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Edward silently opened the window to the bedroom and looked out. He had about twenty minutes to get to the bridge to meet up with Mustang. Looking back inside to Alphonse he gave one final nod.

"I'll be back soon okay." He said. Alphonse nodded.

"You better take car of yourself." He said.

"Like I said before, don't worry." With that, Edward jumped out into the ground outside the window. He quickly zipped up his sweater and turned on his mp3 before running quickly down the path away from his house, towards the bridge. This wasnt the first time he's snuck out and had Alphonse cover for him. He used to do it all the time in East City, especially when he was upset about something. Taking a quick turn he sped up slightly seeing the bridge in sight. Standing next to the bridge were to figures, one of a man, and the other of a women. Edward stopped the music he was listening to and pulled out his earphones, comming to s stop by the two people.

"Mustang, I presume?" Edward asked the man. The man nodded.

"And you're Edward, right?" He said. He didn't wait for an answer, instead he spoke up again, addressing the women next to him, "This is one of my friends, Riza Hawkeye." Riza gave a small bow.

"Nice to meet you Edward." She said. Edward just nodded in response before turning back to Roy.

"So what is it you wanted to talk about?" He asked, crossing his arms and leaning against the side of the bridge. Roy laughed slightly.

"No waisting time I see." He said, "Well I guess for starters could you tell me about the two you ran into today?" Edward sighed and thought back to the two Homunculi.

"The one...the first one I ran into was rather tall, both were boys, that I'm sure of, but they had really long hair," Edward explained,

"Like you should talk..." Roy muttered. Edward didn't respond and carried on talking.

"Longer than mine actually...ummm...the other one watches Izumi's gym class." Roy nodded.

"Well the boy that watches Mrs Curtis is Wrath, and he usually doesnt bug anyone. The other, did he have greenish hair?" Edward nodded, "Well he's Envy...no ones had an encounter with him before though..."

"I wouldn't call him harmless though," Edward muttered looking down, "The look in his eyes...he gave me the impression that he would kill without a second thought."

"Makes sense," Riza said, "Since we don't really know much about them we can't really say that any of them are harmless." Edward smiled.

"Well heres some curious info, do any of you know anything about Alchemy?" He asked.

"Just a little," Roy said, "It does intrest me though, why?"

"Envy, as you called him, bore the Tatoo of an Ooroboros on his left thigh, do you know what that is?" Edward asked.

"I've heard of it but I don't know what it simbolizes, no." Roy replied.

"The Ooroboros has a few meaning. Its the serpent that eats it's own tail, representing the cycle of life and death," Edward said, "But if you go further back, The Ooroboros was said to be the protector of the philosopher stone, to guard it from human hands untill they were ready to have it, which we never will be if you ask me." Roy stared at him a little shocked.

"But what does any of that have to do with those creatures?" Riza asked. Edward shrugged.

"I don't know." He said.

"You know alot about Alchemy,thats for sure." Roy said, "How is that?" Edward stared at him before smiling and putting a finger to his lips, as if to say "Its a secret". Roy sighed. This kid wasn't going to give alot of information away easily. Guess he's have to earn his trust a bit more first.

"Alright then, you don't have to tell me. But I will expect an answer one day." Roy said. Edward shrugged.

"We'll see." He said, "Anyway is there anything else you can tell me?"

"Well what else would you like to know?" Roy asked.

"About the king and queen, what they did?" Edward asked. Roy sighed.

"I'm not exactly sure about that yet, but I can tell you their names." He said.

"The king was Hohenhiem, Right?" Edward asked.

"Yes, but his full name was 'Hohenhiem of light'."Roy said. Edwards eyes widened at that, "The queen, I believe her name was Dante." Edward swallowed slightly.

"Hohenhiem...of light?" He asked. Roy looked at him a little confused and nodded. Edward shook his head slightly. He couldnt tell that to Alphonse. Not yet. For now he would keep that to himself. Looking up he decided to share a little of the information he and Alphonse had aquired that night.

"Well I'll share something Al and I found out to you," He said. Roy looked over at him.

"What is it?" He asked.

"There are seven of those creatures and...they're something known as 'Homunculi' in the Alchemic world." He said said.

"What are Homunculi?" Roy asked.

"Artificial Human beings created from Human Transmutation," Edward explained, "In Alchemy a human is composed of three different parts. The Body, The Mind, and The Soul. Homunculi have a similar make up, only they are beings with a body and mind but no soul. Also Human Transmutation is a forbidden art. Alchemist arent allowed to preform it, for reasons not even I know."

"...are you an Alchemist?" Roy asked suddenly causing Edward to jump. Biting his lip slightly he asnwered.

"I know a little, yes. My dad is more experienced and knows alot more than Al and I, but we can preform alchemy, yes." Edward muttered. Roy nodded and placed a hand on Edwards shoulder.

"Don't worry, we won't tell anyone, right Hawkeye?" Riza nodded and looked at her watch.

"Look its almost 1:30, we should head back. We still have school." She said.

"Oh crap its that late already!?" Edward exclaimed and pulled his cellphone out and started running back towards the house at the same time, "I'll see you guys at school tomorow!!" He quickly dailed Alphonse cell as he ran. Alphonse answered before the second ring.

"Brother are you okay?!" Crap, he was worried.

"Sorry Alphonse, I lost track of time," Edward explained, "I'll be home in five minutes, I can see the house already."

"Okay, I'll open the window for you." Alphonse said on the other end.

"Thanks Al." Edward said before hanging up. Edward managed to get to the house just as he said he would. He quickly climbed into the window to the bedroom where he was greated with a hug from Alphonse, knoking him right over.

"Don't ever do that again." Alphonse whispered. Edward smiled and gave his brother a small hug.

"Sorry Al, I didn't mean to scare you." He said gently, "Anyway," He said, pulling Alphonse off of him, "Mustang sure has a bit of info. The homunculi, I go the names of the two I met today."

"What's their names?" Alphonse asked.

"Wrath is the one who watches Sensei, and the other one is named Envy." Edward explained.

"After the seven deadly sins?" Alphonse asked. Edward shrugged.

"Well there are seven of them so maybe they are. I'm not quite sure." Alphonse suddenly laughed.

"Can you imagine what Lust or Gluttony would look like?" He asked. Edward stared at him before laughing out himself.

"Good grief, Gluttony would bea sight to see." He said. Suddenly the door to their room opened and Trisha peeked her head in.

"Why are you boys still up?" She asked. The twins looked at her before smiling.

"Sorry mom." They said. Trisha shook her head slightly and laughed.

"Alright you boys. Go to bed, you have school in the morning." She said, "You know you have trouble waking up in the morning Ed."

"Right." Edward said before jumping over to his bed. Alphonse followed his brothers example going to his own bed.

"Night mom." They said. Trisha turned the light off and closed the door.

"Night boys." She said from the other side.


Edward yawned slightly and wiped tears that the yawn produced from the side of his eyes, as both he and Alphonse walked down the halls to homeroom. He looked over at Alphonse when he placed a hand on his brothers shoulder. Alphonse offered a small smile and Edward returned it with one of his own. He really shouldn't have stayed up so late. How could Alphonse not be tired after staying up so late? Oh well, he could easily sleep through English. Looking back infront of him he noticed two familiar figures. He quickly tapped Alphonse on the shoulder and pointed over to thembefore walking over.

"Hey Mustang!" He called out. The dark haired man turned around at the sound of his name being called and gave a small smile when he saw Edward and Alphonse walking towards him. When they arrived Roy gave a small remark.

"You know, at school you should call me 'Senpai' since I am in an older grade than you." He said. Edward rolled his eyes.

"Don't expect it," He muttered before turning to Alphonse, "Al, this is Roy Mustang, Mustang this is my brother Alphonse."

"Nice to meet you." Alphonse said offerring his hand to the older teen. Roy took it in his own, giving it a small shake.

"Likewise," He said then turned to the group of friends around him, "I'd like to introduce the rest of my friends who are also in the little investigation. Ed, you met Hawkeye lastnight," Edward nodded over to the older women but didn't say anything else as Roy motioned tothe rest of them, "We also have here, Jean Havoc, Heymans Breda, Vato Falman, Kain Feury and Meas Hughes," Roy turned back to Edward at that, "Hughes was the one who got ahold of your number for me."

"So it was you?" Edward asked eyeing Hughes slightly. Hughes gave a laugh and patted the boy on the shoulder.

"Just doin' my job there Ed." He said.

"And what would that be? Stalking?" Edward snapped slightly. Alphonse covered Edwards mouth with his hand quickly before Edward could say anything else.

"Ignore him, Hughes-senpai. He can be a little...rude sometimes." Alphonse said.

"Al!!" Edward whined, pulling Alphonses' hand off. Alphonse just stuck his tounge out in a childish matter at him. Roy rolled his eyes and laughed slightly.

"Geez, you two are twins yet your personalities are completly different from eachother." He said. The two boys just laughed at Roy because of that statement. Just then the bell rang causing them to jump a little.

"Theres the warning bell," Havoc muttered.

"We better all get to class before we're late." Alphonse said. Roy nodded then handed a piece of paper to the boys.

"Come to this room during lunch. We usually do research there during lunch and after school on some days. Come if you're interested." He said. The twins nodded before running past the group and towards there homeroom class. Well this is certainly getting interesting.


"Excuse me, Principle Bradley, may we have a world with you?" Bradley looked up from the paperwork on his desk and sighed. Standing there was Envy, Lust and Wrath. Sighing he nodded.

"What is it now Envy?" He asked.

"Come now, Pride, don't act dumb? I want to know more about the group who's trying to investigate us." Envy said leaning against Pride's desk, "Have they gotten in touch with those twins yet?"

"Accourding to Sloth, yes. Mustang and the others have indeed contacted the Elric Twins." Pride said. Envy laughed at this.

"I think history's going to repeate itself. I wounder which one of us shall be replaced this time? Aren't you curious Wrath?" He asked looking over at the younger sin. Wrath glared furiously at Envy.

"Leave them alone." He said dangerously. Envy laughed, enjoying the younger sins anger.

"Why, I think the situation would be rather amusing, especially if they're the sons of that bastard." He said.

"Shut up!" Wrath snapped, "I don't ever want to see something like that happen ever again!"

"Envy, stop teasing Wrath!" Lust snapped.

"Aww but it's so much fun!!" Envy said with a laugh. At that point Wrath jumped over and kicked Envy right in the face, knocking him right over, before running out the room at full speed before Envy could catch him. Envy growled slightly, standing back up.

"Damn brat..." He said dangerously.

"Well it served you right," Lust said, "You know how he feels about all this."

"Well he should get over it already!" Envy snapped.

"Will you please take this arguement elsewhere," Pride said, "You don't want to raise attention from the other teachers in the building,do you?" Envy scoffed slightly but didnt say anything else while Lust just nodded.

"We'll be leaving now." Envy said turning around and walking towards the door. Just as he got there, Pride called out to him though.

"Envy, the master also wants you to restrain from doing anthing to the twins, understand." He said. Envy narrowed his eyes but didnt respond, just walked out the room. Lust sighed and placed a hand on her forhead.

"What are we going to do with him?" She muttered to no one in particular.


hey peoples!! sorry for the late update, I've had somestuff going on this past week, and since I'm going away this weekend, thought I'd better update since I wont have a comp. Anyway I hope you enjoyed this new chapter! hehe, I wounder why wrath is sensitive to this? any guesses? I like hearing what you think will happen.

R&R please