And so now here we are at HQ with the ever so shmexy Colonel Mustang. That's right, I said shmexy. Anyway, let's see what we can do about all these heartless, shall we?

As the whole gang began to head back to HQ, Riza couldn't help but talk to Mustang.

"Colonel, how did you know that we were out there?" She asked. He scoffed a bit and a small grin formed on his face.

"I got news from one of the officers that there was some kind of commotion going on around this area. I figured that I should come check it out. " Lieutenant Hawkeye raised an eyebrow.

"But Colonel, when I called yesterday, Havoc said that you had paperwork up to your chin. You can't tell me that you've finished it that fast. I mean, it's just not like you!"

The Flame Alchemist walked silently, refusing to give his partner an answer. Riza sighed and looked up at him.

"You haven't even started it have you?"

A small shiver went up the colonel's spine. He stopped for a second, and managed a quick nod. She sighed and shrugged.

"Sir, you really are hopeless."

Behind the two superior officers, the other five conversed among themselves. Sora couldn't help but ask Edward about the Colonel.

"Hey, Ed, why don't you like the Colonel? He seems like a nice guy."

Ed let out a loud "HA!".

"Are you crazy? You haven't seen him in his true colors! The only reason he's being nice to you is because you have some information that he needs! Once you've been wrung clean of anything useful, you'll be kicked out and THEN you'll see the real him."

Mustang looked back to the small alchemist, a smug look on his face.

"Be careful what you say Fullmetal, don't forget that's I'm your superior officer."

Ed looked at him and sneered.

"Why, because you have your Jackass master's degree? Oooh I'm shaking."

Mustang laughed at Edward's comeback, and faced forward again.

"The only reason I'm letting that go Fullmetal is because you brought me such wonderful gifts."

Donald jumped about two feet in the air and started screaming at Colonel Mustang. "HEY! WE AREN'T GIFTS!"

Mustang waved his hand back at them, trying to offer an apology, though Donald wasn't buying it. Sora and Goofy tried to calm him down.

"Hey, it's alright. He's just joking." Said Sora. It took a few minutes to calm down the fuming duck, but by the time they were done, they had arrived at the HQ building.

It was really huge. On the main section of the building hung a large tarp with what Sora guessed was the sign of the military. It looked like a dragon with some kind of wire around it.

They all walked into the building and into Colonel Mustang's office. It wasn't that big, but it had a desk at the front where the Colonel sat, and a second place for the Lieutenant.

Mustang walked in and immediately headed behind his desk. Riza walked behind him and when he sat down, she stood at his side.

"As you can guess, this is my office. Now we can get down to business." Said Roy. Sora and the others stood in front of the Colonel's desk. He began to tell the story of what he knew about the Heartless and Organization XIII.

After he was done, the whole room was silent.

"So, that's what's going on." Said Roy. Unfortunately, there was still a problem. Who could be controlling these things, and what for?

Well, there was one lead that they had...

"Have you three heard of a man named Scar?"

Sora, Donald, and Goofy looked at each other, then back at Mustang. They all shook their heads.

"He's a man that has been targeting state alchemists, saying that he is a messenger from God. We think that maybe he's behind all of these 'Heartless' as you call them."

Sora thought for a minute.

"What would he want with an army of heartless?" he said.

"That's what we have to figure out. Until we have some information though, the only thing you guys can do is stick around here."

With that, the Colonel dismissed them and they all exited the room. Edward gave a loud yawn and placed his hands behind his head. He wasn't sure what to do until they received information, and that could take days, but since they didn't have any info on the Philosopher's Stone either, all they could do is stick around.

"Well, what do we do now?" asked Sora. Edward shrugged and looked up at his brother. "Any ideas Alphonse?"

Al did have an immediate reply, but eventually came up with something.

"Why don't we take Sora and the others to the library. We could teach them a little alchemy!" he said. Sora's eyes lit up like a five year old in Toys R Us.

"Really? You'll teach us alchemy? That's awesome!" Sora threw his arms up in the air and gave a small 'yes'. The others laughed at Sora as he continued to rejoice. They left the building, and headed through the town to the library for state alchemists.

When they arrived, Edward told Sora, Donald, and Goofy to wait outside, they weren't going to be long. The three of them sat on the steps of the building as they patiently awaited the return of the Elric brothers.

On the inside, Edward and Alphonse were looking through the beginner alchemy books, when Edward asked Alphonse a question.

"Al, are you sure we should be teaching them alchemy?"

Al took his eyes off of the book shelved and directed them down to his brother.

"What do you mean Ed?" he asked. Edward closed the book he was looking through and placed it back in the open spot that he had originally taken it from.

"You know me Al, people don't gain my trust right off the back. I think that their nice people and all, but you never know..."

He took another book from its place and glanced through it. Al gave a little thought to what his brother had said, then replying to it like so:

"Brother, you worry too much. Sora, Donald, and Goofy mean no harm, I can tell."

Ed looked up at his brother and scoffed a bit.

"Yeah, how?"

"Their eyes."

Edward was silent. How could you tell whether or not a person is trustworthy by their eyes? As if reading his mind, Alphonse continued.

"Brother, we've met some really sick people with horrible intentions, and each one of them has eyes that could make a child cry from just one look. Sora, Donald, and Goofy don't have that. They have good hearts, and they want to help the world just as much as we do. That's why we're going to teach them alchemy, to give them some extra power for when we fight a large battle."

Edward was still quiet. He didn't trust people just by looking at them, it just wasn't his style. In silence, they finally picked out a good beginner's alchemy book and checked it out.

On the steps of the great library, the trio was starting to become a little impatient.

"What is taking them so long?' said Sora. He pouted a little and looked at Donald and Goofy.

"Do you think they ditched us?" Donald looked him and shrugged. Goofy on the other hand replied,

"They can't ditch us, they need us to help with the heartless." Feeling better hearing this, Sora looked up the stairs and saw two figures coming toward them.

"Hey, Ed and Al are back!" he waved up to them and they waved back. When they arrived, they used the book to help explain the basics of alchemy.

"So basically, alchemy runs on equivalent exchange?" asked Sora. Ed nodded and explained a little more.

"Yeah, remember the example Alphonse gave you with the dirt back at Winry's house?"

Sora nodded, as did the others.

"Well, that's equivalent exchange. Now, to make alchemy work..."

Edward and Alphonse continued their lesson on alchemy for another half hour. Towards the end, Edward took them to a flat part of the ground and drew an alchemy circle.

"There, now just do what we told you."

Sora, Donald, and Goofy all crowded around the circle, sitting in a triangle formation. They placed their hands on the edges and concentrated.

A few seconds later, blue light began to flash from the circle, and in the middle, a small mound of concrete appeared from the sidewalk. It began to take shape, and after a minute, it finished morphing into a small statue of a flower.

Sora and the others rose up from the ground, and got a small round of applause from Edward and Alphonse.

"Good job you guys! You learn pretty quickly!" said Alphonse. Sora gave a hi five to Donald and Goofy, just before Edward said:

"Yeah, you guys are fast learners, but..." they all stopped and looked at Edward.

"You were suppose to make a cat."

Sora fell on the ground face first and everyone began to laugh. As they enjoyed themselves, a young librarian came out of the building and called down.

"Excuse me sir, are you Edward Elric?"

Edward looked back and shouted "yeah! Why?"

"Colonel Mustang is on the phone, and he wants to speak with you right away!"

All five of them looked at each other.

"I think the colonel's got some good news for us."

Sorry for the long wait guys, but I have been working on this chapter for a long time, and I've just been lazy, sorry!