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When the twins got home Alphonse walked strait to their room and closed the door, leaving Edward to stand at the front door, looking up the stairs towards their room. He sighed slightly before taking his shoes off and walking into the livingroom, plopping himself onto the couch. Ever since the incident at lunch Alphonse had been ignoring him completly. Alphonse hadn't said a word to him, and it was really stating to upset him. They had never, once, gone this long with out speaking to eachother. Their mother was sure to notice. Speaking of, she walked into the room at that moment.

"Edward...is everything okay with you and Al?" She asked. Great. She already noticed. Edward put on a fake smile and nodded.

"Just a small fight, don't worry about it." he said. As he said that Hohenhiem walked into the room, looking behind him towards the stairs, while whiping his hands with a cloth. He was probably washing the dishes while Trisha dryed and packed them away. Edward sat up strait when he walked in, his eyes narrowing slightly.

"Well it doesn't seem like its just a small fight." Hohenhiem said, before looking over at Edward, "What happened?" Edward looked at him a moment longer before turning around and closing his eyes.

"Why do you care?" He muttered.

"Edward!?" Trisha exclaimed, "He's your father he's allowed to worry about the two of you!"

"Well I don't want a to have a father who lied to us for 16 years worrying about me!" Edward snapped standing up and walking over to his father, "I know everything about your past and you better fess up about it soon because its hurting Alphonse more than you know!" With that Edward walked out of the living room puting his shoes back on and walking out the house, slamming the door behind him. He walked down the road from the house, his hands clenched into fists.

He couldn't stand it! Why did this have to happen? Why did they move to this town? He saw the bridge comming up in the distance and stopped down when he reached, climbing onto the ledge and stared down at the river below him. Maybe he shouldn't have snapped at his father the way he did, but being as angry as he was he couldn't help it. Sighing, he looked up at the sky. The sun was starting to set. Edward smiled slightly, it was really pretty, the way the sky looked when it was setting out here. You could never see the sunset like this out in Central. It was really beautifull.

"Ahh...so you're one of the twins huh?" Edward snapped his head back to look at who had just spoken to him. Standing there was a man with cropped short black hair that had been spiked up and wore dark circular sunglasses along with a fur-lined black vest and black leather pants. Edward took one look at the guy and only one word went through his head. Pimp.

"Who are you?" Edward asked. The man laughed at him.

"Oh come on, like you can't figure that one out." He said. That's when Edward saw it. On the man's left hand was the mark of the Ooroboros. Edward narrowed his eyes and glared at him.

"A Homunculus..." He muttered.

"Correct! The names Greed, kid." He said.

"Don't call me a kid!" Edward snapped causing Greed to laugh. Edward glared at him again before talking, "So why are you here?" He asked. Greed sighed and walked over to him,leaning on the edge where Edward was sitting.

"Aah, I don't know," He muttered, "The others don't like me very much and vise versa, besides there's nothing wrong with just talking now is there?" Edward blinked. This guy was weird.

"I guess not..." Edward finally muttered, "But still...aren't you in on...whatever the hell it is they're up too?" Greed was silent for a while before answering, pulling his glasses off at the same time.

"Not really, no," He said, "I just do what I'm told, sorta like Wrath, but most of the time I run off and dissapear for days on end, not that they care or nothin'. They preffer it when I'm not around."

"Hmm." Edward muttered. He looked around him and noticed that it was getting dark. He should probably head home right about now or mom would start worrying. He quickle swung his legs back over onto the bridge and stood up.

"I have to head back home now." He said before walking off back to his house.

"See ya then kid." He heard Greed say from behind him. He knew he would, but he sure didn't want to see this Homunculus again, but then you can't exactly run away from what's to come. By the time Edward got home it was pretty dark out. He saw the front porch light on and sitting on the steps was his father. Edward stopped walking halfway up the walkway to the front porch. Hohenhiem noticed Edward looking at him and stood up. The two of them stood looking at the other in silence before Hohenhiem decided to speak up.

"You want to know the truth Ed?" He asked. Edward looked up at him in shock for a moment before nodding.

"Everything, and tell Al as well. The both of us." He said. Hohenhiem gave a slight smile and nodded.

"I was planning on doing that anyway." He whispered. Edward nodded and followed his father into the house. Edward and Hohenhiem made their way into the living room. The first thing Edward noticed when he walked in was that Alphonse was sitting there waiting for them. He looked up when Edward and Hohenhiem walked in, his eyes locking with his brothers for just a moment before looking down and moving over on the chair slightly, making room for his brother. Edward looked at him a little shocked, thinking that perhaps he was still mad. When he hesitated Hohenhiem gave him s gentle push from the back. Edward looked up at him then back over to Alphonse before sitting down next to his brother and facing their father who sat on the opposite side of the room, looking over at the twins.

"So where do I start?" He muttered looking up, "Your mother knows...I told her before we got married...hmm."

"Well can you atleast start by telling us about the homunculi...and the twins...?" Alphonse asked quietly. Hohenhiem looked up at him in shock for a moment before off to the side with a slight smile.

"Ah yes, those twin boys from back then," He muttered, "The two of them were the sons of one of the servants at the castle, they new there way around there quite well, always exploring the secret tunnels...causing trouble for the kitchen staff, they were quite young...around ten or eleven I think. Of course...when they found out about the homunculi..." He stopped and sighed, not wanting to continue the story.

"What about the homunculi?" Edward asked,trying to urge his dad on. Hohenhiem looked up at that before nodding.

"Right the homunculi...The first out of all of them was Envy he was..." He sighed before continueing, "He was mine and Dante's son." Both Edward and Alphonse gasped slightly at this. Envy was...their older brother...?!

"Don't ask any questions untill I finish talking, alright," Hohenhiem said, noticing the boys shocked faces, "Turning my son into a homunculus was not planned, but Dante liked the power it gave him and wanted more. She created Greed next, an outlaw who had just beed caught followed by Pride, Sloth and Lust. Wrath was a killer who we caught and she changed him as soon as he was caught-"

"But Wrath's just a kid!" Alphonse interupted standing up, his eyes wide in shock.

"The old Wrath," Hohenhiem explained, "He was killed, as well as the Sloth...though I've heard that there's a new Sloth now as well. Of course she can't be over two, three years..."

"...What...?" The twins asked at the same time, both confused at that.

"Wouldn't that mean she's just a little kid then?" Edward asked. Hohenhiem looked at the two for a moment before laughing, causing the twins to look at eachother inconfusion. After a moment their father stopped laughing and looked over at the two.

"What I ment was that Sloth is two or three years as a Homunculus. She could very well be an adult for all we know. For that matter, SHE could also be a HE." He explained.

"Oh..." Alphonse muttered before both him and Edward started laughing. Well that made sense...sorta. When they stopped laughing Alphonse looked over at their father again.

"Well what about this Wrath that we know? How old is he and how did he end up becomming one of them?" He asked. At that question a strange look came over Hohenhiems face, one that the twins couldn't seem to figure out.

"Wrath...is as old as the legend...but...I'll tell you more about him if it seems as though history will repeat itself, okay." He explained softly.

"What do you mean 'History repeats itself'?" Edward asked, "What happened?" Hohenhiem sighed and shook his head but didn't say anything.

"Dad?" Alphonse whispered.

"Sorry, I don't want to talk about that...it isnt very nice." Hohenhiem explained quietly. The boys looked at him a little confused by this but nodded in understanding. After a moment Edward stood up.

"Alright then, you don't have to explain anything else tonight then." He said before turning over to Alphonse, "C'mon Al, let's go to bed." Alphonse looked up at his brother who had already started walking out the room, before looking back at his dad, nodding and getting up to follow his brother. Once the twins made it to their bedroom, Edward went strait over to Alphonses bed and grabbed the laptop, before lying down. Alphonse sighed. He should have known. Instead of asking any questions he went and layed down next to his brother who had already connected the laptop to the wireless network and was opening up the internet onto google.

"More research brother?" Alphonse asked quietly. Edward nodded.

"Yeah, there's nothing wring with being carefull," He said, "Anyway I ran into Greed while I was out...I think we can trust him..."

"Greed?" Alphonse asked, "You sure?" Edward nodded and stared typing some stuff into google once it had loaded.

"He told me that he hardly talks with the others and he doesnt like them and its the same to him. For some reason I thinkg he's telling the truth." He explained. Alphonse nodded but didn't say anything. He just put his head into his his arms and closed his eyes. He hadn't realized he had fallen asleep untill he felt Edward shaking him slightly. He yawned and looked up at his brother who had the phone up against his ear.

"Alphonse, come on wake up." Edward muttered.

"I'm up I'm up, what is it?" He asked.

"Mustangs on the phone-"

"Mustang-senpai? What's he want?" Alphonse asked, interupting Edward.

"I was about to tell you that," Edward snapped slightly, "They want to sneek into the school tonight and check out the passages. You comming, because I'm going whether or not you are." Alphonse looked at his brother in confusion for a minute before looking down and thinking about it. After a moment he looked back up at his older brother and smiled.

"I'm comming. I'm getting a little curious now." He answered. Edward smiled at him and nodded before turning his attention back to the phone.

"We'll be there, both of us...don't worry he's fine, we sorted things out...Dad? Yeah I were right, it's kinda creepy actually but what can we do. Anyway we found out some good info fromhis as well...Oh shut up, I'll tell you when we get there...Yeah see you then." With that Edward hung uo then phone and got up, jumping over his brother who was still lying down.

"We'll meet at the school at 12:30, that way the teachers will all be gone and mom and dad will most likely be asleep." Edward explained. Alphonse nodded and sat up on the bed on his knees.

"Well that makes sense then." He said, before yawning slightly, "I'm glad I took a nap then." Edward laughed.

"Yeah I should have done the same thing." He said

"So find anything interesting?" Alphonse asked,starting to shut down the laptop. Edward shook his head.

"Nothing we didn't already know about." He said. Alphonse nodded before closing the laptop.

"Why don't you get some sleep, brother," Alphonse said, "I'll wake you up at midnight, kay." Edward smiled at his brother before nodding and lying down onhis own bed.

"Thanks brother," He muttered before pulling the covers over and closing his eyes. Alphonse smiled at him before picking up a book and starting to read. It was going to be one long night, that's for sure.

ok thats it for this chapter. hopefully the updates will get faster from now on. yesturday was my last day of school so i should be able to get them done quicker. anyway enjoy this little chapter, hope i didnt rush it.

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