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When Wrath had gotten a fair ways away from Prides office he slowed down his pace to walk. Maybe he shouldn't have kicked Envy like that, the older sin would surely be looking for him and when he found him there was one thing he was sure of: Pain. And lots of it. Still it didn't make the anger her felt to the older sin any easier. Envy new that it was a touchy subject for him...

"YOU KILLED HIM!!"

Wrath winced slightly as the memory passed through him. He stopped walking and put a hand to his cheast, clutching it into a fist. It still hurt. After all these years he just couldn't forget. Why? He felt tears start to fall down his cheeks but he didn't care, still he wiped them away. He couldn't start crying again. It's been 400 years.

"Wrath?" He looked up as his name was called and turned around quickly. Standing there was the younger of the two twins, Alphonse if he remembered correctly. Wait a minute. How did he know his name? Wrath just stood there staring at the boy. Shouldn't he be in class? Alphonse smiled slightly.

"You are Wrath right?" He asked. Wrath stood there a little longer before giving a slight nod.

"But how...?" He asked silently. Alphonse just smiled and walked up to the young sin.

"How come you're not in Mrs Izumi's class like you usually are?" He asked. Wrath looked up at him before giving a small smile.

"I was asked by the others to come with for something, but I left." He said.

"Oh?" Alphonse asked, curious as to what the sin was talking about. Wrath nodded and turned around.

"Anyway shouldn't you be in class?" He asked.

"I needed the washroom. I'm heading back now." Alphonse responded. Wrath nodded but didn't look back up at Alphonse.

"It's Alphonse, right?" Wrath asked but didn't wait for an answer before talking again, "Do you know who Envy is?"

"Yeah...my brother spoke with him yesturday before you attacked him in gym." Alphonse responded. Wrath stiffened slightly but relaxed automatically.

"Just becarefull of him, okay. He's heartless and wouldn't hesitate in killing either one of you..." He said.

"Oh...okay." Alphonse whispered.

"And one other thing, Alphonse. Don't be so easy to trust the teachers in this school. There's a reason a stay with Izumi, and thats because she's the only person whos trustworthy here," Wrath said, "Theres a dark history here, and it goes very deep. You and your brother shouldn't get anymore involved than you already are, but I can't stop you if you do." With that the young sin ran off down the hall towards the gym area leaving Alphonse standing there in shock.


The lunch bell rang and the twins left there class to look for the room that Mustang had written down on the paper. It took them a while but they soon found themselves standing outside the room they were sent to find. It seemed that Mustang knew his way around here. The room was located in a deserted hallway on the other side of the school. Convenient(sp?) for looking up the schools history without others knowledge. Both stood at the door, niether one making a move to knock. When Alphonse had returned to the classroom he had told Edward about Wrath's warning. But this only made Edward even more interested in what was going on, but at the moment, he seemed hesitant if he really wanted to get involved with the others.

"Shall we?" Alphonse asked quietly breaking Edward out of his thoughts. Edward looked over at his younger brother before giving a small nod.

"Okay, lets do this..." He whispered before bringing his hand up and knocking on the door slightly.

"Come in you two." Came Mustangs voice on the other side. The twins looked at each other slightly before Edward opened the door and the two walked in. When they opened the door, all they could do was stare at what they saw. It was...a library. And a pretty big one too. They closed the door and looked around a bit more, eyes wide.

"Pretty impressive isn't it?" Came a voice from behind them. They turned around only to see Feury standing there smiling. Before they could say anything Feury started speaking again, "The castle had two library's in it, this one is 'off limits' to students, but Mustang managed to get permission from Principle Bradley to let us use it. Pretty cool huh?"

"You bet..." Edward said then something spotted his eyes, "Holy crap there're Alchemy texts here!!" He exclaimed and ran over to the book shelf that caught his attention.

"Brother..?!" Alphonse was about to protest but then just shook his head and smiled. Edward had already pulled out a book and was scanning through it. It was useless to try to get his attention now, so he turned back to Feury.

"So where's Mustang-senpai?" He asked.

"Right behind you." Roy said with a laugh. Alphonse turned around and gave a small laugh, "Hello sir."

"Don't be so formal there, Al." Roy said, "Anyway your brother there looks like he's pretty occupied."

"Yeah, good luck getting his attention right now...though there is one way I suppose." Alphonse said.

"Oh?" Roy asked raising an eyebrow in curiousity.

"Uh, nevermind. Bother would kill me if I told anyone," Alphonse explained, "Anyway is this where you get all your information?"

"Yes," Roy said with a nod, "This place has quite alot of books with this schools history, so it's a good place to do research."

"Well that makes sense." Alphonse responded.

"Course it does," Edward said looking up from his book, "Also seeing as how this is off limits to ordinary students, there is obviouslt improtant information here, including these Alchemy texts." Roy laughed.

"You really are an Alchemist aren't you?" He asked.

"Thought we established that last night." Edward said putting the book back on the shelf and scanning for a different one. Roy rolled his eyes before placing a hand on Edwards shoulder and miving him away from books.

"Well we're not here to study Alchemy, we need to find out about these Homunculi, as you called them." He said.

"And studying Alchemy would help because Homunculi are made through Alchemy," Edward said pulling away from Roy, "If we can find a research journal or something then perhaps we could find out more about them, like the strengths and weekness'."

"He has a point there Mustang," Riza said comming up behind them.

"That makes sense I guess." Roy muttered, looking up.

"And ontop of that Edward and Alphonse are the only ones here who know anything about Alchemy." Feury chimmed in. Edward rolled his eyes while they talked before something in the wall caught his eye. He walked over slowly to it and touched the ingraving slightly with his hand.

"What is it, brother?" Alphonse asked comming up behind him. Edward looked back at the group behind them,noting that they were still discussing what he had brought up before pulling out a necklace that was tucked under his shirt. He looked at the pendant and then back over at the wall.

"They're the same..." He muttered. Alphonse blinked a littlein confusion before noticing what he was talking about.

"It looks like it could fit in here..." He whispered. Edward nodded before looking over at Alphonse. The two of them exchanged a look before nodding, both silently agreeing to see if it would fit. Edward quickly unhooked the necklace before placing the pendant into the spot in the wall. It fit. They both jumped backin shock, Alphonse giving a smallylp of surprise, when the pendant started glowing and an Alchemy circle started to form around it. The wall shook a little before moving and opening. By this time, Roy and the others realized what was going on and stood behind the twins.

"Whats going on?" Havoc asked running up to them.

"Ask Ed, I don't know!" Roy said. Everyone turned to Edward, but he didn't notice. All he could do was stare at the now open area where the wall used to be. Now, it seemed to open up into a tunnel, but the weird thing was that the torches that lined the walls were all lit, meaning that these tunnels were still in use.

"Brother...?" Alphonse whispered, looking over at Edward. Edward snapped out of his trance and looked over at his twin before smiling slightly.

"Sorry..." He whispered for no reason.

"Hey Ed, can we have an explination please?" Roy asked. Edward looked over at the older teen before turning back to the tunnels.

"I think it was some sort of Alchemic reaction...when I placed my necklace in it, the circle was activated, like my pendant was some sort of key, the missing piece," Edward explained, "I've seen it happen before, drawing half the circle on one thing and the other half on another then when you put them together it activates. I didn't see a circle so I didnt know it would happen..." Edward walked over at peered into the tunnels, noticing that the wall that had moved was standing open on the inside like a regular door, the circle still glowing slightly.

"But dad gave that to you," Alphonse muttered, "How could it be a key to something like this." Edward looked down slightly and bit his lip before going to the wall and removing his pendant and walking out as the wall closed behind him.

"Al, if what I'm thinking is correct...then dad is the old king..." Edward said quietly clutching the pendant, "But...how could he still be alive...?"

"How can your father be the old king?" Hughes asked.

"Dad told us along time ago that his real name was 'Hohenhiem of Light', the same name as the old king." Edward explained.

"What...?" Alphonse asked, his eyes wide.

"And now that I think about it...whenever we ask about this he always seemed uneasy and...he never wanted to move to Risembool in the first place," Edward said, "And this necklace...if you ask me its all starting to sound a little suspicious."

"But how can he still be alive after 400 years?" Alphonse asked. Edward was quiet for a little while before his eyes went wide as if realizing something.

"The necklace he wears...that isnt a ruby, it's the Philosepher stone! That must be it!" He exclaimed.

"NO!" Alphonse yelled, putting his hands to his head, shaking it slightly, "No...I don't...that can't be! You know what, Wrath was right, there's to strong of a history here and I don't wanna be apart of it!" With that Alphonse ran out of the library.

"Al, wait!" Edward yelled running after him, leaving the everyone else to obsorb what had just been said. Falman turned over to Roy who was still staring at the wall that led tothe tunnels, but his brows were pulled tightly together as if trying to process everything that was going in.

"Have you told them the real reason behind the twins in the past?" He asked.

"No..." Roy muttered, "It's better if they don't know...for now anway. If things seem as though the past will repeat itself, then we'll tell them..."


A women stood just outside the library that the twins had just run out from. Neither of them had noticed her when they ran out. She stood against the wall next to the door, a smirk playing on her lips.

"Well now, Envy will certainly find this interesting. Looks like his hypothesis was right about those two." She whispered before her body liquified into water and dissapeared.


sorry for the late update. schools almost over and exams are comming up. -sigh- i hate exams...well atleast i only need to worry about 2, haha. Aaaaanyway, how'd youlike this chapter? good? bad? let me know please!

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