The Boy Who Cried Wolf

Summary: Edward's gone. No one can find him. The Seven have also disappeared, including King Bradley. What is going on? And what does Mr. Tucker have to do with anything…?

Disclaimer: Do I own FMA? Think, people, think!! Use your head! What do you think? Of course I don't, you dimwits. How long did it take you to figure that out? Rawr…

A/N: Hi! Did anyone else out there go to see the Eragon movie? It was awesome! Go see it! Right now! How many people actually know what Eragon is?! Ah, screw you guys. Thank you, Guardian Spirit Raina, for telling me what 'AU' meant. For anyone else who was wondering, it means 'Alternate Universe'. Like a story I'm thinking about posting…check my main FF page for a tad more info. So yeah. Now, over five hundred people have at least looked at my story. How frickin' cool is that? It's awesome.

Chapter Five

Ed struggled against Gluttony's grip on his over coat (Again??)

'big drool thing smell bad caught us how why what now' Ed squirmed again, grabbing Gluttony's arm with both hands and biting down.

"Ow!" moaned Gluttony. "Bad doggy…" Gluttony shook his arm to try and dislodge Ed who still had his teeth buried in his skin. Ed fought the urge to gag. Of everything that he had ever put in his mouth, this had to be the worst tasting thing he had ever tasted. Worse than milk.

"What is it, Gluttony?" asked Lust's voice from a little ways away.

"I caught doggy!" said Gluttony happily, shaking his arm again. This time he dislodged Ed and the blond alchemist went sailing away and tumbling into the dirt a few feet away. Ed shook his head and stood up. Then, realizing he wasn't trapped, he sprinted off, hearing Gluttony's yells behind him. Now, if only I could tell where the hell I am…

0oo0

Mustang rubbed his eyes tiredly and sighed. Everything that had happened in the past few days was so confusing…Fullmetal Chimera… he thought, a small smile turning the corners of his mouth up. Of all the things to happen…

"Well, hello Roy!" said an overly cheerful voice. Mustang's head snapped up and he saw Hughes walking towards him. He sighed.

"Hughes, try knocking before you just walk in…" he said. Hughes bobbed his head in slight apology. Then his happy smile faded slowly as he put his hands on the Colonel's desk.

"This is bad, Roy," he said. "We have not only have a search party out looking for him, but we have a group of State Alchemists out there too. And neither of them have found anything. Frankly, we don't know where to look."

"How is Alphonse responding to all this?"

"I don't really know. He hasn't said much, really. But he keeps Ed's cloak with him. I think he's pretty upset." Man, that doesn't even begin to cover it… thought Hughes. He had seen Al sitting around, the red cloak clutched in his metal hands. And there's nothing I can do to help him…

0oo0

Where am I? Wondered Ed. Nothing around him seemed familiar at all. He was in the middle of a pale green field, standing on a worn dirt path. The only sound was his breathing, the distant whistle of birds, and the soft hiss of the breeze through the grass.

'people place ahead hungry boy hungry too food at people place? maybe maybe food getting stronger stinky people place' Ed rubbed his temples. By 'people place', did the wolf mean a town? It was possible…and he was getting hungry. Unintentionally flicking his wolf ears back and forth, Ed set off at a jog again, staring at the path as he went. Soon he began to smell something pungent and kind of sweet. He looked around but couldn't see anything.

'smoke good smoke boy smells not fire smoke' Well, that explains it, Ed thought. They were coming closer to the town. Gradually he began to see the roofs of houses not too far away. Suddenly he stopped short just outside the town.

'boy stops why why so close to people place smell food food why stop'

"I need to find something to wear that has a hood," Ed said aloud. "These ears will attract too much attention." He ran a finger along the edge of one of his velvety ears. He scanned the area in front of him, looking for any other people. He couldn't see anyone. He walked slower now, more quietly, searching for anyone who might see him. As he came closer to the town, he saw a low wooden fence around the town. A human could easily climb or jump over it, so it was probably meant to keep livestock in. Ed turned his head and looked down both sides of the fence. Still, there was no sight of anyone. Weird…no guards? Ed thought. He shrugged and jumped over the fence. Just then he saw someone shuffling down a road just ahead. They were dressed in black rags, from what Ed could see. Their hair was tangled and full of dirt. Ed thought for a moment. Maybe most of the people here are like that…The person vanished up the road and Ed moved forward. He passed a house with dark windows and peered inside. It didn't look like anyone was at home. He pushed on the door and found that it swung open easily. He twitched his ears forward and sniffed the air.

'no people here no people for long time' said the wolf and Ed pushed the door open all the way. He took a few steps inside and froze when the floor boards creaked. Some of the windows of this house were broken and there was dust everywhere. He looked around and saw a trunk against the far wall. Making sure no one was walking by the open door and broken windows, he hurried over to the trunk and forced it open. Inside where kids jackets and cloaks, hats and dresses. He fished around in it for a moment, then found a tattered black coat with a hood. He slipped his arms into the sleeves and pulled the hood up over his head. Better, he thought. At least people won't be able to see my ears now…

0oo0

"You let him get away?" demanded Lust. Gluttony stuck his pointer finger in his mouth and looked down.

"Sorry," he mumbled. Lust rolled her eyes and sighed, putting her hands on her hips.

"Well, go get him back. He can't have gone that far," she said. Gluttony nodded.

"Not that far," he repeated. He looked down the dirt path and squinted his beady black eyes. "Find boy, find boy." Then he loped off down the path, following the same route as Ed.

0oo0

Ed had only gone a few more houses when two men came around a corner. One was laughing loudly and carried a bottle in his hand. The other was frowning and looked like he was ready to hit the other man. Both of them froze when they saw Ed.

'people smell bad bad' Ed agreed. He watched them warily.

"Who's th' new kid?" asked the drunk man, waving his bottle at Ed.

"That's a good question," said the other man. His eyes were clear and Ed (or the wolf) couldn't smell any alcohol on his breath. He walked up to Ed and stood directly in front of him. "What are you doing here?" Ed bared his teeth and growled at him.

"Wa's wrong wit 'im?" asked the drunk man.

"Nothing's wrong with him, idiot," said the one in front of Ed. "He's a feral one. Most Urchins are by the time they get to be his age, if no one picks them up off the street. Just leave him alone." The man reached up to grab Ed by the chin to look at his face, but Ed snapped at his fingers when he came close. The man jerked his hand back and shook his head. He turned and walked around Ed, calling for the other man to follow him.

"Oh yes, he is one of the more feral ones I've seen here," said the taller man. "Shame. Sometimes you can take one or two with you and raise them up to be somewhat decent." Ed watched them go, laughing to himself. So that's how this place works. 'Urchins' are kids who live on the streets with no parents. Sometimes people will adopt them as their own children. Well, that's one way to get food…

'food? want food good yum yum' Ed, used to ignoring the wolf's voice by now, kept walking into the town. The farther in he got, the more people he started to see. Some were dressed like him, in ragged clothes with dirt on their faces, huddled by buildings. Others were dress more neatly, walking proudly down the roads. One walked past Ed and shoved him roughly out of the way. With a grunt Ed fell down on his side in the dirt and glared up at the man. The man laughed and kicked dirt on him. The wolf growled.

'bad man fight fight' Ed snarled in response. His anger fused together with the wolf's and he crouched, feet under him, ready to spring. The man raised his eyebrows. Just then two people came up behind Ed and grabbed his arms. The blond boy turned to look at them and saw two pale, dirty faces looking up at the man. One Urchin, as they were called, looked like he was a little younger than Ed and the other was around twenty. The wolf snarled at them.

'why stop us why why'

"You don't want to fight him," said the younger boy. "He's tougher than he looks." Ed growled again and struggled against the arms holding him back.

"C'mon, little boy," taunted the man. "Come and fight me! You think your tough? Try me." Ed jerked his arms free and leapt at the man. Laughing, he kicked Ed in the gut and sent him flying back into the arms of the two Urchins. Ed, winded and hurt, struggled back to his feet. With a snarl he leapt again. (Don't ask why his hood hasn't come off and revealed his wolf ears, okay? That just wouldn't work. So don't question it.)

"You just don't learn, do you?" said the man scornfully. He swung his arm around and Ed felt the man's knuckles collide with the side of his head. He felt himself land in someone's arms, then little black dots invaded his sight.

"Hey, you okay? Hey!" Everything was getting darker, darker…

'what happened? why dark…' Then even the wolf's voice vanished, smothered by the blanket of black that had covered his sight and left him in oblivion.

Bloody Sword Alchemist: Yay! Chapter five! I hope you guys aren't getting too bored. I don't really know what I'm doing. It's kinda sad, really. Oh well. I hope that if anyone's bored, they will hang on while I get the more exciting chapters written. Writers Block sucks beyond belief. Just to let you know, I'm kinda postponing BBW. Don't hurt me!! Please! I'll get around to it eventually. It's just that I'm starting to use similar ideas for both stories and I don't like that. This story happens to be more popular than BBW, so I'm going to work on this one more. Also, I'm stuck worse on BBW than I was on this one. Anyway, I'm going to be putting some random stuff at the end of all my chapters, but you don't have to read it. You can just skip down and either review (hint hint) or you can read whatever chapter will happen to be after the one you just read. Commence Operation Randomness.

Bizarre Tidbit: If you look up the word 'Blah' on Wikipedia, a page will pop up and it will have three or four paragraphs solely on the word blah. I'm serious. Check it out. XD

FMA character I feel like right now: Hhhmmm…I think either Sloth or Kimblee. I'm tired and just want to go lay around for a while. But I always want to blow things up. I can't help it. It's just so much fun.

Favorite song (at the moment): Linkin Park's 'Numb'

What song I am listening to right now: Green Day's 'Minority'

What song I am going to listen to: Simple Plan's 'Welcome To My Life' or 'I'm Just a Kid' or 'Me Against The World' That one is by Simple Plan, right?

Quote Made By Me: I am not human, so do not pay any attention to my insanity.

Question that you don't actually need to answer: How many of my readers have heard the song 'Animal I Have Become' by Three Days Grace? Put your answer at the end of your review, if you do review.

Well, I think that's all for this chapter. I'm really really really sorry it took so long to update. I got really bad writers block and got stuck for a long time. If anyone has any ideas about things I could put in this story, please tell me. I know how this story is going to end, I just don't know how to get there. Slight problem. Duh. Advice is welcome! I cannot guarantee that I will use you're idea, or I might change it a bit if I like it. Thank you all! (I really am done now. Really. Just go review now or Gluttony might eat you. Bye bye.)