing was even longer than the chapter. Sorry.