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A/N: Okay I know this is a little late updating… but I had good reasons namely…
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An Interesting Year:
Chapter 8:
"General Mustang, what do you propose we do with him? We can't very well leave him here at Hogwarts. I cannot put my students in anymore danger." Dumbledore stated calmly looking at Mustang who was sitting across from him. The Flame Alchemist sighed.
"I'll ask for Ed's opinion on what to do with him. He's dealt with the Homunculi far more than I have." Just as he finished his thought, Ed walked in the door, not bothering to knock; he was followed closely by Harry, Ron, Hermione, and Winry.
"General Mustang, sir!" Ed said walking in and saluting to Mustang.
"Drop the act, Fullmetal. You don't have to act like a butt-kisser in here." Ed glared at him but noticeably relaxed. He sat down, now slouching, not bothering to care about how he looked.
"So… What do you want General Sarcasm?" Ed asked looking over at him.
"You're here for three reasons, Fullmetal. The first being we need your opinion on what to do with Wrath. The other two are that we need to come clean on the reason why we are here and the other is that your brother is down in my office. We felt that it would be safer if he was here instead of home." Ed became more solemn, and at the mention of his brother his face grew hard. He gave a curt nod before Mustang continued. "If you want I can Send Lt. Hawkeye to retrieve Alphonse… he might be able to help." Ed shook his head and looked away.
Mustang nodded and started talking about military life for a state alchemist so that the people in the room could better understand what was going on. Harry, Ron, and Hermione were appalled, but amazed, by all that military personal had to do. Winry looked as if she was about to cry, and Hermione put her arm around her. Dumbledore nodded a time or two, and when Mustang was finished he looked grave. Mustang nudged Ed.
"It started about two months ago, Al and I were investigating Lab 5 on our own accord. We were… researching something important. We actually were supposed to be in the Central Library and let two other officers investigate for us… but Al and I… Well we didn't want anyone to get hurt because of us, so we escaped late at night and snuck to the lab. When we arrived we found that the lab was guarded heavily, but not by soldiers, but by traps. Knowing that we could not go the front entrance of the gate without triggering an alarm we went around the side. It was easy enough for Al to throw me up to the top so I could lower down the barbed wire for him to climb up. The only way in we could find that was not boarded up was a small vent halfway up the building. Al lifted me up and I crawled through it until I reached a way down." Ed paused for a second, then took a deep breath and continued.
"The hallway was lit, so it was pretty obvious that someone had been there recently… even though it had been recorded that it was not used anymore. To make a long story shorter, the hall was full of traps… and I sprung every one of them. When I finally made it to the end of the hall I found a door. When I went in I didn't see anything… at all. Unfortunately I didn't see the suit of armor just inside. When he told me that he had to eliminate all intruders, I prepared myself and fought him. It wasn't an easy battle… a few seconds after it started my automail grew loose… and it was a lot harder to fight. As the battle wore on I got even more tired and my actions became slow… that is how my shoulder was cut open… I knew that I had to end it, and soon. I remember cutting the armor's head off, you see the soul was bound in the armor so it could only be killed by destroying the seal. I thought I had won after that, but I was sorely mistaken. The armor held two souls instead of just one. While I had dropped my guard the body of the armor attacked and cut my side open. I can't remember a lot about the fight from there, I do remember cutting the armor in half. After that I asked for any information on the Philosopher's stone. The older brother who was in the head told me that he would show me… but the younger… he killed himself. I tried to stop him… to explain that he was still human… but…" Ed's voice had gotten shaky, and both Winry and Hermione were crying silently. Ed cleared his voice and continued.
"The older brother led me down another hallway where we were shortly attacked by chimeras… I was able to defeat all that attacked me, but they stopped soon, the brother said it was because their master told them to. Their master happened to be an old friend of mine… Zhou Tucker. He had turned himself into a Chimera… I was told that I could trust him and he led me to a room where there were fragments of Philosopher's Stones… he told me I should try and make one… I argued, of course. The main ingredient of the Philosopher's Stone is human lives, so I told him flat out no. he told me since the people were already dead their lives would go to waste if I didn't use them, I agreed and started my work… that is until the ceiling collapsed. It was then I realized that Tucker really was working with the homunculi and when the ceiling collapsed live prisoners fell into the transmutation circle. I told them I would not transmute the stone… and the only thing I got was a kick in the side. When they realized that I would not do it at all… they brought in motivation… they threatened to kill Al, they dragged him in the room and stuck a knife to his throat… I didn't have a choice I thought. So I proceeded to prepare the transmutation… when everything was ready I clapped my hands to activate the alchemy… my right arm had actually given away when I started fighting the Homunculus… and… I couldn't do it. That was when Envy decided that I was not worth keeping alive and started to beat me… after that a man named Scar… who happened to be a state alchemist killer… caused a distraction and gave me the time to run over to free Al. But I was not careful enough. I stepped right in spilled Philosopher's Stone. After that everything is a blur… then black. I woke up a day and a half later in the hospital. I was able to pass on some information to Lt. Col. Hughes, he might know more about the Homunculus… besides that I only know their names… Wrath, Sloth, Greed, Envy, Lust, and Gluttony." Ed finished his tale with his eyes hidden behind his hair, Winry and Hermione were both freely sobbing now and Mustang had become very quiet. Dumbledore was to stunned to speak, and Harry and Ron could only look at each other.
What other secrets did this guy have??
A/N: Wow… that was my best work I think. It just sorta… flowed. As for my apology, I was grounded from the computer for a while. For a week I had writers block, and then I was invited to the Prom by a awesome guy… so that meant really cleaning the house, and going shopping… a lot. I am going to update every other Saturday maybe more often from now on so that I can study for my EOC's more. Thanks to all my loyal readers and reviewers! And if you want the next chapter this Saturday I want at least six reviews, PLEASE?
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