Lexan: Thank you to all the readers... The story reeally starts from this chapter.. The first one was actually just so you know what had happenad.. xD

Warnings: Bad language and bad, bad grammar...

I DO NOT OWN THE CHARACTERS!

Glass angel

Chapter 2. missing

Nobody asked Ed did he want an automail or not. It was Hoheneheim's orders. Actually, after few days Ed had no objections either. After all, he wasn't the type to just sit around and do nothing. And then there was Al. Ed couldn't stand seeing his brother so down every day, so yeah, he'd do this for Al. And he'd be up as soon as possible. And so he was. Ususally it took at least three years for surgery and rehabilitation but Ed made it all in one year. (Yeah you know already all of it so let's skip the details...).

-Back to this day-

"I can't understand why I'm doing this." Ed whined in displeasure. Al had talked him, once again, into apologizing his father and try to peacefully talk to him and make him understand that Ed really hated dragons. But Al still had the feeling that once again, it would end up more yelling and meaningless glares. Al sighed and looked at his bigbrother.

"You are doing this becouse you're a good boy." Al smirked and Ed answered with a snort and a death-glare. Soon the two boys were standing before huge doors which leaded to the throneroom. Most likely their beloved pops was in there hearing complaining's of the unhappy village leaders. Ed took a deep breath.

"Okay. Here we go." He said and pushed the left door open. The two prince's were greeted by the whole room crowded and some vague mumbling.

"What's going on?" Al asked leaning on his brother, who was slightly smaller than him.

"I dunno. C'mon Al. Let's find Hohenheim." Ed said and grabbed Al's wrist as he started to lead the way through the mass of people. Al heard some people talk:

"Jing's gone! Now what?"

"How could the king let this happen?"

"We're doomed. We're DOOMED!" All the things he heard made him shiver as his brother yanked him through the pack. Al looked at the talking mass of people and all the moving mouths made him feel sick and a bit of dizzy.

"Ummm. Brother..." He said still looking at the people.

"I think we..."

Hohenheim! I need to talk to you!" Ed cut Al's mumbling with his clear and really loud voice. Too laoud if you asked Al. He looked ahead and saw Hohenheimsitting on his throne seat leaning his forehead to the palm of his hand. He really looked like he had the worlds worst headace. The boys walked up to him, past the mumbling jelly of people. As they stood beside their father Ed seemed to lost his voice so Al cleared his troath.

"Father, brother want's to talk to you." He said firmly and poked Ed with his elbow. Ed glared at Al and then opened his mouth to talk, but...

"Sorry boys. Not now, I'm busy. Jing's gone missing and it allfalls apart as the information about it starts to spred, as you can possibly see. So for now: you two. Shoo... We'll talk later." Hohenheim said and stood up.

"Hear now everyone. I promise you that everything will be alright." He said and the crowd went silent. Hohenheim continued on talking and talking. Ed and Al listened a while but lost intrest in a really short while. Ed started to glare at his old man and Al started glancing nerwously all around the room.

"So, what do you say about leaving?" Al asked from his glaring brother. Ed made a noise alot like "hmph" as a reply. Al sighed and Ed grabbedhis hand.

"Let's go." He muttered and started to yank his babybrother out of the hall. The door was slammed shut but still Al could hear Hohenheim's voice through the massive doors. Now he knew where his brother got that loud voice from. There was a moment's silence before Ed exploaded.

"GAAH! Did you see that!? He barely noticed us!" He yelled and kicked the door. Al let out another sigh. His brother truly was one stubborn and closeminded ox. Well, not maybe so closeminded. Just stubborn. And ox.

"Hee, hee. The end is coming. Wow, I never would have thought it to be true." The two prince's heard a dark but somewhat amused voice right behind them. The twosome turned to see who it was.

"Oh it's just the old drinking priest, Cornello. What do you mean by world's end?" Ed said relaxing a bit. Cornello laughed bitterly, raised a bit of his bottle (guess what's inside --) looked at it and then looked Ed deep in the eye.

"The world's coming to an end. You see, the old prophecy is going to come true. jing and Yang will meet at the glass angel and that's when the rocks and mountains will crumble, the seas will turn in the oceans of blood and the earth will cry it's pain when it bleed's. Hehheh. Cool, huh?" The man snicered. Ed blinked few times.-

"Ookaay... Glass angel? Father Cornello you've been drinking too much I'm afraid." He said and tried to smell the priest's breath.

"Belive me or not but the end is coming." Cornello said as he shooed the prince, with a good nose, away from him.

"Tsk. Drunken as always I see. Come on Al. Let's leave the oldie alone." Ed said, turned on his heels and started walking away. Al glanced once more at the priest and turned then to walk after his brother.

"You have a good and pure heart young one. Do not waste it. You might be able to help people you care about." Cornello said with a dark voice to Al's back and made the boy turn around once more. The priest was piercing him with those dark eyes of his. Al's eyes grew wider as almost evill grin started to spred on the elder man's face. Did this old man know something more. More than what Al had ever heard about the old profecies. Cornello started to chuckle and if Ed hadn't had grabbed his hand and dragged him away, once again, he'd probably start crying, not knowing the reason why.

-In the evening, in Al's room-

"Gah I can't understand why. That bastard didn't listen to me!? He was just mumbling something vague about Jing and how everything falls apart and so on, and so on and... Al? Are you listening?" Ed looked at his babybrother who was laying on a bed with his nose glued to an old book. His nose was so deep in that history book that Ed was sure that someday his brother would be all dusty and wornout as the books he read.

"Earth to Al! You still with us humans!?" Ed said with a voice just a hair lower than a yell.Al snapped out of the book and blinked at his brother.

"W-what? Did you just say something?"

"Oh, nothing. Just that the world's coming to an end as the squirrels steal our sanity." Ed said blinking and smiling stupidly. Al blinked few times.

"What?"

"Never mind about that. What is it in that book you find so interesting?" Ed asked sat next to Al to exmine the book too. Al moved a bit to make some space for his brother.

"Here. It's an old legend an angel frozen in an ice-crystal. According to a legend it saved the world and gave us Jing and Yang. The twin dragons." Al smiled eyes sparkling with excitment. ed just raised an questioning eyebrow. Al sighed and shut the book.

"You don't know a thing about history, do you?" He said and stood up.

"Well, sorry I'm not interested. It's just that history is full of those flying lizzards. I don't really think I need to remind you of my opinion about those things." Ed snorted and lay down on the bed. As the younger was about to say something in reply Ed raised a finger on his lips and stood up. Quickly he tiptoed to the door and opened it a bit. Al looked at his brother like this was someone who had fallen down from a tree. He was about to ask what his beloved brother was doing but didn't have time to do so as Ed motioned him to come over and listen. Al did as was told and walked to Ed and listened. From the hall came two voices. The other they recognised immidiatly, it was Hohenheim. But the other they did not know, a woman's voice.

"So, you belive that Jing is headed to the Crystal mountain. Why?" The woman asked.

"I'm afraid that the old profecy is going to become true. That Jing's about to kill Yang. You must stop him."

"Why did you call me for? You know I don't give a damn about this world."

"But you would if you had a chance to see "them" again. Look. Just as I promised, I will grand one wish of anyone who stop's Jing... It's a promise."

"..."

"Go on now child. The time is running. If you hestiate Jing will reach the montain before you do."

"...Yes..." The woman bowed and went away. Hohenheim nodded and walked away too, shaking his head slightly and muttering something. Ed turned around to face Al.

"You heard that? Pop's gonna grand any wish. I don't have to become a king!" Ed partied and Al sweatdropped.

"Umm... Brother... First Jing must be stopped, then dad will grand a wish for the one who stops the dragon." Al tried to calm his bigbrother down but when Ed turnd to look at him with eyes full of joy, (Yeah. Ed really doesn't want to be king...) he decided to leave that at that...

"I'll go and stop it, It's not so big of a deal." ...Or maybe not. al smiled a bit sadly.

"Brother, Jing's the most powerfull dragon in this whole world. And do notice that it's a dragon you should deal with." Ed threw a deathglare at hi brother.

"I'm not afraid. I do not fear dragons. I despise them and hate them. It's not a same thing." Al sighed but smiled.

"Then I'll go with you." He said and started packing his knapsack.

"Yeah! Wait. What? You coming with me? Nuh-uh. Nope. Not gonna happen." ed started unpacking his brothers bag, taking a shirt Al just had put in there.

"And why not?" Al asked and went to his closet.

"..."Ed looked at the shirt he held in his hands.

"Because... Last time you came with me, I got us almost be killed..."

"That was years ago. Last time you saved me. And I promise that now I won't freeze up like the last time." Al said and continued packing.

"You should start packing too if you're about to leave too. Dragons are fast." Ed was quiet a while but then he smiled and stood up. When Al set his mind on something there was no way Ed could turn his mind elsewhere.''

"Okay. Let's leave at once we've packed. I'll flich something to eat from the kitchen."

"Deal." They smiled and continued on.

-At the Crystal mountain-

A dark figure moved a bit and yellow eyes turned to look at the starlit sky.

"Yes girl, he's coming. Don't worry I'll protect you. With my own life if I must." Big icecrystal glittered in the moonlight.

"Yes. With my own life if I must..."

Lexan: There. The second chapter's now ready... I guess that's that 'till now...