If anyone could see him right now, Ed was pretty he would die of embarrassment. He was developing quite rapport with Riza, even to the point to the point something he'd never do. He had asked Riza if she could help him get dressed for time's sake .By that he meant for her to get his uniform out while he brushed his teeth and took care of his basic hygiene needs, Riza however took it differently.

So here Edward Elric, a state alchemist and a major in the Armetrian military, was being dressed by his adoptive mother and superior officer, one sock at a time. The strange thing was that he couldn't bring himself to tell her otherwise. Riza looked so happy and who was he to take that away from her?

"And…there!" Riza said with a smile, "All done." Giving Ed a hand up off of his bed, she frowned, placing her hand on her chin. Ed gave her a look of genuine curiosity when he realized that she was looking at his sleeves. Blushing some, it dawned upon him that she realized something that he had been trying to hide from both her and Roy; the fact that his sleeves were to long was something he was embarrassed about because then he would have to admit that his size "extra small" uniform was too big for him and thus admitting that he himself was small.

"I'll send it to the tailors after work today, Ok honey?" She said as she straightened out Ed's standard issue jacket. What Ed said next would forever change his relationship with Riza. "Ok…mom" he replied with a quiet tone. After all, he was trusting her with his safety, feelings, security, and overall wellbeing. That was something that scared him; he never had to trust anyone like that since his real mother died.

He then proceeded to answer the unasked question. "She's gone, I've accepted that, so I figured given my current situation, and the fact that you and the Coronal are actually trying to make this…" he paused for a moment before selecting his next words "…enjoyable, I figured that I should give it a try." He honestly didn't have a clue why he was being so out of character but that voice known as his subconscious spoke up again. "Because you want to be a kid."

Before he could retort to the voice, Riza interrupted him by taking him into a loving embrace. Resting his head on her shoulder, the young boy let out a soft sigh.

"What's wrong sweetie?" She asked with slight concern in her voice.

"I feel like I'm regressing or something" he said in reply, still resting on her shoulder.

"Regressing?" She said with a confused tone.

"I mean the way I talk is more childish, my behaviors, heck even the way I feel … sometimes I just want to curl up in a ball and disappear."

Suddenly, Edward felt her hands shift. Cradling Edward, Riza looked down smiling.

"Is that really such a bad thing Edward?"

"M-mom! Put me down," he yelped while blushing.

Giggling she replied "Fine, but only because we have to go to work."

Setting Ed down, she couldn't help but wonder what a miracle he was. He was just a little boy in an adult world and he took care of his brother, his friends, and himself. That line of thinking caused her to frown again. It was at that point that she decides to give Ed the childhood he never was able to have. A tug on her uniform's jacket brought her back to reality. "Come-on we're gonna be late" her son said with an infantile whine. This caused her to stifle a giggle as she tousled his hair and started to walk out the door.

Once down stair, Roy was already dressed and sipping on his morning coffee. Noticing the warm smile on his wife's face and the pout on Ed's, he raised an eyebrow in his wife's direction. "And where have my little boy and his mommy been hm?" Now it was Ed's turn to surprise Roy for once. "Well if you must know, mom was helping me get dressed." Ed said nonchalantly while he bit into a biscuit with honey smeared on it. The look on the Coronals was one of ineffable shock.

When Ed noticed Roy was looking at him, he blushed. He wasn't a big fan of being stared at, especially while he was eating/ Noticing Edwards discomfort, Roy smiled and apologized for staring.

Riza cleared her throat and signaled the time. Ed finished his breakfast as Roy did with his coffee. Quickly heading out the door, the Mustang family headed to the car. The ride to the office was relatively quick, Riza drove quietly while keeping her eyes on the road, Edward took a nap in shotgun and Roy sat quietly in the back seat as was custom for the highest ranking officer in a vehicle. At one point they had to stop to let an elderly man cross the streets; but other than that, the trip was uneventful.

Once Edward, Roy, and Riza were in Roy's office, Ed plopped down onto the couch. His job was administrative investigations, so when he wasn't on a mission there was little for him to do except look for the philosopher's stone, at that was out of the question for now. So after a short while, Ed began to get bored and started to fidget a bit. He hated being still.

Sliding off the couch, he walked over to the door before telling his parents that he'd be back later." Just be back for lunch kiddo," was all that was said.

After wandering Centrals halls for an hour or so, he heard a loud scream. Immodestly he bolted down the hall, within seconds he was at the room where the shout originated.

Second Lutenient Moka Montag was having the worst day of her life. Today was her 19th birthday, and while she didn't expect anyone in her unit to care, she was hoping to get a vacation day. When her CO said she was to be transferred into a Coronal Mustangs unit as a Company Clerk commentator. In her opinion this was as fine as anything else, she really didn't have any friends outside her job; she was always a social hermit in school, and she was still one she supposed. So when she had all of her personal effects out of her office, she quickly left without saying goodbye.

When a hand shot out and grabbed her, pulling her into a closet, she did the only thing she could think of, scream. The hand quickly covered her mouth, but not swiftly enough to stop her from screaming. She felt something slide down her body, going up her shirt and under her bra, squeezing her one of her breasts. He let out another scream, only for it to be muffled by the hand that was covering her mouth.

"Scream one more time and I'll kill you," said her attacker in a low tone. She tried to break away but she found that she couldn't move her body. She was paralyzed with fear, knowing that she was about to be violated and no one would help. The rapist turned her around so she was facing him. He was an officer, a captain she noticed out of all things, she recognized him from a staff meeting she had attended about a week ago. He was an S-2 if she remembered correctly. It was strange for her to be remembering these things while she was about to be raped, but she couldn't help it; whenever she was in trouble with someone she would have an eye for these things.

Suddenly a blue light enveloped around the room. The next thing she knew, the captain was trapped in a block of what appeared to be plaster and she was free! All of a sudden, a voice piped up from behind her, causing her to nearly jump out of her skin. "H-hey are you alright lutenit? She turned around to see a little boy, he couldn't have been older than nine or ten years old, then she noticed he had a silver oak leaf on his collar and 3 gold stars indicating that he was a major! She quickly flew him a salute before taking in the rest of his features. He had blond hair and adorable, large, golden eyes. He also had quite a bit of baby fat on his face giving him a young appearance, no he was most likely closer to twelve or thirteen than nine or ten. "I-I'm fine sir…and um thank you sir." She said with a shaky voice.

The major waved his hand, "P-please just call me Ed, most others do around here anyways," he said. "B-but Major!" She couldn't believe what she was hearing! Major Ed surged his shoulders and then looked at the Captain who was squirming in a pitiful attempt to get away. "So… Captain, care to explain what's going no here." Almost immediately the man started to babble off a bunch of lies in an attempt to save his skin. The Major wasn't buying any of it, so he turned around to the Second Lutenient to find out what was going on.

When Moka had finished telling Major Ed what had happened to her, the boy looked at the Captain with a look of repulsion. The blond preteen spat in the older man's face; quickly leaving to go find his commanding officer. Suddenly Moka had remembered that she was supposed to report to her new unit already. "Hey wait sir….do you by any chance know where a Coronal Mustangs office is? I was supposed to be transferred to his unit today as an assistant secretary."

The major raised his eyebrow, his eyes lit up when she said the name Mustang. "Lt. Moka, I should probably introduce myself properly, my name is Major Edward Elric, Adoptive son of Coronal Roy Mustang and Lt. Coronal Riza Mustang, and a state alchemist." He said the last part while pointing to his pocket watch that was hidden by his jacket, of which when she inspected upon, was seemingly too large for him. But when the realization of who he was dawned on her, she couldn't help but blush a little bit.

The Major motioned for Moka to follow him, so he did. After wandering down the halls for a while, they finally came upon a room that she could only assume was her new unit. In a matter of minutes she and the major were in her CO's room. He was a young man in his early thirties or possibly even his very late twenties. He had onyx eyes and equally black hair.

"So Eddo, who's this?"

(Well I have to leave off here, I'm sorry for he update taking so long, I've been dealing with ACT's and lack of computer access to be able to post it, this is also a shorter chapter than what I would usually write, but I have to leave off here because it's late and I need to sleep for school tomorrow.