Ok so this is my last update before I go to camp tommorow. I'll be back next saturday!
Liz: Unless she dies of course.
Envy: Which is completely likely knowing her.
Ed: Yep... she's a psycho.
(Looks up from playing with knives) I am not!
All three: (stare)...Right...
Al: REVIEW!
Third person!
"We're sorry Chairman" General Hess apologized. "But they've both escaped. We know where to find them though. They've been living with Alphonse Hiedrich."
"Is that so?" Eckhart rose from where she knelt inspecting the soldiers.
"And another stroke of luck" the General continued. "It appears the Gypsy girl has also been staying with them. We recieved a tip from one of our loyal contacts and we knew that the girl helped her escape at the carnival, as one of my men recognized her in our first encounter."
"This is a bit of good fortune" a smile crept over the chairman's face. "After all, it seems passage through the gate without the great serpant is impossible... I have a feeling that they might know something about it as well. Everything seems to be intertwined here. I also suspect we might need their knowledge of this strange magic to help get us through." she turned to face the General. "Find the gypsy, make her the deal. Our time draws close."
"You're actually planning on going through with this?" Haushoffer asked in disbelief. "There is no evidence to confirm it is Shamballa on the other side of that portal! What the girl said might be true about it being some where different!"
"November 8th is only ten days away" the General argued. "The fuer will make his move with or without the Thule society. Our role in the party hinges on this!"
"Relax General" Eckhart smiled. "The God's of the Aryan race are clearly lighting a path for us. The Thule society led the nation og Germany into a new and enlightened age. That is exactly what the future generations will say."
The General saluted and left.
"Um... Chairman" Haushoffer stepped forward. "One other thing. The other day when we met that girl there was another boy. I'll admit seeing Edward here tonight threw me off because they looked very simaler. This boy bore even more resemlence to Hoenhiem... but this boy looked older than Edward... not younger like Hoenhiem has said. He told us he only has two sons isn't that correct?"
"That is what he said" Eckhart frowned. "I'm sure it is a minor detail... carry on professor."
"Yes chairman."
"Ok so we know they're trying to open the gate" Ed said leaning against the wall across from where I sat at my desk. "They're trying to get into our world but for what purpose? What do they hope to gain from this so called 'perfect utopia'?"
"Nothing good" I muttered. "That Eckhart lady mentioned something about it gaurenteeing a victory in man kinds final war... do you... you don't think they want to pull our world into their own war do you Ed?"
"...If it is we can't let them open the gate... not at that cost." he said finally after a pause.
I sighed, my shoulders slumping "Right... guess not..." I wanted to go home more than anything... but Ed was right, we couldn't let them try and attack our world.
"Hey it'll be fine" Ed managed a smile. "Besides, it looks like they can't properly open it without this great serpant thing... whatever that is... I still can't figure it out."
I bit my lip before replying "Ed... I think I know what the great serpant is."
"Really?" his eye brows raised. "You have a theory."
"Or an absolute answer I smiled bitterly. "Ed... did Envy happen to mention to you his four forms."
"He told me three of them." he muttered. "His human form, his homunculus form and me. The fourth one he didn't... mention..." he trailed off before looking at me "What are you saying Liz? Do you know his fourth form."
"It's a giant serpant" I sighed. "Or dragon or something along those lines. He was stuck in it for a year before he could figure out how to shift again." my fists clenched in my lap. "Did you notice the transmutation circle, how the shape in the middle kind of looked like a star?"
"Yeah..." Ed nodded slowly.
"I think..." I closed my eyes before continuing. "That they're trying to make a life sized oroborus... think about it. A snake eating it's tail around that star. The gate always opened when a homunculus was born, it would open to take one back again."
There was a long pause before Ed sighed "It makes sense... they probably don't understand why it does but they're on the right track." he smiled at me. "Don't worry Liz, they're not going to find Envy... they wouldn't expect a shape shifter anyhow. He's been fooling people into thinking he's human for centuries."
I stared at him. That was somewhat out of character, comforting me about Envy. Maybe Ed really did know that I cared about the homunculus even if he was his blood enemy. Maybe Ed was just a good friend.
"Yeah..." I sighed and rested my chin in my hands, staring at the floor "I wish we could go back... without causing all this trouble." a bitter smile played across my face. "But I guess... that isn't equivalency is it?"
'You are learning little human' Truth grinned.
'Yippee... can you leave my head now as a reward?'
'No but you can have a gold star.'
'Oh fan- fricken-tastic'
Third person again!
It was late at night as Noah entered the house again. Half of her didn't want to betray the people that had helped her... but half of her wanted so desperately to go to this other world... a place where she would be accepted, where everything was perfect.
She wanted away from the dicrimination, so she had agreed to the deal set out by the General.
All she had to do was search Liz and Edward's minds tonight. Figure out how their alchemy worked and see if she could find anything pertaining to "The great serpant" before reporting back. It would be simple.
How could they really be angry if she found the key to get them home again? She was doing this for them too... but at what cost was it? She wasn't sure, the Thule society wasn't telling her much of their plan.
Still she just wanted a place to belong, so she crept into Edward's room first, hesitating briefly before she sat down on the bed side where he lay, peaceful, no sadness in his dreaming state. Then she leaned over him and touched her forehead to his, letting herself be pulled into a whirlwind of memories and dreams.
Back to first person!
My dreams that night were strange, more like a flurry of flashbacks. They weren't nightmares, but they still made me feel uneasy for some un known reason.
The first memory was that of my death back in our old world... ok it's understandable how that one made me feel uneasy, but watching it from above actually made it not as bad as expierencing it. I saw Envy and Ed fight before it was revealed that Envy was the Elric's brother, then saw myself running and pushing Ed out of the way just before Envy stabbed me. God there was alot of blood. Ed was in shock, Envy was in shock and I oddly enough seemed the calmest one.
The dream faded to Ed and Envy fighting, Envy catching hold of Ed's neck and pushing him down to the ground, choking him.
"Stop." I tried to yell but by throat wasn't working right, I was only able to watch.
"Give me one reason not to kill you little brother" Envy hissed.
"Liz" Ed choked.
It was wierd, I didn't remember seeing this happen... how can I dream a memory that hasn't happened? Huh...
Then the other me burst through the crowd. There was silence as Envy jumped off of Ed adn stared at the other me. I saw my eyes widen in realizationa as I whispered "Envy?"
Ed tried to attack Envy again, the other me stopped him before collapsing to the ground.
The dream faded to the memory of that night, the transmutation circle, the portal opening up. I heard Envy's words playing through my head.
'I have four forms. My preferred one, my old human form, a clone of the Fullmetal pipsqueak and the fourth... well it's like a giant serpant...or a dragon...'
What if they did find him? Though how could they really. Only Ed and I knew.
Wake up.
Why?
Wake up little human!
I jolted into awareness my eyes flying open. I sat up and groaned inwardly "What Truth!"
"You should know better than anyone the danger of dreams" he muttered.
"What's that supposed to mean" I yawned glancing twoards the door. I saw a shadow moving down the hall and I slipped out of bed and peeked my head out to see Noah moving to go to her room. "Noah? What are you doing up so late?"
She jumped and turned around before relaxing "Nothing Liz... just having trouble sleeping, that's all."
"Oh... ok." I nodded and closed the door. I stood uncertainly in the center of the room for a minute before murmuring "Why do I get this feeling something bad is going to happen soon?"
"Because it's your life of course" Truth sighed, a bit of dark humor in his voice.
"Yeah... guess so..."
Third person again!
"I know who the great serpant is" Noah spoke quietly to the General.
"Really?" his eyes widened. "How... where is it?"
"The problem is..." she continued. "He isn't just a serpant... he is a shape shifter from the other side of the gate, but he is here."
"A shape... shifter" Haushoffer looked dumbstruck. "Here?"
"He has lost most of his forms through traveling through the gate except for four of them" Noah explained. "One of which is that of a great serpant. Liz and Edward know him. The difference is Edward hates him, Liz is close to him." she bit her lip. "And he is Edward's older half brother."
"Brother... another child of Hoenhiem" Haushoffer murmured. "You don't think... that boy we saw that day with the girl...?
"Just to think he was right there." General Hess said thoughtfully. "So how do we plan on catching him?"
"I think that its too risky" Haushoffer said immediately. "We don't know what an inhuman thing like that might do... we need to work out a deal of sorts."
"He would never." Noah murmured. "There's not much you can really offer him that he would deal with. Apparently he hates most humans."
"Most?" General Hess raised an eyebrow.
"Well..." Noah bit her lip before continuing. "Not Liz... he... from what I can tell, cares about her."
"In that case I have a plan that will bring the great serpant to us." Haushoffer announced. "Catch the girl, leave a note with Edward. He knows this shifter, it is likely he will find him. We have little time to search for him even if we wanted to. This is the best plan."
"Wait" Noah protested. "You won't hurt Liz... will you?"
The General smiled warmly "If she cooperates there will be no need."
"That's my point, she won't." Noah persisted.
"Dead bate is no good to us" Haushoffer shrugged. "If the creature agrees to our terms she will be set free."
"Then it's settled" the General said enthusiastically. "We run the plan by Eckhart and put it into action. We have three days."
Noah drew in a long shaky breath 'I'm sorry. I'm sorry Liz.'
Liz: What? A plan for me to get kidnapped? In what universe!
Envy: Oh yes what a shock.
This is the part of the movie where I started hating Noah... besides the fact she's a marysue and is devoid of one of those pesky personalities besides being tragic... seriously, try watching the movie and see if she ever smiles. The occasion is very rare.
Ed: REVIEW!
