Walking in Shadows, Seeing the Light

Author's Note: Hello everyone! I love you all… I think because hopefully my posting in two chapters will keep you happy… I'm hoping to make a good story of this one… hope it's kept you on the edge of your seat so far… snicker… oh and a note. If you are not Christian or do not believe in the bible please keep reading but I don't mean to offend anyone by, at times, using verses of the bible in this story you know, at the beginning… so please no flames about me being denominational… I am a very nondenominational person… and if you don't know what nondenominational means then… well… I don't know what to tell you, look it up in the dictionary.

Disclaimer: I do not own FMA.

Summary: Past meets present the clash of a haunting past lingers overhead as the Elric brothers attempt to find peace. Can an angel who guards the gate help them discover the secrets of her past as well as theirs? EdxOC and AlxOC

…oh, the joys of those who do not follow the advice of the wicked, or stand around with sinners, or join in with scoffers. But they delight in doing everything the lord wants; day and night they think about his law.- (Psalm 1:1-2)

Chapter: Sinners

Lucifer reclined in his chair and smiled, sloshing the blood like wine around in the glass. He mulled over in his mind the utter determination of the Rose girl. She was like a breath of fresh air to him, two had been easy, two were missing still but this one… she was intriguing to him. He couldn't understand why she was so determined to defeat him. Either way, she was a fantastic opponent. He was so close to seeing what she could really do, anger brings out the best of your abilities, like a potent wine that tingles on the taste buds, like the smell of blood in you nostrils.

"Would you like me to take her then sir?" A tall man walked forward. He wore black pants and a black long sleeved shirt. His long blood red hair was stemmed with black tips. He stood at, at least 6' tall with a few inches give or take.

"You do that. Spite." Lucifer smiled, his ivory fangs glittering in the dim light of the cave. Spite grinned evilly. Behind him six other forms could be seen, all sitting in different positions and on different ledges in the cave, one of them laughed.

"You won't do it Spite." A woman's voice said. Spite shot a look over his shoulder at the speaker and a dark smile appeared on the hidden face, she licked her finger. She was sitting near the top of the cave wall, one hand on either side with her legs crossed, one leg showing through her slit skirt. Her hair was long and straight, pulled over her shoulder in a gypsy-like ponytail. "You know you can't kill her."

"Shut up Desire." Spite drew his hand into a very rude symbol indeed at the speaker. Another chuckled darkly.

"Ya know, she's got a point." A young man's voice came from behind a waterfall. He was sitting with his weight resting on his hands, his knees bent up in front of him and his head tilted back, looking up into the cave ceiling, the outline of his light blonde messed up hair could be seen.

"I'm outta here." Spite dove out of the cave and disappeared.

"And he's off…" A little girl's voice giggled hysterically. She was sitting on a low ledge with her legs hanging over and her elbows on her knees, her chin on her hands. Her long high pigtails could be seen in her outline.

"Finally." A very familiar voice spoke out. He was sitting on a middle ledge, his long palm-tree like hair splayed all over the place as usual. He sat with one leg over the ledge and the other pulled up, his arms wrapped up around his leg, his chin resting on his knee. Envy was the same as usual. The giggling voice continued.

"Shut it Mischief." A feminine voice cut through and the giggles stopped. A woman's figure was standing with one leg in front of the other, her arms folded under her cleavage. Her long floor length hair was pulled up into a high ponytail but it fanned out around her anyways.

"You got it lady!" The one called Mischief saluted. Lucifer laughed.

"You all are so amusing. It would be no fun without you." Lucifer grinned. Standing in his true form at about 7'4" he was a terrifying sight to behold. His huge leathery wings sprouted straight from his back, long sharp horns protruded from just behind his temples. His pointed ears tilting back at the same angle as his horns. His eyes were crystalline blue and his silver white hair was pulled back into a ponytail. He wore a pair of white pants with a white shirt and a long white trench coat. A long spine-like bonewhip swung from his neck. Otherwise he looked rather human, he had a human face and a human body, only certain parts about him gave away that he was a devil.

"I can't wait for the Elrics to get involved." Envy spoke slowly and illustriously.

"They already are." Lucifer sipped his wine. "They already are."

SO! HOW'S THAT FOR A KICKASS FOURTH CHAPTER! We finally meet our bed guys lmao… but who's really behind all this? And Lucifer? In AMESTRIS? Guess you'll have to wait and see…

Hugz,

Ringo